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Hitchhiking in the '''Netherlands''' is quite possibleeasy, and legal in most places, though not on motorways. The basic idea is that when you're allowed to walk somewhere you can stand there for hitching too. Roads where it is not allowed to walk are indicated by:

However: standing on a motorway entrance just in front of the sign is allowd as well as standing on a petrolstation allong along the motorway.

Since the 80s Dutch students have a card providing them with free public transport (either in weekends or during the week), so hitchhiking is not as popular as it used to be. In some university towns, There are still official ''liftershaltes'' in some university towns. Check [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/[Liftershalte Wikipedia|liftershaltes]] for an overview, official hitchhiking spots. Other good places are petrolstations along the motorways and the entrance entrances to the motorway from a larger city cities (when it has an emergency lane). On such a place the average waiting time is 155-45 minutes (same as Germany). Major difference with [[Germany]] is that many lifts are not longer than 25 to 50 km50km.

To get to Germany is quite tricky can be a bit difficult because some people are afraid they could get in trouble because you could have Marihuana with you. (Marihuana , which is semi-legal in the Netherlands while it still isn't in Germany.However, you can walk over the border and get another ride behind it..)