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=== Carpooling ''(Mitfahrgelegenheit)'' ===
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Germany has a national carpooling website that gives opportunities both to the driver and to the ride-seeker to find each other and share a ride together with its cost for fuel. Unfortunately, the website, called [http://www.mitfahrgelegenheit.de/ Mitfahrgelegenheit], is not in English but German, French, Italian, Polish and Greek. Nonetheless, it is quite easy to understand how everything works: you can scroll search from your departure point ''(de:von)'' to a destination ''(de:nach)''; you can see exact ride dates and number of passenger places offered. If you search for a ride from or to Germany, click on ''Europa'' link. Contacting a driver is usually done by email, although some drivers do leave their phone numbers). When getting in contact with the driver, one should find an agreement on a price and departure place/date/time.
Such a system offers a low cost alternative to hitchhiking. A similar system exists in [[Belgium]], too.
Experiences has shown, however, that hitchhiking very often is faster than ''Mitfahrgelegenheit'' since the driver often drives into cities on their route to pick up new passengers (or to leave them at their exact destination spot).
''Note: de:Abfahrt = Departure / de:Ankunft = Arrival''
Recently ''Mitfahrgelegenheit.de'' was criticized because of a change [http://linksunten.indymedia.org/en/node/21738 concerning privacy] in there "Terms of Use".
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At the Swiss border, there are still custom controls, but that will probably only affect you if you are in a truck. (Switzerland has joined the Schengen Agreement in 2009!)
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