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== General remarks ==
Due to the specific positioning of motorway [[gas petrol station]]s around Dresden, passing this city from the North to the South (and vice versus) could be (but not necessarily) rather difficult.
== Hitching Out ==
=== North towards [[Berlin]], [[Cottbus]] ([[A13]]) ===
Take a tram line 13 (''Strassenbahn'' in German) to the ''Friedensstraße'' stop. Continue further until the junction (you'll see a McDonald's restaurant on your right), turn right (this will be a ''Hansastrasse'', Hansa street) and walk straight ahead (underneath the railway bridge and further). After 1 km you will find a Shell petrol station. There you have 2 possibilities: to ask drivers directly while they are refilling at the gas petrol staion, or to stand before (or right besides) this gas petrol station and try thumbing up the ride - there is enough space for the cars to stop on a long drive-in lane. The ''Hansastrasse'' is an access to the [[A4 (Germany)|A4]] in both directions, although it is said that most cars go North from there; however, with a right sign you might be able to catch a car to the East/South, too ([[Chemnitz]], [[Leipzig]]...). Very often there are other hitchhikers on this gas petrol station - if it is so, and if you don't like the place, you may walk 200m further to yet another gas petrol station where you can try both asking drivers directly or thumbing on the road. As of 2008, the petrol was slightly cheaper on that gas petrol station, which automatically attracts more drivers there. However, by choosing the second gas petrol station you might miss both some company cars (the drivers of these very often have special payment cards when using "Shell" gas petrol stations) and more snobbish'' (?)'' type of people that "Shell" customers tend to be.
Very often there are hitchhikers right behind the railway station ''Dresden-Neustadt''. Be aware that this is a common meeting point for the users of [http://www.mitfahrgelegenheit.de/ www.mitfahrgelegenheit.de] which is a car-pooling service, so if you stop a car there you might be asked to contribute to the cost of fuel, although generally it is very unlikely like anywhere else in Germany.
=== West towards [[Chemnitz]], [[Leipzig]] ===
Go to the tram stop ''Cossebauder Straße'' and walk up the big street (''Meißner Landstraße''). You can either ask people at the gas petrol station or stand next to the road with a sign.
Another good spot is directly at the motorway A4 ramp. There is quite a good place for the cars to stop; in addition, drivers can notice you in advance when waiting at the traffic lights. To get to this spot, take a bus 94 towards either ''Cossebaude'' or ''Niederwartha'' and get off at the ''Zschonergrundstraße'' stop; you can also get there by local trains RB/RE going to ''Elsterwerda-Biela'' or ''Hoyerswerda'' (get off at ''Dresden-Kemnitz''). Both for the train and/or the bus you can use one-fare-zone ticket, so it is relatively cheap.
=== South towards [[Prague]] ([[A17]])===
One possible option could be near bus stop ''Südhöhe'' (Lines 72, 76 & 360). There is a gas petrol station ("Aral") but it is located on the opposite side of the road. It's the last gas petrol station before the highway though. You could also try to stop cars on various bus stops, usually near traffic lights, throughout all the way on a ''Bergstraße'', however, most of the road is an upward slope which makes it difficult for the drivers to stop (or to get back on the road).
<small>(There might be better spots in ''Dresden Prohlis'' - does anyone have any information on this?)</small>
If you are coming from the North (e.g. Berlin, A13 or A4 from the East) and you want to continue to the South (e.g. Prague) you might have some troubles regarding the location of where you can be dropped off for further successful hitchhiking in case when your driver is not going further your way.
The problem is that the highway splits just before the motorway gas petrol station called Dresdner Tor (Aral), so if you are dropped at the gas petrol station, you will get only those drivers who go the other way (to the West).
Then, you have several ways to get further (in any of these ways you will have similar problems and solutions):
* you might want to get dropped off way before Dresden, approximately 20-50 kilometers before getting into the city; <small>(exact information needed!)</small>
* get a ride going west onto A4 at Dresden, so that you can be dropped off at Dresdner-Tor Nord. Then walk west for about 800 meters to a local road, walk through the tunnel and walk back east at the other side of the motorway for 800 meters to get back on Dresdner-Tor Sud.
* you find a nice driver willing to do a loop for you meaning that he must drive off the highway after that "Aral" gas petrol station, make a U-turn, take the highway in the opposite direction and drop you off at the gas petrol station, and only then he can either enter Dresden or make another U-turn if he is heading West;
== Public transport / Blackriding ==