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'''Berlin''' is the capital of [[Germany]].
== Public transport ==
Despite its size and unless going from one edge of an outer suburb to one on the opposite side of the city, going from one point to another within Berlin seldom takes more than one hour. Use [https://www.vbb.de/en VBB.de] to find out how to get from one location to another within Berlin and also the surrounding state of [[Brandenburg]]. Berlin operates on a fairly simple tariff zone system: Zone A is anywhere within the suburban train ring (''Ringbahn'' / S-Bahn lines S41 and S42), zone B from the ring to the administrative borders of the city, and zone C is a defined area of Brandenburg in proximity to the city (somewhat confined by the terminal stops of the S-Bahn).
As of April 2023, the current prices for a single adult, one-way ticket are: €3.20 (tariff zones AB), €3.80 (tariff zones BC) and €4.00 (tariff zones ABC). There is a plethora of concession, daily, group and other discounted tickets too, check the VBB or [https://www.bvg.de/en BVG] website for more information.
== Hitchhiking out ==
=== Northwest towards [[Hamburg]], [[Rostock]] and [[Scandinavia]] {{Autobahn|24}} ===
==== Option 1: Kurt-Schumacher-Damm ==== Take U-bahn subway line U6 direction Alt-Tegel and get off at ''Kurt-Schumacher-Platz''. Then walk ≈500m ≈500 m south along Kurt-Schumacher-Damm to the start of the motorwayAutobahn. Alternatively, about 2 minutes away from the U-Bahn subway station there is a ''Jet'' petrol station. You can either ask the drivers who stop there or stand at the road right before it. <br/ >This spot is nearer to Berlin than the motorway service station Rasthof Stolper Heide and includes much less time spent walking and on the train.<br/ >You can have a free breakfast or dinner before you start in the Sikh temple (gurdwara) that is a 10 minutes minute walk from the petrol station at Kögelstraße 6.:[[User:MaxHermens|MaxHermens]] says: It's best to ask drivers if they are going on the motorway, and if so, if they can take you to the above mentioned Stolperheide. Then you can avoid the long walk and start hitching straight away.
==== 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 500 m down the bridge and you've got a traffic light as well as two petrol stations (Star and HEM). Additionally, at the last intersection before the Autobahn starts, there's another petrol station (Shell) on ''Rothenbachstraße'' next to the traffic lights. It may be worth checking out which of these three is the cheapest and most frequented one on a given day – usually one of the two former. Be aware that the staff at 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'', 50m 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. <br> Much of the traffic here is local, but there is also significant traffic towards [[Hamburg]] and [[Rostock]].<br>Try to get a lift to at least the first petrol station on the motorway Autobahn ("Linumer Bruch"). ==== Option 3: Raststätte Stolper Heide ==== 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 up ''Ruppiner Chaussee'' for 300 m. 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. Immediately turn left down a little path – you can stay close to the Autobahn in order not to lose it and you will quickly see a pathway that you can follow to the Raststätte. There is a small fence to the left of the path which you have to jump at some point; 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.
==== For [[Scandinavia]] bound hitchhikers ====
''' Direction Denmark''': The ferries that are useable by hitchhikers are Scandline's 2 ferries, the other ones charge per passenger whereas these charge per car making the ride on the ferry free for the hitchhiker. One leave 15 km north of them, recommended by this article when hitching Rostock at Warnemünde and from [[BerlinPuttgarden]] leaves , from a Berlin generally people head for the ferry terminal 10 kilometers north of at [[Rostock]] but it leaves more seldom, and if you are offered the right ride you could go to the [[Gedser]] in [[DenmarkPuttgarden]] and the other oneinstead, from which is a good option especially if you are only transitting through [[PuttgardenDenmark]] to [[RodbySweden]], also in seeing as on the Rostock - Gedser ferry there is very little Sweden bound traffic.''' Direction [[DenmarkPuttgarden]], sees more traffic ''': From Berlin is possible if you are offered a ride to''' Direction Hamburg-Stillhorn''': If you can get a ride to this gas station you can walk under the highway and runs more often. For going to hitchhike the other direction towards [[CopenhagenLübeck]] or other places - however, only people living in the southern part of the city are likely to pass by here.''Denmark'Direction Lübeck' from ''Berlin: It is possible to accept a ride either to Lübeck or to the Neustadt gas station just north of the city (but that is more rare). In case you can get dropped off at 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.'' the 'Direction [[Århus]]'Rostock'' ferry works rather well. It does however : You can also accept a ride towards [[Flensburg]] and some hitchhikers have the problem of only leaving every 2 hours or lesseven been known to accept such rides and then going to [[Copenhagen]] through Kolding and [[Odense]]. Also for any it is possible to reach both South western [[Norway]] with the ferries from [[SwedenHirtshals]] (or Hitchable??) and [[Göteborg]], [[NorwaySweden]]) bound hitchhikers it has with the issue that rather few people on this ferry are going to from [[Fredrikstad]].'''Direction Sweden'' so mostly you will find yourself dropped off at a petrol station before ': 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'Copenhagen'' has a direct night ferry from where Rostock 3 times a week running since autumn 2021. Currently they charge per vehicle and passengers so you will have couldn't join a crew, but passenger tickets go for 28€ so might still be worth it. === Northeast towards [[Szczecin]], [[Gdańsk|Gdansk]] (Danzig) {{Autobahn|11}} === Getting onto the A11 is easiest by starting to find yourself hitch on road B2, a lift major thoroughfare which somewhat bisects the city from the Southwest to ''Sweden''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.
=== Northeast towards [[Szczecin]]= 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 have a public transport ticket anyway, [[Gdańsk|Gdansk]] check online if it's worth waiting to get to the bus stop ''Nüßlerstr./Feldtmannstr.'' (Danzigbus lines 255 and 259) {{Autobahn|11}} to save yourself most of the walking. ==== Option 3: Am Luchgraben ====
=== South towards [[Leipzig]] {{Autobahn|9}} and West towards [[Magdeburg]], [[Hannover]] {{Autobahn|2}} = Option 1: Raststätte Grunewald ====
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.
==== Rasthof Option 2: Raststätte Michendorf ====* '''This one also works for South or East!''' Just 30 minutes by ''Regionalbahn'' (train) south west of Berlin. You easily get hitches to the south or west as well as to the east ([[Poland]]). Take a train (e.g. RE7 to [[Dessau]], check [http://www.fahrinfo-berlin.de/Fahrinfo/bin/ fahrinfo-berlin.de] for route information) from the center (ABC 3.10 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. To go west or south ([[Magdeburg]], [[Hannover]] or [[Leipzig]], [[Munich]]) turn right into Feldstraße and follow it till you see the [[rest area|service station]]. Enter via the green emergency door.
[[File:IMG 5392.JPG|thumb|250px|right|[[Tiziano]] hitching from Berlin to [[Munich]]]]
==== Option 3: AVUS / Messedamm access lane ====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 with the A115 in a U-turn around a quiet parking area at the Messedamm. From S-bahnhof Westkreutz walk north along the Halenseestrasse, and at the big crossing cross the road onto the Messedam. After 100 meters on the Messedam there is the quiet parking at your left hand side. Walk across the parking. To reach the place to stand, climb the traffic barrier between the parking and the acceleration lane. [http://goo.gl/maps/NlquZ This] is the exact location . Hitchhiking is prohibited here as the location is behind the motorway sign, but the risk is worth it. From S-bahnhof Messe Nord it is slightly further, but easier to find. Walk to the Messedamm, follow it south and at the next crossing turn right, then you find the quiet parking after 100 meters on your left hand side.
==== Aral at Kaiserdamm =South towards [[Dresden]] and [[Cottbus]] {{Autobahn|13}} ===Another option is the ''Aral'' petrol station at '''Kaiserdamm''' near the central bus station. Take U2 to ''Kaiserdamm'' (if you come from direction ''Zoo'') and go out in the driving direction. Leave the station on the left exit. After 50m there's the petrol station. It depends on the day, sometimes it's very easy to get away there, sometimes it's harder.
==== Option 1: B96a Altglienicke ====''This is a much better place to hitch towards Dresden/Prague than Schöneweide in my opinion! In Schöneweide I waited one hour and more, in Altglienicke max. 15 minutes! Some drivers also told me they say hitchhikers in Schöneweide but didn't take them because it was difficult for them to stop there. In Altglienicke it's easy.''
===== Opinions: =====* However the attendants at the service station will ask you to look for your ride elsewhere and may even call the police. The road leading to the is a no stopping zone, so the best solution is to stand near the Burger King, where a driver can pull in. There is no better spot further up the road toward the . * 2008-08-24: I used this petrol stations quite often and never had problems. What the hell did you do? -East towards [[User:atopia|BenPoland]]* I tried both the petrol station and by using a sign to stop cars from the street. First of all most people weren't traveling to Dresden and even if they were they were very hesitant to give you a ride if you ask them. For all 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 spot.* as of August 2010 I consider this the best spot for hitching to Dresden. Living in Dresden and going to Berlin for weekend-trips quite often it worked fine for me as well as for others visiting from Berlin. The catch might be it was almost always Sunday afternoons though. So if you take that into account you should be fine getting a lift to Dresden from Schöneweide, given the number of people returning to Dresden for the start of the week. Both standing by the side of the road with a sign as well as asking people at the petrol station turned out well for me.* We hitch hiked at the petrol station by asking people. (the second, the first was rather empty). Most of the people who get fuel over there stay local or are kind of rude. Using a sign we got a hitch after 20 minutes to Dresden.* Sept 2011 - we got a ride after about {{Autobahn|10}} {{E|30 minutes by standing at the exit to the second petrol station. There was another hitch hiker standing at the entrance and we got picked up before him. Recommended to stay at the exit with a sign and smile.* July 2012. Monday morning and I'm standing a little after both petrol stations just outside the Burger King. Traffic from the road, both stations and sometimes coming out of the 'restaurant'. I was picked up in half an hour with a ride all the way to Dresden. A Romanian guy heading to Poland caught a ride just before me. Great place to hitch. LookingforStu* As of 2015 (last time I tried) this spot is no longer convenient for hitching, since the place that cars could once stop is now just another lane of traffic. You can still try asking at petrol stations, but this is a shame as in my experience it was the only easily accessible and convenient place for hitchhiking towards Dresden.}} ===
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 will be a small road going to the left, through the forest. Follow this road for ≈1 km to the Mcdonalds/Raststätte. ==== Aral fuel station / big truck parking on E30 highroad Option 2: Raststätte Am Fichtenplan ==== '''S-Bahn + 1 stop with train + 5 km walking'''
[[File:Berlinout.jpg|thumb|alt=E30 ''[[E30]]''.]]
Take S-bahn S2 to the metro to end station ''Blankenfelde-Mahlow and from ''. From there , take any regional train one stop to ''Dahlewitz''. Turn right from the station and walk southeast ≈4 km along Bahnhofstrasse/L40 until you cross over the Autobahn A10/E30 bridge. Head down to the Autobahn and walk 1 km east to the big Aral petrol station. Walking on the Autobahn is illegal, so if you want to avoid the risk of getting caught, continue walking straight on the L40 after crossing the bridge for 1.6 km. There will be a small road on the left heading to the Autobahn. Walk north 850 m along this road until the start of the bridge over the Autobahn. Climb down to the field and walk east 300 m, parallel with the Autobahn, until you reach the Raststätte. (There is a fence to with holes in it before/next station Dahlewitzto Raststätte). See the map on the right. At You need to walk 5 to 6 km, but the place is very good! '''S-Bahn + 2 stops with train + 5 km walking''' Take S-bahn S2 to the end station ''Blankenfelde''. From there is Netto shop, take any regional train 2 stops to ''Rangsdorf''. Walk the Kienitzer Str until the crossing with L40 road. Continue walking 500 metres and turn left on the gravel road. You will hear the highway and see a rest area through the bushes. Can someone confirm that Kienitzer Dorfstrase almost all lenght have bicycle path next to it?????? '''Train + bus with one C zone ticket''' [[File:Hitch_ber_pl_fichtenplan_2020.png|200px|thumb|right|How to walk from bus stop Am Weidendamm to Raststätte Am Fichtenplan]] '''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 look what 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 in the rubbish behind initial/final stop of this line. Once you’re on the bus, get off at ''Am Weidendamm'', the shopsurrounding area being a business park. Walk 4km along 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 L40 till autobahn E30 cross 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 downstairs 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 ==== Option 3: Raststätte Seeberg West==== [[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 autobahn and go 1km road right in Poland direction till big Aral petrol front of the station), turn left, and then turn right into the first road that branches off, called ''Am Barschsee/Am Weiher''. Follow ''Am Weiher'' and keep heading straight; the road continues as ''Am Grünzug'' after crossing ''Hoppegartener Straße'' and eventually as ''Wernergraben''. In fuel station there are many Once 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 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 truckskeep following the dirt road. A few minutes later, after walking besides a field (on your right), there will be two paths to a small natural pool (which, depending on the time of the year, it’s might not have any water in both sides 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. Together 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 wire fence, the grass is not too high and walking becomes easier; keep following the fence, which will make a 90° right turn soon, when a huge field opens in front of you need . From there, you’ll already see a big power line. Your destination is a wooden gate near the power pole on the field. Walk along its edge or simply across the field if conditions are favourable, no 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 5kmabout ten metres, then 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 fence to enter the rest area. Altogether, the place walk is a little bit over 5 km and should take 90 minutes at the most. To skip walking the suburban part in the beginning, you can also take bus 943 (direction: ''S Hoppegarten'') from ''Hönow'' station and get off at ''Thälmannstr.'', with this bus stop being very good!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 traffic light there is [httphttps://mapsgoo.google.degl/maps?q=Mahlsdorf+Berlin&hl=de&ll=52.504777,13.613766&spn=0.001753,0.004823&sll=51.151786,10.415039&sspn=14.819685,39.506836&geocode=FeckIQMdQMLPAA&hnear=Mahlsdorf,+Berlin&t=m&z=18&layer=c&cbll=52.504771,13.613946&panoid=HBi4_bXjladKpgEY_Ak41g&cbp=12,120.68,,0,7.31 /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 . Small walk away also is a Star Tankstelle petrol station (verified 2014adress Alt-09-03Mahlsdorf 117) Directly before the entrance to the Berlin ringway there is 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.
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 ramp. Between Oranienburg and Neubrandenburg just Neustrelitz is bad for leaving a car. If you're doing this 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 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 weekend the B96. Weekend or holidays it might be that there's nearly no bus via Sachsenhausen, Kirche. then you can go by train to Sachsenhausen (Nordb) and walk 30minutes 1 km to the spot. Check before on vbbVbb-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
== Hitching In ==
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...
=== Highway 10 (Warsaw > Amsterdam) ===
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, 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 southern petrol station From Michendorf, you can take a train for EUR 3.30 to the centre of Berlin (the 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'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 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 in Berlin from the South! Maybe your driver can drop you in the village at the S-Bahn otherwise here is the independent version: If you want to get off in Königs Wusterhausen, the best opportunity is 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. If you pay antention you will find a small door in the noise barrier. Open the door, go down the stairs, you will find the road for Königswusterhausen. Walk 20 min and you will be at the S-Bahn station, the last S-Bahn for Berlin is at 00:41! Map [https://goo.gl/maps/grprFELW7rM2 here]. Alternatively you can take 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 ''Spanische Allee'' if your driver takes the [[A115_(Germany)|A115]] passing by Potsdam to get into the city which most people do that are coming from the West. 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 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 from this spot as with the car. Also your driver can easily go off the highway and back onto it.
[[Category:Autobahn|Autobahn]]