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'''Sweden''' is a member state of the [[European Union]] as well as the [[Schengen Agreement]]. Many say that hitching in Sweden sucks. But it works too! As anywhere in Western [[Europe]], the motorways are the holy temples of car driving religion and someone standing on them is committing blasphemy. But you can hitch on the highway ramps as well as on rampslocal roads. Better bring a good map, though, so that you won´t find yourself end up in an impossible unexpected place.

[[Image:Gas_station_in_Sweden.jpg|thumb|left|250px|A big van, driven by a group of Germans heading north , and Israeli hitch-hiker Erga, (on the left) on a gas station on the E4 towards [[Stockholm]]]]You'd better not practice There is no special need of practicing your Swedish if you're not very good at it. Almost since almost everyone speaks English and people look at you in a weird way if your Swedish is kind of funnythere.

== Border crossing Crossing the border ==Sweden is in the [[Schengen treaty]]. This treaty is rather well respected at the Finnish and Norwegian borders but often violated has stricter regulations at the ports terminals where the ships ferries from [[Denmark]] land port, or at the bridge from uniting [[Copenhagen]]with Malmö. Swedish customs are known Stricter control and special attention is usually applied to easily harass people those of other races. They also enjoy doing If you get unlucky, you might be made to strip searches without substantial during their search. The reasons that are required by of such strict control derive from the rulesSweden's specific economic situation (incl. If such services are offered to you high taxes on the expense of Swedish tax payersalcohol, tobacco, tell the customs that you´ll contact the parliamentary ombudsman lateretc. However) which attracts a number of smugglers, the experience has shown that the parliamentary ombudsman and a high-standard social security system which is not interesteda target of illegal immigrants.

[[Image:Gas station north from Gavle in Sweden.JPG|thumb|250px|left|Gas station with a by the lake, North from Gavle[[Gävle]]]]