Nürnberg

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Nürnberg
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Information
Country:
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Germany
State:
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Bavaria
Population: 502,491 (30 Sep 2007)
Licence plate: N
Major roads: A3, A6, A9, A73
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Nürnberg (English: Nuremberg) is a city in Germany.

The cities Erlangen and Fürth are located directly next to Nürnberg.

For public transport the website is also available in english and has maps that show you all the bus stops, train stations etc. close to the spot you need to go. In buses you will usually need to show a ticket, rarely they check if it's valid, but you need to show something. Being caught without a ticket will cost you 40€.

Hitchhiking out

A73 and then onto: A9 direction München, A6 Directions East (Prague) and West (Heilbronn, Stuttgart)

There is the Aral petrol station spot to get out of Nuremberg onto the A73 at entry/exit "Zollhaus". Cars will be going onto the A9 direction South (Munich etc.) and onto the A6 in both directions. The spot is Münchner Straße across the road from Burger King, you can get there by taking the bus 65 to "Bayernstraße". There is the exit lane to the petrol station after the big crossroads so cars can stop for you easily. A sign will probably help, since people here go in many directions.

A9 direction Berlin or München

Go to Raststätte Feucht/Nürnberg (service station). From Nürnberg Hbf (the main train station) you take the S-Bahn to Feucht, where you have to walk through the whole neighbourhood out of the train station walk in direction of "parking" for bicycles just after you walk straight. following the road to the right until the entrance through the woods, make sure you take the second path after the overpass for the auto-bahn, the entrance to the woods will be on the left, it is a service road for the train tracks. When you get out of the forest make a left on the overpass and walk down the road too the right - the road will end. Make a right and continue following the road. You will see a gas station and a bit further down the police station. Continue on the right side of the road and you will find a tunnel under the entrance. Here you will find a Mcdonalds. Continue down that road with the mcdonalds on your left - walk along the forest until you can make an other right. There you will walk on the edge of the road underneath the auto-bahn. There is a small dirt path just after the Auto-bahn over pass and just before the train tracks. Take this till you see the gas station - It is a very short walk from here. The best spot is by the exit of the service station near the burger king. All cars must pass you to re-enter the highway. [1](Here is a quick map i made) - because it is about a 4.9 km walk and can be very confusing.

In the direction Gasthof Brückkanal, after the industrial zone (Obi, Macdonalds) there is a bus going at irregular times (line 678 in the direction of Schwabach Bahnhof, stop: Zeidlersiedlung). Follow the small street in the direction of the Gasthof, which leads through the forest to the service station. There are stations on both sides, and a tunnel underneath the motorway. Waiting times vary wildly.

This article is based on text from the German language Anarchopedia which is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.

A6 Directions East (Prague) and West (Heilbronn, Stuttgart)

Take the U1/11 metro to Langwasser-Süd (southern terminus). From there walk straight to a crossroad with a traffic light, there turn left, walk along Liegnitzer Strasse, and then turn right to Gleiwitzer Strasse. Total walking distance is about 2 km till you see a bridge in 100 metres after the spot. If you're tired or lazy, you can also start hitching at Liegnitzer/Gleiwitzer crossing, you risk to wait longer though. There's also a bus line going that way, check out the map at the U station. When you go direction Prague, use a sign "Amberg". There will be the petrol station "Oberpfälzer Alb South" shortly before that city. So it's not a bad idea to wait for someone going across the border at the petrol station. Otherwise you can go with local traffic from Amberg to the border, hitching from one motorway entrance to another. In this case, you're likely to end up at Waidhaus, the last German village before the border. If you were dropped in the village, instead of going back to motorway, you can take local crossing, leading to the town of Rozvadov. Once the other side, cross the town and about a km further will be a motorway entrance with a huge petrol station.

A3 direction South-East (Regensburg), (Passau) and (Austria)

From Nürnberg Hauptbahnhof take the S-Bahn in direction of Altdorf (b Nürnberg) and get off at WEST Altorf. The ticket costs 4.70€ but you can try to get on the train for free since it takes 20 minutes to reach WEST Altdorf. For my part, i haven't seen any controllers. From there walk uphill on Fischbacher Strasse for 300 meters, turn right on Schulstrasse Strasse for 300 more meters and turn right again on Nürnberger Strasse. It's the Boulevard leading to the A3 motorway going to Regensburg, Passau near the Austrian border and Linz. Walk along the boulevard for 200 meters where you can see BMW and Mercedes centers and until you see the motorway. Walk under the motorway and right after you'll see the entrance on your left. The spot is perfect to hitchhike and you can expect to get a lift in less than 25 minutes. Also trucks have more than enough space to stop. Created on November, 14th by Xuanlong.


A3 direction West and North-West (Würzburg, Frankfurt am Main and Kassel)

There's a service station called "Aurach" on the A3 between Erlangen and Herzogenaurach. From train station Nürnberg Hbf you can take a local train or S-Bahn to Erlangen train station, from there on take Bus 287 direction "Westfriedhof" - exit at last but one stop ("Sankt Michael" in Steudach). From there you can easily walk in 10-15 minutes to the petrol station (check spot on the map).

Sleeping

If you dont find any place to crash on you can take subway to the airport, it takes like 30 minutes to get there from centre. There are few really nice spots on benches without armrests, there is also free wifi and bathroom. Nobody bothered me there during night and also there was some other sleeping people.