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== Hitchhiking out ==
=== Northeast towards [[File:Hamburg_hitchspot.jpgLübeck]], [[Puttgarden]] {{Autobahn|250px1}} (& East towards [[Berlin]] {{Autobahn|thumb|left|Hitching Spot 24}}) ======= Option 1:Serways Raststätte Stillhorn Ost ====Take S-bahn S3 or S31 to ''Wilhelmsburg'' and then bus 13 to the last stop at ramp ''HamburgKirchdorf-Süd''. Walk east along Karl-Arnold-SchnelsenRIng for 200 m. Keep walking straight and cross over the small bridge. Turn '''right'']]' after the bridge on Altenfelder Weg and walk for ≈500 m to the junction with Stillhorner Weg. If you look around here you will see an underpass, go under the autobahn and walk for 400m until a small road to your left (Jakobsberg) just after the on-ramp. Walk 300 m north along this path and you will reach the back of the Raststätte.
=== North= Option 2: [[Lübeck]], [[Puttgarden]], South: [[Hannover]] [[Netherlands]], [[Lüneburg]] Horner Kreisel ====If you want to go south or towards [[Lüneburg]] you should start at '''Raststätte Stillhorn'''. It is easy to get there. Just take S3 or S31 to Wilhelmsburg and then a bus (line #13) to Kirchdorf-Süd. You get off at Follow the last stop (ten minute trip maxdirections as for Berlin below.). Just follow the road from where you got off the bus in the driving direction straight ahead. You'll walk along Use a path and get out directly at Stillhorn. After crossing the furthest little bridge on the left, you're already on the parking lot of the [[rest area|service station]]. This is for all traffic going in the direction of Bremen and Hanoversign.
If you are going towards the [[Netherlands]], get a ride south to ''Dammer Berge'' on the A1 (just before [[Osnabrück]]), where the [[A1 (Germany)|A1]] joins the [[A30 (Germany)|A30]] in the direction of [[Rheine]] and [[Amsterdam]].
=== North or South towards [[LübeckFlensburg]], [[DenmarkKiel]], [[BremenDenmark]] {{Autobahn|7}} ======= Option 1 : Autobahn Junction HH-Schnelsen ====If you want to go south or towards [[Lüneburg]] you should start at Take U-bahn ''U2''towards 'Raststätte Stillhorn'Niendorf-Markt''. It is easy to From there get there. Just take S3 or S31 to Wilhelmsburg out and then a ask people for the bus station (line #13''Busbahnhof'') to Kirchdorf-Süd. You Take bus 5 or bus 191 and get off at the last stop (ten minute trip max.). Walk towards the big white apartment block by the grassy area and you will hear the motorway A1. After crossing the furthest little bridge on the left (at the NE corner of the apartment complex), you're already on the parking lot of the [[rest area|service station]]'Freizeitbad Bondenwald''. This is for a bus stop with a bus bay and here all the traffic going in to the direction of Bremen and Hanovermotorway passes by.
=== East towards [[Berlin]] {{Autobahn|24}} & (Northeast towards [[Lübeck]], [[Puttgarden]] {{Autobahn|1}}) ===
[[File:Leaving Hamburg direction Puttgarden.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Hitching on Horner Kreisel - illegal version!]]
[[File:Hamburg-Berlin.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Hitching on busstop "Caspar-Voght-Straße " - legal version!]][[File:Hornerbus.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Hitching spot busstop "BAB Auffahrt Horn"]]
If you're planing to hitchhike towards [[Berlin]] on the [[A24 (Germany)|A24]], there's a bus stop near a big [[roundabout]] in the southeast of the city where it's possible to catch a ride directly to Berlin or at least part of the way. This spot is called the ''[http://horner-kreisel.hitchbase.com/ Horner Kreisel]'' and is a popular hitchhiking spot for many hitchhikers in [[Germany]]. Here you can stand and wait for a ride. This works fine. For hitchhiking to Berlin prepare a cardboard sign with a huge B written on it, which is the number plate sign for cars from Berlin and understood widely. It's a good spot.
The easiest way to get there is from the Station ''Hasselbrook'' (S1, S11). You leave the train in the direction of Steindamm, upstairs turn right and the after a few meters left into the Caspar-Voght-Straße. Follow this street 500 meters until the big crossing with Sievekingsallee. On the opposite side of the Sievekingsallee you'll see the busstop bus-stop ''Caspar-Voght-Straße''. Ask for the road to Berlin if you are lost. Look Go further up the road and look for a bus stop with a large blue metal pole in front with lots of hitch-hiker traces :). It's just in front of the "Horner Kreisel" and is called "BAB Auffahrt Horn". You can also reach there by taking the U2 or U4 to "Rauhes Haus". This spot is actually great, because owners of turkish shop at the station noticed strange amount of hitchhikers in front of their business. I think they are quite enjoying it. Just when I was about to start, they invited me in for a free turkish coffee and cigarette (I usually don't smoke, but this was kind of nice). They got some carton boxes and marker just for assistance to hitchhikers, so they made one for me. Highly recommended (although it was two years ago, so I just hope they are still there). Please note, some years ago they reconstructed the Horner Kreisel. Earlier it was possible to stand in the middle of it on an bus-stop, but now the bus-stop is located ''before'' the roundabout where the cars are driving pretty fast, and on the Kreisel the cars have no opportunity to stop.
Some hitchhikers claim that hitching on the roundabout turn-off direction Berlin is easier, as here you have much more traffic going your way. It's recommended to stand immediately after the roundabout, in the grass before the blue motorway sign. Cars can stop right after the motorway sign. This place is used by many hitchhikers. It's not uncommon to find a direct lift to Berlin in 5 minutes. But it has to be pointed out that doing so is against the law, for the Autobahn starts there − and you must not walk or stop on it. Hitchhikers and drivers, who stop there, can be fined. Apart form the legal aspect, bear in mind that this may be dangerous for you!
Update 22/10/2017: We were two people hitching and we tried several spot near the round about. The best one would be the one around 100m before the bus station at a traffic light. It can be difficult to get a ride because there is often traffic but anyway it seems to be the best spot to get a ride directly to Berlin.
If you want to go to Puttgarden for going into [[Scandinavia]], you can hitch to the ferry at Puttgarden, and get a ride straight to [[Copenhagen]]. Have a look at the [[Puttgarden]] article for more info.
== Links ==
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* [http://www.hitchbase.com/ergebnisse.php?LANG=eng&abfrage%5Bstartort%5D=19 Hamburg in the Hitchbase] - Nine entries, all in German
* [http://horner-kreisel.hitchbase.com/ Petition] for the roundabout ''Horner Kreisel''
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