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If you're not staying in Germany for long you You can easily hitch through having any Germany with just a map of Germany that has motorway petrol all service stations marked along the Autobahn on it. For that, go to any petrol station located on There are maps at many service stations in a motorway and ask for an "Autobahn-Guide" - it is little free. You'll get a booklet describing white are quite misleading, they DO NOT contain all services on German motorways and including a map with an overview service stations, just the ones belonging to one of all motorway petrol stations and other service areasthe big companies running them. For more information look here: [http://www.tank.rast.de/standorte/servicenetz/index.php tank.rast.de]. While For a good map to print out and bring with you that has all the service stations on it have a petrol station, look here: [http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/684/rastekarte.jpg/ Rastekarte]. This is the same one you can also will find at the service stations as big overview maps, more detailed maps for ~5 Eurooften than not those can be nicked very easily as well.

While on a petrol station, you can also find more detailed maps for ~8 Euro. Some hitch-hikers have hitched through Germany extensively without one of these though.Recommended maps for hitchhiking are '''Michelin Regional''', the orange ones with the numbers 541-546. There are six of these maps, each covering a different part of Germany. They are very detailed and show every single petrol station, hotel, restaurant, or a parking place lot on German motorways. The scale is equal to 1:350.000. Bigger city maps are included, too. You can usually get these maps in local bookstores for about EUR 8.

Drinking tap water is safe allover all over the country.

The country has an expansive expensive railway network. As an alternative to the standard fare, you may also check offers and sales, for example regional or seasonal tickets. [http://www.bahn.com/i/view/DEU/en/prices/index.shtml]