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*'''(1) Border crossing [[Bad Bentheim]]''' {{average}}

**At the border you'll find a big parking area for trucks, a police station and toilets. There's a bridge to walk over the highway to a restaurant on the other side of the road and another parking area (for people going into the [[Netherlands]]). Hitchhiking there is quite easy if you prefer trucks. Many trucks stops there and will give you a ride when they start their journey through [[Germany]]. Don't expect too much cars on the parking area, there is no petrol station and many people just don't want to stop because the police is hanging around there. Sometimes they close the border and check every car that is coming into [[Germany]]. If so, ''don't panic'' but be happy, because all cars have to pass the parking area, ideal for hitchhiking. Unfortunately, the police is not announcing the border controls.

*'''(2) {{Ramp}} [[Gildehaus]]''' {{south}} {{good}} -- {{north}} {{bad}}

**This is the first [[Germany|German]] ramp behind the border. Next to the ramp you'll find a small industrial park, but not many cars. Try to avoid this ramp if you want to go westwards. If you only get a lift until here, try to ask the driver to let you out at the border or the next parking area just 3 kilometer further. Only possibility to hitch is on a traffic island. After hitchhiking this spot several times it's not that bad than thought. Traffic towards the [[Netherlands]] is rare, but quite a lot traffic going towards the next ramp [[Nordhorn]]/[[Bad Bentheim]] in direction [[Germany]]. [[User:Platschi|Platschi]] waited five times for going towards the next ramp or further: 3x 5 minutes, 1x 10 minutes, 1x 15 minutes. Doable!

*'''(6) {{Ramp}} [[Salzbergen]]''' {{average}}

**Quite small and tight ramp at the beginning of a little village. Few traffic, but [[User:Platschi|platschi]] had luck in December 2007 and got a ride within 5 minutes towards [[Osnabrück]]. Within this time three cars drove eastwards, but haven't seen any cars direction [[Netherlands]]. In January 2008 he waited for a ride into the other direction (NL) but recognized that 80% of the traffic went into direction [[Osnabrück]]. It seems that only a small bunch of cars is going onto the highway at all. Expect some longer waiting time. In Sep 08, he got a ride offer from here towards Amsterdam within 5 minutes. Luck?

**The 2nd parking area along the '''A30'''. It is smaller than the first one, but it seems that more cars stop here. It has no petrol station, only a small toilet building and some space for parking. Nevertheless a god spot to get lifts. If people are only going towards [[Rheine]], try to get out here!

*'''(7) {{Ramp}} [[Rheine]]-Nord''' {{south}} {{bad}} -- {{north}} {{Very Good}}

**Well, enough space for you to stand on, but nearly no traffic.

*'''(14) {{Junction}} [[Lotte]] (highway junction)'''

**Here the [[A1 (Germany)|A1]] crosses the '''A30'''. It's of course not allowed to stand here, so if you want to go north towards [[Hamburg]] or south direction [[Münster]] or [[Ruhr Area]], be sure to get off the A30 here!

*'''(15) {{Ramp}} [[Osnabrück|Hasbergen]]-Gaste''' {{average}} - {{bad}}

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