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The ferries leave every two hours, along with Bus 40. Just follow the signs for the ferry to [[Gedser]]or ask the staff outside , which was really friendly, for direction . It´s probably best to ask the cars queueing in front of the ticket booths, or before they buy them at the ticket offices. Drivers pay for their car regardless of the amount of passengers, and they can add passengers to their ticket at the booths. The queues are much shorter in the winter so it´s harder to speak to the drivers before they get to the booths. If you´re going to Copenhagen you can also hitch to Sweden, Trelleborg, then across across through Malmo into Copehagen. These ferries go less often and have longer queues for hitching, but the journey takes several hours. If no one picks you up, the passenger fee of EUR 7.50 is reasonable. As a pedestrian you have to catch the pedestrian-passengers-bus 30min before departure, so be there on time. On the 1hr 45min trip, you can ask other drivers if they are going in your direction. It's really easy to get a ride to Copenhagen.

'''Update 20182022:''' I asked the staff in Rostock (for the line HRO - Gedser) and they confirmed: per vehicle are 9 free persons included. Drivers need to say how many passengers there are, but there is NO extra fee for hitchhikers/extra passengers. Even if the ticket is bought in advance, it's little to no effort to change the passenger amount(just asking the guy at the toll boot to change it)to . Plus the ticket sellers said it's okay to hitchhike, but not directly in front of the ticket booths.