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== Hitchhiking out ==
=== West towards [[Haarlem]], [[Leiden]], [[Den Haag]], [[Delft]] ===
There is an official [[liftershalte|liftplaats]] about 100 meters south of metro station Sloterdijk on Haarlemmerweg. Here you will find a lot of traffic going straight to [[Haarlem]], and possibly even cars going to [[Leiden]], and further to [[Delft]] and [[Den Haag]]. Though, most cars going there will use the Ring A10 and then the A4 to Den Haag.
* For [[User:Liva|Liva]] it was not the best place even though you have had to do it when you're anyway there...
=== East towards [[Amersfoort]], [[Hengelo]], [[Osnabrück]], [[Hamburg]], [[Bremen]], [[Berlin]] ===
There is a [[liftershalte|liftplaats]], a spot specifically for hitchhiking, at the Gooiseweg next to the Prins Bernhardplein situated before NS Station Amsterdam Amstel (pass the bus stop). This road leads to the ramp of the S112 of the A10, the motorway around Amsterdam (direction [[A1 (Netherlands)|A1]] and [[A2 (Netherlands)|A2]]). A little further on that road and behind the bend you will find a petrol-station where you can talk to drivers, often a better way for getting a ride.
Most cars here will drive along the [[A1 (Netherlands)|A1]] towards [[Amersfoort]], [[Hengelo]] and [[Germany]]. The first petrol-station is just 8 kilometers further, just after [[Muiden]]. If you are hitching in the direction of [[Berlin]] or [[Hamburg]], you might find the route-page from [[:Category:Route_Amsterdam_-_Berlin|Amsterdam to Berlin]] very useful.
[http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=nl&geocode=&q=nijmegen&sll=54.711929,-2.026978&sspn=1.450195,5.625&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Nijmegen,+Gelderland,+Nederland&ll=51.841692,5.858651&spn=0.002995,0.006899&z=17&layer=c&cbll=52.348494,4.921329&panoid=k3vgTBi77Aac6qX7Sboz4g&cbp=12,112.19,,0,5>]
From the [[liftershalte|liftplaats]] you can also find rides to [[Utrecht]], [[Arnhem]], [[Nijmegen]] and [[Belgium]], though you will find hitching from here relatively harder compared to the Utrechtsebrug, which is ''the'' spot for Utrecht.
Since there are so many different directions (and sometimes even many hitchhikers) it's better to make a sign.
== Sleep ==
If you are caught in the rain with nowhere to go, the best place to stay dry that [[User:Zac Stewart|Zac]] found was outside the train station.
: ''After walking all night in the pouring rain, trying to stay dry and warm wherever I could, I finally crashed outside the train station until the wee hours of the morning. At that time I moved inside of the station. This had mixed results. It was warmer and drier, but the security guards walked by and gave me a kick every time I dozed off.''
