Hannover

Hannover is the capital of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen) in Germany. It's a good place for hitchhiking, because two major motorways are crossing each other here: In east-west-direction, there is the A2 going from the Ruhr Area to Berlin, and in north-south-direction, the A7 connecting Hamburg with the south of Germany. On both motorways, there is a big service area, that are easily reachable by tram.

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It's also a nice place to stay, for a day or two, with a beautiful old town center, many parks, lakes and forests, and a lot of pubs and nightclubs.

Public transport is very good and tickets are checked very rarely.

Hitching out

Heading east (Berlin) or west (Dortmund)

From the town center, take the tram no. 4 to Garbsen (the last station). Then transfer to bus no. 126 to Waldschänke. The last bus station is directly in front of a very big service area. From the central station, the ticket is EUR 2,70 and it will take about 30 to 40 minutes. There is a lot of traffic, you won't have to wait long.

Heading north (Hamburg, Bremen) or south (Göttingen, Kassel, Frankfurt)

Take the tram no. 6 direction Messe/Ost and get off at Kronsberg. Turn left into Wülferoder Straße. After a ca. 100 m, the Road will head right, but there will be a little path straight on. Follow this path for ca. 1 km. It leads directly to the service area Wülferode on the A7. The tram ticket is EUR 2,10 .

Sleep

There are two hostels in Hannover: An independent one for EUR 15/night (http://www.hostelhannover.de/) and one of hostelling international for EUR 25/night.