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The street '''Prenzlauer Promenade''' is called ''Prenzlauer Allee'' in the city centre and becomes the Autobahn A114 next to the S-Bahn station ''Pankow-Heinersdorf''. From there, just walk 500 m down the bridge and you've got a traffic light as well as two petrol stations(Star and HEM). Additionally, both on at the right side for last intersection before the drivers going towards Autobahn starts, there's another petrol station (Shell) on ''Rothenbachstraße'' next to the Autobahntraffic lights. It may be worth walking to checking out which of these three is the second petrol station as it's cheaper cheapest and more most frequentedone on a given day – usually one of the two former. However, it might happen Be aware that the staff at this second (the Shell) station might tell you to leave their property and threaten to call the police.

There is usually a lot of traffic on this road, so you could also hitch with a sign. Coming from ''Pankow-Heinersdorf'', 50 m before the first petrol station, there is also a shoulder where cars can stop and people waiting at the traffic light lights are able to see you.

Much of the traffic here is local, but there is also significant traffic towards [[Hamburg]] and [[Rostock]]. Try to get a lift to at least the first petrol station on the Autobahn ("Linumer Bruch").

Take This Raststätte is ideal in the sense that you end up starting to hitchhike directly from a petrol station in which there are a fair few people heading to the big cities in Germany's North or Scandinavia: You can easily get a direct ride to Hamburg from here, and, with a little patience, to Rostock. If you want to catch a certain ferry in Rostock or have other basic time constraints, please note that getting to this spot from the centre of Berlin may take two hours or even longer; Option 1 is likely faster and may work just as well. '''If you start from any district in West Berlin''', take S-Bahn S25 towards ''Hennigsdorf'' and get off at ''Heiligensee'' (AB/or BC ticket required). Turn left from the station (so that you face North), and walk north up ''Ruppiner Chaussee'' for 300 m down Ruppiner Chaussee. Then turn right on an asphalt walking path (there's a sign saying "Berliner Mauerweg"). Follow the path for 1.2 km, crossing the bridge over the Autobahn. Then Immediately turn immediately left down a little path - – you can stay close to the Autobahn in order not to lose it and quickly you will quickly see a pathway that you can follow to this the Raststätte. There is a small fence to the left of the path which you have to jump at some point before you reach ; the station. The easiest place is probably to the right of a green fenced enclosure about half way to the Raststätte. The walk from the bridge is about 1.5 km. '''If you start from any district in East Berlin''', a faster way than the one described above is taking S-Bahn S8, get off at ''Hohen Neuendorf'' (ABC or BC ticket required), change to bus 809 (direction: ''Hennigsdorf, F.-Wolf-Str.'') and get off at ''Stolpe (OHV), Autobahnbrücke''. Head for the traffic light and turn onto the road on the right (the one opposite of the motorway on-ramp), and follow it until it makes a left turn; here, enter the forest and keep walking in parallel to the Autobahn, which will take you straight to the Raststätte's on-ramp for vehicles heading North.

If you don't mind spending the extra money on a C zone ticket to save yourself most of the walking: You can catch the S25, get off at ''Hennigsdorf'', change to bus 809 (direction: ''S Hermsdorf'') and get off at ''Stolpe (OHV), Autobahnbrücke''. As this bus line only runs once an hour at the most, check [https[File://wwwHitch ber north stolper heide 2023.vbb.de/en VBB.de] in advance for departure times. Coming from the other direction, you can also take the same bus (direction: ''Hennigsdorf, F.-Wolf-Str.'') png|200px|thumb|right|How to walk from Frohnau station ''Hohen Neuendorf'' when taking the S1 or S8 prior.to Raststätte Stolper Heide]]

This Raststätte is ideal in the sense that If you end up starting for some reason don't have or want to hitchhike directly from get a petrol station in which ticket including tariff zone C, you may also take S-Bahn S1 (direction: ''Oranienburg'') to ''Frohnau''. Getting off there are , head to ''Ludolfingerplatz'', a fair few people heading in direction [[Hamburg]]small green square surrounded by a roundabout immediately west of the station, [[Rostock]] or [[Scandinavia]]and start walking along ''Maximiliankorso'', and you can easily get the first road branching off on the right. Keep walking until the small intersection with ''Hainbuchenstraße'' (there's a direct ride to Hamburg from herebus stop with the same name), and walk over the road with this name, following it until its very end: It makes a sharp bend at the end of a little patiencecemetary (on your right) and a forest in front of you. Enter the forest, walk until a path branches off to Rostockyour right and turn there. If At the end of the branch, you want to catch should see a certain boat in Rostock or have other basic time constraintsgolf course. Turn left and just keep walking straight now, please note that getting which will take you to this spot from somewhere like Kreuzberg the Raststätte's fence. This route is about 3.64 km long and Friedrichshain in the centre of Berlin can will take two hours or even longer; Option A is recommendedroughly an hour.

'''Direction Sweden''': You can also head for one of the direct ferries to [[Trelleborg]], leaving from either [[Rostock]] or Travemünde near [[Lübeck]]. The ferry from Sassnitz on Rügen has been discontinued. '''Stockholm''' has a direct night ferry from Rostock 3 times a week running since autumn 2021. Currently they charge per vehicle and passengers so you couldn't join a crew, but passenger tickets go for 28€ so might still be worth it.

=== Getting onto the A11 is easiest by starting to hitch on road B2, a major thoroughfare which somewhat bisects the city from the Southwest to the Northeast towards [[Szczecin]]; the B2 merges into the A11 beyond the motorway junction with the A10. The following options suggest different spots along the B2, [[Gdańsk|Gdansk]] (Danzig) {{Autobahn|11}} ===option 1 being the closest/shortest one when coming from the city centre and option 4 being the one furthest away/taking the longest time respectively.

Take tram M4 from (direction: ''AlexanderplatzHohenschönhausen, Zingster Str.'' ) to ''Berliner Allee/Indira-Gandhi-Str.Weißer See''. Then , get off there and walk 150 m along ''Berliner Allee'' to the bus lay-by, following the same direction. Many cars at this intersection have Polish license plates and are heading northeast, some as far as Gdansk. Using a [[Szczecin]] sign will surely persuade a Polish driver to stop, though be prepared to mix your languages and refer to cities by their Polish names. ==== Option 2: Darßer Brücke ====

Alternatively, Get to ''Weißer See'' as described in option 1 and walk 1 km north along ''Berliner Allee from ''Berliner Allee/Indira-Gandhi-Str.(the street name changing to ''Malchower Chaussee'' roughly at where the Star petrol station is) to the place just before where ''Darßer Str. Straße'' passes over ''Berliner alleeMalchower Chaussee''. I found this place to be much better. It's a long , straight road where people don't drive too fast and where there are a couple of pockets for cars to stop. There's less local traffic and a higher concentration of relevant traffic. If you have a public transport ticket anyway, check online if it's worth waiting to get to the bus stop ''Nüßlerstr./Feldtmannstr.'' (bus lines 255 and 259) to save yourself most of the walking.

==== Option 23: Autobahn Junction Berlin-Weißensee Am Luchgraben ====

Take SThe most cost-Bahn S2 direction Bernau from Friedrichstr. and get off at "Buch". From there, catch a effective – though not fastest – option might be taking bus that goes line 259 to "Schwanebeck, Dorf" (ca. 10 min). Several buses will go there so check the time table there or ask the driver or someone else. Note that you will need a ticket including Zone Cstop ''Am Luchgraben'', as Schwanebeck which is conveniently located outside of a few metres before the city border of Berlin. Next, meaning you'll have to walk the main road of the village into southern directionre still within tariff zone B. ItThere's about 1.2 km a patch of dirt/concrete right next to the on ramp; before crossed-out Berlin sign (indicating that there is a petrol station where one can already ask drivers. You'll need the on ramp towards eastern direction, that means coming from Schwanebeck, you have to pass the first on ramp which leads towards western direction. There, standing behind the safety fence, you are visible to all drivers who queue up at the traffic light from both sides. It is not very easy for drivers to stop by but just before leaving the actual on ramp cars city limits) where people can pull over, as they are not on full speed and a little firm area off the road allows to easily stop. On your sign you should write "A11" as it's not the on ramp for the A11 straight away; many, but rather to the "Berliner Ring" (A10); the A11 goes off the A10 about a kilometre after this on ramp. If your driver is if not going to your destination but follows the A11 for a while, ask to majority of cars passing here will be dropped off at Raststätte "Buckowsee", which is located some 35 km after the A11 begins. This Raststätte is the only one on the A11 and afterwards on A20 (leading towards [[Stralsund]] or [[Rügen)]] but a very busy one. From here you should try going to find your final rideNorthwestern Poland.

Take S-Bahn S7 (direction : ''PotsdamHbf''), or S1 (direction : ''Wannsee''), and get out at ''Nikolassee''. Walk out of the train station, cross the bridge and you'll see the [[petrol station hitchhiking|petrol station]] to the right. You can talk to drivers at the petrol station or on the parking lot.

This spot is both faster and cheaper to get to than option 2: Michendorf. You will need 25 minutes from Hauptbahnhof (Berlin Main Station) on an AB ticket (EUR 2.90), compared to ~1 hour (including the walk) on an ABC ticket (EUR 3.60) to Michendorf.

There is a lot of long distance traffic heading south and west, with high chances of finding a ride for at least several hundred kilometres. However, it is '''not''' a good spot to hitch East.

Regional According to the experiences of several hitchhikers, this is a good spot to go East – but '''not''' West or South. Take regional train RE7 (e.g. RE7 direction [[: ''Dessau]], check [http'') from Berlin's centre or RB37 (direction://www.fahrinfo-berlin.de/Fahrinfo/bin/ fahrinfo-berlin.de] for route information''Beelitz Stadt'') from the centre ''Berlin-Wannsee'' station and get off at ''Michendorf'' (zones ABC, EUR 3.30/BC ticket required). Leave the station at the left side (in direction of the train). Turn right into the ''Potsdamer Straße '' and walk south 1.3 km. Turn right into ''Feldstraße '' and follow it till until you see the [[rest area|Raststätte]]. Enter via the green emergency dooror walk a bit further to the restaurant, as the noise protection wall ends there.

Alternative: Bus 643 or 608 from ''User [[PotsdamUser:Rebew|Rebew]] Hbf which also passes the train station and a friend tried hitchhiking from here on several occasions and had no luck going anywhere West. There is not a lot of traffic and it will yield only short rides, Leipzig at Michendorfmost (2021). Get off at ''Michendorf Luckenwalder Straße''. Walk 100 m south along Potsdamer Straße and then turn right into Feldstraße, following it for ≈800 m until the Raststätte.

A good spot to stand with a sign is at the access lane onto the A115 (AVUS) from ''Messedamm''. The access lane is a part of the ''Funkturm '' junction which connects the A115 and A100. The exact place to stand is at the acceleration lane of the road connecting the Messedam ''Messedamm'' with the A115 in a U-turn around a quiet parking area at the ''Messedamm''. From S-bahnhof Westkreutz Bahn station ''Westkreuz'', walk north along the Halenseestrasse''Halenseestraße'', and cross the road at the big crossing cross the road intersection onto the Messedam''Messedamm''. After 100 meters on the Messedam , there is the quiet parking area at your left hand side. Walk across the parkingcarpark. To reach the place to standhitch from, climb the traffic barrier between the parking carpark and the acceleration lane. : [httphttps://gooosm.glorg/mapsgo/NlquZ 0MZuR0mAF?m= This] is the exact location . Hitchhiking is prohibited here as the location is behind the Autobahn sign, but the risk is worth it. From S-bahnhof Bahn station ''Messe Nord /ICC'' it is slightly further, but easier to find. Walk to the ''Messedamm'', follow it south and at the next crossing intersection turn right, then you 'll find the quiet parking area after 100 meters on your left hand side. 

Take a regional train (e.g. RE7 direction Dessau, check fahrinfo-berlin.de for route information) from the centre and get off at Michendorf (requires BC/ABC ticket). Leave the station at the left side (in direction of the train). Turn right into the Potsdamer Straße and walk south ≈1.7 km on Potsdamer Straße until it ends (it bends right and is called An der Autobahn then). Keep walking straight ahead on a footpath and cross the tunnel under the Autobahn A10. After the tunnel, turn right on a sandy path through the forest. Follow the track until you are at the Mcdonalds at the [rest area. The petrol station is after the restaurant and seems to be better for getting rides. Your best bet is to either ask truckers (although they might not know English) or stand by the exit with a sign that says "Polska".