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Options follow in loose order of usefulness. Almost any lift can take you to the service area Grauholz which is some 5 kilometers past Bern, a sign ''Grauholz'' can usually get there as fast as the train in Option 3. Option 3 will tell you how to get to Grauholz directly.
'''Option 1: Ostring'''
From the train station, take tram #7 to Ostring (final station). Just stand in front of the motorway entrance. It's a fairly decent spot -- cars can't see you from far away, but there's ample space for stopping before the highway sign, and in case of rain you can shelter and hitch under the motorway bridge. A sign is helful since there are many potential directions for people to go.
'''Option 2: Murtenstrasse'''
[[File:Wankdorfplatz.jpg|thumb|Wankdorfplatz]]
'''Option 3: Grauholz'''
Options follow in loose order of usefulness. Another option is to catch a lift to the service station Grauholz on the north side of the city (or check option 3 above on how to get their by public transport), change sides (there is a bridge) and ask at the gas station for rides south as it can be hard to find a ride going as far as the next service station to the south from any of the on-ramps below. If you're going to anywhere before Lausanne, be aware that there are two different highways between Bern and Lausanne and make sure that your on-ramp serves the one you want.
'''Option 1: Wankdorfplatz'''
From the train station, take bus #20 to the station Wyler (buy a ticket 'zone 1-2' for 4 CHF, or don't). Walk 200m on the right side of the street (on your right you see a huge stadium, then cross the big crossroads. There's a perfect bus stop. Better use a sign.
'''Option 2: Murtenstrasse'''
See Option 2 above. Doable spot for hitchhiking towards Lausanne, too. Either stand before the Güterbahnhof bus stop with a sign or walk up the on-ramp where northbound and southbound traffic split and hitch right there. Technically illegal, but odds are small that you will wait long enough to run into any trouble.
'''Option 3: Weissensteinstrasse'''
Take tram 7 or 8 to Schlossmatte, for example from Hirschengraben near the train station. Backtrack a bit and turn right down Huberstrasse, before you turn right again and follow Weissensteinstrasse until you see the motorway signs. This isn't a very good spot as several directions meet very close to the on-ramp, but by working with signs, you can still get a ride down towards Lausanne.
There are many hidden spots along the river where somebody could camp out for a night or a couple if the weather is nice.
There is a ''Wagenplatz'' by the E25 north of Bern, outside Bethlehem. You can get there taking a bus to ''Bethlehem b. Kirche'' or by tram 8. The nearest train station is ''Bümpliz Nord'', one station away from ''Bern Hauptbahnhof''. Walk up Eymattstrasse, past the bridge that goes over the motorway, across into a nice woodland. Take the first footpath on the right and keep to the right at the following forks. Eventually you´ll see lots of beautiful vans and trailers. People are very friendly and welcoming. There are two guest spaces. The coordinates are 46.960324,7.392554
If you go straight down from the Hirschengraben (close to the train station) following the tram-tracks, you will find a small park on the right side after a few blocks. It's a good place for sleeping out, but by the river is much better.
There is an emergency sleeping place called [http://www.sleeper.ch Sleeper], where you can get a bed for 5.-, breakfast included. But they only accept people in an emergency, not people who actually could afford a hostel bed. Check-in times are from 10pm-1am and you can stay till 10am. Be there soon enough, especially in winter time. You can't make reservations.
People you can contact for hosting:
Chagai - (in Zollikofen): [https://chagai.website/trustroots.html Public Trustroots profile]. He listed some local groups [https://chagai.website/p/groups here] (on WhatsApp/Telegram/Matrix)
== Food ==
If you need to use a Computer for a shorter time: visit a Library. The most of them have Computers free to use but limited in time (1hr or so), but you can always ask to extend. In the National-Library ("Nationalbibliothek", Tram #8) you just need to ask the Person by the Computers (not the person in the entrance) for a Code.
There's a free internet café at Monbijoustrasse 16. Follow the tram lines of #9 south out of the center and find the Internet Cafe Power Point on your right hand side. The place is just primarly for the unemployed and poverty-stricken, but if you're a penniless traveller, they'll likely let you use one of their machines for half an hour. [EDIT. Summer 2017. NEVER mention you are a traveller, hitchhiker or whatsoever. The moment we told the guy of the Power Point that we were hitchhikers he considered us to be tourists and mentioned that we were just pretending to be poor. AVOID these words by all means and ALWAYS say you live in Bern for long-term]
Alternatively, there also is a free, publicly useable computer with internet at the [http://www.denk-mal.info Autonomous School] at Lagerweg 12. From the train station, go downhill towards and past the well-known alternative culture center Reitschule, cross the bridge, turn left and turn right. Open most days around 6-8pm, and at other times.
[[File:Ticket checker.jpg|thumb|left|Train ticket conductors]]
== Public Transportation ==
Bern's system of buses and trams is very good and very dependable. Inspectors can often be spotted as they wear black pants and red or grey shirts, and of course they have bags/bum bags/etc. Update Winter 2019/2020: Not sure if its only in Winter but at the moment they wear black clothing (with little red company logo) and are harder to spot. Watch out for a machine they carry to check the tickets.
If you don't have an address in Switzerland (and don't plan to have one in the near future), you don't need to worry about being caught because there is no way you can be made to pay a fine. This even goes for EU citizens! (Info is from around 2015.) If you do happen to have an address in the country, lie, flirt and bargain your way out but don't show ID. Often the inspectors can be appeased by buying a Ticket from them or at the Ticket machine.
== Other ==
'''Map of Bern with Places of Interest.'''
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1PN6l8WEZ1vXnwtqdexWtvdsotJNbC9FM&usp=sharing
'''If you need to fix some Gear.'''
"Flickerei" Store - they fix all kind of Stuff for a very low Price. The Opening Times vary and can be checked on https://www.flickerei.ch. The Store is located at Stauffacherstrasse 39, 3011 Bern. You can take Bus Nr 20 - or you walk 20 min (from train main station). If you need to buy cheap-stuff to fix things: visit coop "bau&hobby" or "migros do it +garden". '''If you need to replace some Gear.''' As in the Cellar, every swiss City there are a bit hidden but if you take the alley at Laupenstrasse 5A just look out for Signs lot of 2nd-hand-stores with donated stuff. In Switzerland, these are called "Brockenstube" or short version is "FlickereiBrocki". You can find there all kind of stuff. Theres is also a huge second-hand marked at reithalle, every 1st sunday in the month.
A Decathlon is located a bit outside of the city at "Riedbachstrasse 100, 3027 Bern" You can take Tram Number 8 in Direction "Westside". Decathlon is directly at "Westside". You can get there from Trainstration also with a S-Train (Larger Local Tram)
If it's hot just ask people for a "Freibad" (free swimming bath) or look out for people which are swimming in the river and join them (it's a local sport to swim in the river). Just watch out and ask where its ok! Dont jump simply "somewhere" in the river, there are some really dangerous spots!
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