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{{roadworks}} Exit is closed in direction Osnabrück until June 7, 2010; when hitchhiking along this way best option currently is trying to find a ride at the border. Only take rides at least towards Rheine-Nord, everything else before is crap.** Small traffic-island to stand on, some space for cars to stop behind. [[User:platschi|platschi]] was standing here lots of times and got lifts within only some minutes in direction [[Rheine]] or further. Not very good the situation towards Towards the [[Netherlands]], not much traffic going there, mostly locals heading towards Oldenzaal, which is a much better place to hitch already. [[User:Platschi|Platschi's]] waiting time eastwards: average 5 minutes, westwards average 40 minutes. A lot of traffic here on weekdays between 3 and 4 pm!* '''(4) {{Ramp}} [[Schüttorf]]-Nord''' {{south}} {{averagebad}} -- {{north}} {{bad}}** This ramp is quite small, there is not much space to stop cars when they go onto the motorway. No hard shoulder to stand on, just a tiny traffic island. But if there is not much traffic (and that seems to be quite often), people can and will stop for you. It is directly at the motorway junction, so take care where people are going to! [[User:Platschi|Platschi]] was standing here twice and got rides eastwards within seconds. For the other direction towards ''NL'', you're definitely wrong. Nobody is going up here for that direction, better try to hitch through the city though traffic towards [[Bad Bentheim]] and take the ramp there!occurs. Waiting time can differ from 10 minutes to 1 hour.
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The construction of this last part of the A30 began October 2008.
Traveling along the '''A30''' seems different but it's not. Coming from the [[Netherlands]], hitching at the petrol station near Hengelo is easy for getting rides at least towards [[Osnabrück]] or even further. The part between [[Bad Bentheim]] (where the motorway begins) until Osnabrück seems to be a bit more difficult to hitchhike, especially towards the Netherlands the traffic will be a bit less. It might be much easier to ''jump'' between two or three on-ramps (usual traffic: Bad Bentheim, Rheine-Nord, Ibbenbüren) instead of denying cars in hope for longer rides. Enschede-Osnabrück can be done like this within 60 minutes 1,5 hours or even faster. From Osnabrück on towards [[Bad Oeynhausen]] you will find enough traffic.
There is only '''ONE''' petrol station located along this motorway (''Tankstelle Grönegau'') near [[Melle]] between [[Osnabrück]] and [[Bad Oeynhausen]]. A second ''Raststätte'' is located at the border between [[Germany]] and the [[Netherlands]], but without a petrol station. Some maps will tell you that there is a petrol station at ''Brockbachtal'' between [[Ibbenbüren]] and [[Osnabrück]]. That's a goddam joke, but nevertheless a good parking area for hitchhiking, even without a service station.
** Just 3 km behind the 1st ramp drivers will recognize a small parking area with a toilet building. Hitchhiking from here is OK, some trucks stopping here and maybe some travellers from the [[Netherlands]] want to make a first stop in [[Germany]]. Just prepare yourself for waiting some 40-50 minutes, the A30 is sometimes very empty and then cars on this parking area are rare. Maybe you can ask one of the many passing border police cars to give you a ride. Questions about you and your stay in the [[Netherlands]] to find out if you have marijuana with you are normal, especially when you are a hitchhiker somewhere on the road from Amsterdam to [[Germany]] :-) Just relax and stay cool, the guys from the border police also do. Mostly. :-)
* '''(3) {{Ramp}} [[Nordhorn]] / [[Bad Bentheim]]''' {{south}} {{Very Good}} -- {{north}} {{average}}-{{bad}}
* '''(5) {{Junction}} [[Schüttorf]] (motorway junction)''' {{senseless}}
** You can't get out here, and if you do so: it's illegal! Take care, often border police driving around this junction. Here the '''A30''' crosses the [[A31 (Germany)|A31]].
** 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 motorway at all. Expect some longer waiting time. In Sep 08, he got a ride offer from here towards Amsterdam within 5 minutes. Luck?
* '''{{Parking}}{{WC}} Emstal''' {{average}}-{{good}} [[File:ramp_kanalhafen.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Ramp (here: ''[[Rheine]]-Kanalhafen'') with traffic island.]]
** 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 good spot to get lifts, especially some cars in direction [[Netherlands]] stop here. In direction Osnabrück, you might be much better off using the next on-ramp in Rheine.
[[File:Rheine dreierwaldea30.jpg|thumb|250px|right|On-ramp Rheine (8) westwards. For the nature lovers.]]
* '''(7) {{Ramp}} [[Rheine]]-Nord''' {{south}} {{bad}} -- {{north}} {{good}}
** This ramp is on a nice spot with traffic lights and much cars passing, but there is no place to stand if going towards HannoverOsnabrück. No hard shoulder or anything to let the cars stop for you, only some small space when you walk up the ramp for some meters. The place is doable, though, with waiting times mostly not longer than 10 minutes. For the other direction towards [[Netherlands|NL]] it's good, also with some green for stopping cars. If you want, you can force cars to stop by pushing the button at the traffic lights. Mostly rides towards [[Bad Bentheim]] on-ramp or south direction [[Oberhausen]], waiting time differs from 5 to 40 minutes.
* '''(8) {{Ramp}} [[Rheine]]''' {{average}}
** On-ramp with only a few cars passing by. Waiting could be long, but mostly it's possible to get rides within 15 minutes at least to one of the next on-ramps. Due to lack of traffic it's ok to stand on the side of the on-ramp, though there is no hard shoulder available (see photo). If it's impossible here, try to go around 500m down towards [[Rheine]], there's a traffic light and a restaurant where you can ask people that are stopping.
