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Hitching out of Oslo is usually difficult from the city center(except going south). There are several motorway entrances behind the tunnel. The further outside the city you are, the easier it gets.  

=== North towards [[Trondheim]] {{E|6}} or northwest towards [[Molde]] or [[Ålesund]] ===

The trip This is a superb spot for heading north/northwest: a "Circle K" petrol station on the [[E6]] direction North which can be reached with the free IKEA shuttle bus. This blue bus is leaving from Fred Olsens gate 5 every hour on the "o'clock". It operates from 10.00 until 22.00 on weekdays and from 09.00 until 20.00 on saturdays. You could also jump on the metro line 1 or 2 to Trondheim takes the stop (Trosterud) at earlier/later hours, sundays and it leaves at higher frequencies, but that would cost a one day-zone ticket of 35 NOK.

Around The Circle K is 10 minutes walk from IKEA (Furuset) is an area where most trucks start. There is Once you are at IKEA just walk around the building to it's right side, and you'll se a "Statoil" petrol station on pedestrian tunnel taking you under the [[E6]] direction North which can be reached walking from metro station "Trosterud", East of the centre (lines 1 or 2, direction Ellingsrudåsen). The metro in Oslo is called the T. From Straight on the stop Trosterud you go outother side, look to the leftyour right, left again down a pathway following the hill, over the footbridge and continue down and highway takes you are behind directly to the stationspot.You When going north, you can also get there '''quite easily find a ride here. Anyways, for free'''shorter rides, taking the IKEA bus going once per hour from Dronningsgate near first good petrol station on the main station directly highway is called "Skedsmokorset". You might be offered rides to IKEA. From there the Oslo airport, in case you can walk back are trying to the streetget further, turn left (south-west) turn left make sure you jump off at the second roundabout and then cross the E6. The Statoil station then is to your left and can be reached by the next street on your leftSkedsmokorset.

Note: If you want 're heading to go south-east Sweden on the [[E6]] take metro line 3 E18 you have to "Mortensrud" and get off at start on the last station, then cross the bridge over metro track and walk for about 300 meters. You will enter petrol station on motorway E6. Ask drivers Be very careful as thereis only one point where the E6 branches to the E18. Very good spot! Also It's fairly easy to miss, but when you see it ask the trash driver to turn off even if they are continuing south. There is worth checking for a pre-hitch dive. Nikkou found tons of bagels there in Jul 2016roundabout where you can get out, and then the driver can get back on the E6.

The best place to hitch hike is the bus station down the road described beneath. From the petrol station there is a road to the right that leads to a small path on the right side where the bus station is. It's visible from the petrol station.''Option 1 - Barcode '''

[[user:peregrine|Peregrine]] had luck finding a ride going all With the way new iconic addition to the Swedish border within 20 minutes Oslo high-rise waterfront, Barcode, hitchhiking south directly from the motorway on-ramp next city centre has become much easier, and thus removed the need for the 30 minute metro ride to Mortensrud (option 2). From the petrol central station near Mortensrud. However, just pass the women driving high-rises until the vehicle cautioned that they have seen many people standing there trying to get rides unsuccessfully end, where it turns right (and that it is quite dangerous with such a short south). Follow the sidewalk on ramp so close this for about 250 meters, until you get to a traffic light. On the 80 km/h interstate - that [[user:peregrine|Peregrine]] should notify the source right side of their information that there is a much safer bus stop to hitch from just down the road. Looking more carefully you will find that going south on E6 away from this petrol station, maybe 300 meters, there is in fact a bus possible for cars to stop that may be (parking forbidden sign does not mean cars can't pull over). You only need a better idea...however with ride to the speed of the traffic, maybe only during rush hour..shell station at Mortensrud in order to get going further.

You can also take the regional train going "Ski" and get off at "Nordstrand" station, one stop after Oslo'''Option 2 -S. Once at Nordstrand, turn left and go down the little hill. The large road with a lot of traffic is the [[E18]]. You can walk about 5-10 minutes in the direction of Oslo (turning right) to the Ulvøya Island crossroad. There is a bus stop right after a traffic light and you can get picked up quite easily. Have a sign to make sure you get on to the right road.Mortensrud '''

Alternatively you may want Take metro line 3 to try Esso petrol "Mortensrud" and get off at the last station (diesel is cheaper there so lots of people fills up there , then cross the bridge over metro track and other advantage is there is a MC Dwalk for about 300 meters. right next to it)You will enter petrol station on motorway E6. To get Either ask drivers there, take subway hitchhike on the busstop on the motorway just 100 meters next to Hellerudthe gasstation, turn right into Smalvollveien on the onramp itself, or on the busstop before the onramp. Basically just go there and walk till you get find your favorite way to Esso. Some might find useful to know that there seem to be fewer ticket controls on that linea ride going south.

To get Take one of the following buses 83, 500, T9 to Bergen, take the local train out to "Sandvika", from where you can either take a bus or walk along stop Ljansbakken.This spot is before the road (quite turns into a motorway at a few k's) until it turns from dual carriageway busstop with plenty of space for people to pull over safely, a simple country road, where you can just hitch along the sidesign might be useful at this spot.

Alternatively take the train to "Honefoss", walk up the hill and out to the road, and there is an information point where it's easy for drivers to pull in''Option 4 - all traffic from Oslo to Bergen goes past this point.Hellerud '''

There You may want to try Esso petrol station (diesel is cheaper there so lots of people fills up there and other advantage is there is a MC D. right next to it). To get there, take subway to Hellerud, turn right into Smalvollveien and walk till you get to Esso. Some might find useful to know that there seem to be fewer ticket controls on that line.  === West towards [[Bergen]], or southwest towards [[Stavanger]] and [[Kristiansand]]=== The road to Bergen diverges from the southwestern road at Sandvika. If your ride is going the other way, just get off at one of the gas stations before Sandvika and keep hitchhiking from there.  '''Petrol StationOption 1 - Onramp at Skøyen''' on  This option is fairly close to the Drammensvein heading west city centre. Take a train or a bus to (next Skøyen), and walk southwest towards the highway. There is a big roundabout a a little closer to the Mercedes hightway, and BMW buildings)a 100 meters further down the onramp you'll see a bus stop with plenty of space to pull over. This is a favorite spot for many hitchhikers heading west. From here option 2 is also close by, a gas station that is just 600 meters down the highway. Many people leaving Oslo in  '''Option 2 - Gas station at Maritim''' Take the morning bus 31 or 31E to go the stop (Maritim) and walk for 50 meters to the surrounding suburbs for work stop gas station close by. The station does not have too much traffic, but it is fairly easy to hitch a ride to the next gas station on the way towards Sandvika or Drammen, where there for petrolis more traffic heading northwest and southwest. You  '''Option 3 - Bergen direction only - Where the motorway ended''' there is bus 200 that goes from the City, you can reach catch it by walking to the stop ''Avtjerna'' and hitch from the city center bustop. All motorway has ended and it is just country road all the way to Bergen. The con with this option is that it the bus only goes once an hour (around 4 km and once every 2 hours on a footpath along sunday). It is also quite far out from Oslo, and public transport can be pricey. But if you just miss the Drammensvein) bus you can change to option 1 or by Bus (TE 1,2. '''Option 4- Bergen direction only - Onramp at Sandvika''' Catch a train to Sandvika,8when you get off the train walk in the direction the train was moving for 100 meters, 10 or 14 till Martimturn right and then left on the bigger road (Elias Smiths Vej), follow the road until a roundabout and turn right, and you will see the entrance to the highway. from hear There you can easily ask drivers if they are going stand with a sign hitchhiking to one of the spots mentioned above. Remember that most cars will not be going very farHønefoss, where there's a gas station.

Oslo (Rygge) is an airport located about 75 km South of Oslo, on the [[E6]] direction [[Göteborg]]. To reach Oslo via HH, you simple need a sign for Oslo and you can either hitch from the airport or walk about 1.5 km to (North direction, along the motorway) the Rygge on-ramp where local traffic passes at the roundabout. The first petrol station is a few kilometres North, around Moss. From there it's rather easy to get a direct ride to Oslo.

Or you can just stand at the end of the car park building on the slip road (turn right out of terminal building and walk until you reach the end of the building). I just hitched to Oslo city centre in one lift (by holding up an 'Oslo' sign). The first car stopped. Or you can ask people at the airport if they're going to Oslo. My brother did this and got a lift with the first person he asked. I was heading East to Töcksfors (just over the Swedish border on the E18) so got dropped at the junction of the 151 near the town of Son and continued East from there. Not the easiest hitch (4 hours) but still much quicker than getting the airport bus into Oslo and then the Stockholm bus back out to Töcksfors. I found drivers friendly, willing to go a little out of their way, and everyone spoke good English.