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If you need === South towards [[Lüneburg]] {{Autobahn|39}}, [[Hannover]] {{Autobahn|7}} & Southwest towards [[Bremen]] {{Autobahn|1}} ===Take S-bahn S3 or S31 to go ''Wilhelmsburg'' and then bus 13 to the other side of the motorway last stop at ''Kirchdorf-Süd'' (max. ten minute trip). Walk east along Karl-Arnold-Ring for traffic going in the direction of Lubeck 200 m. Keep walking straight and Berlin, cross over the furthest little small bridge on the right . Turn '''left''' and walk right for ~500 meter. There, cross the motorway by walking under the tunnel, and behind it you already see the service station 100 m to your left. Just behind the on-ramp there's a little path towards the service stationparking lot of Raststätte Stillhorn.
If you need to go to the other side of the motorway for traffic going in the direction of Lübeck and Berlin, cross the furthest little bridge on the right and walk right for ~500 meter. There, cross the motorway by walking under the tunnel, and behind it you already see the service station to your left. Just behind the on-ramp there's a little path towards the service station.==== Option 2: Raststätte Holmoor ====
[[User:footsore|footsore]] got Take S-Bahn S3 or S21 to ''Eidelstadt'', and then A1 to ''Quickborn''. It is possible to blackride. Then take bus 594 in direction of ''U A Norderstedt Mitte'' and get off after the bus goes over the motorway (''Hasloher Weg'' stop). After getting off the bus, walk in the direction back towards the bridge (west) and you will immediately see a lift all small road going left (Hasloher Weg). You will feel you are lost in the country side because after 200 m, this way to [[Michendorf_Süd|Michendorf Süd rest stop]] at [[Potsdam]]doesn't look like a street anymore. Never mind, just outside [[Berlin]], within half an hour at 9am keep going straight for another 400 m and on your right you will see the petrol station. We needed less than five minues to find a Sunday morning. It is very easy driver to hitch into central Berlin from Michendorf Süd.Denmark
==== Option 3 ====
Also you can get to a gas station on the A1 heading to Denmark by catching the S-Bahn to the stop called Wilhelmsburg. From there catch bus number 13 to the stop Kirchdorf süd, which is the last stop on the route. Walk up past where the buses turn around, follow the motorway to the right, go under the motorway by way of the tunnel, and there is the petrol station!
Every car I met there was heading towards Hamburg or Luneborg - if you want to go to Denmark, try option 4!
==== Option 4 ==== Take a ride or take the S-Bahn A1 to Quickborn station. There take the bus 594 in [[File:Leaving Hamburg direction to "U A Norderstedt Mitte" and stop at Heidefriedhof stationPuttgarden. There you can maybe buy some flowers (a very nice old women offered us some information -okay it was wrong- and a rose). You should see a bridge across the motorway, cross it, and take the first the small street on jpg|thumb|250px|right. You will feel you are lost in the country side because after 200 meters, this way doesn't look like a street anymore. Nevermind, go ahead, go ahead go ahead and |Hitching on your right you will see a petrol station. We needed less than five minutes to find a driver to Denmark :DHorner Kreisel - illegal version!]]
=== East towards [[File:Hamburg-Berlin.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Hitching on busstop "Caspar-Voght-Straße" - legal version!]] and North East towards [[Copenhagen]], [[Scandinavia]] ===
=== Public transport ===Blackriding is possible, albeit risky. Controllers are very frequent and often wear civil clothes, so they cannot be noticed before the doors are closed. And since they do not receive an hourly wage but a salary depending on how many people they catch, playing the "dumb tourist" will have no effect on them; they want you in their record. It is very easy to fool them however, they will first ask you for a national ID or a passport and if you tell them that you cannot produce either they will accept anything that has a (supposedly your) name and an address on it. They can't be bothered to call the police as that takes them a lot of time to arrive. Anything from a fake organ donor card, a bank account statement or a letter addressed to you will do - even if that's hand written.For routes of public transport check hvv.de or http://www.geofox.de/base/welcome.jsp{{nomadwiki}}
== Links ==* [http://www.hitchbase.com/ergebnisse.php?LANG=eng&abfrage%5Bstartort%5D=19 Hamburg in the Hitchbase] - Nine entries, all in German* [http://horner-kreisel.hitchbase.com/ Petition] for the roundabout ''Horner Kreisel''
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→East towards Berlin {{Autobahn|24}} & (Northeast towards Lübeck, Puttgarden {{Autobahn|1}})
== Hitchhiking out ==
=== Northeast towards [[File:Hamburg_hitchspot.jpgLübeck]], [[Puttgarden]] {{Autobahn|250px1}} (& East towards [[Berlin]] {{Autobahn|thumb|left|Hitching Spot 24}}) ======= Option 1: Serways Raststätte Stillhorn Ost ====Take S-bahn S3 or S31 to ''Wilhelmsburg'' and then bus 13 to the last stop at ramp ''HamburgKirchdorf-Süd''. Walk east along Karl-Arnold-SchnelsenRing for 200 m. Keep walking straight and cross over the small bridge. Turn '''right'']]' after the bridge on Altenfelder Weg and walk for ≈500 m to the junction with Stillhorner Weg. If you look around here you will see an underpass, go under the autobahn and walk for 400 m until a small road to your left (Jakobsberg) just after the on-ramp. Walk 300 m north along this path and you will reach the back of the Raststätte.
=== North= Option 2: [[Lübeck]], [[Puttgarden]], South: [[Hannover]] [[Netherlands]], [[Lüneburg]] Horner Kreisel ====If you want to go south or towards [[Lüneburg]] you should start at '''Raststätte Stillhorn'''. It is easy to get there. Just take S3 or S31 to Wilhelmsburg and then a bus (line #13) to Kirchdorf-Süd. You get off at Follow the last stop (ten minute trip maxdirections as for Berlin below.). Just follow the road from where you got off the bus in the driving direction straight ahead. You'll walk along Use a path and get out directly at Stillhorn. After crossing the furthest little bridge on the left, you're already on the parking lot of the [[rest area|service station]]. This is for all traffic going in the direction of Bremen and Hanoversign.
If you are going towards the [[Netherlands]], get a ride south to ''Dammer Berge'' on the A1 (just before [[Osnabrück]]), where the [[A1 (Germany)|A1]] joins the [[A30 (Germany)|A30]] in the direction of [[Rheine]] and [[Amsterdam]].
=== North or South towards [[LübeckFlensburg]], [[DenmarkKiel]], [[BremenDenmark]] {{Autobahn|7}} ======= Option 1 : Autobahn Junction HH-Schnelsen ====If you want to go south or towards [[Lüneburg]] you should start at Take U-bahn ''U2''towards 'Raststätte Stillhorn'Niendorf-Markt''. It is easy to From there get there. Just take S3 or S31 to Wilhelmsburg out and then a ask people for the bus station (line #13''Busbahnhof'') to Kirchdorf-Süd. You Take bus 5 or bus 191 and get off at the last stop (ten minute trip max.). Walk towards the big white apartment block by the grassy area and you will hear the motorway A1. After crossing the furthest little bridge on the left (at the NE corner of the apartment complex), you're already on the parking lot of the [[rest area|service station]]'Freizeitbad Bondenwald''. This is for a bus stop with a bus bay and here all the traffic going in to the direction of Bremen and Hanovermotorway passes by.
==== Option 2 ====For going north to mainland East towards [[DenmarkBerlin]] {{Autobahn|24}} & (direction Northeast towards [[FlensburgLübeck]], [[KielPuttgarden]], [[Kolding]]) take the metro ''U2'' towards ''Niendorf-Markt''. From there get out and ask people for the bus station (''Busbahnhof''). There take bus #191 until stop ''Sellhopsweg''. Get out there, walk some 200m back to the traffic light. You'll see that the road going left follows the way to the motorway. There's no footpath, so you have to walk along the green space next to the road. Might be tricky in winter, easy in summer. Just take care when [[hitchhiking a truck{{Autobahn|trucks]] and cars coming from behind! After some 300m you're at the ramp. There's enough space for you to stand on, and it's easy for cars to recognize you and to stop. Have a look at the picture for this spot. Oh, someone mentioned that this spot might be illegal to stand on, but can you find an ''Autobahn'' sign in the picture ? ;-1}})===
[[File:Leaving Hamburg direction PuttgardenHornerbus.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Hitching on Horner Kreisel - illegal version!]][[File:Hamburg-Berlin.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Hitching on spot busstop Caspar-Voght-Straße - legal version!"BAB Auffahrt Horn"]]
If you're planing planning to hitchhike towards [[Berlin]] on the [[A24 (Germany)|A24]], there's a bus stop near a big [[roundabout]] in the southeast of the city where it's possible to catch a ride directly to Berlin or at least part of the way. This spot is called the ''[http://horner-kreisel.hitchbase.com/ Horner Kreisel]'' and is a popular hitchhiking spot for many hitchhikers in [[Germany]]. Here you can stand and wait for a ride. This works fine. For hitchhiking to Berlin prepare a cardboard sign with a huge B written on it, which is the number plate sign for cars from Berlin and understood widely. It's a good spot.
The easiest way to get there is from the Station ''Hasselbrook'' (S1, S11). You leave the train in the direction of Steindamm, upstairs turn right and the after a few meters left into the Caspar-Voght-Straße. Follow this street 500 meters until the big crossing with Sievekingsallee. On the opposite side of the Sievekingsallee you'll see the busstop bus-stop ''Caspar-Voght-Straße''. Ask for the road to Berlin if you are lost. Go further up the road and look for a bus stop with a large blue metal pole in front with lots of hitch-hiker traces :). It's just in front of the "Horner Kreisel" and is called "BAB Auffahrt Horn". You can also reach there by taking the U2 or U4 to "Rauhes Haus". This spot is actually great, because owners of Turkish shop at the station noticed strange amounts of hitchhikers in front of their business. I think they are quite enjoying it. Just when I was about to start, they invited me in for a free Turkish coffee and cigarette (I usually don't smoke, but this was kind of nice). They got some carton boxes and marker just for assisting hitchhikers, so they made one for me. Highly recommended (although it was two years ago, so I just hope they are still there).
Please note, some years ago they reconstructed the Horner Kreisel. Earlier it was possible to stand in the middle of it on an bus-stop, but now the bus-stop is located '''before''' the roundabout where the cars are driving pretty fast, and on the Kreisel the cars have no opportunity to stop.
Some hitchhikers claim that hitching on the roundabout turn-off direction Berlin is easier, as here you have much more traffic going your way. It's recommended to stand immediately after the roundabout, in the grass before the blue motorway sign. Cars can stop right after the motorway sign. This place is used by many hitchhikers. It's not uncommon to find a direct lift to Berlin in 5 minutes. But it has to be pointed out that doing so is against the law, for the Autobahn starts there − and you must not walk or stop on it. Hitchhikers and drivers, who stop there, can be fined. Apart form the legal aspect, bear in mind that this may be dangerous for you!
If you want to go to Puttgarden for going into [[Scandinavia]], you can hitch to the ferry at Puttgarden, and get a ride straight to [[Copenhagen]]. Have a look at the [[Puttgarden]] article for more info.
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