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''Warning: As I was hitching out of Rotterdam, the people in the cars where insulting me and showing me their middle finger. Eventhough it happened to me before it was never as bad as in Rotterdam :-( === Northwest towards [[User:Bikepunk|BikepunkDelft]] (, [[User talk:Bikepunk|talkDen Haag]](A13) ''===Close to Blijdorp metro station, there is a fuel station Texaco at the beginning of A13, very easy to reach. If you get out of metro, follow the road S113 and pass by the park with a little lake, go under the bridge and you should already see the spot. It did not look busy but hitch-hiking with a sign can be probably also possible because cars are still relatively slow and there is a lot of shoulder.
* There is a great spot directly north of the central Station. It is about a 25 minute walk or take tram #25 in the direction of ''Schiebroek'' until the stop ''Schieweg'', which is just before the tram goes up onto a bridge over the motorway. Continue walking in the same direction on the right-hand side. During peak hours the traffic is very heavy and is slowed down by traffic lights feeding the traffic onto the motorway at intervals. There is a small parking area, so drivers have ample room to stop.
* Another There is a great spot is on directly north of the A16central Station. Take It is about a 25 minute walk or take tram #25 in the Metro to direction of ''Kralingse ZoomSchiebroek'' and walk south down until the Kralingse Zoom and then left at stop ''Schieweg'', which is just before the Abram van Rijckevorselweg until you get to tram goes up onto a huge roundabout with an bridge over the motorway. Continue walking in the same direction onthe right-roadhand side. There's a lot of space for cars to stop During peak hours the traffic is very heavy and a lot of is slowed down by traffic, but getting on lights feeding the other side of traffic onto the roundabout can be a tad dangerous and it's probably technically speaking illegal to stand theremotorway at intervals. A sign There is a mustsmall parking area, so drivers have ample room to stop.
Most cars are heading to [[Utrecht]]. To get to [[Germany]] you could try your luck with a ''D'' sign or first try towards [[Arnhem]] for [[Cologne|Köln]] and [[Frankfurt am Main|Frankfurt]] from a service area (the border service areas are large with high traffic volume).
To get Another spot is on the A16. Take the Metro to [[Hamburg]], [[Hannover]], [[Berlin]] or for try ''Apeldoorn/A1Kralingse Zoom'' and walk south down the Kralingse Zoom and then left at the Abram van Rijckevorselweg until you get to a huge roundabout with an on-road. There's a lot of space for cars to stop and a service area lot of traffic, but getting on the [[A1 (Netherlands)|A1]]other side of the roundabout can be a tad dangerous and it's probably technically speaking illegal to stand there. This will also bring you onto the Amsterdam-Copenhagen routeA sign is a must.
Tip: Stand in a position where the street sign does not come between you and the drivers' view.
[[File:RdamtowardseastAs the best spots are often at a BP de Vink petrol station on the highway, one could also choose to take the train (direction Utrecht, Leewarder, Groningen, Zwolle, Uitgeest or Gouda Goverwelle) or metro (A or B direction Nesselande or Binnenhof) to Rotterdam Alexander.jpg|200px|thumb|Here you can take bus 190 to Gouda and get off at Luxemburgsezoom. From here you walk a few meter back to the roundabout and you go right to the bridge over the highway. You do not want to go over the bridge but pass it on the left|The hitchhiking point for Utrecht side. You can walk until the highway and points further eastgo left to the petrol station. This spot can also be reached from metrostation 'De Tochten', however, a longer walk is necessary.]]
If you take Take tram 23 from Rotterdam Central line 25 to the stop ''P+R Beverwaard'' in terminus "Barendrecht Opstelstoor Carnisselande". Walk 5 min. towards left when facing the river. There is a ramp to get on the Ijsselmonde suburbA29. Traffic is slowed down by traffic lights, there is some small forest along 's a bike trail parallel big emergency lane for the cars to the A16/E19 motorway where you could put up stop and there is also a tentpetrol station.
Most McDonalds restaurants in the city have wi-fi and, if you are discreet, you can use them without buying anything. The central library also has free wi-fi. Get a "guest pass" from the machine on the ground floor and log in with the details printed on it (the library connection, however, blocks everything but port 80 -- that is, except simple web browsing).[[trash:Rotterdam]]{{nomadwiki}}
→East towards Utrecht, Arnhem, Apeldoorn, Amersfoort, Germany (A20) {{European Route Number|25}}
== Hitchhiking out ==
=== East towards [[Utrecht]], [[Arnhem]], [[Apeldoorn]], [[Amersfoort]], [[Germany]] (A20) {{European Route Number|25}} ===
A third spot is at 'Knooppunt Kleinpolderplein'My personal advice is not to confuse drivers at the A20 Walk a little bit with 'D' signs or 'Arnhem' or 'Apeldoorn' as those are locations further away. The priority should be to get to any fuel station on the highway where by talking to people bicycle path (50 mtr) and you can get a ride even as far as to Lithuania or Bulgaria. So a ride hitchhike just for 20km to before the first station is all what sign that shows you needare entering the highway. Thus, I would recommend just putting It is a 10 minutes walk from 'UtrechtDiergaarde Blijdorp' on your , the zoo. A sign - which is very clear a must and closeprobably also technically speaking illegal. Once you are off I had to wait 30 min. for a car with the highway entrance you will not need sign 'Utrecht' but a board anyway any more, then you can talk to people on the fuel stations. If you speak good English Dutch people sign with 'Eerste Benzinestation' will most likely take you if they cando even better probably. [[User:Rozwal|Rozwal]]''
=== West towards Hoek van Holland and ferries to [[England]] ===
The ferries from the Hook of Holland to England do not often carry trucks and therefore do not always offer free options. To get to the ferry terminal you can blackride the train to Hoek Van Hollland Haven. You can also hitch there from one of the many service stations on the A20 with someone going on the ferry. After speaking to drivers on the A20, most trucks passing through there terminate at the port, which means no free ferry. That being said, you could hitch to where they terminate and continue to Calais, though I have not tried this;
At the Hook Of Holland you can ride a ferry to [[Harwich]], England. It is hard if not impossible to get across without paying. On the ferry you can ask around to find someone driving to your destination, even walking around with a hitch sign, and possibly start a conversation
=== South towards Dordrecht, Breda, Antwerp, Lille (A16) {{European Route Number|19}} ===
Take tram line 21 (direction De Esch) to the Woudestein stop. Once in Woudestein you need to follow the big road in front of you. Keep walking in the direction of the Erasmus university. If looking for rides at traffic lights is your thing, then there's plenty of opportunity on the way. But if not, keep on going until you reach the motorway which crosses in front of you. It's about a 15 minute walk.
The only place to stand now is next to the last traffic light. It is not ideal, but the previous spot described here is gone...
Traffic density is quite high but unfortunately so is the speed of the traffic. It's best to have a sign here because although traffic can only be going north or south, there are plentiful exits on the way.
If you are someone who likes to hitch from petrol stations there is a Shell south of the city that feeds on to the A16. It is directly to the west of `''Oude Plantage, De Esch, Rotterdam, The Netherlands''` and is walking distance from Gerdesiaweg Rotterdam train station and from trams. It has good visibility for you and your potential rides and a slip road entering the station where your ride can stop. From the station, head South until you hit the river, then head west (left) and you will see the station on the side of the river. I waited here for 20 minutes to get a ride == Public transportation =====Trams===About 99.99% of trams will have a ticket inspector. Board the tram at the rear and have 2.50 euro ready to pay (it is best to have a Dutch chip card since then you pay for a distance and not per ride - and for few stops you will pay between 0.5 - 1 euro instead of 2.50 without it). The inspector (wearing an ugly yellow and black jacket with green, red and purple stripes) will have to walk the length of the entire tram checking tickets before he/she reaches you. Hopefully you have reached the stop by this time, if not just give the inspector the 2.50 euro for the ticket as though you were waiting to buy one from them. This is common practice. ===Metro===The Metro is harder to blackride, you'll have to follow somebody going through the gates very closely. Make sure nobody's watching, though.Or, if there is elevator, which probably will be somewhere close to station, but not near the main entrance. Next to elevator it will be OV-Chipkaart terminal and no gates. In lot of stations there are no security, as lot of them looks like traditional railway stations.__NOTOC__
== Sleeping = South towards Berg-op-Zoom, Middelbourg, Antwerpen, Gent (A29, A4, A58) ===
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