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==== Option 1 : Serways Raststätte Stillhorn Ost ====You need to get Take S-bahn S3 or S31 to '''Raststätte StillhornWilhelmsburg''' on the A1. It is easy to get there. Just take S3 or S31 to Wilhelmsburg and then bus 13 to the last stop at ''Kirchdorf-Süd'' (max. ten minute trip). Walk east along Karl-Arnold-RIng Ring for 200m200 m. Keep walking straight and cross over the small bridge. Turn '''right''' after the bridge on Altenfelder Weg and walk for ~500 meter ≈500 m to the junction with Stillhorner Weg. Turn left If you look around here you will see an underpass, go under the autobahn and walk for 400m, crossing under the motorway 400 m until you reach the path a small road to your left (Jakobsberg) just after the on-ramp. Walk 300m 300 m north along this path and you will reach the service stationback of the Raststätte.

[[User:footsore|footsore]] got a lift all the way Even though technically possible, it is not advisable to [[Michendorf_Süd|Michendorf Süd rest stop]] at [[Potsdam]], just outside [[Berlin]], within half an hour at 9am on a Sunday morningtry and go East from here. It is very easy however possible to hitch into central Berlin catch a ride downtown towards Horner Kreisel from Michendorf Südhere.

==== Option 2 : Horner Kreisel ====

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, after crossing (max. ten minute trip). Walk east along Karl-Arnold-Ring for 200 m. Keep walking straight and cross over the little small bridge, turn . Turn '''left''' and walk 100m 100 m to the parking lot of the service stationRaststätte Stillhorn.

==== 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 ====You need to get Take S-Bahn S3 or S21 to ''Eidelstadt'', and then A1 to 'Raststätte Holmoor'Quickborn'' on the A7. Take a ride or take the S-Bahn A1 It is possible to Quickborn stationblackride. There Then take the 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 small road going left (Hasloher Weg). You will feel you are lost in the country side because after 200 metersm, this way doesn't look like a street anymore. Never mind, keep going straight for another 400m 400 m and on your right you will see the petrol station. We needed less than five minutes minues to find a driver to Denmark :D

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.

== Resources Sleeping out & Tips == Eventhough theres a lot of parks and hidden spots in town where you can camp or simply sleep the night off in the ground, I would recommend to go to Hauptbanhof (central train station) and catch the regional train that goes towards [https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1237025548#map=15/53.4034/10.0663 Maschen Train Station] (not to be confused with the nearby village as you would be directed to take buses on a more complex route). The deal with Maschen is that its the second largest Freight Train Yard in the world (and only by a few tracks not the first one), its quite a sight and a great place to hang out specially if you appreciate freight trains and large infrastructures. Theres a ton of spots to camp right by the yard but I would suggest to find your way to one of the 4 lakes that you can find right next to it. [https://www.openstreetmap.org/search?whereami=1&query= Drink 53.3942%2C10.0635#map===Free refills16/53.3942/10.0635 See im Mascher Moor] should be your best bet but beware that its the most popular one so you might wake up with a lot of people walking by (but camping is ok as people do it all the time, pick specially on fishing trips). Take a moment to walk up a cup the bridge crossing the yard and get high on fizzy drinkstake that marvelous sight. At:* ''MundsburgNotice that the Bridge is under constraction (U3as of May 2021)'' in McDonalds* ''Billwerder-Moorfleet''so you cant walk easily from one side to the other (S21but you can if you can crawl under that fence or jump thru the sides) in IKEA . My second recommendation is [https://www.openstreetmap.org/search?whereami=1&query=53.4191%2C10.0478#map= Free Internet access ===* At ''Hauptbahnhof'' 16/53.4191/10.0478 See im Grossen Moor] which I found more peaceful in McDonaldsterms of people but a bit noisy due to proximity to a highway.* Inside ''Mercado'' near Altona Station (between There are portable toilets on the way to the Reformhaus Englehart sandy beach and you should find enough spots right by the water to camp. To go there its a better idea to jump out from the escalator)train at Meckenfeld train station as its a much shorter walk than from Maschen Passenger Station.* ''If you happen to be caught on a storm or something, theres the [httphttps://www.buecherhallenopenstreetmap.deorg/gosearch?whereami=1&query=53.41199%2C10.05329#map=18/id53.41199/dy/ Zentralbibliothek10.05329 creepy tunnel]'' (Central Library) near Hauptbahnhof* In front that goes all the way under the freight yard where you would be safe from rain and winds but maybe not from dracula. If for whatever reason you dont wanna take this route or the bridge in order to cross the yard and you take on the stupid idea of walk thru the Apple storetracks, beware that this is a freight yard where trains are assembled and dissasembled, Jungfernstieg* As which means that theres a lot of April 2016silent killer-wagons being released into the tracks, no lights and no sounds. Just silently ghosting their way thru the yard and if one of those heavy tons of steel should hit you that would be it for you. Then theres the tracks where the fast trains show up in "Am Borgweg" a split second. So my advice, no walking thru the tracks unless you have eyes and "Mönckebergstraße" U-bahn stations === Callshops ===ears all around your head and know how to use them.

==Trashwiki & Nomadwiki = 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