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Hitchhiking the route [[Berlin]] - [[Amsterdam]] (or vice versa) seems to be very popular among hitchhikers. In theory, the route of '''656 km''' (according to [http://maps.googleg.comco/maps?f=q&hl=de&geocode=&q=from:Berlin+to:Amsterdam&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=31.922255,55.371094&ie=UTF8&z=6 /xuewx Google Maps]) can be done in 6 hours and 12 minutes by car. It's possible to hitchhike this route within 7-9 hours, so it's an easy day trip. This if you're lucky, not hitchhiking on a holiday or being in one of the many traffic jams between [[Braunschweig]] and [[Hannover]]. Anyway, then you could try [[traffic jam hitchhiking]].It is smart to avoid a weekend-hitchhiking from [[Berlin]] to [[Amsterdam]] or vice versa. A lot of German and Dutch people use the weekends to move stuff or do a roadtrip with family. Both activities cause the cars to be full.Also, truck drivers are not allowed to drive their truck on Sundays in Germany. Most German truck drivers stay off the road on Sundays, even outside Germany.

From [[Amsterdam]] you will follow the [[A1_(Netherlands)|A1]] towards [[Amersfoort]], [[Hengelo]] and [[Germany]]. Your best chance is to start at the official [[Liftplaats]] near the Amstel Station, or at the Petrol-station 50 300 meters further down that road. 15 kilometers further the [[A1_(Netherlands)|A1]] you will find a large petrol-station near [[Muiden]] (between exit 2 [[Muiden]] and 3 [[Muiden|Muiderslot]]). You can ask your drivers if they will pass that spot or even go further. The second petrol-station , called De Slaag, is just before the first exit to [[Amersfoort]] (exit 12). You will find also good spots at the entries along the highway as there is often a rather large [[on-ramp]] that you can use to thumb drivers.

<map lat='52.28034161996665' lng='6.85546875' zoom='13' view='2' float='right' /> The last last petrol-station , [[petrol station|'t Lonnekermeer]], before the border is just after Hengelo, right after exit 31. It is a good spot to find rides into Germany, sometimes even all the way to [[Berlin]], [[Bremen]] or [[Hamburg]]. ''Warning: Do not get out at the border station - a good way to get stuck. There are trucks resting there, a small restaurant, and very few cars, especially at night. Plan to get out earlier or later. ''

When you crossed the border after [[Hengelo]] it changes into the [[A30_(Germany)|A30]], you will follow that road until you hit [[Berlin]]. You follow the road through [[Osnabruck]] and [[Hannover]]. The most tricky part is the first part since there is no petrol station in Germany named Brockbachtal is located just before [[OsnabruckOsnabrück]]. If your driver goes into the direction of [[Bremen]] or [[Hamburg]], you can stay with them though and get off at the first service-station after [[Osnabruck]] to the North (!)there. This service-station has a bridge, and from the other side you can often find drivers going to [[Hannover]] or all the way to [[Berlin]]

Another option is Additionally, the rest area before Osnabruck, iton-ramp 18 ''OS-Nahne''s not a gas station but it some kilometers further can be quite busy at times (also because useful if your driver only goes to Osnabrück, lots of lack of gas traffic from there goes from OS to Hannover. Still, with the newly opened petrol station the on the highway)-ramp shouldn't be needed.

The best starting point might be the service station [[Grunewald West]], easy to reach with tram S-Banh #S1, towards Potsdam HBF stop ''Nikolassee''. Just go out of the stationto the right, walk on the walking bridge over the highway and then right into the path, and you're there. This one is located on highway [[A115 (Germany)|A115]]. Your first choice might be asking people going in direction '''[[A2 (Germany)|A2]]''' ([[Magdeburg]], [[Hannover]]) or even into the [[Ruhr Area]]. Check out car number plates, yellow ones might be Dutch people (jackpot!), or cars with '''H''', '''MD''' or other cities along your route might be the first choice. Anyway, it's also possible to get rides with people who are going towards the south, because there's another great service station, called [[Michendorf Nord]]. From here, a large amount of traffic is going either onto the A2, or the [[A9 (Germany)|A9]]. The second one leads you towards [[Munich|München]]. At the [[Berlin]] article you find more information on how to get to Michendorf directly with a tram.

Your first choice might be asking people going in direction '''If you are hitching from the [[A2 A30_(Germany)|A2A30]]''' (towards the [[Magdeburg]], [[Hannover]]A1_(Netherlands) or even into the [[Ruhr Area|A1]]. Check out car numberplates, yellow ones might be Dutch people (jackpot!), or cars with '''H''', '''MD''' or other cities along your route might be careful when dropped off right at the first choiceborder. Anyway, it's also possible to get rides with people who are going towards the south, because there's another great service This area is a truckers restaurant and has no petrol station, called [[Michendorf West]]. From here, an high amount of traffic There is going either onto the A2, or the [[A9 (Germany)|A9]]. The second one leads you towards [[Munich]], so not our way. At the [[Berlin]] article you find more information on how very much traffic to get to Michendorf directly with a trampicked up.