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You could also try your chance at traffic lights and hopefully succeed, but nobody reading or writing this ever has! There is a big junction close to the central lake (Byparken Smalungeren) [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=bergen,+norway&sll=40.956468,-74.058688&sspn=1.088945,2.469177&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Bergen+railway+station,+Hordaland,+Norway&ll=60.383963,5.336051&spn=0.008409,0.020771&t=h&z=16 where the E16, E39 and 555 meet], which is the main exit of Bergen, but the place is not pleasant to hitch from.
If you are willing to walk20 minutes from the city center, or are somehow in the northern part, try Sandviksveien junction with Sjøgaten. It is about 1.5 km north from Central Bay (Vagen).Just next to Kristiansholm there is a Shell gas station in the junction with Sandviksveien and 585 road where you can ask the people directly. Otherwise, just next to it there are some really good traffic lights where you can show the sign Nyborg from the gas station and cars can stop really easy.Abreycierra was in this spot just 5 minuts and a car picked him up.
Another option would be the several entries from Breiviken village - this seems the most legal place to hitch, there isn't much traffic, and it's 3 km away from the bay, but more cars will turn on the main road and that place seems more friendly.
==== North towards [[Ålesund]] {{E|39}} and east towards [[Oslo]] {{E|16}} ====
There are plenty of CouchSurfers in the northerly Sandviken suburb, so you might want to hitch from there in the morning. But unlike it may look like from the map, it's impossible to hitch a ride from the juncture between Sandviksveien and the many tunnels on Åsaneveien leading north. It's better to take a bus to '''Åsane Senter''' (a huge mall half an hour North of the city, which is very close to the juncture between the E39 (North) and the E16 (East), ''good dumpsters at ICA''). From Bryggen you can take bus number 50, 71, 80, 90, 270 and 285. Or you can use free IKEA bus going every full hour from Busstasjon (platform I) and Bryggen exactly there . Check the timetable, if it's too late you can blackride one of usual buses going the same way. <small>''checked in March 2013July 2016''</small>. Close to the bus terminal there is a Statoil gas station where you can ask drivers, or just take a nice walk further to the next big roundabout, where you'll find two nice hh spots perfect both for hitching North and East. It's quite a walk, but considering the rain and the not excellent hitchability of Western Norway, reaching those two spots does pay off!<small>Update: Since july 2015 spot for hitchhiking East after roundabout is no longer available ( because of crash barrier). You have to go along the road and you'll find a bus stop, which is still a good spot to catch someone to Voss or further.</small>
A good alternative for going '''East''' is taking a bus or train to [[Arna]] or [[Takvam]] and hitchhike just before the point where the E16 and and the RV7 meet. There is a bus station where cars can pull over easily since they slow down for the forthcoming roundabout. There is a good flow of traffic even in winter. But if that doesn't work you may still try the Tourist Info & fastfood place across the motorway. It's advisable to find rides at least to [[Voss]] where you can continue further.
==== South towards [[Stavanger]] {{E|39}} ====
Hitching south of Bergen implies hopping from island to fjord to island and involves lots a minimum of two ferries(to Stavanger) that charge for additional passengers. As of September 2018, the first passage is 72 NOK for each extra passenger. The second passage is 43. It is the same price if you arrive on foot, that are time consumingso you don't need to be in a car to cross over. There are a lot of trucks leaving Berging Bergen in this direction. This is very slow, but you have no expensses for the ferries and you do not have to worry so much about the route.
You may start from the big roundabout in the city centre just south of the train station (''more info needed'').
There's an ok spot just in the middle of the Fjøsangerveien. There are two traffic lights and two bus stops so people can stop quite easily.
Another option is to take tram line 1 and get off at the stop Skjoldskiftet. Just past the roundabout is a bus-stop lay-by (in front of the Kiwi supermarket) from where it should be easier to hitch at least to the ferry (and then ask people in the ferry lounge for a lift going further).
== Hitching In ==
== Public transportation ==
Within the municipality of Bergen there is a one price policy (i.e.g. 37 NOK 29,- per adult single ticket for any distance within the municipality.) A night bus ticket costs NOK 50,-.
* [http://eng.tide.no/Default.aspx?pageid=1035 Tide], the local public transportation company
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