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'''Dresden''' [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=dresden,+germany&ie=UTF8&z=12&ll=51.055639,13.733597&spn=0.10229,0.432243&om=1&iwloc=A] is a city in the eastern part of [[Germany]]. In [[Dresden]] a World Heritage Site is located, the so called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dresden_Elbe_Valley ''Dresden Elbe Valley'']
 
'''Dresden''' [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=dresden,+germany&ie=UTF8&z=12&ll=51.055639,13.733597&spn=0.10229,0.432243&om=1&iwloc=A] is a city in the eastern part of [[Germany]]. In [[Dresden]] a World Heritage Site is located, the so called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dresden_Elbe_Valley ''Dresden Elbe Valley'']
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== General remarks ==
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Due to the position of the gas station around Dresden, passing it from North to South, or the opposite, could be really difficult.
  
 
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=== West towards [[Chemnitz]], [[Leipzig]] ===
 
=== West towards [[Chemnitz]], [[Leipzig]] ===
 
Go to the tram station "Cossebauder Straße" and walk up the big street ("Meißner Landstraße"). You can either ask the people at the gas station or stand next to the road with a sign. You may also try it closer to the on-ramp.
 
Go to the tram station "Cossebauder Straße" and walk up the big street ("Meißner Landstraße"). You can either ask the people at the gas station or stand next to the road with a sign. You may also try it closer to the on-ramp.
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== Passing through Dresden (North->South or South-North) ==
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If you are coming from the north (e.g. Berlin, A13 or A4 from east.) and you want to go south (e.g. Prague), you might have a problem considering where to get dropped (obviously, only if your driver is not going your way).
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The problem is that the highway splits just before the gas station. So if you get dropped at the gas station (Aral company), you will get only people going the other way (West).
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Then, you have then three options (in both ways, you will have similar problem and solution)
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* you might want to get dropped way before Dresden, approximately 20-50 kilometers before getting to the city ''(exact information needed)''
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* you find a nice driver willing to do a loop for you. Meaning that he must go out from the highway after that Aral gas station, make a U-turn, take the highway in the other direction, and drop you on the opposite gas station, then he can enter Dresden or make another U-turn if he is heading west.
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* if the weather is nice... you can be droped at the exit after the gas station. Then you can walk back, following the highway (from outside, please!), to get back to the right gas station (approx. 3.5km).
  
 
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Revision as of 17:25, 18 March 2008

Dresden
Information
Country:
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Germany
State:
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Saxony
Population: 505,563 (30 June 2007)
Licence plate: DD
Major roads: A4, A13, A14, A17
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Dresden [1] is a city in the eastern part of Germany. In Dresden a World Heritage Site is located, the so called Dresden Elbe Valley

General remarks

Due to the position of the gas station around Dresden, passing it from North to South, or the opposite, could be really difficult.

Hitching Out

North towards Berlin, Cottbus

Take tram line 13 (Strassenbahn) until Friedensstrasse. At the crossing (you'll recognize a McDonald's sign), turn right into the Hansastrasse, pass the McDonald's and walk underneath the railway bridge. <map lat='51.07538050661171' lng='13.74114990234375' zoom='13' view='0' float='right' /> After 1 km (and passing some small private gardens) you will find a Shell petrol station. In front of the petrol station entry there's enough space to stop cars that go to the highway. The Hansastrasse is an access to the A4, in both directions, but most cars are going north from here.

There are also often hitchhikers right behind the railway station Dresden-Neustadt.

West towards Chemnitz, Leipzig

Go to the tram station "Cossebauder Straße" and walk up the big street ("Meißner Landstraße"). You can either ask the people at the gas station or stand next to the road with a sign. You may also try it closer to the on-ramp.

Passing through Dresden (North->South or South-North)

If you are coming from the north (e.g. Berlin, A13 or A4 from east.) and you want to go south (e.g. Prague), you might have a problem considering where to get dropped (obviously, only if your driver is not going your way). The problem is that the highway splits just before the gas station. So if you get dropped at the gas station (Aral company), you will get only people going the other way (West).

Then, you have then three options (in both ways, you will have similar problem and solution)

  • you might want to get dropped way before Dresden, approximately 20-50 kilometers before getting to the city (exact information needed)
  • you find a nice driver willing to do a loop for you. Meaning that he must go out from the highway after that Aral gas station, make a U-turn, take the highway in the other direction, and drop you on the opposite gas station, then he can enter Dresden or make another U-turn if he is heading west.
  • if the weather is nice... you can be droped at the exit after the gas station. Then you can walk back, following the highway (from outside, please!), to get back to the right gas station (approx. 3.5km).
This article is based on text from the German language Anarchopedia which is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.