If you want to go east towards Poland or Dresden keep walking straight ahead (south) on Potsdamer Straße until it ends (it bends right and is called An der Autobahn then). At the end keep walking straight ahead on a footpath and cross the tunnel under the A10. After the tunnel turn right on a sandy path through the forest. Follow the track until you are at the MCDonalds hamburger restaurant at the rest area. The petrol station is after the restaurant and seems to be better for getting rides.
====Grenzallee====
There is a great hitchhiking spot right next to U7 station Grenzallee. There are two exits from the subway station. If you get out at the Northern exit, immediately turn right and cross the street, but only half way. Turn right and walk towards the traffic lights, and you're on the hitch spot.
If you get out at the Southern exit, walk in the opposite direction of the metro exit stairs, towards the traffic lights. You can start hitching from there.
==== Aral fuel station / big truck parking on E30 highroad ====
Take the metro to Blankenfelde-Mahlow and from there train to next station Dahlewitz. At the station there is Netto shop, take a look what is in the rubbish behind the shop. Walk 4km along the road L40 till autobahn E30 cross the bridge go downstairs to the autobahn and go 1km in Poland direction till big Aral petrol station. In fuel station there are many cars and trucks, it’s in both sides of the road. Together you need to walk 5km, but the place is very good!
==== Hönow / Seeberg West ====
[This place might require more testing].
Go with U5 to the station Hönow, than you have about 3km west to walk to A10 (used for going around Berlin when heading west).
On your way you have McD and lots of space for nice camping (also lakes) - this is not Berlin, it's Brandenburg. [;)]
At the ramp you can ask people that will stop, for a ride to a petrol station which is 500m further down on a motorway.
The ramp itself is not super great as there is no sidespace, and you have to stay just at the fence, but enough width for two automobiles. Cars don't go fast as there are traffic lights before the turn. 10 minutes waiting time to get to the station can be expected. It seems like at the station there are more drivers that go in a Dresden direction, but finding people willing to take you to Poland is also possible.
It is possible (and worth checking) that there is a direct way to Seeberg West petrol station. Probably from the side of Neuenhagen town. It has been observed (2014) that the station has an open gate in a back fence that goes into greenery (trees and shrubs - no clear path but walkable).
==== [[Airport]] Berlin-Schönefeld ====
It's possible to hitchhike at the on-ramp next to the airport ''(Flughafen) Berlin-Schönefeld''. You can reach the airport with S-Bahn S9 and some [[Deutsche Bahn|DB]] trains. You can not only find lifts mostly towards Dresden or Poland. It's probably the best spot within reach by S and U-Bahn to hitchhike to Poland. Stand right before the ramp with a 'PL' sign. The ramp is pretty small, but you can walk up some 15-20m behind the ''Autobahn'' sign so people can stop along the side of the road safely. Watch the speed of cars coming from the right hidden corner onto the ramp, it's a tricky on-ramp, can be dangerous so hitch carefully here.
:One hitchhiker waited here for 6 hours without success. Have a look at the [[Talk:Berlin|discussion page]].
==== Grünbergallee ====
You can also take the S-Bahn one station further to ''S Grünbergallee''. You'll find a big road and a big hardware-store (called ''Hornbach''). There is a right-going lane at the big road. Just show a sign saying ''Dresden'' at the beginning of this lane. Sometimes you can ask drivers at the parking lot of the hardware-store if they can take you to the first petrol station on the Autobahn (this is just a minutes ride). From there you can be lucky, too.
==== Car pooling====
As there's not really a great spot to hitch out, sometimes worth to consider trying something else. True, agreeing in advance and paying for a ride is totally not hitching, but you can save painful hours of waiting. Normally there are lots of offers on [http://www.bessermitfahren.de/], till the first petrol station it shouldn't be more than EUR 5.
=== East towards [[Kostrzyn]] and [[Frankfurt an der Oder|Frankfurt (Oder)]] ===