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Asking the dutch Dutch people at a service station is faster than waiting while using the thumb for hitchhiking.

Since 1991 Dutch students have a card providing them with free public transport (either on weekends or during the week), so hitchhiking is not as popular as it used to be. In some university towns there are still official [[liftershalte]]s, '''official hitchhiking spots'''. The current government intends to make an end to free public transport for students from the beginning of 2016.

Other good places are petrol stations along the motorways and the entrances to the motorway from larger cities (when there is a stopping space such as an emergency lane). On such a place the average waiting time is 5–45 minutes (same as Germany). A major difference with [[Germany]] is that many lifts are not longer than 50 km. At petrol stations you can try to talk to people, which will probably work out fine if you don't dress up like a hippie. Try to speak in Dutch or English. French and German often work too, but not as effectively.Most likely the dutch people will avoid you while speaking in German.

=== Useful tips ===* Use of Internet PCs in every city libraryAt petrol stations you should definitely try to talk to people, for which will probably work out fine if you don't dress up like a small price, Also you can find lots of public wi-fi networks that hippie. Many people will not stop their cars if you can connect your laptop stand with for using the internet.* When hitching board but will take you if you ask them in the Netherlands for person (which is a longer period (or when you're living theregeneral hitchhiking principle), it's advisable . Try to buy yourself a ''15-strippenkaart'' for EUR 6,80, speak in Dutch or a ''45-strippenkaart'' for EUR 20,40 in advance in a shopEnglish. This is a lot cheaper than buying a 2-French and German often work too, 3- or 8-strippenkaart on the bus or trambut not as effectively. (In Most likely the Netherlands any tram/bus route is divided into zones/stripes ‒ for example, if Dutch people will avoid you go from the centre of [[The Hague]] to the beach while speaking in [[Scheveningen]], it costs you 3 stripes, [[Delft]] to [[The Hague]] is about 8 stripesGerman. So even if you are hitching all around In the Netherlands, you can get yourself there are as well a strippenkaart (valid for around one year) for getting into/out lot of city centres ‒ it will be valid all over the country.)* The banks here often do free coffee seasonal workers and sometimes even cookiesimmigrants. * 'Lefier' (or local job-centres) do free coffee and sometimes have jars There are particularly a lot of free chocolates people from Poland and mintsBulgaria.* Also make sure to check out some bigger supermarkets like JumboThus, Albert Heijn, Super de Boer. Those are the places it is fairly easy to get free coffee and tea from a lift for instance straight to Poland if you know the coffee machine located somewhere in the store!language or are communicative enough to sway Polish people to take you.

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See == Useful tips ==* Download and print [http://trashwikiwww.franknature.orgnl/enhitchhike/hitchhike_cardboards_NL.pdf 42 ready made hitchhiking signs] for easy hitchhiking all across the Netherlands!* Use of Internet PCs in every city library, for a small price. Also you can find lots of public wi-fi networks that you can connect your laptop with for using the internet.* When hitching in the Netherlands trashwiki] for a longer period (or when you're living there), it's advisable to get a ''chipkaart'' This is a lot cheaper than buying a one way-ticket or day-ticket on the bus or tram. See for all info http://www.ov-chipkaart.nl/?taal=en** '''The old ''Strippenkaart'' isn't available any more as of November 2011. The two options now are the new ''chipkaart'' or the new tickets called ''Gemakskaart'', which is way more expensive than the old ''Strippenkaart''.'''* Banks and supermarkets often have free coffee and sometimes even cookies. * 'Lefier' (or local job-centres) have free coffee and sometimes jars of free chocolates and mints.* Some employees of petrol stations may tell you not to hitch in front of the station, where the pumps are. Finding a ride at the parking lot, or thumbing where the back of the station starts is not a problem. Keep petrol station employees for friends and avoid starting unnecessary discussions. * Shell has internal guidelines to only allow customers on dumpster diving their property. A hitchhiker may therefore be asked not to talk with drivers in the forecourt of the station, but this rarely happens. If this happens, buy a coffee or inexpensive whatever-bar, and ask for free food the receipt. This will formally make you a customer!:: <b>Dutch Hall of Shame</b> of petrol stations where hitch-hikers have been asked not to talk with costumers on the forecourt: Service station Kloosters (Shell), A59, Tilburg --> Eindhoven ([[User:Fverhart|Fverhart]] was asked once out of 4 times), other hitch-hikers have also been asked not to talk with costumers '''Winner of Most Unfriendly Petrol Station Award in the Netherlands''': Service station Swentibold (Shell), A2, Maastricht --> Eindhoven ([[User:Fverhart|Fverhart]] was asked once out of 6 times): Service station Haarrijn (Shell), A2, Amsterdam --> Utrecht ([[User:Fverhart|Fverhart]] was asked once out of 7 times)* When using trains in [[Netherlands|The Netherlands]], you may be able to travel at a discount rate (-40%). Travelling with a printed ticket is no longer possible. Every traveller needs to have an OV-chipcard to use public transportation. You need to active "Samenreiskorting" (travel together reduction) on your OV-chipcard. The procedure is described [http://www.ns.nl/en/travellers/ov-chipkaart/menu-ov-chipkaart/travelling-with-the-ov-chipkaart#travelling-with-an-ns-season-ticket-holder on the website of NS (Dutch railways)]. If you have activated this and checked in with 40% reduction you can travel together with another traveller with an "NS abonnement" (NS season ticket holder), so you need to find somebody who has one, ideally before departure of the train. This is valid on weekdays after 09:00 and during the weekend without limitation (however, there are several types of season tickets nowadays, and some of them do not qualify for discount during the afternoon rush hours).

* [http://www.liftershaltenederlandlift.info Liftershaltenl/ Nederland Lift], campaign to promote hitchhiking as a daily means of transport.* [[Hitchhiking_in_the_Netherlands_Survey|Survey about hitchhiking spots in the Netherlands ]] == Personal Experiences ==''I hitch hike a huge amount in the Netherlands and it is almost always successful. As stated above, managers in petrol stations sometimes ask you to leave the main forecourt. This has been happening with increasing frequency to me at Shell stations in particular, but I have not experienced this at any other petrol company (they are usually more than happy if I politely ask where I could stand without being a nuisance)''  ''Having had 307 rides from Dutch motorway petrol stations, I have been asked not to talk with drivers on the forecourt three times (at stations operated by Shell). Much more often I have gotten positive gestures from employees and occasionally they offered me a drink, a snack, a mapride (!) or cardboard. Staff in Germany is definitely friendlier though.... Respect and politeness are keywords.''* [http://www ''I hitchhiked from Amsterdam across the German border to Osnabrück in one day, meeting a lot of incredible Dutch people.liftpuntSometimes I waited less than one minute, others I waited for two hours.tk Liftpunt]I had better luck on shoulders of ramps and on local roads than at petrol stations, discussion forum about many people at petrol stations did not want to hear it. Many people bought/offered food. I was also hitchhiking in Dutchon a holiday (King's Day) which may have made my luck worse.'' == Nomadwiki & Trashwiki == {{nomadwiki}}== Nomadwiki & Trashwiki ==