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UPDATE SEPTEMBER 2018 - '''Status 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.
Clarified info on construction sites affecting the expressway south of Berlin, which severely affect finding a ride in those former prime spots
# Take a regional train (e.g. RE7 direction Dessau, check fahrinfo-berlin.de for route information) from the centre and get off at Michendorf (zones ABC, EUR 3.30). 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.
# 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.
==== Option 2: Raststätte Am Fichtenplan ====
There are a lot of cars and trucks. Altogether you need to walk 5 to 6 km, but the place is very good! You won't have to wait too long to hitch a ride almost anywhere in Eastern Europe.
'''*** WARNING 23 sept Status Autumn 2019 ''': There is a major motorway reconstruction there (the same project affecting "Raststätte Michendorf") which is expected to be finished in mid- highway is under repairs so expect 2020 only some not German nummber plate . During this time, there are comparatively few cars hereusing the Raststätte and long traffic jams. Better use another hitchiking place at last one monthChoosing alternative routes is recommended. Please update information here when roads are done'''
=== East towards [[Kostrzyn]] and [[Frankfurt an der Oder|Frankfurt (Oder)]] ===
