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Amsterdam is often abbreviated '''AAmsterdam'dam''', which can be a nice alternative to put on your signsis the capital of the [[Netherlands]].
==Hitching In==During daylight it's usually not a problem to hitch on on-ramps close to Amsterdam, so if you've been at gas station for 25 minutes you might want to give it a try at an on-ramp closer-by.__TOC__
Public transport is fairly okay in the Netherlands. There are convenient metros from e.g. the Bijlmer. It could be worth it to get a "15-strippenkaart" (6,90 EUR, valid on local buses, trams and metros in the entire country).== Hitching In ==
==Hitching Out=====West towards [[Haarlem]]===Coming from South there is a petrol station just a couple of kilometres before Amsterdam. There is an official liftplaats about 50m south are enough people stopping before going into the city. 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 metro station Sloterdijk on Haarlemwegtown.
For [[User:Liva|Liva]] it was not the best place even though you have had to do it when you're anyway there...== Hitchhiking out ==
<map lat='52.39278242102423' lng='4.85844612121582' zoom='13' viewWest towards [[Haarlem]], [[Leiden]], [[Den Haag]], [[Delft]] =='0' float='right' /> There is an official liftplaats about 100 meters south of metro station Sloterdijk on Haarlemmerweg. Here you will find a lot of traffic going straight to Haarlem, and possibly even cars going to Leiden, and further to Delft and Den Haag. Though, most cars going there will use the Ring A10 and then the A4 to Den Haag. ===North towards [[Alkmaar]], [[Zaandam]]=== 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.
You can stand at the traffic lights before the crossing and pro-actively ask drivers who go straight on to drop you at the next petrol station 200 meters further, or walk over the bridge and try it at the hard shoulder (less good), or even walk further over the hard-shoulder and the grass towards a petrol station 250 meters further, behind the bend. Be careful when walking here though, the space between you and cars is minimal.
Just before Utrecht, after exit 5 ([[Breukelen]]) and just some kilometers before the Utrecht Ring you find a big '''Option 2''' Highway BP Honswijck petrol-station called [http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verzorgingsplaats_Haarrijn Haarrijn]. This is an excellent spot to find drivers for larger distances.in Muiden
<map lat='52.342785761313266' lng='4.922003746032715' zoom='13' view='0' float='right' />===East towards [[Amersfoort]]First you go by train, [[Hengelo]]tram, [[Nijmegen]], [[Osnabrück]], [[Hamburg]], [[Bremen]], [[Berlin]]===There is a [[liftplaats]], a spot specifically for hitchhiking, at the Gooiseweg next metro or bus to the Prins Bernhardplein situated before NS Station station Amsterdam Amstel (pass the . From there three bus stop)lines, 320, 322 and 327, are going to busstop P+R Terrein in Muiden. This road leads to the ramp of the S112 of the A10A presale ticket costs EUR 2, the highway around Amsterdam 90 for all buses (direction [[A1_(Netherlands)|A1]] and [[A2_(Netherlands)|A2]]GVB 1 uur ticket). A little further on that road and behind In the bend bus you will find a petrol-station where you can talk to drivers, often a better way pay EUR 5 for bus lines 322 and 327 or EUR 4.20 for getting a ridebus line 320 (numbers/ticket price may be outdated).
Most cars here will drive 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 [[A1_(Netherlands)|motorway and you will be at A1]] towards [[Amersfoort]]BP-service station Honswijck. * Comment: I tried this in 2018. Walking behind the noise breaker is a bit of an adventure - part of the terrain there is marshy, [[Hengelo]] so you need to climb up to the concrete ridge on the back of the noise breaker and [[Germany]]. The first petrolwalk along it -station is just 25 kilometers furtherbut totally doable and once you're on the other side, just after you've got a good place to get a hitch. [[MuidenUser:MatsumotoJoe|MatsumotoJoe]].
From the [[File:IMGP0763.jpg|right|thumb|266px|Hitchhikers at the Prins Bernhardplein liftplaats]] you can also find rides to [[Utrecht]], [[Arnhem]], [[Nijmegen]] and [[Belgium]]. But this you will find a lot harder compared to the Utrechtsebrug.
Since there are so many different directions (and sometimes even many hitchhikers) it's better to make a sign.
There are trains, trams '''Option 3''' Hush AVIA highway petrol station / rest stop (12,51out of city by train) and metros to Amstel station from most other stations in Amsterdam. It is a couple of minutes walk from there.
==Sleep==If 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 are caught will have had approx. 3–6 rides. You can easily avoid this by taking a train to Hengelo (buy a discount ticket). From the train station ''Hengelo'' take bus 14 to ''Bruninkshoek''. You now find yourself on the street ''Oostelijke Esweg''. Walk in the rain 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 nowhere to go, the best place ditch on your right. Continue until you see a little forest; here you have to stay dry that [[Zac]] found was outside jump over a small ditch. Walk through the train little forest and you will reach an Hush AVIA petrol stationwhere nearly all cars go to Germany.
:''After walking all night in the pouring rain=== South and Southeast towards [[Utrecht]], [[Breda]], [[Nijmegen]], [[Arnhem]], [[Düsseldorf]], trying to stay dry and warm wherever I could[[Antwerpen]], I finally crashed outside the train station until the wee hours of the morning. At that time I moved inside of the station. This had mixed results. It was warmer and drier[[Brussels]], but the security guards walked by and gave me a kick every time I dozed off.''[[Paris]] ===
There is another solution if you're caught in You can either go and hitch from the rain : you can sleep on one of same spot as for going West at the tour boats parked along Amstel Station, or hitch from where the river in front of central stationmotorway to Utrecht starts, some of them have a roof outside which is called the Utrechtsebrug. This second option definitely gives you more cars going into the cabin right direction and it can be generally a quite confortable place. Policemen or guards sometimes come and kick you out, but far lot less than in the stationwaiting time.
==Buy==
"Philip's compact atlas Europe" shows service stations in some countries, is pretty compact and was available for 7 euros at the New English Book Store in [[Amsterdam]], in June 2008.
It's not recommended to carry any type of illegal drugs with you while hitchhiking. A bit of weed inside the borders of the Netherlands is not going to get you into trouble. But taking any amount of weed (or anything else) across the border could be a problem for you and possibly your driver. And it's not worth it.'Option 1'''
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Another ramp is a little way up the street from the last. Get there from the last by continuing further down ''Basisweg'' (which becomes ''Transformatorweg'' until ''Kabelweg''). Follow this north past s101 (''Nieuwe Hemweg''). The ramp is off of ''Vlothavenweg''.
===South and Southeast East towards [[UtrechtAmersfoort]], [[BredaHengelo]], [[NijmegenOsnabrück]], [[ArnhemHamburg]], [[DüsseldorfBremen]], [[AntwerpenBerlin]]=== If you are hitching in the direction of Berlin or Hamburg, you might find the route-page from [[Brussels: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 [[Paris:Category:Route_Amsterdam_-_Copenhagen|Amsterdam to Copenhagen]]===useful. '''Option 1''' Liftplaatsand BP petrol station (mostly local traffic) [[ File:Amsterdam liftplaats petrol station.png |thumb|The walking route from the former ''liftplaats'' location to the nearby petrol station.]] There is one straight highway heading a liftplaats, a spot specifically for hitchhiking, at the Gooiseweg next to Utrecht and further the Prins Bernhardplein situated before NS Station Amsterdam Amstel (A2pass the bus stop). There are several spots near This road leads to the ramp of the S112 of the A10, the Martin Luther King Park in motorway around Amsterdam Zuid(direction A1 and A2. Take tram 25 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 its end-stop or tram 4 or 12 drivers, often a better way for getting a ride. The petrol station is easily accessible from the backstreets, and walk it is very easy to hail a ride from the Vrijheidslaan south through side of the road immediately after the Rijnstraat to petrol station. Most cars here will drive along the highway (A10/ A2)A1 towards Amersfoort, Hengelo and Germany. The 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.
Head to the Martin Luther King Park in Amsterdam Zuid where the motorway to 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 / 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 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. From here you can also walk over the bridge, walk along the motorway over the grass towards a small petrol station 250 meters further, behind the bend. If you do that don't try (like me) to go right to the little residence, there are rivers and no path to get to the station, there are no other ways than walk along the road. Be careful when walking here, the space between you and cars is minimal. NOTE: Though the spot is generally awesome, you are likely to spend hours waiting for cars going as far as [[Categoryhttp:Noord Holland]//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 end of week. '''Option 2''' Utrecht on ramp If you are too lazy to go that far out of the city, take a bus or metro to the station Amstelveenseweg and stand on the on ramp there with a "Utrecht" sign. There is a wide shoulder and it doesn't usually take more than 10 minutes to get a lift. Once on the highway, hop from rest area to rest area and you wont have any problems arriving at your destination. '''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 Haarrijn. This is an excellent spot to find drivers for larger distances. Place is 2.5 km from Maarssen train stop == Boats ==[[Category:Netherlands]][[de:It is very possible to hitchhiking a boat around the Amsterdam]]canals. Just sit next to the water and thumb and eventually someone will stop. This is more aimed at sight seeing than getting somewhere specific, but more worth it than paying for the touristy ones. == Public transport == [[frPublic transport in Amsterdam is very expensive. Most people use a card called ''OV-Chipkaart'' which works with all public transportation in the country, but that you won't have if you don't live in the Netherlands. Thus if you just want to get across the city you're better off using a 1-hour ticket which costs a whopping €3.20. If you don't want to pay that much, here's a little guide to Amsterdam public transportation:Amsterdam]][[es* Trams are basically a no-go, since you have to climb in the front or in the middle, thus in the sightline of the driver/controller who will look if you're validating your ticket/card.* The metro is very easy to blackride:Amsterdam]]just go behind someone at the gates (preferably asking them first). Controllers are quite rare. The metro system is quite limited in its coverage but can easily get you to some main spots like Sloterdijk and Amstel Station.* If you're using the train, then use the exact same tactic as with the metro (though you might have more eyes on you...). The train sees more ticket control than the metro though it's still not very frequent, especially not on the Sprinter trains (the single-decker ones). == Nomadwiki & Trashwiki == {{nomadwiki}} __NOTOC__
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