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=== East towards [[Berlin]] {{Autobahn|24}} & (Northeast towards [[Lübeck]], [[Puttgarden]] {{Autobahn|1}}) ===
Update 22/10/2017: We were two people hitching and we tried several spot near the round about. The best one would be the one around 100m before the bus station at a traffic light. It can be difficult to get a ride because there is often traffic but anyway it seems to be the best spot to get a ride directly to Berlin.
* [http://www.hitchbase.com/ergebnisse.php?LANG=eng&abfrage%5Bstartort%5D=19 Hamburg in the Hitchbase] - Nine entries, all in German
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==== Option 1: Serways Raststätte Stillhorn Ost ====
Take S-bahn S3 or S31 to ''Wilhelmsburg'' and then bus 13 to the last stop at ''Kirchdorf-Süd''. Walk east along Karl-Arnold-Ring 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.
Even though technically possible, it is not advisable to try and go East from here. It is however possible to catch a ride downtown towards Horner Kreisel from here.
==== Option 2: Horner Kreisel ====
Follow the directions as for Berlin below. Use a sign.
=== South towards [[Lüneburg]] {{Autobahn|39}}, [[Hannover]] {{Autobahn|7}} & Southwest towards [[Bremen]] {{Autobahn|1}} ===
Take S-bahn 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 for 200 m. Keep walking straight and cross over the small bridge. Turn '''left''' and walk 100 m to the parking lot of Raststätte 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]].
=== South towards [[Lüneburg]] {{Autobahn|39}} ===
Towards Lunenburg the service station described above (Raststätte Stillhorn) is not recommended. Instead, take the metro or the S-Bahn to "Berliner Tor", take exit B and walk along the national road B75 to the crossing Heidenkampsweg-Nordkanalstr/Ankelmannsplatz. You can start thumbing at the traffic light (the cars towards Lunenburg go straight). You can find a safer option below.
=== Another Option towards the A1: East towards [[Berlin]] {{Autobahn|24}} & (Northeast towards [[Lübeck]], {{Autobahn|1}}), South towards [[Lüneburg]] {{Autobahn|39}}, [[Hannover]] {{Autobahn|7}} & Southwest towards [[Bremen]] {{Autobahn|1}} ===
There's a lot of traffic passing through Harburg (in the south of Hamburg). It is pretty well reachable via S3/S5 or regional trains from the central station. Leave at "Harburg" and take a bus (349 "Bhf Harburg" or 152 "Breslauer Straße") to the bus stop "Neuländer Weg". On week days both bus lines operate every 20 minutes and the ride will take 7-9 mins. From the bus stop, you follow the "Neuländer Straße" for 1,0 km in the direction the bus is driving. There is an onramp on the A1 with a nice and safe roundabout (which makes it my favorite spot in Hamburg whenever I want to get on the A1), where you can start thumbing. Even though it might take you longer to get to the spot, depending on where in Hamburg you're starting, in my experience it is way faster and more reliable than "Raststätte Stillhorn", that is described above.
=== North towards [[Flensburg]], [[Kiel]], [[Denmark]] {{Autobahn|7}} ===
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 small road going left (Hasloher Weg). You will feel you are lost in the country side because after 200 m, this way doesn't look like a street anymore. Never mind, 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 driver to Denmark
[[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"]]
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.
=== Northeast towards [[Lübeck]], [[Puttgarden]] {{Autobahn|1}} (& East towards [[Berlin]] {{Autobahn|24}}) ===
== 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=53.3942%2C10.0635#map=16/53.3942/10.0635 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, specially on fishing trips). Take a moment to walk up the bridge crossing the yard and take that marvelous sight. Notice that the Bridge is under constraction (as of May 2021) so you cant walk easily from one side to the other (but you can if you can crawl under that fence or jump thru the sides). My second recommendation is [https://www.openstreetmap.org/search?whereami=1&query=53.4191%2C10.0478#map=16/53.4191/10.0478 See im Grossen Moor] which I found more peaceful in terms of people but a bit noisy due to proximity to a highway. There are portable toilets on the way to the 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 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 [https://www.openstreetmap.org/search?whereami=1&query=53.41199%2C10.05329#map=18/53.41199/10.05329 creepy tunnel] 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 tracks, beware that this is a freight yard where trains are assembled and dissasembled, which means that theres a lot of silent 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 a split second. So my advice, no walking thru the tracks unless you have eyes and ears all around your head and know how to use them.
== Public transport==
Notice how there seem to be no ticket inspectors at all in Hamburg, Ive been on and off in that town in the years 2018,2019,2020 and 2021 and taken countless rides on buses, sbahns, ubahns and regional trains going in and out of the city and never been asked for a ticket.
Sometimes there are large-scale ticket inspection operations. It has happened to me after getting out of the metro at the main station and at the S-Bahn station Veddel (after getting out of the S-Bahn aswell as after getting out of the bus line 13!). Usually they form a line and wait after the stairs, so if you take care and you notice them, you can just turn around, find a way to get out of the station without using an official exit or just get off at the next station.
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