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 *For going South or West you can try the '''Raststätte Grunewald'''. Take the ''S-Bahn'' train ''S7'' to ''Potsdam'' or ''S1'' to ''Wannsee'' and get out at ''Nikolasee''. Walk out of the train station, cross the bridge and you'll see the petrol station next to you. Usually you will encounter some other hitchhikers ( "I stood there with 14 other Hitchhikers on a sunny Monday morning, 9 o`clock. Maybe Grunewald is a HH place, that is too well known!" --Bocia), but normally you get a car at the petrol station within a few minutes - at least to ''Michendorf''! Also standing at the traffic lights before the ramp seems to be useful! *Another option is the ''Aral'' gas station at '''Kaiserdamm''' near the central bus station. Take U2 to ''Kaiserdamm'' (if you come from direction ''Zoo'') and go out in the driving direction. Leave the station on the left exit. After 50m there's the gas station. It depends on the day, sometimes it's very easy to get away there, sometimes it's harder.  *'''Trampstelle [[Potsdam]]'''

*'''Rasthof Michendorf'''—Just 30 minutes by 'Regionalbahn' (train) south west of Berlin. You easily get hitches to the south, west as well as to the east (Poland). Take a train (e.g. RE3 to [[Dessau]], check [http://www.fahrinfo-berlin.de/Fahrinfo/bin/ fahrinfo-berlin.de] for route information.) from the center (2.60 EUR). Get off at train station ''Michendorf''. Leave the station at the left side (in direction of the train). Turn right into the Potsdamer Straße and walk for some minutes straight on it. To go west or south ([[Munich]], [[Hannover]], [[Magdeburg]]) turn right into the Feldstraße and follow it till you see the service station. Enter it via the green emergency door. If you want to go east towards [[Poland]] or [[Dresden]] just follow the Potsdamer Straße some more meters and turn right after the tunnel (it's a small sandy road). Follow the road until you are at the restaurant of the rest stop.

===North towards [[Rostock]] (Baltic Sea)===*Go to the ''S-Bahn'' station ''Pankow-Heinersdorf'' - there Prenzlauer Allee is becoming the Autobahn A114 - just walk 200m down the bridge and you've got a traffic-light as well as two gas stations, both on the right side for the drivers going towards the Autobahn. It may be worth walking to the second gas station as it's cheaper and more frequented.

===Northwest towards [[Hamburg]] ([[A24 (Germany)|A24]])===*If you want to hitchhike towards [[Hamburg]] or [[Schwerin]] on the A24 it is the best to go with the U6 towards ''Alt-Tegel'' and get off at ''Kurt-Schumacher-Platz'' and then start walking towards the highway. About 2 minutes away from the U-Bahn station there is a ''Jet'' gas station. You can either ask the drivers who stop there or stand at the road right before it.

:At the moment this spot doesn't work, because of a construction site at the "Tegel Tunnel" (Jan 2007)

*The hhhitchhiking-spot in Henningsdorf (on the map as well): Rasthof Stolper Heide is a bit hard to reach, be ready to walk about 3km3 km. S-bahn station Heiligensee (S25 towards Henningsdorf, 2.10€ 10 € ticket), walk down Ruppiner Chaussee northwards about 200 m meters and turn right on an asphalt walking path (There's a sign saying "Berliner Wandweg" or smthng). Cross the bridge over the highway and turn left after that. The asphalt path turns into a sandy road and is parallel to the motorway. At some point you have to get to the other side of the fence (when I was there, there was a spot where the fence had fallen down) and VOILA, you're at the service station! *A very closeby spot that saves you the 3 km walk: Get off at the station just before: Schulzendorf (S25 towards Henningsdorf, 2.10€ ticket). Get out from the front of the train, and out of the station, follow Ruppinerstrasse north, and take the first right (Schulzendorferstrasse). And there you are, on the motorway access ramp, 5 min walk from the station.**Traffic is pretty low.**Cars are very slow and can get a good view at you**You can take ANY ''any'' ride. If the car doesn't go your way, he can drop you at the gas station "Rasthof Stolper Heide" a couple of kilometers uproad.

===South towards [[Dresden]] ([[A13 (Germany)|A13]])===*Take a train to the S-Bahn station ''Schöneweide'', get out there and walk out of the station, turn right and after 300 meter you'll find two big service stations - although the [[Autobahn]] is far away-these are mostly the last possibilities for cars to get petrol - was once crowded with hitchhikers but is normally empty now and works fine! Locals usually stop at the second gas station because it's cheaper normally. Also, behind this gas station is a Burger King "Restaurant". If you choose your spot well, you can show a sign both to cars on the street who could stop at the Burger King entrance (but often drive too fast though) and to people leaving the second gas station or entering Burger King.

*Alternatively go to S-Bahn station ''Alt Glienicke''. Leave the platform illegally at the east end, then hike over the rails, which will bring you to the B96. The road is also named ''Am Seegraben''. There is a wide emergency lane and a speed limit of 50 kmh. Use a sign to get a lift to [[Dresden]] (DD), [[Braunschweig]] (BS), [[Hannover]] (H), ''Michendorf'' or [[Frankfurt an der (Oder)]] (FF) / Poland [[Poznan]]. It is not allowed to hitchhike on that spot, though very likely that you will obtain a good lift in short time. Remember: Running over the rails can cost you something around 25 Euro if they catch you.