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== Hitchhiking out ==
=== Northeast towards [[Lübeck]], [[Puttgarden]] {{Autobahn|1}} (& East towards [[Berlin]] {{Autobahn|24}}) ===
==== Option 1 : Serways Raststätte Stillhorn Ost ====You need to get Take S-bahn S3 or S31 to '''Raststätte Stillhorn'Wilhelmsburg'' on the A1. It is easy to get there. Just take S3 or S31 to Wilhelmsburg and then a bus (line #13) to the last stop at ''Kirchdorf-Süd''. You get off at the last stop (ten minute trip maxWalk east along Karl-Arnold-Ring for 200 m.). Just follow the road from where you got off the bus in the driving direction Keep walking straight ahead. You'll walk along a path and get out directly at Stillhorn. Cross cross over the furthest little small bridge on the . Turn '''right''' after the bridge on Altenfelder Weg and walk right for ~500 meter≈500 m to the junction with Stillhorner Weg. ThereIf you look around here you will see an underpass, cross the motorway by walking go under the tunnel, autobahn and behind it you already see the service station walk for 400 m until a small road to your left. Just behind (Jakobsberg) just after the on-ramp there's a little . Walk 300 m north along this path towards and you will reach the service stationback of the Raststätte.
Follow the directions as for Berlin below. Use a sign.
=== South towards [[Lüneburg]]{{Autobahn|39}}, [[Hannover]] {{Autobahn|7}} & Southwest towards [[Bremen]] {{Autobahn|1}} ===Follow the directions as above Take S-bahn S3 or S31 to ''Wilhelmsburg'' and then bus 13 to the last stop at 'Raststätte Stillhorn'Kirchdorf-Süd''; however, (max. ten minute trip). Walk east along Karl-Arnold-Ring for 200 m. Keep walking straight and cross over the furthest little small bridge on the . Turn '''left''' and you're already on walk 100 m to the parking lot of the service stationRaststätte Stillhorn.
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 towards [[Flensburg]], [[Kiel]], [[Denmark]] {{Autobahn|7}} ======= Option 1 : Autobahn Junction HH-Schnelsen ====[[File:Hamburg_hitchspot.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Hitching Spot at ramp ''HamburgTake U-Schnelsen'']]For going north on A7 motorway to mainland [[Denmark]], take the metro bahn ''U2'' towards ''Niendorf-Markt''. From there get out and ask people for the bus station (''Busbahnhof''). There take Take bus 5 or bus #191 until stop and get off at ''SellhopswegFreizeitbad Bondenwald''. Get out there, walk some 200m back to This is a bus stop with a bus bay and here all the traffic light. You'll see that the road going left follows the way to the motorwaypasses by. 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|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 ? ;-)
==== Option 2 : Raststätte Holmoor ==== Take a ride or take the S-Bahn S3 or S21 to ''Eidelstadt'', and then A1 to ''Quickborn station''. It is possible to blackride. There Then take the bus 594 in direction to "of ''U A Norderstedt Mitte" '' and stop get off after the bus goes over the motorway (''Hasloher Weg '' stop). There you can maybe buy some flowers (a very nice old women offered us some information -okay it was wrong- and a rose). After getting off the bus, walk in the direction back toward towards the bridge (west) and you will immediately see a small road going left (the first one after the bridgeHasloher Weg). You will feel you are lost in the country side because after 200 metersm, this way doesn't look like a street anymore. NevermindNever mind, go ahead, go ahead go ahead keep going straight for another 400 m and on your right you will see a the petrol station. We needed less than five minutes minues to find a driver to Denmark :D === East towards [[Berlin]] {{Autobahn|24}} & (Northeast towards [[Lübeck]], [[Puttgarden]] {{Autobahn|1}}) ===
[[File:Leaving Hamburg direction Puttgarden.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Hitching on Horner Kreisel - illegal version!]]
[[File:Hamburg-Berlin.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Hitching on busstop "Caspar-Voght-Straße" - legal version!]]
[[File:Hornerbus.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Hitching spot busstop "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 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 Turkish shop at the station noticed strange amount 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 Turkish coffee and cigarette (I usually don't smoke, but this was kind of nice). They got some carton boxes and marker just for assistance to 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.
== Resources Trashwiki & Nomadwiki == === Drink ===Free refills, pick up a cup and get high on fizzy drinks. At:* ''Mundsburg(U3)'' in McDonalds* ''Billwerder-Moorfleet''(S21) in IKEA === Free Internet access ===* At ''Hauptbahnhof'' in McDonalds.* Inside ''Mercado'' near Altona Station (between the Reformhaus Englehart and the escalator)* ''[http://www.buecherhallen.de/go/id/dy/ Zentralbibliothek]'' (Central Library) near Hauptbahnhof* In front of the Apple store, Jungfernstieg* As of April 2016, in "Am Borgweg" and "Mönckebergstraße" U-bahn stations === Callshops ===
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