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Take S-Bahn S7 direction Potsdam, or S1 direction Wannsee, and get out at ''Nikolassee'' (second to last stop). 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.

Take S-Bahn S9 or S45 to ''Altglienicke''. When getting off, you'll see there is a road that runs parallel on your left-hand side to the S-Bahn line (if you are facing North), and a red light. To get there, leave the platform by using the footbridge and turning right at the staircase (walk over the road running parallel). On the right side, There will be a pathway that 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-Bahn track 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 an immediate ride. Cross the road to stand at the 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. Update : It may seem like there is no shoulder for cars to pull up but there is which most drivers know(remark: I waited more than an hour there without getting a lift, the entrance if the highway has 2 lanes and much more space to stop. There I got a ride in less than 30min) . We could not see it and got confused and took a ride in the direction of airport, wasted like 3 hours and came back to this point crossed the road and got the first ride within 5 minutes.

The road is under construction, and it will continue for a while probably. But now its EVEN BETTER. The cars are slow, and there is only one lane per direction. Just before the highway ramp there is space to stop for at least 3 cars, and as the cars are very slow is very easy to stop for them. Got a ride for two people straight away to Dresden in 3 minutes with a sign. // 11/11/2018 construction still ongoing and not seeming like it would finish soon. Ride in 3 minutes! 31/05/2019 before or at the red light is worse. I would recommend using the space right after the street goes to the right to Dresden. In the road curve I got a ride in 10 minutes. Where the road construction entrance is, cars can stop.06/06/2019 the construction is still ongoing but I couldn't get a ride at the red light even after more than an hour wait, I guess people don't realize there's space to stop. Afterwards I move to the entrance of the highway to Dresden, just before the motorway sign, where there's a lot of space for cars to stop and got a ride in about 30min!

* Although it is far away, these are mostly the last petrol stations for cars going towards the autobahn 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. Aiming for the cars on the main street has low chances, they are going fast and there is no good place for them to stop.

* However the attendants at the Raststätte will ask you to look for your ride elsewhere and may even call the police. The road leading to the is Collating 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? -[[User:atopia|Ben]]* I tried both the petrol station and by using a sign to stop cars from the street. First number 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 therepast reviews, 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 between 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 Schöneweide2019, given the number of people returning most hitchhikers tend 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 here within 30 minutes by standing at the exit to the second petrol station- 1 hour. 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 roadDresden is easy, 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 towards Cottbus - Poland caught you will probably need a ride just before me. Great place to hitch. LookingforStu* [[User:Chillion|Chillion]] "March 2018. Successful hitch to Dresden with this option. Followed instructions to take the S-Bahn to Schöneweide, making my way to the second petrol station called JET. Asked drivers with DD plate (all else is wasting time). Took 30mins until I found a ride. I was surprised I was even able to find one on this Monday evening (around 5pm), but it seems speaking to people here rather than holding a sign is best."

''Once you get a ride in Germany direction to Poland you can hitchike before or after places where people pay for higway (polish name bramki). One side will have a parking place and its free to hitchike there.'' ==== Option 1: 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, €2.80). 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''. Follow ''Am Weiher'' and keep heading straight; the road continues as ''Am Grünzug'' after crossing ''Hoppegartener Straße'' and eventually as ''Wernergraben''. 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 keep 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, 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. 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. 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 about 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. When [[User:Raureif|Raureif]] arrived here in October 2019, there was no padlock on the gate so it could simply be opened from either side of the fence. Altogether, the 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 close to where the dirt road is starting at ''Neuenhagener Chaussee''. However, the bus only runs once per hour during weekdays and will require a Berlin ABC ticket for €3.40 (assuming you start your journey from within Berlin’s circle line/the city centre). At the ''Raststätte'', trucks heading for Poland abound, as well as a fair number of private cars with Polish number plates. ==== Option 2: Raststätte Michendorf ====

UPDATE SEPTEMBER 2018 - '''Warning Autumn 2019: There is a major motorway reconstruction there(the same project affecting "Raststätte am Fichtenplan") which is expected to be finished in mid-2020 only. Because of During thistime, there is MUCH LESS are comparatively few cars there than it used to be few years agousing the Raststätte and long traffic jams. I tried to HH from there to Poland for several hours, but without successChoosing alternative routes is recommended.'''

==== Option 23: Raststätte Am Fichtenplan ====

Take S-bahn S2 to the end station ''Blankenfelde''. 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 jump just with holes in it before the /next to Raststätte). See the map on the right.