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=== North towards This is a superb spot for heading north/northwest: a "Circle K" petrol station on the [[TrondheimE6]] {{E|6}} ===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 the stop (Trosterud) at earlier/later hours, sundays and it leaves at higher frequencies, but that would cost a one-zone ticket of 35 NOK.

The trip Circle K is 10 minutes walk from IKEA. Once you are at IKEA just walk around the building to Trondheim it's right side, and you'll se a pedestrian tunnel taking you under the E6. Straight on the other side, look to your right, a pathway following the highway takes one dayyou directly to the spot. When going north, you can quite easily find a ride here. Anyways, for shorter rides, the first good petrol station on the highway is called "Skedsmokorset". You might be offered rides to the Oslo airport, in case you are trying to get further, make sure you jump off at Skedsmokorset.

Around IKEA (Furuset=== South towards [[Göteborg]] is an area where most trucks start. There is a petrol station on the {{E|6}} and east towards [[E6Stockholm]] 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 the stop Trosterud you go out, to the left, left again down the hill, over the footbridge and continue down and you are behind the station.{{E|18}} ===

Note:[[User:abstorz|abstorz]] was able If you're heading to Sweden on the E18 you have to hitch a ride onto start on the motorway behind E6. Be very careful as there is only one point where the tunnel in E6 branches to the area of EtterstadE18. It's fairly easy to miss, but when you see it ask the driver to turn off even if they are continuing south. There is a roundabout where you can't be bad to get even further out of , and then the city. Once driver can get back on the motorway everything went fineE6.

If you want With the new iconic addition to go the Oslo high-rise waterfront, Barcode, hitchhiking south-east on directly from the city centre has become much easier, and thus removed the need for the [[E6]] take 30 minute metro line 3 ride to "Mortensrud" and get off at (option 2). From the last central station, then cross just pass the high-rises until the bridge over metro track end, where it turns right (and walk south). Follow the sidewalk on this for about 300 250 meters, until you get to a traffic light. You will enter petrol station on motorway E6. Ask drivers there. Very good spot! (Update: as of September 2012, On the station is under some kind right side of construction but the market road, there is still open. I was worried there wouldnpossible for cars to stop (parking forbidden sign does not mean cars can't be any traffic but people do still stop for the marketpull over). I took You only need a short hitch ride to one of the next exits down the highway with a gas shell station and McDonalds though, and that worked out at Mortensrud in order to Goteburg - that get going further. Masosial got a ride was actually going all here after 30 seconds the way to Copenhagenfirst time he tried.)

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 and avoid anyone going in the direction of [[Stockholm]].Mortensrud '''

Alternatively you may want Take metro line 3 to try Esso gas "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, on the onramp itself, turn right into Smalvollveien 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.

Please note that even if you are headed ''' Option 3 - From Ljansbakken (closer to Stockholm, there is so little traffic on the [[E18]] that you better go South to [[Göteborg]] via [[E6]] and then East to [[Stockholm]] via [[Jönköping]].city than the other ones) '''

To get to Bergen, take the local train out to "Sandvika", from where you can either take a bus or walk along the road (quite a few k's) until it turns from dual carriageway to a simple country road, where you can just hitch along the side. ''Option 4 - Hellerud '''

Alternatively take the train You may want to "Honefoss", walk try Esso petrol station (diesel is cheaper there so lots of people fills up the hill there and out other advantage is there is a MC D. right next to it). To get there, take subway to the roadHellerud, turn right into Smalvollveien and walk till you get to Esso. Some might find useful to know that there is an information point where it's easy for drivers to pull in- all traffic from Oslo seem to Bergen goes past this pointbe fewer ticket controls on that line.

Hitchhiking from Oslo to === West towards [[Bergen can be pretty challenging in winter.I have tried from west of Oslo and without any luck I turned to the area where the goods terminals located.It is in the north east side of the city.Keep in mind most of the trucks are using RV 7 to go to Bergen and try to avoid being left at the small towns like Gol]],Hemsedal which can prove very hard to get out of.If you want to cover a long distance by a truck your best chance to get a truck to your destination from Schenker Goods Terminal near Alna Senter.From the central station you can eighter take subway to Tveita Metro stop and walk across the E6 by Ytre Ringvei or take the train to Alna.You will not miss huge Schenker sign board.It is forbidden to enter the terminal area so wait outside the gate at the Alnabruveien southwest towards [[Stavanger]] and Terminalveien with a sign of your destination,by doing this you would also catch up a ride by Tollpost Globe ASs trucks.The trucks continues on Alnabruveien keeps eighter on the E6 South,E18 West or E16.Trucks leaving for E6 north turn into Terminalveien.[[Kristiansand]]===

=== From Oslo '''Option 1 - Onramp at Skøyen -'''This option is fairly close to the city centre. Take a train or a bus to (RyggeSkøyen) Airport ===, and walk southwest towards the highway. There is a big roundabout a a little closer to the hightway, and 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.

Oslo '''Option 2 - Gas station at Maritim -'''Take the bus 31 or 31E to the stop (RyggeMaritim) 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 for 50 meters to (North direction, along the motorway) the Rygge on-ramp where local traffic passes at the roundaboutgas station close by. The first petrol station is a few kilometres Northdoes not have too much traffic, around Moss. From there but it's rather is fairly easy to get hitch a direct ride to Oslothe next gas station on the way towards Sandvika or Drammen, where there is more traffic heading northwest and southwest.

Yes, '''Option 3 - Bergen direction only - Where the airport motorway ended -''' there is smallbus 200 that goes from the City, so traffic is light. When you come out of can catch it to the terminal building; stop ''Avtjerna'' and hitch from the bustop. All motorway in front of you has ended and it is just country road all the E6, and Oslo (North) is way to the rightBergen. I walked the one mile along The con with this option is that it the airport service road bus only goes once an hour (hitching without successand once every 2 hours on sunday). It is also quite far out from Oslo, and then hitched from public transport can be pricey. But if you just miss the roundaboutbus you can change to option 1 or 2.

Or '''Option 4 - Bergen direction only - Onramp at Sandvika'''Catch a train to Sandvika, when you can just stand at get off the train walk in the end of direction the car park building train was moving for 100 meters, turn right and then left on the slip bigger road (Elias Smiths Vej), follow the road until a roundabout and turn right out of terminal building , and walk til you reach will see the end of entrance to the building). I just hitched to Oslo city centre in one lift (by holding up an 'Oslo' sign)highway. The first car stopped. Or There you can ask people at the airport if theystand with a sign hitchhiking to Hønefoss, where there're going to Oslo. My brother did this and got s a lift with the first person he askedgas station.

== Hitching In ===== From Oslo (TorpRygge) Airport ===Oslo (Rygge) is an airport located about 115 75 km South of Oslo, on the [[E18E6]] direction [[KristiansandGöteborg]]. 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.

The ticket is 26 kr. Note that Or you can buy it just stand at the end of the car park building on the train slip road (for 40 kr if turn right out of terminal building and walk until you buy it from a person instead reach the end of the machinebuilding) and . 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 might not check, but it's almost impossible re going to dodge on regional trainsOslo. My brother did this and got a lift with the first person he asked.

At least one hitchhiker rode for more 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 a week on getting the airport bus, tram into Oslo and subway without ever buying a ticketthen the Stockholm bus back out to Töcksfors. If you get busted I found drivers friendly, just choose willing to pay latergo a little out of their way, give a false address and you will never hear from them againeveryone spoke good English.

== Other Useful Info = From Oslo (Torp) Airport ===

Free luggage storage: There are free lockers in the main Oslo library if you want to store luggage for free (you need a ten kroner coinTorp) is an airport located about 115 km South of Oslo, which you'll get back after)on the [[E18]] direction [[Kristiansand]].

* [http://www.osloforbeginners.com/ === From Oslo for Beginners], a nice witty website.(Gardermoen) Airport ===* [http://www.sporveien.no/ Oslo Public Transport System] (in NorwegianGardermoen) (OSL)Airport is located around 50 km North of Oslo, near [[E6]] towards [[Lillehammer]].

'''CAMPING''': To the east of reach Oslo there is an extremely large and beautiful nature-reserve called Østmarka[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%98stmarka]. The park has extensive hiking trails, numerous lakes with fishing and swimming, and a minimal amount of development. When I was there at the height of summer, it was never crowded if not almost completely deserted. Camping in simply go to the multi-storey car park which is safe, free and legal and you could spend days exploring it. Best of all it's accessible from adjacent to the T-bane terminal and, thus, connected to downtown Oslo. Near the Trosterud station there's an entrance to the Lutvann Lake[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutvann] recreation area within the park. When you leave the station, then follow the paved pedestrian road arrows to the left just a few metersexit. There will be another paved road/bike path going up the hill Then head to your right. Follow this all the way up. You will reach a cluster of apartment buildings. Keep following gates where drivers pay for the asphalt path. It will end in a small parking lot and a raised basketball court I think. At this point turn right and follow the car-road. Turn left just past the basketball court and follow this road as it veers up and to the right, I think it's called Lutvannsveien. You will pass a military base and at the entrance to exit from the car park is another 50 meters or so past thatarea. The lake itself is another 5-10 minute walk inside the park, just follow the big gravel pathStand right behind these gates. All told it's about Payment takes a 20-30 minute hike from couple of whiles and drivers should have the station. For hitching this spot is ideal because ittime to notice you, there's also very close a plenty of place for them to the E6 going north. There's directions stop to hitching spots from Trosterud at the top of this pagepick you up.