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Gamle Bergenbus stop on A39 highway. Bjørkhaug or Langamyrane bus stops if you want to get more The extensive network of tunnels make hitching out of the cityclose to impossible. There is some highway parts in tunnels The motorways almost completely go through the city, so its my be tricky it's quite hard to find an exit point. If you don't find it right inside the city, you'll have to direct walk next to highway to get there..a lot North, because of the long tunnels and the strange shape of the city.
If you can get a lift Some people working in Bergen seem to live up to Nyborg50km away from the city, then you won. They have so it might be a huge roundabout. It is 12 km North from Bergengood idea to try to hitch out of the city in the afternoon when they are going home.
== Nomadwiki & Trashwiki == {{nomadwiki}} Once in Bergen it might become impossible to find a public toilet that you don't have to pay for. While you can find a good shelter from the rain in the bus terminal (not in the train station, it doesn't rain on the benches but it's open so cold in the winter months), if you need a toilet you might want to try one of the many university buildings scattered around the city (the faculty of psychology is on the main street close to the pond). Or just ask at a Restaurant, people are usually friendly and won't deny your emergency ;)
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Bergen is the second largest city in [[Norway]] and the largest in Western Norway, with a population of 255,490 as of 1 October 2009. Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, which includes rural areas, has a population of 377,116 as of January 2010.
As in whole of Norway, but especially on the West Coast, a smart thing to do before setting off for hitchhiking is checking the road conditions (especially in the spring when all the snow is melting down from the mountains onto the roads) and traffic by '''calling 177''' (active from 10 a.m. though). Especially if you're taking secondary roads, it's a good thing to check whether they're open and if there is any traffic at all.
== Hitchhiking out ==
=== From the City ===
You may try to get a ride from the city centre. Behind the central bus station there is the Goods Terminal of Schenker, a big freight company.
There is also a bigger truck parking spot where trucks stay overnight. You can ask drivers in the evening when/where they are going and ask them for a lift in the morning.
You could also try your chance at traffic lights and hopefully succeed, but nobody reading or writing this ever has! There is a big junction close to the central lake (Byparken Smalungeren) [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=bergen,+norway&sll=40.956468,-74.058688&sspn=1.088945,2.469177&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Bergen+railway+station,+Hordaland,+Norway&ll=60.383963,5.336051&spn=0.008409,0.020771&t=h&z=16 where the E16, E39 and 555 meet], which is the main exit of Bergen, but the place is not pleasant to hitch from.
If you are willing to walk 20 minutes from the city center, or are somehow in the northern part, try Sandviksveien junction with Sjøgaten. It is about 1.5 km north from Central Bay (Vagen). Just next to Kristiansholm there is a Shell gas station in the junction with Sandviksveien and 585 road where you can ask the people directly. Otherwise, just next to it there are some really good traffic lights where you can show the sign Nyborg from the gas station and cars can stop really easy.
Abreycierra was in this spot just 5 minuts and a car picked him up.
Another option would be the several entries from Breiviken village - this seems the most legal place to hitch, there isn't much traffic, and it's 3 km away from the bay, but more cars will turn on the main road and that place seems more friendly.
If you are South from the big bay (Store Lungegardsvannet), try the crossing of Fjosangerveien and Ibsensgate, where the traffic lights are. The problem is always that there are many directions from there (including the centre).
If you are South from the big bay (Store Lungegardsvannet)can get a lift to Nyborg, try the crossing of Fjosangerveien and Ibsensgate, where the traffic lights arethen you won. They have a huge roundabout. The problem It is always that there are many directions 12 km North from there (including the centre)Bergen.
Hitchhiker Capy has found a lift at Bryggen by asking somebody stepping into a car if they were going North. They took him all the way to Nyborg (2020).
=== From Outside the City ===
== Public transportation ==
Within the municipality region of Bergen there is a one price policy (i.e. 37 40 NOK per for an adult single ticket in 2022) which will take you for any quite a distance within , also giving you access to some boats like the municipality.) A night bus ticket costs NOK 50,-boat to Knarvik.
*[https://www.skyss.no/ Skyss] regional public transport
* [http://eng.tide.no/Default.aspx?pageid=1035 Tide], the local public transportation company
== Other Useful Info ==
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