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There is usually a lot of traffic on this road, so you could also hitch with a sign. Coming from ==== Option 3: Raststätte Stolper Heide ====Take S-Bahn S25 towards Henningsdorf and get off at ''Pankow-HeinersdorfHeiligensee'', 50m before (€2.60). Turn left from the first petrol stationand walk north 300m down Ruppiner Chaussee. Then turn right on an asphalt walking path (there's a sign saying "Berliner Mauerweg"). Follow the path for 1.2km, there is crossing the bridge over the Autobahn. Then turn immediately left down a shoulder where cars little path - you can stop and people waiting at stay close to the traffic light are able Autobahn in order not to lose it and quickly you will see a pathway that youcan follow to this service station. <br>Much There is a small fence to the left of the traffic here is local, but there path which you have to jump at some point before you reach the station. The easiest place is also significant traffic towards [[Hamburg]] and [[Rostock]].<br>Try probably to get the right of a lift green fenced enclosure about half way to at least the first petrol service station on . The walk from the motorway ("Linumer Bruch")bridge is about 1.5km.
==== Option 3: Motorway service station (Rasthof) Stolper Heide ====
Take S-Bahn S25 towards Henningsdorf and get off at ''Heiligensee'' (€2.60). Turn left from the station and walk north 300m down Ruppiner Chaussee. Then turn right on an asphalt walking path (there's a sign saying "Berliner Mauerweg"). Follow the path for 1.2km, crossing the bridge over the motorway. Then turn immediately left down a little path - you can stay close to the motorway in order not to lose it and quickly you will see a pathway that you can follow to this service station. There is a small fence to the left of the path which you have to jump at some point before you reach the station. The easiest place is probably to the right of a green fenced enclosure about half way to the service station. The walk from the bridge is about 1.5km.<br/ >
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==== Option 1: Kurt-Schumacher-Damm ====
Take U-bahn U6 direction Alt-Tegel and get off at ''Kurt-Schumacher-Platz''. Then walk ≈500m south along Kurt-Schumacher-Damm to the start of the motorwayAutobahn. Alternatively, about 2 minutes away from the U-Bahn station there is a ''Jet'' petrol station. You can either ask the drivers who stop there or stand at the road right before it. <br/ > This spot is nearer to Berlin than the motorway Autobahn service station Rasthof Stolper Heide and includes much less time spent walking and on the train.<br/ >
You can have a free breakfast or dinner before you start in the Sikh temple (gurdwara) that is a 10 minutes walk from the petrol station at Kögelstraße 6.
:[[User:MaxHermens|MaxHermens]] says: It's best to ask drivers if they are going on the motorwayAutobahn, and if so, if they can take you to the above mentioned Stolperheide. Then you can avoid the long walk and start hitching straight away.
==== Option 2: Prenzlauer Promenade ====
The street '''Prenzlauer Promenade''' is called ''Prenzlauer Allee'' in the city centre and becomes the Autobahn A114 next to the 'S-Bahn station ''Pankow-Heinersdorf''. From there, just walk 500m down the bridge and you've got a traffic-light as well as two petrol stations, both on the right side for the drivers going towards the motorwayAutobahn. It may be worth walking to the second petrol station as it's cheaper and more frequented. However, it might happen that the staff at this second (Shell) station tell you to leave their property and threaten to call the police. There is usually a lot of traffic on this road, so you could also hitch with a sign. Coming from ''Pankow-Heinersdorf'', 50m before the first petrol station, there is a shoulder where cars can stop and people waiting at the traffic light are able to see you. Much of the traffic here is local, but there is also significant traffic towards [[Hamburg]] and [[Rostock]].Try to get a lift to at least the first petrol station on the Autobahn ("Linumer Bruch").
This service station is ideal in the sense that you end up starting to hitchhike directly from a petrol station in which there are a fair few people heading in direction [[Hamburg]], [[Rostock]] or [[Scandinavia]], and you can easily get a direct ride to Hamburg from here, and with a little patience, to Rostock. If you want to catch a certain boat in Rostock or have other basic time constraints, please note that getting to this spot from somewhere like Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain in the centre of Berlin can take two hours or even longer.
Note: A (maybe not so good) nearby spot that saves you the 2 km walk: Get off one station earlier at ''Schulzendorf''. Walk ≈150m north along Ruppiner Chaussee and take the first right (Schulzendorfer Straße). After ≈200m, you will arrive at the motorway Autobahn entrance sliproad. However, at this spot the access ramp is quite narrow, and there is not a good place for cars to stop safely. There is also a curve in the road, and cars are traveling quickly, so this spot might be dangerous for you and the drivers. You can take ''any'' ride. If the driver doesn't go your way, they can drop you off at the petrol station "Rasthof Stolper Heide" mentioned above, 3.5 km up the road.
==== For [[Scandinavia]] bound hitchhikers ====
Alternatively, walk 1 km north along Berliner Allee from ''Berliner Allee/Indira-Gandhi-Str.'' to the place just before where Darßer Str. passes over ''Berliner allee''. I found this place to be much better. It's a long straight road where people don't drive too fast and where there are a couple of pockets for cars to stop. There's less local traffic and a higher concentration of relevant traffic (Poles, to be blunt), and it's much nicer to stand here. I waited around 40 minutes until a truck driver stopped.
==== Option 2: Motorway Autobahn Junction Berlin-Weißensee ====
Take S-Bahn S2 direction Bernau from Friedrichstr. and get off at "Buch". From there, catch a bus that goes to "Schwanebeck, Dorf" (ca. 10 min). Several buses will go there so check the time table there or ask the driver or someone else. Note that you will need a ticket including Zone C, as Schwanebeck is located outside of the border of Berlin. Next, you'll have to walk the main road of the village into southern direction. It's about 1.2 km to the on ramp; before that there is a petrol station where one can already ask drivers. You'll need the on ramp towards eastern direction, that means coming from Schwanebeck, you have to pass the first on ramp which leads towards western direction. There, standing behind the safety fence, you are visible to all drivers who queue up at the traffic light from both sides. It is not very easy for drivers to stop by but just before the actual on ramp cars can pull over, as they are not on full speed and a little firm area off the road allows to stop. On your sign you should write "A11" as it's not the on ramp for the A11 straight away, but rather to the "Berliner Ring" (A10); the A11 goes off the A10 about a kilometer after this on ramp. If your driver is not going to your destination but follows the A11 for a while, ask to be dropped off at service station "Buckowsee", which is located some 35 km after the A11 begins. This service station is the only one on All and afterwards on A20 (leading towards Stralsund or Rügen) but a very busy one. From here you should try to find your final ride.
=== South towards [[Leipzig]], [[Munich]] {{Autobahn|9}} and West towards [[Magdeburg]], [[Hannover]] {{Autobahn|2}} ===
==== Option 1: Motorway service station Raststätte Grunewald ====Take S-Bahn S7 direction Potsdam, or S1 direction Wannsee, and get out at ''Nikolassee''. Walk out of the train station, cross the bridge and you'll see the [[petrol station hitchhiking|petrol station]] to the right. You can talk to drivers at the petrol station or on the parking lot.<br/ > There are often other hitchhikers here early, and it is polite to wait until they have left. Get here early to avoid the competition.<br/ >
This spot is both faster & cheaper to get to than option 2: Michendorf. You will need 25 minutes from Hauptbahnhof (Berlin Main Station) on an AB-ticket (2,70€), compared to ~1hour (including the walk) on an ABC-ticket (3,30€) to Michendorf.
There is a lot of long distance traffic heading south and west, with high chances of finding a ride for at least several hundred kms. However, it is ''not'' a good spot to hitch East. <br/ >
If you find nobody heading in your direction, you can also get a short lift until Michendorf and try your luck there, but this is usually not necessary.
==== Option 2: Motorway service station Raststätte Michendorf ====
1. Take a regional train (e.g. RE7 direction [[Dessau]], check [http://www.fahrinfo-berlin.de/Fahrinfo/bin/ fahrinfo-berlin.de] for route information) from the centre and get off at ''Michendorf'' (zones ABC, €3.10). Leave the station at the left side (in direction of the train). Turn right into the Potsdamer Straße and walk south 1.3km. Turn right into Feldstraße and follow it till you see the [[rest area|service station]]. Enter via the green emergency door.
==== Option 3: AVUS / Messedamm access lane ====
A good spot to stand with a sign is at the access lane onto the A115 (AVUS) from Messedamm. The access lane is a part of the Funkturm junction which connects the A115 and A100. The exact place to stand is at the acceleration lane of the road connecting the Messedam with the A115 in a U-turn around a quiet parking area at the Messedamm. From S-bahnhof Westkreutz walk north along the Halenseestrasse, and at the big crossing cross the road onto the Messedam. After 100 meters on the Messedam there is the quiet parking at your left hand side. Walk across the parking. To reach the place to stand, climb the traffic barrier between the parking and the acceleration lane. [http://goo.gl/maps/NlquZ This] is the exact location . Hitchhiking is prohibited here as the location is behind the motorway Autobahn sign, but the risk is worth it. From S-bahnhof Messe Nord it is slightly further, but easier to find. Walk to the Messedamm, follow it south and at the next crossing turn right, then you find the quiet parking after 100 meters on your left hand side.
==== Option 4: Aral petrol station Kaiserdamm ====
==== Option 1: B96a Altglienicke ====
Take S-Bahn S9 or S45 to ''Altglienicke''. When getting off, you'll see there is a road that runs parallel on your left-hand side to the S-Bahn line (if you are facing North), and a red light. To get there, leave the platform by using the footbridge and turning right at the staircase (walk over the road running parallel). There will be a pathway that goes down to the road - it's a little windy path that will eventually take you there. Cross the road to stand at the red light. You can ask cars every time they stop for the red light. The red light is 100 m before the onramp of the motorway Autobahn going to Cottbus or Dresden. Note: there is nowhere for cars to pull over at the red light. As an alternative, it's better to walk ≈800m back (northeast) to the start of a wide hard shoulder on the highway. This shoulder ends at the beginning of the S-bahn, so there's lots of space for a car to pull over safely (as noted below).
:This is a much better place to hitch towards Dresden/Prague than Schöneweide in my opinion! In Schöneweide I waited one hour and more, in Altglienicke max. 15 minutes! Some drivers also told me they say hitchhikers in Schöneweide but didn't take them because it was difficult for them to stop there. In Altglienicke it's easy.
If you go to Prague, make sure that drivers who stop in Dresden bring you to the service area "Dresdner Tor Süd". "Dresdner Tor Nord" is also possible, but then you have to walk approx. 1,5 kilometers through a field to go to the other side.
==== Option 2: A100 Motorway Junction Autobahn junction Tempelhof ====
Take U-bahn U6 or S-Bahn S41, S42, S45, S46, or S47 to Tempelhof. Turn right (south) along Tempelhofer Damm for 200m to the A100 junction.
''If you are hitching in the direction of [[Wroclaw]], [[Katowice]] or [[Krakow]], you might find the route-page from [[:Category:Route_Berlin_-_Kraków|Berlin to Kraków]] useful.''
==== Option 1: Motorway service station Raststätte Michendorf ====1. Take a regional train (e.g. RE7 direction Dessau, check fahrinfo-berlin.de for route information) from the centre and get off at Michendorf (zones ABC, €3.10). Leave the station at the left side (in direction of the train). Turn right into the Potsdamer Straße and walk south ≈1.7kms on Potsdamer Straße until it ends (it bends right and is called An der Autobahn then). Keep walking straight ahead on a footpath and cross the tunnel under the motorway Autobahn A10. After the tunnel, turn right on a sandy path through the forest. Follow the track until you are at the hamburger restaurant at the [[rest area]]. The petrol station is after the restaurant and seems to be better for getting rides.
2. Take bus 643 from ''Potsdam Hbf'', direction Busendorf, and get off at ''Michendorf, Bergheide''. Walk back 40m in the direction the bus came from to the junction. There will be a small road going to the left, through the forest. Follow this road for ≈1km to the service station.
==== Option 2: Motorway service station Raststätte Am Fichtenplan ====
[[File:Berlinout.jpg|thumb|alt=E30 ''[[E30]]''.]]
Take S-bahn S2 to the end station ''Blankenfelde''. From there, take any regional train one stop to Dahlewitz. Turn right from the station and walk southeast ≈4km along Bahnhofstrasse/L40 until you cross over the motorway Autobahn A10/E30 bridge. Head down to the motorway Autobahn and walk 1km east to the big Aral petrol station.<br/ >
There are a lot of cars and trucks. Altogether you need to walk ≈5km, but the place is very good!
For the East part of Mecklenburg - Western Pomerania the B96 could be a good option instead of A11/A20, because there's only one petrol station on A11 and none on the eastern part of the A20.
So first you need to go Oranienburg (S1, RE from Südkreuz - Hauptbahnhof - Gesundbrunnen, RB Lichtenberg - Hohenschönhausen). From Oranienburg go by bus to Sachsenhausen Kirche and continue walking Granseer Straße for 15minutes and you'll reach the B96. at this point the B96 still looks like a highway. but don't be confused: just a few meters before the onramp Oranienburg-Nord there's a sign saying that motorway Autobahn ends. So cars are allowed to stop north of the ramp. between Oranienburg and Neubrandenburg just Neustrelitz is bad for leaving a car. If you're driver goes to Neustrelitz leave the car 2km before at the last crossroad (connection with B198 to Wesenberg, Mirow) and use the bus stop over there to go on to NB or ask if you driver can drop you off at the North end of Neustrelitz. In every other town/village on that way the B96 goes directly via the town. so you can get off and look for the next busstop on the B96.
If you're doing this on weekend or holidays it might be that there's nearly no bus via Sachsenhausen, Kirche. then you can go by train to Sachsenhausen and walk 30minutes to the spot. Check before on vbb-Homepage!
== Hitching In ==
A word about getting into Berlin since the ring is so big and maybe you are on a ride that's only passing by.
[[File:DSCF0460.JPG |200px|thumb|left|got stuck]] [[File:DSCF0467.JPG|200px|thumb|left|behind the fence of autobahn/motorway Autobahn A2/E30]]
=== The Ruhr area ===
=== Poland > Amsterdam highway 10 ===
The best to hitchhike is to get off at ''Rasthof Michendorf'' (after all the ring interchanges). There is a bridge over the Autobahn nearby so if you are coming from [[Poland]] you can jump over and easily find someone going into the city.
* Alternatively, you can walk into Michendorf itself, which takes about 20min. Just head north from the petrol stations (you can go under the motorway Autobahn from the southern petrol station). From Michendorf, you can take a train for EUR 3.10 to the centre of Berlin (the ABC ticket, which is valid for 2hrs, so you can also use metro, bus etc. when in Berlin). The last train everyday is at 22:30. So don't leave the petrol station if you get there after 22:00.
If you want to go '''reach Berlin most efficiently''' with public transports the best is to get of at "Königs Wusterhausen"/"Wildau". The exit is one exit after the "Schönefelder Kreuz" on the A10 direction Poland. I consider it as the quickest to get in Berlin from the South! Maybe your driver can drop you in the village at the S-Bahn otherwise here is the independent version:
