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== Hitching Out Public transport ==

==== Rasthof Stolper Heide ====The hitchhikingTake subway line U6 direction Alt-spot in Henningsdorf Tegel and get off at ''Kurt-Schumacher-Platz'Rasthof Stolper Heide''' is the best option to reach [[Hamburg]], [[Rostock]] or [[Scandinavia]]. You are going to have to go on a 2 km Then walk in total (part of which involves gorgeous forests...). S≈500 m south along Kurt-Bahn station ''Heiligensee'' (S25 towards Henningsdorf, 2.10 € ticket), walk down Ruppiner Chaussee northwards about 200 meters and turn right on an asphalt walking path (− there's a sign saying "Berliner Mauerweg"). Follow the path for 10Schumacher-15 minutes. Cross Damm to the bridge over start of the motorway and you will see a short railing on the your leftAutobahn. You can easily jump over and then walk down the little hill to the motorway. Walk along the way for Alternatively, about 600/700m, if you walk on 2 minutes away from the path in the woods you will be on the wrong side of subway station there is a tall green fence and have to go back. The large ''Jet'' petrol station is there. You can easily get a direct ride to [[Hamburg]] from hereeither ask the drivers who stop there or stand at the road right before it.

A very close-by spot that saves You can have a free breakfast or dinner before you start in the 2 km walk: Get off one station earlier, ''Schulzendorf'' Sikh temple (S25 towards Henningsdorf, 2.10€ ticketgurdwara). Get out from the front of the train, and out of the station, follow Ruppiner Chaussee north, and take the first right (Schulzendorfer Straße). And there you are, on the motorway access ramp, 5 min that is a 10 minute walk from the petrol station. Traffic is pretty low, but cars are very slow and can get a good view at you. You can take ''any'' ride. If the car doesn't go your way, he can drop you off at the petrol station "Rasthof Stolper Heide" some kilometers uproadKögelstraße 6.

==== Option 2: Prenzlauer Promenade ====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 500m down the bridge and you've got a traffic-light as well as two petrol stations, both on the right side for the drivers going towards the Autobahn. It may be worth walking to the second petrol station as it's cheaper and more frequented. However, it might happen that the staff at this second (Shell) station tell you to leave their property and threaten you to call the police.

You can also wait opposite of The street ''Prenzlauer Promenade'' is called ''Prenzlauer Allee'' in the city centre and becomes the Autobahn A114 next to the S-Bahn station ''McDonaldPankow-Heinersdorf's'. From there, just walk 500 m down the bridge and you' for ve got a lifttraffic light as well as two petrol stations (Star and HEM). Sometimes you will meet other hitchhikers hereAdditionally, at the last intersection before the Autobahn starts, too. If someone offers a lift "only" to a gas there's another petrol station (Shell) on ''Rothenbachstraße'' next to the highway ("Linumer Bruch" for instance) take it, since from traffic lights. It may be worth checking out which of these three is the cheapest and most frequented one on a highway gas given day – usually one of the two former. Be aware that the staff at the Shell station it is very easy might tell you to leave their property and threaten to get another liftcall the police.

==== Kurt-Schumacher-Damm ====If There is usually a lot of traffic on this road, so you want to hitchhike towards [[Hamburg]] or [[Schwerin]] on the A24 it is the best to go could also hitch with the U6 towards a sign. Coming from ''AltPankow-TegelHeinersdorf'' and get off at ''Kurt-Schumacher-Platz'' and then start walking towards , 50 m before the motorway. About 2 minutes away from the U-Bahn first petrol station , there is also a ''Jet'' petrol station. You shoulder where cars can either ask the drivers who stop there or stand and people waiting at the road right before ittraffic lights are able to see you. (Update January 2009: Spot is open again!)

=== 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 East towards [[Szczecin]]or Scandinavia: You can easily get a direct ride to Hamburg from here, [[Gdansk]] (Danzig) {{Autobahn|11}} ===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.

==== Berliner Allee ====Borough Pankow'''If you start from any district in West Berlin''', part Weißensee: Take the tram M4 to take S-Bahn S25 towards ''Berliner Allee/Indira-Gandhi-Str.Hennigsdorf'' which can be caught and get off at Alexanderplatz''Heiligensee'' (AB or BC ticket required). Then Turn left from the station (so that you face North), and walk along the up ''Berliner AlleeRuppiner Chaussee'' just around for 300 m. Then turn right on an asphalt walking path (there's a sign saying "Berliner Mauerweg"). Follow the half circle of path for 1.2 km, crossing the bridge over the Autobahn. Immediately turn left down a little path – you can stay close to the road Autobahn in order not to lose it and find you will quickly see a decent place where cars pathway that you can pull overfollow to the Raststätte. Many cars There is a small fence to the left of the path which you have to jump at this intersection have Polish License and are heading North East, some as far as Gdansk. Use a sign with point; the easiest place is probably to the city ''[[Szczecin]]'' and surely right of a Polish driver will stop, though be prepared green fenced enclosure about half way to mix your languages and refer to cities by there Polish namesthe Raststätte. Check The walk from the map for the street viewbridge is about 1.5 km.

=== South towards [[Leipzig]] {{Autobahn|9}} If you for some reason don't have or want to get a ticket including tariff zone C, you may also take S-Bahn S1 (direction: ''Oranienburg'') to ''Frohnau''. Getting off there, head to ''Ludolfingerplatz'', a small green square surrounded by a roundabout immediately west of the station, and start walking along ''Maximiliankorso'', the first road branching off on the right. Keep walking until the small intersection with ''Hainbuchenstraße'' (there's a bus 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 cemetary (on your right) and a forest in front of you. Enter the forest, walk until a path branches off to your right and West towards [[Magdeburg]]turn there. At the end of the branch, [[Hannover]] {{Autobahn|2}}===you should see a golf course. Turn left and just keep walking straight now, which will take you to the Raststätte's fence. This route is about 3.64 km long and will take roughly an hour.

==== Rasthof Michendorf For [[Scandinavia]] bound hitchhikers ====* '''This one also works for South or East!''' Just 30 minutes by ''Regionalbahn'' (train) south west of Berlin. This is the most direct option. You easily get hitches to the south or west as well as to the east (Poland). Take a train (e.g. RE3 to [[Dessau]], check [http://www.fahrinfo-berlin.de/Fahrinfo/bin/ fahrinfo-berlin.de] for route information.) from the center (ABC 2.80 EUR). Get off at the train station ''Michendorf''. Leave the station at the left side (in direction of the train). Turn right into the Potsdamer Straße, at the bus stop, and walk for 20 minutes straight on it.

Alternatively ''' Direction Denmark''': The ferries leave 15 km north of Rostock at Warnemünde and from [[Puttgarden]], from Berlin generally people head for the ferry at [[Rostock]] but it leaves more seldom, and if you are offered the right ride you could go to the [[Puttgarden]] one instead, which is a good option especially if you are only transitting through [[Denmark]] to [[Sweden]] seeing as on the Rostock - Gedser ferry there is very little Sweden bound traffic.''' Direction [[Puttgarden]]''': From Berlin is possible if you are offered a ride to''' Direction Hamburg-Stillhorn''': If you can get here by bus 643 or 608 from a ride to this gas station you can walk under the highway and hitchhike the other direction towards [[PotsdamLübeck]] Hbf which also passes - however, only people living in the southern part of the city are likely to pass by here.''' Direction Lübeck''': It is possible to accept a ride either to Lübeck or to the train Neustadt gas station in Michendorfjust north of the city (but that is more rare). Get In case you can get dropped off at "Michendorf Abzweig Wildenbruch"the onramp leading out of central Lübeck in direction Neustadt, wait for a ride that will take you at least to the gas station 10 km north.'''Direction [[Århus]]''': You can also accept a ride towards [[Flensburg]] and some hitchhikers have even been known to accept such rides and then going to [[Copenhagen]] through Kolding and walk south west [[Odense]]. Also it is possible to reach both South western [[Norway]] with the ferries from [[Hirtshals]] (Hitchable??) and [[Göteborg]], [[Sweden]] with the ferry from [[Fredrikstad]].'''Direction Sweden''': You can also head for one of the final stretch direct ferries to the service station[[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.

To go west or south (=== Northeast towards [[MagdeburgSzczecin]], [[Hannover]] or [[Leipzig]], [[MunichGdańsk|Gdansk]](Danzig) turn right into Feldstraße and follow it till you see the [[service station]]. Enter via the green emergency door. {{Autobahn|11}} ===

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; the B2 merges into the A11 beyond the motorway junction with the A10. The following options suggest different spots along the B2, 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. ==== Option 1: Berliner Allee ==== Take tram M4 (direction: ''Hohenschönhausen, Zingster Str.'') to ''Weißer See'', 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 ==== Get to ''Weißer See'' as described in option 1 and walk 1 km north along ''Berliner Allee'' (the street name changing to ''Malchower Chaussee'' roughly at where the Star petrol station is) to the place just before where ''Darßer Straße'' passes over ''Malchower Chaussee''. 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 want 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 3: Am Luchgraben ==== The most cost-effective – though not fastest – option might be taking bus line 259 to the stop ''Am Luchgraben'', which is conveniently located a few metres before the city border, meaning you're still within tariff zone B. There's a patch of dirt/concrete right next to the crossed-out Berlin sign (indicating that one is leaving the city limits) where people can easily stop; many, if not the majority of cars passing here will be going to Northwestern Poland. ==== Option 4: Autobahn Junction Berlin-Weißensee ==== Take S-Bahn S2 (direction: ''Bernau'') and get off at ''Buch''. From there, catch a bus that goes to ''Schwanebeck, Dorf'' (approx. 10 min). Several buses will go east there so check the time table there or ask the driver or someone else. Note that you will need a ticket including tariff zone C, as Schwanebeck is located outside of the border of Berlin. Next, you'll have to walk the main road of the village into southern direction. It's about 1.2 km to the on-ramp; before that there is a petrol station where one can already ask drivers. You'll need the on-ramp towards the East, that means coming from Schwanebeck, you have to pass by the first on-ramp which leads towards the West. 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 the actual on ramp cars can pull over, as they are not on full speed and a little firm area off the road allows to stop. On your sign you should write "A11" as it's not the actual on-ramp for the A11, but rather to the "Berliner Ring" (A10); the A11 branches off the A10 about a kilometre after this on-ramp. If your driver is not going to your destination but follows the A11 for a while, ask to 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 [[PolandStralsund]] or [[DresdenRügen]] turn ), but a very busy one. From here you should try to find your final ride. === South towards [[Leipzig]], [[Munich]] {{Autobahn|9}} and West towards [[Magdeburg]], [[Hannover]] {{Autobahn|2}} === ==== Option 1: Raststätte Grunewald ==== Take S-Bahn S7 (direction: ''Potsdam Hbf''), 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 after . You can talk to drivers at the petrol station or on the tunnel 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, compared to ~1 hour (including the walk) on an ABC ticket 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, itis '''not'''s a small sandy track through good spot to hitch East. If you find nobody heading in your direction, you can also get a short lift until Michendorf and try your luck there, but this is usually not necessary. ==== Option 2: Raststätte Michendorf ==== According to the experiences of several hitchhikers, this is a woodgood spot to go East – but '''not''' West or South. Take regional train RE7 (direction: ''Dessau'') from Berlin's centre or RB37 (direction: ''Beelitz Stadt'') from ''Berlin-Wannsee'' station and get off at ''Michendorf'' (ABC/BC ticket required). Follow Leave the track station at the left side (in direction of the train). Turn right into ''Potsdamer Straße'' and walk south 1.3 km. Turn right into ''Feldstraße'' and follow it until you are at see the [[rest area|Raststätte]]. Enter via the green emergency door or walk a bit further to the McDonalds restaurant at , as the noise protection wall ends there. ''User [[rest areaUser:Rebew|Rebew]]and a friend tried hitchhiking from here on several occasions and had no luck going anywhere West. The petrol station There is after the McDonalds not a lot of traffic and seems to be better for getting it will yield only short rides, Leipzig at most (2021).''

==== Raststätte Grunewald Option 3: AVUS / Messedamm access lane ====For going South or West you can try A good spot to stand with a sign is at the access lane onto the A115 (AVUS) from '''Raststätte Grunewald'Messedamm''. Take The access lane is a part of the ''S-BahnFunkturm'' train junction which connects the A115 and A100. The exact place to stand is at the acceleration lane of the road connecting the ''S7Messedamm'' towards with the A115 in a U-turn around a quiet parking area at ''PotsdamMessedamm'' or . From S-Bahn station ''S1Westkreuz'' towards , walk north along ''WannseeHalenseestraße'' , and get out cross the road at the big intersection onto ''NikolaseeMessedamm''. After 100 meters, there is the quiet parking area at your left hand side. Walk out of across the carpark. To reach the place to hitch from, climb the traffic barrier between the carpark and the acceleration lane: [https://osm.org/go/0MZuR0mAF?m= This] is the exact location. Hitchhiking is prohibited here as the location is behind the Autobahn sign, but the train risk is worth it. From S-Bahn station''Messe Nord/ICC'' it is slightly further, but easier to find. Walk to ''Messedamm'', cross follow it south and at the bridge and next intersection turn right, then you'll see find the quiet parking area after 100 meters on your left hand side. === South towards [[Dresden]] and [[petrol stationCottbus]] next {{Autobahn|13}} === Firest rest stop once out of Berlin is 25 km away Raststätte Am Kahlberg Ost on highway 13 ==== Option 1: B96a Altglienicke ==== Take S-Bahn S9 or S45 to you''Altglienicke''. Usually When getting off, you will encounter some other hitchhikers ("I stood 'll see there with 14 other Hitchhikers is a road that runs parallel on your left-hand side to the S-Bahn line (if you are facing south), and a sunny Monday morningred light. To get there, 9 o`clockleave the platform by using the footbridge and turning right at the staircase (walk over the road running parallel). Maybe Grunewald is On the right side, There will be a HH place, pathway that is too well known!" goes down to the road -it's a little windy path that will eventually take you there. You will come to the road that runs parallel to the S-BociaBahn track (over which you just walked), but normally you and on that road is the red light that does not seem to have any shoulder space. But do not be confused. This is the BEST PLACE to stand and get a car an immediate ride. Cross the road to stand at the petrol station within a few minutes − at least red light on the SBahn Track side. You can ask cars every time they stop for the red light. The red light is 100 m before the right hand onramp of the Autobahn going to Cottbus or Dresden.  ==== Option 2: A100 Autobahn junction Tempelhof ==== Take U-Bahn U6 or S-Bahn S41, S42, S45, S46, or S47 to Tempelhof. Turn right (south) along Tempelhofer Damm for 200 m to the A100 junction. ==== Option 3: B96a Schöneweide ==== [[File:Berlin-schoeneweide.jpg|thumb|right|230px|Hitchhikers next to the Raststätte in Schöneweide.]] Take S-Bahn S8, S9, S41, S42, S45, S4, S47, or S85 to ''MichendorfSchöneweide''! Also standing . Then walk east out of the station, turn right onto Michael-Brückner-Straße and after 300 m, you'll find two petrol stations. Most people stops on second ==== Option 4: A100 Auffahrt Siemensdamm ==== Get to station "U Siemensdamm" and directly in front of the junction "Siemensdamm" (at least towards south) there is a crossing of the streets "Siemensdamm" and "Nikolaus-Groß-Weg" with traffic lights before . Moving away from the [[on-ramp]] seems motorway there is a long line of parking spots, perfect to be useful!getting picked up. I've made the experience that directly at the traffic lights it's hard but a bit further it can work. It is probably a great spot towards AVUS and north as well. ==== Option 5: Test option ====

==== Trampstelle [[Potsdam]] ====There is a local campaign for an official hitchhiking spot in PotsdamWaldeck West rest stop road 117 next to bus 263 stop Waltersdorf (bei Berlin), they made a petition Gaspumpstation. 5 km walk away from Eichwalde s-bahn stop S8 and won it :)The hitchhiking spot is planned now and will be established soon.S46 goes there

=== South towards [[Dresden]] {{Autobahn|13}} and East towards [[Frankfurt Once you get a ride in Germany direction to Poland you can hitchhike before or after places where people pay for higway (Oderpolish name bramki)]], [[Poland]] {{Autobahn|12}} ===. One side will have a parking place and its free to hitchike there.

If you are going further than Dresden (e.g. [[Czech Republic]]) on the A13, also take a look on the [[Dresden]] page.'''You may also try [[Berlin#Rasthof ==== Option 1: Raststätte Michendorf|Rasthof Michendorf]]''' for getting lifts east or southeast./ least walking ====

Alternative: Take bus 643 from ''Potsdam Hbf'', direction Busendorf, and get off at ''Michendorf, Bergheide''. Walk back 40 m in the direction the bus came from to the junction. There are 2 ways of entering will be a small road going to the left, through the upper mentioned highways:''forest. Follow this road for ≈1 km to the Mcdonalds/Raststätte.

''1. From entrances to the new A113 highway:''==== Airport Berlin-Schönefeld Option 2: Raststätte Am Fichtenplan ====It's possible to hitchhike at the on-ramp next to the airport ''(Flughafen) Berlin-Schönefeld''. You can reach the airport with S-Bahn S9 and some [[Deutsche Bahn|DB]] trains. You can not only find lifts mostly towards Dresden or Poland. It's probably the best spot within reach by S and U-Bahn to hitchhike to Poland. Stand right before the ramp with a 'PL' sign. The ramp is pretty small, but you can walk up some 15-20m behind the ''Autobahn'' sign so people can stop along the side of the road safely. Watch the speed of cars coming from the right hidden corner onto the ramp, it's a tricky on-ramp, can be dangerous so hitch carefully here.

==== Tempelhof ====Maybe Tempelhof used to be a good place to hitch hike in the past but now it seems impossible to catch a ride there - there is simply no space for a car to stop (or we failed to find a spot which i doubt because we searched the whole neighbourhood). If you still want to test it yourself here is how to get there[[File:The airport is easy to reach with S-Bahn and U-Bahn. Once there simply follow the sign towards Dresden (A100). There are two red lights, for people coming from north and south, so they have time to see you. You should ask for A113 or A13, or simply if they are going in the way to Ikea, and get dropped on the petrol station before the big mall (before Waltersdorf, check map also). Bus #263 from S-Bahn station Grünau also goes to/near this petrol stationBerlinout. jpg|thumb|alt=E30 ''[[E30]]'Please read the discussion page'''!.]]

''2. From the 96a road (not that much in use after opening the A113):''==== Schöneweide ====[[File:Berlin-schoeneweide.jpg|thumb|right|230px|Hitchhikers next to the service station in Schöneweide.]]Take a train to the S-Bahn station ''Schöneweide'+ 2 stops with train + 5 km walking', get out there and walk out of the station East, turn right on Michael-Brückner Straße and after 300 meter you'll find two big [[service station]]s − although the [[Autobahn]] is far away these are mostly the last possibilities for cars to get petrol. The place was once crowded with hitchhikers but is normally empty now and works fine! Locals tend to stop at the second petrol station because it's usually cheaper. Also, behind this petrol station is a Burger King "Restaurant". If you choose your spot well, you can show a sign both to cars on the street who could stop at the Burger King entrance (but often drive too fast though) and to people leaving the second petrol station or entering Burger King.

===== Opinions: =====* However the attendants at Take S-bahn S2 to the service end station will ask you to look for your ride elsewhere and may even call the police''Blankenfelde''. The road leading to the [[Autobahn]] is a no stopping zoneFrom there, so the best solution is take any regional train 2 stops to stand near ''Rangsdorf''. Walk the Burger King, where a driver can pull in. There is no better spot further up Kienitzer Str until the crossing with L40 road toward the [[Autobahn]]. * 2008-08-24: I used this petrol stations quite often and never had problems. What the hell did you do? -[[User:atopia|Ben]]* I tried both the gas station Continue walking 500 metres and by using a sign to stop cars from turn left on the streetgravel road. First of all most people weren't traveling to Dresden You will hear the highway and even if they were they were very hesitant to give you see a ride if you ask them. For all rest area through the time I spent there, two other hitchhikers came and they also had no luck. I eventually gave up and had to pay for the bus. I'm not sure if that's a good spotbushes.

=====Illegally=====Alternatively go to the S-Bahn station ''Altglienicke'Train + bus with one C zone ticket'. Leave the platform illegally at the east end, then hike over the rails, which will bring you to the B96. The road is also named ''Am Seegraben''. There is a wide emergency lane and a speed limit of 50 km/h. Use a sign to get a lift to [[Dresden]] (DD), [[Braunschweig]] (BS), [[Hannover]](H), ''[[Berlin#Rasthof Michendorf|Rasthof Michendorf]]'' or [[Frankfurt (Oder)]] (FF) / [[Poland]] ([[Poznan]]). It is not allowed to hitchhike on that spot, though it's very likely that you will obtain a good lift in short time. Remember: Running over the rails can cost you something around 25 Euro if they catch you.

'''Attention'''Cars are driving too fast and you'll bring yourself in danger.people start honking also...'''so better not using this hitchhike spot'''.after a while the police appeared and sent us away.(August 2009)--[[UserFile:WukkHitch_ber_pl_fichtenplan_2020.png|Wukk200px|thumb|right|How to walk from bus stop Am Weidendamm to Raststätte Am Fichtenplan]] 12:32, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

'''A)''' From train stop ''S Blankenfelde'' catch bus 792, check [https://www.vbb.de/en VBB.de] in advance to find out about the departure times. If you’ve bought a ticket including tariff zone C to get to ''Blankenfelde'', it’ll also cover the bus fare. When looking for the bus at ''Blankenfelde'' station, the displayed direction doesn’t matter as this is the initial/final stop of this line. Once you’re on the bus, get off at ''Am Weidendamm'', the surrounding area being a business park. Walk towards the Northeast, there’s a crane business on the right hand side that you’ll spot from afar. The main road makes a left turn here, and a dead end road branches off: The latter is the one you have to take, the crane business coming closer and closer. A dirt road starts at the concrete square at the end of this road, and passes the crane business site, the fence of it being on your right. Now proceed to the field, pass the trench and turn left. If you’ve got the right shoes/boots, you may also head across the field diagonally to your left from where you crossed the trench. If you haven’t seen it from the trench, you’ll soon notice a low causeway ahead of you (if you walked across the field) or on your left (if you followed the field’s edge). You’ll want to be on the causeway, which in fact had a railway line on it many decades ago. Once on the causeway, turn right (South) and simply follow it. You’ll soon be on a forest road near the motorway, and likely also see a bridge as well as the Raststätte already. Cross the bridge, turn immediately left and enter the rest area. '''B)''' From eastern Berlin, go to ''S Königs Wusterhausen'', catch bus 730 to ''Brusendorf, Kreuzung'' (15 min ride with same C zone ticket) and walk Wilhelm-Pieck-Strase 100 metres and turn left on gravel road. You will see rest stop from there =====Legally=Option 3: Raststätte Seeberg West====OR [[File:Hitch_ber pl seeberg west.png|200px|thumb|right|How to walk from Hönow station to Seeberg West]] The cheapest, though probably not fastest option to reach ''Raststätte Seeberg West'', is to take subway line U5 to its eastern terminus ''Hönow'' (Berlin AB/BC ticket).Once out of the station, cross ''Mahlsdorfer Straße'' (the road right in front of the station), turn left, and then turn right into the first road that branches off, called ''Am Barschsee/Am Weiher''. go to Follow ''Am Weiher'' and keep heading straight; the S-Bahn station road continues as ''Am Grünzug'' after crossing ''Hoppegartener Straße'' and eventually as ''AltglienickeWernergraben''. When getting offOnce you can see the REWE supermarket, turn right into ''Stöbberstraße'' and follow it until its very end (it becomes ''An der alten Gärtnerei'' past the kindergarten). Turn left into ''Bamberger Straße'' and walk until the main road ''Neuenhagener Chaussee''. Carefully cross ''Neuenhagener Chaussee'' – it’s a busy road with cars going pretty fast – and start walking on the dirt road straight ahead. At some point the road turns right and you ll have to enter the forested area; the road crosses a stream called ''Zochegraben'' here. The road will now continue to the left whereas on the right you’ll see a small path. Turn left and keep following the dirt road. A few minutes later, after walking besides a field (on your right), there is will be two paths to a small natural pool (which, depending on the time of the year, might not have any water in it; you’ll recognise the place though, having some wooden installations as well as a small “sand beach”. There, you’ll also see a wire fence that follows the direction of the pool if you were to look at it from the dirt road in parallel . Walk past the pool on the right hand side – there’s something like a path for a few metres – until you encounter high grass or the overgrown area respectively. From here, the easiest way to continue is to look where the least shrub is and head towards the wire fence. Chances are you’ll be doing some bush-bashing (again dependent on season), so don’t wear your fanciest clothes. Once besides the S Bahn linewire fence, the grass is not too high and walking becomes easier; keep following the fence, which will make a red light90° right turn soon, when a huge field opens in front of you. To get  From there, leave you’ll already see a big power line. Your destination is a wooden gate near the power pole on the platform by using "field. Walk along its edge or simply across the bridge"field if conditions are favourable, legallyno farmer is around and you’re wearing boots or something similar. Approximately 20 to 30 metres before the power pole, you’ll see the open gate (with nothing but an overgrown area behind it) on the edge of the field. Enter the gate and immediately turn right; walk about ten metres, then cross turn slightly left (approx. 45°) and keep walking. The shrub is pretty dense in places so again it’s some bush bashing, but a few metres further you’ll already encounter the fence of the Raststätte. If you followed these directions, chances are you’ll already see the gate in the road fence to stand enter the rest area.  Altogether, the walk is a little bit over 5 km and should take 90 minutes at the red lightmost. You To skip walking the suburban part in the beginning, you can ask cars every time they also take bus 943 (direction: ''S Hoppegarten'') from ''Hönow'' station and get off at ''Thälmannstr.'', with this bus stop being very close to where the dirt road is starting at ''Neuenhagener Chaussee''. However, the bus only runs once per hour during weekdays and operates in tariff zone C, meaning you'll likely need an additional ticket. At the Raststätte, trucks heading for Poland abound, as well as a fair number of private cars with Polish number plates.  === East towards [[Kostrzyn]] Poland and [[Frankfurt an der Oder|Frankfurt (Oder)]] === If you are going to Frankfurt/Oder or somewhere else close by, you can try to hitch along the national road B5/B1 instead of taking the highway A12.  Take the S5 to Mahlsdorf and follow Hönewer Straße to the South until the big intersection with the street Alt-Mahlsdorf. After the red traffic lightthere is [https://goo.gl/maps/45v4qR1Np822 enough place to stop]. Cars go quite fast, but often slow down due according to the changing traffic lights. There is still a lot of city traffic though. The red light Small walk away also is a Star Tankstelle petrol station (adress Alt-Mahlsdorf 117) Directly before the entrance to the Berlin ringway there is 100 a bus stop & Shell Tankstelle suitable for hitching further. About 10 km after the highway the B1/B5 changes from a fast two lane road to a smaller national road.  === North towards [[Fürstenberg]], [[Neustrelitz]] and [[Neubrandenburg]] === For the East part of Mecklenburg - Western Pomerania the B96 could be a good option instead of A11/A20, because there's only one petrol station on A11 and none on the eastern part of the A20. '''Option 1'''  Go to S Oranienburg (S1, RE from Südkreuz - Hauptbahnhof - Gesundbrunnen, RB Lichtenberg - Hohenschönhausen). From Oranienburg go by bus or walk to Sachsenhausen, Kirche bus stop and continue walking Granseer Straße for 15 minutes and you'll reach the B96. At this point the B96 still looks like a highway. But don't be confused: just a few meters before the onramp Oranienburg-Nord there's a sign saying that Autobahn ends. So cars are allowed to stop north of the motorway going ramp. Between Oranienburg and Neubrandenburg just Neustrelitz is bad for leaving a car. If you're driver goes to Neustrelitz leave the car 2 km before at the last crossroad (connection with B198 to Wesenberg, Mirow) and use the bus stop over there to go on to Cottbus NB or ask if you driver can drop you off at the North end of Neustrelitz. In every other town/village on that way the B96 goes directly via the town. So you can get off and look for the next busstop on the B96. Weekend or Dresdenholidays it might be that there's nearly no bus via Sachsenhausen, Kirche then you can go by train to Sachsenhausen (Nordb) and walk 1 km to the spot. Check before on Vbb-Homepage! '''Option 2''' Raststätte Stolper Heide highway rest stop Go by bus 8O9 till stop Stolpe (OHV), Autobahnbrücke than 1OO metres back and right side 1 km walk away is Raststätte Stolper Heide highway rest stop on road 111. The road serves just as access to rest stop and starts opposite side from road 111 upramp Or you can walk 4 km from S Bahnhof Hohen Neuendorf starting from Stolper Street than its changes to Hohen Neuendorfer Weg street and all the way to bus stop above.There is a bicycle road next to street

Getting into Berlin since the ring is big and maybe you are on a ride that's only passing by. Good option is to get out at...  === East and West Highway 10 (Warsaw > Amsterdam) ===The best is to get Get off at ''Rasthof Michendorf'' (after all the ring interchanges). There is a bridge over the Autobahn nearby so if you are coming even from [[Poland]] you can jump over and easily find someone going into the city. Alternatively, when coming you can walk into Michendorf itself, which takes about 30 min. Just head north from the petrol stations (you can go under the Autobahn from the east about 2 km before southern petrol station From Michendorf, you can take a train for EUR 3.30 to the interchange "centre of Berlin Zentrum" (itthe ABC ticket, which is valid for 2 hours, so you can also use metro, bus etc. when in Berlin). The last train everyday is at 00:21. So don's really t leave the petrol station if you get there after 00:00. Also, if you end up having to sleep over there, that train station is definitely not really suitable for sleeping; however, near the petrol station there's a good idea 24 hours restaurant called "Restaurant Michendorf Nord", you can charge your phone there and probably sleep in the downstairs toilet for disabled people. Or get of at "Königs Wusterhausen"/"Wildau". The exit is one exit after the "Schönefelder Kreuz" on the A10 direction Poland. I consider it as the quickest to get off in Berlin from the South! Maybe your driver can drop you in the village at interchanges on the autobahn)S-Bahn otherwise here is the independent version: If you want to get off in Königs Wusterhausen, there the best opportunity is an a bit a freestyle one. 2 km after the exit for ''[["Königs Wusterhausen]]''" there is 150 m long bridge called Wildauer Brücke. If your driver is ready to stop there he can drop you directly after the bridge on the hard shoulder. There If you pay antention you will be find a lot of commercial shopping buildings small door in the noise barrier. Open the door, go down the stairs, you will see just before you need to exit find the road for Königswusterhausen. Walk 20 min and as you are exiting will see be at the S-Bahn station, the McDonaldslast S-Bahn for Berlin is at 00:41! Map [https://goo. Then, if gl/maps/grprFELW7rM2 here]. Alternatively you cantake the same road in the other direction [https://goo.gl/maps/XhvjZqX9rks map] and go to the S-Bahn station Wildau. === A115 - Spanische Allee === You can get off at the exit 't find a ride going into Berlin 'Spanische Allee'' if your driver takes the [[A115_(which could be rare actuallyGermany) walk about 1 km |A115]] passing by Potsdam to get into the nearest towncity which most people do that are coming from the West. There From the station ''Nikolassee'' right next to it you can take the S-Bahn to ''Zoologischer Garten'', ''Friedrichstraße'' or ''Warschauer Straße'' from where you can go anywhere. It is a bus going usually faster to do so unless your driver really goes directly into your neighbourhood, because you need more or less the same time by public transport to go anywhere in Berlin for 1 EURfrom this spot as with the car. Also your driver can easily go off the highway and back onto it.

==The Ruhr area warning = Drink ===At ''Hauptbahnhof'' the McDonalds has free refills, pick up a cup and get high on fizzy drinks. === Internet access ===Sidewalk express (internet) is located in the food court at ''Hauptbahnhof'', pick up some of the leftover receipts and enter the code, there is usually some time left. This is the internet I'm using now.

=== Public transport ===Blackriding is possibleWhen hitch hiking towards Berlin from Belgium, albeit riskyavoid passing the Ruhr area (Dortmund, Essen, Duisburg). Controllers Once you get in, it's difficult to get out. Raststättes are very frequent rare and wear civil clothes, so they cannot be noticed before the doors are closedpassing traffic avoids this region. And since they do not receive hourly wage but salary depending We tried on how many people they catch, playing several places and had to take the "dumb tourist" will have no effect on them; they want you in their recordtrain to pass this area (lost 5 hours. The good news is that even if they ask you There are sufficient work arounds to pay avoid this area. See also the fine on hitchwiki page of the spot (40 euros), you can say you don't have the money and then you have two weeks to pay it. Or, give them a false address and just never pay it[[Ruhr Area]].