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Public transport is fairly okay in the Netherlands, albeit a bit expensive since the introduction of the "chipkaart", see below. There are convenient metros from e.g. the Bijlmer.Coming from South there is a petrol station just a couple of kilometres before Amsterdam. There are enough people stopping before going into the city, [[User:Alex|alex]] never waited longer than 10 minutes to get a ride, with most of the times putting my bag directly from one car into another. So get off there when your driver doesn't go where you need to be in Amsterdam and catch easily a ride that goes to the district you want to go - this will save you some bugs and 30-60 minutes getting to the other side of town.

* For [[User:Liva|Liva]] it was not the best place even though There is an official liftplaats about 100 meters south of metro station Sloterdijk on Haarlemmerweg. Here you have had will find a lot of traffic going straight to do it when you're anyway there...* For [[User:Lilylove|Lilylove]] it was a great spot Haarlem, and possibly even cars going to get Leiden, and further to [[Delft]]and Den Haag. After several usesThough, it only ever took me one ride to get from Amsterdam most cars going there will use the Ring A10 and then the A4 to Delft directDen Haag.

 There is an A10 on-ramp near Sloterdijk station. Exit the station and go 200m east on ''Hatostraat'', 250m north on ''La Guardiaweg'' and 250m east on ''Basisweg'' and then cross over to the on-ramp.

<map lat='52.342785761313266' lng='4.922003746032715' zoom='13' viewEast towards [[Amersfoort]], [[Hengelo]], [[Osnabrück]], [[Hamburg]], [[Bremen]], [[Berlin]] =='3' float='right' /> If you are hitching in the direction of Berlin or Hamburg, you might find the route-page from [[:Category:Route_Amsterdam_-_Berlin|Amsterdam to Berlin]] useful. If you are hitching in the direction of Bremen, Hamburg or Copenhagen, you might find this route-page from [[:Category:Route_Amsterdam_-_Copenhagen|Amsterdam to Copenhagen]] useful. 

=== East towards [[Amersfoort]], [[Hengelo]], [[Osnabrück]], [[Hamburg]], [[Bremen]], [[Berlin]] ===''If you are hitching in the direction of [[Berlin]] or [[Hamburg]], you might find the route-page from [[:Category:Route_Amsterdam_-_Berlin|Amsterdam to Berlin]] useful.'Option 1''' Liftplaatsand BP petrol station (mostly local traffic)

''If you are hitching in the direction of [[Bremen]], [[Hamburg]] or [[Copenhagen]], you might find this File:Amsterdam liftplaats petrol station.png |thumb|The walking route-page from [[:Category:Route_Amsterdam_-_Copenhagen|Amsterdam the former ''liftplaats'' location to Copenhagenthe nearby petrol station.]] useful.''

There is a [[liftershalte|liftplaats]], a spot specifically for hitchhiking, at the Gooiseweg next to the Prins Bernhardplein situated before NS Station Amsterdam Amstel (pass the bus stop). This road leads to the ramp of the S112 of the A10, the motorway around Amsterdam (direction [[A1 (Netherlands)|A1]] and [[A2 (Netherlands)|A2]]). This is currently being turned into a third lane and is completely unusually for hitching a ride. A little further on that road , which is called Gooiseweg, and behind the bend you will find a BP petrol-station where you can talk to drivers, often a better way for getting a ride. The petrol station is easily accessible from the backstreets, and it is very easy to hail a ride from the side of the road immediately after the petrol station.

This is what Most cars here will drive along the place looks like in [https://gooA1 towards Amersfoort, Hengelo and Germany.gl/maps/JngKl Google StreetviewThe first petrol-station is just 8 kilometres further, just after Muiden]A second petrol station and parkingspot, called De Slaag, is located 37 kilometres from Amsterdam, right before Amersfoort.

First you go by train, tram, metro or bus to the '''Option 2''' Highway BP Honswijck petrol station Amsterdam Amstel. From there three bus lines, 320, 322 and 327, are going to busstop "P+R Terrein" in Muiden. A presale ticket costs EUR 2,90 for all buses ("GVB 1 uur" ticket). In the bus you pay EUR 5 for bus lines 322 and 327 or EUR 3 for bus line 320. Step out at "P+R Terrein" in Muiden, walk under the motorway-bridge, immediately after the bridge (10 meters!) turn left on the pavement, climb to the motorway and on the cycling lane along the motorway walk the east ("direction Germany"). That takes you over the canal. Follow the pavement till the end, then walk along the bus lane ("lijnbus" is marked on this lane), still going along the motorway. The last 350 meters are on the motorway: stay behind the safety barrier. Keep in mind that walking there is illegal and may (although rarely enforced) result in a fine of over EUR 200.

From the [[liftershalte|liftplaats]] First you can also find rides go by train, tram, metro or bus to [[Utrecht]]the station Amsterdam Amstel. From there three bus lines, [[Arnhem]]320, [[Nijmegen]] 322 and [[Belgium]]327, though you will find hitching from here relatively harder compared are going to the Utrechtsebrugbusstop P+R Terrein in Muiden. A presale ticket costs EUR 2, which is ''90 for all buses (GVB 1 uur ticket). In the'' spot bus you pay EUR 5 for bus lines 322 and 327 or EUR 4.20 for Utrechtbus line 320 (numbers/ticket price may be outdated).

Since there are so many different directions (Step out at P+R Terrein in Muiden, walk south Weesperweg for 200m, then turn left crossing the canal with the bridge Spieringburg/Mariahoeveweg for 200m, then 400m south along the Vecht canal eastbank on Lange Muiderweg. Now comes the unverified part: walk 800 meter east behind the noise breaker along the motorway and sometimes even many hitchhikers) it's better to make a signyou will be at A1 BP-service station Honswijck.

 '''Option 23''' Hush AVIA highway petrol station / rest stop (out of city by train) There is often a lot of competition at the ''liftplaats'' and drivers usually only go short distances, so by the time you have finally left Holland you will have had approx. 3–6 rides. You can easily avoid this by taking a train to Hengelo (buy a discount ticket, see below). Then, from From the train station ''Hengelo'' take bus 14 to ''Bruninkshoek''. You now find yourself on the street ''Oostelijke Esweg''. Walk in the direction the bus just came from towards the street ''Hasselerbaan'', then turn left. Walk down until you cross ''Oldenzaalsestraat''. Turn left and you will see a footbridge overlooking the A1. When you have crossed the bridge, don't turn right but walk through the grass and descend down. Turn left before the ditch and walk with the ditch on your right. Continue until you see a little forest; here you have to jump over a small ditch. Walk through the little forest and you will reach an excellent service Hush AVIA petrol station where nearly all cars go to Germany.

At the Utrechtsebrug you have several options. First, head '''Option 1'''  Head to the Martin Luther King Park in Amsterdam Zuid where the motorway to [[A2 (Netherlands)|A2]]-motorway starts, which leads to [[Utrecht]] and further to [[Den Bosch]], [[Eindhoven]] and [[Maastricht]]. Take tram 4 or 12 and walk from the Vrijheidslaan south through the Rijnstraat to the motorway ([[A10 (Netherlands)|A10]]/ [[A2 (Netherlands)|A2]]). At the end of this road before the crossing, you'll find traffic lights where you can pro-actively ask drivers to drop you at the massive Haarrijn service station (See see below). The best traffic lights to pick, as there are three sets here, is the one on your left side when you are standing facing the bridge.

NOTE:''Just recently I hitchhiked out on Utrechtsbrug - first on Though the onramp after the bridgespot is generally awesome, after being pushed away by cops you are likely to spend hours waiting for cars going as far as [http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verzorgingsplaats_Haarrijn Haarrijn] on Sundays (and probably Saturdays too). It might be reasonable to try further spots to avoid local traffic during the petrol station - end of week.  '''Option 2''' and was harassed by the police that I can not stand Utrech on a petrol station (!) to hitchhike but have ramp If you are too lazy to go into that far out of the city , take a bus or metro to the liftplaats near Amstel Station. They were close at arresting me because I wanted their identy and the law by which they want to ban me from the petrol station Amstelveenseweg and they couldn't give me any of it. In stand on the end I convinced them that if I bought on ramp there with a coffee at the store and asked if I could hitchhike that there was no law against me standing there then and they accepted"Utrecht" sign. But they were really pushy and blamed me for "coming as There is a guest to this country wide shoulder and not accepting rules" and how bad I should feel. If you hitchhike from Utrechtsbrug try it doesn't usually take more than 10 minutes to get to a lift. Once on the petrol station without being seenhighway, also ignore the signs that hop from rest area to rest area and you are not allowed to walk, its just 50 meters than there is enough spacewont have any problems arriving at your destination.'' [[User:Farben.rausch|Farben.rausch]] ([[User talk:Farben.rausch|talk]])

'''Option 3''' Haarrijn rest stop Just before Utrecht, after exit 5 ([[Breukelen]]) and just some kilometres before the Utrecht Ring you find a big petrol-station called [http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verzorgingsplaats_Haarrijn Haarrijn]. This is an excellent spot to find drivers for larger distances.Place is 2.5 km from Maarssen train stop

: ''After walking all night in the pouring rain, trying It is very possible to stay dry and warm wherever I could, I finally crashed outside the train station until the wee hours of hitchhiking a boat around the morningAmsterdam canals. At that time I moved inside of Just sit next to the stationwater and thumb and eventually someone will stop. This had mixed results. It was warmer and drieris more aimed at sight seeing than getting somewhere specific, but more worth it than paying for the security guards walked by and gave me a kick every time I dozed offtouristy ones.''