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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.)

Update '''Option 2: there is no construction any more (June 2014) and the best place to hitch hike is the bus station down the road described beneath. From the gas station there is a road to the right that leads to a small path on the right side where the bus station is. It- Mortensrud '''s visible from the petrol station.

[[user:peregrine|Peregrine]] had luck finding a ride going all the way Take metro line 3 to "Mortensrud" and get off at the Swedish border within 20 minutes from last station, then cross the bridge over metro track and walk for about 300 meters. You will enter petrol station on motorway E6. Either ask drivers there, hitchhike on-ramp the busstop on the motorway just 100 meters next to the gas station near Mortensrud. Howevergasstation, on the women driving the vehicle cautioned that they have seen many people standing there trying to get rides unsuccessfully and that it is quite dangerous with such a short onramp itself, or on ramp so close to the 80 km/h interstate - that [[user:peregrine|Peregrine]] should notify busstop before the source of their information that onramp. Basically just go there is a much safer bus stop and find your favorite way to hitch from just down the road. Looking more carefully you will find that a ride going south on E6 away from this petrol station, maybe 300 meters, there is in fact a bus stop that may be a better idea...however with the speed of the traffic, maybe only during rush hour...

You can also take the regional train going "Ski" and get off at "Nordstrand" station, one stop after Oslo-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''' Option 3 -10 minutes in the direction of Oslo From Ljansbakken (turning right) closer 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 city than the direction of [[Stockholm]].other ones) '''

Alternatively you may want Take one of the following buses 83, 500, T9 to try Esso gas station (diesel the stop Ljansbakken.This spot is cheaper there so lots before the road turns into a motorway at a busstop with plenty of space for people fills up there and other advantage is there is a MC D. right next to it). To get therepull over safely, take subway to Hellerud, turn right into Smalvollveien and walk till you get to Esso. Some a sign might find be useful to know that there seem to be fewer ticket controls on that lineat this spot.

To get to === West towards [[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. southwest towards [[Stavanger]] and [[Kristiansand]]===

Alternatively take the train The road to "Honefoss", walk up Bergen diverges from the hill and out to southwestern road at Sandvika. If your ride is going the roadother way, just get off at one of the gas stations before Sandvika and keep hitchhiking from there is an information point where it's easy for drivers to pull in- all traffic from Oslo to Bergen goes past this point.

There is a '''Petrol StationOption 1 - Onramp at Skøyen -''' on the Drammensvein heading west (next This option is fairly close to the Mercedes and BMW buildings)city centre. Many people leaving Oslo in the morning to go Take a train or a bus to (Skøyen), and walk southwest towards the surrounding suburbs for work stop there for gashighway. You can reach it by walking from There is a big roundabout a a little closer to the city center (around 4 km on hightway, and a footpath along 100 meters further down the Drammensvein) or by Bus (TE 1,4,8, 10 or 14 till Martim). from hear onramp you can easily ask drivers if they are going 'll see a bus stop with plenty of space to one of the spots mentioned abovepull over. This is a favorite spot for many hitchhikers heading west. Remember From here option 2 is also close by, a gas station that most cars will not be going very faris just 600 meters down the highway.

Hitchhiking from Oslo '''Option 2 - Gas station at Maritim -'''Take the bus 31 or 31E to the stop (Maritim) and walk for 50 meters to Bergen can be pretty challenging in winterthe gas station close by.I The station does not have tried from west of Oslo and without any luck I turned too much traffic, but it is fairly easy to hitch a ride to the area next gas station on the way towards Sandvika or Drammen, where there is more traffic heading northwest and southwest. '''Option 3 - Bergen direction only - Where the goods terminals located.It motorway ended -''' there is in bus 200 that goes from the City, you can catch it to the north east side of stop ''Avtjerna'' and hitch from the citybustop.Keep in mind most of All motorway has ended and it is just country road all the trucks are using RV 7 to go way to Bergen . The con with this option is that it the bus only goes once an hour (and once every 2 hours on sunday). It is also quite far out from Oslo, and try to avoid being left at public transport can be pricey. But if you just miss the small towns like Gol,Hemsedal which bus you can prove very hard change to get out ofoption 1 or 2.If you want to cover '''Option 4 - Bergen direction only - Onramp at Sandvika'''Catch a long distance by a truck your best chance train to Sandvika, when you get a truck to your destination from Schenker Goods Terminal near Alna Senter.From off the central station you can eighter take subway to Tveita Metro stop and train walk across in the E6 by Ytre Ringvei or take direction the train to Alna.You was moving for 100 meters, turn right and then left on the bigger road (Elias Smiths Vej), follow the road until a roundabout and turn right, and you will not miss huge Schenker sign board.It is forbidden see the entrance to enter the terminal area so wait outside the gate at the Alnabruveien and Terminalveien highway. There you can stand with a sign of your destinationhitchhiking to Hønefoss,by doing this you would also catch up where there's a ride by Tollpost Globe ASs trucksgas station.The trucks continues on Alnabruveien keeps eighter on   Both of the E6 Southoptions for [[Kristiansand]],E18 West or E16.Trucks leaving for E6 north turn into Terminalveien.[[Stavanger]] can also be used to go towards [[Bergen]]

 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 til 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.

== Public Transportation Resources == It's very easy and relaxed to get into the subway for free. At least one hitchhiker rode for more than a week on bus, tram and subway without ever buying a ticket. If you get busted, just choose to pay later, give a false address and you will never hear from them again. The ticket (for what?) is 26 kr. Note that you can buy it on the train (for 40 kr if you buy it from a person instead of the machine) and they might not check, but it's almost impossible to dodge on regional trains. == Other Useful Info == 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 coin, which you'll get back after). '''CAMPING''': To the east of 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 the park is safe, free and legal and you could spend days exploring it. Best of all it's accessible from the T-bane and, thus, connected to downtown Oslo. Near the Trosterud station there's an entrance to the Lutvann Lake[http://en.{{nomadwiki}}{{wikivoyage}}{{wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutvann] recreation area within the park. When you leave the station, follow the paved pedestrian road to the left just a few meters. There will be another paved road/bike path going up the hill to your right. Follow this all the way up. You will reach a cluster of apartment buildings. Keep following 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 the entrance to the park is another 50 meters or so past that. The lake itself is another 5-10 minute walk inside the park, just follow the big gravel path. All told it's about a 20-30 minute hike from the station. For hitching this spot is ideal because it's also very close to the E6 going north. There's directions to hitching spots from Trosterud at the top of this page.  Another good spot for wild camping is Ekeberg park, very close to the center (20 min walking otherwise tramway 18 and 19 very easily blackridable) with an amazing view over the town and safe, deserted, free and legal as well (just some runners and humans with their canine owners in the morning). There is also a paying camping inside it where you can sneak inside to have a free shower. E6 and E18 are at a walking distance. The squat called "Blå" next to the culture house "housemania" in the city centre has a guest room with 6 places. It's worth asking for sure even if often it's full and it is not liked nor allowed to sleep on the floor. * [http://www.osloforbeginners.com/ Oslo for Beginners], a nice witty website.* [http://www.sporveien.no/ Oslo Public Transport System] (in Norwegian)link}}