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      <timestamp>2009-02-24T20:56:31Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Platschi</username>
        <id>112</id>
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      <minor/>
      <comment>sorting language links alphabetically, added bulgarian</comment>
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&lt;h1 style=&quot;clear:both; display:block; border:0; font-size:28px; line-height:28px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;display:block; float:left;&quot;&gt;Hitchwiki&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong style=&quot;font-size:15px; font-weight:bold; float:left; display:block; padding:0 0 4px 15px;&quot;&gt;a collaborative project to build a [[Hitchwiki:About|free]] guide for hitchhikers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
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So far we have '''[[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]]''' articles in English, written and edited by '''[[Special:Listusers|{{NUMBEROFUSERS}}]]''' [[hitchhiker]]s around the [[Earth|globe]]. Feel free to [[Help:Contents|share your knowledge]] with us.
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== [[Image:Nuvola_apps_bookcase.png|30px]] Basics ==
New to hitchhiking or do you need some random information?
* '''[[:Category:General info|General info]]'''
* '''[[Top Tips]]'''
* '''[[First time hitchhiking|First time]]'''
* '''[[Hitchhiker's safety|Safety]]'''
* '''[[Signs]]'''
* '''[[Where to hitchhike]]'''
* '''[[Picking up hitchhikers]]'''
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== [[Image:Nuvola_apps_browser.png|30px]] Places ==
Use the [[Special:Search|search engine]] or browse starting from here:
* '''[[Europe]]'''
* '''[[North America]]'''
* '''[[South America]]'''
* '''[[Central America]]''' &amp; '''[[Caribbean]]'''
* '''[[Oceania|Australia &amp; Oceania]]'''
* '''[[Middle East]]'''
* '''[[Asia]]'''
* '''[[Africa]]'''
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== [[Image:Nuvola_apps_Khangman.png|30px]] Also on Hitchwiki ==
* '''[http://blogs.hitchwiki.org/ Blogs]'''
* '''[http://www.hitchwiki.org/planet/ Planet]'''
* '''[http://maps.hitchwiki.org/ Maps]'''
* '''[http://www.hitchwiki.org/forum/?q=forum Forum]'''
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== [[Image:Nuvola_apps_knewsticker.png|30px]] [[News]] ==
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== [[Image:Nuvola_apps_date.png|30px]] [[Events]] ==
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      <timestamp>2009-05-17T00:37:24Z</timestamp>
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        <username>Guaka</username>
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      <comment>moving topline style to topline</comment>
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    <revision>
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      <timestamp>2007-06-09T21:10:43Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Zac Stewart</username>
        <id>5</id>
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      <comment>Unsuccessful :(</comment>
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    <title>МедияУики:Disambiguationspage</title>
    <id>224</id>
    <revision>
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      <timestamp>2007-09-16T19:36:49Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>MrTweek</username>
        <id>3</id>
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      <comment>I guess that's the way it's supposed to be</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">{{disambig}}</text>
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    <title>МедияУики:Disclaimerpage</title>
    <id>226</id>
    <revision>
      <id>11835</id>
      <timestamp>2007-06-21T12:59:30Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Guaka</username>
        <id>2</id>
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      <comment>Project:Legal_Notice</comment>
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    <title>МедияУики:Disclaimers</title>
    <id>227</id>
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      <timestamp>2007-06-21T12:58:55Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Guaka</username>
        <id>2</id>
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      <comment>Legal Notice</comment>
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    <title>МедияУики:Newarticletext</title>
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      <timestamp>2007-10-31T18:41:39Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Platschi</username>
        <id>112</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <comment>fixed broken link</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">You've followed a link to a page that doesn't exist yet.
To create the page, start typing in the box below
(see the [[{{ns:help}}:Contents|help page]] for more info).
If you are here by mistake, just click your browser's '''back''' button.

'''If you want to create an article about a city, you can use [http://en.hitchwiki.org/index.php?action=edit&amp;title={{FULLPAGENAMEE}}&amp;preload=Template:City This template].'''</text>
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    <title>МедияУики:Otherlanguages</title>
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      <timestamp>2006-11-24T02:43:37Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Guaka</username>
        <id>2</id>
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      <comment>Also check</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">Also check</text>
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    <title>МедияУики:Recentchangestext</title>
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    <revision>
      <id>29785</id>
      <timestamp>2009-01-08T10:01:26Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>MrTweek</username>
        <id>3</id>
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      <minor/>
      <comment>[[bg:Специални:Последни_промени]]</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">Track the most recent changes to the wiki on this page.

Currently we are working on {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles.

[[es:Special:Recentchanges]]
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    <title>МедияУики:Sidebar</title>
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      <timestamp>2009-02-24T20:51:15Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Platschi</username>
        <id>112</id>
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      <text xml:space="preserve">** mainpage|Home
** Hitchnews|News
** portal-url|Community Portal
** Chat|Chat
** Help:Contents|Help
** randompage-url|randompage
** recentchanges-url|recentchanges

*info
** Category:General info|General info
** Top Tips|Top Tips	
** Where|Where	
** Safety|Safety	
** Signs|Signs	
** First time|First time	
** Picking up hitchhikers|Picking up hitchhikers</text>
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    <title>МедияУики:Sitestatstext</title>
    <id>1180</id>
    <revision>
      <id>32518</id>
      <timestamp>2009-05-01T10:14:48Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Guaka</username>
        <id>2</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <text xml:space="preserve">'''You can find much more detailed statistics at [http://hitchwiki.org/stats/reports/EN/Sitemap.htm Hitchwiki Statistics]'''

There are '''$1''' total pages in the database.
This includes &quot;talk&quot; pages, pages about {{SITENAME}}, minimal &quot;stub&quot;
pages, redirects, and others that probably don't qualify as content pages.
Excluding those, there are '''$2''' pages that are probably legitimate
content pages.

'''$8''' files have been uploaded.

There have been a total of '''$3''' page views, and '''$4''' page edits
since the wiki was setup.
That comes to '''$5''' average edits per page, and '''$6''' views per edit.

The [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Job_queue job queue] length is '''$7'''.</text>
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  <page>
    <title>Middle East</title>
    <id>1500</id>
    <revision>
      <id>32351</id>
      <timestamp>2009-04-21T07:13:49Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Guaka</username>
        <id>2</id>
      </contributor>
      <comment>{{IsIn|World}}</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">The '''Middle East''' is a region in [[Western Asia]], [[Northern Africa]] and [[Eastern Africa]]. However, it has no clear boundaries, and so it might include countries from [[Southern Asia]] and [[Central Asia]], too.

The following countries are usually considered to be located in the Middle East:
&lt;map lat='30.06909396443887' lng='33.837890625' zoom='3' view='0' float='right' /&gt;

* [[Image:Flag Afghanistan.png|20px]] [[Afghanistan]]
* [[Image:Flag of Algeria.png|20px]] [[Algeria]]
* [[Image:Flag of Bahrain.png|20px]] [[Bahrain]]
* [[Image:Flag of Djibouti.png|20px]] [[Djibouti]]
* [[Image:Flag of Egypt.png|20px]] [[Egypt]]
* [[Image:Flag of Eritrea.png|20px]] [[Eritrea]]
* [[Image:Flag of Iran.png|20px]] [[Iran]]
* [[Image:Flag Iraq.png|20px]] [[Iraq]]
* [[Image:Flag of Israel.png|20px]] [[Israel]]
* [[Image:Flag of Jordan.png|20px]] [[Jordan]]
* [[Image:Flag of Kuwait.png|20px]] [[Kuwait]]
* [[Image:Flag of Lebanon.png|20px]] [[Lebanon]]
* [[Image:Flag of Libya.png|20px]] [[Libya]]
* [[Image:Flag Morocco.png|20px]] [[Morocco]]
* [[Image:Flag of Palestine.png|20px]] [[Palestinian Territory|Occupied Palestinian Territory]]
* [[Image:Flag of Oman.png|20px]] [[Oman]]
* [[Image:Flag of Qatar.png|20px]] [[Qatar]]
* [[Image:Flag of Saudi Arabia.png|20px]] [[Saudi Arabia]]
* [[Image:Flag of Somalia.png|20px]] [[Somalia]]
* [[Image:Flag of Sudan.png|20px]] [[Sudan]]
* [[Image:Flag of Syria.png|20px]] [[Syria|Syrian Arab Republic]]
* [[Image:Flag of Tunisia.png|20px]] [[Tunisia]]
* [[Image:Flag Turkey.png|20px]] [[Turkey]]
* [[Image:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.png|20px]] [[United Arab Emirates]]
* [[Image:Flag of Yemen.png|20px]] [[Yemen]]

[[Cyprus]], [[Pakistan]], [[Western Sahara]] and some other countries are sometimes included within the Middle East region, too. See the map below for more details.

== Female ==
[[User:Alex|alex]]: As the question and discussion comes up regularly, I would like to devote a couple of thoughts to the topic “Hitchhiking as female”, even though I can only give limited information regarding this as I am male and the experiences are only second hand and interpretative. I can say that the people that I, and when I was with a female companion, met during my [http://abgefahren.hitchbase.com/DE/blogs/alex/20090213/just-hitching-rides-a-journey-eid-christmas journey] (and the four months I stayed in Yemen before that) brought a lot of respect into the encounter we had in Yemen. This is also what was reported from many other female moving solo in bigger cities. Further, I felt that the social pressure towards adequate behaviour in public is very high in the Middle East, meaning that people usually will not behave inappropriately when other people are around and watch or when the attention is brought on a person (thus in awkward situations taking people out of the anonymity helps!). Arguable, males in Arabic societies do have less contact with females (and the other way around) and many prejudices exist (on both sides), about Western women and Arabic societies and men which does not make the issue easier. Nevertheless, the guys I met and talked to are males like in other places and their needs and jokes are not much different. Generally, there are risks in all societies, and I think one cannot argue whether they are higher in the one or in the other (unknown) society. From my experiences and perspective there is no discussion whether females that hitchhike in the West, and came to a understanding and handling of the risks, should or should not hitchhike in the East.

[[Image:MiddleEast map.png|left|thumb|800px|Middle East territories]]

== Links ==
* [http://youarealltourists.blogspot.com/2008/04/hitchhiking-guide-to-turkey-for-girls.html Hitchhiking Guide to Turkey for girls]
* [http://abgefahren.hitchbase.com/DE/blogs/alex/20090213/just-hitching-rides-a-journey-eid-christmas Just hitching rides: A journey from Eid to Christmas] (Hitchhiking from Yemen to Germany), abgefahren Blogs


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[[Image:Amylin-thai-pickup.jpg|thumb|250px|[[User:Amylin|Amylin]] hitching in [[Thailand]]]]

== Tips for each country ==
The [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm United Nations Statistics Division] defines Asia as following:

=== [[Central Asia]] ===
* [[Image:Flag of Kazakhstan.png|20px]] [[Kazakhstan]]
* [[Image:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.png|20px]] [[Kyrgyzstan]]
* [[Image:Flag of Tajikistan.png|20px]] [[Tajikistan]]
* [[Image:Flag of Turkmenistan.png|20px]] [[Turkmenistan]]
* [[Image:Flag of Uzbekistan.png|20px]] [[Uzbekistan]]

=== [[Eastern Asia]] ===
* [[Image:Flag China.png|20px]] [[China]]
* [[Image:Flag of North Korea.png|20px]] [[North Korea|Democratic People's Republic of Korea]]
* [[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px]] [[Japan]]
* [[Image:Flag of Mongolia.png|20px]] [[Mongolia]]
* [[Image:Flag South Korea.png|20px]] [[South Korea|Republic of Korea]]
* [[Image:Flag Republic of China Taiwan.png|20px]] [[Taiwan]]

==== Autonomic Islands or Regions ====
* [[Image:Flag of Hong Kong China.png|20px]] [[Hong Kong]] Special Adm. Region of China
* [[Image:Flag of Macau China.png|20px]] [[Macao]] Special Adm. Region of China

=== [[Southern Asia]] ===
[[Image:Mikeeg555 hitching in Turkey.jpg|thumb|400px|[[User:Mikeeg555|Mikeeg555]] hitching in [[Turkey]]]]
* [[Image:Flag Afghanistan.png|20px]] [[Afghanistan]]
* [[Image:Flag of Bangladesh.png|20px]] [[Bangladesh]]
* [[Image:Flag of Bhutan.png|20px]] [[Bhutan]]
* [[Image:Flag of India.png|20px]] [[India]]
* [[Image:Flag of Iran.png|20px]] [[Iran|Islamic Republic of Iran]]
* [[Image:Flag of Maldives.png|20px]] [[Maldives]]
* [[Image:Flag Nepal.png|20px]] [[Nepal]]
* [[Image:Flag of Pakistan.png|20px]] [[Pakistan]]
* [[Image:Flag of Sri Lanka.png|20px]] [[Sri Lanka]]

==== Autonomic Islands or Regions ====
* [[Image:Flag British Indian Ocean Territory UK.png|20px]] [[British Indian Ocean Territory]]

=== [[South-Eastern Asia]] ===
* [[Image:Flag of Brunei.png|20px]] [[Brunei|Brunei Darussalam]]
* [[Image:Flag of Cambodia.png|20px]] [[Cambodia]]
* [[Image:Flag of Indonesia.png|20px]] [[Indonesia]]
* [[Image:Flag of Laos.png|20px]] [[Laos|Lao People's Democratic Republic]]
* [[Image:Flag of Malaysia.png|20px]] [[Malaysia]]
* [[Image:Flag of Myanmar burma.png|20px]] [[Myanmar]]
* [[Image:Flag of the Philippines.png|20px]] [[Philippines]]
* [[Image:Flag of Singapore.png|20px]] [[Singapore]]
* [[Image:Flag of Thailand.png|20px]] [[Thailand]]
* [[Image:Flag of East Timor.png|20px]] [[Timor-Leste]]
* [[Image:Flag of Vietnam.png|20px]] [[Vietnam|Viet Nam]]
[[Image:DSC01806.JPG|right|thumb|400px|[[User:platschi|Platschi]] hitchhiking in [[Turkey]]]]

=== [[Western Asia]] ===
* [[Image:Flag of Armenia.png|20px]] [[Armenia]]
* [[Image:Flag of Azerbaijan.png|20px]] [[Azerbaijan]]
* [[Image:Flag of Bahrain.png|20px]] [[Bahrain]]
* [[Image:Flag of Cyprus.png|20px]] [[Cyprus]]
* [[Image:Flag of Georgia.png|20px]] [[Georgia (Country)|Georgia]]
* [[Image:Flag Iraq.png|20px]] [[Iraq]]
* [[Image:Flag of Israel.png|20px]] [[Israel]]
* [[Image:Flag of Jordan.png|20px]] [[Jordan]]
* [[Image:Flag of Kuwait.png|20px]] [[Kuwait]]
* [[Image:Flag of Lebanon.png|20px]] [[Lebanon]]
* [[Image:Flag of Oman.png|20px]] [[Oman]]
* [[Image:Flag of Qatar.png|20px]] [[Qatar]]
* [[Image:Flag of Saudi Arabia.png|20px]] [[Saudi Arabia]]
* [[Image:Flag of Syria.png|20px]] [[Syria|Syrian Arab Republic]]
* [[Image:Flag Turkey.png|20px]] [[Turkey]]
* [[Image:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.png|20px]] [[United Arab Emirates]]
* [[Image:Flag of Yemen.png|20px]] [[Yemen]]

==== Autonomic Islands or Regions ====
* [[Image:Flag of Palestine.png|20px]] [[Palestinian Territory|Occupied Palestinian Territory]]


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'''Central America'''  is a central geographic region of the [[Americas]], which you can hitchhike all the way through.

=== Countries ===
* [[Image:Flag of Belize.png|20px]] [[Belize]]
* [[Image:Flag of Costa Rica.png|20px]] [[Costa Rica]]
* [[Image:Flag of El Salvador.png|20px]] [[El Salvador]]
* [[Image:Flag of Guatemala.png|20px]] [[Guatemala]]
* [[Image:Flag of Honduras.png|20px]] [[Honduras]]
* [[Image:Flag of Nicaragua.png|20px]] [[Nicaragua]]
* [[Image:Flag of Panama.png|20px]] [[Panama]]

=== Usage ===
'''Central America''' may mean different things to different people in the world according to the context:

* In English, Central America is considered a region of the [[North America|North American]] continent. Geopolitically, it usually comprises seven countries – Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. [[Mexico]], in whole or in part, is occasionally included. Some geographers include the {{wiki|Political_divisions_of_Mexico|five states}} of [[Campeche]], [[Chiapas]], [[Tabasco]], [[Quintana Roo]], and [[Yucatán]], together representing 12.1% of the country's total area.
* In {{wiki|Latin America|Latin America}}, {{wiki|Iberian Peninsula|Iberia}}, and some other parts of [[Europe]], the Americas are considered to be a single continent, and '''Central America''' is considered a region of this continent.  In {{wiki|Ibero-America|Ibero-America}}, the region is defined as seven nations – Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama – and may occasionally include Mexico's southernmost region. Geopolitically, Mexico is not considered part of the region. 
* The {{wiki|United Nations geoscheme|UN geoscheme}} defines the region as all states of North America south of the [[United States]]; conversely, the [[European Union]] excludes Belize and Mexico from its definition of the region.

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In some countries, such as [[Ecuador]], it is really easy to get rides, especially when you look like a foreigner, though there are also some more dangers involved. [[Uruguay]], [[Argentina]] and [[Chile]] are considered the safest countries to hitchhike. In [[Brazil]] it's a bit less secure, but the buses are much more expensive than in other countries. Hitchhiking in [[Colombia]] is considered very dangerous by foreigners, but if you try it you'll figure out that main roads are absolutely safe and it's extremely hard to get a ride since people are very cautious. 
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== Countries ==
* [[Image:Flag of Argentina.png|20px]] [[Argentina]]
* [[Image:Flag of Bolivia.png|20px]] [[Bolivia]]
* [[Image:Flag of Brazil.png|20px]] [[Brazil]]
* [[Image:Flag of Chile.png|20px]] [[Chile]]
* [[Image:Flag of Colombia.png|20px]] [[Colombia]]
* [[Image:Flag of Ecuador.png|20px]] [[Ecuador]]
* [[Image:Flag of Guyana.png|20px]] [[Guyana]]
* [[Image:Flag of Paraguay.png|20px]] [[Paraguay]]
* [[Image:Flag of Peru.png|20px]] [[Peru]]
* [[Image:Flag of Suriname.png|20px]] [[Suriname]]
* [[Image:Flag of Uruguay.png|20px]] [[Uruguay]]
* [[Image:Flag of Venezuela.png|20px]] [[Venezuela]]

===Autonomic Islands or Regions===
* [[Image:Flag of the Falkland Islands UK.png|20px]] [[Falkland Islands|Falkland Islands (Malvinas)]]
* [[Image:Flag French Guyana.jpg|20px]] [[French Guiana]]

==More info==
* [http://www.roadjunky.com/cheaptravel/hitchsouthamericas.shtml Hitchhiking in South America] at ''roadjunky.com''
* [http://www.br.map24.com/ map24] is in Portuguese having information about the whole of South America.


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      <text xml:space="preserve">There are some essential things you should remember when you are going hitchhiking. [[Hitchwiki]] suggests you keep these in mind when starting your career as an enthusiastic thumber:

[[Image:Warsaw-poznan.JPG|thumb|250px|left|You'll be seeing a lot of this.]]

== Take the most used route ==
The shortest is not the best in all the cases. If there is no traffic, there are no rides to share. Think where the trucks are going: industrial areas, ports/airports etc.

The fastest and easiest routes are usually ones between two major cities, passing a lot of countryside on the way. If you're planning to go through an area with dense population (eg. [[Ruhr Area]], [[Randstad]], [[London|Southeast England]]) and out the other side, then remember that many vehicles will be local traffic, so it's often a good idea to find a route that avoids these areas.  When going to the the South of [[France]] from the [[Netherlands]], for example, it might be best to avoid [[Paris]] and go through smaller [[Luxembourg]], passing through less densely populated areas, instead.

Avoid trying to get lifts along routes that don't make sense to the drivers; pick a logical A to B route between two major towns or cities that many drivers are likely to be making.

== [[Maps|Carry a good map]] ==
You want to know were you are going. It also helps if [[petrol station]]s are marked, and you don't need city maps. Try and find a map that you don't have to open out to one large sheet of paper every time you want to use it; you will be using it often. Book-style maps are best.

'''Map Tips: Positive'''

* The ''Shell Euroatlas'' is good for [[Europe]], however, it's difficult to find.
* The ''Falk Länderkarte'' series (in German, but can be understood by everyone) is brilliant for individual European countries, with a useful, clever and compact fold-out page system. It is easy to find but only inside of [[Germany]] and neighbouring countries.
* The maps by ''Marco Polo'' are excellent for Europe. The 1:800,000 ratio version is the best (the name of this map changes in different countries). It is printed in [[Germany]] but is available across the continent.
* In Scandinavia (especially Finland) - the ''Esso'' country maps are great, and free from any Esso petrol station in [[Finland]] 
* For the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Ireland]] AA maps are good but can get a bit too large.
* In Germany, you can get a booklet for free at the rasthof restaurants which provide a map of all the country's rasthof and the information about every one of them.

It's recommended you have a map that is at least 1:1,000,000 ratio. 1:750,000 is usually good enough.

Remember that petrol stations often have maps for sale, including very local ones. If you need to find out the geography of the local area, simply walk into the shop, pick up a local map, study it, get the information you need, then put it back and walk out. Many service stations also have large maps on walls or notice boards.

'''Map Tips: Negative'''

* ''Michelin'' Individual Country maps are not the best to use, they do not list the Services Area and lots of useful information are absent, the scale ratio is often not good enough.

== [[Where to hitchhike|Be in a good, safe spot]] ==
[[Image:Amylin_hitching_northern_ca.jpg|thumb|250px|left|This could be a good spot. You're easily visible, the drivers slow down at the junction, and there is an obvious place for them to stop.]]
It is basically possible to hitchhike from everyplace, just keep a single rule of thumb in mind: The faster the cars the more space for the cars to stop is needed.

Be in a place where the cars can see you from a distance and stop safely. You don't want to be run over. This is maybe the biggest [[Hitchhiker's safety | danger]] in hitchhiking. 

This is the case that the drivers consider as well. Few drivers stop unless it is safe for them. Some do, but you shouldn't count on them, as they are the minority. Therefore consider the safety of the driver as well, you don't want to involve them in an accident if they can't pull over safely. Make sure to not stand on the way, the driver will usually make its decision to stop or not while he sees you at a distance and will get ready to pull over just next to you or right behind you. If you stand too much on the way (of the normal pulling aside triangle) you will make it complicated for him and he might change his mind. So one good option is to 'make sure' that your body language point out the area he would pull over in total comfort.

== Stay positive, smile and laugh ==
It is easy to become bored or frustrated when waiting for a ride, but remember that a good attitude will help you get rides. Keep your spirits up by singing, laughing and simply smiling. A grumpy hitchhiker may get rides out of sympathy, but a happy hitchhiker will get better rides and go further distances in less time. If you're in a group, try dancing or clapping your hands at the same time, it makes the drivers smile and lifts come much more often!

== Avoid tight deadlines ==
It's easier to stay positive when you have nowhere to be. Getting stranded on the autobahn isn't so terrible as long as you're not trying to meet some friends in Berlin by nightfall; not only are you suddenly worried about how to catch a ride, you don't want to miss out on what's happening at your destination. Hitchhiking is a mental sport, and planning in enough time will allow you to enjoy the road and keep your head in the right place.

== [[How to face traffic|Make eye contact with drivers]] ==
Hitchhiking means making a connection with a person driving by, convincing him or her to stop. To best do this, make sure drivers can see the 'whites of your eyes'. Remove sunglasses and keep your hat higher on your head. Smile while you look at the oncoming cars. If you are looking a different direction or your head is down it is easy for drivers to pass by without relating to you. If you cannot see the person in the car, just look at the windshield where a face should be. Focus on each car until it passes. If traffic is light, let your gaze follow each car expectantly. If there is too much traffic, pay attention to each nearby car for a moment. The more you do this, the less time you will wait for rides.

'Mark Snyder and his co-workers (1974) found that hitchhikers doubled the number of ride offers by looking drivers straight in the eye. A personal approach, as my panhandler knew, makes one feel less anonymous, more responsible.' (Source: Social Psychology, Myers. p.503 Social Relations)

Respectable eyes for male drivers and puppy eyes for female drivers seem to work quite well.

== Making conversation with drivers ==
Drivers pick up hitchhikers for lots of different reasons:  some because they are genuinely helpful, many because they once hitched themselves, some because they think you might be fun/interesting to talk with.   On the chance that they want to interact with you, it is great if you can meet them there in a friendly engaged place.  Some hints on how to start conversations are listed under [[etiquette|hitching etiquitte]].  Also talking with drivers is the one of the best ways to get longer rides or better drop off places.

== Work with the weather ==
If it's hot, choose a hitchhiking spot where you can get some shade, in case you have to wait for some hours.

If it's wet, drivers may feel sorry for you, and choose to help you out. No-one likes a soggy hitchhiker in their car, so keep an umbrella handy. Better: stay dry at a [[petrol station]].

Thunderstorms are a blessing. If, during a dry day, you notice that a thunderstorm is coming, don't worry. When the storm hits you, keep you and your possessions under an umbrella and keep signalling. Drivers will feel '''very''' sorry for you, and many will stop for you. While waiting on the roadside, [[User:tmoon|Tom]] was hit by three thunderstorms in 2006, all of which got him a ride in less than ten minutes. The best example was in [[Cologne]] - after waiting for two hours without a ride offer, a storm came and there were three offers in five minutes (took the third one, it was a short ride and at the next petrol station another ride came within two minutes).

== [[Appearance|Types of clothing]] ==
[[Image:Img0080ow5.jpg|thumb|280px|left|Many hitchhiking spots are dusty. White shoes not advised.]]
Although this may seem to be a small matter, types and colour of clothing are very important. Try to wear light, even bright and colorful clothes, and have your non-thumbing hand visible since light coloured clothes inspire more [[trust]] than darker clothes.  Also, if the weather permits it, try to keep your forearms visible. If people can see your hands and arms, they'll be less likely to see you as a threat, or as someone trying to conceal something. A fun and colorful clothes/hat is a great way to inspire people to pick you up!

If you can, don’t wear your old clothes or clothes that might frighten a driver (such as a T-shirt with a skull). Conservative people only take well shaved guys with proper clothes. Liberal-minded people always take you, but even conservative (or old) people can be very helpful on your trip.

Avoid wearing black. Even having a smart black shirt could keep you stuck in one place for a long time. Some have found that caps. (Though Simon from [[Sweden]], with shaved head and beard found it much easier wearing a cap always, because people seem to be afraid of people with shaved heads. Black or blue woolly hats are awful too. If the weather permits, wear light coloured shorts and a bright colourful t-shirt or a smart short sleeved shirt. Although you may have no choice on whether you have luggage, some hold that hitching without luggage is quicker as the driver knows you're not concealing anything. But some drivers think that carrying a backpack makes you more of a traveler and will only pick up people with backpacks (e.g. [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] and [[amylin]] experienced this in [[New Zealand]]).

== [[Signs]] ==

[[Image:Please.jpg|thumb|left|200px|A sign saying &quot;Por favor&quot; (&quot;please&quot; in spanish)]]
A thumb or hand gesture will work fine for hitchhiking (depending on the region). But in some cases, the use of a sign displaying your destination or general direction will increase your odds.

A sign just saying '''&quot;PLEASE&quot;.''' can work sometimes.  (It worked for Max, www.couchsurfing.com user:mxnnx.) 

[[Image:DSC00176.JPG|thumb|left|200px|True or Not, people will laugh and pick you up!]]

Making people laugh with funny signs is a great way to lift your mood, have fun with passing cars and get rides. 

When you're hitchhiking on a road that goes to plenty of destinations: The driver will be more likely to stop if he knows that you're going the same way he does.

When the traffic is too heavy: The driver will be less likely to say &quot;Somebody else is going to stop&quot; if he sees that you want to go exactly his way.

If you're going from [[Barcelona]] to [[Amsterdam]], consider writing &quot;[[Paris]]&quot;, or just [[Perpignan]], on your sign, when you start in Barcelona. Few people will be going to Amsterdam or even Paris, directly.  There's a dilemma, though, because if the destination you write is too close, you won't make good time, and if it's too far, nobody will be heading all the way there and so won't feel confident in stopping for you.  A good solution to this is to simply use your direction of travel, e.g. &quot;East.&quot;

It often helps if you write the sign in the same language as the drivers you're trying to attract. If you can show some affinity to the drivers' country, it usually increases your chances of a lift. If you want to make a sign in a language that you don't know (whether you need it now or in the future), try asking drivers or [[petrol station]] staff for help.

To make the sign, it's better to use cardboard or similar with a thick black marker. Write neatly in big, block letters the name of a city or the name of a road, or both. You're in charge.
[[Image:Img_l_1306483.jpg|thumb|180px|right|[[User:MayaCova|MayaCova]] using was using a white board with considerable success.]]
If you have a chance to plan a long hitchhiking trip in advance, some find using an erasable white board as a sign to be very useful for making big, clear and reusable signs.
Remember the sign has to be read from a distance. At 100km/hr, a vehicle is covering approx 30 meters/second. The average reaction time when driving is 1.5 to 2.5 seconds, so 45 to 75 meters has gone before they start to stop. If you want them to stop, then you not only have to place yourself in the right location so they can see that you are a traveller and not just cagging a lift (this is what the sign does), you also have to have a sign that is readable. The more space between each letter the better to be read from a distance. (This is called Kernel, eg see road signs specifications.)

If space doesn´t permit a long city name shorten it to something everyone will understand. For example [[Amsterdam]] could be '''A'dam''' and [[Hamburg]] could be '''HH'''.

Signs don't just have to list a place - Much success can be had (in the proper setting) with more off-the-wall signs like &quot;We're Awesome!&quot;, &quot;Free Cookies!&quot;, &quot;Runaway Bride&quot; or even &quot;Not Far&quot;, &quot;that way ==&gt;&quot;, etc.

Artwork on a sign can also be helpful, particularly if there are simple images that are commonly related to your context.  For instance, when hitching out of Austin, [[Texas]] (home of the Longhorns, which are absurdly popular there), adding a Longhorns logo to the sign was a big improvement.

While living in a small village near a larger town my housemates and I found that using a sign decreased waiting times from 20-40 minutes average to about 10-20 minutes even though there were no other villages on the way. When I put this to my drivers some of them said that the sign made me look like a proper hitch-hiker.

If you have the chance, adding &quot;Please&quot; onto your signs could be a great idea. As well as being polite, writing &quot;Please&quot; in a certain language can indicate that you are a good speaker of that language, and this can be used to attract certain groups of driver who were ignoring you before. However, your main message is the destination/road number/compass direction. &quot;Please&quot; is an extra word for the driver to read, and trying to read that word can become a big distraction from the main message. Also, as you're clearly in a desperate position it's already accepted that you are being grateful for any assistance; once a driver stops, you can say &quot;Please&quot; as much as you like. Experiment with &quot;Please&quot; for yourself, and see what happens.
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== [[Safety | Safe hitchhiking]] ==
Wear bright colored clothes or a reflective warning vest while walking along the road.

Say no, if you don't feel safe! Trust your instinct, when it says no. This doesn't happen often, though. Minimizing risk is not being a coward, it's being smart. If you don't feel comfortable with someone, just don't ask him/her, there will be enough other cars. Most people who pick up hitchhikers are friendly and don't mind a no.
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If you want more security, send an SMS of the number plate of the car to a friend.
A nice way of getting out of a car without offending a driver if you're uncomfortable, is to pretend that you're going to be sick. Tell the driver not to wait, and run away from the road.

Girls check out the safety guide tailored to your needs at http://girls.hitchbase.com

== In the car ==
Once you've actually managed to get in the car and start heading towards your destination, it's all a matter of being courteous. Remember, your driver didn't have to pick you up at all. Settle in, get comfortable, but of course, not too comfortable. Keep your shoes off the dashboard, don't pass any form of gas (from either end), etc. In other words, don't do anything to offend your driver! 


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Your driver may have picked you up for many possible reasons. One of the main reasons is companionship on a long journey. That means you have to talk to the driver. Have a few things to talk about in mind before you get in (What's your name? Where are you headed? Oh yeah? What's there?). If the driver doesn't seem too interested in talking you can relax or read a book.

If not, keep it simple to begin with. A solid rule that should be followed by any hitcher is to try to shy away from talking about politics with a driver who has differing view points than yourself. People have a tendency to get worked up when it comes to politics or religion, so if they mention something that your political or religious views disagree with, try to use a reply like &quot;I'm not going to get into that&quot;, or pretending to be in vague agreement. Many hitchers have been thrown out of cars following a fiery political debate.

Some drivers will go a few extra kilometers off their route to help you, if you ask very nicely; be prepared to graciously accept a no, however.

Make sure you know where the driver intends to drop you off, and if you know the city or have discussed the city with the driver, try to choose the best drop-off point yourself; drivers can sometimes be &quot;trying to help&quot;, and despite their best intentions leave you in what turn out to be very bad places. If the drop-off point is not helpful to you, then say so, and the driver may take you to a different location instead, particularly one on their way.

Don't get lost while you're in a car! Some drivers have a terrible sense of direction and may need your help; so keep track of your journey using road signs and your maps. Also, knowing exactly where you are when you leave the vehicle will save a lot of time; if necessary, ask the driver exactly where you are.

== If you're lost... ==
...then it's maybe a good idea to stop travelling until you know where you are. Ask whoever you can for help. Look on road signs for city names and road numbers, and try to match them with your [[map]].

If getting lost isn't a problem because you have no fixed destination, then stop worrying and enjoy the ride ;).

== If you've gone the wrong way... ==
...then work out whether it's best to turn around, to carry on in the new direction (either trying another route, or changing your destination), or to stop hitchhiking. If you're on a motorway, then it might be tough to turn around.

If you decide to turn around, then watch out: it can be hard to find a lift that gets you back to your route, ''and'' travels in the right direction. You could easily get back to your route, and have to turn round a second time.

== [[Finding accommodation]] ==
[[Image:Roads.JPG|thumb|250px|left|[[At night]], it'll get tougher. Apart from much less traffic, people may trust you less (especially if you're male) and you may be in more danger (especially if you're female). Also, you're not as visible as you were before. But if someone does decide to help, they will probably help you as much as they can...]]
On longer hitchhiking trips you may need to camp along the way, if you did not receive a ride to your intended destination. Sometimes you can find a hostel or local host for the night, but just in case: bring a sleeping bag and tarp or tent with you. Make sure to bring clothes that will suit you for night weather.

It is also a good idea to check out [http://couchsurfing.com CouchSurfing.com] (more active), [http://bewelcome.org BeWelcome.org] and [http://www.hospitalityclub.org Hospitality Club] (good for finding phone numbers in smaller places) for free accommodation. If there's a YMCA center in town, see if they have a room for the night. There are many hitchhikers and it is easy to find a couple of places to stay while on the road or even at your destination. A fresh shave and shower will also greatly increase the chances of getting picked up.

If you can't find anywhere to sleep there are still other ways out of the situation. If you are lucky enough to be at a 24 hour petrol station just keep drinking coffee and keep hitching through the night. (Joe: My advice would be not to. After about 11p.m., it's probably best just to accept that you've been lucky and are stuck at a petrol station where you can stay warm. If you take another lift, you might end up in the middle of nowhere at three in the morning.) At night don't bother trying to get lifts with a sign, just ask people at the petrol station when they go to pay. Keep in mind that it gets really quiet between 2:00 and 5:00 even at a busy autobahn service area. The other alternative is to find a truck (or a car) going a really really long way and crash out on the way. Make sure you trust the driver or do it with 2 hitchers taking turns to sleep. The downside to this is that you might wake up a long way from where you wanted to be but at least you didn't have to sleep in the gutter.

== Getting to the nearest city ==
It's tough to hitchhike out of city centres. But sometimes (if you're tired, hungry, thirsty, ill etc.) you'll need to go off your route and take a pause in the nearest city. Hey, if you're flexible with your travel arrangements, you may decide to stay there for a bit longer...

If hitchhiking to the city is too hard for whatever reason, and the city is too far to walk, then take public transport. Head for nearby areas of houses: they often have bus stops.

Most petrol stations on motorways have a special access road for staff and delivery/emergency vehicles. Many petrol stations also have local maps you can look at to find bus stops near you, if you exit via the special access road.

== Use buses and trains ==
It's not worth trying to hitchhike at all costs. Sometimes it's just more convenient to take a bus to get to a highway or to your final destinations. This is the case especially when leaving or arriving at big cities or at night. Sometimes you can get away without paying on public transport, although in some countries or cities you have to be more careful than usual: check a &quot;Public Transport&quot; (or &quot;Blackriding&quot;) section (if there is any) of a  country/city you travel to. If you do blackride anyway, sit or stand preferably by the door; sometimes quick reaction (last second jumping off) to suspiciously looking folks who might appear to be ticket controllers can save your butt.

== [[Highway]] hitchhike ==
If you need to travel over long destinations, taking the highway may help a lot, and in some place is almost unavoidable. Most highway entrances are bad spots, and many are dangerous. A good way to &quot;hitchhike&quot; on highway is to practice &quot;station hopping&quot;: you only stops in petrol stations. Petrol stations (or rest areas, often the same) are the best spot ever, because you can go directly talk to people (show them you are nice and smile) and the car is totally stopped. Enjoy. This works particularly well in Germany. In Italy, hitching from pay stations seems to work a little better.

Do realise that in most countries, hitchhiking directly on the highway is forbidden! In rare occasions however, you might be forced to. Keep in mind that it is very unsafe for drivers to stop on the highway, and that your own [[safety]] is also in danger. The [[police]] might force you to leave the area, but in some cases they just don't care.

== Avoid [[mistakes]] ==
Last but not least, try to avoid common [[mistakes]] and you will save a couple of hours and loads of frustration. 

= Related links and references =
* [http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/kjokisal/liftaus/ Hitchhiking Guide to Europe]
* [http://www.digihitch.com/sections-viewarticle-27.html Sparkie's Guide to Hitchhiking at digihitch.com]
* [http://www.hitchbase.com Worldwide Database of Places for Hitchhikers]

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      <text xml:space="preserve">'''Finding accomodation''' is usually easy if you don't mind spending a lot of money. But most [[hitchhikers]] don't have a lot of money, so then there are several other options:

==Tent==
:''For more information on this, check out the [[camping]] article.''

You can bring your tent and sleeping bag and you'll basically be free to sleep anywhere. Beware that in most countries it's not legal to put up your tent anywhere. It is generally legal in [[Scandinavia]], [[Finland]], [[Scotland]] and [[Ireland]], though. Legal or not, [[camping]] wild needs not to disturb other people. Putting up your tent in a discrete place at or after dusk, breaking up before people will notice and not letting garbage or fire places behind there are general recommendations to stay overnight in situations where camping wild is not officially allowed. 

Alternatively, go to a house with a garden and ask if you can camp there.

Quite often there are attractive spots for camping wild near motorway petrol stations. If the noise is disturbing you can take ear plugs along. Even in highly urbanised countries like the Netherlands camping wild is still possible; for example if you hitchhike out of [[Amsterdam]] in the evening you can go just to service area Haarrijn, situated along the A2 motorway between [[Amsterdam]] and [[Utrecht]]. The area is vast and putting up a tent at dusk at the other end of the area will not draw attention, while the spot is scenic (and very &quot;Dutch&quot; with fields, cows and water around).

DigiHitch has an [http://www.digihitch.com/article42.html article] on sleeping near the highway (not necessarily with a tent).

==Your driver==
It can happen that your driver offers you a place at his or her house to put up your tent. It can also happen that you get a place offered inside.

That is why it is so important to create good relation with your driver - more open, honest and respectful you are, more likely it will happen.

For example [[User:Mirto|Mirto]] is getting sometimes even few invitations during one trip. If you refuse and prefer to continue your way, it might be a good idea to note phone number of your kind driver, in case you will get stuck 10 km further.

==Hospitality exchange networks==
Hospitality exchange networks require a bit more planning, but are '''very''' valuable tools for traveling. Sometimes there are [http://couchsurfing.com/meetings.html meetings] and [http://secure.hospitalityclub.org/hc/forum.php?SelectedCategory=42 gatherings] of tens, or even hundreds of hospitality exchange members. If you go there you'll surely get a place to sleep!

* [http://couchsurfing.com CouchSurfing] (CS), 580000+ members, managed in an oligarchic way, slightly North American-centric but growing rapidly.
* [http://hospitalityclub.org Hospitality Club] (HC), 330000+ members, managed in a dictatorial way, slightly Euro-centric because it was started there.
* [http://www.bewelcome.org/ BeWelcome] an open alternative to HC and CS, 4700+ members
* [http://globalfreeloaders.com Global Freeloaders] doesn't have a fancy website, but it's easy to send out a lot of messages at once, and members contact you directly over email, which makes it a lot faster to use, probably convenient for finding last-minute places. Though the lack of handy profiles and the direct communication over email definitely make this site definitely ''less secure'' (''don't'' use it in Lima).

* [http://hospitalityguide.net HospitalityGuide] Hosp.Ex Ne&gt;&gt;t - Hospitality Exchange Networks Overview
* [http://www.rahhala.net/en/ Rahhala.net] (Rahhala), 1000+ members, managed in a dictatorial way, Arab travlers and travelers for peace...


''See also [[Current hitchhiking events]] for times and places where you can find free or very cheap accommodation and friendly people.''

==Hostels==
Depending on where you are, hostels can be very cheap. The best way to find the cheapest hostel in town and to see wether they have any free beds, is probably [http://www.hostelworld.com/ hostelworld]. You can actually book your beds very short time in advance (1 hour works fine) with no extra fee.

It is sometimes possible to work for few hours in exchange of a bed.


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      <text xml:space="preserve">A good '''hitchhiking spot''' makes hitchhiking safer and easier. Finding a good spot might be tricky, and sometimes knowing the area is an advantage. If you know your route, you might check the best places on this wiki or from the [[internet]], before heading to the road.

There are some generic hitchhiking places, like petrol stations, bus stops etc. This page attempts to provide an understanding about where you should hitchhike.

: ''See also the article on [[how to pick up hitchhikers]].''

== Bus stop ==
Bus stops are in some cases the only place to hitchhike legally. This is the case when a driver drops you off in a cross-section of a highway. 

=== Pros ===
* It is a safe place to stand.
* It is a safe place for the drivers to stop.

=== Cons ===
* The drivers might think you are waiting for a bus. You can avoid this by using a big sign.
* In poorer countries those who stop might want money for the ride.

== [[Petrol station]]s ==
[[Image:Hitchmonk.jpg|thumb|right|400px|A monk from the Holy Hitch-hiking Order near Arles, [[France]].]]
Petrol stations are good places to ask for a ride, especially while hitchhiking along a highway.

=== Pros ===
* Almost always a safe place.
* Often marked on maps, and sometimes mentioned on sign posts well in advance, so more forward planning is possible.
* People who stop there are likely to go very far.
** Higher chance of meeting truck drivers, known for traveling the farthest distances.
* You can and should ask for a ride from drivers.
** Be friendly, and always say thanks and so on, even if the driver is going the right direction but doesn't want to take you. If you get annoyed because someone says no, the next person you ask will notice your annoyance and will be less eager to take you.
* Thumbing is easy, as the cars drive slowly.
* Possibly warm.
* Sometimes a convenient (but often expensive) source of [[food]], drinks, [[maps]] and toilets.

=== Cons ===
* You miss the cars passing the station.
* Often difficult to access from city centers at the beginning of your journey, so can be bad starting points.

== On ramps ==
[[Image:Spot-sharing.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Workshop during the [[888]]-event on where to hitchhike from in [[Paris]]]] 
On ramps to freeways and interstates are prime realty as long as the driver has room to pull over. A good spot to stand usually is beside the ''no pedestrians'' sign.

In many places in the United States, on ramps are the '''only''' legal option for places to thumb.  This includes the entire state of Tennessee. In all countries in Europe you can legally hitch on a slip-road leading onto the motorway, '''as long as you stand in front of the motorway sign.'''

== Toll Booths ==
In some countries the motorways or a part of them are toll roads, so the places where drivers stop to pay might be very good spots to get a ride, since all the traffic going your direction can see you. Other type of toll booths is only stopping the traffic joining/leaving the motorway on one particular exit, there the traffic will be much more weak. 
=== Pros ===
*All the through traffic on the motorway slows down and stops.
*In most cases there is a good visibility and room to pull over.

=== Cons ===
*On roads with heavy traffic they are very huge and only the cars from the first lanes can see you (for example on the highways leaving [[Paris]])
*It might be forbidden for pedestrians (and consequently for hitchers). The way it is enforced (or not enforced) vary greatly though, depending on the country you're in, and even within the same country depending on the network you're on and your particular luck that day. Sometimes the motorway staff can call the police if they see you, other times police passes by and doesn't care.

== Truck Stops ==
Flying J, Pilot, TA and other truck stops can be good hitching spots.
Truck stops, like petrol stops are frequented by more than just trucks. This is a good place to get picked up by young folks who are traveling across the country on summer vacation, or by the older crowd who are on a long trip by themselves.
=== Pros ===
*Truckers often go long distances
*Truck stops often have cheap food, a lounging area, showers, internet, and restrooms
*Truckers often give you cash or food when they can't offer a ride 

=== Cons ===
*Generally it is against truck stop policy (though not always enforced) to allow soliciting, including for rides 
*It is against the policy for trucking companies in certain countries to have riders because of insurance reasons

== Outside of town ==
Before or after a town is a good place to hitch. Usually where the speed limit changes or main area of businesses and housing ends.

== Anywhere cars can pull over safely ==
* huge parking spaces
Nine times out of ten you can get a ride anywhere there is a parking lot;(i.e. park and ride).

==[[Traffic lights]]==
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==On the road==

The countryside, especially where traffic speed is lower than about 60 km/h, can be a good place for hitching. Traffic on minor roads on the countryside can offer great rides to get to the nearest bigger city, or onto the main infrastructure. 

Often on bigger roads the slow, local traffic coming from smaller sideroads may provide excellent rides, and it is quite often quite easy to flag those drivers down, as a very personal and direct approach is often possible. 

Even national roads (non-motorway) often provide good space along the main flow of traffic, as there are often emergency lanes or so called [[Mehrzweckstreifen]]. 

Finally, hitchhiking on emergency lanes of motorways can be an option in case of traffic jams. In such situation using a [[signs|cardboard sign]] is usually highly effective. It is necessary though to take maximum safety precautions (we suppose you are smart enough to take these precautions), and you should know that hitchhiking on motorways is basically forbidden in most Western countries.

== Asking locals about good hitchhiking spots ==
Asking local people about the best spots to hitchhike from in the area is a great way to save time. They may even give you a lift themselves. Ask them about the generic hitchhiking places mentioned above, and ask them where they have seen any hitchhikers before. Although what they say is not always useful or even truthful, asking several locals and comparing their advice will give you a good impression of the layout of the area.

== Leaving the vehicle ==
When leaving the vehicle, if you are planning to look for another ride immediately after, then make sure you are on or near a hitchhiking spot when you say goodbye to the driver. Try to choose the spot yourself by looking out of the vehicle window - despite their efforts to help, drivers are often very ignorant about what makes a useful hitchhiking spot and their advice can range from brilliant to terrible. Often it's not worth taking the risk.

It is easy to lose hours by making mistakes such as standing on the wrong road, or the wrong side of the road. Make sure you know which road you want to be on, and keep checking the road signs so that you know where you are on your map and where you will leave the vehicle. This is especially important when traveling across cities.


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      <text xml:space="preserve">'''[[Hitchhiking]] is usually very safe'''. The most encountered feelings of unsafety are probably concerning the driver's driving style.  

== Road Safety ==

[[Image:Agne-from-vilnius-to-radviliskis.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Bright clothes make it easier to be seen from a distance, which is especially necessary when hitchhiking directly on a motorway, as here in [[Lithuania]].]]

You should make sure you are standing along a safe portion of road, as far back from the traveled portion of the road as possible (on the unimproved portion of the road shoulder). Make sure that you are visible to drivers from a good distance (100 meters or more is ideal) to allow them time to 1) decide if they want to pick you up and 2) safely pull to the side of the road. Wear visible clothes, also while walking on the road!

Sometimes, especially but not exclusively [[at night]], drivers will [[pick up a hitchhiker]] because they are tired and sleepy, but must get to their destination on time. Make sure you never fall asleep in someone's car if you are suspecting this might be the case. Even if you can't find a conversation topic, stay alert.  If you have a driving license you might indicate your driver of this fact.  In some cases he or she will be happy to let you drive.

The hitchhiker should see himself as an agent of road safety. Only one study has ever been made on the subject of hitchhiking's impact on road safety, and it appears that it has no negative impact, if not positive. It implies that the hitchhiker should stay safe, be seen especially at night, remind the driver of the speed limitations, and be willing to cooperate with all professionals of the road.

== Awareness ==
Awareness on the part of a hitchhiker will keep him or her from accepting dangerous rides- for example, a driver traveling under the influence of alcohol or narcotics. Examine the driver and vehicle. If there are signs of intoxication (slurred or erratic speech, no eye contact, open alcohol containers) do NOT get in the vehicle. Refuse the ride.

Talk to the driver before getting in his car! This way you make sure the ride offered is one that you would like to take, and that it will end at a safe spot to stop. Ask the driver before getting in his/her car: Where are you going? Can you drop me off at a service area or other safe place near your destination? A rhetoric question like &quot;Are you going north&quot; and the drivers reaction can give you some information about him or her. '''Trust your instincts!''' If you do not feel comfortable accepting the ride, thank the driver and say no. Walk away.

== [[Women hitchhiking]] ==
[[Image:Parnu-riga.jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[amylin]] hitching to [[Riga]] in the snow]]
For women, hitchhiking seems to be more risky. But it is not really. Many men are reporting the same degree of violation as women. If most reported cases of murder or rape of hitchhikers involve women hitchhiking alone, it is because men are less likely to report rapes (as a product of homophobia in the world), and murders are not getting the label of &quot;hitch-hiking-murders&quot; as often with male victims. &lt;!--- I think we should link to [[Pippa]] here :( ~~~~ --&gt;

Hitchhiking as a woman can be easier though. Often, women stop for other women or girls. Even families (or other usual-not-hitch-hiker-friendly car owners) stop to &quot;save&quot; women from a situation in which they think she could be in &quot;danger&quot;. As a product of sexism in the society many people think that women are more safe to take up as hitch hikers. And, possibly as a result of sexism in the society, women tend to be more safe to take up as hitch hikers.

'''You can find a specific guide about women hitchhiking at [http://girls.hitchbase.com girls.hitchbase.com]!'''

== Top tips for safety ==

* Wear well visible [[clothes]], stand at a safe spot, be careful while walking on the road. 
* If you doubt about the ride offered, turn it down.
* You can also check if the doors open from the inside by pretending not to have closed the door properly.
* Some say to note the registration number or vehicle model and colour (SMS this to a friend).
* Hitchhike with someone you know. On hitchhike forums (such as at [http://www.hospitalityclub.org/hc/forum.php?SelectedCategory=25 Hospitality Club], [http://www.jayride.co.nz Jayride] or [http://www.digihitch.com DigiHitch]) you can find other hitchhikers.
* Hitchhiking at night is more dangerous than at daytime.
* It's probably safest to not go with more than one guy in the car.
* It's better to sit in the front of the vehicle.
* It is a good idea to get yourself some [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepper_spray pepper spray], just in case. But it can be illegal to carry in some parts of the world so be aware.
* Keep your backpack close to you (i.e. on your lap), so you grab it if you need to get out quickly.
* Wear your most valuable stuff on your body: passport, wallet, money, mobile phone. This way you will keep these items in case you should abandon your bag.
* If there are other houses or people in sight, you can wave to them or pretend to say goodbye to a friend. The driver will think that somebody has seen you getting into their car.
* If getting in a truck or car driving long-distance, maybe to where you want to go, including sleeping in the truck with the driver. Never tell yes to go all way from the beginning. Say you are going to visit a friend in a city on the way and then when you get a feeling of safety with the driver tell him that you will visit your friend some other time and go all the way now. 
* Aim to leave the vehicle at a safe spot.
* Always trust your instincts.
* Think positive and you will attract positive. Do nothing of this and you might be safer.
* Try to be good conversation for the driver for tips see [[etiquette]]

==Choose your drivers==
It is preferable to choose your drivers. You can ask for rides at [[petrol station]]s or truck stops. Briefly profile people by their appearance and talk to folks that seem safe/interesting. But always remember that appearances do not guarantee safety.

One of the safest ones to get a lift from is the truck drivers. You sit far away from the driver. You are always able to open the door if needed (just don't jump while the truck is moving if you like your life moving again). Big trucks in [[Western Europe]] anyway also have a sensor on their trucks that let their boss know exactly where they are. Going off the road or stopping for some minutes and the boss will be all over the case, calling on the phone...

This is not always the case however. In [[Australia]], Truckies drive long distances on one lane highways and are often overworked. This can lead to dangerous driving conditions and bad experiences.

== Leaving the vehicle early ==
When you are on the road, if the situation gets bad for whatever reason and you don't want to be in the vehicle, then find a way to leave. Get the driver to leave you at the next good hitchhiking spot (choose it yourself, don't rely on the driver to choose it for you), or in another safe area such as a city where you can contact people you know, use hospitality exchange organisations, or take public transport.

If you feel uncomfortable, remember that you don't have to stay in the vehicle, and you don't owe it to the driver to travel the full distance you agreed upon. Good get-out tactics include faking travel sickness, or stating that you've changed your mind and want to do something else. Stay calm and be polite but direct, and most drivers will respect your wishes.

=== Emergency exit ===

First of all, don't panic.  Still, a situation might occur that you want to get out of the car and the driver does not want to stop. ... '''Need more info'''...
* Hand brake?
* Cause a (small) accident
* Call emergency number (112 in Western Europe)

** From personal experience: Causing a small accident may do more damage than good, since the driver will most likely just speed off, anyway, rather than trying to wait around and get caught by the police.  Plus, that gives you a much greater chance of being injured.  Remember that no matter where you get taken, you will still have the opportunity to hitchhike out of, and thus get rescued by someone else.  Plus, vehicles do require fuel, and eventually run out of it.  So, you can at some point find yourself in a (very useful!) petrol station, from where you can: have contact with other people, make phone calls, lock yourself in the bathroom to avoid confrontations, and hitchhike a new ride.  Your best bet is to stay calm and confident, no matter the situation.

== See also ==
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* [[Health]]
* [[Where to hitchhike]]
* [[Picking up hitchhikers]], for drivers
* [[Safety pdf]] - a project to create a one-page guide to safe hitchhiking
* [http://girls.hitchbase.com Hitchhiking as a female] - Guide
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=== Even more info ===
* [http://www.couchsurfing.com/group_read.html?gid=12&amp;post=938480 Bad hitchhiking - Sharing stories?] in CouchSurfing group about hitchhiking.

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    <title>Hitchhiking techniques</title>
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      <text xml:space="preserve">'''Hitchhiking techniques'''
* [[How to face traffic]]
* [[Hitchhiking Gestures]]
* [[Finding accommodation]]
* [[Speed Hitchhiking]]
* [[Traffic Jam Hitchhiking]]
* Hitchhiking with [[Signs]]
* Driver [[etiquette]]

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    <title>How to face traffic</title>
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      <text xml:space="preserve">'''Facing traffic''' the right way is important for good hitchhiking. Be sure to face the possible ride. Smile widely, but not ridiculously so. Remove any sunglasses or other things that may cover your eyes. This is ''really'' important. The driver must see your eyes. Seeing your eyes might be the difference between being offered a ride or not. Don't get frustrated when many cars pass you, as will invariably happen most of the time. If someone flips you off, don't flip them off back, just ignore them and keep your attention on the oncoming cars.

If the driver does stop, move quickly, but not too fast. If they stopped far ahead, run to the car, but otherwise stay calm. Keep smiling. You don't want to make the driver feel like their time is being wasted, but you also want to give yourself time to judge the car and the driver, and to decide if you want to take the ride. It's your call... use your instincts. This is something that you will quickly develop with a little bit of experience!

Looking at traffic is not always needed. Sometimes drivers do not seem to stop easily, and it does not always seem to matter if you look at them. That is simply a matter of good karma and will. Especially on countryside roads walking in the direction that you want to go and raising the thumb while a driver approaches, while you still keep walking, not looking at the car, this may work. It can also work on quiet roads at night. 

* Some people like to ask the driver where they are going first. If you get a bad feeling about the lift, it is easy to say 'no' by simply saying that you want to go in another direction.
* Otherwise, specify where you are going. Maybe tell the driver where you're from, or your purpose. Sometimes it helps to explain how you got where you are. 

Remember to be friendly and be [[safe]]. Trust your instincts.

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  <page>
    <title>Things to carry</title>
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      <text xml:space="preserve">Most hitchhikers '''carry''' a backpack with them wherever they go. The backpack should be sturdy, yet comfortable. 
First of all, you need '''as little as possible'''! The longer you travel, the less you want in your bag!

Large rucksacks are great, but maybe taking a smaller bag will encourage you not to take useless items...

If, after a trip, you decide an item really is useless, then don't be afraid to get rid of it.

== Most important ==
In order of importance:
# A [[map]] of the area you plan to travel in, preferably showing petrol stations and tollway stations.
#: Like anything though, this is debatable. Some hitchers may like to just go by the sun and general knowledge of the region.
# A small umbrella is also very useful.

If you like to hitchhike with [[signs]]:
# A big black '''marker'''.
#: ''Sharpies'' work best, particularly the ''Magnum'' size. ''Eddings'' are also good, just make sure you have one with a broad end. That's easier to write with. Possibly some other colors; a catchy sign is an effective sign.  ''Marks-A-Lot'', in one hitcher's experience, have barely enough ink to last more than a few signs and aren't worth the space they take up.
# An A4 transparent plastic map and some spare A4 papers, or a piece of cardboard
#: You'll often be able to find cardboard and paper on your way - just ask (or dumpster-dive) at shops or [[petrol station]]s.
#: An A4 writing pad turned out to be very handy. You can make a lot of signs with it and it's quite stable. It's also good to have some paper clips with you, in case it's windy and the sheets are flapping.
For people who like it [[safe]]:
# A mobile phone for sending SMS to a friend, to inform them about the numberplate of the car you jumped in. Remember the battery recharge adaptor! Sometimes a service station will have a spare wall socket you can use to charge your phone. Remember to bring the right adaptor for the country you are in.

== Quickly accessible during rides ==
It's also good to make things you might need on the road ''easily accessible'':
* all possible maps you might need
* clothes in case of [[rain]] or sudden chill (like when going a tunnel when you're in the back of a van).
* a plastic bottle of water
Try and pack similar items close to each other (eg. toothbrush next to the toothpaste).

== After that ==
Then, if you expect to be on the road for more longer time:
* A large towel (doubles as a blanket, shawl or pillow). Specially-made camping towels are light, small, and dry very fast.
* Hygienic products such as:
** toothbrush - even better in your pocket!
** A small bottle of liquid peppermint soap--the kind which can be used as toothpaste or mouthwash as well. Try to stay reasonably clean.  Dr. Bronner's Pure Castille Soap is recommended, though the containers it comes in are not very sturdy (wrap it in a bag at the least). Make sure it can't spill inside the rest of your bag!
** Baby-wipes work well too for cleaning skin, they're light and easy to store. Maybe a service station restaurant (such as a KFC) will have little packets of them, to give you for free...
** Toilet paper or tissues.  Don't forget to bury it at least a foot down!
** A stick of deodorant and/or spray bottle of cologne.  Alternatively essential oils, as of lavender, pachouli, grapefruit, etc.
* A [[sleeping bag]].  It can be useful to have a good, waterproof Compression Sack as well.
* An extra set of clothing, at the minimum, 2 extra pairs of socks and underwear, and an extra T-shirt.
* A nice warm jacket or hooded sweatshirt.  It's possible to do wonderful things with the right layers; good camping long johns and thermals are worth their small weight in cold weather, and are comfortable to wear to bed.
* Something to drink, food, fruit, nuts. You don't want your [[food]] and drinks to be all over your stuff, so make sure that this is carefully packed.  Canned food can be too heavy - often dried bulk food etc. is better. Try not to take things that have a strong smell. Remember to drink lots of water, and that most other drinks (like coffee, soda, orange juice, etc.) will actually dehydrate you.
* Reading material, for waits and quiet rides. (such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Road On the Road] by Jack Kerouac, or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evasion_%28book%29 Evasion] by Anonymous).
* A pack of cards.
* A small medikit - cheap, and may suddenly be '''very''' useful.
* A small sewing kit is crucial for longer trips (especially if you have only one pair of pants - hitchhiking with a hole in your crotch is quite difficult) Recommended: at least one pair pants and one shorts.  Conventional thread is really dreadfully weak, many travelers prefer to use dental floss because of its vastly superior durability.  Some flosses are better than others, with the standard being Johnson &amp; Johnson Reach brand.  Good floss can also conveniently be burned/melted down onto a knot.
* A torch. Wind-up ones are good because they're lighter, and you don't have to waste batteries on them. The RAC one (available in the [[UK]]) is excellent.
* A journal and/or camera is always a good choice to keep track of where you've been and who you've met, and to later add useful information to this wiki!
* Some basic tools to make jewelry with, or other such, will keep you in pocket change and give you something to do on lazy afternoons in the park, and will provide you with an answer if the police ask what you're doing in town. Also good for starting conversations.
* A [[harmonica]], penny whistle, kalimba or the like is also nice.
* A small amount of change (in the local currency), for buying public transport tickets, and any other items you suddenly need.
* CDs or cassettes, to offer drivers for entertainment during quieter rides, and even to give as &quot;Tthank You&quot; gifts.
* If it makes you feel safer: a film-canister full of pepper--kept in your most accessible pocket. You probably won't need to use it, but you should have it handy to be able to pop the lid and toss it in the face of an attacker.
* An aluminized mylar &quot;space blanket&quot; is an exceptional survival tool, and weighs only an ounce or two.
* A multi-tool.  My preference is the ''Leatherman Wave''.  A companion used the ''Leatherman Blast'' and would not recommend it - the pins that hold the tool-lock releases are made to cross too long a gap, and can snap.  The ''Swiss Army Knife'' is of course a classic as well.
* A tarp.  There are a few varieties, my preference is actually a coated nylon rain poncho that doubles as a tarp.  Good to separate you from the ground, or to rig up a shelter with, or to cover your pack when stashing it somewhere if it might rain.  The new &quot;siltarps&quot; made with siliconized Cordura are extremely waterproof, ridiculously lightweight, and very surprisingly durable.
* Rain gear.  As mentioned above, a poncho works well and doubles as a tarp, but even just a contractor trash bag tucked away is a good idea.  If considering a rain jacket, remember that you'll want to keep your pack dry as well as not end up with your pants/skirt soaked.
* Small gifts for any [http://www.hospitalityclub.org/ HospitalityClub], [http://www.bewelcome.org/ BeWelcome] or [http://www.couchsurfing.com/ CouchSurfing] hosts who help you on your way.
* Sun screen. Standing in the sun without protection for hours waiting for rides can result in a nasty burn.

=== Camping ===
If you decide on [[camping]] you may want some more stuff:
* A [[tent]], a [[tarp]] or a [[bivouac sack]] (or at least a couple of large, sturdy leaf bags, one opened at the bottom and duct-taped to the other to make a 6' long waterproof bag to sleep in - be sure not to suffocate yourself!).  
* A pad to sleep on (1&quot; foam rubber x 2' wide by 5' long, for example), or a Thermarest or other self-inflating sleeping pad.  Frankly, with either cardboard or dry leaves being very readily available at almost any place you might camp, carrying a pad with you is not really needed except in a few contexts.
* A metal cup big enough to hold a can of [[Sterno]] (packing space is at a premium) and a can of Sterno.  Alternatively, instead of Sterno, you can use a [[Squat Candle]] or [[DIY Alcohol Stove]].
* Matches or lighter - preferably both, maybe even two lighters to be sure.  BICs are the most reliable.
* A boy-scout type fork, spoon, knife set (heavy) or your pocket knife and a spoon.
* A length of coat-hanger type wire and a length of sturdy cord or string
* A canteen or plastic water bottle (glass WILL break!).
* Your clothes, stuffed into your backpack, make a good pillow and make it much less likely someone will steal your backpack while you are sleeping on it, particularly if you keep an arm through the straps while asleep.
* Most bridges have a flat, dry space underneath which is excellent.
* After being harassed a few nights back by a mountain lion, I keep a 3&quot; pocket knife on me when I sleep.

==Packing tips==
* If you expect a lot of [[rain]] it's wise to pack stuff in a few zip lock bags.  Especially recommended for electronic gear and some [[clothes]] that you want to keep dry.

== External links ==
* [http://www.travelindependent.info/whattopack.htm What to pack], quote: &quot;Your bag is your life. The smaller it is the less it sticks outs and the less vulnerable you feel. The closer you can stick to it and less cumbersome it is the happier you will be.&quot;

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    <title>Phrasebook</title>
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      <timestamp>2009-03-13T14:58:32Z</timestamp>
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      <text xml:space="preserve">There are various hitchhiking '''phrasebooks''' to be found online.
Since this is a wiki we can try to make the best one. A flexible one, where you can assemble your own phrasebook, with the languages you need for your trip.

== How to add tranlations ==
If you are a speaker of one of those many languages around the globe, and if you want to add the translation of these to this phrasebooks, just go to one of the phrasebook sites, choose your language and click on the “edit” button next to the name of the language. A textbox appears where you can find the phrases in English. Just write the translation behind the sentences, so that later you'll find the English translation next to the interpretation in your language.

== Phrasebooks ==
* [[Western Europe phrasebook]]
* [[Northern Europe phrasebook]]
* [[Eastern Europe phrasebook]]
* [[Southern Europe phrasebook]]
* [[Africa phrasebook]]
* [[Asia phrasebook]]
* [[South America phrasebook]]
* [[North America phrasebook|Central and North America phrasebook]]


* [http://wikitravel.org/en/Phrasebook Phrasebooks in wikitravel]

== External Links ==
* [http://www.digihitch.com/road-culture/hitchhiking-phrases Global Vagabond Language Guide] - Important phrases for hitchhikers in over 20 languages, including a printable edition of the ''Hitch-hiking Phrasebook'' for many European languages.


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  <page>
    <title>Spain</title>
    <id>1518</id>
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      <id>33905</id>
      <timestamp>2009-06-12T13:25:33Z</timestamp>
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      <comment>vas a, no bas a</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">{{IsIn|Europe}}[[Image:Granada.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[Robino]] hitchhiking in [[Granada]]]]
'''Spain''' is a member state of the European Union as well as the Schengen Agreement. 
Spain consists of the 17 ''Comunidades Autónomas''. These are not only administrative destricts; Many of the regions have their own culture, language and some even don’t consider themselves as a part of Spain. For example the dominating language in [[Catalonia]] is Catalan and getting around with ''castellano'' (spanish) is not always possible. 
English is taught at school, but due some droll shyness, lot’s of Spaniards refuse to speak it. For this reason, most travellers learn at least ''un poquito'' (a little bit) of the Spanish language during their stay. The phrase ''Vas a... ?'' (are you going to... ?) is an excellent starting point. 

== Hitchhiking, ''Autostop'' ==
In Spain, hitching isn’t a very common concept and mostly done by foreigners. Though, the thumb will be understood. Nevertheless, you will find a lot of foreigners in cars from countries where the hitchhiking culture is more developed. You usually have to wait for some time - but those who pick you up at least tend to be really nice. Sometimes you will have to be patient possibly waiting for over an hour! Once, [[User:Latindane]] had to wait 4 hours to get a 300 kilometers ride with lunch included towards [[Madrid]].

When entering the country from [[France]] you should try to get a lift as close to your destination as possible. A good place for this is La Jonquera, one of the biggest truck stops in Europe. You’ll find plenty of international truck drivers all over the country, because Spain is a centre of the fruit industry, exporting their oranges and tomatoes. In the west, there is another huge truck stop near Irun.

If you arrive by the ferry from [[Africa]] you should try to get a ride on the ferry or at the port. There are lot’s of people from [[Morocco]], who went to visit their families and now return. You’ll see number plates from many other European states.

== Road network ==
The north of Spain has a well developed system of ''autopistas'' and hitching is pretty similar to France or [[Germany]]. These motorways have three lanes in both directions, ''peajes'' (tollgates) and huge rest stops directly at the road. However, waiting at the peajes, isn't allowed and you’ll be sent away by the police. So when hitching between France - [[Murcia]] or [[Barcelona]] – [[Zaragoza]] – Madrid for example it is a good idea to stick to the rest stops and ask the drivers there. Bring water and food, since these ''áreas de servicio'' are really(!) expensive. 

However in the more southern regions, the motorways are smaller and the petrol stations usually a bit off the road. But don’t worry and be patient.

== Carpooling ==
Carpooling (''compartir coche'') is an alternative. The website [http://www.viajamosjuntos.com/ ¿viajamosjuntos.com?] gives the opportunity to the driver to post their journey in search of passenger to share the cost of the ride.

== Squatting ==

Spain has a very active sqatting scene. It’s quite easy to find a place to crash by asking around for a ''casa ocupada''.

== Cities ==
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* [[Alicante]]
* [[Badajoz]]
* [[Barcelona]], the capital of [[Catalunya]]
* [[Bilbao]]
* [[Burgos]]
* [[Ceuta]]
* [[Donostia-San Sebastián]]
* [[Granada]]
* [[Madrid]], the capital
* [[Malaga]]
* [[Santiago del Compostela]]
* [[Sevilla]]
* [[Valencia]]
* [[Vigo]]
* [[Zaragoza]]

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    <title>Helsinki</title>
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      <text xml:space="preserve">'''Helsinki''' is the capital of [[Finland]]. Most of the foreign hitchhikers enter the country here, either by boat from [[Tallinn]] of by plane to the international airport - which is not actually in Helsinki, but in [[Vantaa]].

Helsinki is a nice place and worth staying for a couple of nights. Its a rather small city with about a million inhabitants on the metropolitan area and quite relaxed atmosphere.

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== Hitching Out ==
=== North to [[Hämeenlinna]], [[Tampere]] ===
Take a local train to Kannelmäki and then bus 43 or 46T (from the same side of the street as the train station). With bus 46T ask to get off at Kalannintie, and with bus 43 ask to get off at the Tampere roundabout. You will easily see the motorway exit because it is signposted Tampere.

Traffic is light here and much of it is local, so don't use a sign. Try to get onto the motorway and then ask to be dropped off at a petrol station a couple of kilometres north where you can easily continue on with a sign.

You can also go to the northern end of &quot;'''Mannerheimintie'''&quot;, where &quot;Hämeenlinnanväylä&quot; starts. At least the '''buses 43, 452, 63''' (leaving from the train station, from the &quot;Elielinaukio&quot;) take you there, hop off at the bus stop &quot;Ruskeasuon varikko&quot;, where you can start hitching! You can reach this spot by tram too: take the '''tram number 10''' to the direction Pikku-Huopalahti (goes in front of Lasipalatsi and follows Mannerheimintie). Hop off at Ruskeasuo and walk along Mannerheimintie for 5 minutes until you reach the end of it (the beginning of Hämeenlinnanväylä) and the bus stop mentioned above. Use a sign because there's a lot of traffic inside the city and you might get a direct ride to your destination.

=== Northeast to [[Lahti]], [[Jyväskylä]] (also okay for [[Porvoo]], [[Kotka]], [[Kouvola]] and [[Saint Petersburg]]) ===
There's a bus stop called &quot;Valtimontie&quot; and you can reach it with several bus lines: 68X, 70, 70T, 73, 73N, 75, 77, 730-732, 734, 740-742, 738.
The motorway splits into two slightly before ringroad number III. Road number 4 goes towards north/northeast (Lahti, Jyväskylä), while road number 7 goes towards east (Kotka, Kouvola, Saint Petersburg, and so on). This place works okay with a sign, but is impossible without it. Stand just behind the traffic lights and there will be plenty of space for the cars to stop. You should also make sure the driver is really going to your way, because there's no place to leave you out between the bus stop and the junction where the motorways split...
In case you can't find a satisfying ride within a reasonable time (can happen, specially on Sunday morning), hitch from here to the junction with ring road III (make a sign for one of the suburbs behind, e.g. Järvenpää). Get off once you passed the junction, and hitch on the road connecting the ring road and the motorway. Half of the traffic is driving very fast, the other half rather slow – however, here are much more long - distance - going - cars to find than in Valtimontie. Note that this is officially a motorway, so hitching is actually forbidden! However, Joeri found this spot much better than Valtimontie.

=== East to [[Porvoo]], [[Kotka]], [[Russia|Russian]] border, [[Saint Petersburg]] ===
The fastest way to get east is to walk to the junction of Ring Road III and the motorway from the metro station Mellunmäki. This is about a 40 minute journey on foot. [[Image:Helsinkieast-map.png|thumb|right|250px|How to reach the eastbound junction on foot]] Once at the junction, it is easy to get a ride as short as the suburbs or as far as Saint Petersburg. With so many options, it is wise to turn down any ride not going all the way to your destination. [[Image:Helsinkieast-signs.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Signs marking the Helsinki eastbound junction]]

There is another option to at least Porvoo, though it is superseded by the route mentioned above and waiting times can be extremely long. Take the metro to the Mellunmäki station, then take buses 56K, 86 or 87 to the Kuussillantie stop. The bus driver may not know the name of the stop, but if you mention that it is the Esso station before the bridge, he can then alert you when it is time to get off. On the corner a few metres toward the bridge from the McDonald's and the Esso, you'll see cars entering the junction of Ring 3 and motorway 7. Stand right before the no pedestrian sign.

If you go further than to Porvoo, there is a rest stop halfway between Helsinki and Porvoo, so ask to drop you there. All there is is toilets and a café, so it's most efficient in the morning time. From there, find a ride at least to Kotka.

=== West to [[Turku]] ===
Take bus 18 from the west side of the Central Railway Station to the Niemenmäki stop. Going a little further from the bus stop and cross to the other side of the street. You'll find the entry ramp onto the motorway. I recommend standing right in front of the large side with a graphic symbolizing the motorway, as then you'll be seen by cars coming from both directions, and there's sufficient room for a car to stop. Use a sign, not everyone taking this route is going all the way to Turku.

Some of the drivers say though that it's pretty hard to stop there and have adviced to hitch hike with a sign on a bus stop on '''Huopalahdentie''' right before the ramp.

=== west (direction [[Hanko]]) ===
Take the motorway 51 that starts in the southwestern part of the central city area.
You may take the metro to station ''Ruoholahti''. When you leave the station it's to the north (to the right hand side as compared to the direction of travel). You have to go through one block of buildings past ''Kauppakeskus'' (shopping centre) to the next big street. You should find yourself right there near a big junction where the motorway goes off onto a bridge. There are good possibilities to stand – either a bus stop right before the traffic lights or a large [[hard shoulder]] around the corner on the beginning of the motorway.

=== South, ferry towards [[Tallinn]], [[Estonia]] ===
It's unclear if you can find rides with people going by car.

But you can try to become a member of the Viking Club (only in Finnish and Swedish) and get a free &quot;picnic cruise&quot;.

== External links ==
* [http://hitchbase.com/ergebnisse.php?abfrage%5Bstartort%5D=103&amp;abfrage%5Bzielort%5D=-1&amp;abfrage%5Bstartland%5D=66&amp;abfrage%5Bzielland%5D=-1&amp;LANG=ger Helsinki at hitchbase.com]
* [http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/kjokisal/liftaus/main.html#helsinki Hitchhiking guide to Helsinki]

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Here's some info over Helsinki: To find good hitching spots here as well as elsewhere in Finland, go to see hitchbase.com. Languages are German, English and Russian. You are also most welcome to add new info on those pages.

:Please add direct links, not just general information about a website. Also, I prefer to add information when I know it will be under a free license :) [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 19:45, 21 Dec 2005 (UTC)
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'''Finland''' is a part of the Northern [[Europe]], one of the Nordic countries. It is a member state of the [[European Union]] as well as the [[Schengen Agreement]]. Its neighbouring countries are [[Sweden]], [[Norway]] and [[Russia]], but possibly the most probable transit country on your way hitchhiking there is [[Estonia]]. Most people use this way which is called &quot;[[Via Baltica]]&quot; - it is a road [[E67]] between [[Helsinki]], Finland and [[Prague]], [[Czech Republic]] through Baltic States and [[Poland]].

Hitchhiking seems pretty easy in the Northern part of Finland. It could be a good idea to avoid motorways and opt for smaller local roads once you get closer to Helsinki - sure, there will be less traffic, however, you will get more space for the cars to stop, and avoid a chance of getting stuck on some unlit motorway ramp in the middle of nowhere (consider the early darkness when hitchhiking in autumn/winter!)
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[[Image:Erga-camping-in-finland.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[Camping]] is legal almost anywhere in Finland, just stay slightly out of sight and you can even camp next to [[motorways]].]]

=== Cities ===
* [[Espoo]]
* [[Hämeenlinna]]
* [[Helsinki]]
* [[Joensuu]]
* [[Jyväskylä]]
* [[Kuopio]]
* [[Lahti]]
* [[Oulu]]
* [[Pori]]
* [[Seinäjoki]]
* [[Tampere]]
* [[Turku]]

===Other areas===
* [[Lapland]]

== Crossing the borders ==
Apart from the Russian border, Finnish borders exist only on the map, not in reality. Since the dawn of time there has been very a liberal co-operation between the Finnish, Swedish and Norwegian. However, despite the fact that Finland signed the [[Schengen Agreement]] there is a random identity and luggage check when you take a ferry from [[Ahvenanmaa]] to [[Stockholm]] (Sweden).

[[Image:Washing car window in the North of Finland.JPG|thumb|240px|Hitchhiker [[User:guaka|guaka]] washing away mosquito corpses]]
=== From/to Sweden ===
Ferries to Stockholm go from [[Helsinki]] and [[Turku]]. The latter is considerably cheaper. Both ferries also stop in [[Maarianhamina]] ([[Ahvenanmaa]]), or [[Mariehamn]] ([[Åland]]), as its Swedish-speaking population calls it. The two companies which run ferries between Finland and Sweden are [http://www.vikingline.fi ''Viking Line''] and [http://www.silja.com ''Silja Line'']. Both of the companies are focused on bringing the customers a cruise-experience, and are bound to be tacky. ''Viking Line'' sells cheaper tickets without a cabin, too, which would be rather useless on the daytime trips between [[Turku]] and [[Stockholm]] anyway. As of 2008, a ferry from Stockholm to Turku costs about 25 euros, and Stockholm-Helsinki - 55 euros (both without a cabin). 

''Silja Line'' is the posher of the two, and thus more expensive. It's still tacky, though.

The ''Viking Line'' cruise ships have free tourist maps of Turku at their information desks on board. Be aware, though, that if you take a daytime cruise (which is about half the price), you will arrive in Turku at night. During the autumn, winter and early spring that means no daylight which is no help for hitchhiking. In winter nights, extremely cold temperatures might occur as well.

When on-board, during warmer time of the year you might go up outside to enjoy the scenery of the archipelagos of Stockholm or Turku. 

Be aware as well of a constant attempt to lure people to buy as much tax-free alcohol and some other things on the ferries. It really isn't much more cheaper, though, than buying them on land. So, do bring a book. Usually there are free Playstation or XBox games at the kids-section to spend the time, plus very often other backpackers wander around (you might as well have a chat with them). You can also try to spot small islands severely damaged by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Cormorant Great cormorants] a few hours off Stockholm.

There are Swedish [http://www.birka.se ''Birka Cruises''] boats cruising the sea, too.

More info about boats in the region: [http://www.makupalat.fi/Categories.aspx?classID=aef30d12-31ab-407f-89d6-526dd5d637f5 here] (Sweden, Estonia, Germany + lake tourism)

=== From/to Estonia ===
[[Image:Erga-and-a-friendly-finnish-man.jpg|thumb|240px|right|Hitchhiker Erga and a friendly Finnish driver]]
There is no land connection between Finland and [[Estonia]]. There are several daily boats from Helsinki to [[Tallinn]]. It takes usually 1-3 hours, costs about 20 euros (the cheapest one, without a cabin).

Links:

* [http://www.tallinksilja.com/fi/trips/routeTrips/ ''Tallink &amp; Silja Line''], ferries to Estonia (only in Finnish/Swedish)
* [http://www.vikingline.fi/index.asp?lang=en ''Viking Line''] 
* [http://www.eckeroline.fi/en/default.aspx ''Eckerö Line'']
* [http://www.lindaliini.ee/ ''Linda Line'']

=== From/to [[Russia]] ===
'''Note that as of 2006:'''
* No walking is permitted on any of existing Finnish-Russian border checkpoints.
* ''Vaalimaa–Torfianovka'' border checkpoint is permitted to cross by cycling.
* Russian visa can not be issued at the border checkpoint.

The most important border checkpoints to Russia ([[St. Petersburg]]'s district) are ''Vaalimaa–Torfianovka'' on the road [[E18]]/7 Helsinki-St.Petersburg, and ''Nuijamaa–Brusnichnoe'' near [[Lappeenranta]].
 
====Vaalimaa–Torfianovka====
It is always open. Traffic is high there, and you might find there both long-distance trucks (however, see info below about trucks ) as well as lots of locals, from both sides of the border, with Russians coming to buy goods they don't have in Russia, and Finns going to the other side to buy alcohol, cigarettes and fuel. On a Finnish side, you can find most of them at the first [[petrol station]], just before the customs zone. You can also ask drivers on the parking, and those queuing to the terminal. A ride to [[Torfianovka]] is enough – there's lots of transport going to [[Vyborg]] and [[St. Petersburg]] from there. 

As of 2006, it was a complete waste of time to hitch a truck over the border to Russia – freight terminal is separate for trucks and the queue there is extremely slow: sometimes you wait for hours, sometimes for days. Same terminal from Russia to Finland, though, seems to be faster. 

To get back from [[Russia]] to Finland, simply ask drivers at the parking lot by one of the supermarkets around there on the Russian side.

====Other checkpoints====
There is a checkpoint on the road '''13''' going south from [[Lappeenranta]] and bypassing the village of Niirala on the north. There is less traffic here but the route is more scenic, going along the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saimaa_canal Saimaa canal] (Russian: ''Сайменский канал''; Finnish: ''Saimaan kanava'').

Next border checkpoint to the north from there is ''Niirala-Värtsilä'', on the road 70 south of [[Joensuu]]. The trafic is low, a road goes to [[Sortavala]] and then further to [[St. Petersburg]] via the south shore of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Ladoga lake Ladoga] (with a portion of an unpaved road), or via the north shore to [[Petrozavodsk]].

There are a few more border checkpoints: from [[Imatra]] to [[Svetogorsk]], from [[Kuhmo]] to [[Kostamuksha]], from [[Salla]] towards [[Kandalaksha]], and from [[Inari]] towards [[Murmansk]]. These days most of these checkpoints work 24/7. Good way to hitch a ride from Russia to Finland is to hang around some stores near borders and look for Finnish license plates. A smart trick you can do to lift up your chances to get a ride is by offering a driver you speak to to bring an extra load of cigarettes and alcohol - most of the Finnish drivers won't resist that!

== Language ==
The language most people in Finland speak is Finnish which isn't a Scandinavian language. The country is officially bilingual as there is a large Swedish-speaking minority on the west coast of Finland. Anyhow, most of the people speak good English, too, so most of the foreign hitchhikers won't have big language problems in Finland.

Some older people, however, might have no English language knowledge at all, so you might as well learn some basic Finnish phrases. Note, that with a knowledge of Swedish, however, you can come pretty far (it is useful all over Scandinavia).

Useful Finnish expressions for hitchhikers:

* Hello = '''Terve'''
* Hi = '''Moi''' ''or'' '''Hei'''
* Hitchhiking = '''Liftaaminen'''
* To hitchhike = '''Liftata''' 
* A ride = '''Kyyti'''
* Thank you = '''Kiitos'''
* Where are you driving to? = '''Minne ajat?'''

== Safety ==
Hitchhiking is quite safe in Finland. As always, common sense is your friend.

== Legal matters for hitchhikers ==
Hitchhiking is legal in Finland. Anyhow, there are some places where it is illegal for the cars to stop, and some places where it is illegal for pedestrians to stand. Both of these make hitchhiking illegal de facto in these places.

[[Image:Finland european roads.png|thumb|250px|Finnish motorways (blue) with their European numbers and national roads (red and yellow)]]

== Motorways ==
[[Image:Finnish_motorway_sign_561.png|left|60px]]
It is illegal to hitchhike on the motorways (called “moottoritie”) and some motorways (“moottoriliikennetie”) in Finland. You can recognize these from the green signs.

The cars can not stop in crossing areas, and some cars not obeying this rule and taking hitchhikers on board are known to be fined.

Hitching on the motorways and two lane expressways is prohibited. On any other motorway you can legally hitch. You can also hitchhike at the motorway on-ramps, and at the motorway [[petrol station]]s' areas. Basically, same rules as in countries in Western Europe and in most states of the [[USA]].

== Culture ==
Hitchhiking used to be popular in the 70's and 80's, and many drivers will tell the hitchhiker(s) they've hitched themselves back in their days. Nowadays this practice is rather rare among Finns, but there are always some, especially in summer time, when local hitchers get inspired by European backpackers heading to [[Lapland]].

== Links ==
* [[:fi:Etusivu|Finnish Hitchwiki]]
* [http://www.liftari.org/ Finnish hitchhiker's club] − the site is mostly in Finnish but there is an English section in the [http://www.liftari.org/forum forum].
* IRC Channel [[Liftari @ IRCnet]]
* [http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/kjokisal/liftaus/ Hitchhiker's guide to Europe] − a hitchhiking site by a Finn
* [http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/ssmoland/peukalo/ Liftausvinkkejä] − hitchhiking tips in Finnish
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=ZY_XZW9AtYgC&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;dq=finland Lonely Planet − Finland eBook (2003) ''preview'']

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'''France''' is a member state of the [[European Union]] as well as the [[Schengen Agreement]]. It is usually a great country for hitchhiking. There are many friendly car and truck drivers. Drivers have to pay toll on motorways (except in [[Bretagne|Brittany]]), and you can get a ride quite easily at some ''barrières de péage'' (toll stations). When hitchhiking on local roads, you might face some difficulties sometimes, though. One of the commonly known barriers for traveling in France is a language - you might wanna learn some basic phrases before you off on the road in France.

There are no hitchhiking prohibitions in France, apart from the restricted access roads (''Allemagne'' (all-ay-man'ye) in French).

It may also be helpful to write '''S.V.P.''' on your sign with a destination name - it is short for ''s'il vous plaît'' (sih-voo-play) which means ''please'' in French.

On Sundays, only trucks with frozen goods are allowed to drive. 

The ''&quot;Michelin 726 National&quot;'' map of France is a good choice for a hitchhiker in this country. It shows all the major ''barrières de péage'' and [[service station]]s. You can get a free map in péage offices.

== ''Autoroutes'', ''péages'' and ''barrières de péage'' ==

'''Péage''' is a French word for ''[[toll road]]'' in [[France]] and other French speaking countries (not to mix with ''autoroute'' which means &quot;motorway&quot; in French and is not necessarily a toll road). Hitchhikers usually use this word as referring to [[toll station]]s.

In France, most of the motorways are toll roads which are the fastest way to hitch across the country. There are two types of toll stations on péages. First, there are big ones where all traffic has to stop to pay a fee (or to get a ticket) - these are ''barrières de péage'' and usually they are excellent spots to get a long-distance ride. They are often located near big cities on the autoroute. Another type is a side barrier situated on all exits in the toll part of the motorway. On latter ones traffic is much smaller, therefore one can expect a longer waiting time, although sometimes congested toll stations (the first type) can be a difficult place to hitch from, too.

To reach the ''barrière de péage'', you may need to walk along the motorway; with a help of a proper map check if the distance needed to be walked is not too long. It is actually illegal to walk on a side lane of the motorway (same is valid for some parts of national roads (''voie express'') in France); if police sees you, you will be driven somewhere safe and may be fined for ~90€. Péage toll stations are considered a part of the motorway, and legally you do not have the right to solicit rides there. You may be asked to wait in the parking area which is after each ''barrière de péage''. In practice, this is rarely enforced (maybe 5% of the time), most toll station employees simply want to make sure you're not endangering yourself or others. Having a sign with your destination (or the next city) is recommended and will distinguish you as a serious hitchhiker, and not a vagrant. 

The fastest way to travel on a péage is from one ''barrière de péage'' to another. Hitchhiking options are:

* You can thumb immediately after the ''barrière de péage''
* If you prefer a direct approach you can dash across the lanes one at a time until you're at a busy lane, stand next to the toll machine and talk to the drivers when they stop to pay (usually it is not allowed to hitch from the toll machines but it is generally tolerated).
* You can wait before the ''barrière de péage'', just where the drivers choose their lane - there is often enough of space for cars to pull over to stop for you. 

Some ''barrière de péage'' are really good, some are not. If you've been waiting for a while using a destination sign, drop it and try thumbing.

While on a toll road, you can always try hitchhiking from one [[petrol station]] to another, either asking drivers while they refill, or thumbing at the exit of the service area. The staff usually doesn't mind hitchhikers.

== [[Number plates]] ==
French number plates end with a number of the ''département'' the car is registered in. For example, [[Paris]]ian cars end with numbers 75, 78, 91, 92, 93, 94 and 95. See Wikipedia articles on
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_vehicle_registration_plates French vehicle registration plates] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_arrondissements_of_France Arrondissements of France]. New number plates are to appear in the nearest future. Those will not carry any information about the region unless car owner decides to put a ''département'' reference on it. The old plates will be still in use for a while.

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Image:Mrtweek mzenzes hitching in france.png|[[User:Mzenzes|Martin]] and [[User:MrTweek|Philipp]] hitching in France.
Image:Derek_hitching_at_péage.jpg|Derek hitching at a péage near [[Valence]].
Image:Cynthia_hitching.jpg|Cynthia hitchhiking out of [[Paris]].
Image:Tokyohitch.jpg|[[Lille]]-[[Tokyo]] direct ride, 5-min deal.
Image:Perpignan bridgeoveronramp.jpg|On ramp bridge near [[Perpignan]].
Image:Spot-sharing.jpg|Sharing knowledge on spots to hitch out of Paris during the [[888]] event.
Image:peage.jpg|A typical ''barrière de péage'' in France.
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== External links ==
* [http://mappy.fr/ Mappy] is a good online map service for France in case you want to know where certain public transport goes to.
* [http://www.asf.fr/shared/pdf/CarteReseau.pdf Le Réseau ASF], a PDF file that shows all ''barrières de péage'' on major routes in France.

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The '''Netherlands''' are a member state of the [[European Union]] as well as the [[Schengen Agreement]].
Hitchhiking in the Netherlands is quite easy, 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. 
Standing on a motorway entrance just in front of the motorway sign is allowed as well as standing on a petrol station along the motorway. 

[[Image:Hitchhiking across the creek.jpg|thumb|250px|There are many creeks in the Netherlands and they can make it hard to get to petrol stations on the motorway]]
&lt;!--Roads where it is not permitted to walk are indicated by:
* a round white sign with red edge depicting a pedestrian.
* a rectangular blue sign depicting a motorway. Cars are also not allowed to stop here.
* a square blue sign depicting a car. Cars are also not allowed to stop here.

// this information seems to be quite ineffective in terms of multimedia use. I even can hardly imagine how these sign look like. Alternative: Make a picture and put in in here ;) Any other ideas? // --&gt;
Since 1991 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 [[liftershalte]]s, '''official hitchhiking spots'''.

Other good places are petrol stations along the motorways and the entrances to the motorway from larger cities (when there is a stopping space such as an emergency lane). On such a place the average waiting time is 5–45 minutes (same as Germany). A major difference with [[Germany]] is that many lifts are not longer than 50 km. At petrol stations you can try to talk to people, which will probably work out fine if you don't dress up like a hippie. Try to speak in Dutch or English. French and German often work too, but not as effectively.

=== Useful tips ===
* Use of Internet PC's in every city library, for a small price. 
* When hitching in the Netherlands for a longer period (or when you're living there), it's advisable to buy yourself a ''15-strippenkaart'' for EUR 6,80, or a ''45-strippenkaart'' for EUR 20,40 in advance in a shop. This is a lot cheaper than buying a 2-, 3- or 8-strippenkaart on the bus or tram. (In the Netherlands any tram/bus route is divided into zones/stripes - for example, if you go from the centre of [[The Hague]] to the beach in [[Scheveningen]], it costs you 3 stripes, [[Delft]] to [[The Hague]] is about 8 stripes. So even if you are hitching all around the Netherlands, you can get yourself a strippenkaart for getting into/out of city centres - it will be valid all over the country.)

&lt;!-- //i'm hitching over from NL to DE every week, and nearly nobody is afraid that i have drugs with me...//
To get to [[Germany]] can be a bit difficult, because some people are afraid they could get in trouble if you have marijuana (legal in small portions in the Netherlands) or other drugs with you. However, if you're not on a motorway you can walk over the border and get another ride behind it.--&gt;

== License plates ==
In the Netherlands, license plates do not contain any marking about where the car comes from, but it does indicate the age of the car (although not in a straightforward way). Often though, the name and the city of the garage where the car was bought is indicated just under the license plate on the backside of the car. On busy petrol stations this may be useful information to look out for, as it may indicate where people are driving to. A normal license plate has three blocks of black letters or numbers on a yellow background. Every block consists of two letters or two numbers (so in total six letters and numbers). Since 2007 a new series of license plates is in use for the newest verhicles existing of a combination of three letters in the middle. Taxis' license plates have a blue background. The license plate of old timers is very dark blue with white letters. The number of cars with such license plate or yet another kind is very limited.

== Foods ==
[[Image:HitchDelft.jpg|thumb|left|250px|[[User:Mdsmendes|Mdsmendes]] hitching in the Netherlands]]
The Netherlands are one of the rare countries where you can find a cheap pot of 'Peanut Butter' (''pindakaas''), which is a nutritious item that you can easily carry in your backpack. Also, you can find tube of 'mayonnaise' and 'ketchup' sauce (''Zaanse saus'') for about 30 cents, which last long without needing to be refrigerated and are great supplements to sandwiches or ''friet'' (as it avoids having to pay the 50 cents sauce at the ''snackbar'' (or sometimes ''frituur'' or ''frietkot'', especially in Belgium) when ordering a snack).

== Links ==
* [http://www.franknature.nl/hitchhike/hitchhike.htm Hitchhiking in the Netherlands], by [[User:Fverhart|Frank Verhart]].
* [http://www.liftershalte.info Liftershalte], hitchhiking spots in the Netherlands on a map.
* [http://www.liftpunt.tk Liftpunt], discussion forum about hitchhiking in Dutch.

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Hitchhiking in '''Europe''' is fun. There are many small countries to enjoy hitching through, motorways in the Western parts can be exceptionally good, and overall hitchhiking is relatively safe.
Some countries such as [[Germany]] are quite easy to hitch around, for example, for the large distances in a single lift, or with the possibility to go really fast (especially where driving speed is not limited). [[England]] is usually good because of the relatively short waiting time. Most other countries are at the average or rather easy hitchability level, e.g. the [[Netherlands]], [[Belgium]] and East European countries. Some other countries are considered bad for the long waiting times (like [[Spain]] and [[Italy]]) but even there you might get a ride if you are patient enough. Some people chose to skip a country, though, after standing in one place for over two hours - it is reasonable enough to do so if visually good hitch-hiking spot appears not working in some places.

'''Note:''' In [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Austria]], [[Slovenia]], [[Poland]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Hungary]] and [[Italy ]] trucks are not allowed to use motorways on Sundays and on public holidays. 
''&lt;small&gt;(Any other countries?)'' &lt;/small&gt; 
However, these restrictions do not apply to those granted an exception, such as trucks transporting perishable goods and fuel supplies.

Hitching is rather safe in Europe. However, a single female hitch-hiker takes a higher risk because of obvious reasons. However, obvious it is not and it sounds discouraging here.

For crossing the borders have a look at the [[Schengen Agreement]]. With a Schengen visa you can travel within a bunch of European countries.

When hitching longer distances it's generally good to stick to gas stations on the motorway.  People there go long distances and it's not uncommon to find rides of 500 km and longer.

== Maps ==
It is more convenient to take a map on your trip but if you don't do so it is no big deal - some people actually prefer to get a feeling of lost nomads and to trust their own senses. For most of Europe (excl. the Eastern parts) the ''Marco Polo Euro Atlas'' is a great hitch-hikers's choice: it contains a detailed information about gas stations situated on motorways, and excludes less useful for hitch-hiking trips stuff like the index pages or city maps.
For online usage: 
* [http://www.liftershalte.info/?country=EU Liftershalte.info] - based on google maps
* [http://viamichelin.com viamichelin.com]
* [http://www.map24.com Map24.com] - very good Java-Maps and routing
* [http://www.openstreetmap.org OpenStreetMap.org] - free alternative

== Tips for each country ==
[[Image:Granada.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Robino]] hitchhiking in [[Granada]], [[Spain]]]]
The [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm United Nations Statistics Division] defines Europe as following:

=== [[Northern Europe]] ===
* [[Image:Flag of Denmark.png|30px]] [[Denmark]]
* [[Image:Flag of Estonia.png|30px]] [[Estonia]]
* [[Image:Flag of Finland.png|30px]] [[Finland]]
* [[Image:Flag Iceland.png|30px]] [[Iceland]]
* [[Image:Flag Ireland.png|30px]] [[Ireland]]
* [[Image:Flag of Latvia.png|30px]] [[Latvia]]
* [[Image:Flag of Lithuania.png|30px]] [[Lithuania]]
* [[Image:Flag of Norway.png|30px]] [[Norway]]
* [[Image:Flag of Sweden.png|30px]] [[Sweden]]
* [[Image:Flag uk.png|30px]] [[United Kingdom|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]]

==== Autonomic Islands or Regions ====
* [[Image:Flag_of_Aaland_Finland.png|30px]] [[Åland Islands]]
* [[Channel Islands]]
** [[Image:Flag of Guernsey UK.png|30px]] [[Guernsey]]
*** [[Image:Flag of Alderney UK.png|30px]] [[Channel Islands|Alderney]]
*** [[Image:Flag of Herm UK.png|30px]] [[Channel Islands|Herm]]
*** [[Image:Flag of Sark UK.png|30px]] [[Channel Islands|Sark]]
** [[Image:Flag of Jersey UK.png|30px]] [[Jersey]]
* [[Image:Flag of the Faroe Islands.png|30px]] [[Faeroe Islands]]
* [[Image:Flag Isle of Man UK.png|30px]] [[Isle of Man]]
* [[Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands]]

=== [[Western Europe]] ===
* [[Image:Flag_Austria.png|30px]] [[Austria]]
* [[Image:Flag_Belgium.png|30px]] [[Belgium]]
* [[Image:Flag_France.png|30px]] [[France]]
* [[Image:Flag_Germany.png|30px]] [[Germany]]
* [[Image:Flag_Liechtenstein.png|30px]] [[Liechtenstein]]
* [[Image:Flag Luxembourg.png|30px]] [[Luxembourg]]
* [[Image:Flag_of_Monaco.png|30px]] [[Monaco]]
* [[Image:Flag_Netherlands.png|30px]] [[Netherlands]]
* [[Image:Flag_of_Switzerland.png|30px]] [[Switzerland]]

=== [[Eastern Europe]] ===
[[Image:Trud_bulgaria.jpg|250px|thumb|Somewhere in [[Bulgaria]].]]
* [[Image:Flag of Belarus.png|30px]] [[Belarus]]
* [[Image:Flag Bulgaria.png|30px]] [[Bulgaria]]
* [[Image:Flag Czech Republic.png|30px]] [[Czech Republic]]
* [[Image:Flag of Hungary.png|30px]] [[Hungary]]
* [[Image:Flag of Moldova.png|30px]] [[Moldova|Republic of Moldova]]
* [[Image:Flag Poland.png|30px]] [[Poland]]
* [[Image:Flag Romania.png|30px]] [[Romania]]
* [[Image:Flag of Russia.png|30px]] [[Russia|Russian Federation]]
* [[Image:Flag of Slovakia.png|30px]] [[Slovakia]] 
* [[Image:Flag Ukraine.png|30px]] [[Ukraine]]

=== [[Southern Europe]] ===
* [[Image:Flag of Albania.png|30px]] [[Albania]]
* [[Image:Flag of Andorra.png|30px]] [[Andorra]]
* [[Image:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.png|30px]] [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
* [[Image:Flag Croatia.png|30px]] [[Croatia]]
* [[Image:Flag of Greece.png|30px]] [[Greece]]
* [[Image:Flag of Italy.png|30px]] [[Italy]]
* [[Image:Flag Kosovo.png|30px]] [[Kosovo]]
* [[Image:Flag of Macedonia.png|30px]] [[Macedonia]]
* [[Image:Flag of Malta.png|30px]] [[Malta]]
* [[Image:Flag of Montenegro.png|30px]] [[Montenegro]]
* [[Image:Flag of Portugal.png|30px]] [[Portugal]]
* [[Image:Flag of San Marino.png|30px]] [[San Marino]]
* [[Image:Flag of Serbia.png|30px]] [[Serbia]]
* [[Image:Flag of Slovenia.png|30px]] [[Slovenia]]
* [[Image:Flag Spain.png|30px]] [[Spain]]
* [[Image:Flag Turkey.png|30px]] [[Turkey]]

==== Autonomic Regions ====
* [[Image:Flag of Gibraltar UK.png|30px]] [[Gibraltar]]
* [[Image:Flag Vatican City.png|30px]] [[Vatican|Holy See]]

== External Links ==
* [http://www.digihitch.com/world/Europe digihitch World: Hitchhiking Europe]
* [http://www.wikitravel.org/en/Hitchhiking_in_Europe Wikitravel: Hitchhiking in Europe]
* [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm#europe: United Nations Statistic Division]


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      <text xml:space="preserve">I've had luck in '''Senegal''' getting rides with both foreigners and locals on the main routes between [[St Louis (Senegal)|St Louis]], [[Dakar]] and [[Tambacounda]]. At Dakar it's probably worth getting a bus or car rapid to the Thiès/Mbour junction to avoid the large ammount of local traffic.

== To [[Mali]] ==
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== To [[Guinea-Bissau]] ==
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      <text xml:space="preserve">{{infobox Country
|country = Morocco
|language = Arabic, French
|capital = [[Rabat]]
|pop = 33,757,175
|currency = Moroccan dirham (MAD)
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Hitching in '''Morocco''' is good despite the scarcity of vehicles on some routes. Bring a ''big'' bottle of water, a hat, and maybe a book to read. Many people will not want payment, but it can be hard to avoid the interest of grand taxis (who will definitely want payment). Some Moroccans stick out the index finger instead of the thumb. This gesture indicates the person is willing to pay for the ride.

Compared to the hassle of the cities, hitching in Morocco is a very pleasant experience and a good opportunity to meet some genuine friendly people who ''don't'' want to sell you a carpet. The people for the most part are incredibly generous, intelligent and curious and hitchhikers are able to experience the country’s cultural richness and diversity in a way unavailable to tourists who travel by more conventional means. 

== Cities ==
* [[Agadir]]
* [[Casablanca]]
* [[Chefchaouen]]
* [[El Jadida]]
* [[Essaouira]]
* [[Fes]]
* [[Meknes]]
* [[Rabat]]
* [[Tangier]]
* [[Tetouan]]

==Language==

The official language is Arabic though the dialects spoken in Morocco and [[Algeria]] are signifcantly different than Modern Standard Arabic and dialects found in the Middle East and other parts of Africa. French is a common language of business and among educated people and in major cities will be almost universally understood.  Many people in the north speak Spanish. The major Berber languages are fascinating but the effort required to learn them is probably too great for a casual tourist. 

While spoken by some educated people and those who work in tourism, English is of little use. Be very careful if approached by someone speaking English, they are often looking to make a profit-legitimate or not.

At a minimum you should have basic competence in French. A few words of Arabic will surprise most Moroccans, gain their respect and differentiate you from common tourists.

==Police==

Police in Morocco are a great asset to a hitchhiker. Police roadblocks are common especially when the King is nearby. Approch them respectfully and make conversation and they will probably help you get a ride. 

In small towns where it is sometimes difficult to find people who speak French, police officers (who always speak French) are invaluable aides for finding hotels, hammams roads out of town etc. 


==Sleeping==

Cheap hotels are available in the medinas of most cities for 20-40 Dirham. Expect an uncomfortable mattress, cold communal shower and don’t be surprised if you wake up with bug bites. Hotels are required to see your passport and most will want to hold it until they make a photocopy. There is little danger of a hotel worker stealing your passport but it is a good idea to keep several photocopies with you for peace-of-mind.

===Under the Stars===

Outside most cities and towns are places one can sleep discretely without a tent. Just make sure you get up before dawn. Also be aware that out-of-the-way spots that look like good places to sleep are often used as public toilets. Public parks, where they exist, tend to be “cruising areas” where men meet to have sex.

In some places, especially near trucking routes, are semi-permanent tents made of plastic sheeting wrapped around a timber frames. These are usually empty though you may want to ask first. 

===Getting invited into people's homes===

If you are humble and quiet and kind this will come quite easily. Sometimes the hospitality is exhausting and you may want to take a cheap hotel for some privacy and space to breathe.

==Safety==

Because of the importance of tourism to the economy, anyone found physically harming a foreigner is punished severely. Attacks and terrorism against foreigners is extremely rare but due caution is advised. Far more common are a wide range of scams and hustles.


===Cigarette Scam===

Travelers including hitchhikers going to Mauritania are likely to encounter a cigarette scam in southern cities such as Tiznit and especially Guilmeme. Typically the traveler is engaged by a local who inquires about his or her plans for traveling further and after some discussion is told that to avoid delays and harassment at the Mauritanian frontier he should bring a gift of cigarettes. He may also be told that cigarettes are very expensive in Mauritania and/or Western Sahara and with a pack of cigarettes he can buy everything from a fish to a room in a hotel. 

The local will then offer to ‘help’ the traveler buy several cartons of cigarettes for a “very good price” of anywhere from 12 to 20 Moroccan Dirham (MAD) per pack (120-200 MAD per carton). The cigarettes he proposes are brands only available on the black market.  

These are smuggled from the Canary Islands and come in several brands-the most common being American Legend. The price varies from 6 to 10 MAD per pack depending on the city and the dealer. These are lower quality cigarettes and smoking more than a few tend to give the smoker a sore throat. 

The scam artist is paying probably no more than 50 MAD per carton (200 cigarettes) and pocketing the rest. The reality is that cigarettes are easily available in Mauritania (in fact usually less than half the price of in Morocco; ranging from 100-400 Ugyia per pack of 20)

Locals driving cars usually bring a gift of some sort to help ease the passage into Mauritania but hitchhikers should not expect problems.

===Drugs===

Hashish and kif are widely smoked in Morocco. Buying on the street is not advised. Sometimes dealers work with police who will then bust the buyer. More likely you will get low grade product or even henna for an inflated price. At best you will pay a ‘tourist tax’ of at least 500%. 


==Religion and Politics==

===Religion===
Always be careful about discussing religion and politics while hitchhiking. This is especially true in Morocco. Nearly everyone in Morocco is a Muslim and the religion permeates every part of the culture. Moroccans love to discuss God and a hitchhiker will certainly be asked about his religious beliefs. Muslims recognize Christians and Jews as “people of the book” and are respected—especially if they are knowledgeable about the Bible and can intelligently discuss religion. Claiming to be an atheist, agnostic, Buddhist, Taoist, Hindu or member of some other nonmonotheistic religion is not advised. There is little danger of being beheaded as an infidel but being a believer may mean the difference between being merely tolerated and being welcomed into peoples’ homes. And of course, keep any negative opinions about Islam, Muhammad  etc. to yourself. 

===Western Sahara===
		
[[Western Sahara]] is recognized by most countries as occupied territory.  The Kingdom of Morocco and most Moroccans consider it part of Morocco. It is technically illegal in Morocco to assert anything else. From 1976 until 1991 the Polisario waged a civil war for independence. In 1991 the United Nations brokered a cease-fire and an agreement was reached to hold a referendum for independence. The referendum has yet to take place and 60 percent of the Moroccan army is still stationed in the territory. The history and current situation is very complex but a hitchhiker there should be very careful about what he says and to whom. Under no circumstances should you claim or admit to being a journalist or writer. Doing so is asking for trouble, possible arrest and will endanger any Saharawis you are seen with. 

===The King===

Morocco is a Monarchy and King Muhammad V is universally respected if not always liked. You will see his picture in nearly every café, office, shop and more than a few homes. Many consider his father Hassan II a tyrant and his reign is often known by Moroccans as the Black Years. Still, avoid saying anything that could be construed as criticism of any member of the royal family, dead or alive.

===[[Border crossing]]===

The border to [[Algeria]] is closed.

A personal experience with border crossings:
: “''I was homosexually harassed by an older border policeman while coming from Morocco to [[Ceuta]]. I don´t forgive such, so I approached Moroccan consulates in both Malaga and London. In Malaga they obviously protect such criminals and London wasn´t very helpful either. I did send letters to the ministries of tourism and interior affairs, as well as to the border chief but nobody was interested. So, if you really have to come to this country, make sure you don´t cross the borders alone!''”

== Hitchhiking Events ==
From the [http://www.lcd.org.uk/events/hitch/ LCD]:
: ''The 2007 Hitch has just wrapped up with a record-breaking 760 Hitchers completing the 1,600 mile journey to Morocco, and 26 the 800 mile journey to Prague. The Hitch is LCD’s largest fundraising event and hitching the 1600 or 800 miles is a true feat of achievement. All the Hitchers have now safely returned to the UK, but the money is still rolling in.''

== See Also ==
* [http://askamylin.blogspot.com/2009/02/morocco.html Amylin's excellent advice on getting along in Morocco]
* [[Western Sahara]]

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}}'''Mali''' is a country in West [[Africa]]. It is one of the poorest countries in the world.

Inside the capital [[Bamako]] hitchhiking is fairly accepted – if you look like you have enough money (i.e. white skin) – and it's a reasonable alternative if you can't find a taxi [[at night]].

Apparently it's also possible to get rides with NGO 4WDs at the police check stations.

Mali's borders to [[Cote d'Ivoire]] in the south and [[Algeria]] in the north are probably a bad idea.

=== Cities ===
* [[Bamako]]
* [[Kayes]]
* [[Sikasso]]
* [[Timbuktu]]


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      <text xml:space="preserve">[[Image:Train_ndb-choûm_(27).JPG|thumb|right|300px|The longest train in the world, in [[Mauritania]]]]
Hitching for rides is common practice in '''Africa''', though you may be expected to pay the driver.

Road safety in Africa leaves a lot to be desired, and seatbelts are not always fitted. Being stranded in remote areas could be a problem. Speaking English and French is an advantage as well as Portuguese in some countries. However, learning the basic of African languages will make your trip much more pleasant. Some languages are understood in very large parts, such as Fulfulde and Bambara in [[West Africa]] or Swahili and Arabic in [[Eastern Africa]].

== [[Health]] ==
Malaria is common in most parts of Africa. Inform yourself and take precautions. Some forms of malaria are particularly deadly. The fact that local populations don't take any malaria prophelactics should definitely not stop you from taking any: locals are much more resistant to malaria.

The [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm United Nations Statistics Division] defines Africa as following:

== [[Northern Africa]] ==
* [[Image:Flag of Algeria.png|20px]] [[Algeria]]
* [[Image:Flag of Egypt.png|20px]] [[Egypt]]
* [[Image:Flag of Libya.png|20px]] [[Lybia|Libyan Arab Jamahiriya]]
* [[Image:Flag Morocco.png|20px]] [[Morocco]]
* [[Image:Flag of Sudan.png|20px]] [[Sudan]]
* [[Image:Flag of Tunisia.png|20px]] [[Tunisia]]
* [[Image:Flag Western Sahara.png|20px]] [[Western Sahara]]

== [[Eastern Africa]] ==
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* [[Image:Flag of Burundi.png|20px]] [[Burundi]]
* [[Image:Flag of Comoros.png|20px]] [[Comoros]]
* [[Image:Flag of Djibouti.png|20px]] [[Djibouti]]
* [[Image:Flag of Eritrea.png|20px]] [[Eritrea]]
* [[Image:Flag of Ethiopia.png|20px]] [[Ethiopia]]
* [[Image:Flag of Kenya.png|20px]] [[Kenya]]
* [[Image:Flag of Madagascar.png|20px]] [[Madagascar]]
* [[Image:Flag of Malawi.png|20px]] [[Malawi]]
* [[Image:Flag of Mauritius.png|20px]] [[Mauritius]]
* [[Image:Flag of Mozambique.png|20px]] [[Mozambique]]
* [[Image:Flag of Rwanda.png|20px]] [[Rwanda]]
* [[Image:Flag of Seychelles.png|20px]] [[Seychelles]]
* [[Image:Flag of Somalia.png|20px]] [[Somalia]]
* [[Image:Flag of Uganda.png|20px]] [[Uganda]]
* [[Image:Flag of Tanzania.png|20px]] [[Tanzania|United Republic of Tanzania]]
* [[Image:Flag of Zambia.png|20px]] [[Zambia]]
* [[Image:Flag of Zimbabwe.png|20px]] [[Zimbabwe]]

== [[Middle Africa]] ==
* [[Image:Flag of Angola.png|20px]] [[Angola]]
* [[Image:Flag of Cameroon.png|20px]] [[Cameroon]]
* [[Image:Flag of Central African Republic.png|20px]] [[Central African Republic]]
* [[Image:Flag of Chad.png|20px]] [[Chad]]
* [[Image:Flag of Republic of Congo.png|20px]] [[Republic of the Congo]]
* [[Image:Flag of Democratic Republic of the Congo.png|20px]] [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]
* [[Image:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.png|20px]] [[Equatorial Guinea]]
* [[Image:Flag of Gabon.png|20px]] [[Gabon]]
* [[Image:Flag of Sao Tome and Principe.png|20px]] [[Sao Tome and Principe]]

== [[Southern Africa]] ==
* [[Image:Flag of Botswana.png|20px]] [[Botswana]]
* [[Image:Flag of Lesotho.png|20px]] [[Lesotho]]
* [[Image:Flag of Namibia.png|20px]] [[Namibia]]
* [[Image:Flag of South Africa.png|20px]] [[South Africa]]
* [[Image:Flag of Swaziland.png|20px]] [[Swaziland]]

== [[Western Africa]] ==
* [[Image:Flag of Benin.png|20px]] [[Benin]]
* [[Image:Flag of Burkina Faso.png|20px]] [[Burkina Faso]]
* [[Image:Flag of Cape Verde.png|20px]] [[Cape Verde]]
* [[Image:Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.png|20px]] [[Cote d'Ivoire]]
* [[Image:Flag of Gambia.png|20px]] [[Gambia]]
* [[Image:Flag of Ghana.png|20px]] [[Ghana]]
* [[Image:Flag of Guinea.png|20px]] [[Guinea]]
* [[Image:Flag of Guinea-Bissau.png|20px]] [[Guinea-Bissau]]
* [[Image:Flag of Liberia.png|20px]] [[Liberia]]
* [[Image:Flag of Mali.png|20px]] [[Mali]]
* [[Image:Flag of Mauritania.png|20px]][[Mauritania]]
* [[Image:Flag of Niger.png|20px]] [[Niger]]
* [[Image:Flag of Nigeria.png|20px]] [[Nigeria]]
* [[Image:Flag of Senegal.png|20px]] [[Senegal]]
* [[Image:Flag of Sierra Leone.png|20px]] [[Sierra Leone]]
* [[Image:Flag of Togo.png|20px]] [[Togo]]

=== Autonomic Islands or Regions ===
* [[Image:Flag of the Canary Islands Spain.png|20px]] [[Canary Islands]]
* [[Image:Flag of Ceuta Spain.png|20px]] [[Ceuta]]
* [[Image:Flag Madeira Portugal.png|20px]] [[Madeira Islands]]
* [[Image:Flag of Mayotte France.png|20px]] [[Mayotte]]
* [[Image:Flag of Melilla Spain.png|20px]] [[Melilla]]
* [[Image:Flag of Somalia.png|20px]] [[Puntland]]
* [[Image:Flag of Reunion.png|20px]] [[Réunion]]
* [[Image:Flag of Saint Helena.png|20px]] [[Saint Helena]]
* [[Image:Flag of Somaliland.png|20px]] [[Somaliland]]

== Links ==
* [[digi:world/Africa|''Africa'' at digihitch]]
* [[cswiki:Africa|''Africa'' in CouchSurfing Wiki]]


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See also [[Guinea-Bissau]] and [[Equatorial Guinea]].


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In '''Western Sahara''' rides are plentiful and usually free on the main paved roads connecting [[Laâyoune (El Aaiún)|Laayoune]], [[Dakhla]] and [[Smara]]. The UN does not give rides without official permission apparently which is a shame as it seems they're the only people who can give you any insight into a political situation there. Local Moroccans will tell you all sorts.

Truck drivers might ask you to &quot;sleep&quot; in a discrete position to avoid endless police passport checks.

To get to [[Mauritania]] one can ask drivers at camping ''Moussaffir'' (north of Dakhla).

In fact, lorry drivers might be reluctant to give a lift to hitchhiker since they might have to bribe at each police post then. It is more convenient to hitch to the post that comes after [[Al-Uyuun]] and then ask the police to pass on the information about a &quot;traveling hitchhiker&quot; by phone to the next police post on the road. 

==Border crossing==
Be aware of mines in the border region to [[Mauritania]]. Don't leave the road there.

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'''Mauritania''' doesn't seem to be a good place for hitchhiking, at least in the conventional sense. The majority of vehicles are shared taxis and most private vehicles which stop will charge the same rates.
You may have luck with other overlanders or the Euro-African car traders who bring vehicles from EU to [[Senegal]] and [[Mali]]. Some hitchhikers got many lifts by them there.
&lt;!--= jurahasiok at wp.pl--&gt;

: ''I've found it very easy to hitch over short distances, maybe up to 10 km further than that payment is expected. However I did hitch with a general from the Mauritanian army from [[Atar]] to [[Nouakchott]], he even insisted on paying a hotel for us halfway.''

=== Cities ===
* [[Nouadhibou]]
* [[Atar]]
* [[Nouakchott]]
* [[Choum]]
* [[Zouerate]]
* [[Ayoun el-Atrous]]
* [[Nema]]
* [[Rosso]]

=== Border crossing ===
Be aware of mines in the border region to [[Western_Sahara| western sahara]]. Don't leave the road there.


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      <comment>:It's because of the intricacies of &lt;tt&gt;.htaccess&lt;/tt&gt;.  The CS wiki is linking to e.g. http://www.hitchwiki.org/Paris. :So I checked [http://davidwalsh.name/no-www-using-htaccess-file some stuff] and</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">:: Archive of '''Talk:Main Page''': [[Talk:Main Page/05-07|2005-2007]]
:: ''Our [[Community Portal]] is a more appropriate place for questions, comments and discussions that are not directly related to the Main Page.''
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== To new members ==
Please make your first contribution your own 'user' profile! This will stop showing your name in red and it will give your contributions more validity. 

Also, if you are not a native speaker of a language, it might be worthwhile to access hitchwiki.org using Firefox and download the dictionary from [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browse/type:3 Mozilla] for the language in which you are writing your contribution, so that you can spell-check what you're typing. If you're editing the English language wiki, I'd suggest to use US spelling, but feel free to voice your objections. [[User:Prino|Prino]] 20:36, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

== New Advise Article ==
It could be useful to take the article advice written on the [[Canada]] page about '''Winter Hitch-hiking''' hazard and maybe some other countries are having some too. They could be grouped together on this same page for all Winter Hazardous country or regions: [[Russia]], [[Scandinavia]], [[Iceland]], [[Canada]], [[Alaska]] ... [[User:Maplefanta|Maplefanta]] 01:54, 19 January 2008 (CET)
::With some regions of Canada having marked way beneath the -50 Celsius on the thermometer last month, if someone knows where to set such page, the already existing info is on the [[Canada]] page, it is most likely needed. [[User:Maplefanta|Maplefanta]] 03:16, 4 March 2008 (CET)


== Bug?? ==
When linking from other sites or typing on the address bar, I often get sent to a ''double'' of the page with a capital letter, which looks like the following: http://hitchwiki.org/en/Http://hitchwiki.org/index.php
Anyone has an idea why? It seems to always do that if we link hitchwiki city page on the CS wiki travel page. It is done on every page from cswiki [[User:Maplefanta|Maplefanta]] 05:10, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

:It's because of the intricacies of &lt;tt&gt;.htaccess&lt;/tt&gt;.  The CS wiki is linking to e.g. http://www.hitchwiki.org/Paris.
:So I checked [http://davidwalsh.name/no-www-using-htaccess-file some stuff] and hopefully it's all working fine now.  Let me know if you encounter any weird redirect errors. [[User:Guaka|guaka]] 18:40, 30 May 2009 (UTC)


==Logo update==
:''moved to [[project:Logo update]]''

== Mainpage ==
I just took the old news out of the mainpage news template. Now there is quite some free space. However, I think it is good to keep the mainpage simple and not too overloaded (and also keep in future just the last 10 site news entries). Any suggestions about what could be added there or how the page could be reordered? I would suggest to move the picture of the now to the left column and also put there a field with the most important content with a symbol (e.g. general info Top Tips, Where, Safety, Signs, First time, Picking up hitchhikers, country info). Maybe one of the design and graphic program gifted people could make some icons for this... It might also be worth to think about which content is important for new people (e.g. move the site news - what is normally for the more frequent users - to the right bottom side... --[[User:Alex|Alex]] 19:28, 23 July 2008 (CEST)

:: I would also suggest to fix the ''edit'' buttons in the top box. Looks quite annoying and I guess that this box anyway doesn't need much editing, so maybe we should set it to ''admin edit only''. News, pics, events etc. then can still be edited through the templates, of course. [[User:platschi|platschi]]&lt;small&gt;&lt;sup&gt;[http://blogs.hitchwiki.org/platschi site], [[user talk:platschi|wikitalk]]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/small&gt;

::: agree, doesn't make much sense since these boxes are not much edited in the first place and as you say, the other boxes can still be edited by anyone through the templates --[[User:Robino|Robino]] 12:45, 18 August 2008 (CEST)

: wanted to propose to rearrange the boxes, one for wiki-news, one for general news, one for events, one for stories (upcoming), and one for 3 (through rss) most recent (planet) blogs. I think the general news should be on top (left), then events, then stories. On the right (help and then wiki-news) or something similar --[[User:Robino|Robino]] 12:45, 18 August 2008 (CEST)

::Sounds good. Feel free to play around on [[User:Platschi/Spielwiese]], used that page last time for editing ideas of the main page. Let's see how we can make it much better :) [[User:platschi|platschi]]&lt;small&gt;&lt;sup&gt;[http://blogs.hitchwiki.org/platschi site], [[user talk:platschi|wikitalk]]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/small&gt; 12:54, 18 August 2008 (CEST)

== Language of  place name ==

Can we set some standards for place names? An example, what to use for Brugge (I just bumped into it)? It's now to be found under [[Bruges]], which I think is wrong. Cities should be put under the name they are known in the country they are and if necessary there can be a redirection page for foreign-language versions of the name.
:I think we already had that discussion a long time ago, and agreed to use the English names, wherever they are common. This seemed most logical for an English-speaking wiki. In general, we try to stick to wikipedia's standards for that. I think it's not so much of an issue, because we always try to set redirects for all possible languages, so everyone will always find what one's looking for. (Although we are not really consequent, like at [[Köln]]). But Bruges seems to be the English name for Brugge. --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 21:30, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
::Missed that discussion, probably before I joined, but my eur 0.02? You do it consistently or you keep the original name, you don't mix the two! --[[User:Prino|Prino]] 22:57, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
:::Yeah, we should really clean that up. But I think it's only about 5 articles maximum --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 00:00, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

== Economic crisis &amp; hitchhiking ==

Just wondering about the desirability to work out the economic aspect of hitchhiking. Wechner indicated finance as one the four main motivations for hitchhiking, the other one being adventure, environment and social sharing [http://bernd.wechner.info/Hitchhiking/Suite101/Article/?03]. The incentive to this question at the moment is mainly the current economic crisis that is in execution among banks, governments, public and business that in all likeliness will last for many many years to come, mostly in Northern America and Europe. Following the recent news there seems to be already some reason to be concerned (which applies mostly to people who are in debt). In other words - would economic recession / depression increase again the number of hitchhikers, which in the US and Europe basicly ''used to be'' in decline since the 1980s. Will hitchhiking in the US and EU increase and popularize due to increasing poverty in the coming ten to twenty years? Such macro economic developments are fascinating. --[[User:Fverhart|Fverhart]] 15:49, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

:Let's start an article about this!  Not yet sure about the name, but [[economy]] will do :) [[Special:Contributions/212.143.159.96|212.143.159.96]] 20:03, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

== Frontpage is evolving ==
Good! Frontpage is going trough changes at the very begining of the 2009. :-) Should &quot;Basics&quot; and &quot;Places&quot; be more bigger and first in line, when reader starts from top-left -corner? I can try to visualize my idea when i have more time. Icons are great spice to bring some colours, maybe they should be bigger? -[[User:Mikael|Mikael]] 21:19, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

: Haha, I had exactly the same idea this morning :) You are welcome to tweak the site a bit. Oh, and if you are in IRC, you might want to drop by in #hitchhiking@freenode ;) --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 22:53, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

::Actually i came out with [[User:Mikael/Main_Page_09_a|these rather big changes]]. :-) Comments? I didn't test it with IE's yet (i'm working with OSX). Design is really close to the [http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Etusivu fi.wikipedia -frontpage]. -[[User:Mikael|Mikael]] 01:07, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
:::Yeah man, I love it :) I can test it in IE tomorrow. --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 15:20, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

: About compatibility: With Firefox 3.0.3 it looks great, with IE7 the fonts look weird, also the top ''Hitchwiki'' text is somehow cut below, so only 3/4 of the text is visible. All other boxes are okay, though. Will test with Safari Browser later. --[[User:Platschi|Platschi]] 16:56, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
:: Here it works perfect in Safari. In IE7, the right border of the boxes is missing. All content is visible, so only a minor issue. --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 17:00, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

::Hi! Great to see it in action. :-) I tested it in Safari 3.21 under OSX - works great. I also tweaked a inline CSS of the H1-element (&quot;Hitchwiki&quot;-title). Can somebody test it in IE6 and 7? I think clipping problem was commong line-height -bug in IE. I'll do some additional testing at office tomorrow. -[[User:Mikael|Mikael]] 20:13, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

::: Looks goog in Google Chrome except that left boxes are sqeezed a bit which creates 2,5 cm empty space under the Pictures of the Moment. --[[User:Sigurdas|Sigurdas]] 10:05, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

::The left column is too small on the 9&quot; screen of my Acer Aspire One.  I've tried playing a bit with the width but I didn't quickly manage to fix it. [[User:Guaka|guaka]] 10:51, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
::: I have the same 'problem'. Also I would find it cool to have pictures on the screen without scrolling and also have the links to different hitchhikers available... this makes the wiki more personal. --[[User:Alex|Alex]] 11:01, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

::: I added &quot;min-width&quot; -attribute to the left column. It's not working with IE5-6, but what the heck. ;-) Another thing would be taking 4th picture out from the gallery, so right column could shrink smaller with small resolutions. I wouldn't add list of hitchhikers visible by default, but how about show/hide -stylish box? Maybe under &quot;Also on Hitchwiki&quot;. -[[User:Mikael|Mikael]] 17:23, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

:::: 'I wouldn't add list of hitchhikers visible by default' - Why not? Because there are not all contributers? Not a big thing in my opinion, not everybody wants to be linked there and it could be named accordingly. I can't think of any other reasons... but I am curious to get to know some more views on this. My point is that it gives a more personal touch to the technical wiki, it is about real people (as somebody also stated in why he works for Hitchwiki). Arguments around this more personal touch of Hitchwiki are welcomed too. --[[User:Alex|Alex]] 04:23, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

::::: I think this wiki is quite personal already with or without hichhikres-list. My top reason was to prevent main page to grow too heavy with lot's of text/link mass, though i'd also like to see some quick way to browse active hitchwiki-users. -[[User:Mikael|Mikael]] 17:17, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

::::: I [[User:Mikael/Main_Page_09_a|tested]] to float gallery to the right, but it's not working with smaller (under 1200px width) resolutions. :-/ With 24&quot; It's looking great. :-D -[[User:Mikael|Mikael]] 17:35, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

::On Win ME (yes, ppl still seem to use it) with Firefox 2.0 and 1024x768 Screen the two boxes (Places/Basics) are pretty narrow. Changing min-width doesn't help. In IE6 the site looks horrible, but who is using IE6 anyway? Maybe we should add an &quot;Best seen with firefox&quot; whatever button the the Start Page?--[[User:Platschi|Platschi]] 14:59, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

:The '''News''' and '''Events''' boxes don't adapt themselves to the screenwidth, which is extremely annoying! [[User:Prino|Prino]] 00:28, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

: I did some editing for the CSS and tested it with IE 5.5-7 under Windows XP. These worked as well: safari 3 (win/mac), firefox 3 (win/mac), opera 9.6 (win/mac). With IE6 and under png-transparengy doesn't work (''needs JS-hack or background-color added to the images''), first box doesn't have top-margin and it's contents had too big line-height. These are not minor problems. I also took 4rd PotM-image away, so page should now scale better with small screens (like tiny 9&quot; computers). -[[User:Mikael|Mikael]] 17:17, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

:Maybe it would be better to show less news entries on the startpage? So the event box would be visible on the first sight on smaller screens. Upcoming events should catch more interest than 4 month old news, or? --[[User:Globetrotter tt|Globetrotter tt]] 08:15, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

:Just reduced the news-items to three, as the previous ones were outdated anyway. Better now on smaller screens :-) ? --[[User:Platschi|Platschi]] 11:25, 7 March 2009 (UTC)</text>
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[[Image:Kasper-hitch-nh.jpg|thumb|300px|[[User:guaka|guaka]]&lt;small&gt;&lt;sup&gt;[http://guaka.org site], [[user talk:guaka|wikitalk]]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/small&gt; hitching in [[New England]] taken by [[amylin]], September 2007]]
[[Image:Kasper playing guitar at beach.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Playing guitar at the beach in [[Nelson]], [[New Zealand]].]]
'''guaka''', or Kasper Souren, is one of the administrators of this wiki. He moved the wiki from &lt;tt&gt;hitchhikingguide.org&lt;/tt&gt; to Wikia, since over there it was being spammed all the time. And then, on November 24 2006, to hitchwiki.org, together with [[MrTweek]].

He was born in [[Nuth]], [[Netherlands]], but lived in [[Paris]], [[Mali]], hitchhiked through [[Europe]] and [[South America]] for a long time, and worked a bit in [[Lima]], [[Peru]]; then met the lovely '''[[amylin]]''' in [[Montreal]], and hitchhiked with her in [[Quebec]], the [[United States]], [[New Zealand]], [[Australia]], from [[Thailand]] to [[Hong Kong]] and in [[Europe]].  Lived in [[Trento]], [[Italy]] since July 2007, and as of January 2008 in [[Amsterdam]].  In October 2008 he hitched from [[Amsterdam]] to [[Jerusalem]] through [[Turkey]], [[Syria]] and [[Jordan]].

Guaka is or has been also active on many Wikipedias (he founded the [http://bm.wikipedia.org Bambara] and the [http://ff.wikipedia.org Fulfulde Wikipedia]) and on Wikitravel.  And he has worked on many online projects, but Hitchwiki.org is definitely his favorite, because of:
* the free license,
* the convivial atmosphere, 
* the ideal mix between ad-hoc and democratic decisions, 
* the steady stream of activity and constant growth (yearly doubling!),
* the different languages (since 2007)
* the clear objective and
* the inherent qualities of the project
See also ''[[Hitchwiki:Why_we_work_on_Hitchwiki#Guaka|why we work on Hitchwiki]]''.

His main home in cyberspace can be found at [http://guaka.org guaka.org].

==Hitchhiking experience==
''see also [[User:Guaka/log|my log]]''

* [[Europe]]: [[Netherlands]], [[Belgium]], [[France]], [[Spain]], [[Austria]], [[Germany]], [[Denmark]], [[Sweden]], [[Norway]], [[Finland]], [[Estonia]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], [[Poland]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Slovakia]], [[Croatia]], [[England]], [[Italy]], [[Switzerland]], [[Hungary]], [[Romania]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Turkey]]
* [[South America]]: [[Uruguay]], [[Argentina]], [[Chile]], [[Ecuador]]
* [[North America]]: [[Canada]] (only in [[Quebec]]), [[United States]], [[New York State]], [[Oregon]], [[California]]
* [[Asia]]: From [[Thailand]], [[Chiang Rai]] through [[Laos]] to [[China]], towards [[Hong Kong]], from [[Istanbul] to [[Jerusalem]], through [[Syria]] and [[Jordan]]
* [[Africa]]: [[Bamako]] ([[Mali]])
* [[Oceania]]: [[New Zealand]], [[Auckland]] to [[Wellington]] and around the South Island, [[Australia]], from [[Sydney]] to [[Melbourne]]

[[Image:Guaka my bithday2.jpg|thumb|300px|left|Hitching to [[Nelson]], [[New Zealand]] on my 30th birthday]]

==Random stuff==
Esteban: &quot;U have a wiki about how not to pay busses? I tought I was stingy dude, but obviously there's always someone in the world who can cleary exceed your capabilities&quot;.


===Stats===
On the 29th of July 2008 Erga and I had a ride from [[Sundsvall]], Sweden to [[Alta]] in the North of [[Norway]], with a detour through [[Solleftea]]: [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&amp;saddr=Sundsvall,+Sweden&amp;daddr=63.169235,17.259521+to:Alta,+Norge&amp;hl=nn&amp;geocode=3005655670323007979,63.146620,17.391390&amp;mra=dme&amp;mrcr=0&amp;mrsp=1&amp;sz=8&amp;via=1&amp;sll=63.283062,19.154663&amp;sspn=1.516485,5.822754&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=66.618122,21.75293&amp;spn=10.775532,46.582031&amp;z=5 google maps].

On the 14th of June 2007  [[amylin]] and I possibly had our longest ride ever, in Europe at least: [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&amp;hl=en&amp;saddr=piacenza&amp;daddr=cologne&amp;sll=45.255555,9.662476&amp;sspn=1.840641,5.141602&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=45.009477,9.84581&amp;spn=0.231075,0.6427&amp;z=11&amp;om=1 from Piacenza to Cologne], and the St. Gotthard tunnel was actually closed, so it was probably more than 1000 km :)

The shortest wait, well, that happened a lot, when your holding a sign when you get out of a car at a gas station on the highway and friendly people notice that.

My longest wait was in [[Argentina]] where I gave up after 18 hours.

[[Image:Hitchhikers with Chinese police man.jpg|thumb|300px|right|amylin and me with a friendly Chinese policeman]]

===[[Driving for your driver|Driving for my drivers]]===
* In 2005 or so, getting out of Paris, after being dropped at a really bad spot I started [[walking on the highway]] in the hot sun and after half an hour I was picked up by a guy moving from his stuff from [[Paris]] to somewhere south from [[Toulouse]].  He let me drive his car for 2 hours.
* In June 2008, hitching from Amsterdam to [[Avignon]], I managed to get to a busy gas station in [[Luxemburg]] at around 22:00 and found a ride straight to my destination.  The car's dashboard was not working, I wasn't convinced of the driver's driving style and after an hour or so, and asking about my driving license, he offered me the steering wheel.  I drove all the way to Avignon.
* In August 2008, hitching from [[Berlin]] to [[Trento]] an Italian at a gas station close to [[Munich]] was a bit tired.  He had dinner there and I showed him my driving license and I drove all the way to Trento through the pouring [[rain]].

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    <title>Hitchhiking</title>
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      <comment>from russian wikipedia...</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">'''Hitchhiking''' (also called ''lifting'' or ''thumbing'') is a form of transport, in which the traveller tries to get a lift (ride) from another traveller, usually a car or truck driver. This wiki contains a lot of information about hitchhiking: [[Where to hitchhike|where to start]], practical info on how to do it, pictures and much much more. If you've never hitchhiked before and you want to try it out you should check out the article hitchhiking for the [[first time]].

[[Image:Img l 1306483.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Hitchhiker in the UK]]
Contrary to popular opinion there are a lot of hitchhikers, all over the world, even in the [[United States]].  There are people like [[User:Irvthom|Irv Thomas]] whose hitchhike experiences span more than half a century.  Hitchhiking is a very common means of transport
in most less affluent countries (although often a form of payment is
expected).  Hitchhiking is probably as old as the wheel and will
probably exist as long as people need to move from one place to
another.

There has been surprisingly little scientific research on hitchhiking,
so it's really hard to say come up with any hard statements on the
rise or demise of hitchhiking. There are is a nice community of hitchhikers in
Europe, and it seems to be growing.  It's sort of going hand in hand
with the [[hospitality exchange]] movement.  Some try to link this
to the much larger (and economically highly influential) movement of
free software and free information (think GNU/Linux and Wikipedia),
and there is huge potential in this sense.  If we want it or
not, internet will be in people's pockets and most of our locations
are already easily tracked.  Link this to the potential [[trust]]
available in online social networks (friends of friends), the rising
prices of petrol and the lower need to be in one location and
hitchhiking could be just at the start of a global come-back.

People will participate because it's ecological, others because of the
economical aspects.  Numerous people pick up hitchhikers is means of getting a
bit of excitement in their life.  For some hitchhiking starts as a form
of extremely cheap transport and then it turns into a lifestyle
that allows to do amazing and useful things without being trapped
in an office 5 days a week.  Some people have
this idea that hitchhikers are stinky bums.  Of course, at (rare)
times hitchhikers can be on the road for more than 24 hours and feel the need for a
shower, but others are traveling equipped with laptops, mobile phones, a fresh shave and shower and GPS devices.

[[Anton Krotov]] identifies five types of autostop (how is hitchhiking mostly called in the eastern countries):

Autostop of the '''first generation''' (the most common) - the movement to the side of cars, trucks, buses and other ground than the rail vehicles.

'''Autostop second generation''' - the movement to the side rail trains. 

'''Autostop third generation''' - movement in associated ships, boats, ferries and other water vehicles. 

'''Autostop fourth generation''' - the movement to the side planes, helicopters and other aerial vehicles. 

'''Autostop fifth generation''' yet in the area of fantasy and involves the use of space transportation. 

Allocated to them so-called '''zero Autostop''' kind - the movement in the associated motorcycle, bike, carting carts, horse, rickshaw and other motor vehicles, or vehicles with low engine - a farcical character, as a foot of the first kind is no different.

Please check [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitchhiking Wikipedia's article for more encyclopedic information about hitchhiking].

[[Category:General info]]

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'''''For specific information on each state please have a look at the bottom of this page.'''''
[[Image:Kasper-hitch-nh.jpg|thumb|250px|[[User:guaka|guaka]]&lt;small&gt;&lt;sup&gt;[http://guaka.org/ site], [[user talk:guaka|wikitalk]]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/small&gt; hitching in New England, taken by [[amylin]], September 2007]]

'''The United States of America''' as a country is divided up into 50 states; for the convenience of the common hitchhiker these states are discussed in detail along with their capitals at the following pages (see below). The US is bordered by [[Canada]] to the North and [[Mexico]] to the South.

Hitching, like everything else in America, varies greatly depending on what type of area and what part of the country you are passing through. In general you can get rides fairly easily if you hitchhike the right way; in fact, often you can find more than just rides, such as offers for free meals, invitations to homes and parties, etc.

In most states you can't hitch from the interstates ([[motorway]]s) themselves, but you can always stand at [[on-ramp]]s (highway entries) like in [[Europe]]. In some areas (such as certain towns or municipal areas) hitching is illegal everywhere, however, it is still allowed de facto. The police in a region may interpret laws related to hitchhiking differently, at times forcing a hitchhiker to choose an alternate route by walking or using other means of transportation. In most cases, though, hitchhiking is legal or tolerated as long as you are not on the interstate itself, where it is rightly considered a safety issue. There are also many limited-access highways (i.e. with on-ramps and [[off-ramp]]s) that are not part of the interstate system; these typically prohibit hitchhiking as well (other than at the on-ramp).

It's generally easier to hitchhike on the West Coast. In [[Oregon]], it's not even prohibited by law to hitchhike right on interstates. 

Relatively quite a few people in the United States are profoundly religious. If you're not, try to deal with it in a positive way and accept the difference. More often you will be picked up by really cool people, and often dropped off exactly at the point of your destination, as hitchhiker [[User:Guaka|Guaka]]'s experience shows, for example.

== Long vs. short distance ==
If you're going for speed over a long distance (3+ hours), then the best bet is to stay on the interstates (designated by &quot;I-##) instead of local highways. Try to stick to on-ramps that have truck stops, [[rest area|rest stops]] or any other reason for drivers to stop there (restaurants, [[gas stations]], etc.) You can also look for rides at the truck stops themselves, but be discreet about it as some a staff or customers are rather unfriendly to hitchers and will rudely ask you to leave their territory or call the police on you.

If you are only going a few hundred kilometers, you can often make better time on state or local roads. There are many more places to wait at, and there is much more potential traffic. Most of the traffic on the Interstate system won't be able to notice you while on the on-ramp. Even if you are going long distances, if you aren't concerned about making good time then getting off the interstates can be a very rewarding experience. Local highways and smaller roads will grant you a better picture of what local life is like in that area, and typically offer a greater variety of drivers.

== Police ==
Often, particularly close to major cities, the [[police]] will ask you for photo ID, but as long as you have one with you (such as a passport) there shouldn't be a problem. Most of the time they will be friendly when you come up clean, sometimes even driving you to a better spot. 

In most states, such as [[New Jersey]] and [[New York State]], on the East Coast and [[Nevada]] and [[Arizona]] in the West, there are [[law]]s against hitchhiking that are possible to be circumnavigated. Most often, the laws state that the hitchhiker may not &quot;solicit a ride&quot; in any way, i.e. showing a sign or a thumb to traffic. The police could ticket you for ''loitering'' or ''vagrancy''. If the police passes and sees a hitchhiker walking or sitting by the side of the road without soliciting in any way, they may still stop to check IDs but technically they have no reason to pull you over. As a result, the best result is to not use a sign or your thumb whenever an oncoming car looks like a police cruiser. The laws are enforced because of &quot;traffic safety&quot; reasons mostly but in reality police rarely gives tickets to hitchhikers - they just check IDs for warrants whenever possible.

== Car License Plate ==
Every state issues its own specific car plates. For example, a car from Alabama will have a specific [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/License_plates_of_the_United_States Car license] tagged as such.  In some States, the license plate will also show the county of residence. This can be added information if you spot such car that might be going the same direction as your. It might also be helpful to write down the license plate number in case of foul play.

== Food ==
''' Drink: '''
It is often possible to retrieve used cups from the trash at fast food restaurants with &quot;free refill&quot; policies and refill them.


''' Eat: '''
The advent of urban sprawl, and the The United States' culture of throwing many useful things and food in the trash has the side-effect of creating many opportunities for dumpster diving in urban areas.  Port cities are especially good.  Note, however that dumpster diving is in a similar sort of gray area as hitchhiking, with local legality depending on the particular state's laws, and the prevalent attitudes of local law enforcement officers.

Grocery stores are prime targets for food ([[:trash:Trader Joe's|Trader Joe's]] is especially likely to have an unlocked dumpster, and has lots of organics). Grocery stores cannot sell packaged foods past their expiration date, and so throw them away in dumpsters behind the store.

Another great place to dive is food distribution centers.  As they supply restaurants, their food comes in bulk and they throw out their food sometimes days before the expiration date.  Google Maps can help you turn up locations.  ''Check Trashwiki for detailed information on [[:trash:United States of America|dumpster diving in the United States]].''

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    <title>Dallas</title>
    <id>1537</id>
    <revision>
      <id>31347</id>
      <timestamp>2009-03-01T01:21:07Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Sigurdas</username>
        <id>1658</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <text xml:space="preserve">'''Dallas''' [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;q=dallas&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;z=12&amp;ll=32.784965,-96.79985&amp;spn=0.136813,0.432243&amp;om=1&amp;iwloc=A] (and most of [[Texas]]) isn't the best place
to be hitchhiking. Unfortunately with the wide-spread
use of Air Conditioning, hugh masses of people (mostly
Vogons) have moved down here and are decidedly unfriendly.
This coupled with the fact that Texas doesn't have a
state personal-income tax, has drawn Vogons (and their
gas guzzlin' SUV's) in fleets of thousands.

&lt;!--However, should you be in the vicinity of North Dallas,
you might want to stop in at the Art Department of
Brookhaven College. Most of the froodz there are
super hoopy and sass the ways of artists; a few are
even conversant with the h2g2 (ask for Richard). Also,
the theatre, dance, and music depts are hoopy as well.
In addition, the foreign languages division offers 
courses in over 20 languages.

To get there follow these directions (or use MapQuest.com
or similar).

Running North/South pretty much thru the middle of
the vast sprawling megopollis that is Dallas-Fort Worth,
is a major highway &quot;35&quot;.  35 splits in two just north
in the city of Denton (well known for two major universities
UNT (University of North Texas) and TWU (Texas Women's 
University). As 35 proceeds south, 35W heads slightly 
to the south-west towards Fort Worth, and 35E heads
slightly south-EAST towards Dallas. Stay on 35W and
look for the signs. You will first pass thru Lake Dallas,
then Lewisville, and finally enter North Dallas. You are
looking for BELT LINE ROAD, which you will then take
back to the EAST (you have to dodge under the overpass
and make a left turn to head west, if you turn right
you'll see the end of civilisation as we know it).

Anyway, you will then proceed up a steep hill (you
are still on Belt Line right?) this is technically
speaking Carrolton (old town) -- a very hoopy arts
oriented city. As you top the hill you will (eventually)
cross Josey Lane, and then Webbs Chappel, and then Marsh
Lane.  When you get to Marsh lane, get in the right
lane and turn right (heading south). Technically you are
now in Addison -- another super hoopy arts-oriented
town; they have a super fab &quot;Watchtower Theatre&quot; as well
as &quot;The Taste of Addison&quot; -- Belt Line is known as the
main drag for restauratns and fine dine-ing. 

Heading south on Marsh Lane, You will come to a few 
stoplights, among which is Spring Valley Road keep
going straight on Marsh. You are technically now
in Carrollton (another arts-oriented city) as you
go up a slight hill, you will want to get into the
LEFT lane, and at the light (Valley View Lane) you
will want to turn LEFT. Heading past the police
station and water tower on your left, you come
to a light which you want to turn left on. (If you 
come to a fork in the road you have gone too far).

As you enter onto campus, stay in the left lane,
and then you come to a &quot;T&quot; intersection. Turning
left (you are now on &quot;Windmill Circle&quot; which 
encircles the entire campus).  Keep going West
on the road, it slowly curves around to the right
(plus a serpintine curve) observe the 20mph speed
limit. Finally on your right will be the &quot;F&quot;
building. If you see the &quot;J&quot; building, look to
the right of it, and you will see the &quot;F&quot; building.

Next you get to play: &quot;Try to find a parking space!&quot;
(it's all part of the fun of campus life).  Enter
the F-building and make your way to F-110 (the
printmaking room), there (almost any time of
day, almost any day of the week you will find
ARTISTS).  Ask for either Jim or Richard.

The art department's phone number is: 972.860.4730
and the address of the campus is 3939 Valley View
Lane, Carrollton (Dallas) TX, 75244.
--&gt;
&lt;!---- Filed by: Drongo the Magnificent (TheArtistT2001@yahoo.com) --&gt;

{{stub}}

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  <page>
    <title>Romania</title>
    <id>1538</id>
    <revision>
      <id>34234</id>
      <timestamp>2009-06-30T18:25:23Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Guaka</username>
        <id>2</id>
      </contributor>
      <comment>/* Ukraine */ hmm, it's not the danube</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">{{infobox Country
|country = Romania
|language = Romanian
|capital = [[Bucureşti]]
|pop = 22,276,056
|currency = Leu (RON)
|hitch = {{very good}}
}}
[[Image:ro-map.gif|thumb|right|300px|Map of Romania]]
'''Romania''' is one of the newest members of the [[European Union]], located in South-East Central Europe. It shares a border with Hungary and Serbia to the west, Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova to the northeast, and Bulgaria to the south.

In Romania payment for the ride is often expected, although foreigners often aren't asked for anything. People expect to be payed for giving a ride, but if you tell them in advance that you are unable to pay, 1 out of 2 will take you anyway. It is still cheaper than trains and buses though. The local currency is the Leu (pl. Lei). When hitchhiking, it's best to hold a sign with the name of the place you want to go. The most common method is using the 2-letter county code for the place you want to go.

Getting a ride can sometimes be difficult, as some of the cars that pass seem tiny, ancient and packed with more people than there are seats. This is probably due to the low rate of car ownership in some areas, and the fact that hitching is still a common way for locals to travel, particularly in the country.

Romania has a long established hitchhiking tradition from the communist era. Back then, few people had cars, and there was a constant fuel shortage, so sharing a ride was the best way to get from A to B.

It's recommended to try hitchhiking right on the highway. For people from west Europe it might feel strange but it's most defintetly the fastest way to get a lift.

== Language ==
Romanian is one of the few non-Slavic East-European languages. It uses the Latin script and is related with French, Italian, Spanish etc. Speakers of one of these languages will find it easier to pronounce and understand Romanian.

* [[Romanian phrasebook]]

== Regions ==
* [[Transylvania]]
* [[Wallachia]]
* [[Moldavia]]
* [[Dobrogea]]

== Cities ==
{{Cities Romania}}

== Roads ==
The roads are very outdated. There are only 3 motorways in all of Romania:
* The [[A1 (Romania)|A1]] going 127&amp;nbsp;km from [[Bucureşti]] to [[Piteşti]] – the only fully operational motorway in Romania
* The [[A2 (Romania)|A2]] or ''Sun's motorway'', going 204&amp;nbsp;km from [[Bucureşti]] to [[Constanţa]] – only 75&amp;nbsp;% completed
* The [[A3 (Romania)|A3]] or ''Transylvania motorway'', going 588&amp;nbsp;km from [[Bucureşti]] to the border with [[Hungary]] – under construction, due 2013
Most of the other roads are in poor condition, the European routes being the best. Even so, hitching a ride is quite easy, especially on the major European roads that get a lot of traffic.

== Number plates ==
[[Image:Map_romania_regions_and_districts.jpg|thumb|right|float|Political map of Romania: historical regions and counties]]
The most used type of license plate uses a ''cc-99-xyz'' format, where ''cc'' is the 2-letter county code, ''99'' a random 2-digit number, and ''xyz'' 3 random letters.&lt;br /&gt;
It's quite possible to see [[Bucharest]] registered plates ('''B'''''-99-xyz'') all over the country, as all the leasing companies are based in Bucharest, and people are obliged to use Bucharest plates while their cars are in leasing.

=== County license plate codes ===
{|
| County || Code || Residence || County || Code || Residence || County || Code || Residence || County || Code || Residence
|-
| Alba || AB || [[Alba Iulia]] || Buzău || BZ || [[Buzău]] || Gorj || GJ || [[Târgu Jiu]] || Prahova || PH || [[Ploieşti]]
|-
| Arad || AR || [[Arad]] || Caraş-Severin || CS || [[Resiţa]] || Harghita || HR || [[Miercurea Ciuc]] || Satu-Mare || SM || [[Satu-Mare]]
|-
| Argeş || AG || [[Piteşti]] || [[Cluj]] || CJ || [[Cluj-Napoca]] || Hunedoara || HD || [[Deva]] || Sălaj || SJ || [[Zalău]]
|-
| Bacău || BC || [[Bacău]] || Călăraşi || CL || [[Călăraşi]] || Ialomiţa || IL || [[Slobozia]] || Sibiu || SB || [[Sibiu]]
|-
| Bihor || BH || [[Oradea]] || Constanţa || CT || [[Constanţa]] || Ilfov || IF || [[Bucureşti]] || Teleorman || TR || [[Alexandria]]
|-
| Bistriţa-Năsăud || BN || [[Bistriţa]] || Covasna || CV || [[Sfântu Gheorghe]] || Maramureş || MM || [[Baia Mare]] || Timiş || TM || [[Timişoara]]
|-
| Botoşani || BT || [[Botoşani]] || Dâmboviţa || DB || [[Târgovişte]] || Mehedinţi || MH || [[Drobeta Turnu-Severin]] || Tulcea || TL || [[Tulcea]]
|-
| Braşov || BV || [[Braşov]] || Dolj || DJ || [[Craiova]] || Mureş || MS || [[Târgu Mureş]] || Vâlcea || VL || [[Râmnicu Vâlcea]]
|-
| Brăila || BR || [[Brăila]] || Galaţi || GL || [[Galaţi]] || Neamţ || NT || [[Piatra Neamţ]] || Vaslui || VS || [[Vaslui]]
|-
| [[Bucureşti]] || B || – || Giurgiu || GR || [[Giurgiu]] || Olt || OT || [[Slatina]] || Vrancea || VN || [[Focşani]]
|}

==Border crossings==

===[[Ukraine]]===
There is no way to cross South from [[Moldova]] into the [[Ukraine]] apart from trying to get on a boat over the very wide river.  With that your only chance is private boats and in 2005 one guy tried to charge [[User:Guaka|guaka]] some ridiculous amount of money for getting across.

===[[Moldova]]===
...


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{{IsIn|Eastern Europe}}

[[Category:Romania| ]]

[[de:Rumänien]]
[[es:Rumania]]

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    <title>Hitchhiking websites</title>
    <id>1539</id>
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      <id>15260</id>
      <timestamp>2007-10-31T19:29:54Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Platschi</username>
        <id>112</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <comment>Redirecting to [[Multimedia]]</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">#redirect [[Multimedia]]</text>
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  <page>
    <title>Hitchwiki:Sandbox</title>
    <id>1540</id>
    <revision>
      <id>31105</id>
      <timestamp>2009-02-17T09:49:10Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Alex</username>
        <id>89</id>
      </contributor>
      <text xml:space="preserve">{{DISPLAYTITLE:Lugash}}

{{Infobox Country Sandbox
|country=Blubb
}}


[[User:Guaka|Guaka]]&lt;sup&gt;[[User talk:Guaka|talk]], [http://guaka.org site]&lt;/sup&gt; 15:32, 29 September 2008 (CEST)

Here you can practice [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/wiki wiki] ''syntax''.

Try addings links, like [[Germany]], [[Warsaw]], or playing with lists:
* [[Moscow]]
* [[Kiev]]
* [[New York]]
* [[Paris]]

==RandomImage==
&lt;randomimage /&gt;


[[digi:wiki/|digihitch wiki?]]

==RSS feeds==
&lt;rss&gt;http://hitchwiki.org/forum/?q=rss.xml|template=Template:sandbox/Hitchwiki Forum RSS&lt;/rss&gt;


----

{{user}}

captcha test
www.hans.de
&lt;a href='http://www.blubb.de/'&gt;asfd&lt;/a&gt;

Just testing [[User:TeamMG|TeamMG]] 11:54, 19 October 2007 (CEST)
* [[nice]]

==IPv6==
...seems to work now

&lt;table border='1'&gt;
  &lt;tr&gt;
   &lt;td valign='top'&gt;{{Phrasebook/French}}&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;td valign='top'&gt;{{Phrasebook/German}}&lt;/td&gt;
  &lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
That way, we can combine any languages to generate phrasebooks. However it's very important to keep all phrasebook synchronous.

== OpenStreetMap ==

&lt;osm lat='49' lng='8.41' zoom='12' width='400' height='300' layer='mapnik' /&gt;

{{Sandbox|param=lalala}}
: Does anyone know how to include a template when there are values added only? I would need this for a template in a template...

== Travelmap ==

&lt;travelmap countries='de,fr,es,au,jp,ru' width='500px' /&gt;


== Live from the road ==
&lt;rss&gt;http://yoshi.mega2000.de/~philipp/smsblog/rss.php|template=RSS&lt;/rss&gt;


== Mittrampzentrale ==
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  <page>
    <title>Future of hitchhiking</title>
    <id>1541</id>
    <revision>
      <id>32240</id>
      <timestamp>2009-04-14T10:56:49Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Alex</username>
        <id>89</id>
      </contributor>
      <comment>/* Recent developments */</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">==Ride share evolution==

On-demand [[car-pooling]] is expected to arise as a result of the location reporting capabilities that are to be incorporated in all new mobile phones by the end of 2005 according to the requirements for [[E911]] services in the [[United States]].  Once users can expose their location to 3rd parties that coordinate ride-sharing, the main restrictions on car-pooling – same time, same place pick-ups and drop-offs – may be removed.  This will facilitate sharing of vehicles not only on commutes but also for trips of all kinds.
 
Drivers will be especially encouraged to participate in these programs by:
# cost sharing with electronic credits that are processed automatically by the ridesharing systems, 
# the continued existence or expansion of High Occupancy Vehicle lanes, 
# desire to socialize.  
Abuses will be strongly discouraged by participant feedback and the identification and location reporting that is intrinsic to the system.  Proof of insurance may be required by ridesharing agreements or provided as a rider benefit.

As with other form of social networking, riders and drivers will be matched according to personal criteria.  While users may restrict matching criteria in order to exclude non-neighbors or according to other chosen factors, they may also broaden their matches in order to meet a more representative sample of the population.  The resulting interactions could significantly increase the degree of social connectedness.  

If the participant pools are not overly fragmented by an uncoordinated commercialization – a significant risk that ought to be eliminated by creation of open standards for matching subscribers to different services – riders in good standing should be able to travel wherever mobile phone service is available with much quicker pick-ups, faster connections and almost no stops as compared with mass transit, and at substantially lower cost than operating their own vehicles.  Drivers who participate regularly and exhibit good driving skills should be able to offset a substantial fraction of their expenses.  The result should be a marked and permanent increase in average vehicle occupancy.

==Recent developments==
Avego is an application that runs on iPhones and other mobile devices, and matches drivers and passengers who are going the same way. &quot;Avego Stops&quot;, the best places to pick up and drop off riders. It also wants to connect it with a social networking website. Launched in September 2008 [http://avego.com/ui/index.action Avego]

Carticipate on the iPhone is the first ride sharing application on a location aware mobile platform and is available as a free download on Apple's App Store on iTunes.
http://www.carticipate.com/


See also [[Hospitality exchange networks]].
*      craigslist.com

&lt;!-- To research and develop this article further, please see the links on the &quot;discussion&quot; tab. --&gt;

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  <page>
    <title>Future of Hitchhiking</title>
    <id>1542</id>
    <revision>
      <id>1589</id>
      <timestamp>2005-12-19T21:19:04Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <ip>Guaka</ip>
      </contributor>
      <comment>Future of Hitchhiking moved to Future of hitchhiking</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">#REDIRECT [[Future of hitchhiking]]</text>
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  <page>
    <title>Safety</title>
    <id>1543</id>
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      <id>1591</id>
      <timestamp>2005-12-19T21:19:30Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <ip>Guaka</ip>
      </contributor>
      <comment>Safety moved to Hitchhiker's safety</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">#REDIRECT [[Hitchhiker's safety]]</text>
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  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Canada</title>
    <id>1544</id>
    <revision>
      <id>33722</id>
      <timestamp>2009-05-28T14:28:17Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <ip>89.156.213.38</ip>
      </contributor>
      <text xml:space="preserve">{{Infobox Country
|country = Canada
|language = English, French
|capital = [[Ottawa]]
|pop = 31,612,897
|currency = Canadian Dollar
|hitch = {{good}} to {{very good}}
|neighbour = ([[Greenland]]), [[Saint Pierre and Miquelon]] (''incorporated''), [[United States of America]]
}}
'''For specific information about provinces and territories, have a look at the bottom of the page.'''

'''Canada''' is the northernmost country of [[North America]] and is composed of ten provinces and three territories. English and French are the two official languages of the country, English being spoken by 2/3 of the population is the majority language in most provinces while French is the main official language in the province of Quebec but widely spoken in New Brunswick and some areas of Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and Manitoba. Inuktitut is the main language in Nunavut and has official status there but English is widely spoken. So for the convenience of the common hitchhiker these provinces and territories are discussed in detail along with their capitals in the following pages.

Canada is a wide country where many visitors do not really realise its scale prior to their arrival and neither realise the various extreme temperature that can suddenly happen and hit at different season. Certain nothern rural regions in each provinces are inhabited by a scarce or even absent permanent population. It might not always be bright to adventure yourself into some wild or less inhabited part of the country without the proper equipement nor having registered yourself to some local authorities prior to do such journey. As a simple reminder, the density of population is about 3,2 habitants/km² and about 75 % of that population lives in the south by the border with the USA. It is common and normal in some part of the country to drive few hundreds km without any living soul in the area. Noneless to say, even if the country bear some similitude with its southern and only neighbour, the [[United States]], the cultural and life approach of the population is quite unique.

For a journey over the country, the [[Transcanadian Highway]] is the main road crossing the country coast to coast. The highway system is specific to every provinces and usually quite comprehensive.

=== Local Attitude ===
The vast majority of the population lives in harmony within their vast country.   The size of the country allowed people to live using their own belief, languages or religion without necessarily being bothered by anybody else, in a 'Live and let live' motto.  Therefore, hate crimes are absent and major ''difference'' clash even rarer but may exist or be apparent (commented) during some particular intern political tumult situation usually. It still remains rare.  It might be useful for a traveller to be aware of the current events to avoid getting into a political discussion which may offend more than anything else.  Sometimes, during such potential situation and with some people, it might not always be helpful to be White in some First Nation reserves, sounding French in some parts of the country or English in others. As many people might think you are from the other part of the country when approaching them and be less keen to help.  &lt;!-- this section needs a rewrite --&gt;

The rural population should be entirely keen to help if the traveller is making the first steps into breaking the 'stranger in the locality' image, as the split between urban and rural citizen is also existent. The rural community feeling is usually pretty strong and people will believe you belong there and act more altruistic. However, some rural regions have strong influence from urban resident which has the tendency to bring a more individualistic mentality.

=== Car Number Plate ===
Just like its southern neighbour, the [[United States of America|United States]], every provinces are issuing their own specific car plates. For example, a car from Manitoba will have a specific [[wikipedia:License plates of Canada|Car licenses]] tagged as such.

== Telecommunication ==
The best and cheapest way is to contact people in the area you are is to find the nearest phone booth, there are usually plenty within in a city and even the in country side, usually you will find one by every petrol station, shops or restaurant. Unlike many countries, they are usually in good condition and reliable so always make sure to have a pre-paid phone-card or a few 'quarters' available. Local calls now costs two 'quarters' (50 cents) although for some stupid historical divisions and economical reasons, in some areas some phone booths will belong to another company and what seems to be a local call will in fact be a 'long distance call' and will request an higher amount. It's often simplest to call using pre-paid calling cards.  You can make calls from public phones without using coins when you dail the card's toll-free &quot;1-800&quot; number, and, for many of these cards, there is no extra fee for making the call from a public phone.  Credit is deducted from the card at the same rate as with calls from land-lines.  Most cards will cost somewhere between 2 and 10 cents per minute for calls to anywhere in Canada. The same, or similar, rates will often apply to calls to the States and parts of Europe as well.

If the person you are trying to contact is expecting a call from you, and you don't have a pre-paid phone card, you can also try to call them 'collect'. It usually cost less than the amount requested by the booth and it is normal practice (does not apply for mobile phone!) to receive and accept collect call. To do a collect call, simply dial '0' and follow the instructions of the operator.

Mobile phone are not widely spread within the country and the networks are expensive, unreliable, primitive and only cover certain urban areas. A mobile phone user usually pay to make call and to receive call, he will also usually have no signal when he reaches the nearest mountains or hills.

Internet cafés are rare and will only be existing in main urban and touristic centre. They are usually not used by locals, so it is possible that nobody knows if there is one in the surrounding. In rural areas, Internet might not even exists or be limited to dial-up only. In most Canadian cities and towns of significant size, there are public libraries which offer free internet access to the general public - regardless of where you are from.  This is generally the best bet for travelers without their own computer or access to a friend's. If there are several people waiting to use them though, you may have to wait a while for one to be available.  You'll usually be given a time block of anywhere from 15 minutes to one hour.  Many college and university libraries also provide free internet access to the public.  Ask the circulation desk staff for a ''guest account''; but you may need a driver's license or other government-issued photo ID.  College and university guest accounts will let you use the Internet as much as you like, but only for the current day.

== [[Winter]] hitchhiking ==
'''Be careful!'''

With temperature often dropping beneath −30 Celsius, you should not stand outside more than 15 minutes, wear the appropriate gear and make sure that you are never being stuck anywhere.

The majority of the roads will be slippery, icy or narrowed by the snowbank. So it will often be impossible for cars to stop by and pull over safely and they won't do it if they can't as the risk of causing an accident might be too high and the driver would have to bear entire responsibility of it towards his insurance.

On another hand, every citizen should be bound by law to provide help and safety to every citizen in needs by the hazard of temperature and nature. The reaction towards that will often differ, going from immediate support to a 'where have you left your brain... being out by this weather'. It is true that it will be perceived as quite stupid and irresponsible to have dared outside without all the effective preparation by such weather, locals way prefer to enjoy the cosiness of their home by such extreme temperature.

Although and for that reason, no shops, restaurants or gas stations would be allowed to kick you out of their property. Either no car should be allowed to ignore you if the needs is there. This would usually be the case in rural areas while people in urban areas might simply think, someone else can do it. If you feel your life threatened by the hazard of nature, you are allowed to do anything possible to get help by the surrounding. Which would include entering a house, 'stopping' a car or denouncing to the authorities any refusal for help. This does not mean ''abuse'' and, is to be use logically and tactfully. Bear in mind that if you attempt such behaviour, an investigation might be done afterwhile to verify if you didn't put yourself at risk at your own will and full knowledge of the consequences! Which situation you are, by law, not allowed to find yourself into!

== Border Crossing ==
Canada has only one neighbour, the [[United States]], and even if this border is known as the longest unprotected border in the world, entering the country as a backpacker, hiker or hitchhiker might be a hard, especially since 2001. The border control is quite tight, especially since the unproven allegation that some terrorists came from Canada. Questions might be asked about the relations between passengers in a car.

Because of these strong security measures, a hitchhiker probably will have to cross the border by foot and start again once the control is done. You might also discuss with your driver beforehand in the matter to get to know each other and to ensure that everything will be alright with the crossing and that s/he is fine with the hassle (or fine waiting for you if you are being interrogated).  The vast majority of the drivers will be frisky at helping a stranger to cross from Canada to the States in their car. The best way to be at a border control is too remain calm, be confident, do not lie and simply answer the questions as asked without being witty or vague. Just remember that you do not have to tell that you are bumming around and bring some suspicious travelling plan (yes, hiking and hitching around in a ''blown by the wind way'' is a suspicious thing! Especially for the the average citizen!). So just be reliable, show enthusiasm and that your adventure is part of a life plan holiday... not a way to escape reality.

It is custom to be asked to prove that you have the means to sustain your holiday (money) and that your holiday is part of a plan (a return ticket). Also bear in mind that most Canadian and American land crossing control are separated from each other by a no man's land short distance between the two borders in which you will only be controlled by the welcoming country. So if you get denied entrance by one, you will have further enquiry to enter back into the country you came from.

===== While Crossing the Border =====
Don't panic! Just because a border guard treats you like a scumbag doesn't mean you are one. Armed with this attitude try and maintain your dignity and self-confidence throughout the encounter and the guard will more likely respect you (even if he or she doesn't show it). Trust me, things will go more smoothly. If you're passing the border inside a car, don't advertise the fact that you are a hitchhiker. But if it becomes obvious, don't try and deny it, either. Remember, there's no shame in hitching.

=== Passports for U.S. and Canadian citizens ===
From Summer 2009 on, U.S. and Canadian citizens are required to show a passport to cross the border.

Also, if you are a U.S. citizen going into Canada or a Canadian going into the U.S., a guard can deny you entry for a number of reasons (usually because of a criminal record or you don't look like you have enough money for lunch at a fast-food restaurant).

''Every border crossing point will usually be discussed in greater details in the appropriate province page.''


{{Provinces Canada}}


[[Category:Canada| ]]
{{IsIn|North America}}
__NOTOC__

[[es:Canadá]]
[[fr:Canada]]

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    <title>Norway</title>
    <id>1545</id>
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      <timestamp>2009-06-17T07:28:19Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <ip>87.6.193.9</ip>
      </contributor>
      <text xml:space="preserve">{{Infobox Country
|country = of Norway
|currency = Norwegian Krone (NOK)
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'''Norway''' is a good country to hitch in, of course depending on location! It is a member state of the [[Schengen Agreement]], but is not part of the [[European Union]]. Its neighbouring countries are [[Sweden]], [[Finland]] and [[Russia]].

Even though ''haike'' is not too common in Norway, Norwegians are very likely to pick you up and can be very friendly and helpful. People have a tendency to always be in a rush on weekdays. The main thing to be aware of is the rapidly shifting weather, so be prepared for anything, as they say in '''Norway''': ''There is nothing called bad weather, only bad clothing''. Most people speak [[England|English]] well enough for reasonable communication. One thing that makes hitching easy in '''Norway''' is that almost all of the population lives near the [[E6]] road, which extends from [[Italy]] to almost all the way north, so it's pretty hard to get lost, as long as you are headed the right way. Hithing is ''much'' easier in the beautiful north (at least in the summer), where many locals hitch regularly to commute. Be aware that traffic may be very light at times.

It is illegal to hitch on the expressway in '''Norway''', but not illegal from [[rest stop]]s or at [[on-ramp]]s. It is legal to camp out almost anywhere if it is a good distance from a private house, but not permanently. 

=== Cities === 
[[Image:2002 hitch hiking in Norway.jpg|thumb|280px|right|[[User:Sigurdas|Sigurdas]] hitch-hiking somewhere in the middle of Norway. January 2002.]]
* [[Skien]]
* [[Horten]]
* [[Narvik]]
* [[Oslo]]
* [[Tromsø]]
* [[Trondheim]]

=== Regions of Norway ===
* [[Lofoten]]
* [[Nordkapp]]

== Language ==
* north - nord
* south - sør
* West - vest
* East - øst

Vowels: Vowels are pronounced very differently in Norwegian as opposed to English
* A pronounsed &quot;ah&quot; as in bar
* E pronounsed &quot;eh&quot; as in heck
* I pronounsed &quot;e&quot; as in here or &quot;i&quot; as in hill
* O pronounsed &quot;w&quot; as in willy and in other times, &quot;o&quot; as in hockey
* U pronounsed &quot;oo&quot; as in poop
* Y pronounsed &quot;y&quot; as in young
* Æ pronounsed &quot;a&quot; as in hack
* Ø pronounsed &quot;uh&quot; as in hull
* Å pronounsed &quot;o&quot; as in hockey

Aditionally, the consonant J and the combination GJ is pronounsed the same way you would pronounce Y (young). For instance, &quot;jobb&quot; (work) would be pronounced &quot;yobb&quot;.

== User Experiences ==
: ''[[User:ReZz|ReZz]] is a dude, and he has  found that [[Trondheim]] one of the worst places to hitch from.  Still, he has done it, even in the winter, all the way to [[Oslo]] in the South and [[Hammerfest]]/[[North Cape]] in the extreme North.  Sadly, I must say that one steadfast rule of hitchhiking has to be amended.  Although I am a polyglot and love language, I must say that if you are not white, speak English to people. Norwegians are extremely wary of foreigners and any nonwhite who speaks English is assumed to be a refugee. Still, a lot of white women tell me that truckers are very friendly and that the hitching is great if you go out to the shipping areas around Dyre Halsels Gate and north of Stradveien. This has not worked for me. They love foreign tourists, though, as long as you keep telling them that you love Norway.''

: ''[[User:abstorz|abstorz]] is a dude, and hitched from Trondheim to Oslo and back in March/April. Both trips took one day. From Oslo he was able to hitch a ride onto the motorway behind the tunnel in the area of Etterstad, from Trondheim he took the bus to Heimdal and walked another couple of miles to a bus stop. Once on the motorway everything went fine. He took the route over Oppdal/Dombås. Check [[Liftershalte]] for exact locations, or find better ones!


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[[Image:Amylin hitching northern ca.jpg|thumb|300px|right|[[amylin]] hitching in Northern California]]
'''California''' is a state in the [[United States of America]]. Hitchhiking here is easier than in a lot of other states of the US. You usually won't be harassed by cops. The Central Valley is a concentrated version of the dixie-area &quot;Bible-Belt&quot;, so getting around from Bakersfield to, say, Sacramento (and anywhere in between) is a real pain. The major urban centers are notoriously difficult to hitch out of too. It's usually better to take public transportation as reasonably far as possible, and then hitch from there. The Sierra Nevada (especially highway [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_395 395]) and the Coast are a breeze for hitchhiking.

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'''North Coast'''  [[Arcata]] | [[Eureka (California)|Eureka]] | [[Mendocino]]
'''Central California'''  ''Valley'' | [[Redding]] | [[Chico]] | [[Sacramento]] | [[Stockton]] | [[Modesto]] |  [[Merced]] | [[Fresno]] | [[Visalia]] | [[Bakersfield]] | ''Coast'' | [[Bay Area]] | [[San Francisco]] | [[Oakland]] | [[San Jose]] | [[Santa Cruz]] | [[Monterrey]]
'''Southern California'''  [[Los Angeles]] | [[San Diego]] | [[Barstow]]
'''Sierra Nevada'''  [[Mammoth]] | [[Yosemite]] |  [[Bishop]] | [[Tahoe]]
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== Major Highways ==
I-5 and CA-99 both run up and down the middle of California in the Central Valley, from Los Angeles up through Sacramento, Redding, and into [[Oregon]]. I-5 is a long-distance freeway; stick to truck stops. CA-99 is a more urban route, connecting towns and cities.

Route 1 goes up and down the Coast, with beautiful scenery, but not the easiest to hitch on for the most part. US-101 from San Francisco up through Marin (San Raphael), Sonoma (Santa Rosa), Mendocino (Mendocino) and Humboldt (Arcata, Eureka) Counties is arguably the easiest hitching in the US. Sonoma-north is all Redwoods, and it's beautiful...that is to say, if you have any time to spare at all, do take the 1!

== Recommended places ==
[[Image:Justinhitching.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Justin hitchhiking to Arcata]]
The following places are recommended: Big Sur (I-1 &amp; I-101), Jade Beach, Crescent City has a beautiful shore/beach. Yosemite (Highway 120), Sequia National Park, and the redwoods are a must. The Haight-Ashbury (or just &quot;the Haight&quot;) district in [[San Francisco]] the famous epicenter of much of the 1960s' drug and music culture is long gone and beat like a drum, but you might meet a few interesting people there. [[Arcata]] is mad cool as well.

== Various ==
Vallejo seems pretty ghetto, though the rest stop in [[Vallejo]] is really good. It's full of Urban Sprawl.

[[Humboldt]] county is real good. They have a Hoopa Indian Reservation up there that is pretty good. They'll stop if you're walking on the side because they think you're one of them, and then once they stop they feel bad and give you a ride anyway. Lord Ellis peak took me about half an hour to get a ride to Redding.

Route 101, North from [[San Francisco]] and Route 1 South from the bay, towards [[Santa Cruz]], are great roads to hitch, arguably the easiest hitchhiking in the United States. Incredibly beautiful scenery too. 

Also, if you are heading down (or up) the coast, try and get to [[Mendocino]]. It's the county in Cali that produces the most marijuana, and there is this awesome communal farm there. Half the rides you get will even offer you a toke or two! Golden Gate Transit will get you up to Santa Rosa from the Bay Area, which is halfway there.

Highway 20, in between Yuba City (off Hwy 99) and Williams (off I-5) in Northern California is very, very bad for hitch hiking. Took 6 hours to catch a ride!

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'''Colorado''' is a state of the [[United States]].

==Colorado's Front Range==
[[Denver]] sucks and while it can be difficult there are ways out. West of Denver treated me pretty good though.

Other Major Cities on the Front Range include:
[[Colorado Springs]],
[[Boulder]],
and [[Fort Collins]]

==Western Colorado==

Very easy: US. 50 from Salida to Grand Junction (gets a little harder once you hit the [[Utah]]    border, carry water)

Very easy: Rt. 135 from Gunnison to Crested Butte

Easy to Moderate: along 24 and 285 north of Salida 

Difficult: 92 and 133 between Carbondale and Delta (Low Traffic)

Easy: 550 Montrose to Durango

Very easy: US HGWY 6 over Loveland Pass for back-country skiers (Only in the winter, and only to the top of the mountain). Make sure to find a large pull-off area on a straight stretch of road.

'''Note''': When hitchiking in Western Colorado dont get dropped off around Bunea Vista or Canon City, Prisions are located here and you are likely to be stranded for long periods.


== Cities ==
* [[Denver]]
* [[Colorado Springs]]
* [[Fort Collins]]


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'''Slovakia''' is a member state of the [[European Union]] as well as the [[Schengen Agreement]]. Hitchhiking here seems not to be so easy. People rarely tend to stop, when you are standing at the road with a sign. So it is best to ask directly at gas stations. Some, but not many, speak English or German. Russian is more widely understood, but not necessarily liked.

Young people can speak English and it's not so bad with English in bigger towns. Of course in villages it can become difficult to understand each other. Hitchhiking in Slovak means autostop.

You can find a lot of [http://stopar.sk/ offers for hitchhikers] at [http://www.stopar.sk/index.php?newlang=english stopar.sk] (available in English).

== Cities ==
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* [[Bratislava]], the capital
* [[Banská Bystrica]]
* [[Kosice]]


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'''Texas''' is a state of the [[United States of America]]. Unfortunately. naw, naw. I'm joshin' yaw.
[[Austin (Texas)|Austin]] is the capital of Texas.

Waits can be long in rural areas, and in some parts of the state (such as West Texas), the distance between towns and the high speed limit can mean very long waits. However, in more populous rural areas, short hop rides are fairly available, and lifts from old ladies and volunteer fire chiefs are not uncommon. 

Listen Well Hitchers: Stay away from the border! Once you get down there, it's quite a nasty deliverance to climb back up far enough for folks to trust you. Let's say keep a ~50-100 mile buffer if you can. As if immigration paranoia weren't enough of a problem, for all people know you might be transporting drugs and unwanted intelligences. There are often border check-points some dozen miles up from the actual crossings that bother folks' consciences who often consider hitchhiking a sort of moral transgression (against capitalism, must be. sheesh. damn straight.).

A note: You can disguise your true colours without falling into blatant complicity with the rampant racism of Texas drivers. Nonetheless, it may be wise, as always, to test the conversational waters gingerly here. There are, of course, raging exceptions.

In [[El Paso (Texas)|El Paso]] municipality hitching is prohibited.(heh heh, whups)

==Experiences=
''El Paso -&gt; L.A. in a 53' beautiful RV with a phenomenal guy who left alseep in his vehicle with the keys in the ignition overnight in San Diego, after crossing the whole of Texas with unlicensed drivers (who tend, in my experience, to be either excellent or terrible drivers) and a near-three day wait in Laredo. What an awful place.''-k

===Cities===
* [[Austin (Texas)|Austin]]
* [[Dallas]]
* [[El Paso (Texas)|El Paso]]
* [[Houston (Texas)|Houston]]
* [[San Antonio (Texas)|San Antonio]]


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Generally, hitchhiking is quite okay in '''Ukraine''', one of the biggest countries in [[Europe]].

The biggest problem you could meet is that the majority of the people don't speak English or other foreign language. Though, if your Ukrainian is good enough, and you feel like it: just go for it! Most of people speak Russian too. Besides, if you speak any of Slavic languages, the connection will be much easier, they are quite similar. Especially Ukrainians understand Polish – it is the closest of Slavic languages excepting Belorussian and Russian.
Generally Ukrainians are hospitable and open persons when you have no language barrier. They like to help foreigners besides.

== General tips ==
When hitchhiking in Ukraine do not be surprised if you are occasionally asked for money from drivers. It is not often, however, but it occurs. Of course you can always tell the drivers that you don't have money and that you are hitchhiking. It could be easier for you to put some phrases to your conversations in a car which could let drivers know that you are hitchhiker. 
Truck-drivers always recognize hitchhikers – in that case Ukraine is not an exception. 

The state of the roads are pretty dire in general, and the biggest problem is that the distances involved are usually pretty big (for example [[Lviv]] to [[Kyiv]] is around 550 km). It is allowed to hitchhike everywhere on the roadside, you just need to find the most lucky place. 

== Weather ==
In winter Ukraine can get very cold, for example in January 2006, it hit −35 °C, which makes hitchhiking very dangerous. The cost of train travel is very cheap – usually around one Euro for every 100 km (for overnight sleeping carriages), so bear that in mind when going from city to city.
It might be hot in summer (up to +35°C), so don't forget to take a hat with you to protect yourself from lots of sunbathing. 

== Food ==
Of course you can get stuck easily on the highway next to a turn-off from the main road because of nightfall. But there is also nice night-traffic of trucks caused by warm weather from May to September. Usually, there are some gas stations near to such places and there some favorite and famous places for stops known by drivers – something like unofficial rest-stations (there are no official but a lot of unofficial ones). You can easily find something to eat and to drink there and at almost all gas-stations there are night-shops. You can eat in some road-restaurants, they may be not expensive for foreigners from countries like the EU states – you can probably have some nice dinner there for $7-10 (2008).

== Crimes ==
Crimes related to hitch-hiking are not common in Ukraine. But a hitchhiker should avoid cars with drunken drivers or passengers. When you are a single girl it's better to find truck or a car with family for your safety. Avoid night-rides with “funny” drivers.
It is also necessary to keep your money in a safe place or on credit cards, the same for mobile phones – shit happens everywhere in the world.

== Cities ==
* [[Kyiv]]
* [[Lviv]]
* [[Odesa]]
* [[Kharkiv]]


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      <text xml:space="preserve">'''Vancouver''' is the metropole city of [[British Columbia]] and the third biggest city in [[Canada]].

It is illegal to hitchhike Westwards of [[Golden, BC]]. Thumbers are issued a fine and drivers are issued a bigger fine.

Hitchhikking is not illegal along the Sea-to-Sky Highway ([[BC highways|Hwy99]] - Vancouver to [[Whistler]]).

Where it is illegal or cannot be conducted in a safe manner, signs are clearly posted that indicated that picking up hitchikers is prohibited.  (From a Sepetember 14th, 2006 letter from Kevin Falcon - BC Transportation Minister reference:#149730).

Hitch-hikers frequently pass through the city of Vancouver when going to or from [[Vancouver Island]].  The ferry to and from [[Victoria]] docks at Tswassen, southwest of the city, and the ferry to and from Nanaimo docks at Horseshoe Bay, northwest of the city.  When arriving in the city en-route to the island, it's easy to take a local bus to one of the ferries if you're not able to get a ride straight there.  But arriving on the mainland and heading farther east by thumb can be a bit more difficult.  If possible, you should try to find a ride from someone while on the ferry boat.  Talk with people and/or carry a sign.  If you're heading towards Nelson, the Okanagan valley, or the Rockies, try to find a ride with someone going at least as far as Hope.

To leave the city heading east, the best option is to take the Sky-Train to Surrey and then get on a local bus that will take you to Langley - along the main [[BC highways|highway 1]].  From there you can get a ride further east towards Hope.


== Border Crossing to [[Washington]] ==

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      <text xml:space="preserve">There are not so many cars in '''Northern Europe''', but that makes it nicer to hitchhike if you don't mind walking.

You can legally pitch your tent almost anywhere outside of cities. But remember, the winter can be extremely cold and dark in '''Northern Europe'''. Choose a country for more specific information.

==Countries==
* [[Image:Flag of Denmark.png|20px]] [[Denmark]]
* [[Image:Flag of Estonia.png|20px]] [[Estonia]]
* [[Image:Flag of Finland.png|20px]] [[Finland]]
* [[Image:Flag Iceland.png|20px]] [[Iceland]]
* [[Image:Flag Ireland.png|20px]] [[Ireland]]
* [[Image:Flag of Latvia.png|20px]] [[Latvia]]
* [[Image:Flag of Lithuania.png|20px]] [[Lithuania]]
* [[Image:Flag of Norway.png|20px]] [[Norway]]
* [[Image:Flag of Sweden.png|20px]] [[Sweden]]
* [[Image:Flag uk.png|20px]] [[United Kingdom|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]]

===Autonomic Islands or Regions===
* [[Image:Flag_of_Aaland_Finland.png|20px]] [[Åland Islands]]
* [[Channel Islands]]
** [[Image:Flag of Guernsey UK.png|20px]] [[Guernsey]]
*** [[Image:Flag of Alderney UK.png|20px]] [[Channel Islands|Alderney]]
*** [[Image:Flag of Herm UK.png|20px]] [[Channel Islands|Herm]]
*** [[Image:Flag of Sark UK.png|20px]] [[Channel Islands|Sark]]
** [[Image:Flag of Jersey UK.png|20px]] [[Jersey]]
* [[Image:Flag of the Faroe Islands.png|20px]] [[Faeroe Islands]]
* [[Image:Flag Isle of Man UK.png|20px]] [[Isle of Man]]
* [[Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands]]

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      <text xml:space="preserve">[[Image:Kasper-hitch-nh.jpg|thumb|250px|[[User:guaka|guaka]]&lt;small&gt;&lt;sup&gt;[http://guaka.org site], [[user talk:guaka|wikitalk]]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/small&gt; hitching in [[New England]], [[United States]], taken by [[amylin]], September 2007]]
Hitchhiking in '''North America''' has a long tradition. Though in recent times it has become harder. In some states in the [[United States]] (such as [[New York State]] or [[Arizona]]) the police are really harsh on hitchhikers, some others, like [[Oregon]], where it's even legal to walk on the freeway, are really friendly though. 

Hitchhiking in [[Canada]] and [[Mexico]] is a lot easier.

==Countries==
* [[Image:Flag Canada.png|20px]] [[Canada]]
* [[Image:Flag of Mexico.png|20px]] [[Mexico]]
* [[Image:Flag United States of America.png|20px]] [[United States]]

===Autonomic Islands or Regions===
* [[Image:Flag Bermuda.png|20px]] [[Bermuda]]
* [[Image:Flag of Greenland.png|20px]] [[Greenland]]
* [[Image:Flag_Saint-Pierre_and_Miquelon.svg.png|20px]] [[Saint Pierre and Miquelon]]

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      <text xml:space="preserve">'''Hitch-hiking clubs''' bring hitchhikers together, organize various competitions, meetings, etc. They are especially popular in countries of former Soviet Union.

===[[Argentina]]=== 
* http://www.autostopargentina.com.ar

===[[Bulgaria]]===
* http://www.stopbg.com

===[[Belarus]]===
* http://skydivision.org/

===[[France]]===
* [http://trans.euro.stop.free.fr/# Trans Europ Stop]
* [http://stopparticipatif.free.fr/ L'Auto-Stop Participatif]

===[[Germany]]===
* [http://hitchwiki.org/en/Abgefahren_e.V. abgefahren e.V] - The first German Autostop Society founded in 2006.

===[[Lithuania]]===
* Kaunas Hitch-Hiking Club &quot;KELIAIvis&quot; is the second largest hitchhiking community in Lithuania. See their blog [http://keliaivis.blogspot.com here] or join their Yahoo group [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KELIAIvis/ here] (both in Lith. only)
* [[Vilnius Hitch-hiking Club]] is one of the leading hitchhiking organizations in [[Europe]]. They have often organized the International Hitch-hiking Conference and have a  prominent web presence at [http://www.autostop.lt autostop.lt].

===[[Netherlands]]===
* [http://www.oostboc.com/ Bratislava Overleg Commissie] - The one and only [[Utrecht]] Hitchhiking Club founded in 2005.

===[[Russia]]===
* [[Academy of Free Travel]] (Moscow)
* [http://autostop.grumbler.org/index.shtml.win.ru Hitch-hikers of Ural]
* [http://www.msha-club.ru/ Hitch-Hiking School of Moscow]
* [[Saint Petersburg Autostop Guild]]
* [[Saint Petersburg Autostop League]]

===[[Ukraine]]===
* [http://www.mainroad.org.ua Ukrainian Hitch-Hiking Club &quot;Магистраль&quot;]


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      <text xml:space="preserve">'''Maps''' are essential to hitchhiking. Make sure you always have a good map with you, the scale should at least be 1:700.000.
In many countries it is very important to have a map that shows [[petrol station]]s, service areas, toll gates and other important places on the motorways.

You want to know were you are going. It also helps if petrol stations are marked, and you don't need city maps. Try and find a map that you don't have to open out to one large sheet of paper every time you want to use it; you will be using it often. Book-style maps are best.

== Paper maps and Atlas ==
'''Map Tips: Positive'''

* The ''Shell Euroatlas'' is good for [[Europe]], however, it's difficult to find.
* The ''Falk Länderkarte'' series (in German, but can be understood by everyone) is brilliant for individual European countries, with a useful, clever and compact fold-out page system. It is easy to find but only inside of [[Germany]] and neighbouring countries.
* The maps by ''Marco Polo'' are excellent for Europe. The 1:800,000 ratio version is the best (the name of this map changes in different countries). It is printed in [[Germany]] but is available across the continent.
* In Scandinavia (especially Finland) - the ''Esso'' country maps are great, and free from any Esso petrol station in [[Finland]] 
* For the [[United Kingdom]]  AA maps are good but can get a bit too large.
* In Germany, you can get a booklet for free at the Rasthof restaurants which provide a map of all the country's Rasthof and the information about every one of them.
* [http://www.mapsworldwide.com/sku_33423.htm Collins Road Atlas: Europe 200] (1 : 1 000 000) is nice and has most petrol stations, even though it is a bit large (A3).
* The [http://www.anwb.nl/azf/zoek.html?azfid=contact Dutch ANWB]) has quite good European country maps for free (for its members, just ask in the shop some people at the cashpoint if they can take it for you), they also include the motorways to the country from and to the Netherlands.

It's recommended you have a map that is at least 1:1,000,000 ratio. 1:750,000 is usually good enough.

Remember that petrol stations often have maps for sale, including very local ones. If you need to find out the geography of the local area, simply walk into the shop, pick up a local map, study it, get the information you need, then put it back and walk out. Many service stations also have large maps on walls or notice boards.

'''Map Tips: Negative'''

* ''Michelin'' Individual Country maps are not the best to use, they do not list the Services Area and lots of useful information are absent, the scale ratio is often not good enough.


=== Europe ===
For Western, Northern and Southern Europe: ''one specific edition'' of the Marco Polo car map of [[Europe]] is great, it doesn't contain too much useless stuff like indices or city maps, and shows petrol stations on highways! Unfortunately [[User:guaka|guaka]]&lt;small&gt;&lt;sup&gt;[http://guaka.org site], [[user talk:guaka|wikitalk]]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/small&gt; only found this one in [[Slovakia]].

&quot;Philip's compact atlas Europe&quot; shows service stations in some countries, is pretty compact and was available for 7 euro at the New English Book Store in [[Amsterdam]], in June 2008.

== Online maps ==
[[Image:Google-maps mobile in Nokia N91.jpg|thumb|right|220px]]
For many countries in the world, there are very good maps at [http://maps.google.com Google]. You can also use [http://www.liftershalte.info/ Liftershalte.info], which is basically the same, except that it shows hitchhiking places.

There is also the fast growing incredible free (like [[wikipedia:Free Software|Free Software]]) OpenStreetMap ([http://openstreetmap.org/ openstreetmap.org]) that is already very good for England and Germany and has at least some data on many places where other services don't have anything at all!

For [[South America]] you can use [http://www.br.map24.com/ map24].

==Mobile phones==
On most modern mobile phones, there are mapping applications. For Java enabled phones (almost any phone), you can use [http://www.mgmaps.com/ MGMaps], which uses maps from Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and even [http://OpenStreetMap.org/ OpenStreetMap]. It also supports GPS, if you have a receiver built-in or via bluetooth.

The Nokia N810 runs GNU/Linux, its GPS function is not great but it works okay in cars.  You can easily get a lot of maps for the proprietary built-in software, at least for Europe, North America and some other parts of the world.  Maemo Mapper is free software with loads of options, by default it downloads the maps from [http://OpenStreetMap.org/ OpenStreetMap] but you can also change it to use Yahoo or Google Maps.

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      <text xml:space="preserve">From '''Sacramento''' or [[Davis]] to the [[Bay Area]] and back is no sweat.
Do not go into South Sacramento, you will get stuck and probably fucked with.
If you can only get a ride to [[Vallejo]] it's an easy halfway point to the bay, get dropped off at the reststop.

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'''Connecticut''' is a state in the [[United States]].

Hitchhiking along I-95 is not difficult as Connecticut maintains a very nice system of rest stops and service plazas across the state. Walk onto one and put your thumb out and you shouldn't have to wait long for a ride. In addition, several [[New York]]-[[Boston]] bus lines (Chinatown to Chinatown, 15 US$) make stops at the Fairfield [[service plaza]] (exit 21), and it is possible to talk your way on for free or a reduced price if you're a good negotiator. 

Watch out for mosquitos and black flies in the north east, the mosquitos can be ravenous. 

People are very friendly in Connecticut for the most part. There is a pretty high ratio of rich stuck up yuppies though.


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      <text xml:space="preserve">{{Hitchhiking Zine nomination}}
'''Paris''' is the capital of [[France]].

== Hitching Out ==
The city is situated within a ring road (''le périphérique'', or ''le périph'') and whilst the actual city is relatively small, it is surrounded by endless suburbs. There are plenty of excellent spots for hitchhiking North (''Aire La Courneuve''), East ([[petrol station]]s and ''[[barrières de péage]]'') and also South (''Aire de Lisses'') 

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=== Northeast towards [[Lille]] and [[Belgium]] ===

==== Aire La Courneuve ====
Probably the best way to get to [[Belgium]] is by hitching at the petrol station [http://maps.google.es/maps?f=d&amp;hl=es&amp;geocode=5837971829389385952,48.934623,2.393732%3B3201522175225020794,48.920638,2.410383&amp;saddr=Aire+de+Service+de+La+Courneuve+%4048.934790,+2.393710&amp;daddr=&amp;mra=mr&amp;sll=48.918269,2.403388&amp;sspn=0.013649,0.040169&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=48.933157,2.396951&amp;spn=0.006823,0.020084&amp;t=k&amp;z=16&amp;om=1is ''Aire de Service de La Courneuve'']. BUT: if you take a closer look at the petrol station on google maps you will see that there is a wall surrounding this petrol station; nonetheless, one can get there if follows these tips:

First, get closer by public transport. Some options are:
* Bus 150 from ''Porte de la Villette'' (metro line 7), get off at ''Parc des Sports'' (next to the highway)
* Bus 250 from ''Fort d'Aubervilliers'' (metro line 7), get off at ''Parc des Sports'' (the quickest way?)
* [http://maps.google.de/maps?f=d&amp;hl=de&amp;geocode=&amp;saddr=La+Courneuve+Aubervilliers&amp;daddr=Rue+Paul+Verlaine,+93120+La+Courneuve,+Seine-Saint-Denis,+Ile-de-France,+Frankreich&amp;sll=48.926137,2.394161&amp;sspn=0.01892,0.040169&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;cd=1&amp;ll=48.928026,2.388539&amp;spn=0.018919,0.040169&amp;z=15&amp;om=1 ''La Courneuve Aubervilliers''] (RER B), and walk 2 km north along ''Boulevard Pasteur''. You can catch this train from ''Gare du Nord''.
* [http://maps.google.de/maps?f=d&amp;hl=de&amp;geocode=&amp;saddr=La+Courneuve,+8+Mai+1945&amp;daddr=rue+paul+verlaine&amp;sll=48.93333,2.392216&amp;sspn=0.009459,0.020084&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=48.926137,2.394161&amp;spn=0.01892,0.040169&amp;z=15&amp;om=1 ''La Courneuve, 8 Mai 1945''] (metro line 7) and make your way to ''rue Paul Verlaine'' by taking a tram &quot;T1&quot; and getting off at ''Six Routes''. 

Some options to enter:
# RECOMMENDED: You can hitch from the traffic lights before the highway ramp, and ask the driver to drop you off at the petrol station. From ''Parc des Sports'' go backward and follow the line of tram on the left you will find a small entrance on the right side of the road after approximately 500m on this road.
# There is a door which allows outside access but it is sometimes locked (latter was true on 01-06-08 and 28-09-08 also 29-11-08..). Walk away from the door and scale the concrete wall at the point where it becomes a fence.  Walk forward and you'll see where you have to go. (See [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;hl=en&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=107770710063601716204.00044840696bdf8a385ef&amp;ll=48.933654,2.393292&amp;spn=0.001334,0.004227&amp;t=h&amp;z=19 approximate location of the door].)
# If the door is locked you have to climb the wall that is approximately 1,90 m tall, and go through a broken fence [http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&amp;hl=de&amp;geocode=&amp;q=paris+la+courneuve&amp;sll=50.785102,5.710144&amp;sspn=1.165162,2.570801&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;t=k&amp;om=1&amp;ll=48.933836,2.394&amp;spn=0.001182,0.002511&amp;z=19&amp;iwloc=addr here] - ''et voila'', you are at the petrol station.
# You can walk around the wall for about 70 meters towards the left, then walk down the little hill and walk through the bushes. You have to go through two fences to enter the petrol station.

20 minutes down the motorway a [[toll road]] starts - there you will see a [[toll station]] where everyone has to stop. It is a great place to get long-distance rides. Between the ''Aire La Courneuve'' and the ''barrière de péage'' (toll station) there is a small [[rest area]] and a fairly large petrol station with quite many cars stopping there. Ask your driver if he/she passes this service area.

[[Image:Masaru.jpg|thumb|240px|right|Hitchhiker Masaru at ''Aire La Courneuve'']] 
Another option to get a ride towards Lille and/or Belgium is first to take a RER B to ''Stade de France'' and then walk up to the final traffic light where you can ask for a ride to the first petrol station on the motorway (''Aire La Courneuve'') which is about 5 km away.

Lastly, one can take a line 13 to ''Carrefour Pleyel'' and then walk along ''Boulevard Anatole France'' (see [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;saddr=Carrefour+Pleyel+station,+France&amp;daddr=charles+de+gaulle&amp;sll=48.927631,2.383518&amp;sspn=0.027124,0.080338&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=48.923881,2.358456&amp;spn=0.013563,0.040169&amp;t=h&amp;z=15&amp;om=1 Google Maps]) up until the beginning of the highway. There is a hitchhiking spot there which might be not the greatest one in the world but at least it can lead you to the next petrol station on the highway (make sure, though, the driver won't drop you off at the exit 4 of the highway).

==== Charles de Gaulle ====
''Charles de Gaulle'' airport can be an option for hitching North-East, although waiting times might vary a lot.

==== Porte de la Chapelle ====
That's where the [[A1 autoroute (France)|A1]] starts - local drivers say they often see hitchhikers there. To get there take a metro 12 to ''Porte de la Chapelle'', then walk to the roundabout. You can try getting a ride on the roundabout (there are traffic lights, which means that cars have to stop) or you can stand on the opposite side facing the roundabout where the highway starts. Another good option is to start hitchhiking in the same street where the metro is. There are 2 petrol stations in that very street, just 50m deeper into the city. They aren't overcrowded, and at the same time quite a few cars going up the North stop here for refill; nonetheless, at such places much is depended on your luck, and according to some hitchhikers this place won't make to the TOP10 best hitchhiking places in France. It is therefore rather recommended to hitchhike at the roundabout where a quiet lane right by the traffic lights gives you a good opportunity to get onto the highway (avoiding at the same time all the traffic that heads for ''Boulevard Periphique'').

=== A4 East, towards [[Metz]], [[Strasbourg]], [[Luxembourg]], [[Germany]], etc ===

==== Going directly to the ''barrière de péage'' ====
Take RER A4 to the last stop (''Marne-La-Vallee - Chessy''). The train journey length is around 45 minutes (6€ something). Take the bus number 59 (doesn't operate on Sundays, the ticket costs around 2 Euro) which leaves from the bus stop next to the RER train station at ''Eurodisney'','' Marne-La-Vallee'' ([http://www.metro-pole.net/hor/fiche/6759.11.html timetable 2008 here]). It takes ten minutes to arrive at the “Truffaut” gardening centre which is beside the péage (stop Coutevroult - Truffaut). From there, walk back a bit and go through what seems to be a police station's parking area and is called &quot;voie de service&quot; on the map - you will get to the green area right outside the péage - and you won't need to jump any of the fences! From this ''barrière de péage'' it is easy to get rides to [[Metz]] or even straight to [[Germany]].

Attention, the bus 59 runs every hour. It is usually timed to start 5 min after the arrival of the RER so hurry yourself up from the train. Follow the signs &quot;gare routière&quot; (bus station). If bus 59 doesn't start before 30 min, consider using bus 34 (see bellow).

If you decide to hitch from this péage on Sunday you can take the bus no. 34 (1.60 €, [http://www.metro-pole.net/hor/fiche/5134.20.html timetable]) to bus stop &quot;Bailly-Romainvilliers - Place de l'Europe&quot; , then walk for about 2kilometers. You will soon see the motorway A4 and péage. Here's the [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&amp;source=s_d&amp;saddr=bailly+romainvilliers+place+de+l%27europe&amp;daddr=48.853562,2.839065&amp;geocode=&amp;hl=en&amp;mra=dme&amp;mrcr=0&amp;mrsp=1&amp;sz=15&amp;dirflg=w&amp;sll=48.850992,2.833614&amp;sspn=0.012962,0.027637&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;z=15 route].

The ''barrière de péage'' is located [http://maps.google.es/maps?f=d&amp;saddr=48.854077,2.83959&amp;daddr=&amp;hl=es&amp;geocode=&amp;mra=dme&amp;mrcr=0&amp;mrsp=0&amp;sz=17&amp;sll=48.853788,2.839912&amp;sspn=0.003586,0.009656&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=48.850258,2.830095&amp;spn=0.014346,0.038624&amp;t=h&amp;z=15 here].

====Via petrol station ====

[[Image:Zoe.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Hitchhiker Zoe in Paris during the [[888]] event]]
The first petrol station is close to RER A station ''Bussy St.Georges''. From this station walk South for about 1 km along a bigger road which will lead you to a roundabout. You can try hitchhiking from there but the needed petrol station will be just a bit more than 2 km from there. You can walk on the grass field next to the highway. The petrol station is called ''La Ferrière''. Another option to reach this petrol station is to walk through the industrial zone of ''Bussy'' area, to the South of the railway, then reach the bridge over the highway and follow further by walking on the grass until the actual petrol station. Most of the walk will be on the road which means you will save some time while at the same time such a walk won't be so annoying if you happen to hitchhike in winter (then you apparently don't wanna go through the fields). You can follow [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&amp;hl=en&amp;saddr=gare,+bussy+saint+georges,+france&amp;daddr=chemin+de+la+rue+pavee,+bussy+saint+georges,+france&amp;sll=48.831899,2.723193&amp;sspn=0.01291,0.040169&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;z=15&amp;ll=48.831814,2.726369&amp;spn=0.01291,0.040169&amp;t=h&amp;om=0 this route] on Google Maps.

====Various other options ====
* If you go to ''Bussy-St-Georges'' you can also try to catch a bus nr.4 or nr.44 from the metro station ''Gutenberg''. When at ''Bussy-St-Georges'', walk sraight to the bridge (don't take the first bridge left after the bus stop because than you will have to jump over the fence and to walk through the field (and hitchhiking with wet feet isn't that good, obviously)). The péage is not far from there, although it might be a bit further than the closest highway ramp.

* Take the RER Line A (Red) in direction of ''Boissy St Legere'' until the station ''Nogent Sur Marne'' (~2€). Leave the station in direction of ''Rue Joinville'' and follow the sign to the A4. It is a 30 min walk. If some driver stops for you, ask if he/she can take you at least to the next petrol station (there is no toll road (péage) to get there, so it is likely that you will get a ride there).

=== A6 South to [[Lyon]], [[Marseille]], [[Barcelona]], [[Italy]] ===

'''Aire de Lisses''': this petrol station is situated about 35kms South of Paris, however it's near to an RER station (15 minutes by walk) so you can easily get there. In order to get out of the several rings of highways surrounding Paris it could be really useful to start hitching from this place, especially since you get directly on the A6, after all the branch-offs. To get there you have to take the RER D toward Melun or Malesherbes (!via Corbeil!). After Corbeil-Essonnes the second station is Villabé. The station is not marked on googlemaps but don't worry, it's there:  [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&amp;saddr=Rue+d%27Ambreville,+91100+Villab%C3%A9,+Franciaorsz%C3%A1g&amp;daddr=48.592221,2.443964&amp;hl=hu&amp;geocode=&amp;mra=dme&amp;mrcr=0&amp;mrsp=1&amp;sz=16&amp;dirflg=w&amp;sll=48.592959,2.44184&amp;sspn=0.005947,0.013604&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=48.592959,2.452869&amp;spn=0.023786,0.054417&amp;z=14 ''the way from Villabé RER station to Aire de Lisses''] 

A hitchhiking spot at ''Porte d'Orleans'' (at the &quot;périferique&quot;) seems quite a good place to get a ride (metro ''Porte d'Orleans''). There's a petrol station, and a good spot (just besides the &quot;Novotel&quot; building) at the traffic junction to the &quot;périferique extérieur&quot;. Don't go with those cars which head for suburbs only - next [[tollway]] or a petrol station is about 50 km away.

=== A10 South to [[Orleans]], [[Bordeaux]], [[Spain]] ===
[[Image:888_signs.jpg|thumb|240px|left|A small collection of the &quot;Paris&quot; signs for the [[Project 888]] where over 150 hitchhikers gathered and camped in front of the Eiffel Tower.]]
This motorway follows the route of the '''A6''' (see above) from Paris, and splits afterwards near [[Antony]]/[[Rungis]]. There's no petrol station between ''Porte d'Orleans'' and the A6xA10 junction except [http://maps.google.fr/?ie=UTF8&amp;ll=48.739447,2.302011&amp;spn=0.001638,0.003455&amp;t=h&amp;z=18 this one] (good enough one, according to some hitchhikers). An easy option is to stand at ''Porte d'Orleans'' (the same as for the A6 options) with a sign specifying that you go to [[Orléans]]. There is a ''[[barrière de péage]]'' in ''Saint Arnoult'', before the split between A10 and A11, so you can accept a ride going to Orléans or to [[Chartres]], for example. Make sure, though, the driver will leave you at least at the &quot;péage de Saint Arnoult&quot;. French hitchhiker [[User:Pietshah|Pietshah]] did this route tons of times and had very little troubles.

Similarly ''Porte d'Italie'' which is not far from  ''Porte d'Orleans''  is a good place to hitch from. Additionally if you walk down the exit there at the traffic lights there is an overhead bypass which can keep you dry in the rain.


You can also take the RER to ''Massy Palaiseau''.  From there you will be able to follow motoway signs for the A6 and A10.
Go down the road towards the ''autoroute''. After a while there you will see a long stretch of a road with lots of space for cars. Keep going and you will reach a roundabout. If you keep following this road, you will reach a motorway exit underneath a bridge. It would be a good idea to use a sign with &quot;Chartres&quot; as this will make sure to get a ride at least to the first ''barrière de péage'' (30+ km) at St.Arnault. When already there, you might as well pull up the sign &quot;SPAIN&quot; - you might even get a truck straight to Portugal. 

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Getting onto the A10 highway is not an easy task, and will involve a train ride and some walking. 
The first petrol station is situated near the village called ''Briis-sous-Forges''. To get there you need to take either RER B to ''Massy-Palaiseau'' or RER C to ''Dourdan'' (ticket costs around 7€). From there take the bus 91.03 to ''Briis-sous-Forges''. It runs about 3 times an hour on weekdays, once an hour on Saturdays, and there are no buses on Sundays. The petrol station is situated a couple of kms North from the village. To reach it you will need to find ''Route d'Invilliers'', a small local road parallel to the highway. Once you are there, make sure your driver takes the right road as the A11 starts not far away. 
Another solution is to start hitching at ''Dourdan''. Go to ''rue d'Etampes'' and start thumbing at a roundabout there. In ''Les-granges-du-roi'' take the D838 that will lead you to the A10 motorway ramp. Note, though, that it is a bit far to walk - around 10 km -, and the traffic is weak. Hitch there before the ''barrière de péage'' with a sign &quot;Orleans&quot;.

=== A11 South-West to [[Le Mans]], [[Nantes]], [[Rennes]] and all parts of [[Brittany]] ===
This highway splits from the A10 near ''Dourdan''. There are several possibilities go get on this motorway: 

# The petrol station at ''Briis-sous-Forges''. Look at the A10 section's options.
# Take a train to ''Rambouillet'' from ''Paris-Montparnasse'' (about 7€) and start hitching on the N10 South, until the A11 motorway ramp.
# Take the train from ''Paris-Montparnasse'' to ''Chartres'' (12€) and start hitching from there.
# Another good spot (and cheaper to get to) is ''Portes d'Orleans'' (see info above - section A6) where you can hitch with a sign &quot;Chartres&quot; or &quot;A10&quot;/&quot;A11&quot;. If you get a ride to ''Péage de Saint Arnoult'' (from someone going to Orleans - A10 - for example), accept it, since it is before the highway split.

== Paris public transport ==
Public transport in Paris consists of a metro, RER (fast trains serving the suburbs with relatively few inner city stops), buses and trams.  If you want to make a few voyages, the cheapest option is to buy a carnet of 10 single tickets (around 11 euros).  You can travel to the end of RER lines for around 15 euros.  If you stay in Paris for several days and will use transport often you can also buy a pass &quot;Mobilis&quot; for one or several days (5,6 € for one day inside Paris) - it is valid on metro, RER and ground transportation; if you stay for a week or more - get a &quot;Carte Orange&quot; for 16.3 € a week (you'll also need a photo for this one). All prices as of fall 2008.

=== Metro system ===
Ticket checks never occur on actual metro trains, and ticket controllers seem to employ 1 of 2 approaches: first one includes ticket controllers forming a line inside a metro tunnel or station exit and checking all the exiting travelers (since they are uniformed it is easy to see them from a distance unless they decide to hide around the corner); second one involves civil-dressed controllers watching the gates and busting those jumping over - they'll either stop them directly themselves, or radio-report to uniformed controllers who then will ask a stopped person to show a valid ticket.  

Checks are said never to occur during rush hours; peak times for these controls are evenings, weekends and the beginning of a new month. Except for the major stations, it is pretty easy to jump over the barriers, or pass through following other people passing to the ticket-zone. Only on major stations one is required to have a validated ticket when exiting. As in some other countries, one can be relax about the ticket booth staff since they have nothing to do with ticket checks.

=== RER system ===
Uniformed controllers will ask for validated tickets on trains, and since the RER shares the metro infrastructure, you might be a subject to the checks in similar order mentioned above. It is possible to travel for free, even though you stand a higher chance of being busted. It seems that checks can occur at any time, so the best time to travel for free is a rush hour when controls are impossible due to congestion. The highest risk of being checked seems to occur on transfer stations from RER to metro stations.

=== Buses ===
Like in most cities of France, you can walk onto the bus without showing or validating a ticket. Checks are said to be rare, and occur mainly late at night.

=== Fines and punishments ===
French transport police won't make any exceptions for foreigners. Although it is said it might be possible to talk them out of fining a &quot;dumb tourist&quot; they are mainly hostile. Most commonly they will ask for a 40 euro fine which can be paid directly in cash or by credit card. Alternatively you can plead poverty, and if you show a valid ID they will post a fine to the address and the name written on ID.

=== Going to ''Charles de Gaulle''/''Roissy'' airport===
Bus line 350 goes to ''Gare de l'Est'', and line 351 - to ''Place de la Nation''. You're supposed to validate 3 tickets (which is a lot cheaper than travelling by RER); checks are said rare to occur.

== Sleeping in Paris ==
[[Hospitality_exchange#Hospitality_exchange_networks|Hospitality exchange]] networks can be a great choice when staying low-budget in Paris. However, one must plan usually such staying well ahead since Paris is a popular destination for many backpackers, and many hospitality exchange networks' members are usually overloaded with requests to have guests.

It is also possible to sleep in the ''Champs de Mars'' in front of the Eiffel Tower - police generally lets you sleep until 9 or 10 in the morning. There are many trees that offer you a protection in case of a rain. You can also put up a tent (at night) in a discrete spot although keep in mind that police officers will wake you up around the sunrise. You can also sleep under the bridge at the Seine river on the other side of the Eiffel Tower. During the first European Hitchhikers Week ([[888]]) around 50 people slept in front of the Eiffel Tower.

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      <text xml:space="preserve">'''Strasbourg''' is one of the bigger cities of [[France]]. It is the siege of the European Parliament, and pretty ''bourgeois''.

In theory it seems doable to hitchhike directly from the center, as there is the entrance to several highways. However, the people of the city are not very hitchhike-friendly, so it is better to directly go to a petrol station on the highway.

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Public transport is very cheap for a western European city. A 24 hour pass is only 3,50 EUR, for 4,80 EUR you get a 24 hour pass for 3 persons.

==Hitching out==


===Going east (Germany A5)===
You can take the regional train going to [[Kehl]] which is already in [[Germany]] (around 6 minutes for 2-3 euro). In Kehl you've got a big road going directly to the motorway A5 - and everyone who's coming from [[France]] is using this road. You also find a petrol station!

Also, to go from Stasbourg to Kehl, you can use the bus (line #21 ; one bus every 30 min). It's a bit longer but quite cheaper (1,30 euro instead of 3,50 for train) and it stops in several places from &quot;Ancienne Douanne&quot; to the east side of the city (useful if you are in the eastern part of the city).

By train, for 2 euro more, you can continue after Kehl till Appenweier. From there you can walk or hitchhike to the petrol station &quot;Rasthof Renchtal&quot; (2,5 km check the route on maps.google.com ). It can be a good alternative to Kehl because in 30 minutes more, you're on the German motorway network.

===Going North ([[Metz]], [[Saarbrucken]], etc) and South ([[Mulhouse]], [[Switzerland]], etc)===
Take the tram (red line) to Illkirch Lixenbuhl and then the bus (line 2) to Ostwald Eglise. From the bus stop, with your back to the church, turn right and walk down the road towards the big house around some green fields at the junction.You then turn right and you keep walking up this road parallel to the the Nachtweid forest.

A small road runs along its edge and leads to the first petrol station on the A35 motorway. This is for traffic going '''SOUTH''' towards Mulhouse and Switzerland. 

Across from this is the second petrol station for the '''NORTH''' (Metz, Saarbrucken, etc). You can access this from a muddy path beside the bridge.

===Going North ([[Metz]], [[Saarbrucken]], [[Paris]])===
Take a regional train direction ''Brumath''  and make sure this one stops at ''Stephansfeld''. From there you can walk within 15 min to the gas station on the A4 and start hitchhiking straight at the gas station.

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# Join the A4 by the &quot;going north route&quot; (see upper). Good solution for Paris.
# Join the N4: take the &quot;bus interurbain&quot; [http://www.cts-strasbourg.fr/Portals/0/PDF/horaires/interurbains/hiver/205.pdf #205],[http://www.cts-strasbourg.fr/Portals/0/PDF/horaires/interurbains/hiver/206.pdf #206 or #207] from &quot;Ancienne synagogue-Les Halles&quot; or &quot;Gare Centrale&quot; to Ittenheim (1,80 euros). From Ittenheim's bus stop, walk till the entry of the village (3 minutes), and you're on the best spot of the N4 to leave Strasbourg. This road has the advantage to be free of fees so many cool people use it. I recommend it to go to Metz and Nancy cause you don't loose a lot of time compared to motorways and you have many more chances to get a lift. Very efficient, I never waited more than 5 minutes there!


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Hitchhiking in '''Japan''' is quite easy, and the key to true budget travel in the country and the way to escape the country's ruinously expensive domestic transport costs, where an hour on the Shinkansen can set you back &amp;yen;10,000.  Coupled with [[camping]], you can effectively cut down your daily budget to food and admission fees alone &amp;mdash; although it is wise to allow for the occasional (literal) rainy day.

==Where to hitch==
It is almost impossible to hitch out of [[Tokyo]] or any large Japanese city by waving your thumb on the [[Tokyo/Ginza|Ginza]].   Thus, to get out, you have to find the places where drivers going out congregate, which in practice means '''service areas''' (サービスエリア ''sābisu eria'', '''SA''') or '''parking areas''' ('''PA''') on the large toll expressways (高速道路 ''kōsokudōro'') connecting Japan's major cities.  As you might guess, service areas are larger and better equipped than parking areas, but surprisingly few Japanese are familiar with the difference so it's easier to label them all service areas.

A useful rule of the thumb (pun intended) is that if you can get somewhere on a train for less than 2000 yen, hitchhiking the distance is unlikely to be worth the trouble.  For destinations around Tokyo, such as for [[Mount Fuji]], [[Hakone]], [[Nikko]], hitchhiking is unlikely to be worth the trouble...  until you actually get there, that is.  All three regions have expensive local transport but plenty of unhurried tourists driving about, always a good combination for the hitchhiker.

===Getting on the expressway===
Due to a complex conspiracy, all SA/PAs are located as inconveniently as possible, and entrance to them from outside on foot is officially prohibited. However, the inconvenience is managable when you know the route (are you willing to sit on a local train for an hour to save 9000 yen?) and, as so often happens in Japan, official regulations go unenforced or downright ignored.

Aside from SA/PAs, the second way to get on the expressway is to hitch outside an interchange. ICs do tend to be a bit closer to town, but in Tokyo they are usually in the middle of very heavy traffic and with few, if any, places where hitching is even remotely possible, so getting rides also takes considerably longer. It is generally preferably to sit on a local for an extra half an hour and maybe even pay a few yen for the privilege of not having to choke on exhaust for an hour.

The third method would be take a long-distance bus that uses the expressway and stops at a parking area along the way.  However, cataloguing which routes go where on which roads and which service areas they stop at would be a fairly difficult enterprise, you'll also need to buy a rather expensive bus ticket just to get on the thing, and you'll probably freak out the bus attendants who will certainly notice if the only ''gaijin'' on the bus doesn't come back from the break.

===Hitching on the expressway===
At the SA/PA itself, the best place to hitch is near the offramp to the
expressway, ideally so that you've visible from the buildings &amp;mdash; this way drivers can see you as they go in and think about picking you up before they get in their car and make the choice.  From a service area with decent traffic, you are very likely to get a ride within minutes.

Once you've made it onto the expressway, it's easy to keep bouncing from one SA/PA to the next one, but a decent highway map is imperative so you know the best place to get off if your destination and your driver's path diverge.  It's entirely possible to cover 500 kilometers or more in a single day by using expressways.

Note that it is '''illegal''' to stop a car or walk on foot anywhere on the expressway itself, including tollbooths, and you will be rapidly picked up by the highway police if you try.  Do not allow your driver to drop you off outside a service area.

===Hitching elsewhere===
Outside the expressway system on ordinary toll-free national highways (国道 ''kokudō''), there are also occasional service areas of a sort, known as ''Michi-no-Eki'' (道の駅), lit. &quot;Road stations&quot;.  These are excellent places to get dropped off, fuel up, consult maps and grab rides.

Other traditional favorites include the offramps of roadside gas stations and convenience stores.  The keys are '''visibility''' and '''accessibility''': drivers have to be able to spot you in advance, and they have to be able to stop  and pick you up without endangering themselves or others.

Note that it is '''illegal''' to hitchhike near road crossings or from bus stops, although in rural areas where buses drop by just 2-3 times a day the latter is often tolerated.  The very end of a merging lane after a crossing is also OK, as long as you are more than 5 meters away from the crossing itself.  In general, hitchhiking is legal and Japanese police don't hassle hitchhikers, but they do have fairly wide-ranging powers to act on anything that disturbs or distracts traffic, so use common sense.

==How to hitch==
Except for the occasional impoverished student in the wide expanses of Hokkaido, there is very little tradition of hitchhiking in Japan, and you will more likely than not be the first hitchhiker that your driver has ever even seen, much less picked up.  The key to hitchhiking is thus to assuage these fears and look as '''harmless and friendly''' as possible.

The top worries of a Japanese driver when they see a hitchhiking gaijin are: Can he '''communicate'''? Does he know how to behave?   The quick way to answer those questions is with a [[sign]]: 日本語できる！ (''Nihongo dekiru!''), literally &quot;Japanese can!&quot;, is just six characters and works like a charm.  And you don't really need to know Japanese all that well to use such a sign, as long as you can communicate... somehow...

Second on the agenda is '''[[appearance]]'''.  This is not the place for a mop of unruly hair, ripped jeans and sunglasses &amp;mdash; foreigners are by default scary, and you need to do your best to look like you stepped out of an L.L. Bean catalog.  Neat trousers, clean shirt, a hat to protect you from the sun instead of sunglasses.  If you have a huge rucksack, hide it off to the side.

With these down pat, it's time to '''assume the pose''' and hitch.  Hitchhiking being an unusual phenomenon, the best-recognized pose will be the classic Western style: left hand extended straight, thumb up, and a winning smile on your face.  Try to look drivers in the eye as they approach and perhaps even make a small bow of appreciation, especially if they slow down to take a better look at you or, better yet, loop back for a second look.  And persevere: you may get picked up by the first car, or you may have to wait a while, but you ''will'' be picked up sooner or later.

Once the car does stop, a window will roll down and you will almost always be asked a simple question: ''Doko made?'' (&quot;To where?&quot;)  Do not make the mistake of giving your final destination, as the driver may assume that you will insist on going all the way.  (This is also why it's usually not wise to use a destination sign.)  Instead, pick the nearest major waypoint and state ''X no hō'' (&quot;In the direction of X&quot;).

==When to hitch==
Like other tourism in Japan, the best times of year are spring and fall, when it's not too hot and not too cold.  Hitching in the summer risks sunburn and dehydration, while winter is simply too cold.

Distasteful as it may be to get up at 6 AM on vacation, as a hitchhiker you must get an '''early start'''.  Many of the longest rides are available early in the morning, and your hitchhiking day will come to an end when the sun goes down.

If the weather is bad, it's best to give up hitchhiking for the day and figure out something else to do.  A sodden figure standing forlornly in the rain with his thumb out is not a pitiful figure in Japan, he's a dangerous lunatic.

==Who to hitch with==
In Japan, as everywhere else, your '''gender''' matters when hitchhiking.  On an ascending scale of difficulty, the best combinations are:
# Girl alone (but see below)
# Two girls
# Boy and girl couple
# Boy alone
# Two boys
# Three or more people

While a single girl (or woman) is likely to get picked up very fast, this has its risks: Japan has its fair share of perverts and predators and a lone hitchhiker in a foreign country is a vulnerable target.

As for '''who will pick you up''', the range of humanity you will encounter is surprising and, once you've crossed the threshold into their car, the generosity and [[trust]] will amaze you.  You will be picked up by young couples, grizzled old farmers, families with small children, traveling salesmen, single women, ''yakuza'' mobsters, Buddhist monks...  and, almost without exception, you will be offered drinks and snacks, bought lunch and quite possibly offered a  ''tatami'' (floor) for the night.   But try to distinguish between offers of genuine goodwill and interest and offers out of duty or perceived obligation, as your driver is likely to feel that he is a host and he must treat you as an honored guest, despite any inconvenience or even financial expense that this might cause.

As a guest, you will not be expected (or allowed) to pay any expenses.  Be thankful for this, as Japan's expressway tolls are ''extremely'' high: for example, the trip from [[Tokyo]] to [[Osaka]] costs around &amp;yen;8000 in tolls alone.

==See also==
===Links===
* '''[http://www.j-sapa.or.jp/ J-SaPa]''', the organization behind all of Japan's expressway service areas, has a useful website with news, maps and search &amp;mdash; but unfortunately it's entirely in Japanese.

===Atlases===
* '''Road Atlas Japan''' (ISBN 4398201041) &amp;mdash; a hitchhiker's invaluable companion, listing pretty much every major road in the country in both English and Japanese.  Difficult to find overseas but available in any larger Japanese bookstore (including [http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/4398201041/ Amazon.co.jp]); look for the lurid orange cover.

===Books===
Will Ferguson has written a number of informative and entertaining books about hitchhiking in Japan.  These include:
* '''Hitchhiker's Guide to Japan''' (ISBN 0804820686) &amp;mdash; practical guide to hitchhiking with a number of tested itineraries
* '''Hokkaido Highway Blues''' (ISBN 1569472343) &amp;mdash; the story of an epic hitchhiking trip across the entire country

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'''Germany''' is a member state of the [[European Union]] as well as the [[Schengen Agreement]]. It is a great country for [[hitchhiking]], both on motorways (via [[on-ramp]]s, [[service station]]s, more seldom - parking lots) and local roads. Motorway is called ''Autobahn'' in German, while a [[service area]] is ''Raststätte''. Latter one is a very common place for hitching a ride - many drivers stop there for re-fuel and some rest. There you will often find [[maps]] (both of Germany and Europe in general) that indicate every single petrol station or any other service area located on motorways; in addition, there are map stands (usually by the main entrance to a petrol station) that give a general overview of all service areas on the territory of Germany. Motorway ramps usually are a good option to get a free ride, too. One has to make sure, though, not to end up on co called ''Schnellstrasse'' (it usually leads to motorways) where cars go fast and can not stop.

Many German motorways have no speed limits, therefore you might wanna first try to get a ride hitching a personal car before asking truck drivers. Trucks are great for a night-ride; however, there are restrictions, like in [[France]], of when trucks are allowed on a motorway. In Germany most trucks aren't allowed on motorways on Sundays or public holidays before 22:00.

If you travel a specific motorway, have a look at the '''[[Template:Highways DE|&quot;German motorways&quot;]]''' page where you can find very specific information and hints about hitchhiking on German motorway ramps, etc. - for example, the route [[Amsterdam]]–[[Berlin]] along the [[A2 (Germany)|A2]] and [[A30 (Germany)|A30]].

* See also: '''Tips on Hitchhiking Germany''', an article on [http://www.digihitch.com/europe/western_europe/149_1_1_article.html Digihitch] by [http://www.digihitch.com/userinfo-dsmith4721.html David Smith].

=== License plates ===
There are between one and three letters on a license plate which show the city or region where the car is registered. For example, look for license plates starting with '''B''' if you're hitching to [[Berlin]]. Have a look at the articles on Wikipedia for more information: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_car_number_plates German car number plates] (in English) and [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Kfz-Kennzeichen_in_Deutschland Liste der Kfz-Kennzeichen in Deutschland] (in German).

=== Crossing the border ===
Germany has signed a [[Schengen Agreement]] which means that borders with other Schengen countries are open. On 21th of Dec., 2007, [[Poland]] and [[Czech Republic]] have signed this agreement and became border-free with Germany. As of November 2008, the only border with active checkpoints is with [[Switzerland]]) - when crossing it you can expect German/Swiss custom officers to check your identity and/or your luggage. If you are to hitchhike from a Swiss/German border check point it might be better to stand a little bit further away from the check point so that you will be out of custom officers' sight.

=== Carpooling ''(Mitfahrgelegenheit)'' ===
Germany has a national carpooling website that gives opportunities both to the driver and to the ride-seeker to find each other and share a ride together with its cost for fuel. Unfortunately, the website, called [http://www.mitfahrgelegenheit.de/ Mitfahrgelegenheit], is exclusively in German. Nonetheless, it is quite easy to understand how everything works: you can scroll search from your departure point ''(von)'' to a destination ''(nach)''; you can see exact ride dates and number of passenger places offered. If you search for a ride from or to Germany, click on ''Europa'' link. Contacting a driver is usually done by email, although some drivers do leave their phone numbers). When getting in contact with the driver, one should find an agreement on a price and departure place/date/time. 

Such a system offers a low cost alternative to hitchhiking. A similar system exists in [[Belgium]], too.

Experiences has shown, however, that hitchhiking very often is faster than ''Mitfahrgelegenheit'' since the driver often drives into cities on their route to pick up new passengers (or to leave them at their exact destination spot). 

''Note: Abfahrt = Departure / Ankunft = Arrival''

=== Maps ===
[[Image:IMG 5392.JPG|thumb|250px|right|[[Tiziano]] hitching from [[Berlin]] to [[Munich]]]]
If you're not staying in Germany for long you can hitch through having any map of Germany that has motorway petrol stations marked on it. For that, go to any petrol station located on a motorway and ask for an &quot;Autobahn-Guide&quot; - it is for free. You'll get a booklet describing all services on German motorways and including a map with an overview of all motorway petrol stations and other service areas. For more information look here: [http://www.tank.rast.de/standorte/servicenetz/index.php tank.rast.de]. While on a petrol station, you can also find more detailed maps for ~5 Euro.

Recommended maps for hitchhiking are '''Michelin Regional''', the orange ones with the numbers 541-546. There are six of these maps, each covering a different part of Germany. They are very detailed and show every single petrol station, hotel, restaurant, or a parking place on German motorways. The scale is equal to 1:350000. Bigger city maps are included, too. You can usually get these maps in local bookstores for about EUR 8.

Hitchhiker [[User:Platschi|Platschi]] suggests that the ''Aral Straßen-Atlas Deutschland &amp; Europa'' can be very good for hitchhiking trips, too: it contains a detailed map of Germany and of the bordering countries, with city maps of the biggest German cities, and all service stations located on motorways. Price: EUR 7,95. Available on all ''Aral'' service stations, and in German bookstores.

=== Eating ===
Try to avoid eating on motorway [[rest area|service stations]] if you want to save money and to have a good taste of food. These restaurants are notoriously expensive (very often you have to pay for the toilet, too) and the food quality is quite low.

At some service stations with a [[Sanifair]] system you get a EUR 0,50 coupon for the toilet which you can use as a valid equivalent to monetary payment when buying things at the petrol station shop or in the restaurant. If you're lucky you can also find thrown away [http://hitchwiki.org/en/Image:Sanifair_voucher.jpg Sanifair vouchers] for free.

Nearly everywhere in Germany you can drink water from the tap.

Keep in mind that most shops (including supermarkets) are not allowed to be open on Sundays. There are no 24h-shops, although non-stop petrol stations often offer some food choices (very limited, though).
 
When in bigger cities, you can usually get the cheapest food at Turkish and Italian restaurants.

=== Practical links ===
* [http://deu.anarchopedia.org/index.php/Deutschland:Trampstellen Hitchhiking spots in Germany], in German, on a GFDL wiki
* [http://www.hitch-hiking.org/ www.hitch-hiking.org], general information on hitchhiking (in English and German)
* [http://www.liftershalte.info/?country=DE A map with good/bad places to hitchhike]
* [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Autobahn_1-999.png Overview of motorways in Germany]
* [http://www.best-restaurants.de/aurade.htm A map with motorway restaurants in Germany]
* [http://www.tank.rast.de/standorte/servicenetz/index.php/ Service stations on German motorways]

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* [http://www.autostrade.de/ Autobahnübersicht Italien]
* [http://stuenings-nt.stuenings.de/LuR/karten/01519.gif Autobahnübersicht Italien]

* [http://www.bibione.com/index_de.html Bibione - Offizielle HP]
* [http://www.bibione.com/vetrina/images/mappa_dintorni.jpg Bibione Übersichts Karte]
* [http://www.bibione.com/upload//sito_bibione/162sito_bibione.jpg Bibione Strand]
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    <title>Sweden</title>
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|capital = [[Stockholm]]
|pop = 9,234,209
|currency = Swedish krona (SEK)
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[[Image:Gas_station_in_Sweden.jpg|thumb|left|250px|A big van driven by a group of Germans, and Israeli hitch-hiker Erga (on the left) on a petrol station on the E4 towards [[Stockholm]]]]
'''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 very well! 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 motorway ramps as well as on local roads. Better bring a good map, though, so that you won´t end up in an unexpected place.

One good things especially in northern Sweden is that there are only few main roads, so there you will get along rather well. Be careful to stand somewhere where there is some sign of civilization. As especially in the north the roads are no real motorways and accessible for pedestrians, you can stop all the traffic, especially if you stand on something like a bus stop. When the streets are real motorways you have to take care a little on which petrol station you end up, as there are too much of them, with sometimes only little traffic on each of them, and as most of the petrol stations are one or two kilometers away from the motorway.

There is no special need of practicing your Swedish since almost everyone speaks English there.  Though [[User:Guaka|guaka]] thinks it can still be useful to speak a couple of words of Swedish - in Sweden you will often be picked up by immigrants and there's a chance they don't speak English.
 

== Cities ==
* [[Göteborg]]
* [[Halmstad]]
* [[Lund]]
* [[Karlskrona]]
* [[Malmö]]
* [[Nyköping]]
* [[Stockholm]]

== Crossing the border == 
Sweden is in the [[Schengen treaty]]. This treaty is rather well respected at the Finnish and Norwegian borders but has stricter regulations at the terminals where ferries from [[Denmark]] port, or at the bridge uniting [[Copenhagen]] with [[Malmö]]. Stricter control and special attention is usually applied to those who look like &quot;being of another race&quot;. If you are unlucky, you might be made to strip during their search. The reasons of such strict control derive from the Sweden's specific economic situation (incl. high taxes on alcohol, tobacco, etc.) which attracts a number of smugglers, and a high-standard social security system which is a target of illegal immigrants. Keep in mind, though, that the personality check is not applied to everyone but only to some at random order so you have more chances to quickly cross the border than get stuck explaining to the officials that you are neither an illegal immigrant nor a smuggler.

[[Image:Gas station north from Gavle in Sweden.JPG|thumb|220px|left|Petrol station by the lake, North from [[Gävle]]]]

==Camping==
[[Image:2002 Lodging for the night.jpg|thumb|280px|right|Ready to sleep - a pitched tent outside the road in northern Sweden.]]

In Sweden, the wonderful Allemansrätt has existed for many centuries only as a customary law, but since 1994 it is part of the Swedish constitution. As in other Nordic countries, the Swedish right to roam comes with an equal emphasis being placed upon the responsibility to look after the countryside; the maxim is &quot;'''Do not disturb, do not destroy'''&quot;. 

The Allemansrätt gives a person the right to access, walk, cycle, ride, ski, and camp on any land - with the exception of private gardens, the immediate vicinity of a dwelling house and land under cultivation, and with restrictions for nature reserves and other protected areas. This means that you could put up a tent for free almost anywhere as long as it doesn't disturb anybody. Make sure to '''not leave any garbage''' in the nature - we should really take the responsibility for those future generations will have the same democratic right to the nature as we have, and of course have any nature at all.. 
Very welcome to enjoy the Swedish nature!

==Useful things==
Internet you can normally get at the public or  university libraries for free. Sometimes you have to ask for a guest account.

It is quite usual to send a thanksaying-message the day after a party or after a meeting − saying something like &quot;Thanks for yesterday&quot;. When you enter a flat or an apartment, it is a must to take off ones shoes!

==Links==
* [http://www.samakning.se Samåkning.se] - [[rideshare]] network (for Sweden and [[Northern Europe]] in general)
* [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5889849780] - facebookgroup for swedish hitchhikers

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In '''Australia''' hitching is okay as anywhere else in Western culture, as long as you´re between [[Adelaide]] and [[Brisbane]]. In the outback, though, you´ll get more empty beer cans thrown on you than rides; some hitchhikers, however, wouldn't agree with that, stating, that even hitchhiking through the desert can be pretty OK.

==The Outback==
I don't know about others, but hitchhiking throughout the outback was easy.  The people were friendly, especially the aboriginal folks who would have six people already jammed in a little car and still squeeze you in.  I managed from Broome through to Kununurra, Katherine up to Darwin and down to Alice.  The only time I had to wait more than a half-hour was when I was dropped off on the turn off to Batchelor, which while on the main highway, is a real bad spot with nothing and no one for a long ways.  Anyway, give it a go.  Watch where you swim and don't worry about the snakes.  I never seen a single snake in three months of bush living and wwoofing in remote places.  Definitely fill up a few litres of water when you have the chance.  It is very easy to get dehydrated.  If you can get decent water, all the better.  Most bores were quite brackish tasting and all roadhouse taps were heavily chlorinated -- here's to a good litre of fresh rainwater on a sunny 45 degree day!  (Amory Tarr)

When going to the outback go to truck stops and talk to them there, a lot of truck companies don't allow anyone but the drivers in their trucks but if you talk to the truckies at stops they are much more likely to wave that rule. The only time truckies truly cannot give you a lift is when they are operating under a dangerous goods license and then, by law they are not allowed to have another passenger in the vehicle. For example petrol tankers, transporting more than one trailer of gas, etc. Not all companies have rules against taking passengers. The truckies will take you long distances, from [[Port Augusta]] all the way to [[Darwin]] or [[Perth]], but if you want to get off the main road, then you'll have to wait awhile :)

My own experience does not quite agree with the above comment... Recent changes to Insurance costs throughout the western world, have meant that trucks face stricter and stricter insurance limitations, one of which is that they are commonly not allowed to have any unlisted passengers in their vehicles. These rules are normally enforced by larger companies, where all riders sign in at the depot prior to the trucks departure. If you personally know a driver it is often possible for them to sign you in and take you along to help keep them awake. These rules don't really apply to owner/operators, unless on long term contract to a particular company. Unfortunately it's hard for you to know which trucks it will or wont apply to, though you can be confident that the big name trucks like Australia Post, Woolworths etc this is absolutely the case. All of this does not mean you can't get a ride in a truck in Aus. What it does mean is that our global fear of strangers has gone up here as much as elsewhere, and the amount of trucks picking up 'strangers' is greatly diminished. I have had some great lifts with road trains, Australia Post trucks etc etc, though they seem less and less common. In fact my first go at driving a road train was on a hitch across the Nullabor   Desert, a truly mad but memorable experience of driving 50tonnes of rolling monster across the midnight plains (Dave Hodgkin)

==Police==
Laws regarding  hitchhiking come under State not Federal jurisdiction, I have been arrested and charged with hitchhiking in Queensland, though chargers were later dropped (long story). Throughout Australia, it is however illegal to incite a vehicle to stop in a non stopping zone. Such zones include bridges (and 30 odd meters either side, road edges with an unbroken white or yellow line, spots within 30 meters of an intersection, etc. As a rule of thumb remember that Australian Police are fairly relaxed, more so in the country than the city, but they will get toey if they believe your actions are placing yourself or others in danger. Choose  your hitching site carefully, as always look for somewhere well lit, with plenty of room to for approaching vehicles to see you well in advance and room for them to pull on to the shoulder with out blocking traffic.

Most police officers won't harass you, but some cops might tell you that it's illegal to hitchhike in Australia. Don't show your thumb when you see a cop car, and if they stop, just tell them that you're waiting for a ride share that should have showed up a lot earlier.

:''It is illegal but I've had police stop twice, once to tell me go back to town and catch a bus (but left me alone besides telling to do that) and the second time the cop gave me a lift about 40 or 50km to the border of Victoria/South Australia.''

:''It's illegal to hitch in no-pedestrian zones like freeways but other places it seems to vary state to state. I don't think it's against the law at all in most places and I've never had any troubles anywhere in the eastern states.''

:''Wait on gas stations or truck stops for a ride. This way you won't get into trouble with the police, can ask people for a lift and you're close to water, food and a toilet.''

Exact legislation can be found at Austlii;
[http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/sinodisp/au/legis/wa/consol_reg/rtc2000113/s259.html?query=hitch%20hike WA]
[http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/disp.pl/au/legis/nsw/consol_reg/rr2008104/s236.html?query=Road%20Rules%202008%20REG%20236 NSW]

==Australia Particular Advice==
Australia poses some interesting and unique challengers for hitchhikers, distances between populated areas can be vast, by far the majority of Australians live next to the sea, with the majority of those living in the state capital cities. Temperatures in inland Australia can exceed 50 degrees Celsius in summer and go well below freezing in winter. In many ways Australia is an extreme environment, with some pretty extreme pests, people and weather, when it rains it pours, when it blows up a gale, it howls. But in saying this when Australia or Australians smile on you, the heavens open up from above and you can find yourself, taken in, taken home and for all practical purposes adopted for life.

I have been stuck for up to 3 days in a number of places in Australia, (notably Cooperpeedy and Ningin) whilst on the other hand I've been given the keys to the family holiday home and told to make myself at home when I get there (In Manjamup on the way from Perth to Albany), or taken home for a week, nurtured and spoilt rotten. Whatever the circumstance you find yourself in, more than in other countries be prepared.
-Let someone know where you are heading and how long till they should next expect to hear from you
-Carry more water than you think you need
-Walking out of town, to look like your motivated, may leave you somewhere very isolated
-Be very careful about not annoying your host, I've been thrown out of a truck by an irate driver, off his head on nodoze, for some quite harmless comment, 200k from the nearest town...

==When you're really stuck for a place to stay...==
You know you're off the tourist track when you get to a town with out a backpackers. Most small towns have a town pub that offers pretty cheap accommodation and many have a free campground on teh edge of town or a picnic spot beside a river
*Schoolyards, normally there is somewhere discrete under cover, in most small towns there is green grass, and even toilets and drinking water, just set your alarm early and get out before 7:30ish when cleaning staff etc may start to arrive. (The primary school on thee edge of My Isa has rescued me on more than one occasion.
*Non Returned soldiers areas at Cemeteries, clearly not for the superstitious, but these sites, tend to have nice soft green grass, and often have free public toilets and fresh drinking water. The cemetery at the end of thee railway line in Hexam on your way north out of Sydney is a classic, if headed north through from Canberra or Melbourne, you can jump the train in Campbeltown or Paramater, ride it through to Central, change to the Newcastle line, then switch to the Hexam line, and get off at the unnamed station for free, right next to the best cemetery I have ever slept in, right next to the princess highway.
*Many remote areas have shade structures as bus shelters, these can provide quite a comfortable nights sleep, as can late night train stations  (spent my time on the floor of the girls toilet at Ningin railway station) Church Foyers (3 nights in the foyer of the underground church in Cooperpeedy).
*Showgrounds on the edge of towns often have toilets water and a place undercover.

==When you're really stuck for a ride==
Jumping railway cars is also still possible in Australia, (although you did not hear it from me).
*The three day journey from Mt Isa to the coast on the coal trains (pick up a Beanbag, a tarp and a shade cloth from the Op-shop in town, few things bet making love on a pile of coal at 20km/h under the desert stars :)
*The cargo train across the Nullabor, a trip of a lifetime, my mate Alex did it, certainly one of those life changing adventures

==When really stuck for food...==
I have been helped out when stuck in a small town, by the Country Womens Association, best scones of my life, nothing beats hunger to increase the flavour of jam and cream
I've eaten my share of roadside fruits from passing orchards, and cooked my share of roadkill, the smell quickly gives away the freshness or otherwise. 
The best introduction you'll ever have to roadkill delights is a fresh kangaroo tail. Make sure the tale is still flexible and the smell is only of dirty fur, not the smell of old meat, Kangaroos are hit by trucks everyday in Aus, so this is not as uncommon as it sounds. Hack off the tale as close the rump as possible, do this by cutting all the way around the tail, through the fur, then levering and breaking the tail between two vertebrate, nit as hard or messy as it sounds. I recommend dragging the roo off behind some bushes before you start this process as mad hitchhikers wielding knives under the full moon, does not do much for our reputation.
To cook the tail, first build a large fire over some clean ground, preferably riverside sand, though well above the water table, when  the fire is at full blaze, singe all the fur off the tail, scraping it clean with the back of a knife or a sharp rock, repeat this a few times as it takes a while to sear off all the fur, being careful not to over cook or burst the skin as this is the wrapping material for cooking. Let your fire burn down till it has strong hot coals and the ground below has started to really heat up (30-40mins depending how much of a fire you made) scrap the fire off to one side and dig a whole in the sand where the fire was using a stick, bury the tail about 15-20cm below the surface (check, but this area should already be nice and hot by now)and return the fire to above. Re-stoke the fire and cook for a further 40mins till the fire dies down. letting the fire die down slowly will allow  the Tail to really cook through nicely. Scrap the fire out of the way and dig up the tail. You will know when it is done, if the fat is sizzling and the skin is starting to split in places, if still not done, roll over and cook for a further 20-30mins. The amount of fat and grissle in the tail ensures that this is one of the few parts of the roo that its hard to actually over cook
Snake is also a great introduction to roadkill, choose a fresh wet smelling snake, chop off the head and squashed bits, cut open along the belly and degut, sew the stomach back together with thin twigs and cook as per instructions for roo tail above. the same goes for most lizards
Nothing beats the total delight of fresh billy tea boiled in a discarded coke can, fresh damper and road kill under a full moon beside the road...

==When really stuck for water==

If really stuck in the middle of nowhere, and yes it does happen and has happened to me! Remember to go into casual energy conservation mode, wander down the road till you find a nice shady spot not to far from the road edge and chill out, get up when you can hear a car approaching from either direction, and stand beside the road, looking clean presentable forlorn and lost... a &quot;help&quot; sign helps, but many people will slow down, look very innocent, look very unarmed etc, remember the primary aim at this point is to get out of wherever you are, which direction simply does not matter, just get to the nearest town. You can live for a month without food, but you will die without water in a few days

Never ever decide to take a short-cut across a paddock or field, stick with the road. If bitten by a snake or even if you trip over and sprain and ankle in the middle of a field, there is no guarantee that you will be found by anybody before you have dried out and desiccated like a dead-dingos-donga!

Yes you can drink your own piss to stay alive, no its not pleasant, no I don't recommend it. If you are stuck on one of Australias mad dirt &quot;highways&quot; like the Tanami or the Gunbarrel, a solar still is your best bet. Choose a very sunny location and Dig a whole in the ground as big as you have a plastic bag or tarp or tent fly to cover it, (1mx1m up to 1.5mx1.5m, 30-50cm deep), place a container in the middle of the whole.. rides side coke can is fine, grind the top off on the road by rubbing around and around in circles, doesn't take that long when your bored. Place your piss, green branches, fresh road kill (or better just its blood) or anything wet in the whole around the can. You can include battery acid, Radiator water etc. Stretch your fly/tent/tarp/plastic over the top of the whole, sealing around the edges with sand or dirt.  Place a small rock in the middle of the tarp/plastic/fly so the whole top slopes down to above the can, leave in the sun for 4-5hours. This also works for really muddy shitty water when u have no fire to cook it. 

Other than that, you can get away with drinking just bout any water if you can boil it for a good 10-15mins. This includes, roadside puddles, brown sludge from underground, radiator liquid.  As an old blackfella friend of mine once said, when looking for water in the outback, simply head down hill and when you get to the lowest point dig a whole... this works really well if there are any large hills or rock outcrops around, but for me, is a tad harder when the whole landscape appears flat and I'm bloody thirsty.... either way my advice still stands... stick to the road, the road is your friend. its actually pretty hard to get lost in the desert or outback, you really have to try hard. a cursory glance at a map should tell you which way the nearest roads are before you head out to wherever your heading, by walking only ion the early morning or late evening, you can easily know if your walking generally east west north or south simply by the sun angle, then rest during the day and the night and head for the nearest decent road. In the heat of the day, semi burying yourself in the sand under the shade of a tree helps, but gets boring. Sorting gravel into different colored piles loses its attraction after a few days as does plying god with the ants...

Australia has water legislation that makes it mandatory to share water if you have it, makes it legal for anyone to have access to any permanent river or water source

All in all, you will probably never need the above tips, but if your not on the edge of your comfort zone, your not trying, and for me being stuck in teh middle of nowhere and learning to chill and enjoy, is the true zen of Hitchhiking

Some of my most amazing experiences have included a night wrapped in cardboard in abandoned wheat silo in the cold of winter, sharing a humpy with blackfellas in a town camp on the edge of tennant creek, waking up by bashing my head on the underside of a dodge van i had crawled under to avoid the rain to be offered a cupa tea by the occupants, digging my car out of a saltlake when we took a wrong turn with two English backpackers as rain clouds loomed... This to me is the real Australia (dave hodgkin)

==Personal experiences==
:''I have hitched the entire coast line of Australia, and although there are sometimes a long wait between rides, I have met some of the most generous and welcoming people, make sure you get to the edge of the towns, just where the highways start or turn from a 70 into a 100, or similar.'' (author unknown)

==Cities==
* [[Adelaide]]
* [[Brisbane]]
* [[Canberra]] (capital)
* [[Darwin]]
* [[Hobart]]
* [[Melbourne]]
* [[Perth]]
* [[Sydney]]

==Highways==
* [[Bruce Highway]]
* [[Hume Highway]], from Sydney to Melbourne
* [[New England Highway]], from Sydney to Brisbane
* [[Pacific Motorway]], from Sydney to Brisbane
* [[Princes Highway]], from Sydney to Melbourne
* [[Stuart Highway]], from Darwin to Adelaide

==Links==
* [http://www.shareyourride.net/?country=Australia ShareYourRide.net (Australia)] - Find lifts in Australia
* [http://maps.google.com Google Maps] supports finding routes in Australia


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'''New Zealand''' is a reasonably okay country for hitchhiking. There are a lot of friendly people. By hitching you'll be involved a lot in the local life. You'll have invitations to parties, homes. An useful site to find lifts is [http://www.backpackerscarpooling.com backpackerscarpooling]
Cars drive on the left side, so be careful if you're not experienced with that.

There are only motorways around the big cities, [[Auckland]], [[Christchurch]], [[Wellington]] and [[Dunedin]]

==In General==
Another awesome place to travel, [[WWOOF]] and hitch.  Not as many long distance rides as in the Australian outback, but towns were quite close together.  Amory Tarr had no troubles coming up and down the west coast (South Island), or in fact anywhere really.  The only problem spot was in the concrete jungle that is auckland.  It is illegal to even walk on any of the motorways, including the on-ramps ($200 instant fine).  It is also a very, very big city to walk across. If you want to head south your best bet is to go to the bus station under the sky tower and get a ticket to Bombay junction (about $15) and when you get there, walk across the road to the on ramp which has plenty of space. Heading north, get a bus to Orewa (which is worth visiting on its own) and hitch from there.

==South Island==
On the South Island you will often be picked up by travelers, especially along the West Coast, where there isn't a lot of traffic. 

If you are hitching between Greymouth and Wanaka you might have the fortune to score a ride with one of the DHL drivers aka the local posties. They are a couple of awesome guys who meet up in Fox Glacier to swap packages (and hitch hikers too if you are lucky!).
 
An easy way to catch your lift is using the website of backpackerscarpooling.com in New Zealand Here you'll find travellers sharing their transport. A great way to meet like-minded travellers going the same way as you.
==Maps==
*[http://www.newzealand.com/travel/destinations/new-zealand-map/interactive_map_home.cfm/ newzealand.com]
*[http://smaps.co.nz/ smaps.co.nz] - searchable database and fast loading maps

==When?==
Summers start in October/November but being a maritime climate the weather can be changeable. The weather in January - March is a little more settled.

==North Island==
* [[Auckland]], biggest city
* [[Hamilton (New Zealand)]]
* [[New Plymouth]]
* [[Wellington]], the capital city

==South Island==
* [[Blenheim]]
* [[Christchurch]]
* [[Dunedin]]
* [[Invercargill]]
* [[Kaikoura]]
* [[Nelson]]
* [[Picton]]
* [[Queenstown]]
* [[Richmond]]
* [[Aoraki/Mt Cook]]

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'''Reutlingen''' is a middle sized city south of [[Stuttgart]].

==Hitching Out==
===North, East towards [[Stuttgart]], [[Ulm]]===
To get towards [[Stuttgart]] and [[Ulm]] it is best ''not'' to stand next to the direct &quot;Schnellstraße&quot; '''B27''' between ''Orschel-Hagen'' and ''Römerschanze'', but go to the other side of the city. If you're far away from the city center take line #1 (towards ''Orschel-Hagen'') or line #7 (towards ''Efeu'') to the stop ''Karlsstrasse/Fernmeldeamt''. 
This busstop is the place to stand as it is at the intersection which leads to the '''B28'''. 
===South towards nowhere===
If you want to go south or to the Swabian Jura you should stand at the busstop in the ''Lederstrasse''. This is where you can also find the ADAC or the Lois. It it in the city center on the way towards [[Pfullingen]] and [[Eningen]]. If you can't find it, ask locals, they usually know it.

If you ever need to go somewhere by bus you can find the overview of Reutlingen's bus lines [https://www.stadtwerke-reutlingen.de/rsv/bilder/pdfs/Liniennetzplan1.pdf here]

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    <title>Weingarten</title>
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      <text xml:space="preserve">'''Weingarten''' is a town in South [[Germany]], in the south of [[Baden-Württemberg]] close to [[Ravensburg]]. 

There is not much to see or do here, except for a PH (a kind of university just for teachers), a FH (rather technical university) and the famous Basilica there is nothing. There is not even a motorway.

==Hitching Out==
===South or North towards [[Friedrichshafen]], [[Konstanz]], [[Ulm]]===
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To get out of Weingarten you have to go towards the ''Burger King''. 
To get there you follow the ''Waldseeerstraße'' towards the intersection at 'Domicil' and then turn left (if you come from [[Ravensburg]]) or right (if you come from [[Baienfurt]]). Just follow the street ''Niederbiegerstraße'' until you get to the next intersection with two traffic lights. Behind it there is a small strip of grass where you can stand, the cars can stop at a lay-by just behind it (see map).

If you want to travel south carry a sign with FN (for [[Friedrichshafen]]) or KN (for [[Konstanz]]), if you want to go north it is best to ask for a ride towards [[Ulm]]. If you want to go towards RT ([[Reutlingen]]) write some small town on the way an you sign ''(Saulgau, Riedlingen, Zwiefalten)''. 

Usually it doesn't take very long to get a lift, even if you're two is shouldn't take longer than half an hour.

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    <title>Ulm</title>
    <id>1577</id>
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      <id>31227</id>
      <timestamp>2009-02-22T11:12:53Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Prino</username>
        <id>93</id>
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|country = Germany
|map = &lt;map lat='48.3968' lng='9.99' zoom='12' view='3' float='right'/&gt;
|pop = 120,925 (31 Dec 2006)
|state = Baden-Württemberg
|plate = UL
|motorways = [[A7 (Germany)|A7]],  [[A8 (Germany)|A8]]
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'''Ulm''' is a middle sized [[Germany|German]] city in [[Baden-Württemberg]], east of [[Stuttgart]] and west of [[Munich]].

== Hitching Out ==
=== North towards [[A8 (Germany)|A8]] ([[Stuttgart]], [[München]]) ===
If you want to go towards [[Stuttgart]] this spot is perfect. There is an Esso petrol station at the B10/B28 just before the IKEA intersection. It takes about 10 minutes to get on from there. If you get dropped off at the trainstation you can get there easily by taking the crossover left of it, going right  and left again into ''Bleichstraße''. At the end of it you will find the petrol station.
If you want to go towards [[Nürnberg]] it is more time consuming, but within an hour you should get away (one hour for one girl hitchhiking on her own). Otherwise try getting to the Spot in [[Neu-Ulm]] directly.

=== South towards [[Memmingen]] ===
If you want to go south you can try the service station on the other side of the road. It is not perfect, but also works.

=== East towards [[A7 (Germany)|A7]] ([[Austria]], [[Würzburg]]) ===
If you want to travel on the [[A7 (Germany)|A7]] try to start directly in [[Neu-Ulm]].

Another possibility to get to the [[A7 (Germany)|A7]] that is much faster in some anonymous hitchhikers opinion: Take bus #58 from the main bus station (near train station) towards direction ''Albeck'' and get out at ''Rasthaus Seligweiler'' (There is a bus every hour) Link to [http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&amp;hl=de&amp;q=seligweiler&amp;sll=48.460031,10.034852&amp;sspn=0.023792,0.053902&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=48.45801,10.031333&amp;spn=0.023793,0.053902&amp;z=15&amp;iwloc=addr&amp;om=1 this place].

There is a bus station where you can hitchhike easily towards direction ''Heidenheim'' (it's a small motorway, that leads to the [[A7 (Germany)|A7]]).
You need to ask the driver if he goes at least to ''Autobahnraststätte Lonetal''. From ''Rasthaus Seligweiler'' it's also very easy to get on the [[A8 (Germany)|A8]] in both directions ([[Stuttgart]] or [[Munich]]).

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      <timestamp>2009-02-21T19:06:26Z</timestamp>
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  <page>
    <title>Dominica</title>
    <id>1579</id>
    <revision>
      <id>31264</id>
      <timestamp>2009-02-24T20:00:47Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Platschi</username>
        <id>112</id>
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|country = of Dominica
|in = Caribbean
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|language = English
|capital = Roseau
|pop = 72,514
|currency = East Caribbean dollar (XCD)
|hitch = ?
|hitchbase = 55
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'''Dominica''' is a small island nation in the [[Caribbean]] located in a chain of islands called the ''Lesser Antilles''.

It has surprisingly lot of highways and shares something with [[Germany]] − no speed limits! Hitching works and people are friendly. Watch out for the cars that have TX-plates. They're taxis and might want money.

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  <page>
    <title>Saint Lucia</title>
    <id>1580</id>
    <revision>
      <id>30758</id>
      <timestamp>2009-02-04T00:51:32Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Kb</username>
        <id>1332</id>
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      <minor/>
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|country = Saint Lucia
|in = Caribbean
|map = &lt;map lat='13.9' lng='-60.95' zoom='10' view='0' country='Saint Lucia' height='350'/&gt;
|language = English
|capital = [[Castries]]
|pop = 160,765
|currency = East Caribbean Dollar (XCD)
|hitch = {{bad}}
|hitchbase = 181
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Hitching on the [[Caribbean]] island '''Saint Lucia''' can't really be recommended. A hitchhiking culture doesn't really exist there. Local minibuses run frequently and people just don't understand why someone wants to hitch. This can be a problem on Sundays when local minibuses don't run on every route.

== Border crossing ==
This truly is a country where you can't get in without an onward ticket. However, if you're coming by a ferry from [[Martinique]], they'll force you to buy an open return ticket. But if you then will fly somewhere from St. Lucia, you can cash the ticket back when you show the air ticket. And as a matter of fact, you can even sell your open ferry ticket. Good to know is also that the catamaran from Martinique is not the only alternative. From the town of Marin in Martinique you'll find a little water bus coming to [[Castries]]. Not remarkable difference in the price. No ship connection to [[St. Vincent]] though the country can be seen from the southern tip of St. Lucia.


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  <page>
    <title>Thailand</title>
    <id>1581</id>
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      <id>31831</id>
      <timestamp>2009-03-22T16:56:56Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Global vegan</username>
        <id>1812</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <comment>/* Cities */ *National Parks*</comment>
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|country = of Thailand
|language = Thai
|capital = [[Bangkok]]
|pop = 63,038,247
|currency = Baht (THB)
|hitch = {{very good}}
}}
[[Image:Amylin-thai-pickup.jpg|thumb|220px|left|[[amylin]] riding in the back of a hitched pick-up truck from [[Chiang Rai]] to the [[Laos]] border in [[Thailand]].]]
'''Thailand''' is a wonderful hitchhiking country - but you have to be persistent. People are not familiar with the concept of hitchhiking and they always want to drop you off at a bus station.

===National Parks===
* [[Khai Yai NP]]

===Cities===
* [[Bangkok]]
* [[Chiang Mai]], [[Chiang Rai]], [[Chon Buri]]
* [[Khon Kaen]]
* [[Lampang]]
* [[Nakhon Ratchasima]]
* [[Pattaya]], [[Phuket]]


In Thailand, 1st &amp; second class buses often have air conditioning - way too cold and you have to watch B-class movies on the video screen. Hitching you don't have to freeze and you can get acquainted with locals and some foreigners too. They don't ask money for the rides but if a someone not so rich offers you a long ride, it would be polite to offer him a lunch if you can afford it.

However, 3rd class trains are really cheap (48 THB from [[Bangkok]] to [[Aranyaprathet]], which is 6 km from the [[Cambodia|Cambodian]] border), and it might be inconvenient to get to a good hitching spot when you're leaving [[Bangkok]]. 
Local buses are often great value too - and exciting if you're packed in with animals, bags &amp; anything that will fit.

There are &lt;i&gt;lots&lt;/i&gt; of motorbikes in Thailand, who are happy to pick up hitchikers. Remember it can be difficult if you're wearing a backpack and always ask/signal/mime if they have a spare helmet.

&lt;!--useful information for hitchhiking :) ?
==Language==
Thai is a language with 6 tones.--&gt;


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  <page>
    <title>Mongolia</title>
    <id>1582</id>
    <revision>
      <id>32340</id>
      <timestamp>2009-04-20T22:59:31Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Guaka</username>
        <id>2</id>
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      <comment>{{IsIn|Asia}}</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">{{infobox Country
|country = of Mongolia
|map = &lt;map lat='47' lng='104' zoom='4' view='0'/&gt;
|language = Mongolian
|capital = [[Ulan Bator]]
|pop = 2,951,786
|currency = Tögrög (MNT)
|hitch = ?
|avp = mongolia
}}
If you plan to hitch in '''Mongolia''', it is good to know that drivers expect to be paid. Before entering the car bargain for the price and expect a jam-packed car, packed with amazingly friendly people! Expect flat tyres, overheating jeeps and not much more than 100km a day. 

But of course you can get free rides! One big problem is to make them understand that and understand them.

Hitchhiking in the far west: [[Bayan Oelgi]], is very hard to hitch. It took [[User:Worldhitch|Worldhitch]] 2 weeks from the Russian border in [[Bayan Oelgi]] to Ulan Bator. Getting a Chinese visa is easy in Ulan Bator, Russian is not so easy – like in any other place.

== Cities ==
* [[Ulan Bator]] (capital)
* [[Bayan Oelgi]]

== Roads ==
There are just some hundreds of km of paved road from [[Ulan Bator]] in some directions and that's it. No roads, no signs. The trunk roads out of Ulan Bator are paved and reasonably trafficked. Be careful if you walk out of the cities, along the ''roads'' so you don't get lost, and take water with you. Confusingly, names of cities equal names of states, so make sure city and state match.  

== Border Crossing ==
=== To [[China]] ===
Hitchhiking from Ulan Bator to Zamyn Yyd (Chinese border) it is not too difficult. The ''road'' (half of the way down is paved) stays close to the Transmongolian Railway and gives you the security not to die of thirst. [[User:Worldhitch|Worldhitch]] also got a lift by the great Defektoskop train. 

== Sleeping ==
[[Camping]] is great in Mongolia.


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    <title>Категория:California</title>
    <id>1584</id>
    <revision>
      <id>30208</id>
      <timestamp>2009-01-19T04:41:16Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Sigurdas</username>
        <id>1658</id>
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  <page>
    <title>Hitchwiki:New entries</title>
    <id>1585</id>
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      <id>9124</id>
      <timestamp>2006-11-24T00:51:41Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Admin</username>
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      <comment>[[Hitchhiking Wiki:New entries]] moved to [[Hitchwiki:New entries]]</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">To enter a new entry to the Guide, start by pressing the &quot;edit&quot; link on the top of the page. You get to the editing page of this page. Don't edit the existing text, just add 

&lt;pre&gt;&lt;nowiki&gt; * [[Title of your entry]] &lt;/nowiki&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

and click &quot;Save page&quot;. 


This adds a link to a page that you can now create. You can see the difference to the pages that exist by the color: existing pages are linked with blue and the new link is in red.

Click on the link you just added. You enter to the editing page for a new entry - this is the place where you can write your tip or article.

This is the easy way. You can be more creative and add additional links and pages to existing pages - the new pages do not neccessarily have to be added by creating the link ''here''.

You can get additional help to editing by clickin on the &quot;Editing help&quot; link under the textfield in editing mode.

Click edit and simply add your link like this: &lt;tt&gt;&lt;nowiki&gt;[[your link]]&lt;/nowiki&gt;&lt;/tt&gt;. After that you can click on the (probably) red link, and start writing. Don't worry too much about style, spelling or ''wiki syntax''. Just type whatever you know as a hitchhiker about that place!
Other people will make sure your addition will be integrated into the site.


==List of new entries==
 
* [[London]]
* [[Kiev]]
* [[Hong Kong]]
* [[Zanjan]]
* ...</text>
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  <page>
    <title>Packing</title>
    <id>1586</id>
    <revision>
      <id>1677</id>
      <timestamp>2006-08-24T03:22:56Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <ip>Guaka</ip>
      </contributor>
      <comment>merge: #redirect [[Things to carry]]</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">#redirect [[Things to carry]]</text>
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  <page>
    <title>Berlin</title>
    <id>1587</id>
    <revision>
      <id>31804</id>
      <timestamp>2009-03-19T12:50:09Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Perilisk</username>
        <id>117</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <comment>/* South towards Dresden (A13) */  made location more precise after walking in the wrong direction :)</comment>
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{{Hitchhiking Zine nomination}}
{{Infobox German Location
|country = Germany
|map = &lt;map lat='52.5' lng='13.3' zoom='9' view='0' float='right' height='300' width='400' country='Germany'/&gt;
|pop = 3,405,483 (31 Juli 2007)
|state = Berlin
|plate = B
|motorways = [[A2 (Germany)|A2]],  [[A9 (Germany)|A9]],  [[A10 (Germany)|A10]],  [[A11 (Germany)|A11]],  [[A12 (Germany)|A12]],  [[A13 (Germany)|A13]],  [[A24 (Germany)|A24]]
}}
'''Berlin''' is the capital of [[Germany]].

== Hitching Out ==
=== South towards [[Leipzig]] ([[A9]]), West towards [[Magdeburg]], [[Hannover]] ([[A2 (Germany)|A2]]) ===

* '''Rasthof Michendorf'''—Just 30 minutes by 'Regionalbahn' (train) south west of Berlin. This is the most direct option. You easily get hitches to the south, west as well as to the east (Poland). Take a train (e.g. RE3 to [[Dessau]], check [http://www.fahrinfo-berlin.de/Fahrinfo/bin/ fahrinfo-berlin.de] for route information.) from the center (2.60 EUR). Get off at train station ''Michendorf''. Leave the station at the left side (in direction of the train). Turn right into the Potsdamer Straße, at the bus stop, and walk for 20 minutes straight on it.  To go west or south ([[Munich]], [[Hannover]], [[Magdeburg]]) turn right into the Feldstraße and follow it till you see the service station. Enter it via the green emergency door. If you want to go east towards [[Poland]] or [[Dresden]] turn right after the tunnel (it's a small sandy road through a wood). Follow the road until you are at the restaurant at the [[rest area]]. This is a long arena so walk around the restaurant area, car parks, and petrol pumps.

* For going South or West you can try the '''Raststätte Grunewald'''. Take the ''S-Bahn'' train ''S7'' to ''Potsdam'' or ''S1'' to ''Wannsee'' and get out at ''Nikolasee''. Walk out of the train station, cross the bridge and you'll see the [[petrol station]] next to you. Usually you will encounter some other hitchhikers ( &quot;I stood there with 14 other Hitchhikers on a sunny Monday morning, 9 o`clock. Maybe Grunewald is a HH place, that is too well known!&quot; --Bocia), but normally you get a car at the petrol station within a few minutes - at least to ''Michendorf''! Also standing at the traffic lights before the [[on-ramp]] seems to be useful!

* Another option is the ''Aral'' petrol station at '''Kaiserdamm''' near the central bus station. Take U2 to ''Kaiserdamm'' (if you come from direction ''Zoo'') and go out in the driving direction. Leave the station on the left exit. After 50m there's the petrol station. It depends on the day, sometimes it's very easy to get away there, sometimes it's harder. 
* '''Trampstelle [[Potsdam]]'''

There is a local campaign for an official hitchhiking spot in Potsdam, they made a petition and won it :)
The hitchhiking spot is planned now and will be established soon.

=== North towards [[Rostock]] (Baltic Sea) ===
* Go to the ''S-Bahn'' station ''Pankow-Heinersdorf'' - there Prenzlauer Allee is becoming the Autobahn A114 - just walk 200m down the bridge and you've got a traffic-light as well as two petrol stations, both on the right side for the drivers going towards the Autobahn. It may be worth walking to the second petrol station as it's cheaper and more frequented.

At Rasthof Stolper Heide (see Hamburg) you can also get a lift towards Rostock.

=== Northwest towards [[Hamburg]],  [[Rostock]] and [[Scandinavia]] ([[A24 (Germany)|A24]]) ===

* The hitchhiking-spot in Henningsdorf (on the map as well): Rasthof Stolper Heide is the best option to reach [[Hamburg]], [[Rostock]] or [[Scandinavia]]. You are going to have to go on a 2 km walk in total (part of which involves gorgeous forests...). S-bahn station Heiligensee (S25 towards Henningsdorf, 2.10 € ticket), walk down Ruppiner Chaussee northwards about 200 meters and turn right on an asphalt walking path (There's a sign saying &quot;Berliner Wandweg&quot; or smthng). Cross the bridge over the motorway and you will see a short railing on the your left. You can easily jump over and then walk down the little hill to the motorway. Walk along the way for about 600/700m. The large petrol station is there. You can easily get a direct ride to [[Hamburg]] from here.

* A very closeby spot that saves you the 2 km walk: Get off at the station just before: Schulzendorf (S25 towards Henningsdorf, 2.10€ ticket). Get out from the front of the train, and out of the station, follow Ruppinerstrasse north, and take the first right (Schulzendorferstrasse). And there you are, on the motorway access ramp, 5 min walk from the station.
** Traffic is pretty low.
** Cars are very slow and can get a good view at you
** You can take ''any'' ride. If the car doesn't go your way, he can drop you at the petrol station &quot;Rasthof Stolper Heide&quot; a couple of kilometers uproad. 

* If you want to hitchhike towards [[Hamburg]] or [[Schwerin]] on the A24 it is the best to go with the U6 towards ''Alt-Tegel'' and get off at ''Kurt-Schumacher-Platz'' and then start walking towards the motorway. About 2 minutes away from the U-Bahn station there is a ''Jet'' petrol station. You can either ask the drivers who stop there or stand at the road right before it. (Update January 2009: Spot is open again!)


From the &quot;Rostock&quot; spot ''S Pankow-Heinersdorf'' you also have a chance to get a ride to Hamburg.

[[Image:IMG 5392.JPG|thumb|250px|right|[[Tiziano]] hitching from Berlin to [[Munich]]]]

=== South towards [[Dresden]] ([[A13 (Germany)|A13]]) ===
* Take a train to the S-Bahn station ''Schöneweide'', get out there and walk out of the station East, turn right on Michael-Brückner Strasse and after 300 meter you'll find two big [[service station]]s - although the [[Autobahn]] is far away-these are mostly the last possibilities for cars to get petrol - was once crowded with hitchhikers but is normally empty now and works fine! Locals usually stop at the second petrol station because it's cheaper normally. Also, behind this petrol station is a Burger King &quot;Restaurant&quot;. If you choose your spot well, you can show a sign both to cars on the street who could stop at the Burger King entrance (but often drive too fast though) and to people leaving the second petrol station or entering Burger King.

However the attendants at the service station will ask you to look for your ride elsewhere and may even call the police.  The road leading to the [[Autobahn]] is a no stopping zone, so the best solution is to stand near the Burger King, where a driver can pull in.  There is no better spot further up the road toward the [[Autobahn]]. 
2008-08-24: I used this petrol stations quite often and never had problems. What the hell did you do? -[[User:atopia|Ben]]

* Alternatively go to S-Bahn station ''Alt Glienicke''. Leave the platform illegally at the east end, then hike over the rails, which will bring you to the B96. The road is also named ''Am Seegraben''. There is a wide emergency lane and a speed limit of 50 kmh. Use a sign to get a lift to [[Dresden]] (DD), [[Braunschweig]] (BS), [[Hannover]] (H),  ''Michendorf'' or [[Frankfurt (Oder)]] (FF) / Poland [[Poznan]]. It is not allowed to hitchhike on that spot, though very likely that you will obtain a good lift in short time. Remember: Running over the rails can cost you something around 25 Euro if they catch you.

*Another possibility is to go to Tempelhof S or U Bahnhof (see map), which is easy to reach. Then simply follow the sign towards Dresden (A100). There are two red lights, for people coming from north and south, so they have time to see you. You should ask for A113 or A13, or simply if they are going in the way to Ikea, and get dropped on the petrol station before the big mall (before Waltersdorf, check map also). Bus #263 from S-Bahn station Grünau also goes to/near this petrol station. '''Please read the discussion page'''!

* You can also take the S-Bahn to the station ''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.

'''WARNING''': If you are going further than Dresden (e.g. Czech Republic), take a look on the [[Dresden]] page.

=== East towards [[Poland]] (etc) ===

* '''Rasthof Michendorf'''—Just 30 minutes by 'Regionalbahn' (train) south west of Berlin. You easily get hitches to the east (Poland). Take a train (e.g. RE3 to [[Dessau]], check [http://www.fahrinfo-berlin.de/Fahrinfo/bin/ fahrinfo-berlin.de] for route information.) from the center (2.60 EUR). Get off at train station ''Michendorf''. Leave the station at the left side (in direction of the train). Turn right into the Potsdamer Straße, after you pass the bus stop, and walk for 20 minutes. If you want to go east towards [[Poland]] turn right after the tunnel (it's a small sandy road through a wood). Follow the road until you are at the restaurant of the service station. This is a long arena so walk around the car parks and petrol pumps to meet potential drivers.

=== North East towards [[Gdansk]] (Danzig) ===
*Pankow District-Take a tram to Indira-Gandhi-Str. which can be caught at AlexanderPlatz. Then walk along the Berliner Allee just around the half circle of the road and find a decent place where cars can pull over. Many cars at this intersection have Polish License and are heading North East, some as far as Gdansk. Use a sign with the city 'Szczecin' and surely a Polish driver will stop, though be prepared to mix your languages and refer to cities by there Polish names. Check the map for the street view.
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== Resources ==

=== Drink ===
At ''Hauptbahnhof'' the McDonalds has free refills, pick up a cup and get high on fizzy drinks.
 
=== Internet access ===
Sidewalk express (internet) is located in the food court at ''Hauptbahnhof'', pick up some of the leftover receipts and enter the code, there is usually some time left. This is the internet I'm using now.

=== Public transport ===
Blackriding is possible, albeit risky. Controllers are very frequent and wear civil clothes, so they cannot be noticed before the doors are closed. And since they do not receive hourly wage but salary depending on how many people they catch, playing the &quot;dumb tourist&quot; will have no effect on them; they want you in their record. The good news is that even if they ask you to pay the fine on the spot (40 euros), you can say you don't have the money and then you have two weeks to pay it. Or, give them a false address and just never pay it.


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  <page>
    <title>Nijmegen</title>
    <id>1588</id>
    <revision>
      <id>33561</id>
      <timestamp>2009-05-22T11:49:25Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Clint.hotvedt</username>
        <id>1885</id>
      </contributor>
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      <comment>/* South / West towards Venlo, Eindhoven, Den Bosch */</comment>
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|country = Netherlands
|map = &lt;map lat='51.833' lng='5.865' zoom='11' view='3'/&gt;
|pop = 161.675
|state = Gelderland
|motorways = [[A73 (Netherlands)|A73]], [[A50 (Netherlands)|A50]], [[A15 (Netherlands)|A15]]
}}
'''Nijmegen''' is a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] university city close to the [[Germany|German border]] and city of [[Kleve]]. Hitching here is fairly easy. There are three so called ''[[liftershalte]]s''.

== Hitching Out ==
=== North towards [[Arnhem]], [[Apeldoorn]], [[Hengelo]] and [[Groningen]] ===
At the verkeersplein near the Waalbrug (direction [[Arnhem]]) there is a liftershalte.  However, at the petrol station on the A325 almost everybody is going to Arnhem, so if you want to go beyond, you don't want to get a ride from someone merely going towards Arnhem (unless it's raining).

=== East towards [[Germany]], [[Kleve]] ===
Near the official hitchhiking spot leading north, use the sliproad at this junction in the direction of [[Kleve]] (the road is the N325, the street is ''Nieuwe Ubbergseweg''). Don't bother walking further along the N325, there are no further good spots until the German border.

For further afield in Germany, try the junction with motorway [[A73 (Netherlands)|A73]] in Dukenburg. Okay, it's quite a way out of city centre, and there is little place to safely stop, but this is such a busy entrance, and there are so many cars going long-distance here that it's child's play to get a long ride. Even more so because just before the motorway split between [[A73 (Netherlands)|A73]] and [[A77 (Netherlands)|A77]] is just 15 kilometres south of here, and it has a large service area right before it. So any car going to [[Boxmeer]] or further can pick you up here, and there are many of those. When trying to hitch out towards [[Düsseldorf]], [[Köln]] or further, one should use this ramp.

=== South / West towards [[Venlo]], [[Eindhoven]], [[Den Bosch]] ===
At the ''Graafseweg'' (direction [[Venlo]] and [['s-Hertogenbosch]]) there is a liftershalte (often used as a parking spot), and many cars passing by are local. Better is to walk down to the intersection of Graafseweg and Neerbosscheweg (about 30 min. walk) and raise sign there. About one-fourth of cars passing here are for destinations in [[Brabant]] and [[Limburg]] province, so waiting times are fairly minimal considering the amount of (slow-moving) traffic and the good place to stop. It's also possible to get bus 2 and 99 here.

Another spot is there where one should try to get rides to [[Düsseldorf]] or [[Köln]] directly at the onramp of [[A73 (Netherlands)|A73]] southbound. It's quite a way out, and there's not a whole lot of space to stop, but the statistics are overwhelmingly in your favour here, at least 50% are going to [[Boxmeer]] or further from here, which means they can drop you off at the [[service station]] before the [[A73 (Netherlands)|A73]] / [[A77 (Netherlands)|A77]] split. 


At the ''St. Annastraat'', close to the university, there is a liftershalte. This one should only be used for '''local''' hitchhiking, towards [[Malden]], [[Gennep]] or [[Mook]].

=== West towards [[Rotterdam]], [[Utrecht]], [[Den Haag]] and [[Amsterdam]] ===

Use either the [[liftershalte]] near the Waal bridge mentioned in the '''North''' section, or use the petrol station past the Neerbosschebrug in the Lindenholt neighbourhood. Take bus 7 for the petrol station, you can see it on your right side if the bus turns into Lindenholt past the bridge. Avoid rides to Arnhem when using the [[liftershalte]], unless it's possible to be dropped off on the right side of Arnhem, if you're familliar with that city. Remember that it's usually much easier to hitch out of Nijmegen than to hitch out of Arnhem, so it doesn't really matter if you turn 3, 4 or 10 rides down.

[[trash:Nijmegen]]</text>
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  <page>
    <title>Nuth</title>
    <id>1589</id>
    <revision>
      <id>26188</id>
      <timestamp>2008-10-14T10:49:27Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Platschi</username>
        <id>112</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <comment>infobox</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">{{Infobox Dutch Location
|country = Netherlands
|map = &lt;map lat='50.91840259229272' lng='5.891847610473633' zoom='14' view='3'/&gt;
|pop = 5,490
|state = Limburg
|motorways = [[A76 (Netherlands)|A76]]
}}
'''Nuth''' is a town in the province of [[Limburg]] in the south of the [[Netherlands]], in between [[Belgium]] and [[Germany]]. Nuth lies on the highway [[A76 (Netherlands)|A76]].

== Hitching Out ==
=== North or West towards [[Eindhoven]], [[Nijmegen]], Belgium ===
To go north, in the direction of Eindhoven or Nijmegen or towards [[Antwerpen]], Belgium, you can try the ramp. It's not ideal, but after a while cars will stop. You can accept a ride to [[Beek]], since there's a lot more traffic there.</text>
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  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Категория:Netherlands</title>
    <id>1590</id>
    <revision>
      <id>26267</id>
      <timestamp>2008-10-15T10:31:40Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Platschi</username>
        <id>112</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <comment>some text</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">This category sorts all relevant articles for the [[Netherlands]]. For cities, browse the specific province subcategories.

[[Category:Western Europe]]
[[de:Kategorie:Niederlande]]
[[es:Category:Países Bajos]]
[[fr:Catégorie:Pays Bas]]
{{IsIn|Western Europe}}</text>
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  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Turkey</title>
    <id>1591</id>
    <revision>
      <id>33923</id>
      <timestamp>2009-06-13T19:30:04Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Xkomczax</username>
        <id>1495</id>
      </contributor>
      <comment>/* Getting In */ + czech</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">{{Infobox Country
|country = Turkey
|language = Turkish
|map = &lt;map lat='39.29' lng='35' zoom='5' view='0' width='450' height='250' country='Turkey'/&gt;
|capital = [[Ankara]]
|pop = 71,158,647
|currency = New Turkish Lira (TRY)
|hitch = {{very good}}
|hitchbase = 196
|avp = turkey
}}
Hitchhiking in '''Turkey''' is easy. Sometimes it may be customary to contribute a few Lira, but for most hitchhikers this is unheard of. Looking like a Western backpacker will get you a lot of attention when travelling outside the major tourist areas. Often, the first vehicle to pass will stop for you (sometimes even if they are going the opposite direction!) Lifts with big trucks are the most common − partly because personal cars are very often quite full. Turkish truck drivers are generally very friendly and helpful but may not speak a word of English. Knowing some German may help. 

Some drivers might ask you for money, and if you are not willing to contribute to the cost of the ride, please learn to say ''Param yok'' (I have no money) before getting in the car.

While waiting beside the road, many town-to-town minibus drivers (which can be recognized by banners proclaiming town names all over) and occasionally intercity buses will flash their headlights or honk at you − to ask whether you'd like a ride (for a fee, of course). Shake your head both sides to show you're not interested.


[[User:Alex|alex]]: I did not find it difficult to hitchhike in Turkey. Most lifts I had have been with trucks (coming from the East), trucks have also been what I saw the most in the east. I did find it easy to get a long lift across Turkey, even when I found it difficult to get such a lift at the boarder to Iran directly (most trucks went along the coast South at the time I have been there). However, I also found the truck drivers I met quite lonely and searching for (close) contact.


Having a [[Signs|signboard]] (together with the thumb extended) certainly helps, since most Turkish hitchhikers don't use one and therefore it draws much more attention from drivers un-used to seeing signboards. Writing the name of first town on your route -no matter how small it is- and the name of a farther and bigger city is good.  

==Getting In==
Citizens of most EU and other Western countries can get a 3 months visa for 10 Euro or more. German, Czech and Italian citizens are allowed to enter the country without any visa at all.

Hitchhiker [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] had a terrible experience at the [[Kapitan Andreevo]]-Kapıkule [[border crossing]] in October 2008 when he was refused entry by a grumpy border guard who was probably looking for ''baksheesh''. It took a lot of convincing to be allowed back to the truck to get back his (Guaka's) backpack. The next day there was no problem to get in.

{{Cities Turkey}}

== Safety ==
Following the [[Pippa|recent events]] in April 2008, this [http://youarealltourists.blogspot.com/2008/04/hitchhiking-guide-to-turkey-for-girls.html hitchhiking guide to Turkey for girls] might be an interesting piece to read for everyone (not only for girls) who's planning to hitchhike in Turkey. Safety is always important while hitchhiking, so check the [[Safety]] article before going out to wave your thumb!

== Climate ==
[[Image:Erzurum.JPG|thumb|250px|In [[winter]] it can be cold.]]
During the summer temperatures tend to rise above 35 °C, especially in the South, so it is recommended to secure yourself with sufficient supplies of water, and to plan travelling in a way that most of the actual hitchhiking would be earlier in the morning or in very late afternoon, to avoid a burning sun.

In [[winter]], though, it can be quite cold in Turkey.

== Transportation ==
[[Image:Mikeeg555 hitching in Turkey.jpg|thumb|250px|left|[[User:Mikeeg555|Mikeeg555]] hitching in Turkey]]
When you hitchhike in this country, people might try putting you on a ''dolmuş'' (mınıbus) or bringing you to the ''otogar'' (bus station). The dolmuş is the most common way of public transport inside and between cities &amp; towns. These small buses that are advised to be used for small distances will stop anywhere on the road even if you don't signal them to stop. Generally, the ride on a dolmuş costs between 1 and 3 Lira.

For larger distances buses (coaches) are more common. They provide reliable service and are pretty comfortable. Free tea and snacks are generally served along the way, and the buses tend to stop in nice [[rest area]]s. Some drivers who pick you up as a hitchhiker may try to convince you to take a bus. If you do end up on a bus they are relatively cheap although not as cheap as trains which are slower but more adventurous.

== Food ==
You will never have to worry about lack of [[food]] in Turkey. Many truck drivers have coffee makers in their truck. Turkish people are very generous, and it is seldom that you get a ride without a driver offering you food. The food in Turkey is relatively cheap, and is very meat-based. There is also a variety of a good local produce of tasty sweets and snacks. The tea (black tea or apple tea in Istanbul) is ''the'' national drink, and almost all the people that you meet offer you a tea − this is probably the most common way of showing you their hospitable culture.

== Sleep ==
[[Hospitality exchange]] networks have many friendly members in Turkey, and they can help you with an accommodation.

All towns in Turkey have an ''OtoGar'', a bus terminal. Most of these offer a warm and fairly safe place to spend a night. Nonetheless, be careful and try to place your luggage in such a way so that you are surely to be awaken in case if someone tries to take your things. 

Smaller towns outside the main tourist areas have very cheap hotels, starting at 8 Lira.

Many truck drivers will have an extra bunk in their truck cabin, and they are usually happy to offer it to a hitchhiker.

== License plates ==
The first two numbers of the Turkish car plates indicate the city a car is registered in. These are sorted from 1 to 81 alphabetically. This rule is not applicable for villages that recently received the status of cities.

The number is given to a whole province, e.g. [[Antalya]] and [[Alanya]] are both 07, as they are situated in the same province (Antalya Province).

&lt;table border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;
* 01 [[Adana]]
* 02 [[Adıyaman]]
* 03 [[Afyonkarahisar]]
* 04 [[Ağrı]]
* 05 [[Amasya]]
* 06 [[Ankara]]
* 07 [[Antalya]]
* 08 [[Artvin]]
* 09 [[Aydın]]
* 10 [[Balıkesir]]
* 11 [[Bilecik]]
* 12 [[Bingöl]]
* 13 [[Bitlis]]
* 14 [[Bolu]]
* 15 [[Burdur]]
* 16 [[Bursa]]
* 17 [[Çanakkale]]
* 18 [[Çankırı]]
* 19 [[Çorum]]
* 20 [[Denizli]]
* 21 [[Diyarbakır]]
* 22 [[Edirne]]
* 23 [[Elazığ]]
* 24 [[Erzincan]]
* 25 [[Erzurum]]
* 26 [[Eskişehir]]
* 27 [[Gaziantep]]
&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;
* 28 [[Giresun]]
* 29 [[Gümüşhane]]
* 30 [[Hakkari]]
* 31 [[Hatay]]
* 32 [[Isparta]]
* 33 [[Mersin]]
* 34 [[Istanbul]]
* 35 [[Izmir]]
* 36 [[Kars]]
* 37 [[Kastamonu]]
* 38 [[Kayseri]]
* 39 [[Kırklareli]]
* 40 [[Kırşehir]]
* 41 [[Kocaeli]]
* 42 [[Konya]]
* 43 [[Kütahya]]
* 44 [[Malatya]]
* 45 [[Manisa]]
* 46 [[Kahramanmaraş]]
* 47 [[Mardin]]
* 48 [[Muğla]]
* 49 [[Muş]]
* 50 [[Nevşehir]]
* 51 [[Niğde]]
* 52 [[Ordu]]
* 53 [[Rize]]
* 54 [[Sakarya]]
&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;
* 55 [[Samsun]]
* 56 [[Siirt]]
* 57 [[Sinop]]
* 58 [[Sivas]]
* 59 [[Tekirdağ]]
* 60 [[Tokat]]
* 61 [[Trabzon]]
* 62 [[Tunceli]]
* 63 [[Şanlıurfa]]
* 64 [[Uşak]]
* 65 [[Van]]
* 66 [[Yozgat]]
* 67 [[Zonguldak]]
* 68 [[Aksaray]]
* 69 [[Bayburt]]
* 70 [[Karaman]]
* 71 [[Kırıkkale]]
* 72 [[Batman]]
* 73 [[Şırnak]]
* 74 [[Bartın]]
* 75 [[Ardahan]]
* 76 [[Iğdır]]
* 77 [[Yalova]]
* 78 [[Karabük]]
* 79 [[Kilis]]
* 80 [[Osmaniye]]
* 81 [[Düzce]]
&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;


== Regions ==
* [[Kelebekler Vadisi]]


== Links ==
* [http://youarealltourists.blogspot.com/2008/04/hitchhiking-guide-to-turkey-for-girls.html Hitchhiking Guide to Turkey for girls]
* [http://abgefahren.hitchbase.com/DE/blogs/alex/20090213/just-hitching-rides-journey-eid-christmas Just hitching rides: A journey from Eid to Christmas] (Hitchhiking from Yemen to Germany), abgefahren Blogs

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[[Category:Western Asia]]
[[Category:Southern Europe]]
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[[de:Türkei]]
[[es:Turquia]]


[[Category:East Route from North Cape to Cape of Good Hope]]</text>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>South Africa</title>
    <id>1592</id>
    <revision>
      <id>31464</id>
      <timestamp>2009-03-03T14:58:22Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Alex</username>
        <id>89</id>
      </contributor>
      <text xml:space="preserve">Hitching in '''South Africa''' is possible.

It seems however that the old apartheid continues now in a voluntary way in hitching business. Whites give rides to whites and blacks stop for blacks. Whites don't ask money for the rides but blacks charge. So, hitching culture exists in its European form among the whites.

In 2010, '''South Africa'''  will be the hosting country of  the FIFA World Cup. 

== Cities ==
* [[Cape Town]]
* [[Johannesburg]]
* [[Pretoria]]


[[Category:Africa]]
[[Category:South Africa]]
{{IsIn|Southern Africa}}

[[de:Südafrika]]
[[es:Sudáfrica]]
[[Category:East Route from North Cape to Cape of Good Hope]]</text>
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  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Konstanz</title>
    <id>1593</id>
    <revision>
      <id>31228</id>
      <timestamp>2009-02-22T11:13:10Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Prino</username>
        <id>93</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <text xml:space="preserve">'''Konstanz''' is a city at the Lake Constance in [[South Germany]] at the Swiss border.

To get to any city in [[Switzerland]] go to the main border and hold up your sign at the parking lot on the Swiss side. Just a couple of meters behind it the motorway A7 starts.

Many cars go to the next [[petrol station]] from there, for petrol is much cheaper in [[Switzerland]] than in [[Germany]]. 

If you want to go to [[Ravensburg]] it is best to take the ferry to Meersburg (last stop of Bus No 1). It usually goes 4 times an hour, [[at night]] just once every hour. Ask the people who drive there eighter while waiting for the ferry or in the little café on the ship. If it is cold or raining you can wait in a heated waiting room until the ferry arrives.

Going west on the 33 towards the Autobahn [[Stuttgart]] - [[Singen]], there is no really good place to stop. The first service area is [[Engen|Rasthof Hegau]].

[[Category:Baden-Württemberg]]
[[Category:Germany]]
{{IsIn|Baden-Württemberg}}</text>
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  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Ravensburg</title>
    <id>1594</id>
    <revision>
      <id>27124</id>
      <timestamp>2008-11-06T17:11:11Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>MrTweek</username>
        <id>3</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <comment>[[Category:Germany]]</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">{{Infobox German Location
|country = Germany
|map = &lt;map lat='47.77763636' lng='9.6089172363' zoom='12' view='3' /&gt;
|pop = 47,690 (31 Dec 2005)
|state = Baden-Württemberg
|plate = RV
|motorways = -
}}
'''Ravensburg''' is a small city in the south of [[Germany]] (where the jigsaw puzzels are from).

== Heading Out ==
=== South towards [[Friedrichshafen]], [[Konstanz]] ===
To get towards [[Friedrichshafen]] (''FN'') or [[Konstanz]] (''KN'') go to the intersection ''Meersburgerstaße/Jahnstraße/Georgstraße'' close to ''Omira''. Unfortunately drivers who want to go towards these directions can't agree on the right way, so they go both ways: Jahnstraße and Meersburgerstraße (over the bridge).
[[Category:Germany]]</text>
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  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Freiburg im Breisgau</title>
    <id>1595</id>
    <revision>
      <id>31720</id>
      <timestamp>2009-03-14T08:54:01Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <ip>83.134.143.218</ip>
      </contributor>
      <text xml:space="preserve">{{Infobox German Location
|country = Germany
|pop = 217,548 (31 Dec 2006)
|state = Baden-Württemberg
|plate = FR
|motorways = [[A5 (Germany)|A5]]
}}
'''Freiburg im Breisgau''' is a student-city in the South of [[Germany]]. It is very close to the French border, and not far away from [[Switzerland]] as well. (It's the biggest Freiburg in Germany, there is also [[Freiburg/Elbe]] and [[Freiburg im Üechtland]] in Switzerland.)

Freiburg might be a good stopover for a longer trip in [[Europe]] because its quite central and easy to exit and to leave. Another advantage is that it's easy to find free [[accomodation]] via [[hospitality exchange network]]s in Freiburg.

Freiburg is a nice student town with around 220.000 inhabitants – 40.000 of them are students. So you definitely gonna find someone to drink a beer with.

In September 2007, the German hitchhiking club [[abgefahren e.V.]] hold his first gathering near Freiburg and also published the first (un)official German hitchhiking-spot in Freiburg.

== Hitching Out ==
=== Direction East [[Donaueschingen]], [[Engen]], [[Konstanz]], [[Singen]], [[Ravensburg]] ===

Get to the south east of the city where the ''Leo-Wohleb-Straße'' and ''Schwarzwaldstraße'' meet each other (B31). Somewhere there is a strip of grass right in front of a side road. As this is a busy road leading out of the town waiting time is not very long.
You should walk until the road goes into a tunnel. Some 50 meters before the entrance are some nice spots to get a ride.

Alternative for holders of '''Regio Karten''' (Monthly Tickets for the Public Transportation in the [http://www.rfv.de RVF]) or ''Semester Tickets'':

You can take a train to [[Löffingen]] (switch trains in Neustadt, trains depart every hour), for free if you have a ''Semsterticket/Regio Karte'' and from there you can walk through the town to the B31. In [[Löffingen]] is a petrol station where it s quite easy to get rides to the '''A81''' ([[Singen]] - [[Stuttgart]]).

=== North, South towards [[A5 (Germany)|A5]], [[France]], [[Basel]] ([[Switzerland]]), [[Karlsruhe]] ===
&lt;map lat='47.9909987154148' lng='7.84449577331543' zoom='15' view='3' float='right' /&gt;

Take a tram till &quot;Holzmarkt&quot;. Line 2,3 or 5 are heading there. Walk from the stop outside of the city towards direction of the river ''Dreisam''. There you are turning right and at the traffic light you can ask the cars for your destination.
* For heading north the next petrol station is &quot;Mahlberg&quot; right before [[Offenburg]]. For heading south there is no petrol station before the motorway leads to [[France]] ([[Muhlhouse]], [[Besancon]], [[Lyon]]) but there is one before [[Basel]] ([[Switzerland]]).
* If you want to go to France it might be better to get to the ramp ''Freiburg Nord''. You can get there with tram line 2 towards ''Zähringen'', get out at the last station. From there it's a 400 meters walking to the spot. Try to get a ride from there to the [[A5 (Germany)|A5]] direction south. This way you pass by the service station ''Schauinsland'' which is the last one before France.
* Another option to get to the service station ''Schauinsland'' is to take Bus No. 36 towards Hochdorf, exit Bus station Högestraße. From there its just a few minutes walk to the service station. (see map)


You can as well wait after the crossroad with a sign. (I don't recommend that, but if you don t speak German make sign &quot;A5 -&gt; KA ([[Karlsruhe]]) or BS ([[Basel]]&quot;.)

== Hitching In ==
It's not recommended, if you are coming from north to get off at &quot;Schauninsland&quot; petrol station. But if you get stuck there you can walk in the next village (Hochdorf) and take the bus 25 or 36 to Freiburg will take about 40 min to center. Try to find someone in [[Mahlberg]], [[Baden Baden]] or [[Bruchsal]] who is going straight there. The motorway doesn't go directly through the city so driver are unlikely to go 15 km extra just to drop you off in the city if they want to continue their trip. If you are coming from the south you can get off at the &quot;Breisgau&quot; service station. There shouldn't be a problem with finding someone who is going into town.

Another, though not the best solution, is to get off at exit 61 &quot;Freiburg Nord&quot; on the A5. The driver can make U-Turn and get back on the motorway (well, if it's not a truck). There's no really much room to stop, so you'll have to ask people stopping on the red light, most of them will be going to the city. Better don't go there if you're not alone, as you'll have to hop in very quickly.

[[Category:Germany]]
[[de:Freiburg im Breisgau]]

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  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Bad Saulgau</title>
    <id>1596</id>
    <revision>
      <id>28757</id>
      <timestamp>2008-12-04T14:23:14Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Prino</username>
        <id>93</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <comment>gas -&gt; petrol</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">'''Bad Saulgau''' is a small town in southern [[Germany]] situated at the ''Oberschwäbische Barockstraße''.
==Hitching Out==
&lt;map lat='48.012778980957016' lng='9.49819564819336' zoom='13' view='0' float='right'/&gt;
===Heading north===
If you want to go north towards [[Reutlingen]] or [[Sigmaringen]], start at the ''JET'' petrol station on the B32 at the end of the town. 

===Heading south===
If you want to go south towards [[Ravensburg]] you should stand somewhere close to the train tracks next to the shopping centers at the other end of town. This also is the B32.

[[Category:Baden-Württemberg]]
[[Category:Germany]]</text>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Sigmaringen</title>
    <id>1597</id>
    <revision>
      <id>9129</id>
      <timestamp>2006-11-24T01:50:47Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <ip>85.177.35.157</ip>
      </contributor>
      <text xml:space="preserve">'''Sigmaringen''' is a town on the Swabian Alb. 

==Heading east==

If you want to hitch towards [[Bad Saulgau]], [[Riedlingen]] or [[Ravensburg]] go to the roundabout before the busstop on B32 at the Binger Straße.


[[Category:Baden-Württemberg]]
[[Category:Germany]]</text>
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  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Riedlingen</title>
    <id>1598</id>
    <revision>
      <id>31266</id>
      <timestamp>2009-02-24T20:05:20Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Platschi</username>
        <id>112</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <text xml:space="preserve">&lt;map lat='48.15612350772293' lng='9.476566314697266' zoom='13' view='0' float='right'/&gt;
'''Riedlingen''' is a small town in the [[Germany|German]] ''Bundesland'' [[Baden-Württemberg]], located in the South of the country.

==Hitching Out==
===North towards [[Reutlingen]]===
If you want to go north towards [[Reutlingen]], go to the hospital (at the far end of town). There is a bus stop and all cars that pass will go your direction. 
===South towards [[Bad Saulgau]]===
If you want to go south towards [[Bad Saulgau]] either stay on the other side of the hospital or go through the town. If you're almost out of it and back on the big street ''B312'' there is a bus stop next to an old house.

[[Category:Baden-Württemberg]]
{{IsIn|Baden-Württemberg}}</text>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Karlsruhe</title>
    <id>1599</id>
    <revision>
      <id>32252</id>
      <timestamp>2009-04-15T09:22:56Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>MrTweek</username>
        <id>3</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <comment>/* Option 2 */</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">__NOTOC__
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'''Karlsruhe''' is a city in [[Germany]] in the federal state (“Bundesland”) [[Baden-Württemberg]], located close to the French border and connected by the [[A5 (Germany)|A5]] and [[A8 (Germany)|A8]].

== Hitching out ==
=== Direction North, South, East ===
==== Option 1 ====
The [[A5 (Germany)|A5]] is passing Karlsruhe and connects it to [[Frankfurt am Main]], [[Basel]], [[Stuttgart]] and other cities.
The best ramp is Karlsruhe-Durlach. Take the tram '''1''', '''2''', '''S4''' or '''S5''' to ''Weinweg''. There is a petrol station close by where you can ask people, or you can stand nearby the exit of the petrol station - around 10 meters away from it. There is a safe place where the people can turn off behind you.  You can also stand directly on the ramp, waving a sign or a thumb. The hard shoulder serves enough space for anyone to stop, but the cars go quite fast. 

==== Option 2 ====
Near [[Bruchsal]], there is a very huge service area at the [[A5 (Germany)|A5]]. It's about 40 minutes by tram and bus and the fare is 3 EUR. See [[Bruchsal]] for details.

=== Direction South, West, East ===
The Bus Station ''Beiertheim West'' makes a good hitchhiking spot in direction south ([[A5 (Germany|A5]], [[Basel]]) but there are also many cars going in direction [[Stuttgart]] or [[Landau]].
It is served by the bus no. 062 from ''Hauptbahnhof'' or ''Entenfang'', but you can also take tram no. 2 to ''Welfenstraße'' or just walk 10 minutes from the main station along ''Eberstraße''.

== Sleep ==
There is a camping site in ''Durlach''. Just take a tram to Durlach, there is a lot of signs for it. Karlsruhe also has a quite active Couchsurfing community.

== Internet Access ==
In the town center, between ''Europaplatz'' and ''Marktplatz'' there are a some info terminals called ''blue spots'' where you can see town maps, send emails and surf the internet for free.

== Public transport ==
Public transport is quite good. The tram lines go into all the neighbouring towns. Within the city, they go all night at weekends. Fares are about 2 EUR per trip. Tickets are checked quite often, even at night.

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'''Baden-Würtemberg''' is a [[Germany|German]] federal state (german ''Bundesland'').

It is the gateway state if you want to go to [[Lyon]], [[Milano]] or [[Switzerland]]. The highways [[A5 (Germany)|A5]] and the [[A81 (Germany)|A81]] are crossing '''Baden-Württemberg''' in north-south direction, the [[A8 (Germany)|A8]] and [[A6 (Germany)|A6]] in direction west-east.

It is third largest in both area and population among the country's sixteen states, with an area of 35,742 square kilometers (13,800.1 sq mi) and 10.7 million inhabitants (both almost equivalent to all of [[Belgium]]). It's capital is [[Stuttgart]].

===Language===
In many areas of '''Baden-Württemberg''', residents speak the distinctive dialects of Swabian (''Schwäbisch'') and ''Badisch''/Allemanic, which both are known for being almost unintelligible to northern Germans, especially in its stronger forms in the countryside. In the northern part of '''Baden-Württemberg''', i.e. the area around [[Heidelberg]] and [[Mannheim]], a third kind of dialect is spoken, known as ''Kurpfälzisch''. 

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      <comment>/* South and Southeast towards Utrecht, Breda, Nijmegen, Arnhem, Düsseldorf, Antwerpen, Brussels, Paris */</comment>
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[[Image:IMG_5336.jpg|right|thumb|266px|Hitching at the Prins Bernhardplein liftplaats]]
'''Amsterdam''' is the capital of the [[Netherlands]].

Amsterdam is often abbreviated '''A'dam''', which can be a nice alternative to put on your signs.

== Hitching In ==
During daylight it's usually not a problem to hitch on on-ramps close to Amsterdam, so if you've been at petrol station for 25 minutes you might want to give it a try at an on-ramp closer-by.

Public transport is fairly okay in the Netherlands. There are convenient metros from e.g. the Bijlmer. It could be worth it to get a &quot;15-strippenkaart&quot; (6,90 EUR, valid on local buses, trams and metros in the entire country).

Coming from South there is a petrol station just a couple of kilometers before Amsterdam. There are enough people stopping before going into the city, [[User:Alex|alex]] never waited longer than 10 minutes to get a ride, with most of the times putting my bag directly from one car into another. So get off there when your driver doesn't go where you need to be in Amsterdam and catch easily a ride that goes to the district you want to go - this will save you some bugs and 30-60 minutes getting to the other side of town.

== Hitching Out ==
=== West towards [[Haarlem]], [[Leiden]], [[Den Haag]], [[Delft]] ===
There is an official [[liftplaats]] about 100 meters south of metro station Sloterdijk on Haarlemmerweg. Here you will find a lot of traffic going straight to [[Haarlem]], and possibly even cars going to [[Leiden]], and further to [[Delft]] and [[Den Haag]]. Though, most cars going there will use the Ring A10 and then the A4 to [[Den Haag]].

* For [[User:Liva|Liva]] it was not the best place even though you have had to do it when you're anyway there...
* For [[User:Lilylove|Lilylove]] it was a great spot to get to [[Delft]]. After several uses, it only ever took me one ride to get from Amsterdam to Delft direct.

===North towards [[Alkmaar]], [[Zaandam]]===
There is an A10 on-ramp near Sloterdijk station. Exit the station and go 200m east on ''Hatostraat'', 250m north on ''La Guardiaweg'' and 250m east on ''Basisweg'' and then cross over to the on-ramp.

Another ramp is a little way up the street from the last. Get there from the last by continuing further down ''Basisweg'' (which becomes ''Transformatorweg'' until ''Kabelweg''). Follow this north past s101 (''Nieuwe Hemweg''). The ramp is off of ''Vlothavenweg''.

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=== East towards [[Amersfoort]], [[Hengelo]], [[Nijmegen]], [[Osnabrück]], [[Hamburg]], [[Bremen]], [[Berlin]] ===
There is a [[liftplaats]], a spot specifically for hitchhiking, at the Gooiseweg next to the Prins Bernhardplein situated before NS Station Amsterdam Amstel (pass the bus stop). This road leads to the ramp of the S112 of the A10, the motorway around Amsterdam (direction [[A1_(Netherlands)|A1]] and [[A2_(Netherlands)|A2]]). A little further on that road and behind the bend you will find a petrol-station where you can talk to drivers, often a better way for getting a ride.

Most cars here will drive along the [[A1_(Netherlands)|A1]] towards [[Amersfoort]], [[Hengelo]] and [[Germany]]. The first petrol-station is just 8 kilometers further, just after [[Muiden]]. Are you hitching in direction of [[Berlin]] or [[Hamburg]], you might find the route-page from [[:Category:Route_Amsterdam_-_Berlin|Amsterdam to Berlin]] very useful.

From the [[liftplaats]] you can also find rides to [[Utrecht]], [[Arnhem]], [[Nijmegen]] and [[Belgium]], though you will find hitching from here relatively harder compared to the Utrechtsebrug, which is ''the'' spot for Utrecht.

Since there are so many different directions (and sometimes even many hitchhikers) it's better to make a sign.

There are trains, trams (12,51) and metros to Amstel station from most other stations in Amsterdam. It is a couple of minutes walk from there.
[[Image:IMGP0763.jpg|right|thumb|266px|Hitchhikers at the Prins Bernhardplein liftplaats]]
=== South and Southeast towards [[Utrecht]], [[Breda]], [[Nijmegen]], [[Arnhem]], [[Düsseldorf]], [[Antwerpen]], [[Brussels]], [[Paris]] ===
You can either go and hitch from the same spot as for going West at the Amstel Station, or hitch from where the motorway to Utrecht starts, which is called the Utrechtsebrug. This second option definitely gives you more cars going into the right direction and generally a lot less waiting time.

At the Utrechtsebrug you have several options. First, head to the Martin Luther King Park in Amsterdam Zuid where the motorway to [[A2_(Netherlands)|A2]]-motorway starts, which leads to [[Utrecht]] and further to [[Den Bosch]], [[Eindhoven]] and [[Maastricht]]. Take tram 25 to its end-stop or tram 4 or 12 and walk from the Vrijheidslaan south through the Rijnstraat to the motorway ([[A10 (Netherlands)|A10]]/ [[A2 (Netherlands)|A2]]). At the end of this road before the crossing,  you'll find traffic lights where you can pro-actively ask drivers to drop you at the massive Haarrijn service station (See below). The best traffic lights to pick, as there are three sets here, is the one on your left side when you are standing facing the bridge.

From here you can also walk over the bridge, walk along the motorway over the grass towards a small petrol station 250 meters further, behind the bend. Be careful when walking here, the space between you and cars is minimal. 

Just before Utrecht, after exit 5 ([[Breukelen]]) and just some kilometers before the Utrecht Ring you find a big petrol-station called [http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verzorgingsplaats_Haarrijn Haarrijn]. This is an excellent spot to find drivers for larger distances.

== Sleep ==
If you are caught in the rain with nowhere to go, the best place to stay dry that [[Zac]] found was outside the train station.

: ''After walking all night in the pouring rain, trying to stay dry and warm wherever I could, I finally crashed outside the train station until the wee hours of the morning. At that time I moved inside of the station. This had mixed results. It was warmer and drier, but the security guards walked by and gave me a kick every time I dozed off.''

There is another solution if you're caught in the rain : you can sleep on one of the tour boats parked along the river in front of central station, some of them have a roof outside the cabin and it can be a quite confortable place. Policemen or guards sometimes come and kick you out, but far less than in the station.

==Buy==
&quot;Philip's compact atlas Europe&quot; shows service stations in some countries, is pretty compact and was available for 7 euros at the New English Book Store in [[Amsterdam]], in June 2008.

It's not recommended to carry any type of illegal drugs with you while hitchhiking.  A bit of weed inside the borders of the Netherlands is not going to get you into trouble. But taking any amount of weed (or anything else) across the border could be a problem for you and possibly your driver. And it's not worth it.


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'''Den Haag''' or '''The Hague''' is a big city in the [[Netherlands]]. It is located in the province of [[Zuid Holland]].

== Hitching Out ==

=== North, West, South towards [[Utrecht]], [[Amsterdam]], [[Rotterdam]] ===
The [[liftershalte]], a spot for hitchhiking at the beginning of the [[A12 (Netherlands)|A12]] next to the Malieveld not far from the central Station is great when you're going in the direction of [[Utrecht]], but it could also work when going north towards [[Amsterdam]] or south towards [[Rotterdam]] and [[Belgium]].</text>
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'''Enschede''' is a city in the east of the [[Netherlands]].
There was a [[liftershalte]], a spot for hitchhikers, on the Westerval, at the Parkweg (direction [[A35 (Netherlands)|A35]]). It disappeared somehow in 2006.

== Hitching Out ==

=== North towards [[Hengelo]], [[Oldenzaal]], [[A1 (Netherlands)|A1]] service station ===
If you want to go towards the service station '' 't Lonnekermeer'' for long hitches into [[Germany]], get yourself towards the Deurningerstraat until end of town. Some 50m behind the last traffic light you'll have some space for cars to stop, pretty awesome spot for hitches towards Oldenzaal. For the service station, hitchhike for around 5-6 km and get out just behind the railway crossing. Walk up the bridge and at its left you can walk down towards the highway and the petrol station.

=== East towards [[Germany]] ===
; Option 1 along the highway towards [[Osnabrück]]
There is an [[A1 (Netherlands)|A1]] on-ramp in [[Oldenzaal]]-Zuid. This is around 6 km north of Enschede. You can get there by taking the bus, line #60 or #62 towards Oldenzaal/Denekamp from the central bus station in Enschede. The price is 2,50 Euro, but sometimes paying 2 Euro is enough when you say you want to get out at ''Hanzepoort''.

Get out of the bus at ''Hanzepoort'', cross the street and walk 50m to the right. There you can stand along the [[hard shoulder]] at the [[on-ramp]] up to the Dutch highway [[A1 (Netherlands)|A1]] (German  [[A30 (Germany)|A30]]) towards [[Bad Bentheim]] / Osnabrück. Average waiting time is 7 minutes, most people go to Germany, mostly to [[Nordhorn]] or Bad Bentheim near the border. This ramp is the 2nd last before the German border, try to get to the parking area at the border, there you can find trucks that might go more east towards Osnabrück, [[Hannover]] or [[Berlin]]. If you like going faster, check out the article for the A30, maybe it's better to catch a ride towards the on-ramp Nordhorn/Bentheim and from there getting a ride eastwards much faster.

; Option 2 via [[Gronau]] and towards [[Münster]]
For hitchhiking towards Münster take bus #1 (costs EUR 1,20) towards ''Wesselerbrink'' and get out at ''TC Tubantia''. There you can already see the highway in front of you, just walk the 500 meters up to the ramp. Additional, you can also take line #2, for this see the spot below. At this spot the highway [[A35 (Netherlands)|A35]] begins. For hitchhiking towards Gronau use the space in front of the traffic lights or walk a bit down the ramp.

=== West towards [[Hengelo]], [[Apeldoorn]], [[Utrecht]], [[Amsterdam]] ===
To get on the [[A35 (Netherlands)|A35]] you just have to go to the Zuiderval. Take bus #2 towards ''Helmerhoek'' and get out at the ''P+R Zuiderval'' and walk to the higway (100 meters). You can also take line #1, for this see the spot above. There are traffic lights and enough space for cars to stop. Use a sign with ''Deventer'' and try to get a lift to the petrol station before Deventer.

[[Image:Oldenzaal_ramp.jpg|thumb|250px|left|On-ramp [[Oldenzaal]]-Zuid towards [[Germany]].]]

=== All other directions ===
If you are at the University of Twente, try this: Go to the entry of the University, go the &quot;Auke Vleerstraat&quot; straightforward for around one kilometer (crossing two traffic circles, two bridges). After the second bridge you'll find traffic lights. Directly behind these traffic lights is a bus bay where you can stand perfectly to show all coming cars that you need a lift up on to the A35 to the east (Gronau ([[Germany]]) or to the west to [[Hengelo]] (Highway A1). Only problem is that you need a direct lift onto the highway, as before the approach road towards the highway is nearly impossible to hitch.

== Sleeping ==
It's possible to camp somewhere on the University campus, if you ask the security guys at the campus entry kindly to put your tent on a hidden spot somewhere between the trees. There's much green on the campus, only thing will be geese that are hanging around there. ;) There's also a campsite between [[Hengelo]] and '''Enschede''', not far from the University.

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'''Groningen''' a province and the biggest city in the north of the [[Netherlands]].

== Hitching Out ==
=== South towards [[Assen]] ===
There is a [[liftershalte]], a spot for hitchhiking, at the Emmaviaduct, the road to the A28, 200 meter westwards of Central Station, in the direction of Assen.
=== East towards [[Germany]] ===
Hitching east towards Germany is harder since there's no obvious place to start hitching. Probably the best is the from traffic light at the crossing of the Europaweg and the Sontweg (close to Ikea). There's a bus stop right after the traffic lights, so people can stop for you.

In weekends it is very hard to get to Germany this way. Instead hitch to [[Winschoten]] and try to get a hitch there, since a lot of Germans go shopping in Winschoten.

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Stubs are articles that need information. Check this list once in a while, and if you might have any information for one of those articles, feel free to add them. This list should, in fact, be empty.

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'''Utrecht''' is a city in the [[Netherlands]].

== Hitching Out ==
=== North: [[Amsterdam]], [[Amersfoort]], South: [[Breda]], [[Belgium]] ===
There is a [[liftershalte]] - a special spot for hitchhiking - at the ramp of the ''Waterlinieweg'' near ''De Galgewaard'' stadium. It's good for going northwards on the A27 and A28 or southwards on the A12, A2 and A27. Official hitching spot, indicated by a traffic sign with a thumb on it. 
To get there, take bus 12 from the Central Station and get off at bus stop 'Stadion Galgewaard'. Cross the road and you're at the driveaway! 


Another spot is an on-ramp on the A27 near the ''Veemarkthallen''. Take bus #5 from central station towards ''Voordorp''. Get off at ''Kemal Ataturkstraat'' and take bus #77 towards ''Bilthoven''. Get off at P+R Veemarkt. [[Europeangirl]] usually uses this spot and it takes her between 1 to 30 minutes to get a ride.

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    <title>Maastricht</title>
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'''Maastricht''' is the most southern city of the [[Netherlands]], located in the province of [[Limburg]].

== Hitching Out ==

=== North towards [[Eindhoven]] (and motorway towards [[Aachen]]/[[Köln]], [[Germany]]) ===
There is a ''[[liftershalte]]'', a special spot for hitchhiknig, at the beginning of the [[A2 (Netherlands)|A2]] near the soccer stadium ''De Geusselt'' (Viaductweg x N2/A2) (direction [[Eindhoven]]) and the [[A79 (Netherlands)|A79]] (direction [[Heerlen]]). Though with the future upgrade of the N2 to [[A2 (Netherlands)|A2]] this [[liftershalte]] might be receded! So please leave some hitchhiking sign there everytime you hitchhike so that the authorities might change their mind.

It is also possible to use this spot to hitchhike towards the motorway [[Aachen]] and then on to [[Köln]] and further. However, it is not always simple to catch somebody crossing the boarder (30-60 minutes waiting-time on average). Some people recommend to catch a lift to [[Heerlen]] and then catch another one to [[Aachen]].

Towards [[Heerlen]] and [[Germany]] you can obviously also hike towards the last traffic lights on the roads that lead towards the official hitchhiking spot and ask there for a ride (AC=Aachen).

[[Image:Tmoon.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[User:Tmoon|Tmoon]] hitching out of Maastricht]]

=== East towards [[Gulpen]], [[Aachen]] ([[Germany]]) ===
Take the bus #53 or #54 from the center towards ''Akersteenweg''. At this bus stop you'll find a petrol station. There you can try to get a lift towards [[Aachen]] in [[Germany]].

=== South towards [[Liege]] ===

Follow the rail track from the Central Station out of the town in a southern direction from the backside exit (use the bridge over the rails). At the first rail/road crossing south of the station hike on over the cycling path and later, still by the side of the railway, over Gerardusweg. Follow this way until the end, thus you walk under a bridge and you will arrive at a motorway entrance on the junction named Europaplein; some hundreds of meters further on at the other side of the railway is the trainstation Maastricht Randwyck. If you stand at the corner of the road across from the sign pointing at the A2/Luik (Liege) you will get a lift.

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'''Why add hitchhiking info to this wiki?'''

* [[project:about|This project]] uses the [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html GNU Free Documentation License], a free, copyleft license, implying that anyone can copy, modify or even sell it. And any copy and modification will also be under this license. (So if someone starts selling it, anyone can. So the price will be low, and improvements can easily be put back into this site.)
* It will be easy to take this information in your favourite portable device running GNU/Linux. 
* It's a wiki, so information is supposed to become more accurate over time.
* Because you can!

== Why not to add to [http://wikitravel.org/ Wikitravel] ==
* It gets lost in big articles containing irrelevant information for hitchhikers.
* A lot of stuff on Wikitravel gets deleted.
* Wikitravel still doesn't provide a database dump and that is needed to make versions for devices like phones.
** Hitchwiki database dumps are available at http://hitchwiki.org/dumps/

Of course, it is suggested you doubly-license your work here under both the GFDL and the CC-BY-SA licenses (all versions, since Wikitravel is still on version 1.0).

== Why not to add to [http://wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia] ==
* Hitchhiking info doesn't really fit well into an encyclopedia.

== Why not add to other hitchhiking websites ==
# There are no other [[websites about hitchhiking|websites primarily about hitchhiking]] using a free license. If there are any: please mention, it might be possible to cooperate.
# There are no other wikis about hitchhiking. And wikis are cool!


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  <page>
    <title>Hitchwiki:Hitchhiker's point of view</title>
    <id>1611</id>
    <revision>
      <id>24396</id>
      <timestamp>2008-09-03T21:35:16Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Guaka</username>
        <id>2</id>
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This is a wiki for [[hitchhikers]], so we don't need a ''neutral'' point of view, we need the '''hitchhiker's point of view'''.

If we stick to writing simple, straightforward articles, then we will end up with a simple, straightforward guide. It'll be a wonderful source of information, and the wiki element of it is something to be admired. But the end product will just be a copy of what already exists on the Internet.
With HPOV we've got the potential to really make effective use of this wiki and create a guide that's unique in every way, and more interesting to read.

== Personal stories ==
Personal stories can be very illustrative of the hitchhiking situation in a place. So this is definitely allowed. But it should be in a different style, clearly seperated from the rest of the article.

: ''If so, what is a hitchhiker, and what is the hitchhikers point of view? If a non-hitchhiker wanted to hitchhike out of town, what would be his or her point of view?''

A hitchhiker is someone who hitchhikes. Anybody is welcome to hitchhike. The hitchhiker's point of view is one from standing on the side of the road or at a gas station and asking for a ride. Or someone who is interested in doing this and looking for more information about how, where, what, who, whatever.

If there is point-of-view information, you can use &lt;nowiki&gt;~~~&lt;/nowiki&gt;. E.g. “[[User:Guaka|Guaka]]&lt;small&gt;&lt;sup&gt;[[User talk:Guaka|Talk]][http://www1.couchsurfing.com/guaka CS]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/small&gt; waited less than 5 minutes on this spot.”

It's also great to add pictures of yourself hitchhiking.

Tom: I strongly believe we should be heading towards a guide that contains not only information about hitchhiking, but also a range of related personal stories and experiences. Not only because information can already be found elsewhere, but also because stories relating to a piece of information make that information easier to memorise. For example, the Signs page could include any anecdotes that you want to tell about signs that you've used in certain situations, and what happened. Info about a hitchhiking spot in a city could include a story about something interesting that happened there, the shitty food that you were trying to eat, the driver that gave you a wonderful lift, food, a bed for the night, etc. Also, I don't think there's anything pretentious about adding our names to article pages; we don't need to try and hide the personal touch of this wiki!
I just feel that with the unique way in which this guide is being created, we shouldn't let it just become an information source like any other of the great guides out there, but instead show that hitchhikers are a living, breathing community, full with energy to burn and stories to tell. I haven't gone as far as I've described in any articles yet, but I would if it was encouraged, I would love to read your tales and I'm sure any non-contributing visitors would too.</text>
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  <page>
    <title>Aachen</title>
    <id>1612</id>
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      <timestamp>2009-04-27T08:10:41Z</timestamp>
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        <username>Guaka</username>
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      <comment>/* West towards Netherlands, Belgium, East towards Köln */</comment>
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|country = Germany
|pop = 258,770 (31 Dec 2006)
|state = North Rhine-Westphalia
|plate = AC
|motorways = [[A4 (Germany)|A4]], [[A44 (Germany)|A44]], [[A544 (Germany)|A544]]
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'''Aachen''' is a city in [[North Rhine-Westphalia]], [[Germany]], close to the [[Netherlands]] and [[Belgium]].

Apparently - ''from what [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] has heard'' - there is a somewhat official hitchhiking spot at ''Europaplatz''.

Cars number plates starting with letters '''AC''' are registered in this locality. License plates with '''DN''' indicate that a car is from a neighbour locality of Düren.

== Hitching Out ==
=== West towards [[Netherlands]], [[Belgium]], East towards [[Köln]] ===
There is a nice [[petrol station]], ''Aachener Land'', on the A4, not too far east of Aachen. It is good for heading towards Netherlands or Belgium, while the other side offers good opportunities to hitch towards almost any region in [[Germany]]. The fastest way to get there is by taking a bus #52 from the ''Busbahnhof''. It stops close to the [[service area]]. It should be also mentioned that there are good chances of meeting ticket controllers while on that bus; in addition, you have to show your ticket to the driver when entering the bus (although generally you can show anything looking like a ticket and probably get away with it). Another option is to start hitchhiking from ''Europaplatz'' just where the cars enter the motorway from a [[roundabout]]. When going East (direction Köln), leave ''Aachener Land'' behind you. When going West, step out at the petrol station and do a little walk over the bridge nearby to cross the motorway.

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There is quite a few [[police]] controls around Aachen, so make sure you are not bringing any drugs from the Netherlands to Germany as you might get controlled, although hitchhiker [[User:Fverhart|Fverhart]] writes: ''&quot;I don't like drugs and I was never checked on the border. Once in my life I had some marihuana with me, our host so kindly asked for it that I took the risk, although I did not know what kind of risk I was actually running.&quot;''

Alternatively, if heading towards the Netherlands one can walk from the ''Ponttor'' while in Aachen for about two kilometers up the ''Roermonderstrasse''. There are some petrol stations where you can find a Dutch driver. If you are going to [[Maastricht]] you can also go to ''Vaalserstrasse'' or take a bus to ''Vaals''. The roundabout at the West end of Vaals, for instance, is a good place to hitchhike. 

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  <page>
    <title>Poland</title>
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      <timestamp>2009-06-03T18:44:55Z</timestamp>
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|country = Poland
|language = Polish
|capital = [[Warsaw]]
|map = &lt;map lat='52' lng='19' zoom='5' view='0' country='Poland' /&gt;
|pop = 38,518,241
|currency = Złoty (PLN)
|hitch = {{good}}
}}
'''Poland''' is a member state of the [[European Union]] as well as the [[Schengen Agreement]]. It is pretty good country for hitchhiking. Many drivers generally believe that others do not stop and that hitchhiking days are over in Poland, which however does not prevent hundreds of them from stopping. Since 1958 till the beginning of 90's hitchhiking in Poland was an official way of traveling organized by National Tourist Board, when hitchhikers had their ID with insurance included and drivers could win prizes every year. Thousands of people were hitchhiking through all these years – and most of them have cars today, so very often do they repay the debt. 

=== General Hitchhiking Info ===
Quite common way to [[hitchhike]] in Poland is to stand on the side of the road with your hand extended and/or thumb pointing upwards. Some hikers also wave their hands up and down, which is widely understood as ''&quot;I only need a short ride&quot;''. This way of hitchhiking is popular between villagers and high school students who look for a lift for a short distance. They very rarely do write their destination on a [[sign|sheet of paper]] or some piece of cardboard. Waving is enough to make a driver stop. In the past in some regions of Poland elderly people were also giving small tips to the drivers, which is usually uncommon nowadays.
 
Travellers who look for a longer ride usually make a sign with a name of a city they go to or through. Some drivers prefer to take travellers and tourists. Because of that it is a good idea to place your backpack in front of you and make a sign which makes you look like a &lt;i&gt;professional hitchhiker&lt;/i&gt;.

[[Image:Krakow_to_ukraine.JPG|left|thumb|250px|Hitchhiker in [[Kraków]]]]

=== Tips ===
[[CB radio]] is quite popular in Poland not only among truck drivers, which might help in getting a ride. If you're lucky they can ask other drivers to take you further. You might even ask them gently to do that, especially in bad weather conditions or by night.
Hitching by night is possible in Poland but not easy. On national roads try to find bright spot where drivers can see you. Use bright clothes. The best options are petrol stations where you can speak with the drivers while they fill up the tank.

=== Borders ===
As mentioned above Poland joined [[Schengen Agreement]] which means there is no more passport control on the borders with Lithuania, Slovakia, Czech Republic and Germany. In most places there are still speed limits on the borders, there are also parking lots, toilets and currency exchange offices, which makes these places pretty good spots for hitchhiking. On new roads built however there are no speed limits anymore.

=== Roads ===
Even though the Polish road network has improved gigantically over the last two decades, by Western European standards, Poland has a poorly developed infrastructure of roads (''droga'', plural ''drogi'') and motorways (''autostrada'', plural ''autostrady''). The vast majority of roads that form an extensive net covering all of the country are single lane. There are few main motorways, and some expressways with lower speed limits than motorways but with many of their features. However there is lots of investments at the moment as Poland will be hosting European Football Championship final tournament in 2012.
Except for the motorways, it is generally accepted to hitchhike on the side of the road in almost any suitable place. Unlike many European states, the police are generally friendly towards hitchhikers as long as they behave properly. Some of the newly-refurbished national roads have &quot;no pedestrians&quot; signs near major towns, but it's still uncommon. On motorways and expressways the best place to hitchhike is either a sliproad or, preferably, one of the petrol stations.

See also: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roads_and_expressways_in_Poland Roads and expressways in '''Poland''']

=== Language ===
[[Image:Guaka-hitching-in-poland-2008.jpg|thumb|right|220px|[[User:Guaka|guaka]] hitching in Poland]]
According to a 2001 survey by CBOS (Polish survey office), roughly 42% of Poles speak at least one foreign language fluently. Generally, 23% of Poles speak Russian, 16% speak English and a similar percentage speaks [[Germany|German]]. Other languages often spoken are [[France|French]], [[Czech Republic|Czech]], [[Slovakia|Slovak]] and other Slavic languages. According to the same survey, among the youngsters (students and pupils) the percentage to speak at least one foreign language fluently reached 66, as compared to 50% of those under 35 and 40% of those between 35 and 54 years of age [http://jezyki.nauka.pl/index.php/id=index/dept=38/cath=59/news=134/view=1]. According to a similar survey prepared in late 2005 by TNS Opinion &amp; Social for the European Commission, the percentage of people who speak one foreign language decently is 57%. At the same time roughly 32% are bi-lingual and 4% tri-lingual [http://www.egospodarka.pl/13770,Znajomosc-jezykow-obcych-w-Europie,1,39,1.html]. Except for younger people, foreign languages (mostly [[England|English]]) are commonly spoken by businessmen and educated people (87%), urban populations (50%) and small business (48%). However, it is hard to predict the knowledge of languages of a driver by his car as educated people in '''Poland''' are generally poorly-paid.

Apart from the people who speak foreign languages, a vast majority of Poles do understand some basic constructions of other Slavic languages and of English. Due to World War II history and the number of war films created afterwards, also some basic words of the German language are commonly known.

=== Communication &amp; Dictionary ===
[[Image:Warsaw - poznan.JPG|thumb|left|225px]]
The Polish language is generally hard to learn for most native English speakers. Even the most basic constructions you might need while on the road require the usage of quite complicated grammar and the use of grammatical gender, proper declension and a number of other categories non-existent in modern English. However, contrary to French or German people, Poles are generally friendly towards foreigners who try to speak their language. Because of that do not be afraid to commit mistakes. They might at times sound funny, but most Polish people would be astonished by the fact that you tried.

Apart from the basic set of words and constructions found in every guidebook, there are some words hitchhikers might find particularly useful. Check also the Wikipedia articles on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_language Polish language] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_phonology Polish phonology] for more info on proper pronunciation. You can buy a decent guidebook or dictionary in any major town in '''Poland'''.
* hitchhiking – autostop / stop (“awto-stop] / [stop“)
* hitchhiker – autostopowicz (“awto-stopovich“)
* we're travelling to... – jedziemy do... (“yeh-dzhye-mee doh“)
* Where is the best place to hitchhike to...? – Skąd najlepiej łapać stopa do...? [skont nay-leh-pyey wapach stopa do...“)
* Which way to...? – Którędy do...? (“ktoo-ren-dee doh“)
* Where is the nearest...? – Gdzie jest najbliższy...? (“g'dzhe yest nay-bleezh-shee“)
* motorway exit for... – zjazd na... (“zyazd nah“)
* phone booth – budka telefoniczna (“boot-ka teh-leh-fonn-eech-nah“)
* bus stop – przystanek (“pshee-stah-nek“)
* train station – dworzec (“dvoh-zhets“)
* filling station – stacja benzynowa (“stats-yah behn-zee-nova“)
* ATM – bankomat (“bankomat“)
* dictionary – słownik (“swoh-v-nick“)
* guidebook/guide – przewodnik (“psheh-vod-nick“)
* map / plan – mapa / plan (“mah-pah] [pla-n“)
* road shoulder – pobocze (“poh-boh-cheh“)
* lane – pas (“pass“)
* Good morning - Dzien dobry (&quot;dzhehn dobri&quot;)
* Good bye - Do widzenia (&quot;do veedzehnah&quot;)
* See you later - Do zobaczenia (&quot;do zobahchehnah&quot;)
* It's nice to meet you - Milo mi (&quot;meewo mee&quot;)
* Excuse me - Przepraszam (&quot;pshehprahshahm&quot;)
* Yes - Tak (&quot;tahk&quot;)
* No - Nie (&quot;neh&quot;)
* Please - Prosze (&quot;prosheh&quot;)
* Thank you - Dziekuje (&quot;dzhehnkooyeh&quot;)
* Hello - Dzien dobry (&quot;dzhehn dobri&quot;)
* I'm sick - Jestem chory (&quot;yehstehm hori&quot;)

=== Number plates ===
Here you find a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Plcarplates379v06.png#file map] with the car registration plate codes of '''Poland'''.
It facilitates hitching at spots where you can see a car registration plate (petrol stations, borders, traffic lights)and choose the proper one. In short, the plates consist of two or three letters and four digits. The first letter denotes the voivodeship (region) and is followed by one or two letters denoting a major town. Usually voivodeship capitals and major towns have two letters, while smaller towns have three. For instance cars from Warsaw could have plates ranging from WA XXXX to WZ XXXX, while all cars from [[Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki]] have WND XXXX plates.

== Links ==
* [[Overview of good hitchhiking spots from former website Digimer Autostop]]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roads_and_expressways_in_Poland Roads and expressways in Poland]

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  <page>
    <title>Lithuania</title>
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      <id>31260</id>
      <timestamp>2009-02-24T19:50:47Z</timestamp>
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        <username>Platschi</username>
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|country = of Lithuania
|language = Lithuanian
|map = &lt;map lat='55.15' lng='24' zoom='6' view='3' country='Lithuania'/&gt;
|capital = [[Vilnius]]
|pop = 3,361,600
|currency = Litas (Lt)
|hitch = {{good}}
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'''Lithuania''' is a member state of the [[European Union]] as well as the [[Schengen Agreement]]. It has borders to [[Latvia]], [[Belarus]], [[Poland]] and [[Kaliningrad]] ([[Russia]]). Like the other Baltics it is a nice country to hitchhike. There are many active hitchhikers.[[Image:Agne-from-vilnius-to-radviliskis.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Agne hitchhiking in Lithuania.]]
But when going from [[Latvia]] to [[Poland]] try to get a direct hitch to the Polish border − it's rather hard getting a car on this highway − it's built for quickly crossing Lithuania!

Like many countries in Eastern Europe hitchhiking on the highways isn't really forbidden. Often there are bus stops where many hitchhikers try to get rides. Don't be scared to walk next to a highway, especially if it's next to a city. The locals and even schoolkids do it, so drivers are used to it.

Get yourself a SIM card for your mobile phone if you want to stay in touch with Lithuanians. The cheapest start at the equivalent of EUR 0,30 at most kiosks.


== Cities ==

* [[Alytus]]
* [[Kaunas]], [[Klaipėda]], [[Kretinga]]
* [[Marijampolė]]
* [[Panevėžys]]
* [[Šiauliai]]
* [[Vilnius]]

==Links==
* Kaunas Hitch-Hiking Club &quot;KELIAIvis&quot; is the second largest hitchhiking community in Lithuania. See their blog [http://keliaivis.blogspot.com here] or join their Yahoo group [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KELIAIvis/ here]'' (both in Lith. only)''
* [[Vilnius Hitch-hiking Club]] is one of the leading hitchhiking organizations in [[Europe]]. They have often organized the International Hitch-hiking Conference and have a prominent web presence at [http://www.autostop.lt autostop.lt] ''(Lith/Eng)''
* [http://www.vaziuojam.lt Važiuojam.lt] - [[rideshare]] network ''(Lith.)''
* [http://netranzuok.lt Netranzuok.lt] - another car-pooling service ''(Lith.)''

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  <page>
    <title>Kaunas</title>
    <id>1615</id>
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      <id>31534</id>
      <timestamp>2009-03-04T23:09:25Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Sigurdas</username>
        <id>1658</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <comment>+[[trash:Kaunas]]</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">'''Kaunas''' is a city in [[Lithuania]].

==Hitching Out==
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==East towards Vilnius==
When going to [[Vilnius]] you take a bus to the highway. There is a bus stop (look below) on the highway where it's possible to get rides, but it might also be a good idea to not deal with the hitchhiking competition and place yourself at the entrance of the highway.

Quite far away from [[Vilnius]] there is a huge ''hypermarket'' ('''Maxima Baze''') next to the highway with a free bus to the center.

===South towards [[Poland]] ===
*The best way to get to [[Poland]] is to take mini bus 105 from the train station and to get off right after Garliava when you will see a petrol station. The hitchhiking conditions are fantastic: there is plenty of space for cars to stop in front of that petrol station and cars are not driving that fast. You might want to have a PL sign in hand. You can ask your driver to let you off right at border. If you walk back towards Lithuania from the border and make a left, you will get to a very large parking where loads of trucks are parked there. You may be able to get a ride to close to any country in Western Europe.
[[Image:Kns_to_vln.JPG|thumb|left|250px|Along the road towards [[Vilnius]]]]

*Alternatively get a bus from the center to IX Fortas (I think its bus 23 or 35 buses), this is the main road where the motorway to Vilnius joins up with the E67 (Via Baltica north and south) - with a PL sign you should easily get a lift from a truck to the [[Budzisko-Kalvarija border checkpoint]] or further. Be aware that the border is now virtually non-existent, except for an occasional random check, so try to get a ride to at least [[Suwalki]] or [[Augustow]].

===West towards [[Klaipeda]], North towards [[Latvia]]===
*Heading for [[Latvia]] you want to get on the [[Klaipeda]] road (the A1) and then turn onto the via Baltica (the A8). You can accept rides going to the split (20km) and then hitch past the split. From the split it should not take you more than 10min to get a ride. Whatever you do, try not to get dropped off on the [[Panevezis]] ring. [[Garthelgard]] got stuck there for more than 4 hours. There is a great petrol station past the [[Panevezis]] ring and after the roads merge or a lot of space on the side of the road.

===Overnight===
Kaunas is a horrible place to be stuck in overnight, and there are only a couple of youth hostels, both of which close early, and are rather tricky to find. If you DO happen to get stuck here, then go the Best Western, but instead of going in, turn left. There's an alleyway on the right which leads to a place which rents out apartments. It's open late, and if you explain the situation, then you might be lucky enough to get yourself a bit of a deal on a room that would otherwise have been empty. You'll have to use all of your powers of persuasion though!

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  <page>
    <title>Vilnius</title>
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      <id>31535</id>
      <timestamp>2009-03-04T23:10:25Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Sigurdas</username>
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      </contributor>
      <minor/>
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      <text xml:space="preserve">'''Vilnius''' is the capital of [[Lithuania]].

==Hitching In==
When coming from [[Kaunas]] ask the driver politely if he drives near the place of your destination. If the answer is negative, it might be more convenient to take a free bus from a huge ''hypermarket'' called &quot;Maxima&quot; which is situated ~13 kilometres away from Vilnius ([http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&amp;saddr=Pirkli%C5%B3+gatv%C4%97,+Vilnius+LT-02029,+Litauen&amp;daddr=Vilnius,+Lithuania&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;mra=ls&amp;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&amp;sspn=35.821085,56.601563&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;z=12 map]) to the city centre or to some other destinations in the city.

==Hitching Out==
===North towards [[Riga]] ([[Latvia]]), [[Panevėžys]], [[Šiauliai]]===
[[Image:Vln to kns.JPG|thumb|250px|right|A hitchhiking spot towards [[Kaunas]].]]
A hitch-hiking spot towards Riga (as well as towards Panevėžys and Šiauliai) is situated behind the bus stop after one of the major street crossings in Pašilaičiai/Fabijoniškės at pretty much the end of the Ukmergės avenue ([http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&amp;saddr=Vilnius,+Lithuania&amp;daddr=54.73146,25.237141&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;mra=dme&amp;mrcr=0&amp;mrsp=1&amp;sz=13&amp;sll=54.722043,25.252075&amp;sspn=0.051058,0.11055&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;z=13 map]). There are many buses going this direction ([http://vilniustransport.lt/images/mrweb_1.gif see the Vilnius public transport network]) so you won't have troubles of getting to so called Via Baltica road (E67). It is also a popular spot for locals to hitch-hike to their homes in towns nearby, so the smart thing would be to go a little bit further and to write your destination on a hard paper to show to the drivers.

===West towards [[Warsaw]] ([[Poland]]), [[Kaunas]], [[Klaipėda]] ===
There are two places in Vilnius offering you a good possibility to get a ride towards Poland. Remember that in order to get to Poland you need first head towards Kaunas - it is a quicker and better way (other possibilities include hitching via [[Alytus]] ([http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&amp;saddr=vilnius&amp;daddr=alytus+to:sejny&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;mra=ls&amp;sll=54.399748,24.312744&amp;sspn=1.646814,3.537598&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=54.399645,24.31346&amp;spn=3.293822,7.075195&amp;z=7 map]) or via [[Trakai]] and [[Prienai]] ([http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&amp;saddr=vilnius&amp;daddr=trakai+to:marijampol%C4%97+to:Suwalki&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;mra=ls&amp;sll=53.569676,25.872803&amp;sspn=1.67996,3.537598&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=54.482805,23.873291&amp;spn=3.287153,7.075195&amp;z=7 map]) - it is not recommended to take these routes simply because these are very local roads with low traffic).

So the first spot is outside the huge shopping mall &quot;Maxima&quot; which lies outside the city, you can get there by taking a free bus (run by &quot;Maxima&quot;) from a few places in the city (see the [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&amp;saddr=Pirkli%C5%B3+gatv%C4%97,+Vilnius+LT-02029,+Litauen&amp;daddr=Vilnius,+Lithuania&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;mra=ls&amp;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&amp;sspn=35.821085,56.601563&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;z=12 map]); once you are there, jump over the road onto the other side - there you will see a small parking space which is a perfect spot for the cars to stop while you are thumbing on the road. This place has never failed, and waiting times are always good.

The second spot is situated at the end of Savanorių avenue (see the [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&amp;saddr=Vilnius,+Lithuania&amp;daddr=54.643744,25.203581&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;mra=dme&amp;mrcr=0&amp;mrsp=1&amp;sz=14&amp;sll=54.642453,25.203323&amp;sspn=0.025579,0.055275&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=54.654769,25.227356&amp;spn=0.102285,0.2211&amp;z=12 map], picture on the right), many buses and trolleybuses go there - it is easy to get there but the waiting time can be longer in comparison with the first described spot - it is mostly because of 2 reasons: less traffic towards Kaunas (since it is a road towards Alytus and Trakai, too), and competition (there wouldn't be a day without some local short-distance hitch-hiker standing and thumbing there).

===South-East towards [[Minsk]] ([[Belarus]])===
After you get on the Minsk Road (''Minsko plentas'' in Lithuanian, [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&amp;saddr=Vilnius,+Lithuania&amp;daddr=Minsko+plentas&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;mra=ls&amp;sll=54.722043,25.252075&amp;sspn=0.051058,0.11055&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;z=13 see the map]) you'll see a huge supermarket on your right. You might as well look for Belorussians at the parking lot by this shopping mall - it is possible to convince some of them to take you to the border. If this doesn't work, walk about 50 meters ahead where the last slip road ends and a soft verge starts, and start thumbing there.

When you get to the border at Medinikai it is a lot faster to cross it as a pedestrian (it is allowed to cross the border on foot), and start hitch-hiking on the other side.

[[Category:Lithuania]]
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    <title>Категория:Lithuania</title>
    <id>1617</id>
    <revision>
      <id>32022</id>
      <timestamp>2009-04-08T08:37:39Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Speckmade</username>
        <id>23</id>
      </contributor>
      <text xml:space="preserve">{{IsIn|Europe}}

[[Category:Europe]]</text>
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  <page>
    <title>Brazil</title>
    <id>1618</id>
    <revision>
      <id>30768</id>
      <timestamp>2009-02-04T02:36:35Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Kb</username>
        <id>1332</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <comment>IsIn to Infobox, population update, spelling corrections</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">{{infobox Country
|country = of Brazil
|in = South America
|language = Portuguese
|capital = [[Brasilia]]
|pop = 190,467,249
|currency = Real
|hitch = {{good}} to {{bad}}
}}
'''Brazil''' is a country in [[South America]]. It has a border with every country on the continent except [[Chile]] and [[Ecuador]]. Brazil is a huge country and [[hitchhiking]] depends a lot on area as to how receptive people will be and your chances in getting rides.  Some Brazilians consider their country violent and dangerous part due to the media's love to seize on the stories and exaggerate them.

==Regions==
Brazil needs to be taken with caution but hitchhiking is doable in every area except within greater [[São Paulo]], as you are over shadowed due to the volumes of traffic.  On roadsides, care must be taken because of the erratic ways of Brazilian Motorists. Many use the slip lanes to overtake traffic or swerve to allow others past.

Areas like the Amazon and Pantanal backlands are much easier when asking on road sides and at [[petrol station]]s. Areas where there is purely the one national highway make life easier for reaching intended destination. put your mind to it and its very possible to cover a little over 300 kilometer daily or more depending on area. North East may be trickier as there are less cars and peoples fear of Bandidos but when you get someone they will be talkative and friendly.

==Maps==
[[Image:Brazil highways.jpg|thumb|300px]]
[http://www.br.map24.com/ map24] is a useful online route planner for Brazil and the rest of South America.  [http://www.guiamais.com.br/ruas GuiaMais] is another great website with maps and route planning for Brazil only.

==Cities==
* [[Porto Alegre]]
* [[Rio de Janeiro]]
* [[São Paulo]]
* [[Florianópolis]]
* [[Brasília]]
* [[Vitória]]
* [[Recife]]
* [[Salvador]]
* [[Manaus]]
* [[Belo Horizonte]]
* [[Maceió]]
* [[Fortaleza]]
* [[São Luiz]]
* [[Belém]]


[[Category:Brazil|*]]
[[Category:South America]]

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  <page>
    <title>Категория:Brazil</title>
    <id>1619</id>
    <revision>
      <id>11057</id>
      <timestamp>2007-04-28T06:31:19Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <ip>61.166.140.235</ip>
      </contributor>
      <text xml:space="preserve">[[Category:South America]]</text>
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  </page>
  <page>
    <title>North Korea</title>
    <id>1620</id>
    <revision>
      <id>27666</id>
      <timestamp>2008-11-11T13:14:42Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <ip>77.166.165.137</ip>
      </contributor>
      <text xml:space="preserve">Unless there is a revolution, '''North Korea''' is probably the last country on the face of the planet Earth where you can go put up your thumb on the side of the road. You'll probably have more luck in [[South Korea]].

[[Category:Asia]]</text>
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  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Помощ:Contents</title>
    <id>1621</id>
    <revision>
      <id>30815</id>
      <timestamp>2009-02-05T12:05:57Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>MrTweek</username>
        <id>3</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <text xml:space="preserve">If you want to add information about your favorite spot, your country or anything else, here you find information on how to do so.

'''First''', you can just search for the city or country of your choice. If you get redirected to an article, it seems that information about your city or country already exists. For adding information, just click on the &lt;tt&gt;edit&lt;/tt&gt; button at the top of the article. Then you'll find yourself a box with text where you can easily add your information.

If no article exists about your destination city or country, the search will ask you if you want to create a new article. Just click on ''create this page''. Tada!

Don't worry too much about layout and stuff, there are a lot of other hitchhikers who check and correct articles if necessary.

When you want to go deeper into the creation of articles, have a look at the following pages:
* [[How to create new articles]]
** [[How to add maps to articles]]
** [[How to create a navigation box]]
** [[How to add the country infobox|How to add the country infobox to your article]]
** [[Template:Infobox ServiceStation|How to add a service station infobox to your article]]
* [[help:Copying from Wikipedia|Copying from Wikipedia]]
and – should it ever be necessary –
* [[Help:How to delete pages|How to delete pages]]

To get an overview of discussions and things to do, watch this page:
* [[hitchwiki:overview|Overview Hitchwiki]]
&lt;!--
* [[help:Administrators|Administrators]]
* [[help:Editing|Editing]]
* [[help:Images|Images]]
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[[Category:Help| ]]

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    <title>Шаблон:Wikilinks</title>
    <id>1622</id>
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      <id>16455</id>
      <timestamp>2007-12-15T13:45:15Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Speckmade</username>
        <id>23</id>
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      <text xml:space="preserve">[[cswiki:{{PAGENAME}}]]
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  <page>
    <title>Шаблон:Phrasebook/English</title>
    <id>1623</id>
    <revision>
      <id>18591</id>
      <timestamp>2008-02-29T12:58:31Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Platschi</username>
        <id>112</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <comment>ups</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">=== English ===
# Hello 
# Excuse me.. 
# Do you possibly drive in the direction of ...?
# Could I get a lift to...?
# - a gasstation / a service area / a parking place? / along the highway 
# Is the lift free? / I can't pay.
# Do you speak ...? / any other languages / Could you speak slower, please?
# yes / no / maybe / no thanks /
# That’s great / perfect / bad / no problem 
# I don't understand. / I don't know.
# I'm going to ... / Where are you going to?
# My name is... / What's your name? / I’m from... / Where are you from?
# I’m ... years old. / How old are you?
# I study.... / My subjects are... / I’m in my ... year. / I will become a ....
# I have a boy-friend/a girl-friend. / I'm married.
# I’m on holiday. / I visit friends in... / I'm hitchhiking around...
# I will stay for... / I’m going back...
# Don’t touch me! / Let me out! / Stop! / Help!
# Can you drop me off here?
# Thank you! / Have a nice day/trip!
# Where can I find ...? 
# - the city centre /  a map
# - a toilet / a supermarket / a pharmacy / a campsite
# - an internetcafe / a cashmachine / a bank
# - a metrostation / a busstation / a trainstation
# - the highway to ... / a good hitchhikingspot
# water / (herbal) tea / hot chocolate / coffee
# beer / (red, white) wine / juice
# vegetarian / diner / bread / a cheap restaurant
# Cheers! / Enjoy your meal!
# I’m hungry / thirsty / fine / cold / hot / sick
# north / east / south / west
# yesterday / today / tomorrow
# zero / one / two / three / four / five / six / seven / eight / nine / ten
# eleven / twelve / thirteen / fourteen / fifteen / sixteen / seventeen / eighteen / nineteen / twenty
# twenty-one / thirty 
# hour / day / week / month / kilometre
# left / right / straight on / before/ after
# this / next / last /
# often / seldom / never / long / short
# up / down / over / under
# How far is it (on foot)? / Where are we?
# How much does it cost? / What time is it?
# We are looking for a place to sleep.
# Where can we buy a ticket?
# Who? / What? / Where? / Why? / When?
# How? / How much? / How long? / Which?

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  <page>
    <title>Phrasebooks/English</title>
    <id>1624</id>
    <revision>
      <id>1753</id>
      <timestamp>2006-05-04T23:35:20Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <ip>Guaka</ip>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <text xml:space="preserve">#REDIRECT [[Template:Phrasebook/English]]</text>
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  <page>
    <title>Шаблон:Phrasebooks/English</title>
    <id>1625</id>
    <revision>
      <id>1755</id>
      <timestamp>2005-12-27T14:15:35Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <ip>Guaka</ip>
      </contributor>
      <comment>Template:Phrasebooks/English moved to Template:Phrasebook/English</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">#REDIRECT [[Template:Phrasebook/English]]</text>
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  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Шаблон:Phrasebook/German</title>
    <id>1626</id>
    <revision>
      <id>18593</id>
      <timestamp>2008-02-29T15:19:07Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Platschi</username>
        <id>112</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <comment>deutsch</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">=== German ===
# Hello - '''Hallo'''
# Excuse me.. - '''Entschuldigen Sie,...''' 
# Do you possibly drive in the direction of ...? - '''Fahren Sie eventuell Richtung....'''
# Could I get a lift to...? - '''Könnten Sie mich bis ...... mitnehmen?'''
# - a gasstation / a service area / a parking place? / along the highway - '''- eine Tankstelle / ein Rastplatz / ein Parkplatz / entlang der Autobahn'''
# Is the lift free? / I can't pay.- '''Ist es umsonst? / Ich kann nicht bezahlen.'''
# Do you speak ...? / any other languages / Could you speak slower, please? - '''Sprechen Sie... / Andere Sprachen? / Könnten Sie etwas langsamer sprechen?'''
# yes / no / maybe / no thanks /- '''ja / nein / vielleicht / nein, Danke'''
# That’s great / perfect / bad / no problem - '''Das ist großartig / perfekt / schlecht / Kein Problem'''
# I don't understand. / I don't know.- '''Ich verstehe es nicht / Ich habe keine Ahnung'''
# I'm going to ... / Where are you going to?- '''Ich fahre nach... / Wo fahren Sie hin?'''
# My name is... / What's your name? / I’m from... / Where are you from?- '''Mein Name ist.... / Wie heisst du? / Ich komme aus... / Wo kommst du her?'''
# I’m ... years old. / How old are you? - '''Ich bin .... Jahre alt. / Wie alt bist du?'''
# I study.... / My subjects are... / I’m in my ... year. / I will become a .... - '''Ich studiere... / Meine Fächer sind... / Ich bin im .... Jahr. / Ich werde später...'''
# I have a boy-friend/a girl-friend. / I'm married. - '''Ich habe einen Freund/Freundin. / Ich bin verheiratet.'''
# I’m on holiday. / I visit friends in... / I'm hitchhiking around... - '''Ich habe Ferien. / Ich besuche Freunde in.... / Ich trampe durch die Gegend.'''
# I will stay for... / I’m going back... - '''Ich bleibe für... / Ich fahre zurück am....'''
# Don’t touch me! / Let me out! / Stop! / Help! - '''Fass mich nicht an! / Lassen Sie mich raus! / Stop! / Hilfe!'''
# Can you drop me off here? - '''Können Sie mich hier raus lassen?'''
# Thank you! / Have a nice day/trip! - '''Vielen Dank! / Einen schönen Tag/Reise noch!'''
# Where can I find ...? - '''Wo finde ich...'''
# - the city centre /  a map - '''das Stadtzentrum / eine Karte'''
# - a toilet / a supermarket / a pharmacy / a campsite - '''eine Toilette / einen Supermarkt / eine Apotheke / einen Zeltplatz'''
# - an internetcafe / a cashmachine / a bank - '''ein Internetcafe / einen Bankautomaten / eine Bank'''
# - a metrostation / a busstation / a trainstation - '''die U-Bahn / den Busbahnhof / den Hauptbahnhof'''
# - the highway to ... / a good hitchhikingspot - '''die Autobahn nach... / eine gute Trampstelle'''
# water / (herbal) tea / hot chocolate / coffee - '''Wasser / (Kräuter) Tee / warme Schokolade / Kaffee'''
# beer / (red, white) wine / juice - '''Bier / (Rot-, Weiss-) Wein / Orangensaft'''
# vegetarian / diner / bread / a cheap restaurant - '''Vegetarisch / Dinner / Brot / ein günstiges Restaurant'''
# Cheers! / Enjoy your meal! - '''Prost! / Guten Appetit'''
# I’m hungry / thirsty / fine / cold / hot / sick - '''Ich habe Hunger! / Durst / fein / kalt / heiss / krank'''
# north / east / south / west - '''Norden / Osten / Süden / Westen'''
# yesterday / today / tomorrow - '''gestern / heute / morgen '''
# zero / one / two / three / four / five / six / seven / eight / nine / ten - '''null / eins / zwei / drei / vier / fünf / sechs / sieben / acht / neun / zehn'''
# eleven / twelve / thirteen / fourteen / fifteen / sixteen / seventeen / eighteen / nineteen / twenty - '''elf / zwölf / dreizehn / vierzehn / fünfzehn / sechszehn / siebzehn / achtzehn / neunzehn / zwanzig'''
# twenty-one / thirty - '''einundzwanzig / dreißig'''
# hour / day / week / month / kilometre - '''Stunde / Tag / Woche / Monat / Kilometer'''
# left / right / straight on / before/ after - '''Links / Rechts / Geradeaus / Vorher / Nachher'''
# this / next / last / - '''diese / nächste / letzte'''
# often / seldom / never / long / short - '''oft / selten / nie / lang / kurz'''
# up / down / over / under - '''hoch / runter / über / unter'''
# How far is it (on foot)? / Where are we? - '''Wie weit ist es noch (zu Fuss)? / Wo sind wir?'''
# How much does it cost? / What time is it? - '''Wie viel kostet dass? / Wie spät ist es?'''
# We are looking for a place to sleep. - '''Wir suchen einen Schlafplatz'''
# Where can we buy a ticket? - '''Wo können wir ein Ticket kaufen?'''
# Who? / What? / Where? / Why? / When? - '''Wer? / Was? / Wo? / Warum? / Wann?'''
# How? / How much? / How long? / Which? - '''Wie? / Wie viel? / Wie lang? / Welche? '''

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  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Western Europe phrasebook</title>
    <id>1627</id>
    <revision>
      <id>22487</id>
      <timestamp>2008-07-15T07:39:38Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>MrTweek</username>
        <id>3</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <comment>Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/203.158.221.227|203.158.221.227]] ([[User talk:203.158.221.227|Talk]]); changed back to last version by [[User:Maplefanta|Maplefanta]]</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">__TOC__
This '''[[Western Europe]] phrasebook''' for hitchhiking is a work in progress.

&lt;small&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;
{{Phrasebook/English}}
&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;
{{Phrasebook/German}}
&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;
{{Phrasebook/French}}
&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;
{{Phrasebook/Spanish}}
&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;
{{Phrasebook/Dutch}}
&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;

[[Category:Phrasebook]]
[[Category:Europe]]</text>
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  </page>
  <page>
    <title>South America phrasebook</title>
    <id>1628</id>
    <revision>
      <id>14093</id>
      <timestamp>2007-09-23T16:20:43Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Platschi</username>
        <id>112</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <comment>cat</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">Hitchhiking phrasebook for [[South America]].

{{Phrasebook/English}}
{{Phrasebook/Spanish}}

{{Phrasebook/Portuguese}}

[[Category:Phrasebook]]
[[Category:South America]]</text>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Шаблон:Phrasebook/French</title>
    <id>1629</id>
    <revision>
      <id>29865</id>
      <timestamp>2009-01-11T14:24:48Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Sitarane</username>
        <id>1505</id>
      </contributor>
      <comment>/* French */</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">=== French ===

# Hello / '''Bonjour.  Salut.'''
# Excuse me / '''Excusez-moi'''
# Do you possibly drive in the direction of ...? / '''Allez-vous en direction de ... ?'''
# Could I get a lift to...? / '''Pouvez-vous m'amener jusqu'à ... ?'''
# - a gasstation / a service area / a parking place? / along the highway / '''- une station service / / une aire de repos / / un parking / / le long de l'autoroute / /'''
# Is the lift free? / / I can't pay. / '''Le trajet est gratuit?  / / Je ne peux pas payer / /'''
# Do you speak ...? / any other languages / Could you speak slower, please? '''Parlez-vous ...? / / une autre langue / / (Pouvez-vous parler) plus lentement, s'il vous plaît? / /'''
# yes / no / maybe / no thanks / '''Oui / non / peut-être / non merci'''
# That’s great / perfect / bad / no problem '''C'est bien / / parfait / / pas bon / / Pas de problème / /'''
# I don't understand. / I don't know. '''Je ne comprends pas // Je ne sais pas / /'''
# I'm going to ... / Where are you going to? '''Je vais à ... / / Où allez-vous? / /'''
# My name is... / What's your name? / I’m from... / Where are you from? '''Je m'appelle ... / / Comment vous appellez-vous ? / / Je viens de ... / / D'où venez-vous? / /'''
# I’m ... years old. / How old are you? '''J'ai ... ans / / Quel âge avez-vous? / /'''
# I study.... / My subjects are... / I’m in my ... year. / I will become a .... '''J'étudie ... / / Mes matières sont... / / Je suis en (4e,5e,6e) année / / Je veux devenir ... / /'''
# I have a boy-friend/a girl-friend. / I'm married. '''J'ai un petit ami/une petite amie / / Je suis marié'''
# I’m on holiday. / I visit friends in... / I'm hitchhiking around... '''Je suis en vacances / / Je vais voir des amis à ... / / je fais du stop autour de ... / /'''
# I will stay for... / I’m going back... '''Je vais rester pendant ... / / Je reviens le .../ /'''
# Don’t touch me! / Let me out! / Stop! / Help! '''Ne me touchez pas! / /Laissez-moi sortir! / /Stop! / / A l'aide ! / /'''
# Can you drop me off here? '''Pouvez-vous me déposer ici, s'il vous plaît? / /'''
# Thank you! / Have a nice day/trip! '''Merci! / / Bonne journée ! / / Bon voyage! / /'''
# Where can I find ...? '''Où puis-je trouver...? '''
# - a toilet / a supermarket / a pharmacy / a campsite - the city centre / a map '''- une toilette / / un supermarché / / une pharmacie / / un camping / / le centre-ville / / une carte / /'''
# - an internetcafe / a cashmachine / a bank '''- un cybercafé / / un distributeur de billets / / une banque / /'''
# - a metrostation / a busstation / a trainstation '''- une station de métro / / une station de bus / / une gare / /'''
# - the highway to ... / a good hitchhikingspot '''- l'autoroute pour ... / / un bon endroit pour faire du stop / /'''
# water / (herbal) tea / hot chocolate / coffee '''eau / / thé (aux herbes) / / chocolat chaud / / café/ /'''
# beer / (red, white) wine / juice '''bière / / vin (rouge, blanc) / / jus / /'''
# vegetarian / diner / bread / a cheap restaurant '''végétarien / / petit restaurant / /pain / / un restaurant pas cher / /'''
# Cheers! / Enjoy your meal! '''Bon appétit!'''
# I’m hungry / thirsty / fine / cold / hot / sick '''J'ai faim / / soif/ / bien / / froid / / chaud / / Je suis malade / /'''
# north / east / south / west '''nord/ / est / / sud / / ouest / /'''
# yesterday / today / tomorrow '''hier / / aujourd'hui / / demain / /'''
# zero / one / two / three / four / five / six / seven / eight / nine / ten '''zero / / un / / deux / / trois / / quatre / / cinq / / six / / sept / / huit / / neuf / /  dix / /'''
# eleven / twelve / thirteen / fourteen / fifteen / sixteen / seventeen / eighteen / nineteen / twenty '''onze / / douze/ / treize/ / quatorze/ / quinze/ / seize/ / dix-sept/ / dix-huit/ / dix-neuf/ / vingt/ /,'''
# twenty-one / thirty '''vingt-et-un / / trente/ /'''
# hour / day / week / month / kilometre '''heure/ / jour/ / semaine/ / mois / / kilomètre / /'''
# left / right / straight on / before/ after '''gauche/ / droite/ / tout droit / / avant / / après/ /'''
#  this / next / last '''ce/cette/ / prochain/prochaine/ / dernier/dernière/ /''' 
# often / seldom / never / long / short '''souvent/ / rarement/ / jamais/ / long// court//'''
# up / down / over / under '''en haut/ / en bas/ / dessus/ / dessous//'''
# How far is it (on foot)? / Where are we? '''C'est loin comment (à pied) ?/ / Où sommes-nous ?//'''
# How much does it cost? / What time is it? '''Combien ça coûte ?/ / Quelle heure est-il ?//'''
# We are looking for a place to sleep. '''Nous cherchons un endroit où dormir.//'''
# Where can we buy a ticket? '''Où pouvons-nous acheter un billet ?//'''
# Who? / What? / Where? / Why? / When? '''Qui ?/ / Quoi ?/ / Où ?/ / Pourquoi ?// Quand ?//'''
# How? / How much? / How long? / Which? '''Comment ?/ / Combien ?/ / combien de temps ?/ / Lequel : Laquelle ?//''' &lt;noinclude&gt;


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  <page>
    <title>Шаблон:Phrasebook/Dutch</title>
    <id>1630</id>
    <revision>
      <id>18317</id>
      <timestamp>2008-02-07T18:28:17Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Platschi</username>
        <id>112</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <comment>work in progress...</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">=== Dutch ===
# Hoi
# Sorry,...
# Rijd u toevallig richting...?
# Kunt u mij misschien tot ... mee nemen? /      /
# - een tank station /    / een parkeerplaats?/     /  langs de snelweg /     /
# Is deze lift gratis? /     / Ik heb geen geld. /    /
# Spreekt u ...? /     / een andere taal /      /  Kunt u misschien iets langzamer spreken? /        /
# ja / misschien /            / nee, bedankt /   /
# Dat is fantastisch /    / perfect /  / slecht. /  / Geen probleem. /  /
# Ik versta u niet. // Geen flauw idee. /   /
# Ik ga naar ... /   / Waar gaat u heen? /     /
# Ik heet ... /   / Hoe heet jij? /   / Ik kom uit ... /                 / Waar ben jij vandaan? /    /
# Ik ben …. /    / Hoe oud ben jij? /   /
# Ik studeer... // Mijn vakken zijn… /    / Ik ben vierde/vijfdejaars student.  /      / Ik word leraar. /    /
# Ik heb een vriend/een vriendin. / / Ik ben getrouwd.
# Ik ga op vacantie. /    / Ik bezoek vrienden in… /    / Ik lift een beetje rond …  /    /
# Ik blijf voor … /    / Ik ga … terug./    /
# Pak me niet aan!/    / Laat me uit! /   / Stop! /  / Hulp! /  /
# Kunt u mij hier uit laten? /         /
# Bedankt! /  / Een fijne dag nog! /    / trip ! /  /
# Waar kan ik een ... vinden? /    /het stadcentrum /   / een kaartje /  /
# - een toilet /    / een supermarkt /    / de apotheek /   / een kampeerplaats
# - een internetcafe /    / een bankautomaat /   / een bank /  /
# - het metrostation /  / het busstation /  / het treinstation /  /
# - de snelweg naar  ... /   / een goede liftplaats /     /
# water /   / (kruidachtig) thee /    / warme chocomel /    / koffie /  /
# bier /  / (rood, wit) wijn /  / jus d'organge /  /
# vegetarisch /   / diner /   / brood /  / een goedkoop restaurant /   /
# Proost! /    / Enjoy your meal! /  /
# Ik heb honger /  / dorst/  / fijn /  / koud /   / warm /     / misselijk /         /
# noord/    / oost /    / zuid /    /  west /    /
# gisteren /      / vandaag /    / morgen /     /
# null /    / een /    / twee /    /  drie /    / vier /    / vijf /    / zes /         / zeven /    / acht /    / negen /    / tien /    /, 
# elf /         / twaalf/         / dertien/         / viertien /            / vijftien /            / zestien /           / zeventien /            / achtien /            / negentien /            / twintig /            /
# eenentwintig /              /, ... dertig/            /.  
# uur/            / dag/            / week /            / maand /            / kilometer /            /
# links /            / rechts /            / rechtdoor /            // voor /           / naar /            /
# deze/            / volgende /            / laatste /            /
# vaak /            / raar /            / nooit /            // lang /            / kort /            /
# op /            / /   naar beneden         / / over /            / onder /            /,
# Hoe ver is het (te lopen)? /                / Waar zijn wij? /              /
# Hoeveel kost het? /                / Hoe laat is het? /              /
# We are looking for a place to sleep. /                 /
# Waar kan ik een ticket gaan kopen? /                 /
# Wie? /            / Wat? /            / Waar? /            / Waarom? /            / Wanneer? /            /
# Hoe? /            / Hoe veel? /             /Hoe lang?  /             /Welke? /            /

 
I would like to have…

Do you drive in to the town or do you pass it?&lt;noinclude&gt;


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  <page>
    <title>Eastern Europe phrasebook</title>
    <id>1631</id>
    <revision>
      <id>34034</id>
      <timestamp>2009-06-19T12:00:21Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <ip>87.252.228.249</ip>
      </contributor>
      <comment>/* Polish */</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">This '''[[Eastern Europe]] phrasebook''' for hitchhikers is a work in progress.

==Eastern Europe==
Russian is probably the most important language to learn. Many older people speak or at least understand Russian, especially when their mother tongue is a Slavic language. The second most important language is probably Polish, since it is widely understood in [[Czech Republic]], [[Slovakia]], [[Lithuania]] and [[Ukraine]].
 
===Russian===

# Hello = Здравствуйте (Привет) - '''Zdrastvuyte'''(  more  formal)/ Привет-  '''Privet''' (more informal)
# Excuse me.. = Извините (Прошу прощения) - '''Izvinite / Proshoo(u:) proscheniya'''
# Do you possibly drive in the direction of ...? = Вы случайно не едете в сторону ...?- '''Vi edete v napravlenii …?'''
# Could I get a lift to...? = Вы можете меня подвезти к ...? - '''Vi ne mogli bi podvezti menya k  …?''' 
# - a petrol station / a service area / a parking place? / along the highway = заправке / сервисной зоне / парковке? - '''benzopravke/ rayonu(u:) obsluzhivaniya/ parkovke/ pau(o:) doroge'''
# Is the lift free? / I can't pay. = Это бесплатно? / У меня нет денег. - '''Yeto besplatno?/ U(u:)  menya net deneg'''
# Do you speak ...? / any other languages / Could you speak slower, please? = Вы говорите на ...? / других языках? / Говорите, пожалуйста, помедленнее. - '''Vi govorite na…?/ drugih yazikah?Govorite, pozhal(oo(u:))ysta, medlennee.'''
# yes / no / maybe / no thanks / = Да / Нет / Может быть / Нет, спасибо - '''da/ net/ vozmozhno/ net, spasibo'''
# That’s great / perfect / bad / no problem = Хорошо / Отлично / Плохо / Нет проблем - '''Yeto velikolepno/ otlichno/ ploho/ net problem'''
# I don't understand. / I don't know. = Я не понимаю. / Я не знаю. - '''Ya ne ponimayu/ Ya ne znayu'''
# I'm going to ... / Where are you going to? = Мне нужно в ... (Я еду в ...) / Куда вы едете? - '''Mne nuzhno v … /( Ya edu(u:) v…)/ Ku(u:)da vi edete?'''
# My name is... / What's your name? / I’m from... / Where are you from? = Меня зовут ... / Как вас зовут? / Я из ... / Откуда вы? - '''Menya zovut …/ Kak vas zovut?/ Ya iz.../Otku(u:)da vi?'''
# I’m ... years old. / How old are you? = Мне ... лет. / Сколько вам лет?- '''Mne … let./ Skol’ko vam let?'''
# I study.... / My subjects are... / I’m in my ... year. / I will become a .... = Я изучаю ... / Я изучаю ... / Я на ... курсе. - '''Ya izuchayu… / Ya izuchayu…/ Yan a … kurse.'''
# I have a boy-friend/a girl-friend. / I'm married. = У меня есть парень/девушка. / Я [male]женат, [female]замужем.- '''U(u:) menya est’ paren’/devushka. Ya(male) zhenat, Ya(female) zamuzhem.'''
# I’m on holiday. / I visit friends in... / I'm hitchhiking around... = У меня каникулы / Я еду в гости к друзьям в ... / Я путешествую автостопом. - '''U(u:) menya kaniku(u:)/ Ya edu v gosti k druz’yam v …/ Ya pu(u:)teshestvuyu avtostopom. ''' 
# I will stay for... / I’m going back... = Я проведу там ... / Я возвращаюсь ...- '''Ya provedu tam …/ Ya vozvraschayus’…''' 
# Don’t touch me! / Let me out! / Stop! / Help! = Не трогай меня! / Пусти! / Стой! (Останови!) / Помогите!-'''Ne troga(Λ)y menya!/ P(oo(u:))sti!/ Stoy!(Ostanovi)/Pomoghite!'''
# Can you drop me off here? = Вы можете меня здесь высадить? - '''Vi mozhete menya zdes’ vysadit’?'''
# Thank you! / Have a nice day/trip! = Спасибо! / Хорошей дороги! - '''Spasibo!/ Horoshey dorogi!'''
# Where can I find ...? = Как мне найти ...? (or just Где ...?) - '''Kak mne na(Λ)yti…? ( Gde?)'''
# - the city centre /  a map = центр города / карту - '''tsentr goroda/ kartu(u:)'''
# - a toilet / a supermarket / a pharmacy / a campsite = туалет / супермаркет / аптека / место для палатки - '''tu(u:)a(Λ)let/supermarket/apteka/ mesto dlya palatki'''
# - an internetcafe / a cashmachine / a bank = интернет-кафе / банкомат / банк - '''internet-ka(Λ)fe/ ba(Λ)nkomat/ ba(Λ)nk'''
# - a metrostation / a busstation / a trainstation = станция метро / автостанция / вокзал - '''sta(Λ)ntsiya metro/ a(Λ)vtosta(Λ)ntsiya/ vokza(Λ)l'''
# - the highway to ... / a good hitchhikingspot = трасса в сторону ... / хорошее место для автостопа - '''tra(Λ)ssa v storonu(u:)…/ horoshee mesto dlya a(Λ)vtostopa''' 
# water / (herbal) tea / hot chocolate / coffee = вода / (травяной) чай / горячий шоколад / кофе - '''voda(Λ)/ cha(Λ)y/ goryachiy shokola(Λ)d/kofe'''
# beer / (red, white) wine / juice = пиво / (красное, белое) вино / сок - '''pivo/(kra(Λ)snoe, beloe) vino/ sok'''
# vegetarian / diner / bread / a cheap restaurant = вегетарианец / столовая / хлеб / дешевый ресторан - '''vegetarianets/stolovaya/ hleb/ deshoviy restoran'''
# Cheers! / Enjoy your meal! = На здоровье! / Приятного аппетита! - '''Na zdorovie ! Priyatnogo appetita!'''
# I’m hungry / thirsty / fine / cold / hot / sick = Я голодный / Я хочу пить / Я в порядке / Мне холодно / Мне жарко / Мне плохо - '''Ya golodniy/ Ya hochu pit’ / Ya v poryadke/ Mne holodno/Mne zharko/ Mne ploho'''
# north / east / south / west = север / восток / юг / запад - '''sever/vostok/yug/zapad'''
# yesterday / today / tomorrow = вчера / сегодня / завтра - '''vchera/ segodnya/ zavtra'''
# zero / one / two / three / four / five / six / seven / eight / nine / ten = ноль / один / два / три / четыре / пять / шесть / семь / восемь / девять / десять - '''nol’/odin/dva/tri/chetire/pyat’/shest’/sem’/ vosem’/ devyat’/ desyat’/'''
# eleven / twelve / thirteen / fourteen / fifteen / sixteen / seventeen / eighteen / nineteen / twenty = одиннадцать / двенадцать / тринадцать / четырнадцать / пятнадцать / шестнадцать / семнадцать / восемнадцать / девятнадцать / двадцать - '''odinadtsat’/dvenadtsat’/trinadtsat’/chetirnadtsat’/ petnadtsat’/ shestnadtsat’/semnadtsat’/vosemnadtsat’/devetnadtsat’/ dvadtsat’'''
# twenty-one / thirty = двадцать один / тридцать - '''dvadtsat’ odin/ tridtsat’'''
# hour / day / week / month / kilometre = час / день / неделя / месяц / километр - '''chas/ den’/ nedelya/ mesyats/ kilometr'''
# left / right / straight on / before/ after = налево / направо / прямо / перед / после - '''nalevo/ napravo/ pryamo/ pered/ posle'''
# this / next / last / = этот / следующий / последний - '''Yetot/sledu(u:)yuschiy/ posledniy'''
# often / seldom / never / long / short = часто / редко / никогда / далеко / близко - '''chasto/redko/nikogda/ daleko/ blizko'''
# up / down / over / under = вверх / вниз / над / под - '''vverh/ vniz/ nad/ pod'''
# How far is it (on foot)? / Where are we? = Это далеко (пешком)? / Где мы? - '''Yeto daleko(peshkom)? / Gde mi?'''
# How much does it cost? / What time is it? = Сколько это стоит? / Который час? - '''Skol’ko yeto stoit/ Kotoriy chas?'''
# We are looking for a place to sleep. = Мы ищем где можно переночевать. - '''Mi ischem gde mozhno perenochevat’.'''
# Where can we buy a ticket? = Где купить билет? - '''Gde kupit’ bilet?'''
# Who? / What? / Where? / Why? / When? = Кто? / Что? / Где? / Почему? / Когда? - '''Kto?/ Chto?/ Gde?/ Pochemu(u:)?/ Kogda?'''
# How? / How much? / How long? / Which? = Как? / Сколько? / Как долго? / Какой? - '''Kak?/ Skol’ko?/ Kak dolgo?/ Kakoy?
'''

===Polish===
# Hello - '''Cześć(informal) / Dobry dzień (good afternoon) / Dobry wieczur (good evening)'''
# Excuse me... - '''Przepraszam...'''
# Do you possibly drive in the direction of ...? - '''Czy pan|pani edzię w kierunku ...?'''
# Could I get a lift to...?
# - a gasstation / a service area / a parking place? / along the highway - '''stacja benzinowa'''
# Is the lift free? / I can't pay.
# Do you speak ...? / any other languages / Could you speak slower, please? - '''Czy pan|pani mowię po ...?'''
# yes / no / maybe / no thanks - '''tak / nie / możliwie / nie, dzięki'''
# That’s great / perfect / bad / no problem - '''to bardzo dobrze / świetnie / złe / to nie jest problem'''
# I don't understand. / I don't know. - '''Nie rozumem / Nie wiem'''
# I'm going to ... / Where are you going to?
# My name is... / What's your name? / I’m from... / Where are you from?
# I’m ... years old. / How old are you? - '''Mam ... lat /''' 
# I study.... / My subjects are... / I’m in my ... year. / I will become a ....
# I have a boy-friend/a girl-friend. / I'm married.
# I’m on holiday. / I visit friends in... / I'm hitchhiking around... - '''jestem na urlopie / zwiedzam przyjaciół w ... / łapajem stopa w ...'''
# I will stay for... / I’m going back...
# Don’t touch me! / Let me out! / Stop! / Help!
# Can you drop me off here?
# Thank you! / Have a nice day/trip! - '''Dzięki! / Wszystkiego najlepszego!'''
# Where can I find ...? - '''Gdzie moge znaleźć...?'''
# - the city centre / a map - '''centrum miasta / mapa'''
# - a toilet / a supermarket / a pharmacy / a campsite
# - an internetcafe / a cashmachine / a bank
# - a metrostation / a busstation / a trainstation - '''stacja metra / przystanek autobusowy / stacja kolejowa'''
# - the highway to ... / a good hitchhikingspot - '''autostrada do... / dobre miasto żeby łapać stopa'''
# water / (herbal) tea / hot chocolate / coffee - '''woda / herbata / gorąca czekolada / kawa''' 
# beer / (red, white) wine / juice - '''piwo / (czerwone, białe) wino / sok'''
# vegetarian / diner / bread / a cheap restaurant
# Cheers! / Enjoy your meal!
# I’m hungry / thirsty / fine / cold / hot / sick
# north / east / south / west - '''północ / wschód / południe / zachód'''
# yesterday / today / tomorrow - '''wczoraj / dzisiaj / jutro'''
# zero / one / two / three / four / five / six / seven / eight / nine / ten - '''zero / jeden / dwa / trzy / cztery / pięć / sześć / siedem / osiem / dziwięć /dziesięć'''
# eleven / twelve / thirteen / fourteen / fifteen / sixteen / seventeen / eighteen / nineteen / twenty - '''jedenaście / dwanaście / trzynaście / czternaście / piętnaście / szesnaście / siedemnaściee / osiemnaście / dziewiętnaście / dwadzieścia'''
# twenty-one / thirty - '''dwadzieścia jeden / trzydzieścia'''
# hour / day / week / month / kilometre - '''godzina / dzień / tydzień / mesiac / kilometr'''
# left / right / straight on / before / after - '''lewo / prawo / prosto / przed /''' 
# this / next / last - '''ten(m.)/ta(f.) / nastepny /'''
# often / seldom / never / long / short
# up / down / over / under
# How far is it (on foot)? / Where are we? - '''Jak daleko (pieszo)? / Gdzie jesteśmy?'''
# How much does it cost? / What time is it? - '''Ile to kosztuje? / Która godzina?'''
# We are looking for a place to sleep.
# Where can we buy a ticket? - '''Gdzie mogemy kupić bilet?'''
# Who? / What? / Where? / Why? / When? - '''Kto? / Co? / Gdzie? / Dlaczego? / Kiedy?'''
# How? / How much? / How long? / Which? - '''Jak? / Ile? / Jak długo? / Który(m.)? / Która(f.)'''

===Czech===

Czech is an incredibly difficult language to learn, but learn these few phrases and you will get around the country a lot more easily, especially outside cities.

Even names of towns can be pronounced incorrectly very easily. Consider the name of the town [[Olomouc]], which is pronounced ''ollo-moats''.


I don't speak Czech - Nemluvím Český [naym-loo-veem ches-kee]

Do you speak English? - Mluvíte Anglicky? [mloo-vee-teh an-glits-kee]

Hello (formal) – Dobrý den [dob-ree den]

Hello (informal) – Ahoj! [a-hoy]

Help! – Pomoc! [poh-moats]

I understand - Rozumím [roz-oo-meem]

I don’t understand – Nerozumím [nay-roz-oo-meem]

It’s also worth remembering that in Czech the emphasis is nearly always on the first syllable of a word, and hardly ever on its second or third syllable.

'''Numbers'''

one - jeden / jedna / jedno

two - dva / dvě
 
three - tři

four - čtyři
  
five - pět
  
six - šest
  
seven - sedm - pronounced &quot;sedum&quot; 

eight - osm - pronounced &quot;osum&quot; 

nine - devět 

ten - deset  

eleven - jedenáct 

twelve - dvanáct
 
thirteen - třináct
 
fourteen - čtrnáct
  
fifteen - patnáct
  
sixteen - šestnáct
 
seventeen - sedmnáct - pronounced &quot;sedumnáct&quot;
 
eighteen - osmnáct - pronounced &quot;osumnáct&quot;
 
nineteen - devatenáct
 
twenty - dvacet

twenty one - dvacet jedna

twenty two - dvacet dva

twenty three - dvacet tři 

thirty - třicet 

forty - čtyřicet 

fifty - padesát

sixty - šedesát 
 
seventy - sedmdesát - pronounced &quot;sedumdesát&quot; 

eighty - osmdesát - pronounced &quot;osumdesát&quot;
 
ninety - devadesát

one hundred - sto

two hundred - dvě stě
 
three hundred - tři sta 

four hundred - čtyři sta

five hundred - pět set

===Slovak===
''(to be filled)''

===Lithuanian===

# Hello - '''Labas'''
# Excuse me.. - '''Atsiprašau ..''' 
# Do you possibly drive in the direction of ...? - '''Gal jūs  vairuojate link ...?''' 
# Could I get a lift...? - '''Ar galėtumėte pavežti ...?'''  
## to a gas station - '''iki degalinės'''
## to a parking place? - '''iki automobilių stovimo aikštelės'''
## along the highway - '''palei autostradą''' 
# Is the lift free? / I (we) can't pay - '''Ar pavežtumėte nemokamai? / Aš (mes) negaliu (negalime) mokėti.''' 
# Do you speak ...? / any other languages / Could you speak slower, please? - '''Ar jūs kalbate ...? / kokią nors kitą kalbą / Atsiprašau, ar galėtumete kalbėti lėčiau?''' 
# yes / no / maybe / no thanks - '''taip / ne / gal / ne, ačiū''' 
# That’s great / perfect / bad / no problem - '''Puiku / Gerai / Blogai / Jokių problemų'''
# I don't understand. / I don't know - '''Aš nesuprantu. / Nežinau.'''
# I'm going to ... / Where are you going to? - '''Aš keliauju į ... / Kur keliaujate jūs?'''
# My name is... / What's your name? / I’m from... / Where are you from? -''' Mano vardas yra ... / Koks jūsų vardas? / Esu iš ... / Iš kur esate jūs?''' 
# I’m ... years old. / How old are you? - '''Esu ... metų amžiaus. / Kiek jums metų?'''
# I study.... / My subjects are... / I’m in my ... year. / I will become a .... - '''Aš studijuoju .... / Mano dalykai yra ... / Tai mano ... studijų metai. / Aš busiu .... pagal profesiją.'''
# I have a boy-friend/a girl-friend. / I'm married. - '''Aš turiu vaikiną/merginą. / Esu vedęs''' ''(woman should say'' '''Esu ištekėjusi''' '')''
# I’m on holiday. / I visit friends in... / I'm hitchhiking around... - '''Aš esu atostogose. / Lankau draugus  ... / Keliauju autostopu aplink ...'''
# I will stay for... / I’m going back... - '''Aš busiu čia ... / Važiuosiu atgal ...'''
# Don’t touch me! / Let me out! / Stop! / Help! - ''' Neliesk manęs! / Išleisk mane! / Sustok! / Padėkit!''' ''(hope you never have to say that)'' 
# Can you drop me off here? - '''Ar galite išleisti mane čia?''' 
# Thank you! / Have a nice day! / Have a nice trip! - '''Ačiū! / Geros dienos! / Laimingos kelionės!'''
# Where can I find ...? - '''Kur galėčiau rasti ...?'''
## the city center - ''' miesto centrą'''
## a (city) map - '''(miesto) žemėlapį'''
## a toilet - '''tualetą'''
## a supermarket  - '''supermarketą'''
## a pharmacy - '''vaistinę'''
## a campsite - '''stovyklavietę'''
## an internetcafe - '''interneto kavinę'''
## a cashmachine - '''bankomatą'''
## a bank - '''banką'''
## a metrostation  - '''metro'''
## a busstation - '''autobusų stotį'''
## a trainstation - '''traukinių stotį'''
## the highway to ... - '''automagistralę link...'''
### a good hitchhiking spot - '''gerą vietą autostopui'''
## water - '''vandens'''
## (herbal/green/black) tea - '''(žolelių/žalios/juodos) arbatos'''
## hot chocolate - '''karštą šokoladą'''
## coffee / good coffee place - '''kavos / geros kavinės'''
## beer - '''alaus'''
## (red, white) wine - '''(raudono, baltojo) vyno'''
## juice - '''sulčių'''
## vegetarian (vegan) food / restaurant - '''vegetariško (veganiško) maisto / kavinę'''
## bread - '''duonos'''
## a cheap restaurant - '''pigų restoraną'''
# Cheers! -''' Į sveikatą!''' 
# Enjoy your meal! -''' Skanaus'''!
# I’m fine -''' Laikausi puikiai'''
# I’m... - '''Esu...'''
## hungry - '''alkanas'''
## thirsty - '''ištroškęs'''
## cold - '''sušalęs'''
## sweaty - '''suprakaitavęs'''
## sick - '''susirgęs'''
# north / east / south / west -''' į šiaurę / į rytus / į pietus / į vakarus''' 
# yesterday / today / tomorrow - '''vakar / šiandien / rytoj''' 
# ''Numbers:'' '''nulis 0 / vienas 1 / du 2 / tris 3 / keturi 4 / penki 5 / šeši 6 / septyni 7 / aštuoni 8 / devyni 9 / dešimt 10 / vienuolika 11 / dvylika 12 / trylika 13 / keturiolika 14 / penkiolika 15 / šešiolika 16 / septyniolika 17 / aštuoniolika 18 / devyniolika 19 / dvidešimt 20 / dvidešimt vienas 21 / trisdešimt 30 / šimtas 100 / tūkstantis 1'000 '''
# hour / day / week / month / kilometre - '''valanda / diena / savaitė / mėnnuo / kilometras'''
# left / right / straight on / before/ after this / next / last - '''kairė / dešinė / tiesiai / prieš / po (už) / kitas / paskutinis''' 
# often / seldom / never / long / short - '''dažnai / retai / niekada / ilgai / trumpai''' 
# up / down / over / under - '''aukštyn / žemyn / virš / po'''
# How far is it (on foot)? / Where are we? -''' Kaip toli iki ten jei eiti pėsčiomis? / Kur mes esame?'''
# How much does it cost? / What time is it? - '''Kiek tai kainuoja? / Kuri dabar valanda?''' 
# We are looking for a place to sleep. -''' Mes ieškome kur pernakvoti.'''
# Where can we buy a ticket? - '''Kur mes galime nusipirkti bilietą?'''
# Who? / What? / Where? / Why? / When? - '''Kas? / Kas? / Kur? / Kodėl? / Kada?''' 
# How? / How much? / How long? / Which? - '''Kaip? / Kiek? / Kaip ilgai? / Kuris?'''

===Hungarian===
'''Vocabulary'''
* Hitchhiking - stoppolás, stop [shtopolash, shtop]
* High-way - autópálya [autopaya]
* Petrol station - benzinkút [benzeenkut]
* Ring road - körgyűrű [koerdyuru]
* Map - térkép
* Bus stop - buszmegálló [bus-megh-allo]


'''Greetings'''
* Hello - hello, szia  [seeya] 
* Good day - jó napot [yo napot]
* Good morning - jó reggelt [yo reghelt]
* Good evening - jó estét [yo eshtet]
* Goodbye - viszlát [whislat]
* Bye - viszlát, hello
* Thank you - köszönöm [koesoenoem] 
* Thanks - köszi [koesi]

'''Directions'''
* From - -ból, -ből [at the end of a word, like ''London''ból.]
* Towards - felé [eg. ''Budapest'' felé]
* Through - keresztül -on, -en, ön [eg. keresztül ''Pécs''en, keresztül ''Győr''ön] or át -on, -en, -ön [eg. át ''Budapes''ten]
* (To the) left - bal(ra) [bal(ra)]
* (To the) right - jobb(ra) [yobb(ra)]
* Straignt on - egyenesen (edyeneshen)

* Where are you going to? - Merre mész? [Merre mes?]
* I'm travelling to ... - ... felé megyek. [... fele medyek]
* Please, stop here - Állj meg itt, légyszi
* A bit further - Kicsit előrébb [kitcheet eloerebb]


'''General'''

# Hello - '''Hello'''
# Excuse me.. - '''Elnézést,...''' [al-neh-zesht]
# Do you possibly drive in the direction of ...? - '''Ugye ... felé mész?''' [uh-dje ... feleh mehs]
# Could I get a lift to...? - '''El tudnál vinni ...?''' [al tuhd-nahl vinny ...]
# - a gasstation / a service area / a parking place? / along the highway - '''- egy benzinkút '''[ehdj benzeenkut]''' / egy pihenő '''[ehdj pee-henoe]''' / egy parkoló '''[ehdj paarkolo]''' / az autópályán''' [az autopayahn]
# Is the lift free? / I can't pay.- '''Ingyen viszel?'''[Indjen whis-al]''' / Nem tudok fizetni.''' [nem to-dok fee-zet-nee]
# Do you speak ...? / any other languages / Could you speak slower, please? - '''Beszélsz... ? / Másik nyelven? / Kérlek, lassabban beszélj?'''
# yes / no / maybe / no thanks /- '''igen / nem / talán / nem, köszönöm'''
# That’s great / perfect / bad / no problem - '''Nagyszerű / tökéletes / rossz / nem probléma'''
# I don't understand. / I don't know.- '''Nem értem. / Nem tudom.'''
# I'm going to ... / Where are you going to?- '''... felé megyek. / Merre mész?'''
# My name is... / What's your name? / I’m from... / Where are you from?- '''...-nak hívnak. / Hogy hívnak? / ...-ból jövök. / Honnan származol?'''
# I’m ... years old. / How old are you? - '''... éves vagyok. / Hány éves vagy?'''
# I study.... / My subjects are... / I’m in my ... year. / I will become a .... - '''... -ot tanulok. / Tantárgyaim ... / ... évben vagyok. / ... leszek.'''
# I have a boy-friend/a girl-friend. / I'm married. - '''Van barátom/barátnőm. / Házas vagyok.'''
# I’m on holiday. / I visit friends in... / I'm hitchhiking around... - '''Nyaralok. / Barátokat látogatok ...-ban. / ... fele stoppolok.'''
# I will stay for... / I’m going back... - ''' ... ideig maradok. / ... megyek vissza.'''
# Don’t touch me! / Let me out! / Stop! / Help! - '''Ne érj hozzám! / Engedj ki! / Állj! / Segítség!'''
# Can you drop me off here? - '''Ki tudnál itt tenni?'''
# Thank you! / Have a nice day/trip! - '''Köszönöm! / Jó napot/utat!'''
# Where can I find ...? - '''Hol találom ...?'''
# - the city centre /  a map - '''a városközpont(ot) / egy térkép(et)'''
# - a toilet / a supermarket / a pharmacy / a campsite - '''egy vécé(t) / egy szupermarket(ot) / egy patiká(t) / egy kemping(et)'''
# - an internetcafe / a cashmachine / a bank - '''egy internetkávézó(t) / egy bankautomatá(t) / egy bank(ot)'''
# - a metrostation / a busstation / a trainstation - '''egy metróállomás(t) / egy buszállomás(t) / a főpályaudvar(t)'''
# - the highway to ... / a good hitchhikingspot - '''az autópályá(t) ... fele / egy jó stopphely(et)'''
# water / (herbal) tea / hot chocolate / coffee - '''víz / (gyógy) teá / forró csoki / kávé'''
# beer / (red, white) wine / juice - '''sör / (vörös, fehér) bor / üdítő'''
# vegetarian / diner / bread / a cheap restaurant - '''vega / ebéd / kenyér / egy olcsó étterem'''
# Cheers! / Enjoy your meal! - '''Egészségedre! / Jó étvágyat!'''
# I’m hungry / thirsty / fine / cold / hot / sick - '''Éhes vagyok! / szomjas / oké / hideg / forró / beteg'''
# north / east / south / west - '''észak / kelet / dél / nyugat'''
# yesterday / today / tomorrow - '''tegnap / ma / holnap '''
# zero / one / two / three / four / five / six / seven / eight / nine / ten - '''nulla / egy / kettő / három / négy / öt / hat / hét / nyolc / kilenc / tíz'''
# eleven / twelve / thirteen / fourteen / fifteen / sixteen / seventeen / eighteen / nineteen / twenty - '''tizenegy / tizenkettő / tizenhárom / tizennégy / tizenöt / tizenhat / tizenhét / tizennyolc / tizenkilenc / húsz'''
# twenty-one / thirty - '''huszonegy / harminc'''
# hour / day / week / month / kilometre - '''óra / nap / hét / hónap / kilométer'''
# left / right / straight on / before/ after - '''bal / jobb / egyenesen / előtte / utána'''
# this / next / last / - '''ez / következő / utolsó'''
# often / seldom / never / long / short - '''gyakran / ritkán / soha / hosszú / rövid'''
# up / down / over / under - '''fel / le/ felett / alatt'''
# How far is it (on foot)? / Where are we? - '''Milyen messze van (gyalog)? / Hol vagyunk?'''
# How much does it cost? / What time is it? - '''Mennyibe kerül? / Mennyi az idő?'''
# We are looking for a place to sleep. - '''Helyet keresünk, ahol alhatunk.'''
# Where can we buy a ticket? - '''Hol vehetünk jegyeket?'''
# Who? / What? / Where? / Why? / When? - '''Ki? / Mi? / Hol? / Miért? / Mikor?'''
# How? / How much? / How long? / Which? - '''Hogyan? / Mennyi? / Milyen hosszú? / Melyik? '''

===Slovenian===

===Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian===
The Serbian Travel Club offers a [http://www.serbiatravelers.org/en/index.php/basics/42-basics/414-serbian-phrasebook Serbian Phrasebook] as well as a [http://www.serbiatravelers.org/en/index.php/hitchhiking/489-hitchhiking-phrasebook special Phrasebook for Hitchhiking].

===Bulgarian===

===Romanian===
----

Romanian is one of the few non-Slavic East-European languages. It is related with French, Italian, Spanish etc. Speakers of one of these languages will find it easier to pronounce and understand Romanian.&lt;br&gt;

[[Romanian phrasebook]]

===Albanian===

===Greek===

===Turkish===

[[Category:Europe]]
[[Category:Phrasebook]]

Turkish is a bit hard in grammar and pronounciation but if you know some tips it's very easy.

Ş:sh   Ç:ch

Merhaba - Hello(formal)

Selam  - Hello(informal)

Afedersiniz  - Excuse me

Evet - Yes        Hayır - No      Biraz - A little bit

Teşekkürler - Thanks      Tamam - Okay

İngilizce konuşabilir misiniz? - Can you speak English?

Anlamıyorum - I don't understand

Bilmiyorum - I don't know

.........'a gidiyorum - I'm going to ........

Bu harika - That's great        Çok iyi - Very good 

Sorun yok - No problem         Çok kötü - Very bad

Benim ismim ....,sizin isminiz ne? - My name is ....,what's your name?

.... yaşındayım - I'm ... years old

Nerelisiniz? - Where are you from?

........'dan geliyorum - I'm coming from .....

Bekarım - I'm single           Evliyim - I'm married

Erkek(M)/kız(F) arkadaşım var - I have a boyfriend/girlfriend

Bana dokunma! - Don't touch me!         İmdat! - Help! 

Lütfen bana yardım edin! - Help me please!

Dur - Stop!           İstemiyorum - I don't want

İnmek istiyorum - I want to get off

Burada inebilir miyim? - Can i drop off here?

Günaydın - Good morning           İyi günler - Have a good day    

İyi akşamlar - Good evening           İyi geceler - Good night 

Hoşçakal - Good bye         Görüşürüz - See you

Water - Su         Beer - Bira          Wine - Şarap   

Meyve suyu - Fruit juice    

Ekmek - Bread          Yemek  - Meal  

Açım / susadım / üşüdüm  - I'm hungry / thirsty / cold

....... nerede? / Where is ......?

Uzak mı? - Is it far?        Yakın mı? - Is it close?

Doğu - East     West - Batı     Kuzey - North      Güney - South

Uyumak için bir yer arıyorum - I'm looking for a place to sleep 

Ucuz - Cheap          Pahalı  - Expensive

Nasıl? - How?         Why? - Neden?            Who? - Kim?

Saat kaç? - What time is it?

Kaç para? - How much does it cost?

Numbers in Turkish

1-bir 2-iki 3-üç 4-dört 5-beş 6-altı 7-yedi 8-sekiz 9-dokuz 10-on</text>
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  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Northern Europe phrasebook</title>
    <id>1632</id>
    <revision>
      <id>26402</id>
      <timestamp>2008-10-20T00:57:15Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Sol</username>
        <id>1357</id>
      </contributor>
      <comment>/* Icelandic */</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">==Northern Europe==
Don't bother to try asking in Danish, Swedish, Norwegian or Finnish. Almost all people in [[Northern Europe]] speak English at reasonable level, and will be confused when you try to speak their language - and if you do speak it at a reasonable level, you won't need this phrasebook.

===Danish===

=== Finnish ===
# Moi | Hei //
# Anteeksi.. //
# Olisitteko mahdollisesti ajamassa X...n suuntaan? //
# Saisinko kyydin ...? /      /
# - huoltoasemalle /    / a service area /    / parkkipaikalle?/     /  moottoritien varteen /     /
# Onko tämä kyyti ilmainen? /     / En voi maksaa. /    /
# Puhutteko ...? /     / muita kieliä /      /  Voisitteko puhua hitaammin? /        /
# Kyllä/ / Ei / / Ehkä  /            / ei kiitos /   /
# Se on hienoa /    / täydellistä /  / huonoa. /  / Ei ongelmaa. /  /
# En ymmärrä. // // En tiedä. /   /
# Olen menossa ... /   / Mihin te olette menossa? /     /
# Nimeni on ... /   / Mikä sinun nimesi on (teidän nimenne on)? /   / Tulen ...sta /                 / Mistä sinä olet (te olette)? /    /
# Olen … vuotias. /    / Kuinka vanha sinä olet? /   /
# Opiskelen pedagogiaa. /    / Opiskelemian aineita ovat… /    / Olen neljännen / viidennen vuoden opiskelija.  /      / Minusta tulee opettaja. /    /
# Minulla on poikaystävä/tyttöystävä. / / Olen naimisissa.
# Olen lomalla. /    / Vierailen ystävien luon …ssa /    / Liftaan ympäri …  /    /
# Aion viipyä … /    / Olen menossa takaisin …/    /
# Älä koske minuun!/    /Päästä minut ulos! /   /Lopeta! /  / Apua! /  /
# Jättäisitkö minut pois tässä? /         /
# Kiitos! /  / Hauskaa päivänjatkoa /    / matkaa ! /  /
# Mistä löydän ...? /    / kaupungin keskustan /   / kartan /  /
# -vessan /    / kaupan /    / apteekin /   / leirintäalueen
# - nettikahvilan /    / pankkiautomaatin /   / pankin /  /
# - metroaseman /  / bussiaseman /  / juna-aseman /  /
# - moottoritien ... /   / hyvän liftauspaikan /     /
# vesi /   / (yrtti) tee /    /kaakao /    /kahvi/  /
# olut/  / (puna-, valko-) viini /  / mehu /  /
# kasvis /   /diner /   /bread /  / halvan ravintolan /   /
# Kippis! /    / Hyvää ruokahalua! /  /
# Minulla on nälkä /  / jano /  / hyvä olo /  / kylmä /   / kuuma /     / kipeä olo. /         /
# pohjoinen/    /, itä/    /, etelä/    /,  länsi /    /
# eilen/      /,  tänään/    /,  huomenna/     /
# nolla/    /,  yksi/    /,  kaksi/    /,  kolma/    /, neljä /    /, viisi /    /, kuusi /         /, seitsemän /    /, kahdeksan /    /, yhdeksän/    / , kymmenen /    /, 
# yksitoista /         /, kaksitoista /         /, kolmetoista /         /, neljätoista /            /, viisitoista /            /, kuusitoista /           /, seitsemäntoista /            /, kahdeksantoista /            /, yhdeksäntoista /            /, kaksikymmentä /            /,
# kaksikymmentäyksi /              /, ... kolmekymmentä /            /.  
# tunti/            /, päivä/            /, viikko/            /, kuukausi /            / kilometri /            /
# vasemmalla/            /, oikealla/            /, suoraan edessäpäin /            // ennen/           /, jälkeen/            /
# tämä/            /, seuraava/            /, viimeinen/            /
# usein/            /, harvoin/            /, ei ikinä/            // pitkä/            /, lyhyt/            /
# ylhäällä/            /, alhaalla/            / / yli/            / alle/            /,
# kuinka kaukana se on (kävellen)? /                / Missä olemme? /              /
# Paljonko se maksaa? /                / Paljonko kello on? /              /
# Etsimme nukkumapaikkaa. /                 /
# Mistä voimme ostaa lipun? /                 /
# Kuka? /            / Mikä? /            / Missä? /            / Miksi? /            / Milloin? /            /
# Miten? /            / Kuinka paljon? /             /Kuinka pitkään?  /             /Kumpi? /            /&lt;noinclude&gt;


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===Icelandic===

# Hæ
# Afsakið
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# Talarðu... (ensku = English) /.?./ Gætir þú talað svolítið hægar?
# Já / nei / kannski / nei takk
#
# Ég skil ekki. / Ég veit ekki.
# Ég er að fara í... / Hvert ertu að fara?
# Ég heiti.. / Hvad heitir þú? / Ég er frá... / Hvaðan ert þú?
# .?./ Hvað ertu gamall/gömul? (male/fem)
#
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# Takk fyrir!
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#
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# vatn / te / súkkulaði / kaffi
# bjór / vín / safi / 
# grænmetissæta / .?. / brauð
# Skál!
# Ég er svangur/svöng (male/fem)
# norður / austur / suður / vestur
# í gær / í dag / á morgun
# núll / einn / tveir / þrír / fjórir / fimm / sex / sjö / átta / níu / tíu
# ellefu / tólf / þréttán / fjórtán / fimmtán / sextán / sautján / áutján / nítján / tuttugu
# tuttugu og einn / þrjátíu
# tími / dagur / vika / mánuður / kílómetri
# vinstri / hægri / áfram
#
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# Hversu langt í burtu er það? / Hvar erum við?
# .?. / Hvað er klukkan?
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# Hver? / Hvað? / Hvar? / Af hverju? /Hvenær?
# Hvernig? /

===Swedish===

# Hej
# Ursäkta
# Åker du mot...?
# Skulle jag kunna få lift till...?
# en bensinmack / en rastplats / en parkeringsplats / längs motorvägen
# Är det gratis? / Jag kan inte betala.
# Talar du...? / några andra språk / Skulle du kunna tala långsammare?
# ja / nej / kanske / nej tack
# Vad bra! / härligt / dåligt / inga problem
# Jag förstår inte. / Jag vet inte.
# Jag ska till... / Vart ska du?
# Jag heter... / Vad heter du? / Jag kommer från... / Vart kommer du från?
# Jag är... år gammal. / Hur gammal är du?
# Jag studerar.... / Mina ämnen är... / Jag är på mitt...(första, andra, tredje, fjärde) år / Jag ska bli...
# Jag har pojkvän/flickvän. / Jag är gift.
# Jag är på semester. / Jag ska hälsa på kompisar i... / Jag liftar runt i...
# Jag ska stanna här i... / Jag åker tillbaka...
# Rör mig inte! / Släpp ut mig! / Stanna! / Hjälp!
# Kan du släppa av mig här? 
# Tack! / Ha en trevlig dag/resa!
# Var kan jag finna/hitta...? 
# - centrumet / en karta
# - en toalett / en mataffär / ett apotek / en campingplats
# - ett internetkafé / en bankomat / en bank
# - en tunnelbanestation / en busstation / en tågstation
# - motorvägen till... / ett bra liftarställe
# - vatten / (ört-) te / varm choklad / kaffe
# - öl / (rött, vitt) vin / jos
# vegetarian / (ett) matställe / bröd / en billig restaurang
# Skål! / Smaklig måltid! 
# Jag är hungrig / törstig / (jag mår) toppen / kall / varm / sjuk
# norr / öster / söder / väster
# igår / idag / imorgon
# noll / ett / två / tre / fyra / fem / sex / sju / åtta / nio / tio
# elva / tolv / tretton / fjorton / femton / sexton / sjutton / arton / nitton / tjugo
# tjugoett / trettio 
# timma / dag / vecka / månad / kilometer
# vänster / höger / rakt fram / före / efter
# den/det här / nästa / sista
# ofta / sällan / aldrig / länge / kort
# upp / ner / över / under
# Hur långt är det (till fots)? / Var är vi?
# Hur mycket kostar det? / Vad är klockan?
# Vi håller på att leta efter någonstans att sova.
# Var kan man köpa biljett?
# Vem? / Vad? / Var? / Varför? / När? 
# Hur? / Hur mycket? / Hur länge? / Vilken?

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[[Category:Templates]]
&lt;/noinclude&gt;

===Norwegian===

# Hei
# Unnskyld
# Far du til...?
#
#
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# Snakker du...?
# ja, nei, kanskje
# Jeg forstår ikke / Jeg vet ikke


[[Category:Phrasebook]]
[[Category:Europe]]</text>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Africa phrasebook</title>
    <id>1633</id>
    <revision>
      <id>29864</id>
      <timestamp>2009-01-11T14:17:35Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Sitarane</username>
        <id>1505</id>
      </contributor>
      <text xml:space="preserve">In [[Africa]] the most useful languages are probably English and French. After that it depends on which countries you're going.

{{Phrasebook/French}}

===Portuguese===

===Arabic===

===Bambara===

===Peul===

===Swahili===

===Afrikaans===

{{Phrasebook/English}}

[[Category:Phrasebook]]
[[Category:Africa]]</text>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Asia phrasebook</title>
    <id>1634</id>
    <revision>
      <id>14436</id>
      <timestamp>2007-10-07T15:45:11Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Worldhitch</username>
        <id>147</id>
      </contributor>
      <comment>/* Chinese */</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">==[[Asia]]==
===[[Japan]]ese===

===Chinese===
my limited knowledge of hitchhiking chinese. the problem is the pronounciation.
best 
ni chu nar le?   where do you go?
wo chu .....     i go to....
meio chian       no money...the only way i know to tell them that you are hitchhiking
gong lu          high way
gao se gong lu   expressway
zega /nega       this/that
nar              where

best option: let a driver who knows some english translate your most important phrases into chinese characters and show em.
[[User:Worldhitch|Worldhitch]] 17:45, 7 October 2007 (CEST)

===Hindi/Urdu===

===Farsi===

===Thai===

===Vietnamese===

[[Category:Phrasebook]]
[[Category:Asia]]

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    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Southern Europe phrasebook</title>
    <id>1635</id>
    <revision>
      <id>18585</id>
      <timestamp>2008-02-28T16:00:36Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Platschi</username>
        <id>112</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <comment>toc</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">This article contains hitchhiking phrasebooks for [[Southern Europe]].
__TOC__
&lt;small&gt;
&lt;table&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;
{{Phrasebook/Albanian}}
&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;
{{Phrasebook/Bosnian}}
&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;
{{Phrasebook/Catalan}}
&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;
{{Phrasebook/Croatian}}
&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;
{{Phrasebook/Greek}}
&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;
{{Phrasebook/Italian}}
&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;
{{Phrasebook/Macedonian}}
&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;
{{Phrasebook/Maltese}}
&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;
{{Phrasebook/Montenegrin}}
&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;
{{Phrasebook/Portuguese}}
&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;
{{Phrasebook/Serbian}}
&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;
{{Phrasebook/Slovenian}}
&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;
{{Phrasebook/Spanish}}
&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;

[[Category:Phrasebook]]
[[Category:Europe]]</text>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Категория:Phrasebook</title>
    <id>1636</id>
    <revision>
      <id>1777</id>
      <timestamp>2005-12-28T04:06:46Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <ip>Robin Patterson</ip>
      </contributor>
      <comment>[[Category:equipment]]</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">&lt;!-- testing some things... (good!) --&gt;


[[Category:equipment]]</text>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Шаблон:Phrasebook/Spanish</title>
    <id>1637</id>
    <revision>
      <id>23107</id>
      <timestamp>2008-07-31T13:45:52Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Ataqlibert</username>
        <id>1502</id>
      </contributor>
      <comment>/* Spanish */</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">=== Spanish ===
# ¡Hola! / ¡Buenos días!
# Perdón...
# Va usted a ...?
# Yo podría ir con usted?
# gasolinera / / estación de servicio / / aparcamiento / / por el camino
# Es gratis? / / Es que no puedo pagar.
# Habla Usted ...? otros idiomas? / / Puede hablar más despacio, por favor?
# Si / No / Tal vez / No, gracias
# Muy bien / / Estupendo / / Mal / / No hay problema.
# No le entiendo. / / No sé. 
# Voy a... / / Adonde va Usted?
# Me llamo ... / / Como se llama Usted? / / Soy de ... / / De donde es Usted?
# Tengo ... años. / / Cuántos años tiene Usted?
# Estudio...
# Tengo novio/novia. / / Estoy casado/casada.
# Estoy de vacaciones. / / Estoy visitando amigos en ... / / Simplemente viajando por ahí.
# Me quedo por ... / / Vuelvo ...
# No me toque! / / Dejame salir! / / Para! / / Socorro!
# Podría dejarme aquí?
# Gracias por su ayuda. / / Buen viaje!
# Dónde puedo conseguir...?
# el centro / un mapa
# un baño / un supermercado / una farmacia / un campamento
# un cibercafé / un cajero automático / un banco
# una estación de metro / una estación de autobuses / una estación de trenes
# la autopista a... / un buen lugar para pedir un aventón
# agua / té / chocolate / café
# cerveza / vino (tinto, blanco) / sumo
# vegetariano|vegetariana / .?. / pan / un restaurante barato
# ¡Salud! / !Buen apetito!
# Tengo hambre / sed / .?. / frío / calor / enfermo
&lt;noinclude&gt;


[[Category:Templates]]&lt;/noinclude&gt;</text>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Bamako</title>
    <id>1638</id>
    <revision>
      <id>32371</id>
      <timestamp>2009-04-21T19:02:02Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Guaka</username>
        <id>2</id>
      </contributor>
      <comment>{{IsIn|Mali}}</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">Hitchhiking in the [[Mali]]an capital '''Bamako''' is possible. Even in the middle of the night cars will stop, possibly only for white people though.

Some people say it's good to try at the police stops at the city border, for going to other places. The police might stop cars for you, probably again, if you're white.

{{stub}}

[[Category:Mali]]
{{IsIn|Mali}}</text>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Категория:Mali</title>
    <id>1639</id>
    <revision>
      <id>1783</id>
      <timestamp>2005-12-27T15:33:53Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <ip>Guaka</ip>
      </contributor>
      <comment>[[Category:Africa]]</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">[[Category:Africa]]</text>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Шаблон:Phrasebook/Portuguese</title>
    <id>1640</id>
    <revision>
      <id>33565</id>
      <timestamp>2009-05-23T01:10:24Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <ip>85.138.199.225</ip>
      </contributor>
      <comment>/* Portuguese */</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">=== Portuguese ===
Hello -- '''Olá'''

Excuse me..  -- '''Desculpe..'''

Do you possibly drive in the direction of ...? -- '''Vai na direcção de...?'''

Could I get a lift to...? -- '''Podia-me dar boleia até...? (NOTE: if you are in Brazil, you should substitute the term &quot;boleia&quot; for &quot;carona&quot;)'''

- a gasstation / a service area / a parking place? / along the highway -- '''um posto de gasolina / uma estação de serviço / um parque de estacionamento / ao longo desta auto-estrada?''' 

Is the lift free? / I can't pay. -- '''a boleia é grátis? / não posso pagar.'''

Do you speak ...? / any other languages / Could you speak slower, please? -- '''Você fala...? / outras línguas / Podia falar mais devagar, por favor?'''

yes / no / maybe / no thanks -- '''sim / não / talvez / não, obrigado'''

That’s great / perfect / bad / no problem -- '''Óptimo / perfeito / mau / não há problema'''

I don't understand. / I don't know -- '''não compreendo / não sei'''

I'm going to ... / Where are you going to? -- '''Eu vou para... / Para onde se dirige?'''

My name is... / What's your name? / I’m from... / Where are you from? -- '''O meu nome é... / Como se chama? / Eu sou de... / De onde você é?'''

I’m ... years old. / How old are you? -- '''Eu tenho(...) anos / Que idade você tem?'''

I study.... / My subjects are... / I’m in my ... year. / I will become a .... -- '''Eu estudo... / A minha área é... / Estou no meu (...) ano / Serei um (Serei uma, if you are a woman)...'''

I have a boy-friend/a girl-friend. / I'm married. -- '''Tenho um namorado/uma namorada / Sou casado (Sou casada, if you are a woman)'''

I’m on holiday. / I visit friends in... / I'm hitchhiking around... -- '''Estou de férias / Visito amigos em... / Ando à boleia por...'''

I will stay for... / I’m going back... -- '''Vou ficar por... / Vou voltar...'''

Don’t touch me! / Let me out! / Stop! / Help! -- '''Não me toque! / Deixe-me sair! / Pare! / Socorro!'''

Can you drop me off here? -- '''Pode-me deixar aqui?'''

Thank you! / Have a nice day/trip! -- '''Obrigado! / Tenha um bom dia/viagem!'''

Where can I find ...? -- '''Onde posso encontrar...?'''

- the city centre / a map -- '''o centro da cidade / um mapa'''

- a toilet / a supermarket / a pharmacy / a campsite -- '''uma casa de banho (in Brazil: um banheiro) / um supermercado / uma farmácia / um acampamento'''

- an internetcafe / a cashmachine / a bank -- '''um café com internet (or &quot;cibercafé&quot;) / um multibanco / um banco'''

- a metrostation / a busstation / a trainstation -- '''uma estação de metro / uma estação de autocarro / uma estação de comboio'''

- the highway to ... / a good hitchhikingspot -- '''a auto-estrada para... / um bom local para pedir boleia'''

water / (herbal) tea / hot chocolate / coffee -- '''água / chá / chocolate quente / café'''

beer / (red, white) wine / juice -- '''cerveja / vinho (tinto, branco) / sumo'''

vegetarian / diner / bread / a cheap restaurant -- '''vegetariano (vegetariana if you are a woman) / jantar / pão / um restaurante barato'''

Cheers! / Enjoy your meal! -- '''Felicidades! / Bom apetite!'''

I’m hungry / thirsty / fine / cold / hot / sick -- '''tenho fome / tenho sede / estou bem / tenho frio / tenho calor / estou doente'''

north / east / south / west -- '''norte / este / sul / oeste'''

yesterday / today / tomorrow -- '''ontem / hoje / amanhã'''

zero / one / two / three / four / five / six / seven / eight / nine / ten -- '''zero / um / dois / três / quatro / cinco / seis / sete / oito / nove / dez'''

eleven / twelve / thirteen / fourteen / fifteen / sixteen / seventeen / eighteen / nineteen / twenty -- '''onze / doze / treze / catorze / quinze / dezasseis / dezassete / dezoito / dezanove / vinte'''

twenty-one / thirty -- '''vinte e um / trinta'''

hour / day / week / month / kilometre -- '''hora / dia / semana / mês / quilómetro'''

left / right / straight on / before/ after -- '''esquerda / direita / em frente / antes / depois'''

this / next / last / - '''este / próximo / último'''

often / seldom / never / long / short -- '''muitas vezes / raramente / nunca / longo / curto'''

up / down / over / under -- '''cima / baixo / por cima / por baixo'''

How far is it (on foot)? / Where are we? -- '''Fica a que distância (a pé)? / Onde estamos?'''

How much does it cost? / What time is it? -- '''Quanto custa? / Que horas são?'''

I'm are looking for a place to sleep. -- '''Procuro um sítio para dormir'''

Where can I buy a ticket? -- '''Onde posso comprar um bilhete?'''

Who? / What? / Where? / Why? / When? -- '''Quem? / O quê? / Onde? / Quando?'''

How? / How much? / How long? / Which?''' -- '''Como? / Quanto? / Por quanto tempo? / Qual?'''</text>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Australasia</title>
    <id>1641</id>
    <revision>
      <id>1787</id>
      <timestamp>2006-11-05T21:33:57Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <ip>Guaka</ip>
      </contributor>
      <comment>#redirect [[Oceania]]</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">#redirect [[Oceania]]</text>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Oceania</title>
    <id>1642</id>
    <revision>
      <id>31557</id>
      <timestamp>2009-03-04T23:55:18Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Sigurdas</username>
        <id>1658</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <comment>+[[trash:Oceania]]</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">[[Image:Elsa amylin kiwi experience.jpg|thumb|350px|Elsa and amylin hitching in [[New Zealand]]]]
'''Oceania''' is a region consisting of numerous countries and territories, mostly islands, in the Pacific Ocean.

==Tips for each country==
The [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm United Nations Statistics Division] defines Oceania as following:

===Australia and New Zealand===
* [[Image:Flag of Australia.png|30px]] [[Australia]]
* [[Image:Flag of New Zealand.png|30px]] [[New Zealand]]

===[[Melanesia]]===
* [[Image:Flag of Fiji.png|30px]] [[Fiji]]
* [[Image:Flag of Papua New Guinea.png|30px]] [[Papua New Guinea]]
* [[Image:Flag of the Solomon Islands.png|30px]] [[Solomon Islands]]
* [[Image:Flag of Vanuatu.png|30px]] [[Vanuatu]]
=====Autonomic Islands or Regions=====
* [[Image:Flag of New Caledonia France.png|30px]] [[New Caledonia]]
&lt;map lat='-24.206889622398023' lng='139.21875' zoom='3' view='0' float='right' height='500' width='500'/&gt;
===[[Micronesia]]===
*  [[Image:Flag Kiribati.png|30px]] [[Kiribati]]
*  [[Image:Flag Marshall Islands.png|30px]] [[Marshall Islands]]
*  [[Image:Flag Micronesia.png|30px]] [[Federated States of Micronesia|Micronesia]]
*  [[Image:Flag Nauru.png|30px]] [[Nauru]]
*  [[Image:Flag Palau.png|30px]] [[Palau]]

=====Autonomic Islands or Regions=====
* [[Image:Flag Guam.png|30px]] [[Guam]]
* [[Image:Flag Northern Mariana Islands.png|30px]] [[Northern Mariana Islands]]

===[[Polynesia]]===
* [[Image:Flag Niue.png|30px]] [[Niue]]
* [[Image:Flag Samoa.png|30px]] [[Samoa]]
* [[Image:Flag Tonga.png|30px]] [[Tonga]]
* [[Image:Flag Tuvalu.png|30px]] [[Tuvalu]]
=====Autonomic Islands or Regions=====
* [[Image:Flag of American Samoa US.png|30px]] [[American Samoa]]
* [[Image:Flag Cook Islands.png|30px]] [[Cook Islands]]
* [[Image:Flag of French Polynesia France.png|30px]] [[French Polynesia]]
* [[Image:Flag of the Pitcairn Islands UK.png|30px]] [[Pitcairn]]
* [[Image:Flag Tokelau.png|30px]] [[Tokelau]]
* [[Image:Flag of Wallis and Futuna France.png|30px]] [[Wallis and Futuna Islands]]


[[Category:World]]
__NOTOC__
{{IsIn|Earth}}
[[de:Ozeanien]]
[[trash:Oceania]]</text>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Потребител:Robin Patterson</title>
    <id>1643</id>
    <revision>
      <id>9668</id>
      <timestamp>2006-12-10T10:15:40Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Guaka</username>
        <id>2</id>
      </contributor>
      <comment>w:User:Robin Patterson</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">w:User:Robin Patterson
----
[http://hitchhikingguide.org/index.php?title=Main_Page&amp;oldid=325 How the old site's main page looked in early December] - I would be concerned if the current Main Page were really a ripoff of WikiTravel. So would [[User:Angela]].</text>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Категория:Browse</title>
    <id>1646</id>
    <revision>
      <id>33701</id>
      <timestamp>2009-05-28T12:05:06Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <ip>89.156.213.38</ip>
      </contributor>
      <text xml:space="preserve">This is our top-level category; using another metaphor, it's our root category.

Every other category should be a subcategory of at least one category; and every article should be in at least one category but will often be suitable for two or more. Some pages that are not articles may also be useful additions to categories.

If two categories have overlapping subject-matter with each having some that's not in the other (eg. [[Europe]] and [[Russia]]; or [[Australasia]] and [[Guidebooks]]), they can each include (in the text portion) a link to the other, but neither should be a subcategory of the other. We will use the [[project:categorisation]] page for detailed reasons and recommendations, including ways of arranging articles and subcategories in other than strict alphabetical order.


[[de:Kategorie:Kategorie]]
[[fr:Catégorie:Catégorie]]</text>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Категория:Equipment</title>
    <id>1647</id>
    <revision>
      <id>25644</id>
      <timestamp>2008-10-03T22:02:57Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Speckmade</username>
        <id>23</id>
      </contributor>
      <text xml:space="preserve">[[Category:Practical info]]

[[de:Kategorie:Ausrüstung]]</text>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Категория:Help</title>
    <id>1648</id>
    <revision>
      <id>33705</id>
      <timestamp>2009-05-28T12:24:55Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <ip>89.156.213.38</ip>
      </contributor>
      <text xml:space="preserve">This category holds pages and subcategories that can help contributors and/or readers.

[[de:Kategorie:Hilfe]]
[[fr:Catégorie:Aide]]
[[Category:Hitchwiki]]</text>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Hitchhiking Wiki:Help</title>
    <id>1649</id>
    <revision>
      <id>1803</id>
      <timestamp>2005-12-28T04:23:45Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <ip>Robin Patterson</ip>
      </contributor>
      <comment>redirect</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">#REDIRECT [[help:contents]]</text>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Категория:Transportation</title>
    <id>1650</id>
    <revision>
      <id>1805</id>
      <timestamp>2005-12-28T04:24:17Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <ip>Robin Patterson</ip>
      </contributor>
      <comment>[[category:browse]]</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">[[category:browse]]</text>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Помощ:Copying from Wikipedia</title>
    <id>1651</id>
    <revision>
      <id>26211</id>
      <timestamp>2008-10-14T13:34:24Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Platschi</username>
        <id>112</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <text xml:space="preserve">==What should be copied==	

* Everything relevant	

Anything we might want to write here may have been written almost as well (or better than we could have) on WP and need only a little alteration - much easier than writing it all from scratch.

==How to copy an article or part==
	''Our technical people are working on a process similar to [[MetaWikipedia:Transwiki|Transwiki]], but that is not ready yet.''

* If a new article, then on any page of this wiki, create (or find a &quot;dead&quot; link and use) a link to the desired page name.

* Go into edit mode on the Wikipedia article, copy everything in the edit box of the article (including all the templates (most of which work here or soon will) and categories (most of which are also categories here), and paste into this wiki. Delete the inter-language links&lt;nowiki&gt; (eg &quot;[[fr:mademoiselle]]&quot;)&lt;/nowiki&gt;, the only thing we can't use.
* Add the acknowledgment template as below.

==Add the template notice==
Before the first save, for a simple permanent acknowledgment and reference, add the template '''&lt;nowiki&gt;{{wikipedia}}&lt;/nowiki&gt;'''. Click &quot;Show preview&quot; to see how it all looks. The template should have produced something like this:
 This article contains text from the Wikipedia article on ''City XYZ''.

==Further improvements==
*	Edit the new or improved article, making it the best article possible.  Edit Wikipedia links (e.g. Wikipedia:Article_name) when appropriate, so that they direct to the Wikipedia article if we don't have one of the same name and don't expect we ever will.  Click ''''' Save page '''''.
*	If you want to be really generous, copy and paste the the list of authors from the history page of the Wikipedian article to the talk page of the new one so contributors are properly credited.

[[Category:Help]]</text>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Hitchwiki:About</title>
    <id>1653</id>
    <revision>
      <id>34123</id>
      <timestamp>2009-06-24T03:09:08Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Guaka</username>
        <id>2</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <text xml:space="preserve">__NOTOC__
'''Hitchwiki''' is a collaborative website for gathering information about [[hitchhiking]] and [[train hopping in the United States|other]] [[boats|ways]] of extremely cheap ways of transport. It was inspired by [http://en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia] and by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]. At some point it was left abandoned by its founder, and found and adopted by [[User:Guaka|Guaka]]. As a hitchhiker you're encouraged to read ''and'' write this guide, by  adding your knowledge, improving existing articles and starting new ones! Anyone is allowed to edit - you don't even need to log in.

Hitchwiki is gathering all sorts of relevant information about good hitchhiking spots, knowledge about hitchhiking possibilities in different countries, general know-how about [[what to pack]] and [[when to go]], [[what to eat]], and [[how to stay safe]].

== How to contribute ==
Just click &lt;tt&gt;edit&lt;/tt&gt; at the top of an article, make your changes and click &lt;tt&gt;Save page&lt;/tt&gt;. A good article to start editing or writing is probably your home town. To create new articles you can add &lt;code&gt;[[&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;]]&lt;/code&gt; around the title of the new article, in some other article, on your user page or even here on the main page. Save the page, click on the red link and start writing a new page. Be '''bold''' about editing, just do it!
If it feels a bit awkward, you can practice in the [[Sandbox]].

There are also some [[Help:Contents|help]] pages for people who are editing a wiki the first time.

== Background ==
The project started 14th of April 2005. However, the person who started didn't respond when the wiki was constantly being spammed. Consequently, on December 17th [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] moved the wiki to wikicities (now [http://www.wikia.com/ Wikia]), a migration that was completed on the 19th of December 2005.
[[User:Guaka|Guaka]] organized the relaunch with a first English version of the wiki. A second and final relaunch found place at ''hitchwiki.org'' in November 2006 by Guaka and [[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]]. In 2007 a Spanish, French and German version were added, in 2008 a Russian and Finnish version and 2009 brought a Bulgarian language version.

[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] has been handling most of the technical work ever since the second relaunch - and he's doing an excellent job thinks Guaka.

== Idea behind the project ==
The idea in the hitchhiking wiki is not to compete with other already existing [[Hitchhiking websites|marvelous hitchhiking sites]], but to provide a way to reorganize a lot of the existing knowhow into one, easily searchable guide. Hopefully the hitchwiki can help all the other sites to flourish. It links to all known sites.

: ''See also [[project:why we work on Hitchwiki|why we work on Hitchwiki]].''

== Free Content / Licence ==
The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Free_Documentation_License GNU Free Documentation License], the license under which ''The Hitchhiking Wiki's'' articles are available, is one of many &quot;[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/copyleft copyleft]&quot; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/copyright copyright] licenses which permit the redistribution, creation of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/derivative_work derivative work]s, and commercial use of content provided its authors are attributed and this content remains available under the GFDL. When authors contribute original material to the project, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/copyright copyright] over it is retained with them, but they agree to make the work available under the GFDL. Material on ''The Hitchhiking Wiki'' may thus be shared with, or incorporated from, resources which also use this license.

This means that the content of the ''Hitchhiking Wiki'' is available to use on other sites and media that agree to share it alike. Because of this, the Hitchhiking Wiki is not just for itself. It's for all hitchhikers, and for all hitchhikers' communities.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==
; So I can use the content on my own website?
: Yes, as long as you give the same permissions to the text there and remember to give the credit to ''Hitchwiki''. Linking back to the original article will suit us fine for this purpose. It is basically possible for anybody to produce a book or other similar publication from the contents of the site, as long as the derivative work is in the framework determined by the GNU Free Documentation License.
; What's the point?
: Freely shared content will never be lost, as people can copy and distribute it. This also makes ''the Guide'' a project that everybody can benefit from – the articles are free to use for all the hitchhiking communities that already exist. And heck, wouldn't it be cool to see somebody actually publishing a printed hitchhiking guide after so many years?
; Can I download the websites somehow to my computer?
: Yep, You can download daily generated database dumps [[Hitchwiki:Database dumps|here]].
; ''hitchhikingguide.org'', ''hitchhiking.wikia.com'', ''world.wikia.com'', ''hitchwiki.org'' – what is now what, what is related to what in which way?
: Originally this wiki was started at hitchhikingguide.org as ''Hitchhiker's Guide to Hitchhiking'', by Teppo Moisio (who is also the originator of one of the founders of [[websites|Liftari.org]]). Because it was spammed all the time there, with no maintainer in sight, it was relaunched on Wikia as ''Hitchhiking Wiki'' on hitchhiking.wikia.com. Now it has its own domain, '''[http://hitchwiki.org hitchwiki.org]''' and its current name, '''[[Hitchwiki]]'''. The wiki moved from hitchhiking.wikia.org to hitchwiki.org in November 2006. We transferred all the pages (including user pages and images) to here, but unfortunately, Wikia didn't let us export user-accounts, so you will have to register here again. Also, unfortunately Wikia made the old URL redirects to world.wikia.com, and we can't do anything about that. This seems to confuse a lot of people. Anyway, now we have our own domain and own databases, so the wiki will stay here forever!
; How many people are contributing to the wiki?
: By September 2008 we've had contributions from 100s of logged in users, and an unknown number of people who never created an account. For detailed statistics about users, articles and databases, see [http://www.hitchwiki.org/stats/reports/EN/Sitemap.htm the statistics].


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    <title>Помощ:Spam</title>
    <id>1654</id>
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      <timestamp>2008-12-17T17:50:16Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Sigurdas</username>
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      <comment>Undo revision 29304 by [[Special:Contributions/194.204.64.75|194.204.64.75]] ([[User talk:194.204.64.75|Talk]])</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">== Frequency ==
Especially popular, frequently-spidered wikis are beloved targets of spammers because of ease of access. If they can get their URLs on a popular wiki page for a few hours, their &quot;ratings&quot; go up because search engines find them.

Often spam is made invisible so that only the search engines can easily see it; but &quot;edit mode&quot; usually reveals it.

== Dealing with spam ==
Most of our responsible contributors look at the [[Special:Recentchanges|list of recent changes]]. The ability to &quot;hide logged in users&quot; helps. Spam is removed when seen.&lt;!-- And, as noted in a recent list message from [[w:User:Angela|Angela]], it should then be reported on the [http://www.wikicities.com/wiki/Talk:Spam_Blacklist blacklist talk page].--&gt;

[[project:Administrators|Administrators]] can block users and have a &quot;Rollback&quot; power that makes reversal very quick and efficient. Other contributors can reverse by simple deletion of added material or (if the spammer replaced good material) by going through the page history back to the last good version and resaving it.

Sometimes our vigilance is not perfect and a page has been hit twice in succession, so it pays to check that the version you are restoring is an uninfected one.


== Vandals or careless visitors ==
See [[Help:Vandalism]]. If someone seems to have been experimenting with no malicious intent, maybe [[Template:Test]] on the contributor's talk page is the best approach, in case a friendly response results in a new serious contributor.


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        <ip>Guaka</ip>
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      <minor/>
      <text xml:space="preserve">==About the main page that looks like Wikitravel==
I can delete the page, and copy/paste the current text? I think the current text doesn't really have anything to do with Wikitravel anymore. [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 17:13, 28 Dec 2005 (UTC)</text>
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    <title>Hitchhikers' Guide to Hitchhiking:About</title>
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        <username>Admin</username>
        <id>1</id>
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      <minor/>
      <comment>#redirect [[hitchwiki:About]]</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">#redirect [[hitchwiki:About]]</text>
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    <title>How to stay safe</title>
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        <ip>Guaka</ip>
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    <title>Hospitality exchange networks</title>
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      <timestamp>2005-12-28T23:06:34Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <ip>Guaka</ip>
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      <minor/>
      <comment>#redirect [[Finding accommodation]]</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">#redirect [[Finding accommodation]]</text>
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    <title>Hitchnews</title>
    <id>1664</id>
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      <timestamp>2009-03-07T01:14:53Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Sigurdas</username>
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      <text xml:space="preserve">&lt;div style='float:right; padding:5px; margin:10px; margin-right:0; width:400px; border:1px dotted #aaa; background:#eed'&gt;
* [http://gathering.digihitch.com/ Hitchhiker Happenings]&lt;br&gt;&lt;small&gt;Digihitch information about hitchhiking events in North America. Get details about upcoming gatherings of hitchhikers, or learn about past events.&lt;/small&gt;
* [http://www.digihitch.com/new.html This Week on Digihitch]&lt;br&gt;&lt;small&gt;new stories, travel tips, recommended links, biographies and travel terms - all posted within the last 7 days.&lt;/small&gt;
* [http://secure.hospitalityclub.org/hc/forum.php?SelectedCategory=42 Hospitality Club meetings]
* [http://couchsurfing.com/meetings.html CouchSurfing meetings]
&lt;/div&gt;
''Here you are welcome to mention '''current hitchhiking events''', such as big [[hospitality exchange]] camps, hitchhike races or meet-ups.''

Feel free to add [http://en.hitchwiki.org/?title=Template:News&amp;action=edit news] or [http://en.hitchwiki.org/?title=Template:Events&amp;action=edit events].

==Upcoming events==
{{events}}

==News (and old news)==
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      <comment>Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/194.176.176.82|194.176.176.82]] ([[User talk:194.176.176.82|Talk]]) to last version by [[User:Platschi|Platschi]]</comment>
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&lt;div style=&quot;float: left; width:50%;&quot;&gt;
== [[Image:Nuvola apps bookcase.png|20px]] Contents ==
Start with an
* [[Hitchwiki:Topics|overview of topics]]
* [[:Category:Browse|scheme of categories]]
* [[Special:Allpages|alphabetical index]]

== [[Image:Applications-office.png|20px]] Contribute ==
* [[Help:Contents|Here you find the help articles]]
* [[:Category:To do|To-Do lists of several articles]]
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style=&quot;float: right; width:50%;&quot;&gt;
== [[Image:Nuvola apps kcmsystem.png|20px]] Administration ==
* Database dumps can be found [[Hitchwiki:Database_dumps|here]]
* Articles for deletion are listed [[:Category:Candidate_for_deletion|here]]

== [[Image:Forum.png|20px]] Contact ==
* The official [[Legal_Notice|contact]]-address
* Questions, suggestions, ideas, complaints can be [[Hitchwiki talk:Community Portal|discussed here]].
** for coordination between the different language versions, check out ''[[Hitchwiki:Multilingual coordination|multilingual coordination]]''
* Internet Relay Chat: [irc://irc.blackened.com/hitchhiking #hitchhiking] on [http://www.efnet.org/ EFnet]
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    <title>Потребител беседа:Guaka</title>
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      <comment>/* French version */</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">==re:how to ask for precision in an article==
thanks for answering! yep, i know that, but does it mean i have to check all the versions ? (there s no clear indication about this specific change). plus many of them are from visitors (just IP). Or should i ask somewhere/someone else? if so,the &quot;discussion&quot; page for budapest seems most appropriate (more precise than the forum), but doesnt seem very active. 
P.S.: same as Rocky : should i talk on your page or mine? are you notified when i answer you on my talk page?
thanks! [[User:Stupidfrog|Stupidfrog]] 11:18, 7 October 2008 (CEST)

==re:Highways==
no problem, i'll try to find a good picture of me and my friend hitching on a highway in France.

P.S.: is this the right way to do wikitalk? wiki's are kinda new to me ;) --[[User:Rocky|Rocky]] 15:03, 18 September 2008 (CEST)

:Great, pictures are very welcome!  Yeah, writing on someone's talk page will inform them about that.  Usually it's added at the end of the page, but anyway, I should archive all the old stuff that's on my talk page. [[User:guaka|guaka]]&lt;small&gt;&lt;sup&gt;[http://guaka.org site], [[user talk:guaka|wikitalk]]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/small&gt; 16:47, 18 September 2008 (CEST)

==Resemblance to WikiTravel==
Hello! Whatever you did worked. There's now no resemblance, so no problem!

[[User:Robin Patterson|Robin Patterson]] 03:46, 29 Dec 2005 (UTC)

:Okay! Cool :) [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 08:41, 29 Dec 2005 (UTC)

==That apostrophe==
To save making you look twice, here's another thought I've had:

I see some recent moves probably related to standardising your apostrophe placement in &quot;Hitchhikers&quot;. I've not looked to see how it all ended up.

But there's still a problem, as of a few minutes ago. Your main article namespace - http://hitchhiking.wikicities.com/index.php?title=Special%3AAllpages&amp;from=&amp;namespace=0 - contains pages that start with &quot;Hitchhikers' Guide to Hitchhiking:&quot;. If they were redirects to matching &quot;project&quot; namespace pages - http://hitchhiking.wikicities.com/index.php?title=Special%3AAllpages&amp;from=&amp;namespace=4 -  that start with &quot;Hitchhiker's Guide to Hitchhiking:&quot;, no problem. But they are not. That namespace is practically unused.

You do know, I suppose, that you can type &quot;project:&quot; and let the software sort out the long prefix?

:No I didn't. :)

So I suggest that you grab those &quot;s-apostrophe&quot; pages and Move them all to the corresponding &quot;project:&quot; page if that's what you meant for them (which you probably did, as they are &quot;About&quot; and &quot;Why this wiki?&quot;, etc). 

[[User:Robin Patterson|Robin Patterson]] 03:46, 29 Dec 2005 (UTC)

:Sort of did that now. Hope it's awrite now. [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 08:41, 29 Dec 2005 (UTC)

==Separating verifiable fact from opinion and personal stories==
:''moved to [[project:Community portal]]''

==Wiki Name==

:''moved to [[project:Community Portal]]'' :) [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 15:07, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

==Anarchopedia==

Hoj Guaka.  Maybe you want to check what I am doing on this page [http://eng.anarchopedia.org/Anarchopedia:Hitchhiking_Wiki_datadump Anarchopedia:Hitchhiking Wiki datadump], basically the same as what was done with infoAnarchy wiki.  I think it is useful to have redundancy, so that the content stays should one website go offline for any reason.  I am not sure how many articles to move, I think I will just start with the ones I find most interesting.  [[User:Rev 22|Rev 22]] 21:48, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

:Hmm, redundancy can be good, but it can also lead to double work. Can you contact me by mail? kas per DOT sou ren AROBASE gmail PUNTO com. There's always Google cache if one website is offline for a bit. [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 23:42, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

::My initial idea was not to move all data, just the most interesting and relevant.  Relevant data attracts users, and eventually contributors.  Every article will link to articles on this project so the score search engine for it will increase.  Google cache is not reliable as a backup, except for reasonably popular articles in popular websites, but even then recreating mediawiki code from cached data (html) is a suboptimal solution (except if formatted text is all you care about). [[User:Rev 22|Rev 22]] 02:08, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

==great stuff==
This is really nice work.  Let me know if you would like us to promote in via the wikia spotlight when you're ready.  You should also talk to bill on http://World.wikia.com about cross-linking!  [http://world.wikia.com/wiki/User:Gil&lt;font color=&quot;Blue&quot;&gt;Gil&lt;/font&gt;] ([http://world.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:Gil&lt;font color=&quot;Blue&quot; size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;talk&lt;/font&gt;]) 15:11, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
:Thanks for the note - I believe Bill added you to World Wikia
::As for ads, I know they are a bit annoying, but we use 100% of the ad revenue to pay for our servers and bandwith (and still lose money) so I hope you understand that we need to cover our costs.  Given our topics are more fun and less &quot;educational&quot; than Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales decided that we would not easily get donations, so he made Wikia a commercial business.   We could put the ads on the top of the page instead of the right hand side if you found that easier on your eyes :-).  World had an that made us take them off temporarily, I expect they'll be back as soon as the engineers have time to quickly fix the code.  Also, I couldn't tell from your comment if you wanted your wiki promoted in the spotlight.  Thanks! [http://world.wikia.com/wiki/User:Gil&lt;font color=&quot;Blue&quot;&gt;Gil&lt;/font&gt;] ([http://world.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:Gil&lt;font color=&quot;Blue&quot; size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;talk&lt;/font&gt;]) 22:59, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

== I like it!.. ==

*I just fuckin like this wiki - nearly as much as I like hitchhiking... :-) --[[User:Speckmade|Speckmade]] 18:04, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

*Very Useful, good conception --[[User:Terrehappy|MiSha]] 14:48, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

== Any time ==
:''moved to [[Talk:Hitchhiking Zine]]''

== Moving help ==

What do you need? [[User:Zac Stewart|Zac]]&lt;small&gt;&lt;sup&gt;[[User talk:Zac Stewart|talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/small&gt; 00:13, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Some things:
* When the next Wikia database dump is imported at hitchwiki.org I want to go through all pages, check if they are the same on both sites and place the &lt;nowiki&gt;{{moved}}&lt;/nowiki&gt; template at Wikia. It would be great to have some help with that. The next database dump will probably be available on the 27th of November. 
* A cool logo! 
* Let's write a [[project:Thanks to Wikia for hosting]]. [[User:Guaka|Guaka]]&lt;small&gt;&lt;sup&gt;[[User talk:Guaka|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup&gt;[http://www1.couchsurfing.com/guaka CS]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/small&gt; 01:04, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

== confused... ==

''hitchhikingguide.org''? ''hitchhiking.wikia.com''? ''world.wikia.org''? ''hitchwiki.org''?

Can you please tell (maybe at a prominent place) about what is now what, what is related to what in which way?

This Wiki moved from ''hitchhikingguide.org'' to ''hitchhiking.wikia.com'' - and then? to ''hitchwiki.org''? Is this now the official, persistent version, hte version to edit? What happened to ''hitchhiking.wikia.org''? What is that ''world.wikia.org'' it now redirects to? (Seems like it serves exactly the same purpose like Wikitravel... Where does it come from?)

Why does it show me my old userpage here and complains when I try to log in here, that there is no user of that name? Do I have to recreate an account here?

Questions over questions that I've not been able to answer completely on my own...
--[[User:Speckmade|Speckmade]] 17:50, 12 Dec 2006 (UTC)
: The wiki recently move from hitchhiking.wikia.org to hitchwiki.org. We transfered all the pages (including userpages) to here, but unfortunately, wikia doesn't let one export user-accounts, so you will have to register here again. wikia made the old url redirect to world.wikia.com, and we can do nothing about that. This seems to confuse a lot of people :(. Anyway, now we have our own domain and own databases, so the wiki will stay here forever :) --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 21:34, 12 December 2006 (CET)

:Ok, something for [[project:history]] :) [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 00:34, 13 December 2006 (CET)

::OK! Nice news! Thanks! (Hehe: My talk page is still there...)
::Who will start this [[project:history]]? Would be definately nice - like that people get the chance to find out on their own or one can just give the link for these questions...
::Greetings - [[User:Speckmade|Speckmade]] 04:45, 13 December 2006 (CET)

:::I just copied Tweek's reply to [[Hitchwiki:About#Frequently Asked Questions]]. :) [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 05:13, 13 December 2006 (CET)
::::Thanks - that's nice.--[[User:Speckmade|Speckmade]] 02:39, 14 December 2006 (CET)

== Copyright violation ==

Grr.  There's a [http://news.google.com/?ncl=1112120157&amp;hl=en Associated Press story syndicated all over the world today], and it says that &quot;World Wikia has resources on how to hitchhike out of Tokyo.&quot;  Guess what?  That's [http://www.hut.fi/u/jpatokal/travel/hitch-tokyo.html my article], which I licensed to Wikitravel, and which '''you''' copied to World Wikia and HitchWiki.org '''with no attribution of any kind'''.

Now yes, [http://wikitravel.org/en/User_talk:Guaka I did dual-license the content as GFDL], but you're not following the conditions of the [http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/fdl.html license]: 

''B. List on the Title Page, as authors, one or more persons or entities responsible for authorship of the modifications in the Modified Version, together with at least five of the principal authors of the Document (all of its principal authors, if it has fewer than five), unless they release you from this requirement.''

I expect a ''major'' apology from you, and please remove every last word of my content you've copied here or elsewhere ''unless'' you can figure out a way to do what you're supposed to do according to the license: credit the author(s).  Also remember that, for other Wikitravel content, GFDL and CC by-sa are ''not'' compatible. [[User:59.161.79.82|59.161.79.82]] 05:38, 20 December 2006 (CET) ([[:wikitravel:User:Jpatokal]])

:Ok, I'm ''very'' sorry.  I know CC-BY-SA and GFDL aren't compatible, and I see that I made a mistake when I copied the text without a more specific mention.
:I saw your other edits on this wiki. I hope [[Tokyo]] and [[Japan]] are okay on this wiki now? [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 13:27, 20 December 2006 (CET)

::On this wiki, yes, apology accepted.  But please review your contributions of my content to World Wikia. [[User:61.246.40.184|61.246.40.184]] 18:58, 20 December 2006 (CET) (Jpatokal)

== Autostop Argentina wiki ==

Hi Guaka, i´m from argentina. From the comunity of Autostop Argentina we are trying to create a wiki at wikia.com. If you could give me a hand in any way (i filled the request form of wikia) i´ll thanks to you.
so sory for my poor english.
[http://www.autostopargentina.com.ar Autostop Argentina]

:Hi! Super! Maybe we can set up a Spanish version of Hitchwiki, also hosted by [[MrTweek]]? Seria mucho mas chevere!
:Also, moving away from Wikia was not too hard, but it didn't go as smooth as expected.
:Si prefieres, tambien puedes escribirme en castellano.
:It might be easier to communicate through email: kasper punto souren arobase gmail punto com. Ciao, [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 02:08, 16 February 2007 (CET)

Gracias Guaka por contestar tan rapido! te escribo por email, subjet: AUTOSTOP ARGENTINA
thanks!, SAn

== Couch Surfing ==

Yeah, I've looked into that site. A good majority of the people who've offered places to stay I've met off that site. Hoping to find more.

:Cool! Usually it works better once you get more contacts on CS. Have fun! [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 10:30, 8 March 2007 (CET)

== Mapping locations -- Google Maps? ==

Hi!

I'm sure you know that Google has recently opend up their API in Google Maps just a little, allowing you to create and share locations/KML (shapes, points and lines) created via the Google Maps interface. I realize that another system is being used on various articles in Wikipedia (to tell you the truth, I can't find such an article right now -- if you know what I'm talking about, could you point me in the right direction?). Have you considered this issue on hitchwiki.org? I.e., should we stick to one solution for providing on-line mapping of coordinates for hitching places? Has such a solution already been implemented? Ideally, such a solution should be open, editable and transparent. I've added a link to a Google Maps point I have created for Janki, a popular hitching spot in Warsaw. The problem is that the point is not editable by anyone besides me (of course, anyone may simply change the link.) What are your thoughts on this? Also, what would be a more appropriate place to post such questions, so that all the editors may read and comment on the issue? (Still new here).

Pozdraw,
Arthur
: At the moment, we use to add direct links to www.liftershalte.info to articles, and mark the hitching spots there. [[Liftershalte.info]] is based on google maps, created by me and hosted on the same Server as hitchwiki.
: I'm planning to add the possibility to include liftershalte-maps directly into hitchwiki-articles, but this doesn't seem to be trivial and I don't have much time at the moment, so it could take a while to implement this.
: --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 15:08, 9 April 2007 (CEST)

== mauritania ==

got plenty !!  how do i upload them ?? just had a 12 hour shift so my brain is maybe functioning at a less impressive level than it should...  i got one uploaded to the [[Choum]] page but it's full size and not thumbnailed...

:Awesome! I added some formatting to the [[Choum]] picture. [http://hitchwiki.org/Choum?title=Choum&amp;action=edit Check it out], but don't worry too much about that. Usually, if you provide some information about location and such, someone will add it to some pages on this wiki :) and if you add it yourself without formatting, someone (often me, or Philipp) will make it look nice. [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 09:14, 14 April 2007 (CEST)

===Video plugins===
great ! looks better... hopefully encourage some people to take the train, it's pretty good ! i have a video too if there's any way that can be incorporated...

:Hmm, cool. There are MediaWiki plugins for Google Video and YouTube, so MrTweek or I could install them and then you could upload it to those sites and tell us where to find the video :) [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 06:52, 18 April 2007 (CEST)

it's here ;) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdWE1sHOCpY

:I will try to get back to this when I'm back in [[Europe]]. It's not so easy to install this plugin from [[China]]. :/ But maybe MrTweek will fix it sooner :) [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 10:43, 24 April 2007 (CEST)

==Help!==
Are these pages the right pages to talk/message with people on here?
[[User:Myshkin|Myshkin]] 16:33, 16 August 2007 (CEST)

: Yepp, that's how we do this here ;) --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 16:48, 16 August 2007 (CEST)

:: Yeah, it's good for transparency and if someone writes something sensible (which happens sometimes ;) it can directly be copied somewhere else. [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 17:41, 16 August 2007 (CEST)

== Allowing user stylesheets ==

Could you add this to LocalSettings.php to allow users to create their own stylesheets?
 $wgAllowUserCss = true;
[[User:Chmac|Chmac]] 15:34, 16 October 2007 (CEST)

: I just enabled it. Hope it works --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]]&lt;small&gt;&lt;sup&gt;[http://http://www.liftershalte.info/ site], [[user talk:MrTweek|wikitalk]]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/small&gt; 15:48, 16 October 2007 (CEST)

== Image background  ==

Hey, do you maybe know how to fix the background of the images of the [[Template:Potn]] so that they appear with the same backgroud color like on the main page? (without white borders). [[User:platschi|platschi]]&lt;small&gt;&lt;sup&gt;[http://blogs.hitchwiki.org/platschi site], [[user talk:platschi|wikitalk]]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/small&gt; 21:21, 18 January 2008 (CET)

== Video Plugin ==

Hi, I saw you installed the kaltura video plugin. I'm from the Kaltura team and wanted to know if everything went smoothly, if you had any problems and also to collect any feedback you might have. Thx, [[User:IdoSet|IdoSet]] 09:23, 2 June 2008 (CEST)
: Hi again, I started a video on my user page - how to hitch-hike safely. I thought it could be a video demo based on the article. Would appreciate your contributions... Thx, [[User:IdoSet|IdoSet]] 09:22, 25 June 2008 (CEST)

== Top bar ==
Hey, in top yellow bar have 'fi' pointing for pt version. Fix to 'pt'

: I think MrTweek has fixed it already :) --[[User:guaka|guaka]]&lt;small&gt;&lt;sup&gt;[http://guaka.org site], [[user talk:guaka|wikitalk]]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/small&gt; 10:56, 4 August 2008 (CEST)
:: Yes :) You can even edit the top line yourself. See [[Hitchwiki:Topline]], and maybe also [[Hitchwiki:Start Page]]. --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 11:31, 4 August 2008 (CEST)

== drupal ==
see my talkpage. --[[User:Alex|Alex]] 16:32, 16 September 2008 (CEST)

see mine too [[User:Xo|xo]] 19:29, 16 September 2008 (CEST)

== openid ==

if i want to convert my hitchwiki account into openid, nothing happens, just a blank, white page appears. [[User:platschi|platschi]]&lt;small&gt;&lt;sup&gt;[http://blogs.hitchwiki.org/platschi site], [[user talk:platschi|wikitalk]]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/small&gt; 00:38, 30 September 2008 (CEST)

:Hmm, I just logged in with an OpenID and then I was able to log in to my account afterwards. I'll check the conversion now. guaka 12:25, 30 September 2008 (CEST)
::It's working now, no idea how but it works. great stuff! [[User:Platschi|Platschi]] 15:38, 30 September 2008 (CEST)

== Turkey ==

Well, never leave your stuff in a truck, esp. not when crossing borders ;-) Had similar experiences when going from Bulgaria to Serbia, waited for the truck more than 5 hours. Where are you going at the moment? Well, let me know when you reached Syria ;) [[User:Platschi|Platschi]] 14:51, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

:Yep yep.  Just started an article about [[border crossings]] and spread some more useful info. :) [[User:Guaka|guaka]] 22:07, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

== Zoetermeer ==

Jongeren Belang Zoetermeer zoekt een ervaren lifter om een korte film (vijf minuten) te maken over liften, zodat jongeren er wellicht wat meer bekend mee worden. Ze hadden mij benaderd, maar ik doe er niet aan mee. Misschien is het iets voor jou aangezien jij dicht bij Zoetermeer woont. Of wellicht weet je iemand die er aan mee wil werken. 
 
Ik kreeg hierover een mail doorgestuurd van de volgende bestuurder van JB Zoetermeer.
http://www.jbzmeer.nl/site/pages/wie-zijn-wij/timothy.php

Als je belangstelling hebt, stuur ik hun mailadressen en mails aan je door.

--[[User:Fverhart|Fverhart]] 18:50, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

== Review ==

Hi thanks for that, I was just feeling a bit lost with all the structure and on how to get back into the writing. Especially as matter to keep my writings systematic, but also maybe to ensure a certain similarity of the information throughout the various cities and countries? We keep in touch about that!
I definitely can make some entry for Djibouti! [[User:Maplefanta|Maplefanta]] 00:15, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Pleasure and no worries, for most of them I tried to make some equal adjustment between the various pages. I will still work in it. I seem to mainly have a problem of finding a structure to follow when I start a new page. [[User:Maplefanta|Maplefanta]] 02:55, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

==Hitchwiki Maps Questions==
Hi guaka. I have some questions about Hitchwiki maps. I was searching through, but i couldn't find any up date info. First of all is it possible to edit other users spots. There is many roads being built or rebuilt in Poland recently and there are more and more spots that need or will need some updates or even removal. Second is how can I set my home position other than Paris, maybe I'm blind;) but couldn't find it. Third, I see there are changes in the maps in city pages. No more thumb symbols with rating. Any reasons why? Any recent talk page about? Thanx for any help. Greets! --[[User:Paluch|Paluch]] 17:30, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

==French version==
Hi Guaka hoe gaat het? I would like to make changes in the interface of the french wiki (spelling and translation, begining with this ugly Acceuil instead of accueil). I guess that it is required to become an admin to do that. So can I become one? Otherwise I could also ask you to do the changes if you have time;) --[[User:Kimdime69|Kimdime69]] 22:19, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
:And help me to understand why my adaptation of the countries template [[:fr:Modèle:Infobox Pays]] doesn't work (for exemple &lt;nowiki&gt;{{langue}}&lt;/nowiki&gt; displayed even if the information is fullfiled) Cheers.--[[User:Kimdime69|Kimdime69]] 23:54, 30 June 2009 (UTC)</text>
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      <text xml:space="preserve">{{Random Roads}}


[[Image:Carl_Nai_Maroc.jpg|thumb|A sign and a ''hitchhiker'' look can help you a lot]]
If you've never hitchhiked before, you have to get over your '''first time hitchhiking''' fear. Every hitchhiker went through this. The first time, standing on the side of the road, heart pounding.

'''To get over this, ''just do it!'''''

This is, of course, more easily said than done, but you can prepare yourself by buying a map, checking out the [[Top Tips]], other pages on this wiki, and other [[hitchhiking websites]],
making sure you know what a good spot means, and that you know some good spots on the trip you're making and 
taking a look at your [[Appearance|appearance]] to make sure you look like a hitchhiker.

First time hitchhiking doesn't necessarily mean a short trip -- but starting with a short trip might help you get used to the motions and what to expect. Take a day trip to the next town! This said, don't prepare too much. Decide where you're going, the best road to get there, walk a distance, and at a good spot face the traffic and stick up your thumb. You'll feel like the center of attention at first, but after a while you'll get used to it, and will become more concerned with trying to ''win a ride'' than your worries about what you're doing.

Sometimes it happens that you can wait for quite a long time, due to a variety of possible reasons: [[How to find a good spot|Is it a bad spot]]? Can cars stop easily there without blocking the traffic? Is it a holiday and all cars are filled up with families? The list of possible reasons is long, but to calm you down there's one universal rule for every hitchhiker out there:

'''Somewhere out there there is someone who will pick you up. Always!''' The only question is when this is going to happen, but as Einstein once said: '''Time is relative'''.
[[Image:Amylin-luoping-china-2.jpg|thumb|Hitchhiking in [[China]] is for the more advanced]] 

== My first time Hitching ==

* [[Farshnuke]]'s [[First time hitchhiking/Farshnuke]]
* Zoe's [[First time hitchhiking/Zoe|First time Hitchhiking]]
* [[Guaka]]'s [[First time hitchhiking/Stories#Guaka]]

A useful set of tips for first time hitchhikers:
[http://www.ehow.com/how_4848627_hitchhike-effectively.html How To Hitchhike]

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In this section you can find a lot of '''general information''' about hitchhiking:

===General Information===
Have a look at the '''[[Top Tips]]''', '''[[First time]]''' and '''[[Safety]]''' articles to get a first impression if you're new to hitchhiking or if you need random information. To get deeper into the topic, concentrate your attention on articles about '''[[Where|Where to hitchhike]]''', different '''[[Techniques]]''' and which important '''[[things to carry]]''' while hitchhiking. If you want to avoid waiting for hours, also have a look about your '''[[Looks|appearance]]''' along the road.

If you're planning to go abroad, some '''[[phrasebooks]]''' may be important for you if you want to communicate with your drivers. After hitching some hundreds of kilometers, all big hitchhikers at some point need some '''[[food]]''', or maybe some nice '''[[accommodation]]''' along the road. All this information you can find on the hitchwiki![[Image:Img l 580536.jpg|thumb|270px|left|[[User:General.manifest|General.manifest]] waiting for a ride.]]
 
For information about specific cities or countries, just search for them by typing in their names into the search box in the navigation bar on the left side.

For group hitchhiking, there are other hitchhikers in different '''[[clubs]]''' all around the world. Sometimes they organize '''[[hitchhiking races|contests]]'''! Many of them write articles on different '''[[multimedia|websites]]''' or '''[[Blogging_Hitchhikers|blogs]]''', they can be found in the '''[[Multimedia#News_Media|news]]''' section! 

At the end, if you want to try out new vehicles, check out how to hitchhike '''[[boats]]''', '''[[trains]]''' or even '''[[planes]]''' or simply '''[[HitchBiking|with your bike]]'''!

We hope that we could help you navigating through your first steps in the world of hitchhiking!

===Quotes===
:''The hitchhiker is there so someone can do their good deed for the day.'' 
:''The overland traveler goes around the corner to see who there is to meet around the next corner.'' [http://www.couchsurfing.com/people/mxnnz Max]
:''The good thing about hitchhiking is that the assholes drive right on by''
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|country = of Uruguay
|in = South America
|map = &lt;map lat='-32.6' lng='-55.5' zoom='6' view='0' height='300'/&gt;
|language = Spanish
|capital = [[Montevideo]]
|pop = 3,477,779
|currency = Uruguayan peso (UYU)
|hitch = ?
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'''Uruguay''' is a country in [[South America]]. It's not a bad country for hitchhiking.

The capital is [[Montevideo]].

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|capital = [[Buenos Aires]]
|pop = 40,301,927
|currency = Peso (ARS)
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For hitchhikers '''Argentina''' can be divided into two parts. The north, which is pretty okay to hitchhike, and the south, which is a complete disaster, especially compared to its neighbour [[Chile]].

[http://www.br.map24.com/ Map24] is in Portuguese but has information about the whole of [[South America]].
A normal map is pretty expensive, but there ''is'' a road map containing many countries of [[South America]] for something like 10 pesos.

In Argentina it's normal to ask the people filling tanks at gas stations to ask people for you!

If you're a foreigner, ''do'' mention it! As a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] guy it seems to be a lot easier to get rides.

Number plates are white, composed by three white letters and three white numbers, so if you're in another country and hitching to Argentina, look for these plates!

There are quite some ''peajes'' (toll passages). In the South however, these are not so good and you will just be sent away after a while.

About Argentina in general, [[User:Guaka|guaka]] can tell us this:

: ''I disagree with the previous writer, not on the comparison with Chile, but i do disagree on the south traveling item. The south of Argentina may be difficult to hitchhike if you get into the lonely dirt roads of the Patagonia, because population is scarce. But if you travel southward to the end of Argentina, rides may be a little bit hard, but they will take you a long way along. Patagonia has a single very crowded road, which is the national nº 3. And some east-west roads, some dirt, some pavement. It is easy to get a ride on the paved road. Dirt roads, however, and because of the lack of vehicles, are much harder.''

[[Image:C_rivadavia.jpg|right|thumb|150px]]
About Patagonia, [[User:narfette|narfette]] says:
: '' If choosing to hitchhike through Patagonia, as Guaka has stated, the ruta 3 that goes down the coast is a better bet: although there are often many kilometers in between villages, it is a well travelled road. Ruta 40 which goes from San Carlos de Bariloche south, is a road that gets frequently closed off because of the bad weather and is reputed to be hellish to hitch on - fewer cars, unpaved sections and some people have said they have gone days without seeing anyone. Winding, remote mountain roads and bad weather conditions in any season but summer make it less travelled by truckers and therefore is not recommended. [[Gas station]]s are generally your best bet, although roadside hitching is possible.''

== Cities &amp; Villages ==
[[Image:img0080ow5.jpg|right|thumb|300px|[[User:SAn|SAn]] hitchhiking in Argentina]]
* [[Buenos Aires]]
* [[Cordoba (Argentina)|Cordoba]]
* [[Gualeguay]], [[Gualeguaychu]]
* [[Larroque]]
* [[Mendoza]]
* [[Neuquen]]
* [[Quines]]
* [[Rosario]]
* [[San Luis]], [[San Marcos Sierras]]
* [[Villa Maria]]
* [[Zapala]]

== External links ==
* [http://www.autostopargentina.com.ar/ Autostop Argentina] (in Spanish)


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|language = Spanish
|capital = [[Quito]]
|pop = 13,922,000
|currency = U.S. dollar (USD)
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'''Ecuador''' is great for [[hitchhiking]], just be careful in some places. Many pick-up trucks are there. Drivers might ask for money, but if you are a Westerner you might get away with that. Many Ecuadorians are happy to pick up a foreigner. It's not the safest country to hitchhike though.

Buses in Ecuador are quite cheap, and will usually stop anywhere. On some roads, though, there are no buses at all, in which case hitchhiking can be a good alternative, and you will be most likely picked up quickly as well. Very often the very first car that passes will pick you up. 

==Cities==
* [[Guayaquil]]
* [[Quito]]


==Gallery==
&lt;gallery&gt;
Image:Katja and Augustas in Ecuador.JPG|Hitchhikers [[Katja and Augustas]] traveling in the back of a pick-up in Ecuador.
Image:Ecuador.JPG|A hitchhiker [http://www.bewelcome.org/bw/member.php?cid=dome Dome] having a ride with... a cow!
Image:Ecuador Katja and Augustas.jpg|Free ride in the back of a a pick-up - very usual for this country.
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      <text xml:space="preserve">'''Warsaw''' ([[Poland|Polish]]:''Warszawa'', [[Germany|German]]: ''Warschau'', [[France|French]]: ''Varsovie'') is the capital of [[Poland]]. It's inhabited by 1 million and 700 thousand people and it makes Warsaw the largest city in Poland. Cars registered in Warsaw have registration plates: WA, WB, WD, WE, WF, WH, WI, WJ, WK, WN, WT, WU, WW, WX, WY.
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==Hitching Out==

===South towards [[Radom]], [[Kielce]], [[Kraków]]===
&lt;map lat='52.232005085482086' lng='21.085853576660156' zoom='9' view='0' float='right' /&gt;
* &lt;b&gt;By national road (droga krajowa) 7 (E77)&lt;/b&gt;
* '''Last verified''': July 2008
** '''Option 1''': Get any tram from the city centre e.g &lt;i&gt;Aleje Jerozolimskie&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Warszawa Centralna&lt;/i&gt; (Main Train Station), &lt;i&gt;Centrum&lt;/i&gt; (Warsaw Metro station) going towards the final stop of &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Okęcie&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (7, 9, 35). Once you get there, there is a bus stop some 50 meters away from the tram terminus further down the road. It is one of the usual hitchhiking spots in Warsaw and many drivers often drive slowly to check if there are hitchhikers waiting. It also has the merit of being located some 50 meters from lights, which give the drivers some time to see you. There is also a kiosk and a filling station located within a minute's walk should you need anything. This location has the downside of being a popular hitching spot for workers returning home for the weekend, usually to Kielce or Radom. It should be noted that for the most part, these people are not &quot;hitchhikers&quot;, but simply individuals wishing to get a ride home, often in exchange for a small fare. As a result, rules commonly accepted amongst hitchhikers (such as waiting in line) may not be respected at this spot. Furthermore, drivers stopping to pick up passengers at this particular location are aware that it is used by migrant workers, not hitchhikers, and will often expect a small payment of about 5PLN. This can be avoided by making it clear that one is in fact a hitchhiker (for instance, by displaying a sign with the name of the destination, and by wearing a rucksack). You can get to &lt;i&gt;Janki&lt;/i&gt; (described in the following option) by taking a public bus that stops a short way down the road.
** '''Option 2''': At the &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Okęcie&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; final tram stop look for the free bus to &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Centrum Janki&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; ([http://www.ikea.com/ms/pl_PL/img/store_images/autobusy/janki.htm timetable]), a large shopping mall district some 20 kilometers from the city center. Once you're there, notice that the road splits into two separate roads. The earlier, eastern one (closer to the bus stop at IKEA) is national road no. 7 (E77) to Kielce, Radom, Kraków and the border with [[Slovakia]] in [[Chyżne]]. The other, national road no. 8 (E67) is located between IKEA and the Geant shopping center, see below for more details.

* [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;hl=pl&amp;z=13&amp;ll=52.135279,20.896339&amp;spn=0.077549,0.181274&amp;om=1&amp;msid=113011033065220192664.00000111c8e4caa15aaf3&amp;msa=0| Centrum Janki] on Google Maps

===Southwest towards [[Łódź]], [[Częstochowa]], [[Katowice]], [[Wrocław]] ===
* &lt;b&gt;By national road (droga krajowa) 8 (E67) (dubbed &quot;Katowicka&quot; or &quot;Gierkówka&quot;)&lt;/b&gt;
* '''Last verified''': August 2007

Follow either path mentioned above. In &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Okęcie&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; there is a risk that the driver would only get you to &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Janki&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. In &lt;i&gt;Janki&lt;/i&gt; itself however the road is easy to reach. The national road no. 8 (E67) is located between IKEA and Geant shopping centres, at most some 10 minutes walk from the free bus stop. If you wish to go down road 8 (E67) towards [[Katowice]], it is best to get off at the stop after IKEA, that is Geant. Further down the road there is a nice and wide shoulder so there should not be a problem with finding a decent place. The road itself leads to [[Piotrków Trybunalski]], where it joins the national road no. 1 (E75). The latter connects Warsaw with [[Łódź]], [[Katowice]], [[Sosnowiec]], [[Wrocław]] and all other major towns in the south. For Łódź leave the motorway at [[Rawa Mazowiecka]], for Wrocław leave the road at Piotrków Trybunalski. 

The road no. 1 (E75) is also a possible connection to Kraków. While longer than road no. 7 (E77) through Radom and Kielce (see above), it is in much better condition and much faster. In Katowice-Sosnowiec area the road ends, but there also starts the [[A4]] motorway linking Katowice with Kraków to the east and with [[Wrocław]] and then the German border to the west. However, many hitchhikers going to Kraków take the straight route, often making the trip in one or two cars (switching at the roundabout in Radom), as many trucks going south from Warsaw to Kraków follow road no. 7 (E77), rather than the detour through Katowice.

===North and northwest towards [[Płock]], [[Toruń]], [[Bydgoszcz]], [[Olsztyn]], [[Gdańsk]]===

* '''Last verified''': July 2006
* Option 1: Go to the Metro Station &lt;i&gt;Plac Wilsona&lt;/i&gt; or to the final tram stop of Tram 15 and take bus L towards &lt;i&gt;Łomianki&lt;/i&gt; (private line; [http://www.kmlomianki.info/lomianki02/001pl%20wilsona%202.htm timetable]). Get off at the stop called &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Woycickiego&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (you should press the bell as the bus doesn't always stop there; the list of bus stops is within the bus itself and all bus stops are visibly marked). This is a perfect place to hitch-hike northwards, there is a lot of space for cars to stop. For Toruń, leave the road at Płock.
* Option 2: Go to the Metro station &lt;i&gt;Plac Wilsona&lt;/i&gt; and take bus 181 towards &lt;i&gt;Cmentarz Północny&lt;/i&gt;. Get off at the stop called &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Dzierżoniowska&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; and from there you'll see the main road leading northwards. The road is fairly straight and has plenty of good spots to hitch-hike. An additional pro is a McDonald's located nearby with a toilet free of charge. 

For Bydgoszcz and Toruń leave the road at Płońsk and take the national road no. 10. For Olsztyn - ask the driver (plenty of options, no main road)

[[Image:Warsaw-poznan.JPG|right|thumb|234px|Hitching place to [[Poznan]] and [[Germany]]]]

===West towards [[Poznan]], [[Berlin]], ([[Germany]])===

Take the tram 26 and get off at &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Fort Wola&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. There you can get in the bus 713 and get off at the last but one stop. The stop is just around the corner, you can stand at the street, there's a bus stop where cars can stop and a street lantern so you can also stand there in the dark. 
**Traffic is going too fast
**Trucks cannot stop for you because there is not enough space on the bus stop.

A better option is to get off the bus some kilometers before (forgot to write down the bus stop) where there is an Orlen petrol station on the right-hand side of the road (forgot the name of it but it is reddish). Do not hitch rides at the petrol station as mostly local people stop there, but there is a lot of space for cars and trucks to stop in front of the petrol station. Holding a Poznań sign could help.

===Northeast towards [[Białystok]], [[Kaunas]] ([[Lithuania]])===

* '''Last verified''': August 2008

Take tram 25 from Central Station or any tram from Metro &lt;i&gt;Ratusz&lt;/i&gt;. Get off at &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Dworzec Wilenska/Park Praski&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; tram stop, walk right down the underground passage, walk out the other side and turn right onto the bus top. This is situated beside the big clock on the commercial building. Catch bus 718 until the 2nd from last stop (this is where the bus turns). Note that the 718 goes outside of the city limits and an additional ticket is required. The first stop outside the central fare zone is a place loved by controllers, so beware.

You can hitch from the traffic lights, there is a street light, which helps [[at night]].
You can also hitch from the bus stop but The cars go very fast and appear reluctant to stop.

Also, if all of the above is bad, walk for 30 minutes from the 718 bus stop (see above), in the direction of Białystok, and you will come to traffic lights that are better for hitch hiking and where more cars stop. [[User:Nialldolan|Niall Dolan]] waited 2 minutes.

There is a series of petrol stations and car parks before and after the ex-[[Budzisko-Kalvarija border checkpoint]]. If you are heading to Estonia, Finland or Russia, you might want to stop at the busiest one and get a trucker from there.

===Southeast towards [[Lublin]], [[Lviv]] ([[Ukraine]])===

From Central Station get on tram 9, 22, 24 and get off at &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Rondo Wiatraczna&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; station, from there get bus 704, 720, 722, 730 and get off at the &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Szosa Lubelska&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; station. Try to hitchhike right from the bus-station at Szosa Lubelska.

===East towards [[Brest]], [[Minsk]] ([[Belarus]])===

Get to the &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Szosa Lubelska&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; station (see above). Try to hitch right from the bus stop at Szosa Brzeska.


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  <page>
    <title>Riga</title>
    <id>1677</id>
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      <timestamp>2009-05-20T22:08:41Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <ip>80.232.144.66</ip>
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'''Riga''' is the capital of [[Latvia]] and the biggest city of the [[Baltics]].
__NOTOC__
==Hitching  Out==
&lt;map lat='56.95' lng='24.1' zoom='10' view='0' country='Latvia' float='right'/&gt;
===South towards [[Bauska]], [[Jelgava]], [[Kaunas]] (LT), [[Vilnius]] (LT)===
If you want to get towards the south, get out of the city center first. There are several possibilities:
* For the equivalent of 1 euro you can take a regional train to [[Jelgava]], a much smaller city about an hour of train journey to the south. From there, it is relatively easy to hitchhike towards [[Šiauliai]] ([[Lithuania]]) and other destinations in this direction, although sometimes, especially in [[winter]], the road can be pretty empty and one can get stuck there, as [[User:Sigurdas|Sigurdas]] has experienced.
* From RIX airport, try asking drivers of cars with Lithuanian number plates (&quot;LT&quot;).
* Take a tram #10 towards ''Bišumuiža'' and get off at the stop ''Ziepniekalna iela''. You will see a [[petrol station]] just around the corner. Very few cars are actually going to [[Lithuania]] from there, although you can still focus on the registration plates marked 'LT'. Do not refuse a short lift as there is one petrol station 20 km further away where one can get good rides straight to Vilnius, Kaunas, or even Poland and further. It is more successful to ask drivers for a ride on that petrol station than to stand at the street.
* Take a bus #23 (opposite the &quot;Stockmann&quot; shopping center, stop called ''13.janvāra iela'') towards ''Baloži''. Get off at the stop ''Sūkņu stacija'' - there you've got a traffic light and a bus stop - good place for hitchhiking since basically everyone's going towards [[Bauska]]! 
* From the central bus station, take a minibus to ''Kekava''; from there find the main road '''E67/A7''' in the direction of Bauska. Just find a good spot - and good luck!
* Cross the main bridge of Riga which goes southwards. You can walk there, although you might as well take a bus or a minibus. Continue until the [[on-ramp]] to ''A7'', then hitchhike towards Jelgava.

===North towards [[Pärnu]] or [[Tallinn]] ([[Estonia]])===
Take a tram #1 or 6 from the city center (for example, from a stop called ''Merķeļa iela'') to the final stop called ''Jugla'' - there you will find a road to the north, you will see there a petrol station, traffic lights, a bus stop (and &quot;McDonald's&quot; in case you want to go to the toilet). It is not the best idea to hitchhike after the speed limit road sign (70) - there, cars are already going quite fast, and stopping a car there can cause a crash. Note, that about 750 metres farther from the traffic lights (after crossing the bridge) there is a nice big [[rest area|lay-by]] where cars stop. If you're heading to [[Estonia]] have an ''EST'' sign - it will make all go a lot quicker.

===South-East towards [[Daugavpils]] and [[Belarus]] ===
Take the bus #18 to ''Pagrieciens uz Darziniem''. You'll be at ''Maskavas Iela'' near traffic lights where cars drive slowly and you easily get a ride.

==Language==
''Darba diena'' means weekday, ''Sestdiena'' means Saturday and ''Svētdiena'' means Sunday.

==Links==
Time schedules for transport:
* [http://www.1188.lv/satiksme/starppilsetu_autobusi/ Riga -&gt; Kekava] Select English version (upper right corner) and enter in the fields: From: ''Riga'' and To: ''Kekava''. Notes column: ''Kursē: 1234---'' means on which weekdays the bus cruises.
* [http://saraksti.rigassatiksme.lv/?a=p.frameset&amp;direction_id=14915&amp;stop_id=15013&amp;t=xhtml&amp;l=en Tram Nr.10] Select a column &quot;Centrāltirgus - Bišumuiža&quot; and choose the name of the stop from which you are planning to go. Most likely it will be ''Centrāltirgus '' - Central market near the Central Bus Station.
* [http://saraksti.rigassatiksme.lv/?a=p.frameset&amp;schedule_id=2391&amp;t=xhtml&amp;l=en Bus Nr.23] Select a column &quot;Abrenes iela - Baloži&quot; and choose the name of the stop from which you are planning to go.
* [http://saraksti.rigassatiksme.lv/?a=p.frameset&amp;schedule_id=2354&amp;t=xhtml&amp;l=en Tram Nr.6] From the city center ''Merkela iela'' towards ''Jugla''.

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  <page>
    <title>Montevideo</title>
    <id>1678</id>
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      <id>30874</id>
      <timestamp>2009-02-07T01:43:06Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Speckmade</username>
        <id>23</id>
      </contributor>
      <text xml:space="preserve">{{Infobox Location
|country = Uruguay
|state = 
|map = &lt;map lat='-34.83' lng='-56.16' zoom='10' view='0' country='Uruguay'/&gt;
|pop = 1,325,968
|plate = 
|motorways = 1, 5, 8
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'''Montevideo''' is the capital of [[Uruguay]].

== Airport ==
It's possible to get a ride to Montevideo from the airport by just talking to some friendly looking people.

The airport is situated in the north east of Montevideo. You can rent a car or take a taxi to the city from the airport − try not to be ripped off though. The “official taxi” company is trying to extort something like 20 US$ for the ride, which is way too much.

== Towards [[Argentina]] ==
Take bus 137 from Plaza Independencia (or somewhere else) and make sure you take it in the right direction (which is confusing in the beginning, because it seems to make a large detour). After half an hour or so you have to get out at the crossroad with Ruta 1. There is a gas station not far from there. Try to aim for black numberplates (which are Argentinian).</text>
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  <page>
    <title>Estonia</title>
    <id>1679</id>
    <revision>
      <id>32918</id>
      <timestamp>2009-05-09T18:59:28Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Guaka</username>
        <id>2</id>
      </contributor>
      <comment>/* Cities and towns */</comment>
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|country = of Estonia
|map = &lt;map lat='58.75680543225761' lng='25.740966796875' zoom='6' view='0' country='Estonia'/&gt;
|language = Estonian
|capital = [[Tallinn]]
|pop = 1,340,602
|currency = Estonian kroon (EEK)
|hitch = {{good}}
}}
'''Estonia''' is a small country that is a member of the [[European Union]] and is a [[Schengen Agreement]] country. Thumbing and waving a sign with your destination town are both understandable to the drivers ways of [[hitchhiking]] in this country. In case of a bad weather it is recommended to use a sign since it is better seen from a car.

Estonia is relatively a good country for hitch-hiking. The cars (can) stop easily both on the highways and small roads. You can hitch trucks, old Soviet cars, new neat personal cars - and even tractors! Officially there is no difference if a truck driver or a car driver offers you a ride – everyone (except tractors) is allowed to go up to 90km/h, although during the summer period the speed limit on some main roads is lifted up to 110 km/h. However, over-speeding is usual in this country, and so getting a personal car usually is a better choice than traveling with a truck in case you value your time a lot.

[[Hitchhiking at night]] can be much less successful due to the usually low night traffic on the roads in Estonia. Since Estonia is not a very good transit country one shouldn't hope for a truck either. Be aware that if you happen to stand on a dark road at night you must (by law) wear a light reflector so that the drivers can see you.

== Weather ==
Weather is not the biggest deal in comparison with low car traffic on more local roads (which are very bumpy, too!). Winters, however, are cold, with usually a lot of snow that makes you harder to walk to a good hitchhiking spot. It darkens early during the cold season, and there are rainy weather conditions for long periods once in a while otherwise.

== Eating on the road ==
Although Estonia is quite a small country, you might get stuck on its roads for the night since the traffic is usually low on smaller roads, and for that reason it would be smart to have some food with you - there is hardly any [[service area]] on the roads and you won't be able to buy food unless you are in some town.

You can drink water from the tap and wells almost anywhere in Estonia. Some say that even lakes contain pure enough water to drink.

== People ==
You can get a ride from almost anyone in Estonia - from any 18+ person of any social group, age, nationality (both Estonian and Russian), or sex. [[Taxi]] drivers might drive you for free on their way home. You can expect a driver to start a conversation in either Estonian or Russian. English is widely spoken amongst young and middle aged people, although some might have a better knowledge of German and/or other Western languages. Experiences show that Russian-speaking drivers understand well Estonian even if they don't speak it. Estonian drivers understand Russian pretty much in the same way, too.

Generally, Estonians love foreign visitors and are very helpful with providing the right directions or any other instructions. Don't forget to thank them for that and/or show your gratitude!

== Public transport ==
Not much money can be saved trying to hitch-hike instead of using public transport although prices for the latter one lately go up (as prices for the petrol get higher). There are places that have lousy bus connections, though, so hitch-hiking comes in hand then.

Some useful links are:
* [http://bussireisid.ee/index.html?MENU=&amp;KEEL=en Intercity buses]
* [http://www.edel.ee/ Trains]
* [http://www.tallinn-airport.ee/index.php?page=162 Air travel]

In Tallinn you will most likely need to take a public transport to get out of the city, see info [http://soiduplaan.tallinn.ee/?a=p.routes&amp;transport_id=bus&amp;t=xhtml&amp;l=en here].

== Carpooling ==
[[Image:Paldiski liftausta 2007-06-03.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
There is a national carpooling website in Estonia that gives a driver the opportunity to search for passengers who would be able to share the cost of a planned ride; and vice versus. See the website http://www.kyyt.eu/ (in Estonian only). Using it is quite possible for foreign travelers, too: you can scroll-search from your departure point (''kust'') to a destination (''kuhu'') with a date and # of passengers. On a main page you can see most recent offers. The page isn't very popular, though, since many practice hitchhiking in Estonia anyway. 

Similar systems exists also in [[Germany]], [[Belgium]] and some other countries.

== Cities and towns ==
* Over 100.000 inhabitants:
** [[Tallinn]]
** [[Tartu]]
* 30.000-100.000 inhabitants:
** [[Narva]]
** [[Pärnu]]
** [[Kohtla-Järve]]
* 10.000-30.000 inhabitants:
** [[Viljandi]]
** [[Sillamäe]]
** [[Rakvere]]
** [[Maardu]]
** [[Valga]]
** [[Kuressaare]]
** [[Võru]]
** [[Jõhvi]]
** [[Haapsalu]]

== Regions ==
* [[Pärnu County]]
* ''add more?''

== Crimes ==
Crimes related to hitch-hiking '''are not''' common in Estonia. However, it is recommended to be completely sober and careful when hitchhiking, and avoid cars with (slightly) drunk driver and/or passenger(s) which might, unfortunately, occur in this country.

There are some known stories regarding crime and hitchhiking in Estonia:
* In 2005, a drunk guy who asked for a ride got beaten, and then robbed. Before that, in 2001, same thing happened to a sober hitch-hiker.
* In November 2007, a hitch-hiker with a gun demanded that the driver would make a stop for smoking. Luckily, everything went well eventually.
* There are known several stories when hitch-hikers stole valuables from a back seat.

Basically, be careful and avoid situations when you feel that it can bring you troubles. No matter if you're a driver or a traveler – [[safety]] first. Better sleep on a mother Earth than get into untrustworthy vehicle.

Please also be (more or less) aware of where are you going and where you are, especially if you are a [[female hitchhiker]]. Trust your intuition when it comes to &quot;shortcuts&quot;.

== Useful phrases ==
* '''Tere''' – Hello!
* '''Kas ma saaksin... [town name]?''' – Could I get a ride to...[town name]?
* '''Kui kaugele te lähete?''' – How far are you going?
* '''Palun näidake kaardil''' – Please show on a map
* '''Palun peatuge siin''' – Please, stop here
* '''Aitäh sõidu eest''' – Thanks for the ride
* '''Vabandust''' – Excuse me

==Links==
* [http://www.hitchbase.com/orte.php?LANG=eng&amp;l_id=62 Estonia on Hitchbase]
* [http://www.ikaart.net Map of Estonia]


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  <page>
    <title>Tallinn</title>
    <id>1680</id>
    <revision>
      <id>33872</id>
      <timestamp>2009-06-08T20:52:51Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <ip>83.4.120.73</ip>
      </contributor>
      <comment>/* South towards Pärnu, Riga */</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">{{IsIn|Estonia}}&lt;map lat='59.39686968816479' lng='24.770050048828125' zoom='10' view='0' float='right'/&gt;
'''Tallinn''' is the capital of [[Estonia]].

While you're here though, check out the Marzipan Museum in the old town. Frankly, it's amazing.

==Hitching Out==
===South towards [[Pärnu]], [[Riga]]===
Take the bus #18 (close to old town where McDonalds is) to the final stop - There's a huge road to the south. One stop earlier you also find a petrol station. But be prepared for a minimum 30 minutes bus ride! Also bus #10 and 14 stop nearby, at their end stations. The buses leave from Viru keskus (basement) on Narva Maantee and the fare is 13 Kroons

==Gallery==
&lt;gallery&gt;
Image:Parnu-riga.jpg|[[amylin]] leaving Tallinn in March, wearing: 2 shirts, a dress, a warm sweater, a winter coat, leggings, jeans, 2 pairs of socks, 2 pairs of gloves, a scarf, a hat, &amp; snow boots... and still freezing!
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  <page>
    <title>Pärnu</title>
    <id>1681</id>
    <revision>
      <id>28796</id>
      <timestamp>2008-12-04T15:00:35Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Prino</username>
        <id>93</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <comment>gas -&gt; petrol</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">&lt;map lat='58.371' lng='24.530' zoom='12' view='0' float='right'/&gt;
'''Pärnu''' small town in the south of [[Estonia]] - ca. 80 km from the border with [[Latvia]].
==Hitching Out==
===South towards [[Riga]]===
By experience there are two good places in Pärnu for hitch-hiking south - towards Riga. If your location is near bus station or somewhere in northern part of Pärnu, walking through whole town is not a good idea. Rather going to Ehitajate tee where go cars straight south, not entering the city. Road is wide therefore comfortable for drivers to stop.
If you're in southern part of Pärnu, try to go through the town and wait behind the crossing to [[Sindi]]. Before this crossing is also a petrol station. Try to get a direct hitch to the border or further - no more good spots except of a petrol station 20 km before the border - 24 hours open and heaps of trucks, great for cold winter and late night hitches! (But beware, they like bad television there.)

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  <page>
    <title>Категория:Estonia</title>
    <id>1682</id>
    <revision>
      <id>32012</id>
      <timestamp>2009-04-08T08:35:03Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Speckmade</username>
        <id>23</id>
      </contributor>
      <text xml:space="preserve">{{IsIn|Europe}}

[[Category:Europe]]</text>
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  <page>
    <title>Потребител беседа:Jenseb</title>
    <id>1683</id>
    <revision>
      <id>1873</id>
      <timestamp>2006-01-15T22:22:41Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <ip>Guaka</ip>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <text xml:space="preserve">Hi Jenseb!

Welcome to this wiki! And thanks for all your additions! :)

peace, [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 22:22, 15 Jan 2006 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>Категория:Uruguay</title>
    <id>1684</id>
    <revision>
      <id>11058</id>
      <timestamp>2007-04-28T06:31:30Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <ip>61.166.140.235</ip>
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      <text xml:space="preserve">[[Category:South America]]</text>
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  <page>
    <title>Gualeguaychu</title>
    <id>1685</id>
    <revision>
      <id>1877</id>
      <timestamp>2006-01-15T22:49:19Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <ip>Guaka</ip>
      </contributor>
      <text xml:space="preserve">'''Gualeguaychu''' is a small city in [[Argentina]], close to [[Uruguay]]. 

When going to [[Cordoba]] it´s probably better to go south first, and it´s the same way to [[Buenos Aires]].

It´s difficult to go towards [[Parana]]. It´s possible to start walking towards [[Larroque]] and hitch your ride on the way. The gas stations are all for going into other directions.

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  <page>
    <title>Villa Maria</title>
    <id>1686</id>
    <revision>
      <id>33852</id>
      <timestamp>2009-06-07T06:32:36Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Vidimian</username>
        <id>1703</id>
      </contributor>
      <comment>+map; wikilink cordoba-&gt;cordoba (argentina)</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">&lt;map lat='-32.41952978336311' lng='-63.24382781982422' zoom='12' view='5' float='right'/&gt;

'''Villa Maria''' is a city in [[Argentina]].

There are some gas stations on the right Ruta, for going to any direction.

When going to [[Cordoba (Argentina)|Cordoba]], try to get to the last 2 gas stations. There´s one for normal cars and one for truckers. 

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  <page>
    <title>Категория:Argentina</title>
    <id>1687</id>
    <revision>
      <id>14094</id>
      <timestamp>2007-09-23T16:21:33Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Platschi</username>
        <id>112</id>
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      <minor/>
      <comment>cat</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">[[Category:South America]]
[[es:Categoría:Argentina]]</text>
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  <page>
    <title>Larroque</title>
    <id>1688</id>
    <revision>
      <id>1883</id>
      <timestamp>2006-01-26T17:33:10Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <ip>Guaka</ip>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <text xml:space="preserve">'''Larroque''' is a small town in [[Argentina]], between [[Gualeguaychu]] and [[Gualeguay]].
At the crossroads there is a gas station on the main road.

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  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Gualeguay</title>
    <id>1689</id>
    <revision>
      <id>32372</id>
      <timestamp>2009-04-21T19:02:33Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Guaka</username>
        <id>2</id>
      </contributor>
      <comment>{{IsIn|Argentina}}</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">&lt;map lat='-33.1444444' lng='-59.3291667' zoom='14' view='2' float='right' /&gt;
'''Gualeguay''' is a town in [[Argentina]].  

==Hitching Out==
The police checkpoint 4 kilometres from the centre is not so good. In the centre there's a gas station where you might have more luck.

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  <page>
    <title>San Marcos Sierra</title>
    <id>1690</id>
    <revision>
      <id>1887</id>
      <timestamp>2006-05-04T21:19:16Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <ip>Guaka</ip>
      </contributor>
      <comment>wikilink</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">'''San Marcos Sierras''' is a town in [[Argentina]], with beautiful nature and nice people. Hitchhiking around the town, going to El rio Quilpo and back is quite possible, even with 5 people. Going out of town usually implies going to [[Cruz del Eje]], and in this case it's best to wait at the town's edges.

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  <page>
    <title>Потребител:Angela</title>
    <id>1715</id>
    <revision>
      <id>27390</id>
      <timestamp>2008-11-08T18:21:15Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Sigurdas</username>
        <id>1658</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <comment>link</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">See [http://www.wikia.com/wiki/User:Angela Wikia User:Angela].</text>
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  <page>
    <title>Austria</title>
    <id>1741</id>
    <revision>
      <id>27463</id>
      <timestamp>2008-11-09T01:40:10Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Sigurdas</username>
        <id>1658</id>
      </contributor>
      <comment>style, +info, +{{Template:Europe/countries}}</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">{{infobox Country
|country = Austria
|map = &lt;map lat='47.3333' lng='13.3333' zoom='6' view='0' country='Austria'/&gt;
|language = German
|capital = [[Vienna]]
|pop = 8,316,487
|currency = Euro (€)
|hitch = {{good}} to {{very good}}
|neighbour = [[Germany]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Slovakia]], [[Hungary]], [[Slovenia]], [[Italy]], [[Liechtenstein]], [[Switzerland]]
}}
'''Austria''' is a member state of the [[European Union]] as well as of the [[Schengen Agreement]]. It is a good country for hitchhiking, with fabulous views of the surrounding Alpes and small lakes. While hitchhiking by motorway you can easily “hop” from city to city - ramps are usually easy to get to and easy to hitch from. Good places are service stations, too.

Austria is surrounded by [[Germany]], [[Hungary]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Slovakia]], [[Switzerland]], [[Slovenia]], [[Liechtenstein]] and [[Italy]] - to any of these countries one can get easily by hitchhiking.

People in Austria speak German (in some parts locally also Slovene, Croatian and Hungarian) but if you are not a German speaker you won't be in big trouble since almost every Austrian speaks at least basic English.

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* [[Burgenland]]
* [[Lower Austria]]
* [[Upper Austria]]
* [[Styria]]
* [[Salzburg]]
* [[Carinthia]]
* [[North Tyrol]]
* [[East Tyrol]]
* [[Vorarlberg]]

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* [[Vienna]] (''Wien'')
* [[Eisenstadt]]
* [[Sankt Pölten]]
* [[Linz]]
* [[Graz]]
* [[Salzburg]]
* [[Klagenfurt]]
* [[Innsbruck]]
* [[Lienz]]
* [[Bregenz]]
* [[Villach]]
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[[Image:MrTweek.jpg|thumb|left|270px|[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] hitching in Austria]]


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|language = Dutch, French, German
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|currency = Euro (€)
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'''Belgium''' is a small country between, clockwise from the North, the [[Netherlands]], [[Germany]], [[Luxembourg]] and [[France]]. It is a member state of the [[European Union]] as well as the [[Schengen Agreement]].
The country is divided into a Dutch speaking part in the North (Flanders), and a French speaking part in the South (Wallonia) and a tiny German speaking part in the East. [[Brussels]], the country and european capital, has a bilingual status.

Hitch-hiking in the country is in general fairly easy, and due to the high number of foreigners working in the country, getting a ride out of the country is usually just as easy. The country has one of the most dense road and motorway networks in Europe which can make it slightly complex when trying to find a direct route to a destination. Still, hitching out of a city or moving from on-ramp to on-ramp is usually fairly simple.

The best places to start are the roundabouts near the entrance of the main highways (such spots can be found very easily in [[Oostende]], [[Liège]], [[Louvain-la-Neuve]] and [[Namur]]).
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Belgium has a very high density of petrol stations and service areas on the motorways. This makes it easier to find one, but also leads to less traffic on a single service area. Because of its bilingual status, it could be helpful to approach drivers in their native language. Although there is no specific way to be sure of telling what language a driver speaks, some solutions are:
* quickly say 'Hi' in both Dutch (dag) or French (bonjour)
* check up the sticker of the car retailer to notice in what part of the country it has been bought
* introduce yourself as a foreigner

Useful tip: Free use of Internet PC's in many city libraries.

It is common practice to use the E-numbers for motorways, instead of A-numbers like in most countries. Even on road signs you will only find E-numbers.

== Cities ==
[[Image:Netherlands.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Leaving for the [[Netherlands]]]]
* [[Antwerpen]] ''(Anvers, Antwerp)''
* [[Arlon]] ''(Arlon)''
* [[Brugge]] ''(Bruges, Brügge)''
* [[Brussels]] ''(Bruxelles, Brussel)''
* [[Gent]] ''(Gand, Ghent)''
* [[Liège]] ''(Luik, Lüttich)''
* [[Namur]]
* [[Louvain-la-Neuve]]
* [[Leuven]]
* [[Oostende]] ''(Ostend)''

== License plates ==
Belgian license plates do not contain information about where the car comes from. A Belgian license plate is assigned for life to the owner of a car. Usually the plates are white with red text. Cars owned by employees of institutes of the European Union in Brussels and Diplomatic Technical and Administrative Staff have a white plate with blue letters. Diplomatic license plates start with &quot;CD&quot;. When Belgians replace their cars, they will keep the same license plate number. Often the name and the city of the garage where the car was bought is indicated just under or at the left side of the license plate on the backside of the car. A license plate of an old timer starts with &quot;O&quot;.

== European Carpooling ''(Taxi Stop - Eurostop)'' ==
[http://www.taxistop.be Taxi Stop] is an agency that offers carpooling possibilities to drivers in destination or from [[Europe|european]] countries as well as passengers looking for a destination. The website is available in English (as opposed to its [[Germany|german]] equivalent) but requires to create a free subscription account in matter to contact a driver or a passenger. Although the availability and destination listing does not require to log in. This service is called ''eurostop'' and has a set rule regarding the fees which is pretty simple: registration to the service is free of charge, a passenger is simply asked to pay 3€/100km to the driver once at destination.

== Public Transport ==
Public transport is extensive and affordable to a certain point. 

'''Train:'''

The Belgian train ([http://www.b-rail.be/main/E/index.php SNCB/NMBS] Company reaches all major cities with a regular service. On weekends (from Friday after 19h until Sunday evening), the return ticket is reduced by 50% which is good option for a weekend evasion within the country. The Go-Pass/Rail-Pass is a 10 journeys ticket that allows you to go everywhere in the country (borders excluded). The Go-Pass cost €45 (so 4,5€/journey) and is for the -26, although if you don't look too old you probably won't be asked to prove your age. The Rail-Pass, for those over 26, costs €71. The Go-Pass is a good option to go from one side of the country to another. The pass is valid for a year from the date of purchase.

'''Buses/Tram:'''
* In Flanders (north), the public transport company is [http://www.delijn.be/ DeLijn] which completes the train services into the rural towns and inside the urbanised areas. It is possible to buy a 'LijnKaart' which saves you on the cost of local transport.
* In [[Brussels]], public transport are provided by the [http://www.stib.be/index.htm?guest_user=guest_en STIB/MIVB]. There again you can buy a 5 or 10 journeys ticket. Note that buying your ticket inside the bus/tram costs you more. More details will be added regarding Public Transport in Brussels on the city page itself.
* In Wallonia (south), the regional bus company is [http://www.infotec.be/index.aspx?PageId=631734023237830544&amp;Language=english TEC]

== Food &amp; Toilets ==
The price of food on motorway services is relatively high, so try to stock up before leaving and note that very few motorway services have free toilets. The price (usually between €0.30 and 0.50) sometimes includes a voucher that can be used in the restaurant. The cheapest supermarkets in the country are ''Lidl'', ''Aldi'' and ''Colruyt'', and food bought in them will be significantly cheaper than on motorway services. ''GB'' and ''Delhaize'' are more expensive options, but are extensively located downtown with longer opening hours which will offer better prices than the night stores. Note that in Belgium most shops close at 18:00 and very few shops are open on Sundays.

There are few free public toilets around, and you might even be charged in places like McDonald's. It is best to avoid the touristic areas when looking for a free toilet and aim at the less obvious places such as big chain hotels (Radisson...), public buildings (libraries and schools) and some cafes where you can use the toilet without being spot by the staff who might request you to pay a fee up to 50 cents, although many will allow you to use the toilet if you ask them in English!

Belgium is famous for its frietkoten. These are small restaurants or shacks, that sell French fries (a Belgian dish mind you!) and all sorts of snacks for relatively low prices. It's not very healthy, but for €5 you can have quite a big meal! Every village has a frietkot, and every city has at least one in every neighborhood.

== Useful links ==
&lt;!-- * The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_motorways_in_Belgium List of motorways in Belgium] on wikipedia contains useful information. --&gt;
* [http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lijst_van_Belgische_autosnelwegen The Dutch Wikipedia] contains much more useful information than the English Wikipedia (even you don't read Dutch), with specific information about locations of gas stations, e.g. about the [http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/A13_%28Belgi%C3%AB%29 A13/E313].
* [http://www.liftpunt.tk Liftpunt], discussion forum about hitchhiking in Dutch, also for Flandres!

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|in = South America
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|language = Spanish
|capital = [[Santiago de Chile|Santiago]]
|pop = 16.7 mio
|currency = Chilean Peso (CLP, $)
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'''Chile''' is a great country to hitchhike. Especially compared to the South of [[Argentina]], it's really good. Chile borders in the north to [[Peru]], [[Bolivia]] to the north-east and [[Argentina]] in the east. The country is divided into 15 regions, which can be pooled in four main zones.

If you tell people you're a foreigner when you ask for a ride, they might ask to see your passport.  Just swallow your pride and take the ride. 

If you travel longer distances, you probably want to hitch the ''panamericana'', called ''Ruta 5'' here, which goes from north all the way to the south. Around larger cities, it's developed as a motorway. It's very common to walk or cycle on the emergency lane, so you can also stand there and put your thumb out. Cops won't bother either. Maximum Speed is 120 km/h, so if you are in a visible place, everyone can stop fast enough. Using a sign can prevent taxis, micros and buses to stop for you. They won't take you for free.

The traffic is not very dense in general. In rural areas, there might be one car in 5 or 10 minutes, so prepare for longer waiting times if you can't stay on the main roads.

If you are a tourist be sure to show it with your backpack, flags attached to your backpack, etc. The locals love chatting with foreign travellers. However, many people don't like U.S. Americans.

== Cities ==
* [[Santiago de Chile|Santiago]]
* [[Concepcion]]
* [[Castro]]
* [[Valparaíso]]
* [[Viña del Mar]]
* [[La Serena]]
* [[Puerto Montt]]
* [[Puerto Varas]]
* [[Valdivia]]
* [[Punta Arenas]]

== Towns ==
* [[Los Andes]]
* [[Victoria (Chile)|Victoria]]

== Zones ==
* [[:Category:North (Chile)|North]]
* [[:Category:Central (Chile)|Central]]
* [[:Category:South (Chile)|South]]
* [[:Category:Extreme South (Chile)|Extreme South]]


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      <text xml:space="preserve">'''Los Andes''' is a town in [[Chile]]. Trucks have to stop there to do border stuff. Some days the system is broken and no trucks leave.

For going to Santiago it's better to get to the highway entrance, which is quite far. Don't expect to get a ride on the way there.

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    <title>San Luis</title>
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      <text xml:space="preserve">'''San Luis''' is a city in [[Argentina]].

There is a big gas station, and traffic lights, on the highway from [[Buenos Aires]] to [[Mendoza]].

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  <page>
    <title>Boat</title>
    <id>1847</id>
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      <text xml:space="preserve">==Hitching a ferry==
'''Hitchhiking a ferry''' is easy. Simply ask drivers or truck drivers if you can enter the ferry in their truck, they usually only have to pay for the vehicle. See also [[:Category:Ferries]] for different routes that involve ferries.

==Hitching a boat==
'''Hitchhiking a boat''' can be quite an endeavor for some but can be done if you put the right effort in it. Your best chances are to become part of the crew. In the [[Caribbean]] it's not too hard to find sail boats that need an extra hand on deck.

Finding a boat can take you a lot of time. Mostly boat-hitchers try hanging out at the harbor for a week, talking to almost anyone, possibly finding a pub where sailors tend to drink their beer.  Another way people often get rides on boats in the [[San Francisco]] area is to go to the pier with some beers and offer them to folx who look like they are heading out.

For more info see [[User:Paxus|Paxus]] his [[Sailboats|experiences]] hitching [[Sailboats]] in 1989/90.

==Hitching a Barge==
Some inland routes are navigable. Big rivers, canals... Barges and private boat cruise them. Barges are very long and flat boats that can carry thousands of tons of goods, slowly along the river. If you're not in a hurry they are easy to hitch.

Barges won't stop if you wave at them from the bank. The best place to get to them is a &quot;lock&quot;, where they have to stop to be adjusted to the level of the river-canal. But they usually have a restricted access.

Apparently they do not operate at night (10pm-6am). If you go to the main gate, there should be a button to call the operator (only one person is usually operating). From my experience in Germany, they are very hitch-hiker friendly. If you explain to them what you're up to over the intercom, they let you in or even ask the boats for you over the radio.

Traffic is low but the boat drivers are usually open to travellers. And during the time needed for the ''lock'' to operate, it is easy to talk to them from the bank.

The cruising speed of a riverboat is circa 13 km/h. But counting the time spend in the locks, it can go down to 6 km/h. But as they stop only at night, it is still faster than walking.

Plus, given the size of the vehicle, it is very comfortable. And depending on what river you're cruising, it can also be very beautiful.

==Weblinks with information==
* [http://www.cruiser.co.za Cruiser Log], has some [http://www.cruiser.co.za/crewfinder.asp very useful info], [http://www.cruiser.co.za/crewfinder1.asp some specific for hitchhikers], including a rough guide of movements of cruising yachts
*[http://www.7knots.com 7knots] has a practical way of finding boats
*[http://www.boatingoz.com.au/default.asp?Page=17927&amp;MenuID=Classifieds%2F13099%2F0%2CCrew%5F%2D%5Funpaid%2F13104%2F0  Boating OZ], mostly in Australia, some Pacific
*[http://www.aferry.co.uk/ aferry] click on the map to see lots of ferry connections from all over [[Europe]]

&lt;!-- probably not super useful
* [http://www.boating.co.nz Boating Info Centre]
*http://www.latsandatts.net

--&gt;

These sites might prove useful:
* [http://www.cruisenews.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=13 Cruising Sailor - Crew Positions]
* [http://www.sailnet.com SailNet.com]
*[http://www.worldcruising.com World Cruising Club]
*[http://www.ships-for-sale.com Ships-for-sale.com]
* http://www.windowsoncyprus.com/crew_list.htm
* http://www.sailingalternatives.org/crew.htm
* http://www.floatplan.com
* http://www.crewfile.com
*http://www.dockwalk.com
*http://www.reliance-yachts.com
*http://www.partnersandcrews.com
*http://www.findacrew.net

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    <title>Buenos Aires</title>
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'''Buenos Aires''' is the capital of [[Argentina]], with around 12 million inhabitants. It is probably not easy to hitchhike here. 

There are damn cheap overnight trains to [[Cordoba (Argentina)|Cordoba]] and [[Tucuman]] (just reopened).

&lt;!--==External link==
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    <title>Беседа:Netherlands</title>
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      <text xml:space="preserve">What is the sense of &quot;a typical lift in the Netherlands is only 25-50 km&quot;. Besides the fact that you mention it as &quot;only&quot;. Typcial lifts do not exist. To explain it I should study the meaning of the word typical, but the discussion already ends there. If you hitchhike every day to school, and the school is 5437 meters away your typical lift might be 5437 meters minus the meters that you walk. If you like to go from Utrecht to Leeuwarden every weekend, and once in a while, your typical lift will have a different distance. Asking for rides gives a different average, as does hh at night or only on Mondays, or only with your grandmother, alone, a pet or a fridge. It's too rough for me to say &quot;typical 25-50 km&quot; since it depends on what you want to transport, of experience and technique and of your desired mobility pattern. Expected avg is much longer on a return trip Maastricht-Amsterdam than De Cocksdorp-Cadzand. 

How do you define a typical lift?

Regards Frank Verhart


:Hi Frank! Welcome!
:Well, fortunately this is not an encyclopedia, so we don't have to be super exact :) Also, it is a wiki, and everyone is welcome to make all pages more useful to hitchhikers! :) [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 19:58, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

== Information on NL article ==
I just hided this information:
*hitching towards [[Germany]] is difficult
Well, hitching towards Germany is quite easy as I think, I hitch over there from Enschede quite often, and never had a driver who thought I might have drugs with me. Also duane police never stopped while standing there.
*description of three signs
While reading the text its quite difficult to imagine how they look. Maybe adding a picture? Or isn't this information quite useless? Well, whatever. Hope you like the templates. [[User:platschi|platschi]]&lt;small&gt;&lt;sup&gt;[http://hoerstel.travelblog.ch site], [[user talk:platschi|wikitalk]]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/small&gt; 12:37, 9 November 2007 (CET)

== Highways ==
It would be great and useful if the 'E' number of the highway was also twinned with the A number (as on every country), on many maps it is the most easyiest information to get... and for us -non-europeans- we only look at those on maps (and on the european road map given for free in Canada, this is the info that appears.) [[User:Maplefanta|Maplefanta]] 01:45, 5 December 2007 (CET)

Hey Maplefanta. Might be an idea to add/link them, but I guess as, for example, if you hitchhike in [[Germany]], nearly nobody knows the '''E'''-road numbers, because everyone uses the '''A'''-1,2,3 numbers. Think in the NL it's the same. Totally different it is in [[Denmark]], where all roads have '''E''' numbers. Think we have to find a solution for that :-) [[User:platschi|platschi]]&lt;small&gt;&lt;sup&gt;[http://hoerstel.travelblog.ch site], [[user talk:platschi|wikitalk]]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/small&gt; 13:11, 5 December 2007 (CET)

: E-numbers are hardly used in the Netherlands. Commonly used online maps primarily show the A-numbers. We, the Dutch and Europeans know that Canadian maps of European motorways are rarely used compared to our own maps, which always show the A-numbers and map dependent E-numbers. Adding E-numbers for the Netherlands seems irrelevant for me. For Belgium that may be differenct, since there the E-numbers are commonly used, as these are shown on Belgian maps and on the road themselves. --[[User:Fverhart|Fverhart]] 15:40, 5 December 2007 (CET)

:: I know that it is hardly used in some countries, I am more specifically just asking for those who knows those E-numbers, they could simply be add to bonify the information, not put as a priority. It also allows to have a more global european connection view on the highway... since they keep the same number whatever country they cross... like if I am am on the E40 in Belgium, then I am lost to find it when I go to a german page [[User:Maplefanta|Maplefanta]] 19:09, 5 December 2007 (CET)

:::Yep, maybe a special page for, for example, the [[E30]], and there you can link to the specific parts of the highways, like on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_route_E30 wikipedia]. Just link on that page to the [[A1 (Netherlands)]], [[A30 (Germany)]] and so one :-) [[User:platschi|platschi]]&lt;small&gt;&lt;sup&gt;[http://hoerstel.travelblog.ch site], [[user talk:platschi|wikitalk]]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/small&gt; 19:43, 5 December 2007 (CET)

== Hitchhiking (ad-hoc-carpooling) in the Netherlands website ==

Dear all! For my website Hitchhiking (ad-hoc-carpooling) in the Netherlands I've recently done two things:
- start of a version in Dutch
- registered the URL www.liftennederland.tk to replace the current URL www.franknature.nl/hitchhike/hitchhike.htm 

Now I throw up a few points for your welcome feedback. 
1. Which should be the initial language on the site? 
I've set it for now to Dutch. Site statistics show that about 65% of visitors use a provider in the Netherlands (62%) or Belgium (4%). Then USA providers have a share of about 10%, and we all know that these might be for a bigger part also Dutchies, at least partially. However, Dutch provider obviously does not mean that this user knows the Dutch language. And users in other countries might just as well be able to read Dutch... at least some! 
Besides this, I think Dutch as first language is good to popularize hitchhiking in the Netherlands among the natives. Dutch (mobility) orginizations might be easier inclined to establish links to the site in Dutch.
How do you look upon it?
2. What is a good shorter URL for the site? The .TK domain is registered in Tokelau Islands and is given at no cost, which is its main advantage. All the .TK domain does is forward every visitor to the site at its current URL. I've found www.liftennederland.tk (Dutch for www.hitchhikingnetherlands.tk). This latter one was not available. What kind of .TK URL would be better? Note that many may not be available. And how much negatively affects the current &quot;long and bad&quot; URL...
3. Does it make any sense anyway? (This is supposed to be a very general and slightly ironic, perhaps metaphoric, question...).
4. Do you think hitchhiking will get more common again within the society as a way of travelling?

Finally, my site has shown an incredible increase by number of visitor for november: plus 60% compared to Nov '07, while the other months were in a range between +10% and -10% per month compared to the same month last year. Also December is making a kick start. Site has some 5.750 hits per year, as an average for 2006-2008. 

Thanks for any feedback.

--[[User:Fverhart|Fverhart]] 09:18, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
: Alright. First of all, a &quot;real&quot; domain should not be expensive. For .de I pay about 43 cents per month, I guess .nl is similar. For the language: You can make a start page where the user can chose his language. Also, it is techincally possible to &quot;guess&quot; the users language, by checking the language of the browser. Let me know if you need help for that. About the sense: Have you considered starting a dutch hitchwiki instead? It has shown, that this leads to very great content in the long term. It would also bring much more visitors as the site is already very well known internationally. Think about it ;) --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 09:34, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

:: Didn't know, so I could spider for a low cost .nl domain. About guessing by browser, I have no clue how that works, so help :p I haven't considered Dutch hitchwiki, but I'm thinking about that (and women ;) day and night. Thanks so far. --[[User:Fverhart|Fverhart]] 13:32, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
::: Can you use any scripting language (like PHP) on the server? --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 13:37, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
:::: I'm using the WYSIWYG program Dreamweaver CS, have no knowledge of any other tools! --[[User:Fverhart|Fverhart]] 19:10, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
::::: That doesn't matter. The question is, if your webserver/webhoster supports that. --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 22:02, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
:::::: Seems so, checking the site, with these standard settings: register_globals = Off
:::::: allow_url_fopen = Off. However, they can change these on request. Is this needed? --[[User:Fverhart|Fverhart]] 23:41, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
::::::: Nope, that's not needed. I'll do that for you, as soon as I find the time. --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 00:16, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
:::::::: Thank you Philip for offering this help. However, I'm making a sidenote: such assisting makes me as the editor of my website more dependent of others, which has some disadvantages too... do you get my point? --[[User:Fverhart|Fverhart]] 09:19, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
::::::::: No, not really. How would that make you depend on me?
::::::::: Well, whatever. Check this: [http://yoshi.mega2000.de/~philipp/checklang.phps]. Just copy it to your webdir and call it index.php or something. It will redirect dutch and belgian users to index-nl.html and all others to index-en.html. You can change these filenames of course. Let me know if that works :) --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 09:49, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
:::::::::: Look! http://www.franknature.nl/hitchhike/hitchhike.php I get Dutch, what do you get Philipp? What do you get if you go to http://www.franknature.nl/hitchhike/hitchhike.htm. Coz that's the site where all link partners and Google sends visitors to. Does it take care of the PHP script? And last question: how does that affect my visitor statistics, now only the Dutch page (normally the opening page) has a counter!! So the stats might go and miss out the foreigners. --[[User:Fverhart|Fverhart]] 19:37, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
::::::::::: It sends me to the English page. Google will probably know both of them. You will have to add the counter to the dutch AND to the english pages. --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 16:23, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
:::I proposed a Dutch hitchwiki before, but I don't think I will be very active there myself. Nor will Prino I think, but it could be good.  I guesstimate it takes MrTweek about 5 minutes to set up the Dutch version of Hitchwiki.
:::Anyway, it would be great if you'd place any text under a free license.  Hitchwiki will be under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike license.
:::At [http://transip.nl/ transip] it's 5 or 6 euro (ex. VAT) per year for &lt;tt&gt;.nl&lt;/tt&gt; and so far their service has been excellent. [[User:Guaka|guaka]] 19:37, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
::::...which throws the question back to Frank again: Frank, do you want to be admin for a Dutch hitchwiki? --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 19:58, 6 December 2008 (UTC)</text>
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    <title>Беседа:Poland</title>
    <id>1850</id>
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      <id>34171</id>
      <timestamp>2009-06-24T18:28:01Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Paluch</username>
        <id>1363</id>
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      <text xml:space="preserve">{{toDo}}

== Discussions ==
===Chaos===
We really need to clean up this article. Anyone speaks Polish? Or does anyone have contact to polish hitchhikers? Maybe we can even start a Polish version if hitchwiki. --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 22:04, 3 July 2007 (CEST)

===General===
General: Polish roads are not in a poor quality. Beside of that, hitchhikers should not mention the quality of roads, they should have other worries. The Polish road network has improved gigantically over the last 1.5 decade. The roads are fully up to doing what is demanded of them. If you say the roads are bad, it means you need better roads. But why do you need them? I do not understand that. Do you feel better with top end roads? Would you like over 10,000 km of fast motorways, as Polands western neighbour has? If so, why? Aren't you a simple hitchhiker. Take care and take your time.

Langauge: An insult to Poles! &quot;are unable to speak&quot;. Hm. What to think of that. And still apart from that - I guess that about 1/4th of the Poles speaks English, 1/4th of the Poles speaks German (if just enough to travel - which is your goal - not to insult people be careful with what you say), all speak Polish and half of them speak Russian (if just a bit). Ten percent speak Lithuanian. Ten percent speak Czech or Slovakian. Five percent speaks French or Italian. Czy ty mowic pan po polsku?

Pozdrowienia Frank Verhart

*I know hardly anyone who would speak any Russian in Poland, apart from my friends studying either Russian studies or Eastern politics or guys doing business in Russia or Ukraine. I tried to use Russian in the street several times and was always asked if I could speak English instead. It may be different in the east of Poland but in Poznan you would probably make with Russian no better than with Czech or Slovak. [[User:85.221.209.245|85.221.209.245]] 13:39, 11 March 2007 (CET)

*Yes, that's fair. In the east of Poland many more people speak and understand Russian. However, situation is already quite different to my impression compared with my first visit to the country in 2001. Then I did not meet that many people who would easily speak English fluently without hesitation. Partially that also had to do with my way of travelling, which was camping on basic campsites and on bivouac fields (usually a field in the forest with a wooden toilet, sometimes also running water). Six years ago in my first visit to Poland, and first visit to a former &quot;East block country&quot; I described Poland as a country in a great transformation. The changes are going on all the time. Certainly, Poznan is more known as a city orientated on western Europe with many relations with Germany especially. There is a differnce between the west and the east of Poland in general. &quot;Everything&quot; east of Warsaw has been more under influence of Russian culture, Russian-Orthodox religion and historically wealth was always lower there, still is and as I suppose will also be. In the east of Poland I frequently got such answer like &quot;No, but do you speak Russian?&quot; when I asked if people spoke English or German. Five years ago I lived for three months in the village of Bialowieza, situated three kilometers from the Belarusian border. I rarely met local people speaking English there and even then there were people in the village who could only speak Russian (or Belarusian?), so I was told. Frank Verhart.

=== Hiking in Poland ===

Frankly speaking throughout my life I've never been to a country where hitchhiking was so easy. I know that such experiences differ from person to person, but in fact very seldom did I have to wait longer than 1,5 hour. In fact, when leaving most major towns the waiting time usually does not exceed 30 minutes. Especially if you find the customary hitchhiking place. Most drivers in Poland know such hot spots and stop there even if they don't see you waving. [[User:Halibutt|Halibutt]] 09:11, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

* My story would sound different. I just crossed poland from one end to the other and not one single driver stopped while I was standing (with or without sign or whatever). But nearly everybody took me if I managed to speak to a driver. Traffic lights were also great but no one even thought about stopping. [[User:92.195.223.108|92.195.223.108]] 16:59, 24 August 2008 (CEST) [felix]

====Hmmm...====
I find some of this info at the front page hilarious. I think it all might be more confusing than facilitating. 
* I have never seen any of this old-village hitchhikers. This info looks like taken from some communistic guide book ;) Now they usually cycle or their neighbors or kids give them a ride. I have never seen ANYONE expecting any kind of payment for hitchhiking. And I was hitching a lot in the countryside, also without backpack. I postulate removing this info from front page.
* I would say hand hitchhing and sign hitchhing are at least 50/50. It is nothing rare to hitch with sign. If some foreigner reads this page, can drop down idea of sign hitching, which, I think would be best for him. 
* In my opinion and from my experience, Poland is one of best countries in EU to hitch. And, important to notice, I have never had any nasty behaviour on the road, as for example driver showing middle finger or so. But it is so maybe cos Im polish ;) &lt;br&gt;
Guys,  what are your experiences?? [[User:Mirto|Mirto]] 15:30, 30 August 2008 (CEST)
: Basically, if you are very sure about your opinion, you can always change everything. I once hitched there with a sign and it worked quite well. I find a sign always good if I don't speak the countries language, because it's much harder to explain where I want to go. --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 20:32, 30 August 2008 (CEST)
:: Yep, then signs are the way to go, although the article is right that not all Polish use signs or use them rarely.--[[User:Fverhart|Fverhart]] 12:06, 1 September 2008 (CEST)
:: I can be very sure of all my opinions, it doesnt change that they might be wrong. Experience of one shouldn't be generalized, even if it is MY experience and even if I am 100percent sure of it :P That is why I am asking. If you have similar opinion as mine, just change text :) [[User:Mirto|Mirto]] 22:32, 30 August 2008 (CEST)
: Czesc Lena. I think that the whole article about Poland is quite in order. On my travels in Poland I frequently see the local people who stand for lifts to the next village for shopping or visiting people for example. I see many people hitching with their thumb. It is important to describe hitchhiking in Poland accurately. Personally I can't fully understand the ways to hitchhike in Poland without knowing about the situation in the past, the Polish society. Hm, yep of course it's well possible to hitch in Poland without a sign. The reason, because drivers as Polish people are more inclined in their way of being to help other travellers, Poles feel more related to others with whom they live, and translated into autostop-habits they are more curious where the other one on the road wants to go to. More than Germans and obviously extremely much more than Dutch. Well, the article about Poland seems to be rather in order. Feel free to change. About leaving a small tip in the car; in that case I'm also very curious to the situation in the past, and if such habit used to exist, when it has faded out. But it's always Polish and other Slavic drivers that make me feel like leaving a little tip just on the seat, also sometimes when I would be staying there with local people. But anyway, doesn't matter ;) --[[User:Fverhart|Fverhart]] 11:59, 1 September 2008 (CEST)
==Reorganising==
I started to reorganise Polish pages, as I also noted some mess here. 
First of all I edited a bit general info about Poland. I've been hitching through out Poland for more than 15 years and for example never been asked for a tip and I heard of only one story like that. Maybe it was like that in the past in some regions, but I think not anymore. So I changed that info to not make people think they have to prepare some tip.

I'm skeptic about information about languages spoken in Poland. &quot;42% of Poles speak at least one foreign language fluently&quot; sounds incredible for me. But there is source shown, so I'm not sure if it needs to be changed.

I try to rewrite all the city pages using the same pattern: first Hitching Out, then directions written in that manner: e.g. West towards xxx; under direction additional information about road number as for many people it's important, and there will be more and more places connected by old national road and new motorway or expressway. I think it's good to use italics for places names in Polish and bold italics for the most important names as name of the bus/tram stop you should get off. After that Hitching In information when needed. Some cities have bypasses and motorways in their suburbs. You need info of how to get to town from such remote places. After hitching info there may be some info about Public Transport and after that additional information on Eating and Sleeping. This pattern is based on some Western European cities. If you're going to edit Polish city pages check out [[Poznań]] for example to see how it looks.</text>
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  <page>
    <title>Беседа:First time hitchhiking</title>
    <id>1851</id>
    <revision>
      <id>12662</id>
      <timestamp>2007-08-09T16:50:11Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Myshkin</username>
        <id>145</id>
      </contributor>
      <text xml:space="preserve">Is it a good idea to call a neo in hitchhiking a &quot;virgin&quot;? As we can see the first editor other than the creator of the wiki added some notes which have a very double meaning. They put the reader to think on hitchhiking in a very negative way. Before I started reading this I had hope though to see something about Richard Branson here.

All the best Frank Verhart

----

I agree... what is the purpose of the &quot;virgin&quot; paragraph? Can we just get rid of it? Does anyone actually hope to lose their virginity while hitchhiking? It doesn't seem to be communicating very well and has very ambiguous intent. --[[User:24.9.125.18|24.9.125.18]] 18:03, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

----

I was close to making the title of my new hitchhiking blog 'A Virgin Hitchhiker'.
I've never hitchhiked before, but I'm pretty sure I'm no longer a virgin.</text>
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  <page>
    <title>Virgin hitchhiking</title>
    <id>1852</id>
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      <id>7193</id>
      <timestamp>2006-02-06T17:04:09Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Guaka</username>
        <id>2</id>
      </contributor>
      <comment>Virgin hitchhiking moved to First time hitchhiking</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">#redirect [[First time hitchhiking]]</text>
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  <page>
    <title>Беседа:Virgin hitchhiking</title>
    <id>1853</id>
    <revision>
      <id>7195</id>
      <timestamp>2006-02-06T17:04:09Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Guaka</username>
        <id>2</id>
      </contributor>
      <comment>Talk:Virgin hitchhiking moved to Talk:First time hitchhiking</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">#redirect [[Talk:First time hitchhiking]]</text>
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  <page>
    <title>Neuquen</title>
    <id>1855</id>
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      <id>33781</id>
      <timestamp>2009-06-03T18:24:31Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <ip>89.156.213.38</ip>
      </contributor>
      <text xml:space="preserve">'''Neuquen''' can be categorized as the south of [[Argentina]], which means that hitchhiking is really hard.
There is a ''peaje'' in [[Cipoletti]] 5 kilometres from Neuquen, but you will likely be sent away by the people working there, and don't expect to get a ride.

[[Category:Argentina]]
[[es:Neuquén (Argentina)]]</text>
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  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Cipoletti</title>
    <id>1856</id>
    <revision>
      <id>7202</id>
      <timestamp>2006-02-15T00:51:01Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Guaka</username>
        <id>2</id>
      </contributor>
      <text xml:space="preserve">'''Cipoletti''' is an [[Argentina|Argentinian]] town close to [[Neuquen]]. There is a ''peaje'' on the highway. But in Argentina you will likely be sent away by the people working at the ''peaje''. You might be very lucky and get a ride at the YPF gas station. There is also an unused Esso gas station at the other side, where you can ask truckers to take you.

[[Category:Argentina]]</text>
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  <page>
    <title>Cordoba (Argentina)</title>
    <id>1857</id>
    <revision>
      <id>32347</id>
      <timestamp>2009-04-20T23:19:55Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Guaka</username>
        <id>2</id>
      </contributor>
      <comment>{{IsIn|Argentina}}</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">'''Cordoba''' is a big city in [[Argentina]].

Like usually with big cities it is probably a good idea to get a bus to somewhere else.
When going south east, you might try to take a bus to [[Carloz Paz]], but the highway straight south has probably more traffic.

[[Category:Argentina]]

[[es:Córdoba (Córdoba)]]
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  <page>
    <title>Concepcion</title>
    <id>1858</id>
    <revision>
      <id>16220</id>
      <timestamp>2007-12-04T13:43:15Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Platschi</username>
        <id>112</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <comment>map</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">&lt;map lat='-36.7839919368766' lng='-73.0535888671875' zoom='10' view='0' float='right'/&gt;
'''Concepcion''' is a city in [[Chile]]. 

==Hitching Out==
There is a big roundabout. On the roundabout it's hard to get away.
On the highway to the [[Ruta 5 (Chile)|Ruta 5]] there is a gas station after 3 km or so.

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  <page>
    <title>Victoria (Chile)</title>
    <id>1859</id>
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      <id>7211</id>
      <timestamp>2006-05-10T23:33:09Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Guaka</username>
        <id>2</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <comment>[[Victoria]] moved to [[Victoria (Chile)]]: some more victorias..</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">'''Victoria''' is a town in [[Chile]]. It is close to [[Ruta 5 (Chile)|Ruta 5]] and you will probably want to go to [[Argentina]]. There is not a lot of traffic, but if you like to walk, it's great. The landscapes are varying quickly, when getting the short rides from locals. 20 km before the border there is the ''Aduana''. Make sure to quickly get your ''tramite'' done and ask around. It's best to get a ''long'' ride, since on the Argentinian side of the border hitchhiking will be much more difficult. Beware of the cold, if you're sitting in a pick up truck. There is 4,5 km long tunnel, and it's pretty cold, even in summer.


[[Category:Chile]]</text>
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  <page>
    <title>Ruta 5 (Chile)</title>
    <id>1860</id>
    <revision>
      <id>7214</id>
      <timestamp>2006-04-27T04:56:26Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Guaka</username>
        <id>2</id>
      </contributor>
      <text xml:space="preserve">[[Chile]]'s '''Ruta 5''' is basically the country's main highway. It goes all the way from north to south. Always try to get into spots where you can talk to people. Especially as a foreigner this will be of great use to get rides.

Places:
* [[Santiago]]
* [[Victoria]]
*

[[Category:Chile]]</text>
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  <page>
    <title>Zapala</title>
    <id>1861</id>
    <revision>
      <id>7217</id>
      <timestamp>2006-02-15T19:36:20Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Guaka</username>
        <id>2</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <text xml:space="preserve">'''Zapala''' is a town that can probably be classified as the south of [[Argentina]], which implies that hitchhiking there sucks.

At 23:00 there is a ''collectivo'' to [[Neuquen]], and it stops if you wave clearly enough. However, Neuquen is not a much better place for hitchhiking.

[[Category:Argentina]]</text>
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  <page>
    <title>Quines</title>
    <id>1862</id>
    <revision>
      <id>7219</id>
      <timestamp>2006-02-15T19:41:00Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Guaka</username>
        <id>2</id>
      </contributor>
      <text xml:space="preserve">'''Quines''' is town in [[Argentina]]. There is a big YPF gas station on the [[Ruta 20 (Argentina)]], open 24 hours a day.

[[Category:Argentina]]</text>
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  <page>
    <title>Denmark</title>
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      <id>34005</id>
      <timestamp>2009-06-17T07:25:41Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <ip>87.6.193.9</ip>
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      <text xml:space="preserve">{{infobox Country
|country = of Denmark
|map = &lt;map lat='56' lng='10' zoom='6' view='0' height='350' country='Denmark' /&gt;
|language = Danish
|capital = [[Copenhagen]]
|pop = 5,475,791
|currency = Danish Krone (DKK)
|hitch = {{good}}
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'''Denmark''' is a country in [[Northern Europe]]. It is a member state of the [[European Union]] as well as the [[Schengen Agreement]].

According to [http://wikitravel.org/en/Denmark#By_thumb wikitravel] hitchhiking is legal in Denmark except on motorways. Most drivers speak English, not German. There was a hitchhiking project done in 2006 called ''The Search for Danish Mentality'', and in 2007 there was a follow-up called [[The Search for the Commons]].

When hitching on [[slip roads]] to the motorway, people rather stop if you are at the bottom of the slip road than at the top of it. Most [[on-ramp|ramp]]s in Denmark have enough space for cars to stop.

Hitching appears to be better in the West of the country than nearer to Copenhagen.

: ''[[User:Platschi|Platschi]] was hitchhiking in Denmark in January 2008 during a storm and found out that hitchhiking through the country was quite fast.''

=== Cities ===
* [[Århus]]
* [[Copenhagen]] – the capital
* [[Odense]]
* [[Rødby]] – ferry port towards [[Germany]]
&lt;!--Guess this information needs some new place somewhere...--&gt;

== Directions ==
=== [[Hamburg]] to [[Copenhagen]] ===
From [[Hamburg]] to [[Copenhagen]] you can hitch to a ferry at [[Puttgarden]] and get a ride straight to Copenhagen. If you ask people after they paid the ticket you can cross for free (and save 7 euros). Tickets are per vehicle, not per person.

You can watch a [http://youtube.com/watch?v=fiR_zNYFoTc video] of a lovely Danish landscape. It was made by [[amylin]] in February 2008 when going on a ferry to Denmark. 

=== From Denmark going South ===

'''From Jutland'''

First, hitch a ride to Padborg which is in the South Jutland - it is located just before the border with [[Germany]]. There you'll find Denmark's largest truck-stop. Most trucks leaving from Denmark stop there. With some luck you'll find someone going to most destinations in Europe.
Ask the drivers while they are getting ready, filling-up or walking from the diner to their vehicles.

'''From Zealand'''

First, get a ride to Gedser which has ferry lines to [[Rostock]] ([[Germany]]), or go to [[Rødbyhavn]] which has a ferry connection with [[Puttgarden]] (also in Germany). 
A ferry-ticket for the car includes up to 9 car passengers (incl. the driver) so it should be quite possible to get a free ride over the sea (and maybe even further).


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  <page>
    <title>Munich</title>
    <id>1864</id>
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      <id>33993</id>
      <timestamp>2009-06-16T23:22:38Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Somewhatofftheway</username>
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      </contributor>
      <comment>/* North towards Nürnberg, A9 */</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">{{Hitchhiking Zine nomination}}
{{Infobox German Location
|country = Germany
|map = &lt;map lat='48.13' lng='11.58' zoom='10' view='3' /&gt;
|pop = 1,342,166 (30 Sep 2007)
|state = Bavaria
|plate = M
|motorways = [[A8 (Germany)|A8]],  [[A9 (Germany)|A9]],  [[A92 (Germany)|A92]],  [[A99 (Germany)|A99]]
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'''Munich''' (''München'' in German) is [[Bavaria]]'s capital.

== Hitching Out ==
=== North towards [[Nürnberg]], [[A9 (Germany)|A9]] ===
Take the ''Subway 6'' to ''Studentenstadt''.  From there walk about 300 meter north on ''Ungererstraße'' until you are under a bridge.  You will see signs for the motorways.  This leads directly to the [[A9 (Germany)|A9]], a quick and easy route to [[Berlin]] or [[Nürnberg]].  For i.e. [[Köln]] it is best to stop at the ''Rasthof Nürnberg/Feucht'' as the freeways converge here. To continue on [[A93 (Germany)|A93]], i.e. [[Regensburg]] and [[Dresden]] you can change the car at ''Rasthof Fürholzen'' some 30km north of Munich.
:The roadworks mentioned by Sitarane are now finished. Although traffic wasn't heavy, I found this to be an excellent spot and got a ride out within ten minutes.

=== Southeast towards [[Salzburg]], [[Vienna]], [[Innsbruck]], [[Italy]], [[A8 (Germany)|A8]] ===
The [[A8 (Germany)|A8]] begins inside the town. A few hundred meters before the beginning, there is a bus stop called Ramersdorf, so enough place to stop. Take a subway to ''Karl-Preis-Platz'' or just walk from the town center along ''Rosenheimer Straße''. This is far from an ideal spot, as it's very difficult to catch the attention of the drivers in this spot, and there is too much urban traffic and buses. If you do choose this spot, make sure you have a very visible sign.

It's possible to put ''Rosenheim'' on a sign, which is the next city along the motorway. Close to [[Rosenheim]], there is a huge service area (''[http://www.liftershalte.info/?lat=47.83274829756654&amp;lng=11.912956237792969&amp;zoom=13&amp;trip=0&amp;view=0 Irschenberg]''), where you will surely get a ride to [[Austria]].

=== South towards [[Garmisch-Partenkirchen]], A 95 ===
The best spot to start your hichhike is on Fürstenrieder Straße. There is a bus stop 200 metres after the crossways Würmtalstraße-Fürstenriederstraße. Cars can easyily stop there. Use a sign (A 95, or Garmisch).
In the evenings you can try to get a lift at the traffic light at the crossways.  
Both spots are not really good but okay.

=== West towards [[Augsburg]], [[Ulm]], [[A8 (Germany)|A8]] ===
From the central railway station (''Hauptbahnhof''), take tram S2 towards ''Petershagen''. Get out at ''Obermenzing''. There along the street you can eather walk the 2-3 km towards the motorway, or take bus #143 towards ''Blutenburg''. This stop is located directly in front of a roundabout, where the [[A8 (Germany)|A8]] for direction west starts. There's enough place for cars to stop in front of the [[roundabout]]. Expect high traffic. For the petrol-station-lover, some meters before a small petrol station is located, so if you're bored, go asking people there.

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  <page>
    <title>Barcelona</title>
    <id>1865</id>
    <revision>
      <id>34008</id>
      <timestamp>2009-06-17T09:12:08Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <ip>87.252.228.249</ip>
      </contributor>
      <comment>/* Staying in Barcelona */</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">[[Barcelona]] is the capital of [[Catalunya]], a region in [[Spain]] (and [[France]]). 

== Hitching Out ==
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=== South or North, towards [[Valencia]], [[Girona]], [[Perpignan]], [[France]] ===
'''Option 1:''' Take a train [http://www.fgc.net/accesible/cat/viatjar/s2.htm S2] from ''Barcelona Plaça Catalunya'' to ''Sabadell-Rambla'', and get off at the ''St.Joan'' station (2 zones). It is another 10–15 minute walk to a good [[rest area]] at the AP7 which is the main motorway to go to the North (towards Girona and France ([[Perpignan]])) or to the South.

Walk out of the station through the exit on the left, and take the road that follows the rail track. After a left-turn, take the third street to the right and follow it until you get on ''C/ de Bellaterra''. You should be able to spot a rest area after less then a 5 minute walk from here. To hitch South, stay on that side, to hitch North, take the footbridge.
* [http://www.wikimapia.org/#y=41491092&amp;x=2093883&amp;z=15&amp;l=0&amp;m=s&amp;v=2 Location]

Alternatively, it might be easier to stay on the train one more stop and to get off at ''Bellaterra''. Exit the station, walk to the left following the main street. You will then reach a bridge over the motorway. After the bridge, turn left at the next street that is parallel to the motorway. After 200 meter and a small tunnel you are at the same rest area.

There is now a construction site jsut outside the train station, and the road bends away fromt he tracks. Do not follow the dirt road that seems to follow the tracks as this takes you to wasteland that boarders some private property and some bracken slope. Following this route, after alot of walking you come to an industrial park, that leads to a town called Rubi, although the slip road onto the main motorway is very busy, after 4 hours of hitching, not one person stopped, not reccomended.

'''Option 2:''' Take a ''Renfe'' train to ''Castellbisbal'' station from either ''Barcelona Sants'' (Line C4 to ''St.Vicente de Calders'', platform 1, buy a 2 zone ticket), ''Plaça Catalunya'' or ''Arc de Triomf''. Walk back up the railtracks in the direction you came from for about ten minutes until you see a service station on your left. To hitch North, cross the road via the footbridge. To hitch South, stay on that side of the road. 

Alternatively, you can walk out of the main exit of the train station, and take the first turn right. Walk straight on from there, keeping the motorway on your right hand-side.

A new AVE high speed train line now separates the ''Castellbisbal'' station from the service station, however, it is still easy to get to the latter one: leave the train station, cross the AVE tracks on the big bridge right in front of you, on the other side take the first small road on the left, it soon changes into an unpaved road that leads you around the hill; after about 10 minutes you reach the service station (right after the point where the motorway bridges over the ave). For orientation: you can see the service station from the train on your right just before you reach ''Castellbisbal''.
	
* [http://www.wikimapia.org/#y=41469502&amp;x=1974599&amp;z=16&amp;l=0&amp;m=s&amp;v=2 Location]
			
'''Option 3:''' Take the metro and get off at ''Monumental''. From there pass by the ''Plaça de Toros'' (Bullfight Arena) and start hitchhiking at the last traffic light by the ''Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes'' / ''Carrer Padilla before'' streets corner where the road leads to the motorway C-31. When the light turns red ask people if they're heading towards the motorway. If yes, ask them if they can take you to the first petrol station (''&quot;gasolinera&quot;'')... Off you go to France!
* [http://www.wikimapia.org/#y=41400908&amp;x=2183522&amp;z=17&amp;l=3&amp;m=h&amp;v=2 Location Option3]

'''Option 4 - towards [[France]]'''
Take a Renfe train from Passeig de Gracia, direction: St Celoni, and get off at Montcada y Reixag station (journey will take you about 10min). Walk under the railways and pass through the station building. At the other side you will find yourself at a pedestrian commercial street. Follow it to the right. Pass the church, traffic lights and the bridge. Continue walking straight until you pass Lasalle Collage and as you are under the motorway, turn right. Walk under a small railway bridge and as soon as you are at the other side, turn left. There is a turning gate with passage prohibited. Cross it and continue along the road till you get to Agrip station &quot;La Pausa&quot;. It takes less than 10 min walking from the train station.

What i would do is take the &quot;Cercanias&quot; train to go to Sant Celoni, for example, which is close to the highway, only one hour from bcn, and hitch from there. There's a gas station close to the train station.

=== West, towards [[Zaragoza]], [[Madrid]] ===
Choose the petrol station in ''Castellbisbal'' as described above (Option 2).

=== Anecdotes ===
Copied from [[Talk:Barcelona|the talk page]]:
: ''&quot;I hitched from Castellbisbal in August 2006. Instead of walking back along the tracks, I crossed the road and walked down the hill, by some allotments. The guy who worked at the station pointed to the two mountains and told me to go between them. I did, and it worked. I passed under a bridge via a dirt track (the road was being built as I passed) and just past that, on my right, was the service station. I hoped the fence, crossed the footbridge, and hitched south in the shadow of a big 'X' monument. After about an hour and a half, I got picked up by an off-duty police who'd been in Barcelona for a health check up. He gave me a ride all the way to Amposta, and sang Kylie Minogue songs. Good times.&quot;''

I feel this is not anymore possible, as since 2008 there is a new high speed train track (&quot;AVE&quot;) running almost paralell to the motorway and has big safty fences on both sides. so you have to take the new bridge which has some pedestrian walk way as well.

PS I tried today the very central (and thus fast to reach) option 3) and waited only 5 min (ok i was accompanied by a girl and had a huge Montgat sign) to get a ride from Gran Via /Padilla street outside of Barcelona along the coast. The willing driver can stop on a marked area. see the google map foto link: http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&amp;source=s_q&amp;hl=de&amp;geocode=&amp;q=barcelona+bullfight&amp;sll=51.344339,10.415039&amp;sspn=13.601146,38.847656&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;cd=1&amp;ll=41.400646,2.18356&amp;spn=0,359.998814&amp;t=h&amp;z=20&amp;layer=c&amp;cbll=41.400771,2.183726&amp;panoid=3eh7O_7dn2E6LO-SVdRxKw&amp;cbp=12,259.6,,0,12.74
in theory only cars on the right hand side lane of the 3 lanes going out of barcelona can use this &quot;stop ober possiblity&quot; marked on the street, but our driver crossed the still red traffic light to make it to the right even from the middle lane.

== Getting in ==
=== From France ===
When on the main motorway from France to Barcelona, some cars are being stopped at the border for identity and luggage check. When going to Spain (Catalunya), there are several big rest areas on that road. You can either ask your driver to let you out in towns (with train stations) and cities along that road, such as [[Girona]] or [[Rubí]] and [[San Cugat]] (latter two are better options), or get out of the car at a rest area and to wait for another ride to Barcelona. A train ticket generally cost you between €1,30 (San Cugat/Rubí) and €10 (Girona).

You can also ask the driver to leave you at the junction by the university (''Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona''). There is a [[roundabout]] right by the motorway ramp. The only challenge is that your driver has to be going from the junction of ''Barbera de valles'' on the right site of the motorway as it gets split - otherwise you leave the car at ''Castellbisbal'' [[service station]].

You can also try to get a ride to the [[Costa Brava]] - there you will find many train stations with trains to Barcelona. There is a cheap train service along the coast all the way to Barcelona (as of 2004, the ticket for the longest distance was 4 euro).

== Barcelona Public Transport ==
The Barcelona public transport system consists of an underground metro, trams, area trains, and buses.  Day passes are a little more than 5 euro, and cover the whole transport system, buses, trams, metro, and area trains (Rodalies and FGC).  Single passes are for the metro only, and cost 1.30.  The best deal is the T-10, which is 10 rides for 7.20 - .72 per ride.  These tickets will also let you into the RENFE system, but you risk getting controlled if you go very far (more than 2 hours or so).  

The entrances sometimes have turnstiles and sometimes have sliding electronic gates.  It is easy to jump the turnstiles or slide underneath.  It is possible to climb over the electronic gates, but that will only work if the station is deserted. Also, you can open them hanging with all your weight on them (but only on those letting people out).  Also, it is easy to pass more than one person through the electronic gates on only one ticket, though they will beep when you do this.  Some gates are monitored, others are not.  The TMB employees dress in red, or red and white striped shirts.  If they spot you, some will turn their head, others will tell you to go back and pay.  Controllers sometimes come on the trains, other times they check as you're getting off (easy to escape).  The fine is 40 euro, 20 if you pay it the same day.  You have 30 days to pay. In most of cases though it is possible to avoid getting fined by playing &quot;stupid tourist&quot; who thrown away his ticket and can't speak the language or saying that you have no money and you will never pay it anyway.

Many stops have multiple entrances and some are easier to jump than others. 

Jaume 1:  the main entrance is busy and heavily patrolled;  the entrance on the north side of Via Laietana is turnstiles with infrequent patrol.

Urquinoana:  most entrances are turnstiles, the main ones are often patrolled;  the smaller ones only sometimes. It is more than sure that you will find at least one entrance unpatrolled.

Arc de Triomf: at least one entrance unpatrolled.

Hostafrancs:  the main entrance with the escalator and the entrances closest to the market are electronic gates;  the entrances on either side of Creu Coberta have turnstiles and are almost never patrolled.  

Maria Cristina:  electronic gates, almost always patrolled

Tarragona:  turnstiles with sporadic patrol

Liceu:  gates with frequent patrol

Drassanes:  gates, infrequent patrol

Canyelles:  gates, infrequent patrol

Catalunya:  very busy station, electronic gates with distracted patrols  

Sants Estacio:  The main entrance through the train station is heavily patrolled; smaller entrances may be less so.

== Staying in Barcelona ==
[[Accommodation#Hospitality_exchange_networks|Hospitality exchange networks]] have many members in Barcelona, however, you have to plan your stay well ahead since it is quite a popular destination. 

Other options include sleeping on the beach, in parks and elsewhere. 

When staying on the beach in Barcelona, you may notice thieves. They walk around and observe people on the beach for hours before stealing anything. Even though they aren't usually hostile or confrontational, they can steal clothes off your back while you're asleep. The only sure way to keep your things safe is to bury it in the sand and sleep on top of it. Sleeping with your head on your bag is just not enough.

Another option is sleeping by the roundabout of the Colom monument near the port at the end of ''Las Ramblas'' although the traffic nearby can be quite noisy. You can sleep near statues of lions and as long as you are low-key about it, both police and locals probably won't disturb your stay. Hitchhiker [[Zac]] did this is October 2006 and had no problems with thieves, but discretion is wise nonetheless.

Another great option is to take a late train to the park in the North-West of Barcelona. For example, you can take the S2 to ''Sabadell'' (ticket zone 1) leaving from ''Placa de Catalunya'' and getting off at ''Baixador de Vallvidrera'': there is a big park which is nearly like a forest, and you will find a very good and lonesome place to stay within 500 meters from the station.

You can also take the metro from &quot;Placa de Catalunya&quot; to &quot;Canyelles&quot; station, walk about 200 yards uphill from the station and find some nice hills to camp/sleep out/hang a hammock in.

== More information ==
* [http://www.hitchbase.com/ergebnisse.php?LANG=eng&amp;abfrage%5Bstartort%5D=164 Hitchbase] has some more options on alternative ways to hitchhike out of Barcelona.
* [http://www.tmb.net TMB.net]  Barcelona public transport website


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      <text xml:space="preserve">Hitchhiker '''food''' can consist of crackers, granola bars, greens, peanut butter, etc.; anything that will give you energy, while at the same time being small, readily available, and not too prone to being smashed in your pack (such as potato chips).

If your budget is not so tight you will probably eat a lot at [[gas stations]].
Some of them can pleasantly surprise you, for example some gas stations in [[Finland]] that serve fries and self-service salad for only 2 euros. Avoid gas stations in [[France]] at all costs, unless you consider 3-4 euros a good deal for a bag of chips and a 33ml carton of orange juice. In Poland, fast food like hot dog can cost only about 3 PLN (1 EUR = 3.50 PLN).

Free food is plentiful in much of [[Europe]]. Try sandwich shops, bakeries, patisseries and other places like that around closing time. Often you get enough bocadillos to last for a few days!  ''Also check [[:trash:|Trashwiki]] for more detailed info.''

In the [[United States]] a tremendous amount of food can be recovered from dumpsters - just about any type of food that's sold will eventually show up in the trash.  Grocery stores are the best, with large amounts of clean, fresh produce that's just ripe for eating but too ripe to sell, among other things.  Another highly recommended option is to use [[Food Stamps]] when hitchhiking, which can make the difference between eating cheap food that's terrible for you and good, nutritious groceries you can pick out.

''See also [[Health]]''


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'''Latvia''' is a Baltic country. It is a member state of the [[European Union]] as well as the [[Schengen Agreement]]. There are a lot of hitchhikers and hitchhiking is fairly easy. Even in the middle of nowhere, along important routes, even along the [[E67]] (''Via Baltica''), it's quite easy to get a ride.

=== Legality ===
It is allowed to hitchhike in Latvia (at least there are no laws which forbid that), but of course in places where you do not danger road safety. Very, very rarely (but still) people expect you to pay for a ride. It is a common practice here to use signs of the cities, countries where you want to get a ride to, but thumb also works fine.

=== Cities ===
* [[Riga]], Latvia's capital
* [[Jelgava]]

=== Language ===
If you don't speak Latvian, Russian is often a good way to communicate with people who don't speak English. Just ask if someone speaks English by asking ''Gavarite pa-angliski?'' in Russian. Then people are able to choose which language they prefer to communicate in.

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:Hi!  Thanks for stopping! I don't speak any Latvian and I am trying to hitchhike to [[Lithuania]]. I need to stay on this same motorway until I reach Siauliai, Lithuania.  From there I will go East toward Radviliskis. If you are not going that way, please drop me off in a good spot to continue hitchhiking along the way.

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:Sveiki! Paldies, ka apstajaties!  Es nerunaju Latviski, es stopeju uz lietuvu. Man jabrauc pa so celu (E77), kamer tiksu lidz sauliem. Es dodos austrumu virziena uz radviliskis pec tam. Ja jus nebraucat uz turieni, ludzu izlaidiet mani tada vieta, kur es varetu turpinat stopet!

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'''Brussels''' is a very international city. While still walking around in the center you might be able to spot some cars from other countries. For instance, when heading to [[Paris]], check the French numberplates with 75 or 90-something (Paris and its suburbs).

== Hitching Out ==
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=== South-West towards [[Charleroi]], [[Mons (Bergen)|Mons]], [[Lille]], [[Paris]] (E19) ===
* On the ''Internationalelaan'' (Boulevard International) close to the motorway entrance, there is a lot of traffic and much space for cars to stop, even a [[petrol station]] where you could ask people directly. To get there, take Bus #78 from the South Station in direction of ''Humanite'' and get out at the stop ''Bollinckx''.
Keep in mind that you are now in the middle of an industrial zone!

* Another recommended option is to take Tram 4 to [http://maps.google.be/maps?f=q&amp;source=s_q&amp;hl=nl&amp;geocode=&amp;q=stalle&amp;sll=50.795438,4.31848&amp;sspn=0.001417,0.003449&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;radius=0.08&amp;rq=1&amp;t=h&amp;ll=50.795438,4.31848&amp;spn=0.001417,0.003449&amp;z=18 &quot;Stalle&quot; (Terminus)]
then walk on further on the main road till the Drogenbos motorway exit (800m ).
You can stand at the [http://maps.google.be/maps?f=q&amp;source=s_q&amp;hl=nl&amp;geocode=&amp;q=stalle+prolongee&amp;sll=50.792373,4.316597&amp;sspn=0.045358,0.110378&amp;g=drogenbos&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=50.792468,4.304082&amp;spn=0.001329,0.003449&amp;t=h&amp;z=18&amp;iwloc=A traffic light under the motorway bridge]: As cars need to wait to turn left, its possible to ask drivers to take you south, or to the [http://maps.google.be/maps?f=q&amp;source=s_q&amp;hl=nl&amp;geocode=&amp;q=stalle+prolongee&amp;sll=50.792373,4.316597&amp;sspn=0.045358,0.110378&amp;g=drogenbos&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=50.779119,4.300139&amp;spn=0.002836,0.006899&amp;t=h&amp;z=17&amp;iwloc=A next petrol station on the motorway], which is 1500 meters further.

'''Alternative destinations along the E19:''' 
* [[Halle]], to eventually join the E429 to [[Tournai]] or [[Lille]].
* [[Nivelles]], at the junction with the E420 to [[Charleroi]] and the N25 to [[Louvain-la-Neuve]].
* [[La Louviere]], junction with the E42 eastward.
* [[Valenciennes]] at junction with the A23 to [[Lille]].

=== South towards [[Louvain-la-Neuve]], [[Charleroi]], [[Namur]], [[Luxembourg]] (E411) ===

One of the best things to do is to go to the Station &quot;Beaulieu&quot; in Ixelles (''Metro 1A direction Herrmann-Debroux''). You will notice many cars stopping at traffic lights just before the station. This road connects with the motorway towards the South. I got a lift in less than 2 minutes. There is a big service station 10 minutes down the road if needed for further lifts. 

Note that the E411 starting from there head direction South to [[Namur]], [[Luxembourg]], [[Lorraine]] in [[France]] and [[Rheinland-Pfalz]] in [[Germany]]. Many junctions, such as the southern ring near Jezus-Eik, gives the chance to reach the E19 (towards [[Charleroi]], [[Mons (Bergen)|Mons]] and [[Paris]]) or the E42 just north of [[Namur]]. Using a sign would ease the journey but remember that none of these junctions are hitchhiking friendly.

=== South towards [[Waterloo]] (local hitching) ===
Public transport to the site of [[Waterloo]] battlefield are deficient, so hitch-hiking could be a solution for those who wish to do a day excursion to that historic site.  The best is to reach 'Ter Cameren Bos' (Bois de la Cambre) at the border between Ixelles and Ukkel (Tram 94 - 23 - 24) and find a spot along the Chaussee de Waterloo.
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=== North or East, towards [[Leuven]], [[Antwerp]], [[Liege]], [[Germany]], [[Netherlands]] (E40 - E314) ===
You can easily hitch out of Brussels in direction East from the European / Business Quarter.

 {{Roadworks}} : The following option is unavailable due to road works (21/08/2008)'''

* The first option is to hitch at the entrance of the Tunnel located at the gate of the Jubelpark (Parc du Cinquentenaire) on the Blijde-Inkomst laan (Avenue de la Joyeuse-Entree) on the side of the 'Rond-Point Schuman' (metro access 1A/1B direction Herrmann-Debroux/Stokkel). There is a street light and a side parking just at the entrance of the tunnel, you may simply stand by the light with a sign and the cars can immediately pull to pick you. This hitching point is an easy start to go to [[Leuven]] or [[Liege]] or possibly reach the services in Leuven on the E40 or on the E314.

''(Note: this spot works perfectly during business hours, but the traffic is low on Sundays or during holidays; note that it is also possible to catch a ride in direction North [[Antwerp]] from there too but a sign is required)''


* Another , second , good option is to hitch at the red lights on the [http://maps.google.be/maps?f=q&amp;hl=nl&amp;geocode=&amp;q=rue+du+belliard+10+,+bruxelles&amp;sll=50.84508,4.369297&amp;sspn=0.010351,0.026608&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=50.844945,4.368825&amp;spn=0.010704,0.026608&amp;z=15&amp;iwloc=addr Rue du Belliard]. Its a one way street with 4 lanes and most cars enter the Tunnel at the end of the street , that goes onto the motorway towards [[Leuven]] , [[Liege]] , [[Aachen]]. Make sure to ask your driver they go onto the motorway , and go towards [[Leuven]]. The first petrol station on the motorway is right after the exit to [[Leuven]]. If your driver goes to [[Leuven]] he can miss hes turn and still go to the town through the petrol station. Nearby public transportation to this second hitch spot are Metro station &quot;Trone/Troon&quot; , and also several bus lines.

=== North towards [[Antwerp]] ===
There is no direct easy way to hitch from Brussels to [[Antwerp]], although there is some alternative means to reach the ring in the hope to catch a ride along the E19 or the A12. Sadly those are always in periphery of the city.

==== (A12) ====
A good option is to take a train to Brussels International Airport. Here you walk out of the airport terminal, pass a Shell service station, and walk along the side road until it joins with the motorway. Cars are going relatively slow and there is plenty of room for a vehicle to pull over. A lot of these vehicles are going in the direction of Antwerp, at least. There is a big service station before Antwerp for you to be dropped at for other destinations.


Take the tram #4, #19 or #23 to the stop ''De Wand'' or ''Esplanade'' (#4) and walk along the Avenue de Meysse up to the Antwerpselaan, crossing the Romeinsesteenweg you can hitch along the Antwerpselaan to catch a car that would get onto the motorway at the Exit #2 of the A12. It is still possible that the car join the ring and the E19 towards [[Antwerp]] as Exit #3 is the Ring of Brussels junction.

Note: hitching further south on the Vuurkruisenlaan is a bit jeopardized as there are no places for a car to pull aside before it reaches the A12. The only possibility, as there is side parking along the road, is if there is sufficient space due to the fact that no cars are parked. Which makes it definitely a bad spot.

==== (E19) ====
{{infoneeded|Find a good spot at the E19}}

=== North-West towards [[Gent]] ===
Let people take you to the Basiliek of Koekelberg. Then ask them the direction for the motorway. They'll indicate you to the back of the Basiliek of Koekelberg = Keizer Karel laan.  Hike till for 1,4 km till on your right the Baselix Shopping Center, where you'll find 2 petrol stations.  Stay there as people fill up with petrol for going to e.g. [[Gent]] or [[Brugge]].
Just ask people.. won't take you more than 10 minutes to get a hike.

Take tram 82 from the South Station in direction of 'Berchem' until the stop 'Berchem Shopping'. From there walk up the Av. Charles Quint, reach the train bridge and you are at the beginning of the E40 in direction of Gent. Just hitch after the traffic lights, where there is a vast area for a car to pull aside behind you. The circulation is dense but cars can easily pull aside and get back on the road quite safely.

There are two services along the E40 between Brussels and Gent that you can always manage to reach: 
# 'Groot Bijgaarden' is about 2.5km from the spot you are standing
# 'Wetteren' is some 34km from Brussels and about 15km from the center of Gent

== Hitching in ==
If you do not encounter a driver that goes inside the city, but takes the Northern Ring around the city, you can ask them to pull off the motorway (E40) at '''Exit #7a/7b''' ''(Chaussee Romaine/Parc des Expositions/Tentoonstellingspark)'' (basically, the Atomium and Heysel Stadium area) or at '''Exit #8''' ''(Wemmel)''. At both exits drivers can immediately rejoin the motorway at the sliproad opposite the exit.

From there, you simply have to walk towards the Expo park to join the Tram (23 - 81 - 94) or Metro (1A) stations at 'Koning Boudewijn' or 'Heysel'.

=== East ===
If you arrive from the East, you might also ask to be left at the Services along the E40 in [[Leuven]], before arriving in Brussels, with the mean of catching a local ride that would get into town. This might be necessary if your driver goes up along the E19 to [[Antwerp]], as there won't be any places for him to drop you off.

=== West - South ===
If you arrive from the North-West, ([[Gent]]), you can ask to be dropped at the Services in Groot-Bijgaarden which is 2.5km before the ring of Brussels along the E40.

If your ride only takes the Western Ring anyhow (from Gent or the south), you can ask to be left at the Exit 16 and gain the Metro 1b, stations 'Eddy Merckx' or 'Ceria' which are at footsteps.


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    <title>French Guiana</title>
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|country = French Guiana
|language = French
|capital = [[Cayenne]]
|pop = 202,000
|currency = Euro ( € )
|hitch = ? (''doable'') ?
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'''French Guiana''' is an overseas region of [[France]] in [[South America]].

Even the Lonely Planet says that hitchhiking is doable, so unlike the former British colony [[Guyana]] (which is considered rather unsafe), you can stick out your thumb without too much worries. Naturally, it helps if you can speak French.

:''[[User:Wisdomseeker|Wisdomseeker]] has hitchhiked in French Guiana - it is certainly 'doable'. It is generally a safe country (technically an overseas department of [[France]]).''

===Cities===
* [[Cayenne]]


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    <title>Hamburg</title>
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      <timestamp>2009-04-30T09:51:00Z</timestamp>
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        <username>Platschi</username>
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      <minor/>
      <comment>some more specific info. article needs some clean up / rewriting as it is quite confusing :)</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">{{Hitchhiking Zine nomination}}
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|country = Germany
|map = &lt;map lat='53.5533628' lng='9.989319' zoom='9' view='3' /&gt;
|pop = 1.773.218 (28 February 2008)
|state = Hamburg
|plate = HH
|motorways = [[A1 (Germany)|A1]],  [[A7 (Germany)|A7]],  [[A23 (Germany)|A23]],  [[A24 (Germany)|A24]], [[A25 (Germany)|A25]]
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'''Hamburg''' is the second largest city in [[Germany]] and is located in the north. 

== Hitching Out ==
[[Image:Hamburg_hitchspot.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Hitching Spot at ramp ''Hamburg-Schnelsen'']]

=== North: [[Lübeck]], [[Puttgarden]], South: [[Hannover]] [[Netherlands]], [[Lüneburg]] ===
If you want to go south or towards [[Lüneburg]] you should start at '''Raststätte Stillhorn'''. It is easy to get there. Just take S3 or S31 to Wilhelmsburg and then a bus (line #13) to Kirchdorf-Süd. You get off at the last stop. Just follow the road for some 50 meters and then you will hear the motorway A1. After crossing a little bridge you're already on the parking lot of the [[service station]]. Walking distance is about 3 minutes. If you need to go to the other side of the highway, cross the little bridge and walk right for ~500 meter. There, cross the highway by walking under the tunnel, and behind it you already see the service station to your left. Just behind the on-ramp there's a little path towards the service station.

If you are going towards the [[Netherlands]], get a ride south to ''Dammer Berge'' (just before [[Osnabrück]]), where the [[A1 (Germany)|A1]] joins the [[A30 (Germany)|A30]] in the direction of [[Rheine]] and [[Amsterdam]].

=== North or South towards [[Lübeck]], [[Denmark]], [[Bremen]] ===

* There is also a service station you can go to on the '''A1'''. To get to it take a S-Bahn train of line S3 or S31 to Wilhelmsburg, then you take the bus 351 (direction Moorwerder, Kinderheim) and get off at Stillhorner weg (NOTE: this is incorrect. The stop to get off at is called something else, but I forgot the name. I took this advice and ended up wandering around for twenty minutes looking for the station before, on his way back to Hamburg, the busdriver pointed me in the right direction!). The ticket cost 2,70€ (as of feb. 2009). maybe ask the bus driver to tell you where it is as its confusing where to get off. From what i remember its that you get off beside a big bank of grass just after you cross nearby the motorway you should be able to see a hotel across a field , walk down a small path about 200m and the service station '''Stilhorn''' is there.

* For going north to mainland [[Denmark]] (direction [[Flensburg]], [[Kiel]], [[Kolding]]) take the metro ''U2'' towards ''Niendorf-Markt''. From there get out and ask people for the bus station (''Busbahnhof''). There take bus #191 until stop ''Sellhopsweg''. Get out there, walk some 200m back to the traffic light. You'll see that the road going left follows the way to the motorway. There's no footpath, so you have to walk along the green space next to the road. Might be tricky in winter, easy in summer. Just take care when trucks and cars coming from behind! After some 300m you're at the ramp. There's enough space for you to stand on, and it's easy for cars to recognize you and to stop. Have a look at the picture for this spot. Oh, someone mentioned that this spot might be illegal to stand on, but can you find an ''Autobahn'' sign in the picture ? ;-)

=== East towards [[Berlin]] and North East towards [[Copenhagen]], [[Scandinavia]] ===

[[Image:Leaving Hamburg direction Puttgarden.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Hitching on Horner Kreisel - illegal version!]]
[[Image:Hamburg-Berlin.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Hitching on busstop Caspar-Voght-Straße - legal version!]]

If you're planing to hitchhike towards [[Berlin]] on the [[A24 (Germany)|A24]], there's a big [[roundabout]] in the southeast of the city where it's possible to catch a ride directly to Berlin or at least part of the way. This spot is called the ''[http://horner-kreisel.hitchbase.com/ Horner Kreisel]'' and is a popular hitchhiking spot for many hitchhikers in [[Germany]]. The easiest way to get there is from the Station ''Hasselbrook'' (S1, S11). You leave the train in the direction of Steindamm, upstairs turn right and the after a few meters left into the Caspar-Voght-Straße. Follow this street 500 meters until the big crossing with Sievekingsallee. On the opposite side of the Sievekingsallee you'll see the busstop ''Caspar-Voght-Straße''. Here you can stand and wait for a ride. This works fine.

Some years ago they reconstructed the Horner Kreisel. Earlier it was possible to stand in the middle of it on an busstop, but it was moved. Now the busstop is located ''before'' the roundabout where the cars are driving pretty fast, and on the Kreise the cars have no opportunity to stop.

Some hithchhikers claim that hitching on the roundabout turn-off direction Berlin is easier, as here you have much more traffic going your way. It's  recommended to stand immediately after the roundabout, in the grass before the blue motorway sign. Cars can stop right after the motorway sign. This place is used by many hitchhikers.  It's not uncommon to find a direct right to Berlin in 5 minutes. But it has to be pointed out that doing so is against the law, for the Autobahn starts there - and you must not walk or stop on it. Hitchhikers and drivers, who stop there, can be fined.

You probably want to go to [[Puttgarden]] for going into [[Scandinavia]]. You can hitch to the ferry at Puttgarden, and get a ride straight to [[Copenhagen]]. If you ask the people after they paid the ticket you can cross for free (and save 7 Euros).

== Resources ==

=== Drink ===
Free refills, pick up a cup and get high on fizzy drinks. At:
* ''Mundsburg(U2)'' in McDonalds
* ''Billwerder-Moorfleet''(S21) in IKEA

=== Internet access ===
At ''Hauptbahnhof'' in McDonalds for free.

=== Callshops ===


=== Public transport ===
Blackriding is possible, albeit risky. Controllers are very frequent and often wear civil clothes, so they cannot be noticed before the doors are closed. And since they do not receive hourly wage but salary depending on how many people they catch, playing the &quot;dumb tourist&quot; will have no effect on them; they want you in their record. The good news is that even if they ask you to pay the fine on the spot (40 euros), you can say you don't have the money and then you have two weeks to pay it. Or, give them a false address and just never pay it.
For routs of public transport check hvv.de or http://www.geofox.de/base/welcome.jsp

== Links ==
* [http://www.hitchbase.com/ergebnisse.php?LANG=eng&amp;abfrage%5Bstartort%5D=19 Hamburg in the Hitchbase] - Nine entries, all in German
* [http://horner-kreisel.hitchbase.com/ Petition] for the roundabout ''Horner Kreisel''


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    <title>Kelebekler Vadisi</title>
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      <timestamp>2009-05-21T17:10:17Z</timestamp>
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      <comment>+map; faralya's official name</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">&lt;map lat='36.483968739256866' lng='29.126815795898438' zoom='11' view='5' float='right' /&gt;


'''Kelebekler Vadisi''', also known as ''Butterfly Valley'', is a remote valley south of the port town [[Fethiye]], [[Muğla (Province)|Muğla province]], [[Turkey]]. It offers travelers a chance to do volunteer work in exchange for food, shelter and a great time. The work can be anything from gardening to bartending.

==Hitching In==
There are 2 ways to reach the valley. 
* The most common one is by boat. During the summer season there will be boats leaving [[Ölüdeniz]] 3 times a day. At other times they will only go when the weather permits it and when hired.
*An alternative way of reaching the valley is to climb down the mountain. The cliffs are a bit step but the trail is very easy to follow and offers a safe way down. 
To get to the mountains you should first walk along the road to [[Ölüdeniz]] there you will be picked up in no time. You can ask for rides to Butterfly Valley and most people will understand you, in case they don't say [[Faralya]]. This is the village located on top of the valley and also where the trail down the mountain begins. Keep in mind that Faralya is officially named &quot;Uzunyurt&quot;, so better look for that on official traffic signs.

==External link==
* [http://www.butterflyvalley.com Butterfly Valleys homepage]

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    <title>Fethiye</title>
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      <comment>typos, sorting, infobox, correct province</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">{{Infobox Turkish Location
|country = Turkey
|state = Muğla (Province)
|map = &lt;map lat='36.639773979496574' lng='29.112396240234375' zoom='11' view='0' float='right' /&gt;
|pop = 50,000
|plate = 48
|motorways = [[D400 (Turkey)|D400]]
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'''Fethiye''' is a touristic destination on the south coast of [[Turkey]] relatively close to [[Antalya]].

Roads around Fethiye are generally good but be aware that most roads turn and twirl around the mountains and sea edges and drivers tend to drive somewhat carelessly. Generally the people who pick you up are Turkish either from the area or people on holidays. You will find that quite a few people do speak some English or German and are generally very eager to help.

==Hitching Out==
During summer time or high tourist season there is a lot of traffic all along the south coast between [[Antalya]] and [[Izmir]]. There is no problem to get in and out of Fethiye in any direction since there is a lot of traffic. You should aim to get to the national main-road [[D400 (Turkey)|D400]] either on Dolmuş or hitchhiking away from the center of the city following the signs for [[Muğla]] or [[Antalya]].</text>
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    <title>Antalya</title>
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{{Infobox Turkish Location
|country = Turkey
|state = Antalya (Province)
|map = &lt;map lat='36.9125' lng='30.6897222' zoom='11' view='0' float='right'/&gt;
|pop = 775,157
|plate = 07
|motorways = [[D400 (Turkey)|D400]], [[D650 (Turkey)|D650]], [[D685 (Turkey)|D685]]
}}
'''Antalya''' is a city in the south-west of [[Turkey]]. It is the capital city of [[Antalya (Province)]]. 

==Hitching Out==
Hitchhiking out of town is extremely easy, just walk to one of the bigger main roads and hitch a ride.
==Links==
* {{Wikipedia-link}}

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    <title>Ölüdeniz</title>
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        <username>Guaka</username>
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      <text xml:space="preserve">The [[Turkey|Turkish]] place '''Ölüdeniz''' is a super tourist trap.

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    <title>Потребител:Ghostish</title>
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        <ip>Ghostish</ip>
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      <text xml:space="preserve">ghostish is tobbe, tobbe is ghostish. currently hitching in turkey</text>
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    <title>Потребител беседа:Ghostish</title>
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      <timestamp>2006-04-12T16:17:12Z</timestamp>
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        <username>Guaka</username>
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      <comment>hi!</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">hi! Thanks for your edits! I removed some categories though. They can be handy, but we don't need to much of them I guess. :) [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 16:17, 12 April 2006 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>New Brunswick</title>
    <id>1887</id>
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      <timestamp>2009-05-11T03:06:36Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Maplefanta</username>
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      <comment>/* Places of interest */</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">'''New Brunswick''' is [[Canada]]'s only official bilingual province.  Though officially bilingual, it is not necessarily synonym that one traveling to New Brunswick will be able to get along in their native tongue. The majority of Francophones speaks good English (particularly in the south), while the majority of Anglophones can scarcely ask where the washroom is in French. The situation is further muddled by the existence of a local dialect known as ‘Chiac’ - a combination of 400 year old French, English, and slang which has somehow coagulated into a functioning (if occasionally bewildering) language unto itself. 
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The French speaking population (Acadian) is historically located along the coast in their historical 'Acadie' region, which goes from the [[Quebec]] border until the Confederation Bridge and further south. The English speaking population is traditionnally located more inland by the river area. The languages regions are usually well reflected by the town names which either reflects the tie with England while the French town names are more often traditionnal Acadian or Native names.

Having said that, New Brunswick is a fantastic place to hitch. Of the three Maritime Provinces ([[Nova Scotia]], New Brunswick, and [[Prince Edward Island]]); New Brunswick has been found to be the easiest place to get a lift, to a degree that one may occasionally hitch from point A to point B in as little time as it would have taken them to drive. 

=====To See=====
New Brunswick’s major urban centers are [[Moncton]], [[Saint John (NB)|Saint John]], and [[Fredericton]]. Moncton (the largest) offers little to a traveler with the exception of a chance to view the Tidal Bore, which is an interesting natural phenomenon. Aside from that, the bar scene’s not too bad, and if you happen to be the sort of person who has a thing for filthy strip-clubs, then you’ll find you’re in luck; otherwise, it is best avoided. Saint John is a beautiful and interesting city, particularly its market, and is a decent stop-off point on the way to the US border and other points such as St. Andrews and St. Stephen. Fredericton is by far the most picturesque of the three, offering river tours, a good bar scene, and an art gallery. This said, the main attraction of New Brunswick is the Acadian coast with it's amalgam of huge dunes complex and sandy beaches mixed with tiny traditional fisherman's port.

The three cities form a sort of triangle in terms of highway access; each is roughly an hour to an hour and a half from the other two. Saint John is the easiest of the three to hitch into or out of, as the highway runs directly through it. Fredericton is a little more tricky, and can be nearly impossible to hitch out of heading south (a sign is recommended). 

== Cities ==
* [[Fredericton]]
* [[Moncton]]
* [[Saint John (NB)|Saint John]]

== Border Crossing to [[Maine]], [[United States]] ==

== Places of interest ==
The places of interest which may be easily accessed from the main highway with little messing around on back roads include: 

* ''' Parlee Beach:'''
Just outside Shediac, near Moncton. Nice sand, nice water, fun place to spend a day

* ''' Kings Landing Historical Settlement:'''
Located above Fredericton (the Provincial Capital) and only a few minutes walk away from the main highway at the Lake George exit.

* '''The Hopewell Rocks:'''
Formations of conglomerate rock created by the impressive tidal action of the Bay of Fundy. Take Route 114 from Moncton heading towards Fundy National Park. The Park is also worth a visit and has a Hostel. Just after the Rocks, on the way to the Park, in a village called Riverside Albert there is a bar (easily visible from the highway) known as the Village Pub which I highly recommend. Say ‘hi’ to Terry for me. These sites are located in Albert County, which is probably the easiest place to hitch in the province. 

* '''The Sackville Waterfall Park:'''
Visible from the main highway, located in the charming town of Sackville (close to the Nova Scotia boarder). It’s actually rather boring, but is a nice place to eat a sandwich.

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    <title>Italy</title>
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      <timestamp>2009-06-22T07:58:05Z</timestamp>
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        <username>Quarim</username>
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|in = Southern Europe
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|capital = [[Rome]]
|pop = 59.619.000
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'''Italy''' is a member state of the [[European Union]] as well as the [[Schengen Agreement]], and so are [[France]], [[Austria]], [[Switzerland]] and [[Slovenia]]. Border crossing will be no problem at all.

In Italy hitchhiking is a bit less common than in France or [[Germany]] but it's very well possible and doable.

You can get a free map of a whole Italy at almost every [[petrol station]] (autogrill). This map has all petrol stations marked in the map.

Roads are often not laid out for bicyclists and pedestrians which makes it harder to walk towards or find good spots. Always make sure to stay safe, and do some research before heading out to hitch.

Even though most Italians do not speak English (or at least there is such a common assumption) they seem to understand a lot of it. Same goes for Spanish.

&quot;Hitchhiking&quot; is ''autostop'' in Italian. Just say ''autostop'' and the name of your your destination or show your thumb, otherwise Italians would think you are asking the directions as Italy has a lot of tourists. 

To avoid misunderstandings for both of the above, it's a very good idea to write a sign.

Also, try writing the name of a sensibly chosen city some 2-300km in the right direction. For example, if you're heading from Milano to Napoli, few people will be going that far in one stretch. So try writing first ''Firenze'', then ''Roma'' and finally ''Napoli''. You might get there in just those three stops.

The northern part of Italy is quite safe but take care in the south of Italy. When pitching a tent in the wild make very sure to stay out of sight.

'''Hitchhiking (Il)legal?''' - Hitchhiking on the ''autostrada'' is not legal (there are big signs saying ''no autostop'' at motorway [[on-ramp]]s) but it is unclear even to Italians whether this extends to petrol stations (''area servizio'') on the autostrada. Most likely, this sign originally was meant to stop people from walking on motorways. An American that encountered police (''polizia'' who drives light blue cars) at an ''area servizio'' on the motorway was simply warned not to walk on the ''autostrada'' and to stay at the station until finding a ride. Once you are on the motorway, don't put your thumb out, not even at the exits of service stations - then the police will warn you. Try rather asking drivers while they refill their cars.

If you're on a petrol station it's a good idea to stay on friendly terms with the staff. When starting, it's probably a good idea to find a spot before drivers encounter the ''no autostop'' sign; once you have passage onto the ''autostrada'' it is fairly simple to skip from one service area to the next until you arrive at your destination. It's less likely that you will encounter problems if you're not Italian -- and, if you speak Italian, don't reveal this to police (or the armed forces ''carabinieri'').

* See also '''Hitchhiking in Italy''', an article on [http://www.digihitch.com/europe44.html Digihitch] by [http://www.digihitch.com/userinfo-hikecrazy.html Hikecrazy]

== Hitching in Italy ==
{|
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!Region
!City
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| style=&quot;vertical-align:top; padding-right:3em;&quot; |
* [[Südtirol]] 
* [[Sardegna]]

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* [[Bologna]], [[Bergamo]]
* [[Florence]]
* [[Genova]]
* [[Milano]]
* [[Napoli]]
* [[Padova]]
* [[Rome]]
* [[Sabaudia]]
* [[Torino]], [[Trento]]
* [[Trieste]]
* [[Venice]]
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=== Towards [[Austria]] ===
Take the motorway [[A23 (Italy)|A23]] (in the eastern part of Italy) to [[Austria]] (don't try to hitchhike through [[Switzerland]], it's very difficult). Follow the [[A23 (Italy)|A23]] to [[Villach]] and [[Salzburg]] to get through the Alps very easy. On that way, you will also find a lot of people heading to [[Hungary]], [[Slovakia]] and [[Slovenia]].
You can also try to hitch [[A22 (Italy)|A22]] to [[Bozen]], [[Innsbruck]] over the [[Brennero]] but it's quite difficult to find a hitch from A4 to the A22 except when it is holiday time.
Also, don't go via [[Milano]], it's really difficult to get out of the ring because almost everybody drives into Milano and very few stop at service areas located nearby.

There are a lot of tourists from Austria and Germany, especially in summertime. The new European car plates start with a letter on the left side of the plate, representing the country. Most Austrian (A on a plate) and German (D on a plate) are on the way to the sea or on their way back from holidays, so if you want to go North or South, try to find Germans or Austrians (usually, they speak better English than the Italians, too).

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      <text xml:space="preserve">Hi! Wilkommen bei dieser Hitchhike Wiki! Danke für deine ''additions''. Aber es wäre besser auf English zu schreiben. Auch wenn dein English vielleicht nicht gut genug ist, es gibt hier ein Paar Leute die es gerne verbessern. Vielleicht ist es später möglich ein Tramp Wiki auf deutsch anzufangen. Aber jetzt ist es meiner Meinung noch nicht gross genug dafür... [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 23:34, 24 April 2006 (UTC)</text>
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The '''United Kingdom''' is a member state of the [[European Union]] which forms the so-called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Travel_Area Common Travel area] with [[Ireland]] and is not part of the [[Schengen Agreement]]. Hitchhiking in the United Kingdom is feasible although the British are a little surprised (especially in [[England]]) to see people still doing it these days since it has become a dying trend largely due to the safety worries and very busy roads. You will still manage a ride somehow but you really need to be at the right spot. Hitching in [[Scotland]] or [[Wales]] tends to be more easy than in southern [[England]] although this depends from county to county. For example, the rural mentality in the [[South West (England)|South West]] makes it a lot more easier than trying to hitch in the [[South East (England)|South East]] or [[East (England)|East Anglia]]. It seems the closer you are to big cities, especially London the harder it is.

Like anywhere else, it is illegal to walk on motorways, and so hitchhiking is best done from the bottom of [[slip road]]s and at [[service station]]s (at discretion of the owner). Highways Agency officials may question you if you hitch from sliproads on motorways as technically you are not allowed to do this, but the police will not pay any interest; the Highways Agency staff are more pedantic than the police regarding that.

When traveling a long distance on the motorways it is best to stick to the service stations as getting a lift on a slip road will take an exceptionally longer time. Don't get dropped at any motorway junctions (''M25/M4'', ''M4/M5'' etc.) as traffic will be going too fast to stop and you will probably be picked up by the police.  In case you ''do'' get dropped there your best option is probably to start walking a bit away from the motorway, and if you're a foreigner, attach a sign to your backpack saying e.g. ''from Holland''.

Useful tip: In city libraries you can use Internet PC's for free after a short free registration (some want to see a passport, some aren't that strict). Legally this should be available to everyone, but in some localities, staff may say its only available to local residents or library members. In this case just ask to join the library.

If you're hitchhiking long distances and considering making a sign, in general people use the motorway names rather than the city names. For example, from [[London]] to [[South West (England)|Cornwall]] have a sign saying ''M4''. But if you are hitching on a motorway with multiple cities (i.e. ''M1'') it is an idea to use a sign with the city name (e.g. [[Nottingham]], [[Sheffield]]).

==== Hitchhiking towards [[Western Europe]] ====
[[Image:Carl Nai Maroc.jpg|thumb|300px|right|[[User:Carl|Carl]] and his hitch partner Naomi leaving [[Cardiff]] for [[Morocco]].]]
Hitchhiking ''from'' [[England]] to [[France]] is possible. Just hitchhike in direction of [[Dover]] along the ''M20'' in the [[South East (England)|South East]] to reach the ferries or [[The Channel Tunnel]].

You can also hitch from Immingham docks in [[Hull]] to [[Zeebrugge]]. Hitching from Scotland to [[Scandinavia]] is also possible. Due to fears of terrorism and illegal immigration authorities may ask you not to wait near the docks.

==== Hitchhiking from [[Western Europe]] ====
Hitchiking ''to'' Great Britain is possible. When coming from [[France]], make sure you stay on the A26. Loads of truck drivers are heading from [[Switzerland]], [[Luxemburg]] and [[Germany]] to Great Britain. So if someone offers you a ride to [[Lille]], make sure you stay on the A26 or you might get stuck.

If coming from Zeebrugge note that the truckers usually can have 2 passengers on the manifest so if you travel this way you don't need to pay for a ferry ticket. Cars usually charge for every passenger on this route, but often from France it's a price per car no matter how many are inside.

==== Hitchhiking towards [[Ireland]] ====

Ferry Timetables for boats between Ireland and Britain
http://www.aferry.co.uk/dublin-holyhead-ferry.htm 

Through [[Holyhead]] in the North. This is possible, but longer journey times make it a bit more difficult. Also there are less places to stop if you don't get lifts.

==== Hitchhiking from [[Ireland]] ====
{{infoneeded|Help complete the information and providing it on the Ireland page as well}}


==== Countries ====
For more specific information about the countries, islands and cities within the ''United Kingdom'', have a look at this overview of British constituent countries and affiliations: 

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== Links ==
* Wikipedia contains [[:wikipedia:Category:Motorway_service_stations_in_the_United_Kingdom|articles about service stations]] on the motorways in the UK!
* [http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/services/map/ Map of Services Stations] - Motorway Services Online
* [http://www.liftshare.org Liftshare.org] is a UK based lift share website
* [http://www.frixo.com Frixo Traffic Reports] – Live travel updates for UK roads / motorways
* [http://www.motorwayservices.info/ Motorway Services Info] UK Motorway Services Information (Reader's Comments)

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'''Oxford''' is home to one of the [[UK]]'s most prestigious Universities and is a tourist hot spot.
==Hitching Out==
===South-East towards [[London]] or North towards [[Birmingham]]===
* '''Route:''' A40 (Eastbound), [[M40 (UK)|M40]]
'''Option 1''' - a truck stop near Thornhill Park and Ride

[http://www.parkandride.net/oxford/html/sites/thornhill.html Thornhill Park and Ride] is situated along A40, at the eastern edge of Oxford, 4 miles out of city centre. You can easily get there by any Park and Ride bus - this includes all London-bound buses (X90 and Oxford Tube). The current single fare is £1.60.

Exit the Park and Ride site, cross the A40 and walk east (towards M40). In 1/2 mile you will arrive at a truck stop, which is a good hitch-hiking spot.

'''Option 2''' - Oxford Motorway [[service station]]

See below.

'''Option 3''' (North only)

If you are hitching up north, you can also try the A44/A34 junction (there is a petrol station there too). It's a 3-mile walk or a bus journey to Pear Tree Park and Ride

===South towards [[Portsmouth]], [[Southampton]], [[Winchester]], [[M4 (GB)|M4 Motorway]], West towards [[Swindon]]===
* '''Route:''' [[A34 (GB)|A34]]
'''Option 1''' - Botley [[Interchange]]

Take any bus going to Botley or Seacourt Park and Ride. Botley Interchange (A420/A34 roundabout) is a few hundred metres away from the Park and Ride site.

The best way to get on to Botley Interchange roundabout: when on the bus to Botley keep a look out for a 70s looking tower on your right. You will then pass under a bridge which carries the A34 (ring road). Just after the bridge there will be a small alley way on your right. Go up this path which takes you to the roundabout. It is the safest and best route.

On the A34 Southbound slip road there is a nice long area of hatched markings, which is a safe and convenient place for a vehicle to stop to pick you up. Also, the speed is limited to 50mph.
This worked well for user [[User:Lnx|Lnx]] on the 22nd of February 2008 - the waiting time in the morning (7:05am) was about 4 (four!) minutes.

The A34 Northbound slip road is also useful. From here you can hitch towards Bicester on the M40, from where you can travel North or South

From the same roundabout A420 continues to the west towards [[Swindon]] via rural Oxfordshire. This road has low speed limits and speed cameras - for this reason most traffic going to [[Swindon]] and [[Bristol]] uses [[A34 (GB)|A34]] and [[M4 (GB)|M4]].

'''Option 2''' - A4074/A34 junction. This is the junction where A34 meets the Oxford's Southern Bypass Rd. 

Here you can either hitch on the slip road, or walk along A34 to the South or 1/2 a mile - there is a nice and long lay-by, where all A34 Southbound traffic is able to stop.

==Oxford Motorway Services==
* '''Access''': [[M40 (UK)|M40]] Junction 8A, A418 (off A40)
* '''Site Type''': Single site, used by traffic in all directions
* '''Postcode''': OX33 1JN
* '''Distance from Oxford''': 11 miles
The services are a good hitch-hiking spot, as they are visited by traffic bound for all directions - North/South (via M40), East (via A40) and West (via A418). 

The site is accessible by public transport from Oxford - the bus no. 280 (towards Aylesbury) leaves Oxford from Queen's Lane (stop K2) every 30-60 minutes. The journey takes 28 minutes.

An alternative option would be to start walking in the direction of Headington (St Clement's Street, A420), and try to get a lift on the way towards the services or at least A40 (Thornhill Park and Ride or truckstop). There is a &quot;Shell&quot; [[petrol station]] on London Rd in Headington, so you may try asking for a lift there.

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'''Colombia''' is a country in [[South America]]. Yet it's not an easy country to hitchhike, it is not as bad as they say. There is a lot of paranoia about the security situation in the country. And some areas are outright dangerous due to fights between government and FARC rebels. However, the conflict is very predictable and usually limited to certain areas in the countryside. Check with your foreign ministry or recent guidebook.

[[Image:Hitching a huge truck in Colombia.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Hitchhikers [[Katja and Augustas]] with a driver of a hitched a truck in Colombia]]
Like anywhere in Latin America, the biggest danger is to be robbed, which may happen if you travel alone. Bus transport is decent and reasonably priced, although not as cheap as in neighbouring countries like Bolivia.

To cross from Colombia to [[Panama]] you ve got to overcome the [[Darien_Gap|Darien Gap]]. You can do that by booking a five day trip with a private sailing charter from Cartagena, although it's often not cheaper than a flight. Moreover, you might get in trouble if one of your fellow travellers decided to smuggle some cocaine out of the country. 
*It is possible to cross from Panama to Colombia without paying $200-$1000 for a private boat or plunging too deep into the Darien − the trek involves a few minor ferries and long walks down east-coast Panamanian beaches. Try yacht-clubs (out of storm-season). You might also find passage working on coconut-trading boats, but be prepared for a several-week ordeal. If you persevere, you can find a way and will get across; nevertheless, the Panama-Colombia border is one of the more dangerous places in the western hemisphere, and should not be taken lightly.

===Cities===
* [[Bogota]] (Capital city)
* [[Cartagena]]
* [[Medellín]]
* [[Cali (Colombia)|Cali]]
* [[Barranquilla]]
* [[Bucaramanga]]
* [[Santa Marta (Colombia)|Santa Marta]]

==Experiences==
[[Image:Hammock under the truck in Colombia.JPG|thumb|left|230px|Hitchhiker [[Katja and Augustas|Katja]] resting in a hammock under the truck]]
''In the spring of 2008 me and a Colombian female friend went for some hikes in the countryside around Bogotá. We went to the village of [http://maps.google.nl/maps?f=q&amp;hl=nl&amp;geocode=&amp;q=guatavita&amp;sll=4.835102,-73.560333&amp;sspn=0.714302,1.235962&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=4.921306,-73.850098&amp;spn=0.714211,1.235962&amp;z=10 Guatavita], where a 7 km dirt road leads up to the 'Laguna Sagrada'. On the way a milk truck picked us up. A great experience, standing on the back of a truck driving up a bumpy road, the wind in our hair. On the way back we easily scored a ride back to Bogotá, in a car with a bank employee who liked talking about football. The dirt roads in the countryside are not busy, but everybody seems willing to pick you up. Same experience in Puente Nacional late one evening, where we got a ride from a farmer for a few pesos.'' --[[User:Leimac|Leimac]] 21:50, 25 September 2008 (CEST)


''In 2007 I hitched from Cartagena to Ipiales in a few days. Stayed on the main roads. No troubles. Rode trucks &amp; personal cars. God Colombia is beautiful.'' -k
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      <text xml:space="preserve">Hi Lobsterboy! Thanks for your contributions! Do you have any idea about the name? Hitchhiker's Guide to Hitchhiking is a bit long. I wanna make it a bit shorter... But need some feedback before I plunge forward. [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 20:28, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

:Check [[project:Community Portal]] :) [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 15:10, 5 May 2006 (UTC)</text>
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      <text xml:space="preserve">{{delete|No real use for [[Ulm]], no description of spots, etc. It's only a summary of the way including general tips. Might only be partial useful for a [[Route:Ulm-Bibione]] section, if anybody is interested in this ;) Will translate the information on free maps at Autogrills in Italy, though. --[[User:Platschi|Platschi]] 11:15, 19 January 2009 (UTC) }}
This page is for text placed on this wiki written in other languages than English. Feel free to translate stuff into English, here, or directly in the right place.

Also, at some point someone might want to start a hitchhike wiki in another language. :) [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 20:33, 4 May 2006 (UTC)


==German==
''moved here from [[Ulm]]''


===Ulm (Germany) nach Bibione (Italy) ans Meer (ca. 8 -15 Stunden)===
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(Wer will kann sich die Mühe machen, es in Englisch zu übersetzen oder zu editieren.)
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'''Vorne weg:'''

Besorgt euch einen detallierten Autoatlas für Europa, mit eingezeichneten Raststätten, auch ob es ein WC gibt oder eine Tankstelle, Restaurant ...


Wir starteten vom Rastplatz Illertal auf der A7 vor Memmingen, wahlweise kann man auch direkt in Ulm starten, an der Esso Tankstelle, die gleich hinter dem Bahnhof bzw. beim Ikea liegt.
Auf der gegenüberliegenden Seite, ist ebenfalls eine Esso Tankstelle Richtung Stuttgart bzw. München A8.

Von Memmingen A7 Richtung Kempten (Raststätte Illertal) kommt man dann über die A96 nach München, anzumerken ist hier noch, dass hier nur Ortskundige fahren da auf der A96 wenig Verkehr ist, eine andere Route nach München, über A8, ist von daher evtl. anzuraten.&lt;BR&gt;
Wenn ihr jemanden gefunden habt der Richtung München fährt, erkundigt euch auch gleich bis wohin er fährt, am besten gleich nach Salzburg oder so.Aber auf jeden Fall bis zur nächsten Raststätte '''nach''' dem Münchner Ring. Denn auf dem Ring gibt es keine Raststätten außer Vaterstetten (meines Wissens nach), kann man auch mal hier nachschauen:&lt;br&gt;
[http://www.best-restaurants.de/aurade.htm Raststätten Verzeichnis].&lt;br&gt;
Wenn ihr in München festsitzt war es das für euch, auch nicht irgendwo an einer Ausfahrt\Auffahrt am Ring aussteigen, ihr kommt da nie wieder weg. Kurz vor dem Ring gibt es meines Wissens nach nur noch Parkplätze ohne Tankstelle und Restaurant.

Kurz hinter München auf der A8 ist dann wieder eine Raststätte, oft hilft es auch freundlich zu fragen ob der Fahrer euch nicht noch bis dorthin fahren kann.

Über die A8 an Rosenheim vorbei, geht es dann Richtung Salzburg, die Strecke über Innsbruck A96 scheint mir hier weniger gut, aber geht sicher auch, muss man dann halt notfalls übers Land trampen – ich würde es nicht machen.

Dann von Salzburg aus über die A10 runter Richtung Villach, dort ist ein Autobahn Dreieck, also ist wieder jemand zu finden der euch mit rüber nimmt und zwar Richtung Udine A23.

Vor Udine gibt es wieder einen Rastplatz (Autogrill),  dort am besten aussteigen, denn viele fahren dann nach Triest runter was ja der falsche Weg für uns wäre.

'''Ganz wichtig:''' &lt;BR&gt;Besorgt euch am ersten Autogrill, so heißen die Raststätten in Italien, eine Übersichtskarte der Autogrills in Italien, die Karte gibt’s an jedem Autogrill umsonst.

Wir müssen nun über die A4 Richtung Venezia, ihr steigt dann beim Autogrill  Fratta aus.
Wenn ihr die Autobahn ca. 100 m zurücklauft, über eine Wiese\Zaun, kommt ihr an eine Brücke dort könnt ihr die Autobahn A4 ohne Gefahr überqueren. &lt;BR&gt;Nun seid ihr in Fratta und es sind nur noch 30 km bis ans Meer :-). In Fratta selber hält kein Bus ! Ihr müsst ca. 2 Kilometer ins nächste Dorf laufen, keine Ahnung mehr wie es heißt, das übernächste war Pozzi oder so ähnlich,  von dort aus fährt dann ein Bus nach St.Michele (ca.2 €).&lt;BR&gt;In St.Michele  müsst ihr dann wieder umsteigen in den Bus nach Bibione (ca.2 €). Die Busse fahren ca. Von 6 Uhr bis 16 Uhr. &lt;BR&gt;Wenn ihr ankommt in Fratta und es ist Nacht, campt irgendwo! Versucht nicht zu laufen, es ist aussichtslos, es wird euch auch keiner mitnehmen!

Voilà, nun solltet ihr am Meer stehen. 


'''Ganz wichtig:''' &lt;BR&gt;Trampen ist in Italien verboten!

Das heißt, ihr dürft zwar Leute auf Parkplätzen fragen ob sie euch mitnehmen, aber ihr dürft nicht an der Straße stehen und trampen mit Schild, Daumen ...&lt;BR&gt;
Ansonsten werden sehr schnell Carabiniere auftauchen und es euch nochmal detailliert erklären ;-). 


'''Allgemeine Tipps:'''

Wenn ihr kein Italienisch sprecht, probiert es auf Englisch, aber Englisch ist erst seit 10 Jahren Pflicht an italienischen Schulen...

Wenn ihr Italiener fragt ob sie euch mitnehmen, benutzt immer den Autoatlas um ihnen zu zeigen wo ihr hinwollt. Sagt was von Autostopp, dann verstehen es die meisten.

In Österreich ist trampen zwar nicht verboten, aber an vielen Tankstellen hängen Schilder, mit dem Hinweis: Autostopp verboten oder ähnlich, also Kopf unten halten, meistens sagt dann auch keiner was. 

Nehmt immer ein Schild und einen Edding mit, um evtl. Ortsnamen anzuschreiben, aber es ist immer erfolgreicher die Leute direkt anzusprechen.

Wenn ihr zu zweit seit, stellt sich einer immer am besten an das Restaurant und einer an die Tankstelle, um die Leute zu fragen, aber immer Sichtkontakt halten, damit man eventuellen Opfern, ;-), den Partner zeigen kann.

Oft hilft es auch subtile Botschaften zu vermitteln, wie:

„Wenn ich Sie frage würde ob Sie Richtung ... fahren und 2 Leute mitnehmen würden, würden Sie doch Nein sagen - oder?“

Durch diese Unterstellung geraten die Leute in eine schwierige Lage und sind dann oftmals sehr hilfsbereit ;-).

Oder:

„Ich weiß es ist blöd, eine allein fahrende Frau anzusprechen, aber vielleicht...“

Schwarzfahren im Bus in Italien solltet ihr auch nicht, die kontrollieren auch auf offener Strecke.Tickets gibts in Tabakläden und kleinen Läden die nahe an den Busstationen liegen.&lt;br&gt;

Nehmt ein Zelt mit!

Ein gepflegtes Erscheinungsbild und Freundlichkeit helfen ungemein um mitgenommen zu werden ;-).

So das wars, ich hoffe die kleine Anleitung hilft euch ein bischen, alle Angaben sind natürlich ohne Gewähr.

P.S.
3 Lifts auf dem Rückweg^^</text>
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      <text xml:space="preserve">Besides [[Hitchwiki]] there are quite a few decent '''websites''' out there with info about [[hitchhiking]].

==Practical info==
* '''[http://www.liftershalte.info/ Liftershalte.info]''' is a world map where everyone can mark hitching spots.
* The [http://www.hitchbase.com/index.php?LANG=eng Hitchbase] is a database where hitchhikers can seek for good places to hitchhike. Most entries are in English but some are written in German, too. It is not that easy to update the information there but what is already updated fascinates at times (e.g., tips for hitching in [[Finland]]).

* '''[http://www.traveloblog.com traveloblog.com]''' is a community site where many hitchhikers store their travel blogs. The most known of them is [[Ludovic Hubler]], [[France|French]] hitchhiker who finished his 5 year travel around the world utilizing various form of hitchhiking.


* '''[http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/hitch_hiking Suite 101]''' is a sort of on-line magazine which ran a monthly hitchhiking column from October 1996 to February 2003. The columnist, [http://bernd.wechner.info Bernd Wechner], ceased writing for Suite 101 in 2003 and the archive at Suite 101 itself has fallen into an embarrasing state of disrepair since. Bernd Wechner has however archived all the articles written for that column on [http://bernd.wechner.info/Hitchhiking/Suite101/ his own site] and [http://www.digihitch.com/featured_salman.html Morgan Salman Strub] has archived them on digihitch along with a wealth of other material from many contributors.

* [http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/kjokisal/liftaus/ Hitchhikers' guide to Europe] is a website by Kirsi Jokisalo with tips about hitchhiking in several European countries.
* [http://hitch-hiking.org/ hitch-hiking.org] is a great site in English and German with lots of general information about hitchhiking, legal issues, including at the same time dozens of funny anecdotes.
* [http://www.franknature.nl/hitchhike/hitchhike.htm Hitchhiking in the Netherlands] (Ad-Hoc-Carpooling) - a neat website by [[User:Fverhart|Frank Verhart]].

* '''[http://www.ehow.com/how_4848627_hitchhike-effectively.html How To Hitchhike Effectively]''' An easy but comprehensive guide to hitchhiking including how to pick up prepare, find the best hitching spots, pick up rides, and enjoy rides.

* [http://www.reddit.com/r/hitchhiking/ Hitchhiking reddit] - user submitted articles and discussion.
* [http://www.hitch-hiking.eu Travel through Europe for free] - Suggested rides for travel, maps, chat and useful links.


===Digihitch===
* '''Digihitch''' is a complete web portal devoted to hitchhiking, with thousands of members around the world, and a new, original content every day. The site receives over 40,000 visitors each month. [http://www.digihitch.com Digihitch.com] has many different areas of information to: showcase new stuff, help travelers prepare for a trip, or to allow registered members to share stories and articles.
* [http://www.digihitch.com/forums.html Great Campfire Forums] - Discussion forums with thousands of topics on everything related to hitchhiking, including forums on road culture and regional travel. People new to hitchhiking can get help in the ''Sparkies'' forum.
* [http://www.digihitch.com/world/ Digihitch World] - Map-based navigation of worldwide hitchhiking resources. Click on a country or sub-region to view its stories, links and discussion groups. Members can also vote for each region based on 5 key points (including affordability, safety and 'hitchhikability')
* [http://www.digihitch.com/encyclopedia.html Encyclopedia of Road Sub-Culture] - Includes hundreds of biographies, song lyrics, travel terms and movies. Favorites include our ''Hitchhiking in the Movies'' section- listing all movies that have hitchhiking- and ''Celebrity Sub-culture'', with a listing of actors, musicians and other notables who have been on the road.

==Other languages==

There are also Hitchwikis (or sister projects in other names) in other languages, [[:es:|Spanish]], [[:de:|German]], [[:fr:|French]], [[:fi:|Finnish]], [[:pt:|Portuguese]], [[:bg:|Bulgarian]] and [[:ru:|Russian]].

===Finnish===
* '''[http://www.liftari.org Liftari.org]''' is a community webpage for Finnish hitchhikers. It's a community blog started in early 2004 that contains tips and stories about hitchhiking. The site is mostly in [[finland#Language | Finnish]] although foreigners who come to [[hitchhiking | hitchhike]] in [[Finland]] can post questions on the forum, too.

===German===
* [http://deu.anarchopedia.org/index.php/Tramp-Ratgeberin Hitchhike info on Anarchopedia] - '''wiki''' which is available under the ''GNU Free Documentation License'' (compatible with this wiki).
* [http://abgefahren.hitchbase.com Abgefahren e.V. - Deutsche AutoStop Gesellschaft] - German Autostop Society which has regular meetings, interesting ideas, etc.

===Russian===
* [http://www.hike.ru hike.ru] - [[Russia|Russian]] site with some information [http://hike.ru/?newlang=eng in English]

===Spanish===
* [http://www.autostopargentina.com.ar AutostopArgentina] is a community page for hitch-hikers from [[Argentina]] and [[South America]] in general. There's lots of detailed data about hitchhiking in Argentina, HOWTO's, and a forum with more than 1200 registered members.


== See also ==
* [[Wikis]] for wiki websites
* [[Multimedia]] for an overview of different media stuff on hitchhiking


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      <text xml:space="preserve">'''Hitchhiking a plane''' is possible. It takes some effort but it sure is not impossible. Especially in the past it was done more regularly (reference missing).

== Hitching private planes ==
Hitching rides on small/private planes can be done, though it may be a much less spontaneous process than hitching rides in cars.

If the airport has a small coffee shop or restaurant nearby, hang around and make conversation (pilots are sometimes recognizable by flight-bags and jepsen charts – small chart-holders which strap onto the knee or upper thigh, leaving both hands free). Obviously, acting like you're interested in flying will help your case!

You can offer to wash planes – the going rate in the [[United States]] is around $50, or ask to come along for the next trip. Be prepared with a bucket and sponge, and feel comfortable asking where the spigot and hose are. At really small airports, planes which get flown a lot look like it – dirt streaks, flat grass around the hangar.

Your best bet is to try for lifts from public airfields, particularly early on weekend mornings. On  larger or international airports you can try the executive terminal (also called the commercial desk). However because most pilots who'll be flying longer distances (e.g. 500+ miles) have done their planning beforehand (and already have all the necessary charts, [[weather]] information, etc), they may not stop by the pilots' lounge (or another public place) before heading to their hangar. This may decrease the spontaneity possible in catching a ride: a note on the airport's cork-board, or at the message-board of a small cafe frequented by pilots may give you better results.

Often pilots looking to up their air-miles (for increased certification, etc) will make routine weekly flights to cities several hours off by car. ''Be sure to ask if they're planning on landing!'' Students taking their last flight (called a ''cross country'') before obtaining their license may also be willing to take passengers who can split/help with fuel costs – though technically speaking, this is illegal, it can happen under an “I won't say anything if you won't” agreement. Notices on busy flight school message boards are a good way to make connections for this.

Correction: It is not illegal to split the cost of fuel and A/C rental. The rule for Private Pilots say they can not make profit out of their passengers. However student pilots working towards their CPL do many long X-country – and its perfectly normal to split costs with them.

With rising fuel costs, pilots may be much less likely to take passengers: in a small plane, your added weight is significant. Though it's not in the spirit of hitchhiking (or more in the spirit of Romanian hitching), if you're willing to offer to split or help with gasoline costs, your chances may be better. Keep in mind that offering to split costs on a small single-engine plane (like a Cessna 150) will run you about the cost of driving; splitting the costs for larger planes may be comparable to renting a car+gas, or even to flying on a commercial flight.

== Hitching Commercial Planes ==
You can also hitch Commercial Planes. It goes pretty much the same as hitching cars, though it takes you more effort generally. Just go to airport and ask people if they want to buy a ticket for you. It might take you a while but if you are crazy enough to ask people, someone will be crazy enough to buy you one.

In the end, it is just a matter of statistics. Someone ''will'' buy you a ticket, sometimes you just have to talk to a lot of people and it really depends on the story you tell and how you approach people.

Your best options are the ones who wear suits. It is not them who pay for the ticket, but their company. A trick you can let them do, is that they tell their company they missed their flight, and so they had to buy a new ticket. This new ticket is for you. The price itself is not listed on the ticket, they only need the receipt to get the reimbursement.

There are stories from hitchhikers who traveled like this.

== Inexpensive Flights ==
Flight-tickets can be bought pretty cheap sometimes. But it is not the same as hitchhiking.
* [http://www.airhitch.org/ airhitch.org] was started in the 1960's by students. Now it looks more like a money making scheme. Wikipedia has some more information, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airhitch article] and check also the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Airhitch talk page].
* [http://www.airtech.com/ airtech.com] is reputed to be a better, less scam-y seeming, company.

You might have more luck [[hitchhiking a boat]].


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In the [[United States|American]] state '''Pennsylvania''' hitchhiking is only illegal on the Turnpike, so only do it on or near the on ramps. The police will never stop you from hitchhiking as long as you are not on the [[interstate]] itself, where it is rightly considered a [[safety]] issue. Hitchhiking is generally well-received in rural areas of Pennsylvania. I-80 in particular has many good hitchhiking spots and is not heavily patrolled by police, and should be considered the optimal way of hitching across the state. 


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*[[Altoona, Pennsylvania|Altoona]]
*[[Bethlehem, Pennsylvania|Bethlehem]]
*[[Easton, Pennsylvania|Easton]]
*[[Erie, Pennsylvania|Erie]]
*[[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Harrisburg]]
*[[Hazleton, Pennsylvania|Hazleton]]
*[[Johnstown, Pennsylvania|Johnstown]]
*[[Lancaster, Pennsylvania|Lancaster]]
*[[Norristown, Pennsylvania|Norristown]]

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*[[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]]
*[[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]]
*[[Pottsville, Pennsylvania|Pottsville]]
*[[Reading, Pennsylvania|Reading]]
*[[Scranton, Pennsylvania|Scranton]]
*[[State College, Pennsylvania|State College]]
*[[Washington, Pennsylvania|Washington]]
*[[Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania|Wilkes-Barre]]
*[[Williamsport, Pennsylvania|Williamsport]]
*[[York, Pennsylvania|York]]
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      <text xml:space="preserve">'''Tokyo''' is the capital of [[Japan]]. 

:''Copied from [[:wikitravel:Hitchhiking in Japan|Wikitravel]] with permission from the author, [http://jpatokal.iki.fi Jani Patokallio].'' &lt;!-- this version: http://wikitravel.org/wiki/en/index.php?title=Hitchhiking_in_Japan&amp;oldid=111542 --&gt;

It is almost impossible to hitch out of [[Tokyo]] or any large Japanese city by waving your thumb on the [[Tokyo/Ginza|Ginza]].   Thus, to get out, you have to find the places where drivers going out congregate, which in practice means '''service areas''' (サービスエリア ''sābisu eria'', '''SA''') or '''parking areas''' ('''PA''') on the large toll expressways (高速道路 ''kōsokudōro'') connecting Japan's major cities.  As you might guess, service areas are larger and better equipped than parking areas, but surprisingly few Japanese are familiar with the difference so it's easier to label them all service areas.

A useful rule of the thumb (pun intended) is that if you can get somewhere on a train for less than 2000 yen, hitchhiking the distance is unlikely to be worth the trouble.  For destinations around Tokyo, such as for [[Mount Fuji]], [[Hakone]], [[Nikko]], hitchhiking is unlikely to be worth the trouble...  until you actually get there, that is.  All three regions have expensive local transport but plenty of unhurried tourists driving about, always a good combination for the hitchhiker.

==How to get out of Tokyo==
Lots of expressways radiate off Tokyo's local highway system (首都 ''shuto'').  So what you want to do is pick a destination, match it to an expressway, and get to the closest PA/SA.  Here's the list in clockwise order from west to east, you will probably find it useful to consult a 1:10000 Japanese map to get your bearings. Most English highway signs will not distinguish short and long vowels, but your driver will, so pronounce it right!

A preliminary notes about buses: in general, Tokyo's commuter bus system sucks.  They run very infrequently (typically 1/hr in the boonies), have a lunch break of several hours, and stop running early.  Try to get to the bus station before 11 in the morning, or you'll probably have to wait until 2 in the afternoon for the next one!

===Tōmei Expressway (東名)===
'''For''': [[Fuji]]/[[Gotemba]], [[Hakone]], [[Nagoya]], [[Kansai|western Japan]]&lt;br&gt;
'''Where''': Kōhoku PA (港北)&lt;br&gt;
'''Alternative''': Yōga IC (用賀), near Tokyu Den-en-toshi line (東急田園都市線) Yōga station&lt;br&gt;
'''Last verified''': February 2008

'''Directions''': Go to Tōkaichiba (十日市場) station on the JR Yokohama line through any one of a number of connections ([[Tokyo/Shibuya|Shibuya]] to Nagatsuta via Tokyu Den-en-toshi, [[Tokyo/Shibuya|Shibuya]] to Shin-Yokohama via Tokyu Toyoko, [[Tokyo/Shinjuku|Shinjuku]] to Machida via Odakyu, etc.)  The train trip is only 30 minutes, but it's a few hilly kilometers to the PA, so consult an area map before you set off. You must head EAST along the expressway, expect to take 30-40 minutes from the station.

===Chūō Expressway (中央)===
'''For''': [[Fujiyoshida]], [[Lake Kawaguchi]], [[Nagano]], [[Gifu]], [[Nagoya]] &amp; [[Kansai|western Japan]] (slow route)&lt;br&gt;
'''Where''': Ishikawa SA (石川)&lt;br&gt;
'''Where not''': Takaido IC (高井戸, near Keio Inokashira/Takaido stn.) or Eifuku IC (永福, near Keio/Meidaimae stn.), both way too busy&lt;br&gt;
'''Cost from Yamanote line''': ~800 yen&lt;br&gt;
'''Last verified''': August 2000

'''Directions''': Get to [[Tokyo/Kichijoji|Kichijoji]] (吉祥寺) via Keio Inokashira from [[Tokyo/Shibuya|Shibuya]] or JR Chuo from [[Tokyo/Shinjuku|Shinjuku]], switch to JR Chuo (preferably a ''kaisoku'' commuter express to Takao, otherwise you'll have to change trains a few times) and go to either Toyoda (豊田) or Hino (日野).  From Toyoda station (north exit), take Keio bus 日04 from platform 2 to Ishikawacho-higashi (石川町東).  They run from 7:35 to 18:15, usually at 35 past the hour, but there is no 12:35 bus.  The same bus runs to Hino station so you can catch it from there too.  The distance is about 3 km and the bus route is reasonably straightforward, so it is also walkable if you're in the mood.

Once at Ishikawachō-higashi, backtrack to the lights (I'm assuming you're coming from Toyoda), you'll see the highway on your left.  Go to the highway, but not under it -- turn left, up the hill, then open the gate that you are not supposed to open, walk up to the SA fence and jump over the one-meter gate if it is locked.  You're in!

''Note'': Chuo branches a few times, be sure you know what branch you want to go to and what branch your driver will go to.  The first is Ootsuki Junction (大月), where the road splits between the Nagano and Fujiyoshida branches; the last SA before the junction is Dangōzaka (談合坂).

===Kan'etsu Expressway (関越)===
'''For''': [[Niigata]], [[Sado Island]], [[Chubu|Japan Sea coast]]&lt;br&gt;
'''Where''': Miyoshi PA (三芳)&lt;br&gt;
'''Alternative''': Nerima IC (練馬), approx 1 km from Seibu Ikebukuro line (西武池袋線) Shakujii-kouen (石神井公園) station&lt;br&gt;
'''Cost from Yamanote line''': ~500 yen&lt;br&gt;
'''Last verified''': April 1998

Directions: Take the Tōbu Tōjō (東武東上) line from [[Tokyo/Ikebukuro|Ikebukuro]]  to Tsuruse station. From the station, take Raifu Basu #4 to the Sentoraru Byōin (センとラル病院) stop, as usual it runs once per hour except during lunchtime. The bus will deposit you on the wrong side of the parking area, cross the bridge to get to the side going away from Tokyo. Alternatively, you can walk the 3 km or so from Fujimino station; there should also be a bus from Fujimino, but it didn't seem to exist...

===Tōhoku Expressway (東北)===
'''For''': [[Utsunomiya]], [[Sendai]], [[Miyagi]]-[[Iwate]] coast, [[Tohoku|northern Japan]], [[Hokkaido]]&lt;br&gt;
'''Where''': Hasuda PA (蓮田)&lt;br&gt;
'''Last verified''': July 2005

'''Directions''': Go to Hasuda station on the JR Utsunomiya (宇都宮) line, starting from [[Tokyo/Shinjuku|Shinjuku]] or [[Tokyo/Chiyoda|Tokyo]]. Take the east exit and locate platform #3, take Tōbu (東武) bus #4 to Shiyakusho-mae (市役所前). Right before the stop the bus actually goes under the expressway, return to the bridge (don't go under it!) and head a few hundred meters up the hill/to the north along the expressway until you reach the PA. The gate may be locked, but the fence is low and jumping over it is no problem.

===Jōban Expressway (常磐)===
'''For''': [[Mito]], [[Iwaki]], [[Sendai]] (slow route)&lt;br&gt;
'''Where maybe''': Mukōjima IC (向島) up the riverside and across the bridge from Asakusa or Kahei PA (加平) from Kita-Ayase (北綾瀬) on Eidan Chiyoda subway, both on Shuto 6 connecting to Jōban&lt;br&gt;
'''Where not''': Moriya SA (守谷)

This highway is the bane of the hitchhiker, as there appears to be no decent way of getting onto it. The nearest real [[service area]], Moriya SA (守谷), is way out of town, at least 3 transfers plus a bus ride from the Yamanote.  The IC and PA listed above are unexplored possibilities.  One sure way: take a &amp;yen;2000 train to Mito and start there...

Warning: If you get on at Mukōjima IC, the road soon joins Shuto C2, after which C2 branches off again towards the Tōhoku Expressway.  Make sure you know where your driver is going!

===Higashi-Kantō Expressway (東関東)===
'''For''': [[Narita]], [[Boso Peninsula]]

What, you're going to hitchhike to catch your flight!?  Do yourself a favor and take the train, Keisei'll get you there for 1000 yen.　If you insist, you could try to catch the Expressway Bayshore Line (高速湾岸線) from [[Tokyo/Odaiba|Odaiba]] or Shin-Kiba, which transforms into the Higashi-Kantō.


==Getting off in Tokyo==
95% of the time, once on the expressway, getting back to Tokyo is a piece of cake: your driver is also going to Tokyo, so he'll drop you off at the nearest train or subway station, and you can find your way home.  Problems arise the other 5% of the time, when your driver is going either through Tokyo or to a part of Tokyo extremely far from your part of Tokyo.  What to do?

Your driver may exit the expressway just so you can get off, but this is a waste of time and money for him, as he has to fight his way back and pay an extra toll, so don't count on it.  The driver may also try to drop you off at a [[toll booth]] or at an [[interchange]], which will either get you in hot water from the authorities or dead from being hit by a car.  The least of three evils is thus getting dropped off at a service area.

Moral of the story: when near a big city, feel free to reject rides that aren't going close enough.  There will be more.

===Shuto Service Areas===
If the service area is one of those listed above, you know how to get back.  If not, you have been left at a service area not listed for a good reason.  Almost all the 15+ parking areas on the Shuto are tiny (space for around 20 cars max), suspended multiple stories above the earth with entrance/exit possible only through staff quarters, and inconviniently located to boot.  However, as getting out is a lesser crime, you may be able to sweet-talk somebody into unlocking those staff-only doors and letting you out, as long as you promise not to come back in.

The Shuto network is an indecipherable tangle that looks vaguely similar to the Tokyo subway system, except that most stations are accessible only when going in one direction and you have 5 seconds to decide whether to exit.  The parking areas are omitted from most maps, only specialty maps will usually show them.  One convention worth learning quickly: all routes and lanes going towards the center are ''nobori'' (上り, going up), whereas routes and lanes exiting Tokyo are ''kudari'' (下り, going down).  The majority of Shuto parking areas are ''nobori''-only, a small saving grace for the hitchhiker coming in, but yet another reason why they're useless for exiting Tokyo.

At any rate, I've only ended up in this situation once so far, so here's the beginning of a new list, sorted by route number.
===Shuto 3 (高速3号)===
'''Connecting to''': Tōmei

''Unknown''

===Shuto 4 (高速4号)===
'''Connecting to''': Chūō

====Eifuku PA (永福)====
'''Access''': Nobori only&lt;br&gt;
'''Last verified''': Never

Small.  Somewhat oddly located right next to a row of tollbooths and an exit (which thus cannot be used even illegally, since they'll spot you if you try to walk it!).  If you do find your way out, Meidaimae station at the crossing of both Keio lines is nearby (ask for directions).

====Yoyogi PA (代々木)====
'''Access''': Nobori only&lt;br&gt;
'''Last verified''': August 2000

A pathetic one-lane excuse for a parking area quite literally suspended three stories above the earth.  Climbing over the fence would be easy if the drop weren't likely to kill you; there's also an expressway entrance nearby, but as noted earlier, walking on it is highly illegal and dangerous to boot.  The third option was shown to me by a janitor to whom I pleaded my distress: at the furthestmost tip (from your arrival point) of the building is a door, which leads to a staircase, which leads outside.  The doors along the route may, or may not, be locked.  Once you do get out, one block straight and a few to the right will get you to Yoyogi station on the Yamanote/O-Edo lines.  (Odakyu line Minami-Shinjuku station is also nearby.)

Note that it might theoretically even be possible to get into the PA this way, literally through the back door, but I wouldn't recommend it -- if the doors are locked you're out of luck, westbound is towards Tokyo, not out of it, the Shuto splits into about 17 different directions soon after the PA, and the PA deservedly gets little enough traffic as it is.  And you'll annoy the friendly janitor.

===Shuto 6 (高速6号)===
'''Connecting to''': Jōban

====Kahei PA (加平）====
'''Access''': Kudari only&lt;br&gt;
'''Last verified''': Never

Located inside a highway entrance spiral, this one may actually be accessible from the ground.  Kita-Ayase (北綾瀬) station on the Eidan Chiyoda subway line is about half a kilometer to the east along the large road that crosses under the highway between the entrances.

===Shuto S1/C2===
'''Connecting to''': Tōhoku, Jōban

Shuto S1 becomes C2 and merges briefly with 6 before splitting off again and heading off to Tokyo Bay.  Confused?  You will be.

====Kawaguchi PA (川口）====
'''Last verified''': Never

Well, I can offer you the reassuring advice that it exists.  And you even have a 50% chance of going in the right direction.

===Tokyo Gaikan Expressway (東京外環自動車道)===
'''Connecting to''': Kan'etsu, Tōhoku, Jōban

====Niikura PA (新倉）====
'''Access''': Both directions&lt;br&gt;
'''Last verified''': Never

Small.  Close to Wakō-shi.  Often omitted even from highway maps since it doesn't belong to either the kousokudouro or the shuto systems!

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      <text xml:space="preserve">I have been hitchhiking in the UK for many years.

My home page is [http://www.jackliddle.com jackliddle.com]</text>
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    <title>Peru</title>
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|language = Spanish
|capital = [[Lima]]
|pop = 29,180,900
|currency = Nuevo Sol (PEN)
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[[Image:P6293416.JPG|thumb| [[User:Fabzgy|Fabzgy]] and [http://www.bewelcome.org/bw/member.php?cid=dome Dome] Hitchhiking a few km, standing in the door and on the back buffer-bar]]
In '''Peru''' hitchhiking is quite doable although you are usually expected to contribute to fuel cost a little bit. It is nonetheless cheaper to travel by hitchhiking than taking a bus which, in fact, is a pretty cheap way of travelling, too.

==Cities==
* [[Arequipa]]
* [[Cuzco]]
* [[Lima]]
* [[Trujillo]]


''(hitchhiking is cultural imperialism sometimes? we'll see!) Yeah! you can hitch Peru! Man, I got picked up by this amazing troupe of singing girls and their piano player who took me in and out and fed me fruit and trussed me up real nice. I was awful dirty, an what gorgeous girls. I found the south more difficult, cause no one had cars.  don't take that $80 45minute train to [[Machu Picchu]]: the money goes to big-wigs in [[Chile]], to whom Peru's ancient corrupt president sold the rail two decades ago. or so they say in [[Aguacalientes]].'' -k
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    <title>Потребител:Halibutt</title>
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      <text xml:space="preserve">Hello, I'm Halibutt and I'm a fairly experienced hiker from Warsaw, Poland. On the road on and off since 2000. So far I've been hitchhiking in [[Poland]], [[Netherlands]], [[Belgium]], [[France]], [[Spain]], [[Austria]], [[Germany]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Slovakia]], [[Hungary]], [[Romania]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Turkey]], [[Croatia]], [[Slovenia]], [[Italy]] and [[Ukraine]] (in no particular order). Many more countries are on my to-do list. For more details check my page on English Wikipedia

[http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=3765478938038540564,50.261254,19.020081%3B3277850678741953493,50.271788,19.011841%3B12135737350604256773,49.511835,18.958282%3B6267750456589957787,47.752251,18.143921%3B8491410564327743398,48.109265,20.849304%3B15416196247013306738,47.167310,19.791870&amp;saddr=Warsaw,+Poland+(Warsaw)&amp;daddr=Walentego+Ro%C5%BAdzie%C5%84skiego+%4050.262750,+19.030690+to:Walentego+Ro%C5%BAdzie%C5%84skiego+%4050.262660,+19.030490+to:69+%4049.509400,+18.961950+to:64+%4047.767190,+18.153240+to:Budapest,+Hungary+to:E71%2FM30+%4048.108340,+20.844380+to:Tokaj,+Hungary+to:Debrecen,+Hungary+to:Sz%C3%A9chenyi+%C3%BAt+%4047.176050,+19.801730+to:Szeged,+Hungary+to:Bucure%C5%9Fti,+Romania+to:Bratislava,+Slovakia+to:Warsaw,+Poland+(Warsaw)&amp;mrcr=12&amp;mra=pi&amp;sll=48.767052,17.720947&amp;sspn=1.723456,5.141602&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=48.712713,20.43457&amp;spn=3.450756,10.283203&amp;z=7&amp;om=1 my latest trip] (Romania 2007)

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    <title>Потребител беседа:Halibutt</title>
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      <text xml:space="preserve">Hi! Welcome, and thanks for your great work on [[Poland]]! :) [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 22:15, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

And thanks again, for [[Warsaw]] :) One question though: what is '''PKP'''?

Also, I started [[project:Templates]], to create some more structural articles about cities from now on. And I used [[Warsaw]] as a guideline. [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 22:54, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

===Categories===
Hi! Your user page category has been changed to '''Category:Hitchhikers in Poland''' because from now on this (along with the old Category:Hitchhikers) will be a standard categorization for hitchhikers on hitchwiki.org (see [[Category talk:Hitchhikers|this discussion here]] for the reasons of doing so). If for some reason you don't want to be categorized by country, feel free to delete country category on your page leaving only a standard Category:Hitchhikers. We hope you don't mind. 

Happy hitching, 

The hitchwiki team</text>
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'''Switzerland''' is a country in [[Western Europe]].
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In '''Switzerland''' people speak three different languages, depending on the area you are hanging around: [[Germany|German]] in the north and east, [[Italy|Italian]] in the south and [[France|French]] in the western part of the country. There is a large percentage of foreigners, as well as many  tourists. Most people will be able to understand some English.

Hitchhiking works very good in '''Switzerland''', especially in the mountain regions and small country roads, where it is quite common to pick up wanderers and hitchhikers. It's also quite easy to get lifts with truck drivers from [[Germany]] to [[Italy]] and back. There are not that many service stations along the highways, and some are not open 24 hours.

Since the mid-December 2008 Switzerland is the [[Schengen Agreement]], and long existed cross-border passport checks are on a way to be abolished.

== Cities ==
* [[Basel]], [[Bern]], [[Bellinzona]], [[Biel]]
* [[Chiasso]]
* [[Duedingen]]
* [[Fribourg]]
* [[Geneve]]
* [[Luzern]]
* [[Marly]]
* [[Winterthur]]
* [[Zürich]]
* [[St.Gallen]]

== External links ==
* [http://deu.anarchopedia.org/index.php/Schweiz:Trampstellen Anarchopedia's information about hitch spots], in German, under GFDL.
* You can find a nice online map at http://map.search.ch, including zoom, service stations and integration with  [http://www.sbb.ch the Swiss railways].


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    <title>Категория:Mongolia</title>
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    <title>Russia</title>
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|language = Russian
|capital = [[Moscow]]
|pop = 145,274,019 
|currency = Ruble (RUB)
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'''Russia''' is the largest country on Earth. There is a large number of active hitchhikers, but compared to the total number of the population it's not that much.
It is a great country to hitchhike. some drivers expect money, some not.
Count about 5 days from [[Moscow]] to [[Novosibirsk]].

== Safety ==
[[Image:2001 Hitch-hiking in Russia.jpg|thumb|280px|left|[[User:Sigurdas|Sigurdas]] hitch-hiking towards [[Murmansk]] from [[St. Petersburg]]. Winter 2001.]]
Russian roads are not among the safest on Earth.

Russians like to drink vodka. And some of them like to drink vodka in their cars. Be aware of drunken drivers, but at least on trunk roads (transsiberian there are so many [[police]] checkpoints) and drivers don't want to run the risk of getting caught drunk. Then again, Russians who own a car are not very probably to be the worst alcoholics and drinking and driving is heavily penalized in Russia.

[[Image:IMG 9652.JPG|thumb|200px|right|[[User:Lucysd|Lucysd]] 200 km from [[Mongolia]]]]
To increase your safety you might want to hitchhike from police post to police post. The police posts situated on all highways with intervals of about 100 km. These posts, commonly called Post DPS, are good places to hitchhike since cars will drive by slowly, and police is always close. You can also ask the police officers to help you get a ride which really might work.

Especially the southern provinces [[Dagestan]], [[Chechnya]] (worldwide most victims), [[Ingushetia]], [[North Ossetia]] and [[Karbanio Balkaria]] have problems with landmines.

== Cities ==
* [[Cheboksary]]
* [[Moscow]]
* [[Novosibirsk]]
* [[Omsk]]
* [[Petrozavodsk]]
* [[St. Petersburg]]
* [[Yekaterinburg]]

== Border Crossing ==
===[[Georgia]] and [[Azerbaijan]]===
You will need a special premission to be allowed to cross the border. Don't try to cross the border illegal.

== External links ==
* [http://010-vladok.reitsma.ru/ Story about hitchhiking from Rotterdam to Vladivostok]
* [http://hike.ru/?newlang=eng Russian website about hitchhiking in Russia]
* [http://www.bpclub.ru/index.php Russian Backpacker, Russian hitchhiker's forum], in Russian
* [http://avp.travel.ru/ Academy of Free Travel, Moscow based hitchhiking club], in Russian


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  <page>
    <title>Tennessee</title>
    <id>1937</id>
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      <comment>isin</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">'''Tennessee''' is one of the 50 states of the [[United States]].

Tennessee and most of the southern [[United States]] is fairly conservative, so, as always, being respectful is a must for any hitchhiker.  Most of the people down here are some of the nicest folks around.  The few that aren't are everywhere, though, not just in Tennessee.  

Musicians are greatly appreciated here.  Street performing, especially country-related, is a great way to generate revenue for your hitchhiking experience.

Contrary to popular belief, hitchhiking is '''not illegal''' in Tennessee.  There is a loophole in the law regarding such, so that as long as you stand on an onramp, you can hitchhike without trouble from the police.  Carrying a sign is alright, as long as it's humorous.  People respond much better to a sign that has personality than despair.

Sales tax in Tennessee is very high - almost ten percent.  That means in general, money is tighter than usual.  Luckily, there are plenty of Dollar Generals, Wal-Marts, and gas stations to circumvent this cost.  

Tennessee is divided into three sections- West, Middle, and East.  The &quot;capitals&quot; of these three regions are, in order: [[Memphis]], [[Nashville]], and [[Knoxville]].  Remember that for determining where you need to go.

One thing that makes Tennessee appeal to hitchhikers is that the state has the largest amount of highways, bypasses, and interstates; surrounded by 8 states, Tennessee is a crossroads to the entire south, and as such your options for traveling from there are greatly improved. 

==Big cities==
* [[Chattanooga]]
* [[Knoxville]]
* [[Memphis]]
* [[Nashville]]

Smaller cities:
* [[Bristol (Tennessee)]]
* [[Clarksville]]
* [[Cleveland]]
* [[Cookeville]]
* [[Franklin]]
* [[Jackson]]
* [[Johnson City]]
* [[Kingsport]]
* [[Murfreesboro]]
* [[Oak Ridge]]
* [[Hendersonville]]

{{Template:States USA}}

[[Category:Tennessee]]
[[Category:United States]]
{{IsIn|United States of America}}</text>
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  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Потребител беседа:LetheSoda</title>
    <id>1938</id>
    <revision>
      <id>7804</id>
      <timestamp>2006-05-16T19:48:24Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Guaka</username>
        <id>2</id>
      </contributor>
      <comment>re, ~~~~</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">Hi LetheSoda!
Thanks for your additions! One technical thing: there's no need to add tags like &lt;tt&gt;&amp;gt;p&amp;lt;&lt;/tt&gt;. One other thing: I think it suffices to say the state is conservative. :) I guess there's no need to explain that hitchhikers should &quot;look out for&quot; ... &quot;Republicans&quot;. But if you think it is, well, I'll just put it back. :) [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 23:30, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Hey there-
To be honest, it is a little unfair to say &quot;Beware the Conservatives&quot;, but you have to admit it is a deterrent.  I'll try to change it later today, and put something a bit less upsetting if you want.

:Yeah, just consider that people who don't hitchhike, but pick up hitchhikers might read this as well. They should be thinking, &quot;hmm, maybe it's good to pick up hitchhikers&quot;. And I actually don't mind being picked up by conservative Republicans... I noticed, in Europe, that many people I wouldn't normally talk to can be really friendly, especially when they pick you up...  [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 15:47, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

==[[Tennessee]]==
Alrighty, I made some changes, including some interesting information- can you check my wording on the republican thing?

:Yeah, it's okay. :) I just wonder if it's good that there are many highways. In [[Germany]], for instance, the Ruhrgebiet is pretty shitty, because there are just too many highways, and if you end up on the wrong one (for your direction) it's pretty hard to get back on track.
:Did you know that you can sign your messages with &lt;nowiki&gt;~~~~&lt;/nowiki&gt;? Makes it easier to follow wiki conversations. [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 19:48, 16 May 2006 (UTC)</text>
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  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Victoria (Canada)</title>
    <id>1939</id>
    <revision>
      <id>32974</id>
      <timestamp>2009-05-11T03:13:04Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Maplefanta</username>
        <id>111</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <text xml:space="preserve">'''Victoria''' is the capital city of [[British Columbia]] in [[Canada]]. It is located on the [[Vancouver Island]] offshore from the metropole [[Vancouver]].

{{stub}}
[[Category:British Columbia]]
[[Category:Canada]]
{{IsIn|British Columbia}}</text>
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  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Категория:Illegal to hitchhike</title>
    <id>1940</id>
    <revision>
      <id>22148</id>
      <timestamp>2008-06-30T16:51:02Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Guaka</username>
        <id>2</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <text xml:space="preserve">In some parts in this world it's officially '''illegal to hitchhike'''. However, in many of these, such as [[Pennsylvania]], it's ''de facto'' allowed and no one will be fined. Be cooperative with the [[police]] though, since even if you think it's legal, they might fine you for anything they can think of, such as loitering, vagrancy, or just standing in the wrong spot.

[[Category:General info]]</text>
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  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Hitchhiker's Guide to Hitchhiking:About</title>
    <id>1941</id>
    <revision>
      <id>7813</id>
      <timestamp>2006-05-11T10:49:58Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <ip>Angela</ip>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <comment>redirect from old namespace</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">#redirect [[Project:About]]</text>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Hitchhiker's Guide to Hitchhiking:Administrators</title>
    <id>1942</id>
    <revision>
      <id>7815</id>
      <timestamp>2006-05-11T10:50:10Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <ip>Angela</ip>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <comment>redirect from old namespace</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">#redirect [[Project:Administrators]]</text>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Hitchhiker's Guide to Hitchhiking:Help</title>
    <id>1943</id>
    <revision>
      <id>7817</id>
      <timestamp>2006-05-11T10:50:30Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <ip>Angela</ip>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <comment>redirect from old namespace</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">#redirect [[Help:Contents]]</text>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Hitchhiker's Guide to Hitchhiking:Community Portal</title>
    <id>1944</id>
    <revision>
      <id>7819</id>
      <timestamp>2006-05-11T10:51:33Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <ip>Angela</ip>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <comment>redirect from old namespace</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">#redirect [[Project:Community Portal]]</text>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Hitchhiker's Guide to Hitchhiking:Community portal</title>
    <id>1945</id>
    <revision>
      <id>7821</id>
      <timestamp>2006-05-11T10:51:35Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <ip>Angela</ip>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <comment>redirect from old namespace</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">#redirect [[Project:Community Portal]]</text>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Hitchhiker's Guide to Hitchhiking:Copyrights</title>
    <id>1946</id>
    <revision>
      <id>7823</id>
      <timestamp>2006-05-11T10:51:40Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <ip>Angela</ip>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <comment>redirect from old namespace</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">#redirect [[Project:Copyrights]]</text>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Hitchhiker's Guide to Hitchhiking:Hitchhiker's point of view</title>
    <id>1947</id>
    <revision>
      <id>7825</id>
      <timestamp>2006-05-11T10:51:48Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <ip>Angela</ip>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <comment>redirect from old namespace</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">#redirect [[Project:Hitchhiker's point of view]]</text>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Hitchhiker's Guide to Hitchhiking:New entries</title>
    <id>1948</id>
    <revision>
      <id>7827</id>
      <timestamp>2006-05-11T10:52:00Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <ip>Angela</ip>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <comment>redirect from old namespace</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">#redirect [[Project:New entries]]</text>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Hitchhiker's Guide to Hitchhiking:Translatable</title>
    <id>1949</id>
    <revision>
      <id>7829</id>
      <timestamp>2006-05-11T10:52:07Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <ip>Angela</ip>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <comment>redirect from old namespace</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">#redirect [[Project:Translatable]]</text>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Hitchhiker's Guide to Hitchhiking:Why this wiki</title>
    <id>1950</id>
    <revision>
      <id>7831</id>
      <timestamp>2006-05-11T10:52:13Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <ip>Angela</ip>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <comment>redirect from old namespace</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">#redirect [[Project:Why this wiki]]</text>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Hitchhiking Wiki</title>
    <id>1951</id>
    <revision>
      <id>7833</id>
      <timestamp>2006-05-11T16:10:49Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Guaka</username>
        <id>2</id>
      </contributor>
      <comment>#redirect [[project:About]]</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">#redirect [[project:About]]</text>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Massachusetts</title>
    <id>1952</id>
    <revision>
      <id>30239</id>
      <timestamp>2009-01-19T06:12:42Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Sigurdas</username>
        <id>1658</id>
      </contributor>
      <comment>IsIn, cat., interwiki</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">{{IsIn|United States of America}}
'''Massachusetts''' is a state in the northeast of the [[United States of America]].

==Cities==
*[[Andover]]
*[[Amherst (Massachusetts)|Amherst]]
*[[Billerica]]
*[[Boston]]
*[[Braintree]] 

*[[Chelmsford (Massachusetts)|Chelmsford]]
*[[Chelsea (Massachusetts)|Chelsea]]
*[[Framingham]]
*[[Natick]]
*[[Needham (Massachusetts) |Needham]]
*[[Northampton (Massachusetts)|Northampton]]
*[[Plymouth (Massachusetts)|Plymouth]]
*[[Salem (Massachusetts)|Salem]]
*[[Springfield (Massachusetts)|Springfield]]
*[[Waltham]]
*[[Westborough]]
*[[Worcester (Massachusetts)|Worcester]]
*[[Williamstown (Massachusetts)|Williamstown]]


{{stub}}

{{Template:States USA}}

[[Category:Massachusetts]]
[[Category:United States]]
[[trash:Massachusetts]]
[[wikipedia:Massachusetts]]</text>
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  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Беседа:United States of America</title>
    <id>1953</id>
    <revision>
      <id>32546</id>
      <timestamp>2009-05-02T05:38:58Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Maplefanta</username>
        <id>111</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <text xml:space="preserve">== Dividing into regions ==

Once we get more states into the United States, do you want to divide it up into regional pages?

:Yes, of course. Just do what you consider the best division. Oh, and I'll probably be hitching in the US (and [[Canada]]) from August :) So there will be a lot of additions from me considering the US. [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 15:45, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

-_- Once I can get out there, I'll help you- for now all I can do is what to do when staying in a town. (Supplies, shelter, excetera.)

Here is a division suggestion for the States:  '''adjusted as of May 2009'''
* [[Northeast New England]] (East Coast)
* [[Southern Atlantic]]
* [[Great-Lake East-Central]]
* [[Midwest]]
* [[Western States]]
* [[Pacific States]]
It quite reflects the historical waves of settlements as well as the popular professionnal sport divisions
[[User:Maplefanta|Maplefanta]] 22:25, 2 July 2007 (CEST)

:Good idea! [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 11:01, 3 July 2007 (CEST)

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:National-atlas-timezones-2006.gif]
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Census_Regions_and_Divisions.PNG]
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_United_States]
Here is some reference... I did add a specification regarding the Mississippi river (hence the Mid-East instead of Mid West)
[[User:Maplefanta|Maplefanta]] 19:32, 13 September 2007 (CEST)

==Weird sentence==
The following parenthetical sentence needs to be clarified -in the &quot;Long vs.Short Distance&quot; section- : &quot;(Most of the traffic on the Interstate system won't be going by 'you're on ramp)&quot; -FB

:I changed it to &quot;Most of the traffic on the Interstate system won't be able to notice you while on the on-ramp.&quot; Don't hesitate to correct or improve weird sentences like this :) [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 23:43, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

==US route numbers==
I have heard some comments on how the highway numbers are organized, which include something like: East to West are odd numbers and North to South are even numbers.  Not sure if it's the other way around, but might look into it. -FB

:I'd be pleased if you can look into that! Note that you can ''sign'' your messages using &lt;nowiki&gt;~~~~&lt;/nowiki&gt;, but that works better if you [[Special:Userlogin|create a login]] :) [[User:Guaka|Guaka]]&lt;small&gt;&lt;sup&gt;[[User talk:Guaka|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup&gt;[http://www1.couchsurfing.com/guaka CS]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/small&gt; 00:20, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Will try to chat with you on the &quot;talk&quot; section.  For now it seems that wikipedia has all the info needed for a US Route Numbers section.  I'm just wondering whether it'd be better to just have a link to the wikipedia article section (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_highway#Numbering), one to the whole wikipedia article on highways (without the '#Numbering' part), one to the most general article on highways (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbered_highways_in_the_United_States), or just a brief summary of the whole idea about numbering (which would require quite some reading and work).  In any case, it's interesting reading.  If you have time, check out the following link which shows there was a LOT of planning and discussion on numbering roads (quite amazing, it seems at first sight): http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/longest.htm -FB 13:58, 8NOV2006 EST (USA)

== Advertisement. ==

I removed an advertisement for a certain fast food restaurant from the Eat section. If it didn't require a telephone survey '''and''' a purchase, I ''may'' have left it; but really folks, why such a blatant ad? There are myriad ways to scam or acquire food that are fit techniques for hitching--those are the things that belong in that section, not plugs for a specific coupon.</text>
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  </page>
  <page>
    <title>USA</title>
    <id>1954</id>
    <revision>
      <id>7850</id>
      <timestamp>2006-05-12T15:48:28Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Guaka</username>
        <id>2</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <comment>#redirect [[United States of America]]</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">#redirect [[United States of America]]</text>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Hospitality exchange</title>
    <id>1955</id>
    <revision>
      <id>7852</id>
      <timestamp>2006-05-12T22:04:17Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Guaka</username>
        <id>2</id>
      </contributor>
      <comment>redirect for now...</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">#redirect [[Finding accommodation]]</text>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Safe</title>
    <id>1956</id>
    <revision>
      <id>7854</id>
      <timestamp>2006-05-12T22:12:13Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Guaka</username>
        <id>2</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <comment>#redirect [[Hitchhiker's safety]]</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">#redirect [[Hitchhiker's safety]]</text>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Where to start</title>
    <id>1957</id>
    <revision>
      <id>7856</id>
      <timestamp>2006-05-12T22:19:26Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Guaka</username>
        <id>2</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <comment>#redirect [[Where to hitchhike]]</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">#redirect [[Where to hitchhike]]</text>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Потребител:LetheSoda</title>
    <id>1958</id>
    <revision>
      <id>7859</id>
      <timestamp>2006-05-12T22:22:23Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Guaka</username>
        <id>2</id>
      </contributor>
      <comment>added some &lt;!--nospam--&gt;s... :)</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">Name: BJ Lewis 

Occupation: Student/Hitchhiker-in-training/follower of the balance

Age: 17

Location: TN

Hobbies: MTG, video games, hitchhiking, alchemy, and writing.

Quote: &quot;Shut up. It could be worse.&quot;

You can contact me at:

leth&lt;!--nospam--&gt;esoda&lt;!--nospam--&gt;@yah&lt;!--nospam--&gt;oo.&lt;!--nospam--&gt;c&lt;!--nospam--&gt;o&lt;!--nospam--&gt;m 

Why LetheSoda?

As some of you know, the River Lethe is the river of the Greek Underworld that drinking its waters made you lose your memory. As an avid drinker of soda, I kind of like the idea that all the soda I've dranken has eaten away at my memory, thus &quot;Soda of Lethe&quot; or LetheSoda.</text>
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  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Western Europe</title>
    <id>1959</id>
    <revision>
      <id>23626</id>
      <timestamp>2008-08-15T15:54:56Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Uptojoe</username>
        <id>1525</id>
      </contributor>
      <comment>/* Countries */</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">In '''Western [[Europe]]''' it's pretty easy to hitchhike.
Choose a country for more specific information.

==Countries==
* [[Image:Flag_Austria.png|20px]] [[Austria]]
* [[Image:Flag_Belgium.png|20px]] [[Belgium]]
* [[Image:Flag_France.png|20px]] [[France]]
* [[Image:Flag_Germany.png|20px]] [[Germany]]
* [[Image:Flag_Liechtenstein.png|20px]] [[Liechtenstein]]
* [[Image:Flag Luxembourg.png|20px]] [[Luxembourg]]
* [[Image:Flag_of_Monaco.png|20px]] [[Monaco]]
* [[Image:Flag_Netherlands.png|20px]] [[Netherlands]]
* [[Image:Flag_of_Switzerland.png|20px]] [[Switzerland]]
* [[Image:Flag_of_Italy.png|20px]] [[Italy]]

[[Category:Europe]]

{{IsIn|Europe}}

[[de:Westeuropa]]
[[fr:Europe de l'ouest]]</text>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Current events</title>
    <id>1960</id>
    <revision>
      <id>9245</id>
      <timestamp>2006-11-26T12:38:38Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Guaka</username>
        <id>2</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <comment>Redirecting to [[Hitchnews]]</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">#REDIRECT [[Hitchnews]]</text>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Hitchwiki:Templates</title>
    <id>1961</id>
    <revision>
      <id>9167</id>
      <timestamp>2006-11-24T04:35:56Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Guaka</username>
        <id>2</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <comment>[[Hitchhiking Wiki:Templates]] moved to [[Hitchwiki:Templates]]</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">Here we can work on some handy '''templates''', some standard layout for articles:

=City template=

&lt;pre&gt;
'''NAME''', or '''NAME''' in LOCALLANGUAGE, is THING in [[COUNTRY]].
&lt;!-- Feel welcome to give a general introduction to the city. --&gt;

== How to get out of NAME ==
&lt;!--
First some general information about how to get out. In general, is it easy, difficult?
--&gt;

&lt;!-- For every possible direction a heading like this: --&gt;
===DIRECTION===
* '''Where to''': 
* '''Where not''': 
* '''Cost from railway operator''': 
* '''Last verified''':

* '''Directions''': 
# '''Option 1''': 
# '''Option 2''': 

[[Category:COUNTRY]]
&lt;/pre&gt;</text>
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  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Neu-Ulm</title>
    <id>1962</id>
    <revision>
      <id>28737</id>
      <timestamp>2008-12-04T13:57:59Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Prino</username>
        <id>93</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <comment>gas -&gt; petrol</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">{{Infobox German Location
|country = Germany
|map = &lt;map lat='48.3833330901' lng='10.0217628479' zoom='13' view='0' float='right'/&gt;
|pop = 51,428 (30 Dec 2006)
|state = Bavaria
|plate = NU
|motorways = [[A7 (Germany)|A7]],  [[A8 (Germany)|A8]]
}}

'''Neu-Ulm''' is a university city next to [[Ulm]], which are divided by the Danube.

== Hitching Out ==
=== North towards [[Würzburg]], [[A7 (Germany)|A7]], [[A8 (Germany)|A8]] ===
If you want to get on the [[A7 (Germany)|A7]] it's the best to walk to the ''Europastraße'' and find a petrol station there. A good one is the one close to Media Markt.

{{hitchbase_city|408}}
[[Category:Germany]]
[[de:Neu-Ulm]]</text>
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  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Taiwan</title>
    <id>1964</id>
    <revision>
      <id>17510</id>
      <timestamp>2008-01-02T23:25:26Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Maplefanta</username>
        <id>111</id>
      </contributor>
      <text xml:space="preserve">'''Taiwan''' is a very easy place to hitchhike. Taiwanese people are friendly and usually very honest. If you are an English speaker you will find, in the south at least, people eager to practice while they drive you around.

==Cities==
* [[Taipei]]

[[Category:Asia]]
[[Category:Taiwan]]</text>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Беседа:Germany</title>
    <id>1965</id>
    <revision>
      <id>22325</id>
      <timestamp>2008-07-11T11:53:20Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>MrTweek</username>
        <id>3</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <comment>: This was probably an spam bot. We had some of them before. Seems like they can't handle special characters and break them. I'm not sure, what they are actually trying to do. However, if you see such</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">&quot; If coming in with a commuter train, they easily take you out of your train to search your belongings, while your train continues without you. Forget any compensation for your ticket. This is just to show that your place should be in a freight train. Some of them act very neutrally, some others behave like louts. No use to complain any higher authorities afterwords, you won´t receive any attention, specially if you write in any other language but German.&quot;

--&gt; bullshit!!

I removed some of it. But if it's bullshit, your rewriting it would be a very welcome addition! :) [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 20:21, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
: I will try to rewrite it, my english might not be very good, though [[User:84.169.240.66|84.169.240.66]] 18:05, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

::Don't worry about spelling and stuff like that! It's a wiki! :) [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 19:53, 19 July 2006 (UTC)


Is it really usual, that custom officers check ones luggage, when travelling from Poland? Although I never travelled there, I can hardly believe that.

I removed the assertion that this will happen at the border to the netherland, because I live close to that border and I know that this is not true.

:It is not usual, but it is a border crossing and completely normal if the officers would decide to do so... as they are paid to do so under practical need or pure suspicion, it just therefore can be expected. (ps. what is the upper top section about?) [[User:Maplefanta|Maplefanta]] 19:53, 6 November 2007 (CET)
::If you are looking for experiences with custom officers at the polish border, mine as always been positive and flashing a canadian passport as always made the prior most aggressive officer, (either polish or german approaching the border by foot on the highway), continue into a fully polite chat... 
The last 2 sentences of the border crossing should be re-written, I can't understand them
[[User:Maplefanta|Maplefanta]] 19:53, 6 November 2007 (CET)
::: I rewrote it a little and hope that's better now. I'm not sure wether this information is really helpful, because i never had such problems. About the part that I removed: There is no real border to the Netherlands anymore. I crossed it very very often and never saw any custom officers. Even it they are allowed to stop and check people, this just doesn't happen nowadays. Chances for that are much higher in a soccer stadium or on music festivals. --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]]&lt;small&gt;&lt;sup&gt;[http://http://www.liftershalte.info/ site], [[user talk:MrTweek|wikitalk]]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/small&gt; 20:44, 6 November 2007 (CET)


About the mitgefahren section, mitgefahren is a carsharing website so of course you pay your driver for the service... I must say I do not understand the description made (??)[[User:Maplefanta|Maplefanta]] 19:53, 6 November 2007 (CET)
: Yeah, you're right. I hardly understood it and found it useless. I usually hitchhike because I don't want to use mitfahrgelegenheit. --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]]&lt;small&gt;&lt;sup&gt;[http://http://www.liftershalte.info/ site], [[user talk:MrTweek|wikitalk]]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/small&gt; 20:44, 6 November 2007 (CET)
:: A description of the Mitfahrzentrale website could still exist as it is decent information and quite a possible alternative, but it should simply be described for what it is and its system basically explained instead of doing an appreciation of it. I can try to sketch it out... the previous explanation on the wiki was not telling anything about it at all [[User:Maplefanta|Maplefanta]] 20:57, 6 November 2007 (CET)

Last one that modified this page, I can't see the letters you added. In stead of the normal ones, I see just random stuff (nonexistent letters and smudgy characters). Anyone else have this problem. Rolling back modification. [[User:TruckThor|TruckThor]] 23:55, 10 July 2008 (CEST)
: This was probably an spam bot. We had some of them before. Seems like they can't handle special characters and break them. I'm not sure, what they are actually trying to do. However, if you see such things again, just revert it ;) --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 13:53, 11 July 2008 (CEST)</text>
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    <title>Signs</title>
    <id>1966</id>
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      <text xml:space="preserve">[[Image:Sheffieldbedroomwall.jpg|thumb|300px|right|[[User:Tmoon|Tmoon]]'s collection of [[signs]]]]
[[Hitchhikers]] often debate about whether to use a '''sign'''. If you decide to use one there are several important things:
* Think well about what place or text to put on it: use well known places, and sometimes also road names can be used or more humorous phrases (''&quot;I don't stink&quot;'').
* Use the same font as the route directions
* Use contrasting colors: black on brown cardboard is not very good readable for passing drivers, black on white is far more readable
* Write only the initial letters in capitals. The human brain detects a word not only by combining a few letters, but also by recognizing the different ascenders and descenders (the heights of the different words). When writing only in capital letters you lose this advantage. That's why street signs respect the upper and lower case.

''Tip #1'':
Make a sign of a large sheet of brightly colored paper glued to a sheet of cardboard. Cover this with self adhesive transparent book wrap. Now you have a re-usable sign which you can use with a whiteboard marker and clean again with a small towel.

''Tip #2'':
Make use of waterproof, dust-proof document bags. There you can store many sheets of paper and signs you can reuse. Nothing falls out, you could hang them somewhere and you can use both sides of the folder to have two signs at once. Ortlieb is one company that produces good ones.

''Tip #3'':
Buy a pad of A4 plain paper, and use it inside a waterproof, dust-proof transparent plastic folder that you can find in most stationary shops. When writing, insert something under the page to stop the pen ink running through to the page underneath (a document bag is good for this). With a pad of paper, you can quickly flip through pages to find the sign you need. Also, the pad can be a great souvenir of your journey.

[[Image:Img_l_1306483.jpg|thumb|180px|right|[[User:MayaCova|MayaCova]] using was using a white board with considerable success.]]
''Tip #4'': If you have a chance to plan a long hitchhiking trip in advance, some find using an erasable white board as a sign to be very useful for making big, clear and reusable signs.

''Tip #5'':
If you're hitching in a foreign country, it might be a good thing to express your nationality on your sign. Drivers will think you're more intresting, or will feel sorry that someone who lives that far off has to stand by the road in his country. For example, [[User:Nathan|Nathan]] and [[User:Rocky|Bob]], who hitched through France had great help writing '2 belges' on their sign.

[[Image:Smileycardboard.jpg|thumb|200px|Even this can work great]]
[[Image:Signs.JPG|thumb|200px|Some more examples]]


==When not to use==
Some hitchhikers think it could be better not to use signs at big crowded petrol stations where it's up to you to ask people, like in the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Germany]] on highway [[petrol station]]s (and speaking fluent English/German). It's not very likely that holding a sign will help if you can already clearly state where you want to go and that you are hitchhiking.

Others always have a sign. To show it to people while their still in the car and then ask them when they pass by to pay for their petrol. If they don't understand what's written on it they also ask. And I already have it with me when getting out of a car, so people sometimes ask me right away if they can take me... So it's definitely good to have it. It doesn't have any negative effects so why not use it?

One reason not to take a sign is if you are [[Women_hitchhiking|woman hitching]] alone and you want to have additional leverage in declining offered rides.  If someone stops you ask first &quot;where are you going?&quot; Even if they are going exactly where you want to go, if you are not comfortable with them, tell them the ride is not going to work, but thanks anyway.  Ditch the sign, they will stop without it.

In conflict with the above, a sign only makes sense when you stand next to the road. At the petrol station you could better show the driver on a map where you want to go and so he can show you where he can take you. You even don’t need to speak his language for that. The big problem with signs is that the driver must read it, then he must wonder if goes the same direction, than he wants to know if he likes your face and if he can stop somewhere...but than he realises that he passed you, he is now 500m away from you ...so he will decide to drive on!
[[Image:Guaka my bithday2.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Sometimes you can use special signs]]
If you just use your thumb the driver only has to decide if he likes you and if he can stop his car in this place. 
If he is going the right way, you can find out when he stops. 
Another bad idea is the use of shortcuts, because only locals know them (like HH for Hamburg). 
Also, the driver can see your faraway destination city and although he doesn't want to go there, he could take you for the next 200km. Most drivers don't realise how helpful they could be with these 200km, so they drive on.
I always have enough baggage with me. So I really don’t need another square meter of waterproofed cardboard in my backpack.
Use what you find and what you can put in the next garbage can!
I only use sometimes funny signs or at some crossroads they could be helpful and when I am not the only hitchhiker who is standing next to the motorway. 
...but it's like religion, everybody has his own idea of it! &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;

It is possible that destination signs could increase danger as a driver can pretend to be going to your destination. This is not a problem if you are just thumbing for a lift as you can ask where the driver is going. A good compromise is to have a sign with the road name rather than your destination, this allows you to ask which direction the driver will be going.

==Examples==
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      <text xml:space="preserve">Sorry, if you are reading this and are not the person who is wasting his time molesting this wiki. But I even feel the need to protect this page. [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 20:03, 24 May 2006 (UTC)</text>
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    <id>1969</id>
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==Hitchwiki==
'''[[Hitchwiki:About|Hitchwiki]]''' is a ''collaborative'' project to build a '''[[Hitchwiki:About|free]] guide for hitchhikers'''.&lt;br&gt;So far we have '''[[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]]''' articles in English, written and edited by '''[[Special:Listusers|{{NUMBEROFUSERS}}]]''' [[hitchhiker]]s around the globe. Feel free to [[Help:Contents|share your knowledge]] with us.
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==[[Image:Nuvola_apps_bookcase.png|14px]] Basics==
* '''[[General hitchhiking info|General info]]'''
* '''[[Top Tips]]'''
* '''[[First time]]'''
* '''[[Safety]]'''
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* '''[[Africa]]'''
* '''[[Asia]]'''
* '''[[Australasia]]''' &amp; '''[[Oceania]]'''
* '''[[Europe]]'''
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* '''[[Middle East]]'''
* '''[[North America]]'''
* '''[[South America]]'''
* '''[[Central America]]''' &amp; '''[[Caribbean]]'''
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      <text xml:space="preserve">=== [[General info]] ===
[[Top Tips]],
[[Where]],
[[Safety]],
[[Signs]],
[[First time]] --- [[Websites]], [[Books]], [[Media]] ---
[[Clubs]], [[Phrasebooks]] ---
[[Accommodation]], [[Things to carry]], [[Food]], [[Looks]] ---
[[Boats]], [[Planes]], [[Trains]] ---
[[Blogging Hitchhikers]] ---
[[Possible Logo Re-designs]]

=== [[project:About|Project]] ===
[[Help:Contents|Help]], &lt;!-- [[Help:FAQ|FAQ]],
[[Help:Search help|Search help]],
[[Help:How to create a user account|User accounts]], --&gt;
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[[Hitchhiker's Guide to Hitchhiking:Hitchhiker's point of view|Hitchhiker's point of view]]

==== Hitchhikers on this Wiki ====
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  <page>
    <title>Quebec</title>
    <id>1972</id>
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      <text xml:space="preserve">[[Image:Quebec-Chalevoix-Pouceuse.jpg|thumb|right|Hitchhiking in Chalevoix, Quebec]]
'''Quebec''' is the largest province of '''[[Canada]]''' and the second in population. The official language is French with its local dialect while English is in minority and more widely spoken by the border areas. English is known at a certain level by the population, most often by the young generation or the people working in constant contact with foreigners. Surprisingly as it may sound, for the majority of the population, English is rarely of daily use. The daily life, economical life are all lived in French and the size of the province has enable the fact that one can travel great distance without even having to speak English. 

The province is bordered by [[Ontario]] to the West, the [[United States]] to the South ([[New York state|New York]]/[[Vermont]]/[[New Hampshire]] and [[Maine]]), [[New Brunswick]] to the South-East and [[Labrador]] ([[Newfoundland and Labrador|NewFoundLand]]) to the East.

The vast majority of the population (and therefore the cities) are located in the southern part of the province by the shore of the St-Lawrence River. [[Quebec city|Québec]] is the Capital and administrative centre of the province also being the historic gateway to the northern part of the continent, it is the second city of Quebec and the seventh of [[Canada]] in term of population.

[[Montreal]] is the main economical centre and the second city of [[Canada]] in term of population with a population above 3 milions.  

The third biggest city of the province, [[Trois-Rivières]], is located half way between Quebec city and Montreal on the north shore of the St-Lawrence, being another historic city that has mainly follow an industrial path in its development.

[[Sherbrooke]], [[Gatineau-Hull]], Drummondville, [[Chicoutimi]] and [[Rimouski]] are also important regional cities usually located outside the St-Lawrence river vallee corridor of Quebec-Montreal.

The cities and towns are usually well sprawled and crossing them can often be a pain if you are left at the beginning or downtown and want to avoid local traffic. As peripherical ways are usually inexistant, it might be worth (although not best) to try along to stick to the main commercial road crossing the town, usually trying up at the local petrol station.

The province is divide into Administrative regions (by the government and by Touristic Agency), which regions are subdivided into Urban area and Rural Counties, the urban area being usually the main Service Centre for a vast area. The urban areas are usually divided into boroughs which popular names usually differs from the 'official names' imposed by the government. The Rural counties are divided into municipalities.

{{Regions Quebec}}

==Local attitude towards hitching==

Apart from the [[Montreal Metropolitan|Montreal Metropolitan Area]] hitchhiking is widely accepted in the province.  Some local people also hitchhike short distances.  The acceptance and ease of hitchhiking is related to the feeling of community in the area.  Public transport is often limited and many people pick up hitchhikers in the countryside for a short ride to the next village.  In more remote areas people might also act in the need and responsibility to help someone from the local community. Less to say that people might be surprised to meet a foreigner and quite flattered and happy by this sudden encounter as it is not an everyday event for most.

Long distance will usually end up being something exclusive to some major destination (such as Quebec-Montreal) or major highways as otherwise most of the destinations are not direct. This said, the scale of the country and perception of what is local and what is long distance might surprise people, 30km is a neighbour while up to 100km is still local.

Approaching people to ask for a lift is not common as standing with the thumb up is usually the main representation of searching for a lift, so many people might got surprised by the request. It won't be perceived as negative but just as simply uncommon. 

Hitch-hiking a truck will usually be less common for the reason mentionned above, that the majority of the hitch-hiker are usually travelling short distance or heading into cities. Truck drivers usually stick to the main 'government numbered road' or highways and rarely adventures themselves into the cities. The uses of [[CB radio]] is well spread, therefore catching a ride with a truck driver could means that he can contact its surrounding to find you another lift further away.

This said, even if people are well receptive to hitch-hiker (elderly and women included), encountering red neck behaviour while standing along the road (ie. being yelled at, honked or fingered) will also happen simply as people are bored and you became an easy target to a prank. In another situation those very same people would probably react totally kindly and receptive if you would approach them at a [[service station]].

==Road and Highway network==

The numerous provincial roads follows a grid pattern where the '''even''' number marks the roads heading East-West, while the '''uneven''' indicate a road heading North-South.

The main highway vectors are the [[Quebec_highways|A-20]] ([[Transcanadian Highway]]) which goes East-West from the border of [[Ontario]] through [[Montreal]] until the border of [[New Brunswick]] passing on the south shore of the St-Lawrence river.

Highway [[Quebec_highways|A-40]] follows the same path on the north shore of the St-Lawrence, going through [[Trois-Rivières]] and ends up in Quebec city. The connection between those two main highways can only be made through one of the few bridges crossing the St-Lawrence at few specific points.  

This is possible either: 
* in [[Quebec city]] in the east by the Pont de Québec and Pont Pierre-Laporte (highway [[Quebec_highways|A-73]] which connects [[Maine]]/USA to the Saguenay/Lac-St-Jean ([[Chicoutimi]]) area through [[Quebec city]].
* in [[Trois-Rivières]] in the middle part of the province by the Pont Laviolette (highway [[Quebec_highways|A-55]] which connects [[Vermont]]/USA to Lac-St-Jean area through [[Sherbrooke]] and [[Trois-Rivières]].
* in [[Montreal]] in the western part of the province by several bridges through the metropolitan Montreal area. (highway [[Quebec_highways|A-10]] which joins the [[Quebec_highways|A-55]] in the East near [[Sherbrooke]]; highway [[Quebec_highways|A-15]] which connects [[New York state|New York]]/USA to the Laurentides area and [[Ottawa]]. As [[Montreal]] is an island, other bridges also connects to the mainland either on the East or West and also to the North through [[Laval]] island.
* Since 2001, a new bridge as been built in [[Sorel]], East of [[Montreal Metropolitan]] enabling a connection between the [[Quebec highways| A-40 and A-30]].

For a more exhaustive description of it see the [[Quebec highways|provincial highway]] page.

==Cities==
* [[Quebec city]]
* [[Montreal]]
* [[Trois-Rivières]]
* [[Sherbrooke]]

== Border Crossing to the [[United States]] ==

* Towards [[Maine]]:
''Look over [[Quebec city|Quebec]] for more details''

* Towards [[New York State]]:
''Look over [[Montreal]] for more details''

''Look also [[Monteregie]] for more details regarding the Rural Crossings West of [[Montreal|Lacolle]]''

* Towards [[Vermont]] and [[New Hampshire]]:
''Look over [[Sherbrooke]], [[St-Jean sur Richelieu]] and [[St-Armand]] for more details''

== Places of interest ==

* '''[[Montreal]]:'''
A vibrant cosmopolitan metropole with historic quarter.
* '''[[Quebec city]]''' and it's surrounding area:
North America's oldest and only fortified city, the heart of the former French American Colony, surrounded by National Parks and Waterfalls to trek around for days.
* '''Charlevoix:'''
** National Park
** Area of Natural Beauty (Landscape and historic)
The Mega Meteoritic crater area of Charlevoix has given a particular landscape of high mountains meeting the St-Lawrence, one of the first North American 'Cottage Country' area. One of [[Canada]]'s top five!
* '''Gaspesie:'''
** Perce [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percé_Rock Rock]
** Appalachian Mountain Range and National Park
** Area of Natural Beauty (Landscape)
Another majestic rural area where the Appalachian Mountain range start while meeting the sea, plenty of historical settlements and panorama.
* '''Laurentides:'''
** Laurentide hills and Mont-Tremblant
** Area of Natural Beauty (Landscape and fishing)
[[Montreal]]'s northern playground, with loads of trekking, outdoors activities and backcountry possibilities in a typical East Canadian Landscape, to visit during the Indian Summer!
* '''Saguenay Fjord:'''
** Whale watching
** National Park and Marine National Park
** Area of Natural Beauty (Landscape)
Just East of Charlevoix, the picturesque area continues into this large fjord where whale watching is even possible from the shoreside.
* '''Eastern Township''' (Estrie) - [[Sherbrooke]] area:
** Area of Natural Beauty (Landscape and historic)


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    <title>Беседа:South America</title>
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      <text xml:space="preserve">Is [[Trinidad and Tobago]] to be counted as part of South America?  Surely it is part of [[Central America]] and the [[Caribbean]].

-- [[User:200.55.178.35|200.55.178.35]] 20:47, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

:Thanks for fixing it. [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 21:05, 25 May 2006 (UTC)</text>
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    <title>Беседа:Signs</title>
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      <comment>/* Examples Video */</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">When not to use

I don't think that's true. I always have a sign and I am a native German speaker. And it definitely helps me. You can just show it to people while they're still in the car and then ask them if they pass by to pay for their gas. If they don't understand what's written on it they also ask. And I already have it with me when getting out of a car, so people sometimes ask me right away if they can take me... So it's definitely good to have it. It doesn't have any negative effects so why not using it?  [[User:Deleea|Deleea]] 14:43, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

:Ok. I changed something and copied your suggestions into the article :) [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 18:16, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

== Examples Video ==

Hi everyone, started an examples video and wanted to invite everyone to upload their photos of signs - together we can create a great demo slideshow.[[User:IdoSet|IdoSet]] 11:14, 27 July 2008 (CEST)</text>
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    <title>Шаблон беседа:Phrasebook/English</title>
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      <text xml:space="preserve">I'm not sure yet how to do this best.

There's some more experience with phrasebooks at Wikitravel.
http://wikitravel.org/en/Wikitravel:List_of_phrasebooks

I even started a hitchhiking phrasebook there myself once, before I found this project. It would be an option to say that this part is licensed under Creative Commons ShareAlike Attribution, so that work can be exchanged. [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 20:54, 29 May 2006 (UTC)</text>
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      <comment>The spam cleanup script automatically removes links that are [[Wikia:Spam Blacklist|blacklisted]]. Please see [[Wikia:Spam cleanup script]] for more details.</comment>
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      <id>28520</id>
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      <contributor>
        <username>Sigurdas</username>
        <id>1658</id>
      </contributor>
      <text xml:space="preserve">Hi Speckmade! Welcome to the Hitchhike Wiki and thanks for your additions! [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 14:12, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Maybe you can write a bit about yourself on [[User:Speckmade|your userpage]] (or at least link to your user page on the German wiki).  I don't like to see so many red links in [[Special:Recentchanges|the recent changes]] ;)   But well, I love your eye for detail, it makes our articles look even nicer! [[User:guaka|guaka]]&lt;small&gt;&lt;sup&gt;[http://guaka.org site], [[user talk:guaka|wikitalk]]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/small&gt; 17:23, 13 October 2007 (CEST)
: :-)--[[User:Speckmade|Speckmade]] 17:24, 13 October 2007 (CEST)
: Now at least you don't have a red link anymore...--[[User:Speckmade|Speckmade]] 12:06, 14 October 2007 (CEST)

::Hey, great work done the last night ;) Keep on working.. :) Greetings, [[User:platschi|platschi]]&lt;small&gt;&lt;sup&gt;[http://hoerstel.travelblog.ch site], [[user talk:platschi|wikitalk]]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/small&gt; 12:16, 14 October 2007 (CEST)

::: Yeahhea! DIY! Hitchwiki is the best hitchhiking ressource if we make it the best!
::: Thanks for the feedback!--[[User:Speckmade|Speckmade]] 12:23, 14 October 2007 (CEST)

===Categories===
Hi! Your user page category has been changed to '''Category:Hitchhikers in Germany''' because from now on this (along with the old Category:Hitchhikers) will be a standard categorization for hitchhikers on hitchwiki.org (see [[Category talk:Hitchhikers|this discussion here]] for the reasons of doing so). If for some reason you don't want to be categorized by country, feel free to delete country category on your page leaving only a standard Category:Hitchhikers. We hope you don't mind, though.  

Happy hitching, 

The hitchwiki team</text>
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  <page>
    <title>Bavaria</title>
    <id>1982</id>
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      <id>25502</id>
      <timestamp>2008-10-01T19:12:34Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Speckmade</username>
        <id>23</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <comment>Redirecting to [[Category:Bavaria]]</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">#REDIRECT [[:Category:Bavaria]]

{{IsIn|Germany}}</text>
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  <page>
    <title>Nürnberg</title>
    <id>1983</id>
    <revision>
      <id>31176</id>
      <timestamp>2009-02-21T22:52:55Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Prino</username>
        <id>93</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <text xml:space="preserve">{{Infobox German Location
|country = Germany
|pop = 502,491 (30 Sep 2007)
|state = Bavaria
|plate = N
|motorways = [[A3 (Germany)|A3]], [[A6 (Germany)|A6]], [[A9 (Germany)|A9]], [[A73 (Germany)|A73]]
}}
'''Nürnberg''' ([[England|English]]: ''Nuremberg'') is a city in [[Germany]].
: ''The cities [[Erlangen]] and [[Fürth]] are located directly next to '''Nürnberg'''.''

== Hitching out ==
=== A9 direction [[Berlin]] or [[München]] ===
Go to [http://tank.rast.de/standorte/suche/detail.html?ID=274 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 &quot;parking&quot; for cycle just after you will find a small patch following the motorway until the entrance trough the wood, at the entrance go on the other side of the road from where the car leaving the motorway are, (you can't access to the service station from the side of the entrance it's not really safe to cross the road after and anyway the cops in the police station will see you from their windows) walk to the motorway pass the first bridge and go down where there is a small stair you can then just walk between the motorway and the train line to the service station.

In the direction ''Gasthof Brückkanal'', after the industrial zone (Obi, Macdonalds) there is a bus (line 678 in the direction of Schwabach Bahnhof, stop: ''Zeidlersiedlung''). Follow the small street in the direction of the ''Gaststätte'', 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.

{{anarchopedia}}

=== A6 Directions [[Prague]], [[Stuttgart]] ===
Take the U1/11 metro to Langwasser-Süd (southern terminus). 
From there, walk along Liegnitzer Strasse, and then turn right to Gleiwitzer Strasse. Total walking distance is about 2 km. 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]] &quot;Amberg&quot;. There will be a [[petrol station]] shortly before that city. Also note, that between Amberg and the border there is a gap, where the autobahn is unachieved. 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.


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[[de:Nürnberg]]
[[Category:Germany]]</text>
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    <title>Шаблон:Anarchopedia</title>
    <id>1984</id>
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      <id>16397</id>
      <timestamp>2007-12-15T13:30:53Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Speckmade</username>
        <id>23</id>
      </contributor>
      <text xml:space="preserve">:''This article is based on text from the German language '''[http://deu.anarchopedia.org/ Anarchopedia]''' which is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.''&lt;noinclude&gt;


[[Category:Templates]]&lt;/noinclude&gt;</text>
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  <page>
    <title>Gießen</title>
    <id>1985</id>
    <revision>
      <id>31177</id>
      <timestamp>2009-02-21T22:53:09Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Prino</username>
        <id>93</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <text xml:space="preserve">&lt;map lat='50.58367260286373' lng='8.670272827148438' zoom='10' view='0' float='right' /&gt;
'''Gießen''' is a city in [[Hesse]], [[Germany]].

==Hitching Out==
===South or Northwest (Frankfurt), (Dortmund)===

Walk or take a bus to the very end of Frankfurter Strase and cross the last intersection. There is a small unpaved spot about 25 meters behind the intersection that leaves room for people to pull over. It's important to stand there with a sign, since there are many directions cars can go. For Frankfurt use the sign FFM. (if going South definately use this spot and not the petrol station option below)

===East or South towards [[Kassel]], [[Erfurt]], [[Frankfurt am Main]]===
Take bus #140 from '''Giessen''' towards ''Raststätte Reinhardshain''. The bus is directly stopping at the petrol station along the [[A5 (Germany)|A5]].
You are on the right side for going eastwards, [[Kassel]], [[Erfurt]], [[Berlin]]. For going south you have to get to the other side of the motorway, for that you can use a tunnel for animals (called ''Rehtunnel'' in German) or by the motorway underpass.

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[[Category:Hesse]]
[[Category:E44]]</text>
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  <page>
    <title>Hessen</title>
    <id>1986</id>
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      <id>29347</id>
      <timestamp>2008-12-19T20:03:53Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Platschi</username>
        <id>112</id>
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      <minor/>
      <comment>Hesse</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">#redirect [[:Category:Hesse]]

{{IsIn|Germany}}</text>
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  <page>
    <title>Категория:Hessen</title>
    <id>1987</id>
    <revision>
      <id>29340</id>
      <timestamp>2008-12-19T19:58:31Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Platschi</username>
        <id>112</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <comment>Redirecting to [[Category:Hesse]]</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">#redirect [[:Category:Hesse]]</text>
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  <page>
    <title>Nordrhein-Westfalen</title>
    <id>1988</id>
    <revision>
      <id>25585</id>
      <timestamp>2008-10-03T11:05:56Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Platschi</username>
        <id>112</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <comment>isin</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">#redirect [[:Category:North Rhine-Westphalia]]

{{IsIn|Germany}}</text>
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  <page>
    <title>Hitchwiki:List of countries</title>
    <id>1989</id>
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      <id>9175</id>
      <timestamp>2006-11-24T04:39:11Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Guaka</username>
        <id>2</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <comment>[[Hitchhiking Wiki:List of countries]] moved to [[Hitchwiki:List of countries]]</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">'''List of countries'''
=== A ===
*{{flagicon|Abkhazia}} '''''[[Abkhazia]]''''' – Republic of Abkhazia&lt;ref name=&quot;ABK&quot; /&gt;
*{{flagicon|Afghanistan}} '''[[Afghanistan]]''' – Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
*{{flagicon|SBA}} [[Akrotiri and Dhekelia]] – Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (''UK overseas territory'')
*{{flagicon|Åland}} [[Åland]] – Åland Islands (''Autonomous province of Finland'')
*{{flagicon|Albania}} '''[[Albania]]''' – Republic of Albania
*{{flagicon|Algeria}} '''[[Algeria]]''' – People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
*{{flagicon|American Samoa}} [[American Samoa]] – Territory of American Samoa (''US overseas territory'')
*{{flagicon|Andorra}} '''[[Andorra]]''' – Principality of Andorra
*{{flagicon|Angola}} '''[[Angola]]''' – Republic of Angola
*{{flagicon|Anguilla}} [[Anguilla]] (''UK overseas territory'')
*{{flagicon|Antigua and Barbuda}} '''[[Antigua and Barbuda]]'''
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} '''[[Argentina]]''' – Argentine Republic&lt;ref&gt;[[Argentina]] is also named Argentine Nation for purposes of legislation.&lt;/ref&gt;
*{{flagicon|Armenia}} '''[[Armenia]]''' – Republic of Armenia 
*{{flagicon|Aruba}} [[Aruba]] (''Self-governing country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands'')
*{{flagicon|Saint Helena}} [[Ascension Island]] (''Dependency of the UK overseas territory of Saint Helena'')
*{{flagicon|Australia}} '''[[Australia]]''' – Commonwealth of Australia
*{{flagicon|Austria}} '''[[Austria]]''' – Republic of Austria 
*{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} '''[[Azerbaijan]]''' – Republic of Azerbaijan&lt;ref&gt;See also [[#N|Nagorno-Karabakh]].&lt;/ref&gt;

=== B ===
*{{flagicon|Bahamas}} '''[[The Bahamas|Bahamas, The]]''' – Commonwealth of The Bahamas
*{{flagicon|Bahrain}} '''[[Bahrain]]''' – Kingdom of Bahrain
*{{flagicon|Bangladesh}} '''[[Bangladesh]]''' – People's Republic of Bangladesh
*{{flagicon|Barbados}} '''[[Barbados]]'''
*{{flagicon|Belarus}} '''[[Belarus]]''' – Republic of Belarus
*{{flagicon|Belgium}} '''[[Belgium]]''' – Kingdom of Belgium
*{{flagicon|Belize}} '''[[Belize]]'''
*{{flagicon|Benin}} '''[[Benin]]''' – Republic of Benin
*{{flagicon|Bermuda}} [[Bermuda]] (''UK overseas territory'')
*{{flagicon|Bhutan}} '''[[Bhutan]]''' – Kingdom of Bhutan
*{{flagicon|Bolivia}} '''[[Bolivia]]''' – Republic of Bolivia
*{{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} '''[[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]'''
*{{flagicon|Botswana}} '''[[Botswana]]''' – Republic of Botswana
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} '''[[Brazil]]''' – Federative Republic of Brazil
*{{flagicon|Brunei}} '''[[Brunei]]''' – Negara Brunei Darussalam 
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} '''[[Bulgaria]]''' – Republic of Bulgaria
*{{flagicon|Burkina Faso}} '''[[Burkina Faso]]'''
**''See [[#M|Myanmar]] for Burma''&lt;ref name=&quot;names&quot; /&gt;
*{{flagicon|Burundi}} '''[[Burundi]]''' – Republic of Burundi

=== C===
*{{flagicon|Cambodia}} '''[[Cambodia]]''' – Kingdom of Cambodia
*{{flagicon|Cameroon}} '''[[Cameroon]]''' – Republic of Cameroon
*{{flagicon|Canada}} '''[[Canada]]'''&lt;ref&gt;[[Canada]] is officially also (but infrequently) referred to as [[Canada's name|Dominion of Canada]].&lt;/ref&gt;
*{{flagicon|Cape Verde}} '''[[Cape Verde]]''' – Republic of Cape Verde
*{{flagicon|Cayman Islands}} [[Cayman Islands]] (''UK overseas territory'')
*{{flagicon|Central African Republic}} '''[[Central African Republic]]'''&lt;ref&gt;The [[Central African Republic]] is also infrequently rendered as Central Africa.&lt;/ref&gt;
*{{flagicon|Chad}} '''[[Chad]]''' – Republic of Chad
*{{flagicon|Chile}} '''[[Chile]]''' – Republic of Chile
*{{flagicon|People's Republic of China}} '''[[People's Republic of China|China (People's Republic of)]]''' – People's Republic of China&lt;ref&gt;The [[People's Republic of China]] is sometimes rendered as [[Mainland China]] in the [[One country, two systems|relationship]] with its [[Special administrative region (People's Republic of China)|special administrative regions]] of [[Hong Kong]] and [[Macau]] as well as its [[Cross-Strait relations|relations]] with the [[Republic of China]] on Taiwan.&lt;/ref&gt;
*{{flagicon|Taiwan}} '''[[Republic of China|China (Republic of)]]''' – Republic of China&lt;ref&gt;The [[Republic of China]] (ROC) is popularly referred to as Taiwan by the international community. It is also [[Foreign relations of the Republic of China|diplomatically]] sometimes known as [[Chinese Taipei]] or [[Chinese Taipei#Other references to Taiwan|other names]] and regarded by UN as [[Taiwan Province|Taiwan, Province of China]] (see [[One-China policy]]). The ROC is not a UN member [[China and the United Nations|since late 1971]]. It is currently recognized by the [[Holy See]] and [[Foreign relations of the Republic of China#List of countries with diplomatic relations with the ROC|24 UN member states]] and with ''de facto'' international relations with most others. The [[Political status of Taiwan|political status]] of the ROC and the [[Legal status of Taiwan|legal status]] of [[Taiwan]] (alongside the [[Free Area of the Republic of China|territories]] currently under the ROC jurisdiction) are in dispute. The ROC should not be confused with the so-called [[Republic of Taiwan]] proposed by supporters of [[Taiwan independence]].&lt;/ref&gt;
*{{flagicon|Christmas Is}} [[Christmas Island]] – Territory of Christmas Island (''Australian overseas territory'')
*{{flagicon|Cocos Is}} [[Cocos (Keeling) Islands]] – Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands (''Australian overseas territory'')
*{{flagicon|Colombia}} '''[[Colombia]]''' – Republic of Colombia
*{{flagicon|Comoros}} '''[[Comoros]]''' – Union of the Comoros
*{{flagicon|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} '''[[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo (Democratic Republic of)]]''' – Democratic Republic of the Congo&lt;ref&gt;The [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] is formerly and popularly known as Zaire.  It is referred to as Congo-Kinshasa to distinguish it from the [[Republic of the Congo]].&lt;/ref&gt;
*{{flagicon|Republic of the Congo}} '''[[Republic of the Congo|Congo (Republic of)]]''' – Republic of the Congo&lt;ref&gt;The [[Republic of the Congo]] is referred to as Congo-Brazzaville to distinguish it from the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]].&lt;/ref&gt;
*{{flagicon|Cook Islands}} [[Cook Islands]] (''Associated state of New Zealand'')
*{{flagicon|Costa Rica}} '''[[Costa Rica]]''' – Republic of Costa Rica
*{{flagicon|Côte d'Ivoire}} '''[[Côte d'Ivoire]]''' – Republic of Côte d'Ivoire&lt;ref name=&quot;names&quot; /&gt;
*{{flagicon|Croatia}} '''[[Croatia]]''' – Republic of Croatia
*{{flagicon|Cuba}} '''[[Cuba]]''' – Republic of Cuba
*{{flagicon|Cyprus}} '''[[Cyprus]]''' – Republic of Cyprus&lt;ref&gt;See also [[#N|Northern Cyprus]].&lt;/ref&gt;
*{{flagicon|Czech Republic}} '''[[Czech Republic]]'''&lt;ref&gt;The [[Czech Republic]] is also infrequently rendered as Czechia.  See [[Names of the Czech Republic]].&lt;/ref&gt;

=== D ===
*{{flagicon|Denmark}} '''[[Denmark]]''' – Kingdom of Denmark
**''See [[#A|Akrotiri and Dhekelia]] for Dhekelia''
*{{flagicon|Djibouti}} '''[[Djibouti]]''' – Republic of Djibouti
*{{flagicon|Dominica}} '''[[Dominica]]''' – Commonwealth of Dominica
*{{flagicon|Dominican Republic}} '''[[Dominican Republic]]'''

=== E ===
:*''See [[#T|Timor-Leste]] for East Timor''&lt;ref name=&quot;names&quot; /&gt;
*{{flagicon|Ecuador}} '''[[Ecuador]]''' – Republic of Ecuador
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} '''[[Egypt]]''' – Arab Republic of Egypt
*{{flagicon|El Salvador}} '''[[El Salvador]]''' – Republic of El Salvador
*{{flagicon|Equatorial Guinea}} '''[[Equatorial Guinea]]''' – Republic of Equatorial Guinea
*{{flagicon|Eritrea}} '''[[Eritrea]]''' – State of Eritrea
*{{flagicon|Estonia}} '''[[Estonia]]''' – Republic of Estonia
*{{flagicon|Ethiopia}} '''[[Ethiopia]]''' – Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

=== F ===
*{{flagicon|Falkland Islands}} [[Falkland Islands]] (''UK overseas territory'')&lt;ref&gt;[[Falkland Islands]] is also claimed by [[Argentina]] as [[Malvinas|Islas Malvinas]].&lt;/ref&gt;
*{{flagicon|Faroe Islands}} [[Faroe Islands]] (''Self-governing country in the Kingdom of Denmark'')
*{{flagicon|Fiji}} '''[[Fiji]]''' – Republic of the Fiji Islands
*{{flagicon|Finland}} '''[[Finland]]''' – Republic of Finland
*{{flagicon|France}} '''[[France]]''' – French Republic
*{{flagicon|French Poly}} [[French Polynesia]] (''French overseas community'')

=== G ===
*{{flagicon|Gabon}} '''[[Gabon]]''' – Gabonese Republic
*{{flagicon|Gambia}} '''[[The Gambia|Gambia, The]]''' – Republic of The Gambia
*{{flagicon|Georgia}} '''[[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]'''&lt;ref&gt;See also [[#A|Abkhazia]] and [[#S|South Ossetia]].&lt;/ref&gt;
*{{flagicon|Germany}} '''[[Germany]]''' – Federal Republic of Germany
*{{flagicon|Ghana}} '''[[Ghana]]''' – Republic of Ghana
*{{flagicon|Gibraltar}} [[Gibraltar]] (''UK overseas territory'')
*{{flagicon|Greece}} '''[[Greece]]''' – Hellenic Republic
*{{flagicon|Greenland}} [[Greenland]] (''Self-governing country in the Kingdom of Denmark'')
*{{flagicon|Grenada}} '''[[Grenada]]'''
*{{flagicon|Guam}} [[Guam]] – Territory of Guam (''US overseas territory'')
*{{flagicon|Guatemala}} '''[[Guatemala]]''' – Republic of Guatemala
*{{flagicon|Guernsey}} [[Guernsey]] – Bailiwick of Guernsey (''British Crown dependency'')&lt;ref&gt;The [[Guernsey|Bailiwick of Guernsey]] includes its self-governing dependencies [[Alderney]], [[Herm]] and [[Sark]].&lt;/ref&gt;
*{{flagicon|Guinea}} '''[[Guinea]]''' – Republic of Guinea
*{{flagicon|Guinea-Bissau}} '''[[Guinea-Bissau]]''' – Republic of Guinea-Bissau
*{{flagicon|Guyana}} '''[[Guyana]]''' – Co-operative Republic of Guyana

=== H ===
*{{flagicon|Haiti}} '''[[Haiti]]''' – Republic of Haiti
*{{flagicon|Honduras}} '''[[Honduras]]''' – Republic of Honduras
*{{flagicon|Hong Kong}} [[Hong Kong]] – Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (''Area of special sovereignty'')&lt;ref&gt;[[Hong Kong]] is a [[special administrative region (People's Republic of China)|Special administrative region]] of the [[#C|People's Republic of China]]. It is diplomatically known as [[Politics of Hong Kong#Foreign Affairs|Hong Kong, China]].&lt;/ref&gt;
*{{flagicon|Hungary}} '''[[Hungary]]''' – Republic of Hungary

=== I ===
*{{flagicon|Iceland}} '''[[Iceland]]''' – Republic of Iceland
*{{flagicon|India}} '''[[India]]''' – Republic of India
*{{flagicon|Indonesia}} '''[[Indonesia]]''' – Republic of Indonesia
*{{flagicon|Iran}} '''[[Iran]]''' – Islamic Republic of Iran
*{{flagicon|Iraq}} '''[[Iraq]]''' – Republic of Iraq
*{{flagicon|Ireland}} '''[[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]'''&lt;ref&gt;[[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] is commonly referred to as the Republic of Ireland as the official &quot;description&quot; of the state in order to distinguish it from the [[Ireland|island of Ireland]] as a whole.&lt;/ref&gt;
*{{flagicon|Isle of Man}} [[Isle of Man]] (''British Crown dependency'')
*{{flagicon|Israel}} '''[[Israel]]''' – State of Israel
*{{flagicon|Italy}} '''[[Italy]]''' – Italian Republic
**''See [[#C|Côte d'Ivoire]] for Ivory Coast''&lt;ref name=&quot;names&quot; /&gt;

=== J ===
*{{flagicon|Jamaica}} '''[[Jamaica]]'''
*{{flagicon|Japan}} '''[[Japan]]'''
*{{flagicon|Jersey}} [[Jersey]] – Bailiwick of Jersey (''British Crown dependency'')
*{{flagicon|Jordan}} '''[[Jordan]]''' – Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

=== K ===
*{{flagicon|Kazakhstan}} '''[[Kazakhstan]]''' – Republic of Kazakhstan
*{{flagicon|Kenya}} '''[[Kenya]]''' – Republic of Kenya
*{{flagicon|Kiribati}} '''[[Kiribati]]''' – Republic of Kiribati
*{{flagicon|North Korea}} '''[[North Korea|Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)]]''' – Democratic People's Republic of Korea&lt;ref&gt;The [[North Korea|Democratic People's Republic of Korea]] is popularly known as North Korea.&lt;/ref&gt;
*{{flagicon|South Korea}} '''[[South Korea|Korea (Republic of)]]''' – Republic of Korea&lt;ref&gt;The [[South Korea|Republic of Korea]] is popularly known as South Korea.&lt;/ref&gt;
*{{flagicon|Kosovo}} [[Kosovo]] – Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohia (''Autonomous province of Serbia under UN protectorate'')&lt;ref name&gt;[[Kosovo]] is an autonomous province of [[Serbia]] currently administered by the [[Provisional Institutions of Self-Government (Kosovo)|Provisional Institution of Self-Government]] under the supervision of the [[United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo|UN Interim Administration Mission]].&lt;/ref&gt;
*{{flagicon|Kuwait}} '''[[Kuwait]]''' – State of Kuwait
*{{flagicon|Kyrgyzstan}} '''[[Kyrgyzstan]]''' – Kyrgyz Republic&lt;ref&gt;[[Kyrgyzstan]] is also sometimes rendered as Kirghizia.&lt;/ref&gt;

=== L ===
*{{flagicon|Laos}} '''[[Laos]]''' – Lao People's Democratic Republic
*{{flagicon|Latvia}} '''[[Latvia]]''' – Republic of Latvia
*{{flagicon|Lebanon}} '''[[Lebanon]]''' – Republic of Lebanon
*{{flagicon|Lesotho}} '''[[Lesotho]]''' – Kingdom of Lesotho
*{{flagicon|Liberia}} '''[[Liberia]]''' – Republic of Liberia
*{{flagicon|Libya}} '''[[Libya]]''' – Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
*{{flagicon|Liechtenstein}} '''[[Liechtenstein]]''' – Principality of Liechtenstein
*{{flagicon|Lithuania}} '''[[Lithuania]]''' – Republic of Lithuania
*{{flagicon|Luxembourg}} '''[[Luxembourg]]''' – Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

=== M ===
&lt;!--Macau is the Portuguese name and is known as Macao in English, see http://www.gov.mo--&gt;
*{{flagicon|Macau}} [[Macau|Macao]] – Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (''Area of special sovereignty'')&lt;ref&gt;[[Macau|Macao]] is a [[special administrative region (People's Republic of China)|Special administrative region]] of the [[#C|People's Republic of China]]. It is diplomatically known as [[Politics of Macau#Foreign Affairs|Macao, China]]. &lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name=&quot;names&quot; /&gt;
*{{flagicon|Macedonia}} '''[[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]]''' – Republic of Macedonia&lt;ref&gt;[[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]] is referred to by UN and a number of countries and international organizations as [[Foreign relations of the Republic of Macedonia#Naming issue|the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia]].&lt;/ref&gt;
*{{flagicon|Madagascar}} '''[[Madagascar]]''' – Republic of Madagascar
*{{flagicon|Malawi}} '''[[Malawi]]''' – Republic of Malawi
*{{flagicon|Malaysia}} '''[[Malaysia]]'''
*{{flagicon|Maldives}} '''[[Maldives]]''' – Republic of Maldives
*{{flagicon|Mali}} '''[[Mali]]''' – Republic of Mali
*{{flagicon|Malta}} '''[[Malta]]''' – Republic of Malta
*{{flagicon|Marshall Islands}} '''[[Marshall Islands]]''' – Republic of the Marshall Islands
*{{flagicon|Mauritania}} '''[[Mauritania]]''' – Islamic Republic of Mauritania
*{{flagicon|Mauritius}} '''[[Mauritius]]''' – Republic of Mauritius
*{{flagicon|Mayotte(Fr)}} [[Mayotte]] (''French overseas community'')
*{{flagicon|Mexico}} '''[[Mexico]]''' – United Mexican States
*{{flagicon|Micronesia}} '''[[Federated States of Micronesia|Micronesia]]''' – Federated States of Micronesia
*{{flagicon|Moldova}} '''[[Republic of Moldova|Moldova]]''' – Republic of Moldova&lt;ref&gt;See also [[#P|Pridnestrovie]].&lt;/ref&gt;
*{{flagicon|Monaco}} '''[[Monaco]]''' – Principality of Monaco
*{{flagicon|Mongolia}} '''[[Mongolia]]'''
*{{flagicon|Montenegro}} '''[[Montenegro]]''' – Republic of Montenegro&lt;ref name=&quot;SM&quot; /&gt;
*{{flagicon|Montserrat}} [[Montserrat]] (''UK overseas territory'')
*{{flagicon|Morocco}} '''[[Morocco]]''' – Kingdom of Morocco&lt;ref&gt;See also [[#W|Western Sahara]].&lt;/ref&gt;
*{{flagicon|Mozambique}} '''[[Mozambique]]''' – Republic of Mozambique
*{{flagicon|Myanmar}} '''[[Myanmar]]''' – Union of Myanmar&lt;ref name=&quot;names&quot; /&gt;

=== N ===
*{{flagicon|Nagorno-Karabakh}} '''''[[Nagorno-Karabakh]]''''' – Nagorno-Karabakh Republic&lt;ref name=&quot;NK&quot; /&gt;
*{{flagicon|Namibia}} '''[[Namibia]]''' – Republic of Namibia
*{{flagicon|Nauru}} '''[[Nauru]]''' – Republic of Nauru
*{{flagicon|Nepal}} '''[[Nepal]]''' – Kingdom of Nepal
*{{flagicon|Netherlands}} '''[[Netherlands]]''' – Kingdom of the Netherlands &lt;ref&gt;Legally the [[Netherlands]] refers to the mainland European part of the [[Kingdom of the Netherlands]], with the latter consisting of the Netherlands and two overseas countries, namely [[Aruba]] and the [[Netherlands Antilles]].&lt;/ref&gt;
*{{flagicon|Netherlands Antilles}} [[Netherlands Antilles]] (''Self-governing country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands'')
*{{flagicon|New Caledonia}} [[New Caledonia]] (''French community sui generis'')
*{{flagicon|New Zealand}} '''[[New Zealand]]'''
*{{flagicon|Nicaragua}} '''[[Nicaragua]]''' – Republic of Nicaragua
*{{flagicon|Niger}} '''[[Niger]]''' – Republic of Niger
*{{flagicon|Nigeria}} '''[[Nigeria]]''' – Federal Republic of Nigeria
*{{flagicon|Niue}} [[Niue]]  (''Associated state of New Zealand'')
**''See [[#K|Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)]] for North Korea''
*{{flagicon|Norfolk Island}} [[Norfolk Island]] – Territory of Norfolk Island (''Australian overseas territory'')
*{{flagicon|Northern Cyprus}} '''''[[Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus|Northern Cyprus]]''''' – Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus&lt;ref name=&quot;NC&quot; /&gt;
*{{flagicon|Northern Mariana Islands}} [[Northern Mariana Islands]] – Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (''US overseas commonwealth'')
*{{flagicon|Norway}} '''[[Norway]]''' – Kingdom of Norway

=== O ===
*{{flagicon|Oman}} '''[[Oman]]''' – Sultanate of Oman

=== P ===
*{{flagicon|Pakistan}} '''[[Pakistan]]''' – Islamic Republic of Pakistan
*{{flagicon|Palau}} '''[[Palau]]''' – Republic of Palau
*{{flagicon|Palestine}} '''''[[Palestinian territories|Palestine]]''''' – [[State of Palestine]]&lt;ref&gt;The [[State of Palestine]] in the [[Palestinian territories]] is currently recognized by the [[Holy See]] and [[State of Palestine#States that recognize the State of Palestine|93 UN member states]]. It has never been admitted as a full UN member (only granted with a [[United Nations General Assembly observers|permanent observer]] status) but is a member of the [[Arab League]] and the [[Organization of the Islamic Conference]]. The State claims the whole Palestinian territories but only exercises ''de facto'' control over part of the territories administered through its shadow organ, the [[Palestinian National Authority]] (PNA). It is further supported by other countries according the PNA a pivotal role in the [[Proposals for a Palestinian state|process]] that may involve their eventually recognizing the State as sovereign.&lt;/ref&gt;
*{{flagicon|Panama}} '''[[Panama]]''' – Republic of Panama
*{{flagicon|Papua New Guinea}} '''[[Papua New Guinea]]''' – Independent State of Papua New Guinea
*{{flagicon|Paraguay}} '''[[Paraguay]]''' – Republic of Paraguay
*{{flagicon|Peru}} '''[[Peru]]''' – Republic of Peru
*{{flagicon|Philippines}} '''[[Philippines]]''' – Republic of the Philippines
*{{flagicon|Pitcairn Islands}} [[Pitcairn Islands]] – Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno Islands (''UK overseas territory'')
*{{flagicon|Poland}} '''[[Poland]]''' – Republic of Poland
*{{flagicon|Portugal}} '''[[Portugal]]''' – Portuguese Republic
*{{flagicon|Transnistria}} '''''[[Transnistria|Pridnestrovie]]''''' – Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic&lt;ref name=&quot;PRID&quot; /&gt;&lt;ref name=&quot;names&quot; /&gt;
*{{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} [[Puerto Rico]] – Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (''US overseas commonwealth'')

=== Q ===
*{{flagicon|Qatar}} '''[[Qatar]]''' – State of Qatar

=== R ===
*{{flagicon|Romania}} '''[[Romania]]'''
*{{flagicon|Russia}} '''[[Russia]]''' – Russian Federation
*{{flagicon|Rwanda}} '''[[Rwanda]]''' – Republic of Rwanda

=== S ===
*{{flagicon|Saint Helena}} [[Saint Helena]] (''UK overseas territory'')
*{{flagicon|Saint Kitts and Nevis}} '''[[Saint Kitts and Nevis]]''' – Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis
*{{flagicon|Saint Lucia}} '''[[Saint Lucia]]'''
*{{flagicon|SPM}} [[Saint-Pierre and Miquelon|Saint Pierre and Miquelon]] (''French overseas community'')
*{{flagicon|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}} '''[[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]]'''
*{{flagicon|Samoa}} '''[[Samoa]]''' – Independent State of Samoa
*{{flagicon|San Marino}} '''[[San Marino]]''' – Most Serene Republic of San Marino 
*{{flagicon|São Tomé and Príncipe}} '''[[São Tomé and Príncipe]]''' – Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe
*{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} '''[[Saudi Arabia]]''' – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
*{{flagicon|Senegal}} '''[[Senegal]]''' – Republic of Senegal
*{{flagicon|Serbia}} '''[[Serbia]]''' – Republic of Serbia&lt;ref name= &quot;SM&quot;/&gt;&lt;ref&gt;See also [[#K|Kosovo]].&lt;/ref&gt;
*{{flagicon|Seychelles}} '''[[Seychelles]]''' – Republic of Seychelles
*{{flagicon|Sierra Leone}} '''[[Sierra Leone]]''' – Republic of Sierra Leone
*{{flagicon|Singapore}} '''[[Singapore]]''' – Republic of Singapore
*{{flagicon|Slovakia}} '''[[Slovakia]]''' – Slovak Republic
*{{flagicon|Slovenia}} '''[[Slovenia]]''' – Republic of Slovenia
*{{flagicon|Solomon Islands}} '''[[Solomon Islands]]'''
*{{flagicon|Somalia}} '''[[Somalia]]'''&lt;ref&gt;[[Somalia]] is presently fragmented with its [[Politics of Somalia|Transitional National Government]] in exile.  See also [[#S|Somaliland]].&lt;/ref&gt;
*{{flagicon|Somaliland}} '''''[[Somaliland]]''''' – Republic of Somaliland&lt;ref name=&quot;SOM&quot; /&gt;
*{{flagicon|South Africa}} '''[[South Africa]]''' – Republic of South Africa
**''See [[#K|Korea (Republic of)]] for South Korea''
*{{flagicon|South Ossetia}} '''''[[South Ossetia]]''''' – Republic of South Ossetia&lt;ref name=&quot;SOS&quot; /&gt;
*{{flagicon|Spain}} '''[[Spain]]''' – Kingdom of Spain
*{{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} '''[[Sri Lanka]]''' – Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
*{{flagicon|Sudan}} '''[[Sudan]]''' – Republic of the Sudan
*{{flagicon|Suriname}} '''[[Suriname]]''' – Republic of Suriname
*{{flagicon|Svalbard}} [[Svalbard]] (''Territory of Norway'')&lt;ref&gt;[[Svalbard]] is an overseas territory of [[Norway]] recognized by international treaty.&lt;/ref&gt;
*{{flagicon|Swaziland}} '''[[Swaziland]]''' – Kingdom of Swaziland
*{{flagicon|Sweden}} '''[[Sweden]]''' – Kingdom of Sweden
*{{flagicon|Switzerland}} '''[[Switzerland]]''' – Swiss Confederation
*{{flagicon|Syria}} '''[[Syria]]''' – Syrian Arab Republic

=== T ===
:*''See [[#C|China (Republic of)]] for the country that is commonly referred to as Taiwan''
*{{flagicon|Tajikistan}} '''[[Tajikistan]]''' – Republic of Tajikistan
*{{flagicon|Tanzania}} '''[[Tanzania]]''' – United Republic of Tanzania.
*{{flagicon|Thailand}} '''[[Thailand]]''' – Kingdom of Thailand
*{{flagicon|East Timor}} '''[[East Timor|Timor-Leste]]''' – Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
*{{flagicon|Togo}} '''[[Togo]]''' – Togolese Republic
*{{flagicon|Tokelau (local)}} [[Tokelau]] (''Overseas territory of New Zealand'')
*{{flagicon|Tonga}} '''[[Tonga]]''' – Kingdom of Tonga
**''See [[#P|Pridnestrovie]] for Transnistria''&lt;ref name=&quot;names&quot; /&gt;
*{{flagicon|Trinidad and Tobago}} '''[[Trinidad and Tobago]]''' – Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
*{{flagicon|Tristan da Cunha}} [[Tristan da Cunha]] (''Dependency of the UK overseas territory of Saint Helena'')
*{{flagicon|Tunisia}} '''[[Tunisia]]''' – Tunisian Republic
*{{flagicon|Turkey}} '''[[Turkey]]''' – Republic of Turkey
*{{flagicon|Turkmenistan}} '''[[Turkmenistan]]'''
*{{flagicon|Turks and Caicos Islands}} [[Turks and Caicos Islands]] (''UK overseas territory'')
*{{flagicon|Tuvalu}} '''[[Tuvalu]]'''

=== U ===
*{{flagicon|Uganda}} '''[[Uganda]]''' – Republic of Uganda
*{{flagicon|Ukraine}} '''[[Ukraine]]'''
*{{flagicon|United Arab Emirates}} '''[[United Arab Emirates]]'''
*{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[United Kingdom]]''' – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
*{{flagicon|United States}} '''[[United States]]''' – United States of America
*{{flagicon|Uruguay}} '''[[Uruguay]]''' – Oriental Republic of Uruguay
*{{flagicon|Uzbekistan}} '''[[Uzbekistan]]''' – Republic of Uzbekistan

=== V ===
*{{flagicon|Vanuatu}} '''[[Vanuatu]]''' – Republic of Vanuatu
*{{flagicon|Vatican City}} '''[[Vatican City]]''' – State of the Vatican City&lt;ref&gt;[[Vatican City]] is administered by a [[Governor of Vatican City|Governor]] appointed by the [[Pope]], with the latter being the head of the [[Holy See]] and that of the Vatican City concurrently.&lt;/ref&gt;
*{{flagicon|Venezuela}} '''[[Venezuela]]''' – Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
*{{flagicon|Vietnam}} '''[[Vietnam]]''' – Socialist Republic of Vietnam
*{{flagicon|British Virgin Islands}} [[British Virgin Islands|Virgin Islands, British]] – British Virgin Islands (''UK overseas territory'')
*{{flagicon|U.S. Virgin Islands}} [[United States Virgin Islands|Virgin Islands, United States]] – United States Virgin Islands (''US overseas territory'')

=== W ===
*{{flagicon|W and F}} [[Wallis and Futuna]] – Territory of Wallis and Futuna Islands (''French overseas community'')
*{{flagicon|Western Sahara}} '''''[[Western Sahara]]''''' – [[Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic]]&lt;ref&gt;The [[Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic]] in [[Western Sahara]] is currently recognized by [[Foreign relations of Western Sahara|46 UN member states]]. It has never been admitted to the UN but is a member of the [[African Union]]. It claims the whole territory of Western Sahara but only exercises effective control over the [[Free Zone (region)|territory]] east of [[Moroccan Wall]], while a [[Southern Provinces|large portion]] of the territory is occupied by and integrated into [[Morocco]].&lt;/ref&gt;

=== Y ===
*{{flagicon|Yemen}} '''[[Yemen]]''' – Republic of Yemen

=== Z ===
*{{flagicon|Zambia}} '''[[Zambia]]''' – Republic of Zambia
*{{flagicon|Zimbabwe}} '''[[Zimbabwe]]''' – Republic of Zimbabwe


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    <title>Augsburg</title>
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      <timestamp>2009-02-21T22:53:22Z</timestamp>
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      <text xml:space="preserve">{{Infobox German Location
|country = Germany
|map = &lt;map lat='48.365' lng='10.89' zoom='11' view='3' /&gt;
|state = Bavaria
|pop = 263,000
|plate = A
|motorways = 
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'''Augsburg''' is a city in [[Bavaria]], [[Germany]].

== Direction [[München]] (A8) ==
Take bus line 23 or 41 towards ''Hammerschmiede'' until ''Hammerschmiede-Süd'' (big crossroads and shopping center), back to crossroads and street with high building with clock, where you can find a big ESSO service station, from where many people get on to the [[A8 (Germany)|A8]].

== Direction [[Stuttgart]] (A8) ==
Like going to München, or: bus line 22 to ''Firnhaberau Endstation'', then walk 10 minutes to ''Raststätte A.-Ost''. On-ramp ''Augsburg-West'' is not useful anymore, because of the approach road that connects the motorway with the B17. Best is to hitchhike at the ''Esso'' petrol station at the ''Donauwörtherstrasse'' just before the junction towards ''Gersthofen-Süd''.

== Direction south (B17, [[Landsberg]], [[Füssen]]) ==
Take tram line 3 (''Straßenbahn'') until ''Bukowina-Institut'' (big high building), at crossroads to the right, 5 minutes until next traffic light or take a bus to the ''Messegelände''; the motorway ramp is directly after the bridge, cars can stop if they go right to the ''Messehalle''. You probably don't need a [[sign]], since there's only one sensible direction.


--&gt; diese stelle funktioniert nicht für richtung landsberg bzw. füssen! es gibt dort keine stelle, wo die autos halten können. der zubringer für die b17 nach der brücke ist für die richtung nach norden.
besser:
mit dem bus 32 richtung klinikum/bkh, aussteigen bei dayton-ring. da ist man dann direkt vor einer sehr großen kreuzung. die überqueren und zur bushaltestelle auf der andersn seite gehen (die ist nach der brücke).
ich muss allerdings dazu sagen, dass ich es erst ein mal probiert habe und da dann ungefähr 2 stunden gestanden bin... aber als ich endlich aus augsburg draußen war, lief alles super.

== Other directions ==
* B2 to [[Mering]]/[[München]]: good; bus to ''Peterhofstr.''; 5min;
* B300 to the West: rather bad; tram line 2 one stop after HBf. (main railway station), alongside the B300 for about 15 minutes until Shell service station. Use a sign or ask to people.

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    <title>A8 (Germany)</title>
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      <text xml:space="preserve">The '''A8''' crosses southern [[Germany]] in East-West-direction.

Coming from [[Luxemburg]], it passes [[Saarbrücken]], [[Karlsruhe]], [[Stuttgart]], [[Ulm]], [[Augsburg]], [[Munich]], [[Rosenheim]] and splits into the [[Austria]]n motorways [[A1 (Austria)|A1]] and [[A10 (Austria)|A10]] in [[Salzburg]].

The A8 is crossing the [[A5]] next to [[Karlsruhe]] and the [[A81_(Germany)|A81]] south of Stuttgart

There is a gap between [[Saarbrücken]] and [[Karlsruhe]].

==Hitchhiking the A8==
*'''Border to [[Luxembourg]]'''
*'''{{ramp}} (2) 	[[Perl]]-Besch'''
*'''{{ramp}} (3) 	[[Perl]]-Borg'''
*'''{{ramp}} (4) 	[[Merzig]]-Wellingen'''
*'''{{ramp}} (5) 	[[Merzig]]-Schwemlingen'''
*'''{{ramp}} (6) 	[[Merzig]]'''
*'''{{ramp}} (7) 	[[Rehlingen]]'''
*'''{{ramp}} (8) 	[[Dillingen]]-Mitte'''
*'''{{junction}} (9) 	Dreieck [[Saarlouis]]'''
*'''{{ramp}} (10) 	[[Dillingen]]-Süd'''
*'''{{ramp}} (11) 	[[Saarlouis]]-Steinrausch'''
*'''{{ramp}} (12) 	[[Nalbach]]/[[Saarwellingen]]-Industriegebiete'''
*'''{{ramp}} (13) 	[[Saarwellingen]]-Mitte'''
*'''{{ramp}} (14) 	[[Schwalbach]]'''
*'''{{ramp}} (15) 	[[Schwalbach]]/[[Schwarzenholz]]'''
*'''{{ramp}} (16) 	[[Heusweiler]]'''
*'''{{junction}} (17) Kreuz [[Saarbrücken]]'''
*'''{{ramp}} (18) 	[[Merchweiler]]'''
*'''{{ramp}} (19) 	[[Friedrichsthal]]-[[Bildstock]]'''
*'''{{junction}} (20) Dreieck [[Friedrichsthal]]'''
*'''{{ramp}} (21) 	[[Elversberg]]'''
*'''{{ramp}} (22) 	[[Neunkirchen]]-Heinitz'''
*'''{{ramp}} (23) 	[[Neunkirchen]]/Spiesen'''
*'''{{ramp}} (24) 	[[Neunkirchen]]-Oberstadt'''
*'''{{ramp}} (25) 	[[Neunkirchen]]-Wellesweiler'''
*'''{{ramp}} (26) 	[[Neunkirchen]]-Kohlhof'''
*'''{{junction}} (27) Kreuz [[Neunkirchen]]'''
*'''{{ramp}} (28) 	[[Kirkel]]-[[Limbach]]'''
*'''{{ramp}} [[Homburg]]-Schwarzenbach (planned, not finished yet)'''
*'''{{ramp}} (30) 	[[Homburg]]-Einöd'''
*'''{{ramp}} (31) 	[[Zweibrücken]]-Ernstweiler'''
*'''{{ramp}} (32) 	[[Zweibrücken]]-Zentrum'''
*'''{{ramp}} (33) 	[[Zweibrücken]]-Ixheim'''
*'''{{ramp}} (34) 	[[Contwig]]'''
*'''{{ramp}} (35) 	[[Walshausen]]'''
*'''{{ramp}} (36) 	[[Pirmasens]]-Winzeln'''
*'''{{junction}} (-) 	Dreieck [[Pirmasens]]'''
*''Naturpark Pfälzerwald'' - '''the motorway is gapped but the B10 leads through the gap and has 4 lanes most of the way'''
*'''{{junction}} (41) Dreieck [[Karlsruhe]]'''
*'''{{ramp}} (42) 	[[Karlsbad]]'''
*'''{{ramp}} (43) 	[[Pforzheim]]-West'''
*'''{{ramp}} (44) 	[[Pforzheim]]-Nord'''
*'''{{ramp}} (45a) 	[[Pforzheim]]-Ost'''
*'''{{gas}} {{rest}}  Raststätte Pforzheim'''
*'''{{ramp}} (45b) 	[[Pforzheim]]-Süd'''
*'''{{ramp}} (46) 	[[Heimsheim]]'''
*'''{{ramp}} (47) 	[[Rutesheim]]'''
*'''{{ramp}} (48) 	[[Leonberg]]-West'''
*'''{{junction}} (49) Dreieck [[Leonberg]]'''
*'''{{ramp}} (50) 	[[Leonberg]]-Ost'''
*'''{{gas}} {{rest}} 	Raststätte Sindelfinger Wald  - only direction [[Munich]]'''
*'''{{junction}} (51) Kreuz [[Stuttgart]]'''
*'''{{ramp}} (52a) 	[[Stuttgart]]-Möhringen'''
*'''{{ramp}} (52) 	[[Stuttgart]]-Möhringen/Degerloch'''
*'''{{junction}} (52b) 	[[Stuttgart]]-Degerloch (&quot;Echterdinger Ei&quot;)'''
*'''{{ramp}} (53) 	[[Stuttgart]]-Flughafen'''
*'''{{ramp}} 	[[Neuhausen]] (planned)'''
*'''{{ramp}} (54) 	[[Esslingen]]'''
*'''{{gas}} {{rest}} 	Raststätte Denkendorf  - only direction [[Stuttgart]]'''
*'''{{junction}} (55) [[Wendlingen]]'''
*'''{{ramp}} (56) 	[[Kirchheim unter Teck]]-West'''
*'''{{ramp}} (57) 	[[Kirchheim unter Teck]]-Ost'''
*'''{{ramp}} (58) 	[[Aichelberg]]'''
*'''{{gas}} {{rest}} 	Raststätte Gruibingen'''
*'''{{ramp}} 	verlegte AS [[Hohenstadt]] (planned)'''
*'''{{ramp}} (59) 	[[Mühlhausen]]'''
*'''{{ramp}} (60) 	[[Hohenstadt]]'''
*'''{{ramp}} (61) 	[[Merklingen]]'''
*'''{{gas}} {{rest}} 	Raststätte Aichen  - only direction [[Stuttgart]]'''
*'''{{junction}} (62) [[Ulm]]-West'''
*'''{{ramp}} [[Ulm]]-Nord? (planned)'''
*'''{{ramp}} (63) 	[[Ulm]]-Ost'''
*'''{{ramp}} (64) 	[[Oberelchingen]]'''
*'''{{junction}} (65) Kreuz [[Ulm]]/[[Elchingen]]'''
*'''{{ramp}} (66) 	[[Leipheim]]'''		
*'''{{gas}} {{rest}} {{motel}}  Raststätte / Motel Leipheim only direction [[Munich]] {{good}}'''
*'''{{ramp}} (67) 	[[Günzburg]]'''
*'''{{ramp}} 	(Unter-)knöringen (planned)'''
*'''{{gas}} {{rest}} 	Raststätte Burgauer See - only direction [[Stuttgart]] {{good}}'''
*'''{{ramp}} (69) 	[[Burgau]]'''
*'''{{ramp}} (70) 	[[Zusmarshausen]]'''
*'''{{rest}} Raststätte Kleinraststätte Lüftenberg'''
*'''{{ramp}} (71a) 	[[Adelsried]]'''
*'''{{gas}} {{rest}} {{motel}} Raststätte / Motel Edenbergen  - only direction [[Munich]] {{bad}}'''
*'''{{ramp}} (71b) 	[[Neusäß]]'''
*'''{{junction}} (72) Kreuz [[Augsburg]]-West'''
*'''{{gas}} {{rest}} Raststätte [[Augsburg]]  - only direction [[Stuttgart]] {{average}} to {{bad}}'''
*'''{{junction}} (73a) Kreuz [[Augsburg]]-Ost'''
*'''{{ramp}} (73b) 	[[Friedberg]] (Bayern)'''
*'''{{ramp}} (74) 	[[Dasing]]'''
*'''{{ramp}} (75) 	[[Adelzhausen]]'''
*'''{{ramp}} (76) 	[[Odelzhausen]]'''
*'''{{ramp}} (77) 	[[Sulzemoos]]'''
*'''{{ramp}} (78) 	[[Dachau]]/[[Fürstenfeldbruck]]'''
*'''{{junction}} (79) Dreieck [[München]]-Eschenried'''
*'''{{ramp}} (80) 	[[München]]-Langwied'''
*'''{{junction}} (81) Kreuz [[München]]-West'''
*'''{{ramp}} (82) 	[[München]]-Obermenzing'''
*''' End of the motorway - road leads through [[Munich]] but it is possible to go around via the A99'''
*'''Motorway starts again'''
*'''{{ramp}} (91) 	[[München]]-Ramersdorf'''
*'''{{ramp}} (92a) 	[[München]]-Perlach'''
*'''{{ramp}} (92b) 	[[Neubiberg]]'''
*'''{{ramp}} (93) 	[[Unterhaching]]-Ost'''
*'''{{ramp}} (94) 	[[Taufkirchen]]-Ost'''
*'''{{junction}} (95) Kreuz [[München]]-Süd'''
*'''{{rest}} Raststätte Hofoldinger Forst'''
*'''{{ramp}} (96) 	[[Hofoldinger]] Forst'''
*'''{{gas}} {{rest}} 	Raststätte Holzkirchen only direction [[Salzburg]]'''
*'''{{ramp}} (97) 	[[Holzkirchen]]'''
*'''{{gas}} {{rest}} 	Raststätte Holzkirchen  only direction [[Munich]]'''
*'''{{ramp}} (98) 	[[Weyarn]]'''
*'''{{ramp}} (99) 	[[Irschenberg]]'''
*'''{{gas}} {{rest}} {{motel}} Raststätte / Motel Irschenberg - only direction [[Salzburg]] {{good}}'''
*'''{{ramp}} (100) 	[[Bad Aibling]]'''
*'''{{junction}} 	[[Kolbermoor]] (planned)'''
*'''{{ramp}} 	[[Rosenheim]]-West (planned)'''
*'''{{junction}} (101) Dreieck Inntal'''
*'''{{ramp}} (102) 	[[Rosenheim]]'''
*'''{{ramp}} (103) 	[[Rohrdorf]]'''
*'''{{gas}} {{rest}} Raststätte Samerberg'''
*'''{{ramp}} (104) 	[[Achenmühle]]'''
*'''{{ramp}} (105) 	[[Frasdorf]]'''
*'''{{ramp}} (106) 	[[Bernau am Chiemsee]]'''
*'''{{rest}} Raststätte Chiemsee (closed for trucks)  - only direction [[Munich]]'''
*'''{{ramp}} (107) 	[[Felden]]'''
*'''{{ramp}} (108) 	[[Übersee]]'''
*'''{{ramp}} (109) 	[[Grabenstätt]]'''
*'''{{gas}} {{rest}}  Raststätte Hochfelln'''
*'''{{ramp}} (110) 	[[Bergen]]'''
*'''{{ramp}} (111) 	[[Schweinbach]]'''
*'''{{ramp}} (112) 	[[Traunstein]]/[[Siegsdorf]]'''
*'''{{ramp}} (113) 	[[Teisendorf]]-[[Neukirchen]]'''
*'''{{ramp}} (114) 	[[Anger]] (Behelfsanschlussstelle)'''
*'''{{ramp}} (115) 	[[Bad Reichenhall]]/Piding'''
*'''{{gas}} Tankstelle [[Bad Reichenhall]] {{average}}'''
*'''{{ramp}} [[Walserberg]] (no off-ramp)'''
*'''Border to [[Austria]]'''

[[Category:Bavaria]]
[[Category:Autobahn]]
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    <title>Basel</title>
    <id>1996</id>
    <revision>
      <id>33870</id>
      <timestamp>2009-06-08T20:43:06Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Platschi</username>
        <id>112</id>
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      <minor/>
      <comment>notoc</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">'''Basel''' is a city in [[Switzerland]].

The city is located near the [[Germany|German]] and [[France|French]] border.
==Hitching Out==
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===East, South towards [[Bern]], [[Zürich]], [[Luzern]]===
Take S1 or S3 in the direction of Olten or Laufenburg (both'll do..) at Basel's main train station (&quot;Basel SBB&quot;). Get off at ''Pratteln'' and follow the ''Zehntenstrasse'' (parallel to the railway tracks) in the direction of the train you took, for quite a short time. Go left at the little steps, which lead to a road underneath the tracks, then straight. Turn right at the small ''BP'' service station, then continues on the road ''Hohenrainstrasse''. Follow this road for 5 minutes, keep on the left footpath, and you will then see a small commercial area. Turn left onto this street , ''Zurlindenstrasse'', walk down until you reach a green area. Make your way down this until you reach the exit. You will be at the motorway service station '''Pratteln-Süd'''. It is open 24 hours a day.

===North towards [[Mulhouse]], [[Strasbourg]], [[Luxembourg]], etc===

Go to the Basel “Hauptbanhof” (main train station) and take the number “50” bus, direction “Euroairport”. The second last stop (&quot;Frachthalle&quot;) arrives at the St.Louis area which is beside the Swiss-French border. You will see that there is a police check point for cars. If you make your way to this area and stand at the side you should be able to interact with vehicles’ at a very slow speed. Look out for the police as they can be a nuisance but I had no problems.

You can also take the bus number 50 to &quot;Friedrich-Miescher-Strasse&quot; and walk down the hill. There you'll find the [[slip road]] for the motorway to France. In the morning and especially in the evening there is a lot of traffic. And just next to it, you find a colorful squat, where you can probably find a sleeping place for a night, if hitchhiking just doesn't work.

===North towards [[Germany]], [[Freiburg]]===
You should follow the directions in the first paragraph. Also, one has to go to the other side of this [[petrol station]] to go to [[Germany]]. There is a crossing at the restaurant at the '''Pratteln-Nord''' [[service station]].

'''NOTICE:''' It might be useful to use a sign here or to ask people where they're going.. A few kilometres down the road there's a big crossing. You can choose between the direction [[Zürich]] and [[St. Gallen]] '''or''' [[Bern]] and [[Luzern]].

*A helpful cutout of a [http://map.search.ch/?x=-42442m&amp;y=73842m&amp;z=512 map]


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      <text xml:space="preserve">The states member of the '''European Union''' are
[[Austria]], [[Belgium]], [[Denmark]], [[Finland]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Greece]], [[Ireland]], [[Italy]], [[Luxembourg]], [[Netherlands]], [[Portugal]], [[Spain]], [[Sweden]], [[United Kingdom]], [[Cyprus]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Estonia]], [[Hungary]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], [[Malta]], [[Poland]], [[Slovakia]], [[Slovenia]], [[Romania]], [[Bulgaria]]


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  <page>
    <title>New York City</title>
    <id>1999</id>
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      <timestamp>2009-01-19T05:31:56Z</timestamp>
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      <comment>+category, -{{stub}}, -not working link, other fixes</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">'''New York City''' is the largest city in [[New York State]].  Generally, when travelers say they are from or going toward &quot;New York&quot;, they are referring to this city, which is actually made up of 5 boroughs and 3 islands: Manhattan, Staten Island, and Long Island (which Brooklyn and Queens are a part of).  The Bronx, the fifth borough, is connected with the mainland of [[New York State]].

==[[Train hopping]]==
New York City is a major hub for trains: freight trains, Amtrak, Metro-North, MTA, LIRR, NJ Transit, and PATH trains all pass in and out of this city.  Although riding trains for free (train-hopping) is illegal, it is one of the most viable ways to get out of the city for free.  In most passenger trains (NJ Transit, Amtrak, etc.), the only way to ride for free is to hide in a bathroom or display a &quot;Seat Check&quot; ticket found on the ground or from a previous ride.  Generally speaking, if you are discovered to be riding without paying the proper fare, you will be asked to pay it.  If you can not pay it, then you will be asked to exit the train at the next station.  As long as you remain friendly and cooperative, there should not be a problem with legal issues, arrest, or fines.

Hopping freight trains is a common way to ride long distances for free.  It is extremely practical to do if you have phone or internet access, because there are numbers and/or websites that will give you the direction that each freight is headed and its estimated time of arrival, based on that freight's identification number.

==Heading North==
Advice: Don't get stuck in [[Albany]].

===On I-95, toward [[New Haven]], [[Providence]], and [[Boston]]===
I-95 North runs along the Eastern coast of [[New York State]] and [[Connecticut]] at this point.  Leaving New York City can be very complicated, especially getting past the Bronx, a borough full of decidedly &quot;dangerous&quot; low-income neighborhoods.  When [[amylin]] was researching on ways out, she found this quote on a website: &quot;A hitchhiker killed in the Bronx will be referred to, by police, as a suicide victim.&quot;

So, [[amylin]] recommends taking the #2 subway train out to the last stop, Wakefield- 241st St. and walking about a mile from there to the [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=1145104329767828159,40.903428,-73.850375%3B17266531610081419525,40.912360,-73.832180&amp;time=&amp;date=&amp;ttype=&amp;saddr=241st+St+-+Wakefield+Station+%4040.903428,-73.850375&amp;daddr=40.912118,-73.832245&amp;mra=dme&amp;mrcr=0&amp;mrsp=1&amp;sz=15&amp;sll=40.909977,-73.837309&amp;sspn=0.014724,0.033431&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;z=15&amp;om=1 Mount Vernon East Metro-North station], where you can take a local train a bit farther afield.  To hitchhike to Providence, [[Rhode Island]] on a cold winter's day, she took the $4.75 train to [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;time=&amp;date=&amp;ttype=&amp;q=325+Heights+Rd,+Darien,+CT+06820&amp;sll=41.224118,-72.559204&amp;sspn=1.875734,4.279175&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=41.069322,-73.492999&amp;spn=0.007344,0.016716&amp;z=16&amp;om=1 Noroton Heights] in Darien, CT. and officially started from there.  She recommends this route for hitchhiking North, especially if you don't want to spend a lot of money* getting out of the city or time waiting outside.  A local police patrol car passed her while she stood with her thumb out but did not harass her.

--
*Whereas, if you take the Metro-North train from Grand Central Station in Midtown Manhattan, you'll pay almost double for the ticket, plus the $2 subway fare to get to the station.  So, if you're already on the subway, you might as well get the most of your $2 and take it as far out as possible.

==Heading West==
If you are trying to get to [[Pennsylvania]] or points West, your best bet is to take NJ Transit to [[Mt. Olive]], [[New Jersey]]. This will get you out of the suburbs, and thus increase the likelihood of getting a long-distance ride. From the Mt. Olive train station, you can walk to the [[on-ramp]] of I-80. Be advised that hitchhiking is illegal just about everywhere in New Jersey, including shoulders and on-ramps, so use caution.

==External links==
* [http://www.digihitch.com/world/USA/New-York Hitchhiking New York] - digihitch World


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    <title>Потребител беседа:Preitsma</title>
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      <timestamp>2006-06-26T19:58:57Z</timestamp>
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        <username>Guaka</username>
        <id>2</id>
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      <comment>Bedankt voor je bijdragen, groetjes, ~~~~</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">Bedankt voor je bijdragen, groetjes, [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 19:58, 26 June 2006 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>Dresden</title>
    <id>2001</id>
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      <id>31179</id>
      <timestamp>2009-02-21T22:53:41Z</timestamp>
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        <username>Prino</username>
        <id>93</id>
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      <text xml:space="preserve">{{Hitchhiking Zine nomination}}
{{Infobox German Location
|country = Germany
|map = &lt;map lat='51.049' lng='13.74' zoom='11' view='3' /&gt;
|pop = 508,351 &lt;small&gt;(31/12/2007)&lt;/small&gt;
|state = Saxony
|plate = DD
|motorways = [[A4 (Germany)|A4]],  [[A13 (Germany)|A13]],  [[A14 (Germany)|A14]],  [[A17 (Germany)|A17]]
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'''Dresden''' is a city in the Eastern part of [[Germany]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dresden_Elbe_Valley ''Dresden Elbe Valley''], a World Heritage Site, is located on its outskirts.

== General remarks ==
Due to the specific positioning of motorway [[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 petrol staion, or to stand before (or right besides) this 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 petrol station - if it is so, and if you don't like the place, you may walk 200m further to yet another 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 petrol station, which automatically attracts more drivers there. However, by choosing the second petrol station you might miss both some company cars (the drivers of these very often have special payment cards when using “Shell” 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.

Another good hitchhiking spot is very close to the motorway ramp. From Bahnhof Neustadt take the bus 81 towards ''Wilschdorf'' and get off at ''Hellerberge''. If you stand besides the bus station with a sign ''Berlin'', you probably won't wait for long.

=== East towards [[Görlitz]], [[Wroclaw]] ([[A4]]) ===
The aforementioned spot works quite well in that direction too - take Bus 81 and get off at ''Hellerberge''.  

=== 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 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 &amp; 360). There is a petrol station (&quot;Aral&quot;) but it is located on the opposite side of the road. It's the last petrol station before the motorway 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).

&lt;small&gt;(There might be better spots in ''Dresden Prohlis'' - does anyone have any information on this?)&lt;/small&gt;

== Passing through Dresden (North-&gt;South or South-&gt;North) ==
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 motorway splits just before the motorway petrol station called Dresdner Tor (Aral), so if you are dropped at the 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; &lt;small&gt;(exact information needed!)&lt;/small&gt;
* 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 motorway after that &quot;Aral&quot; petrol station, make a U-turn, take the motorway in the opposite direction and drop you off at the petrol station, and only then he can either enter Dresden or make another U-turn if he is heading West;

== Public transport / Blackriding ==
[''The information below does not apply to the S-Bahn city train. See [[Deutsche Bahn]] instead'']

* If you fail to show your ticket to a controller you will most likely get a fine of 40 EUR which needs to be paid by bank transfer within about 10 days. Rumors are that even if you are a foreigner but living within the European Union an announcement to pay will be send even to your country.
* Ticket controllers in Dresden are dressed in civil clothes.
* Ticket machines on tram stops give you unstamped tickets which you validate inside the tram at any time later. Bus drivers sell stamped tickets.
* You can validate your ticket in both trams and buses, the machines beep when you do so.
* Inside most of the trams there's a ticket machine that gives you an already stamped ticket. You can't rely on a &quot;hanging around the ticket machine&quot; technique since in case of a sudden ticket check your argument that you were &quot;planning to buy a ticket&quot; won't help.
* Most German public transportation directions have clear statements that you have to present a valid ticket if you're asked to do so - this rejects the possibility to rely on the argument ''I have not checked specifically for Dresden...'' during the actual ticket check.
* You need to get the ticket stamped before the ticket controllers ask you to prove your fare.
* If you did validate your ticket during the check, you can (and should) argue that you just forgot to stamp your ticket, and that you have a valid ticket nonetheless.
* After 8pm you need to get into the bus through the first (driver's) door - bus drivers are supposed to check tickets but usually don't give them a close look. It is not recommended to use some of your old student paper IDs (or any other documents) as tickets to show to the driver, however, you might have more luck if you show (quickly) an old (invalid) ticket.
* Most ticket checks (but not exclusively!) are performed from around 9am to around 1pm.
* '''All in all: Do not blackride in Dresden. It doesn't work. Don't do it.'''


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      <comment>/* East, West towards A2 (Dortmund, Hannover) */</comment>
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|country = Germany
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|pop = 325.846
|state = North Rhine-Westphalia
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'''Bielefeld''' is a city in the [[Germany|German]] federal state [[North Rhine-Westphalia]].

Despite a well-known [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bielefeld_Conspiracy running gag], Bielefeld obviously exists.

== Hitching Out ==
=== East, West towards [[A2 (Germany)|A2]] ([[Dortmund]], [[Hannover]]) ===
You have different options to go onto the [[A2 (Germany)|A2]]

* '''First''': Take a tram towards ''Sieker'' and get off at the last stop. There is some space to stop cars right behind the traffic lights in direction of [[A2 (Germany)|A2]] ([[on-ramp]] ''BI-Zentrum''). You can hitch a ride here all the way along ''Detmolder Strasse'' until that point where a road leading to A2 begins. Get out here and walk behind the traffic lights some 50m over the grass until you can stand on the [[hard shoulder]]. Wave you thumb and hitch a ride to the [[motorway]]. Best spot in Bielefeld, see map for closer information/clarification. 
* '''Second''': Take a train or a bus to [[Herford]] from where you can take a bus to ''Alten Markt'' (many bus lines); from there you can take the line #S5 to the bus-stop ''Tierpark''. When at ''Tierpark'', keep on walking to the motorway. When you are in front of a bridge walk right for the [[service station]] towards [[Dortmund]], and further behind the bridge if heading to [[Hannover]].
* '''Third''': Try to get to [[A2 (Germany)|A2]]'s on-ramp ''Bielefeld-Sennestadt'' in the south-east of the city. At the on-ramp in direction of [[Oberhausen]] / [[Dortmund]] you will find a [[lay-by]] where cars can easily stop. It's a bit harder if you are heading North - you will find some traffic lights but cars normally drive up to the motorway quite fast and there isn't any vast hard shoulder for cars to stop.

===North towards [[Osnabrück]], [[Halle (Westfalen)]], [[A33 (Germany)|A33]]===
If going north, this might be the best option: Take a tram towards ''Brackwede''. Get off at that station and walk down to the tunnel. Go in direction north-west (to your left, roughly saying) where you'll come to a meadow. Cross this field over to a street where you will see a traffic light some 100m further up. You're now in the Bielefeld district of ''Quelle''. Walk straight forward over the crossing, and after appr.50m you'll find enough of space for stopping a car. Traffic mainly comes from the left side, slowly, moving up towards Halle or further. Cars can stop easily along the hard shoulder. Additionally, you could ask drivers at the supermarket just next to you, but traffic might be quite local in there.

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    <title>Wuppertal</title>
    <id>2003</id>
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'''Wuppertal''' is a city in [[Germany]].

== Hitching Out ==
=== North towards [[Dortmund]], ([[A46 (Germany)|A46]]) ===
From ''Oberbarmen'' take bus #618 to ''Haarhausen'', or change at ''Wichlinghausen Markt'' to bus #618 or #624. Get out at ''Lahmburger Straße'' and walk into the ''Gennebrecker Straße''.  Just before the motorway you can reach the service station ''Sternenberg'' for going to [[Dortmund]]. Cross the bridge to go to the other direction.
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    <title>Потребител:Rev 22</title>
    <id>2004</id>
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      <id>8211</id>
      <timestamp>2006-07-03T15:14:38Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <ip>Rev 22</ip>
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      <minor/>
      <text xml:space="preserve">[http://meta.anarchopedia.org/User:Rev_22 User:Rev 22] on [http://meta.anarchopedia.org/ Anarchopedia].

I don't know much about hitchhiking, but I am very interested as it seems to be a very useful and anarchistic skill, so I will copy interesting content from Hitchhiking Wiki to Anarchopedia (or vice versa).</text>
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    <title>Потребител беседа:Rev 22</title>
    <id>2005</id>
    <revision>
      <id>8218</id>
      <timestamp>2006-07-04T04:01:29Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <ip>Rev 22</ip>
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      <text xml:space="preserve">Hi Rev!

Cool. I've nearly translated everything from the German Anarchopedia. If you manage to do a good job giving it a nice place it might actually be nice to move everything there. I like that there's no ads... [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 16:18, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

:Hey Guaka. I am not sure I am able to do as you want it to be, maybe with your advice I can.  If you want to eventually move the site you could make an hitchhiking portal on Anarchopedia (using the current main page), then buy a domain for the project and direct it via DNS to anarchopedia's server (to a separate wiki or to the portal inside english anarchopedia).  To arrange this you should come to our general meetings on IRC (next one is probably this Sunday)

:I noticed you are dissatisfied with some policies on Hospitality Club, and that CouchSurfing recently went down.  meta.anarchopedia.org can be used for community services for anarchists, so perhaps we could start an hospitality-service portal there (with templates for user profiles, but we need to find ways to manage private data).  Maybe this is a naive idea as, I have no experience in the area, but you'd certainly have enough skill to do that.

:In any case, congratulations for your project.  [[User:Rev 22|Rev 22]] 20:18, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

::Unfortunately I won't be there on Sunday.
::One reason I'm pushing for free software and open data in hospitality exchange networks is I think that there can and should be more, decentralized, interconnected networks. Beyond hospitality exchange (like more controled hitchhiking, free exchange of goods, ...). And indeed also to allow people to limit themselves to certain groups.
::I don't think it should be based on MediaWiki. It's probably even easier to learn Ruby and write something new :)
::I saw you're working on WikiShare. Interesting idea. :)
::Let's keep communicating! [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 23:39, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

::: About WikiShare, it is a project that is probably going to take months or years, and I am working on and off on it.  The prototype I am working on is in Perl, I am slowly putting in all the planned features.  The protocol has already been chosen for the most part, it is designed to be very extensible and will rely completely on a very already documented and flexible protocol (HTTP) for external (client-user) and internal (peer-to-peer) communications, so it won't be too difficult to create implementations in different languages once the algorithms are documented.  The aim is to create a completely distributed network with reliable data persistence and features like version control and real-time full-network search, upon which wiki articles can be published and retrieved easily.
::: About hospitality networks, I know about them since a few days only and want to partecipate, but I am reluctant to give any contribution to capitalist, autoritharian or semi-authoritarian projects.
::: I will send you my e-mail so we can continue to communicate there if you want... [[User:Rev 22|Rev 22]] 02:44, 4 July 2006 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>Magdeburg</title>
    <id>2006</id>
    <revision>
      <id>33874</id>
      <timestamp>2009-06-08T22:04:57Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Kb</username>
        <id>1332</id>
      </contributor>
      <comment>map for rasthof börde</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">{{Infobox German Location
|country = Germany
|state = Saxony-Anhalt
|map = &lt;map lat='52.119' lng='11.608' zoom='11' view='3' height='400'/&gt;
|pop = 230,000
|plate = MD
|motorways = A2, A14
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'''Magdeburg''' is a city in [[Germany]].

== Hitching Out ==
=== destinations ===
==== [[A2 (Germany)|A2]], East ([[Berlin]]) and West ([[Braunschweig]], [[Hannover]]) ====
* [[Magdeburg#petrol station near Krähenstieg| petrol station near Krähenstieg]]
* [[Magdeburg#service station Börde|service station Börde]]

==== North ====
* [[Magdeburg#petrol station near Krähenstieg|petrol station near Krähenstieg]]

==== [[(A14 (Germany)|A14]], South ([[Halle (Saale)]], [[Leipzig]]) ====
* [[Magdeburg#service station Börde|service station Börde]]
* [[Magdeburg#Leipziger Chaussee/Salbker Chaussee|Leipziger Chaussee/Salbker Chaussee]]

=== hitchhiking places ===
==== petrol station near Krähenstieg ====
Take Tram 9 in Magdeburg towards ''Neustädter See'' and get out at ''Krähenstieg''. Walk left, crossing the tracks and the street. Turn right after the tower-like building and walk down the street there. After some meters you will recognize the petrol station behind some trees on the left side. It is directly located along the ''B71'' and is connected with the ramp ''Magdeburg-Centrum'' which leads you towards direction [[Berlin]] or [[Hannover]].

In the afternoon you meet a lot of people who just go to their home villages in Jerichower Land (number plate JL), Ohrekreis (OK) or Sachsen-Anhalt West (SAW) but there are also cars going longer distances.

'''Be careful:''' Some people reported that employees of the station told them to leave because &quot;it is forbidden to talk to the car owners&quot;. They tried to make the hitchhikers leave and threatened to call the police. There are speculations that this depends on the daytime, your appearance and the presence of certain employees or the boss.

==== service station Börde ====
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Another option is the service station ''[[Börde Nord]]'' and ''[[Börde Süd]]'', a pretty nice starting point for hitchhikers. However, it includes a longer bus ride starting at the central bus station ''Damaschkeplatz'' behind ''Hauptbahnhof''. 

You can take bus number 615 towards ''Eichenbarleben'' and get out at bus stop ''Mammendorf (Eichenbarleben)''. From here you can walk to the service station. You'll approach the service station from the south and either need to take the path to the right before the underpass of the motorway or after it.

You can also take bus number 618 towards ''Rottmersleben'' until ''Groß Santersleben''. Form here you need to take the Mammendorfer Weg (direction southwest). You will first see the service station Börde Nord ([[A2 (Germany)|A2]] westbound) and after you passed under the motorway you will find a path to Börde Süd ([[A2 (Germany)|A2]] eastbound and [[(A14 (Germany)|A14]]) on the left side.

==== Leipziger Chaussee/Salbker Chaussee ====
Some cars take this way when they are leaving Magdeburg to the south. You can either ask at the petrol station or the traffic lights. Unfortunately, many cars are leaving the Autobahn before they pass the next service station.

Take bus 57 until &quot;Flughafen&quot; and walk westwards crossing one traffic light. On the right side is the petrol station, on the left side is the last traffic light before the Autobahn where there is a lot of place for cars to pull over for you on the central reservation of the street. Only cars turning left go towards the Autobahn.

== Hitching In ==
=== [[A2 (Germany)|A2]] exit Rothensee ===
If you find a driver who is passing Magdeburg on the A2 but not willing to bring you into the city, you can ask hir&lt;!--this is supposed to be a gender neutral pronoun--&gt; to drop you off at the '''exit ''Magdeburg Rothensee''''' because the '''tram stop ''Barleber See''''' is directly next to it. The last train (Tram 10 at daytime, Tram 94 at night) leaves at 23:17 and the first at 5:47. However, if you miss the last one, you can also walk 3 km to the stop '''Hohenwarther Straße''' – just follow the big road. There, Tram 94 can pick you up at 0:02, 0:52, 1:52, 3:02 every day and 4:21 on weekdays or 4:07, 4:28 and 4:52 on weekends. &lt;small&gt;(all times as of January 2009)&lt;/small&gt; Otherwise, the industrial area has acceptable sleeping places in the grass if you walk around a bit.

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Hitchhiking is very common in '''Israel'''. [[Hitchhiking]] is often done by pointing to the ground with the hand far from the body, &lt;!-- maybe someone has a nice picture of this? --&gt; instead of raising a thumb. But possibly raising a thumb will be understood as well. Hitchhiking in Israel is usually done without a [[sign]], since stopping in almost all junctions is possible. An exception for this is the new Road 6, in which stopping in only possible on on-ramps and [[petrol stations]]. 

[[Image:Israel 338.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Tmoon hitching in Israel]]
The most usual way to start an hitchhiking journey is to take a bus out of town, to a junction in your direction. Almost every junction has a hitchhiking spot (the famous ''[[Trempiyada]]''), or at least a bus station where drivers can stop.  In some places, like [[Tel Aviv]], it's very hard to hitchhike from the city, and inter-urban buses are relatively cheap and can get you to the nearest junction.  However, in [[Jerusalem]] it is possible to hitchhike to the suburbs from within the city, a practice used extensivly among religious Jewish kids.

==Safety==
Like always, precaution is needed when hitchhiking, although in Israel hitchhiking is a way of life. You will find hitchhikers ''everywhere''. Even still, caution is necessary.

You should remember that as a country in a sub-tropical region, it can get '''very''' hot in Israel, sometimes as early as March and as late as September. If you can, before hitchhiking check the predicted [[weather]] in the region of your travel, and if it's going to be hot, don't ignore it. Exposing yourself to heat without caution can be dangerous. In hot days, wear a hat and drink a lot of fluids, especially if hitchhiking in the desert. Suncream and sunglasses are also recommended.

==Cities and locations==
* [[Be'er Sheva]]
* [[Dead Sea]]
* [[Eilat]]
* [[Haifa]]
* [[Jerusalem]]
* [[Tel Aviv]]

== See also==
* [[The Golan Heights]]

==Crossing borders==
'''Note''': Israel shares borders with these countries; however, due to hostile relations between the states, it is '''illegal''' and probably impossible to cross over to Syria or Lebanon; Getting into Palestinian territory in the West Bank is quite straight forward, usually flashing your passport in the checkpoint is enough. Getting to [[Gaza]] should be problematic. Egypt and Jordan should be fine.

===To [[Egypt]]===
After Israeli forces closed down the [[Rafah]] border crossing, [[Taba]] is the only border crossing for passengers from Israel to [[Egypt]]. It is situated 5km south of [[Eilat]], and is accessible by public transport from both directions. There are almost no cars passing the border, everyone does it by foot. Notice that if you plan to continue after [[Sinai]], to [[Cairo]] for instance, you most likely need an Egyptian visa which is obtainable in the embassy in [[Tel Aviv]] or in [[Eilat]]. Bring with you 4 passport photos, 100 NIS and a photocopy of your passport. It takes around 4 hours for Western citizens.

===To [[Syria]] and [[Lebanon]]===
Not possible.  You can't enter Syria or Lebanon coming from Israel (or with a passport that shows that you've been in Israel, even with just a stamp from a border crossing to Egypt or Jordan).

===To [[Jordan]] ===
Israel currently run 3 border terminals with [[Jordan]]:

# In northern Israel, next to [[Beit Sheaan]], you can cross in the Abdallah bridge crossing, from which it is quite straight forward if you continue onwards to Amman.
# In [[Palestine]] (the occupied territories) the Israeli forces run the Allenby bridge crossing, seperating [[Jordan]] from the Palestinian territories. Because of its location, this border is only crossable to Palestinians and internationals (not Israelis) and the passengers are subject to intimdating &quot;security&quot; interrogations. This is also the most direct border crossing from [[Amman]] to [[Jerusalem]]. Notice that if you need a Jordanian visa, it can not be acquired at this crossing.
# In the south, 3km north of [[Eilat]], you can cross at the Arava crossing (''Yitzchak Rabin terminal'') which seperates [[Eilat]] from [[Aqaba]]. This is probably the most popular border terminal.

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When traveling to [[Kaunas]] or [[Vilnius]] you should get onto road A1, near so called &quot;JAKŲ&quot; ring. You can do this by catching bus #12 #7 #5 #2. Although you wont avoid a 2km walk from bus stop to the hitch hikers spot at A1 road to Kaunas/Vilnius.

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      <text xml:space="preserve">'''Madrid''' [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;q=madrid&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;z=12&amp;ll=40.422383,-3.703423&amp;spn=0.123888,0.432243&amp;om=1&amp;iwloc=A] is the capital of [[Spain]].  Madrid has a very extensive and inexpensive well-connected metro system that can help you get in and out of the city.

==South, toward [[Córdoba]], [[Algeciras]], and [[Morocco]]==
Near the metro station &quot;Ciudad de los Ángeles&quot; is a petrol station that is a fairly good spot to start from.  This same road (Av. de Andalucia) leads South, toward the entrance to the Autovía del Sur, which goes to Córdoba and Algeciras.  Unfortunately, along Av. de Andalucia, there is no emergency stopping lane, and thus, cars have no space to stop and pull over for hitchhikers (even at the bus stops!).  However, there are many traffic lights that allow vehicles the opportunity to slow down and stop.  Not far from the entrance to the autovía (maybe only about 5 or 10 km down) is another petrol station.  So, you don´t even hypothetically need to find a ride that is going ver far from this point because you can simlpy ask to be dropped at the next petrol station on the Autovía del Sur.

==More information==
* [http://www.hitchbase.com/ergebnisse.php?LANG=eng&amp;abfrage%5Bstartort%5D=175 Hitchbase] has some information about getting out of Madrid.

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'''London''' is the capital of [[England]] and the [[United Kingdom]].

==Hitching Out==
* [http://www.hitchbase.com/ergebnisse.php?LANG=eng&amp;abfrage%5Bstartort%5D=444 Hitchbase] has some information about hitchhiking out of London

Hitchhiking out of London is pretty tricky, but not impossible - the big problem is getting onto a motorway is a bit of a challenge, once you're on the motorway, stick to the petrol stations, hitching entrance ramp to entrance ramp is quite difficult, especially in the big cities.

===Direction: West England, South-West England, South Wales===
====M4 Motorway====

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* '''Where to''': ('''''[[West (England)|The West (London)]]'''''), [[Reading]], [[Swindon]], ('''''[[South West (England)|The South-West]]'''''), [[Bristol]], [[South West (England)|Devon]], [[South West (England)|Cornwall]],
* '''Cost of public transport''': One ticket to Zone 3 - approximately 5 UKP from Zone 1. There are also a number of buses that run by this roundabout. The H91 runs to the hitching spot itself. I'll try and get more details next time. 
* '''Last verified''': January 2009

* '''Directions''':
Get the Underground to Gunnersby tube station''(District Line)'' or the main line station at Kew Bridge. Both stations are on the Chiswick High Road (A315 - one west and one east of the roundabout) along which you walk 500m to Junction 1 of the M4. You want the Esso petrol station that is on the corner of the slip road onto the motorway heading west. There is a lay-by nearby with a sign saying M4 west. 


Heading for '''Cornwall''', it is much more easier hitching the M4 and changing to the M5 in [[Bristol]] than trying to hitch the M3 through [[South West (England)|Dorset]].

===Direction: South-East England (Kent)===
====M20 Motorway====
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* '''Where to''': ('''''[[South East (England)|South East]]'''''), [[Maidstone]], [[Canterbury]], [[Dover]], [[The Channel Tunnel]], [[France]] (''[[Western Europe]]'')
* '''Cost of public transport''': One train ticket ''from zone 1''(approximately £3.10) 
* '''Last verified''': february 2009

* '''Directions'''
Get the Underground to London Bridge Station ''(Northern Line - Jubilee Line)'' and get the overland train to a station called Mottingham ''(direction Dartford)'' - this is very close to the entrance to the M20 to Dover - head for 'Great Sidcup Road' around 800 yards further down the road is a set of traffic lights (corner of 'Sidcup Road' and 'Court Road'), and you can hold a sign saying Dover from that crossroad and try to get the cars stopped at the lights to let you jump in. You can also stand by 'Sidcup Road' at the Shell petrol station entrance. Remember that the Shell petrol station is the only place that a car can pull aside before the motorway, it is therefore flaw to try to walk further down 'Sidcup Road'.

If you arrive in Mottingham you just need to go on the other side of the tracks, go out of the station and you go to your right just 100m to a mainroad. There is petrol station with a lot of local traffic, but if you ask for a lift to the next Mc Donalds on that road, where another petrol station is as well, you have good chance to travel on. 

The train to Mottingham (zone 4) departs from Charing Cross Station (downtown zone 1) through Waterloo (zone 1), London Bridge (zone 1), New Cross (zone 2) and Lewisham (zone 2) stations on its way to Dartford and Gillingham. Mottingham Station (as well as the previous station of Lee in zone 3) does not have a check-in/check-out gate, which means that it is better not to use a Oyster Card when going to that station as you won't have the chance to 'touch out' and be charged consequently. Therefore, it is also possible to simply buy a ticket to the previous station in zone 3 (Hither Green or Lee) and bring the cost of the ticket beneath the 3 pounds. The distance between each stations is no longer than 5 minutes.

The best ride to accept from Mottingham is one that brings you directly into the South-East along the M20 and past the M20-M25 junction, most likely to the [[Maidstone Services]]. Many drivers said that many hitch-hikers happen to stand and hitch at the junction, but the police might be more likely to pick you up. 

There is also a BP petrol Station Services (Swanley Services) before the M25 junction but the cars still goes in every direction from there and catching a ride might reveal difficult; although it would not be advised to go until there, someone might want want to do so if he feels he needs to change landscape ''(gathering more information needed)''. Drivers have also said that some people do hitch-hike at the M20/M25 Interchange Roundabouts, though this sound more likely to be illegal, more information would be welcome.

====M2 Motorway====
* '''Where to''':  ('''''[[South East (England)|South East]]'''''), [[Rochester]], [[Canterbury]], [[Dover]]
* '''Cost of public transport''': 
* '''Last verified''': 

*'''Directions''':
Get the Underground to London Bridge Station ''(Northern Line - Jubilee Line)'' and get the commuter train to a station called Mottingham ''(direction Dartford)''
(''Note that you can hitch along the M20 and changing to the M2 in [[Maidstone]]'')

====A21 Highway====
* '''Where to''':  ('''''[[South East (England)|The South East]]'''''), [[Hastings]], [[Royal Tunbridge Wells]]
* '''Cost of public transport''': 
* '''Last verified''': 

*'''Directions''':
{{infoneeded| Help providing the information with the one available for the M20}}

===Direction: North-West, Scotland, North Wales===
====M40 Motorway====

* '''Where to''': ('''''[[West (England)|The West (London)]]'''''), [[Oxford]], [[High Wycombe]], ('''''[[West Midlands (England)|The West Midlands]]'''''), [[Warwick]], [[Birmingham]], [[Redditch]]
* '''Cost of public transport''': One ticket to zone 6 (Hillingdon) or zone 3 (Hanger Lane).
* '''Last verified''': 28 December 2007 (Hillingdon), 26 January 2008 (Hanger Lane), 24 May 2009 (M40 J1)

*'''Directions''':
[[M40 (GB)|M40]] is different from other motorways originating from London, as it starts quite close to M25 as a continuation of the dual-carriageway A40.

[[A40 (GB)|A40]] has a number of entrances with heavy traffic, and the following 3 places have been successfully hitched from:

**'''M40 junction 1'''

Take a Piccadilly or Metropolitan Line to Uxbridge station (Zone 6). Exit the station onto High Street and turn right. Walk until you reach Harefield Road - turn left there, and then right at the next big roundabout. From there follow signs to M40 - you will eventually get to junction 1 slip road, and you can hitch-hike from there.

Confirm with the driver that he is going straight on M40, and does not turn onto M25 (London Orbital). Also beware that Junction 2 is not very easy to hitch-hike on (see [[M40 (GB)]] article)

**'''Hanger Lane''' Underground station (Central Line, West Ruislip branch, zone 3)

As you exit into the main hall of the tube station, have a look at the local area map and find an exit by the Westbound A40 slip road. Once you are out of the underground, keep walking along the slip road, and then A40. There are two good places to hitch from:

One of them is a bus stop just past the junction with Lynwood Rd. It has a long lay-by, which is a good place to hitch from as long as there's nothing parked there. Legally, it's a &quot;non-stopping except buses&quot; lay-by.

The other place is half a mile further on - a little lay-by with no restrictions. I ([[User:Lnx|Lnx]]) have not personally hitched from there, but it looks like a good spot and has an advantage of being open to the entire A40 (the Lynwood Rd bus stop has a separation between the incoming slip road and the main carriageway, so you can only be picked up by traffic emerging from North Circular Road, or Lynwood Road).

**'''Hillingdon''' Underground station (Piccadilly/Metropolitan Lines, zone 6).

As you exit the tube station and go to the end of walkway, turn left and walk until you reach big traffic light-controlled crossroads of 'Long Lane' and 'Western Avenue' (NOT the A40 Western Avenue). Cross the road, then turn right and continue to the roundabout, whose primary exit is the slip-road to A40. Stand on the grass next to of the hatched area - the hatched area is a good and legal place for a vehicle to stop. The area is also well-lit which makes it a perfect place to hitch at night.

It is advisable to have a sign saying &quot;Oxford&quot; or something, as a lot of traffic leaves [[M40 (GB)|M40]] at junction 1a to continue on [[M25 (GB)|M25]].

There is also an Oxford Tube coach stop in Western Avenue/Freezeland Way nearby. If you happen to get really stuck (which I think you won't - I waited only about 12 minutes for a ride on an evening during a post-Christmas season) and only need to get to Oxford, this might be an alternative.

===Direction: North===
====M1 Motorway====
* '''Where to''':  ('''''[[The North (England)|The North (London)]]'''''), [[Luton]], [[Milton Keynes]], ('''''[[East Midlands (England)|The East Midlands]]'''''), [[Northampton]], [[Leicester]], [[Derby]], [[Nottingham]], [[Sheffield]], [[Leeds]]

*'''Directions''':

** '''Option 1''' - [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=15386599078168394493,51.613806,-0.276014%3B7303632460877835457,51.616789,-0.260584&amp;saddr=A5100%2FStation+Rd+%4051.613806,+-0.276014&amp;daddr=A5100%2FHale+Ln+%4051.616789,+-0.260584+to:51.629873,-0.264659&amp;mra=dme&amp;mrcr=0&amp;mrsp=2&amp;sz=15&amp;via=1&amp;sll=51.62617,-0.269852&amp;sspn=0.017104,0.047035&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=51.622306,-0.273972&amp;spn=0.017105,0.047035&amp;z=15 London Gateway Services]
** '''Cost of public transport''': One ticket to zone 5.

It is possible to walk from Edgware tube ''(Northern Line)'' to London Gateway Services on the M1. There are a few different ways to walk, but the simplest is: Turn right out of the station onto 'Station Road'. Follow the road along, it turns into 'Hale Lane', keep going, then turn left onto 'Selvage Lane' and keep going, you will then go over a bridge over the M1 and come to a big roundabout 'Apex Corner'. Go down into the subway under the roundabout, and come out on the A1 ('Barnet Way), just by the petrol station. Turn left just behind the petrol station onto 'Ellesmere Avenue', and keep walking until you come to a road on your left with a big sign telling you not to go down there. Walk down it and you come to '''London Gateway Services'''.

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** '''Option 2''' - [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=51.572780,+-0.230950&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;z=12&amp;iwloc=addr&amp;om=1 Staples Corner]
** '''Cost of public transport''': One ticket to zone 3.
** '''Last verified''': January 2009

[[Image:Staples_corner_m1.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Hitching Spot at Staples Corner for M1]]

Another option is to take the tube to Brent Cross ''(Northern Line)''. From there you follow the 'North Circular Road' westwards for about 1km (along Tilling Road), and you get to the bottom of the M1 (don't get confused with the A1 which also passes nearby, although if this road is more convenient for your destination, you can also hitch from here). After passing the shopping centre, you should see the M1. It is possible to hitch at the first entrance you see, which is the traffic coming off the 'Westbound North Circular' (there is a bus stop just after the slip road joins the North Circular, and a small lay-by further on - both adjacent to the lane for M1).

However, it tends to go slightly quicker if you walk 2 minutes more around the roundabout ('''Staples Corner ''West'' '''). You'll see a railway bridge, go under it and there is a bus stop beside a car repair place (the bus stop itself is near Adrian Avenue and is by the ''Western'' side of the railway bridge). It doesn't look like such a great place, but it works quite well if you have a sign (worked for [[User:Lnx|Lnx]] - a 5-minute wait in the dark!). Certainly it is better than the entrance to the M1 used by traffic going eastbound on the 'North Circular', which has a big camera pointing right at where you would stand.


====A1 Highway / A1(M) Motorway====
* '''Where to''':  ('''''[[The North (England)|The North (London)]]'''''), [[Stevanage]], ('''''[[East Midlands (England)|East Midlands]]'''''), ('''''[[East (England)|The East]]'''''), [[Peterborough]]
* '''Cost of public transport''': 
* '''Last verified''': 

*'''Directions''':
''(See information for M1, Option 2 - Staples Corner. Hold the sign saying &quot;A1 North&quot;. There must be better places to get onto A1, though...)'' {{infoneeded| Help complete this information with the one available for the M20}}

===Direction: East Anglia, East Coast===
====M11 Motorway====
* '''Where to''':  ('''''[[East (England)|The East]]'''''), [[Cambridge]], [[Peterborough]], [[Norwich]], [[London Stansted]] 
* '''Cost of public transport''': One ticket to zone 4
* '''Last verified''': March 2008

*'''Directions''':
The M11 begins near Redbridge, so this is an ideal place to go to.  [[user:Siinvincible|Simon]] and [[user:Whisperingofthestars|Jason]] managed to get a ride to Newmarket from the train to Redbridge, as someone noticed us making a sign.

===Direction: South, South West - Hampshire and Dorset===
====M3 Motorway====
* '''Where to''':  ('''''[[South West (England)|The South West]]'''''), [[Basingstoke]], [[Salisbury]], [[Southampton]], [[Porstmouth]], [[South West (England)|Dorset]], [[Bournemouth]]
* '''Cost of public transport''': One ticket/travelcard to zone 6 + one ticket from ''Hampton'' to ''Kempton Park'' railway station.
* '''Last verified''': 27 March 2008

*'''Directions''':

M3 is not an easy motorway to get to, although the following worked for [[User:Lnx|Lnx]]:

Take the train bound for ''Shepperton'' from ''London Waterloo'' and exit at '''Kempton Park''' station. Exit the station (do not go on the footbridge), cross the racecourse car park and turn right into Park Road, which goes into the slip road coming off A316. When you reach the A316 itself, walk on the pavement in the opposite direction to the traffic. You will immediately see a lay-by (chances are some lorries will be parked there). You can hitch from there. The position is not perfect, as the road is going downhill, and the traffic is travelling very fast (50-70mph).

'''Kempton Park''' station is just outside London Transport Zones (''Hampton'', the previous station on the Waterloo-Shepperton line, is in zone 6), but it has no ticket barriers and the chances of meeting a ticket inspector between ''Hampton'' and ''Kempton Park'' should be quite remote.

====A3/A24 Highway====
* '''Where to''':  ('''''[[South East (England)|The South East]]'''''), [[Woking]], [[Porstmouth]], [[Guildford]], [[Worthing]]
* '''Cost of public transport''': 
* '''Last verified''': 

*'''Directions''':
{{infoneeded|Information needed}}

''Possible site along the A3 would be located between Putney Heath/Roehampton and New Malden/West Wimbledon, New Malden offering the best opportunities''

''The A24 is best reached directly in Leatherhead outside the M25, there is a on-ramp to the M25 as well''

====M23 Motorway/A22 Highway====
* '''Where to''':  ('''''[[South East (England)|The South East]]'''''), [[Brighton]], [[Eastbourne]]
* '''Cost of public transport''': 
* '''Last verified''': 

*'''Directions''':
{{infoneeded|Information needed}}

''For the M23, possibly Purley''
''For the A22, possibly Kenley''

===Direction: East (Essex)===
====A12/A13 Highway====
* '''Where to''':  ('''''[[East (England)|The East]]'''''), [[East (England)|Essex]], [[Chelmsford]], [[Colchester]], [[Ipswich]], [[Southend-on-Sea]]
* '''Cost of public transport''': 
* '''Last verified''': 

*'''Directions''':
{{infoneeded|Information needed}}

==Airports==
Paid transport to and from airports can be expensive. Hitching can be a good alternative. The exits to the airports can also be good places to get lifts to other places. For example, if you get stuck on the western part of the M25, try to get to Heathrow, from there people are going all over the country. If you are coming from Brighton, and trying to get around London, you may get a ride quicker to where you want to go if you get dropped at Gatwick Airport than at Pease Pottage services.
* [[London Gatwick]]
* [[London Stansted]]
* [[London Heathrow]]
* [[Luton | London Luton]]

== Transiting in Greater London ==

Since nearly all the motorway networks lead towards London you probably might have to go through that urban area somehow to reach your destination. The M25 is the ring motorway that surrounds the metropole and connects with every possible motorway network in destination of the country. It is then better to be left at some very specific Motorway Services to manage to catch a ride further.

Be careful: there are only 3 service stations on the M25, and on the whole western part there are none at all. If you get dropped at a junction rather than at services you can get really stuck, as a large part of the traffic is only going round the road a short way. If it is not possible to get a lift to one of the services, consider waiting for a ride that takes you actually to the road you want to be on, rather than just stopping somewhere random on the M25.

===Clacket Lane Services===

Possibly the best place to get lifts on the M25. There is a bridge here to cross from one side to the other, which can be useful to know if, for example, you are trying to hitch from the M4 to Brighton but get a lift with someone who is going to Dover.

==Public Transport==
''See specific article for [[Transport for London]]''

==Sleep==
There are several options when it comes to finding a place to sleep. If the worst prevails and you're without a place, you're still not too bad off. Central London is relatively safe and you probably wont be bothered sleeping outside.

==Wild [[Camping]]==
Its quite possible to sleep out in London in considerable privacy despite its gigantic population of 10 million. Go North East to Trent Park (Picadilly Line North, second to last stop before Cockfosters. Find the directions for the university (Middlesex) campus and walk (or take the free bus) up the hill. Beside it and beyond the lake are quite a few miles of woodland and and it is incredibly beautiful. [[User:Whisperingofthestars|Jason]] lived here for 7 months during his final year of university. Be careful with park wardens, they eventually discovered him during the last few weeks of his studies. Build camouflage from ferns if staying for long. People are unlikely to be your greatest threat...dogs are. Dogs! A lot of people walk them here but you can find amazing places if you search hard enough. And if you search really really hard, you'll find a tree with the dates of the past dweller's residence...;) 

Also, outside this station (Trent Park), there is a Greek Bakery. Behind it lie huge sacks of bread every night. Please go. Its crazy that this could possibly be wasted every night. 

===Squatting=== 
London has such an abundance of [[squat]]s that you shouldn't ever have to pay for accomodation. Having said that, most squats are places where people live and go about their normal business, so don't expect too much from them. Perhaps it would be good to find some friendly squatters by word of mouth or on [http://www.couchsurfing.com couchsurfing] or similar. Don't worry about the negative connotations associated with squats. They generally aren't crackhouses or scabies-infested punk hangouts. People of all types squat in London and their homes are usually very nice. They are especially helpful if you're planning to stick around for a while, but can also be great if you're just passing through. [[User:Zac Stewart|Zac]]&lt;small&gt;&lt;sup&gt;[[User talk:Zac Stewart|talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/small&gt; ended up with a squat to sleep in on his first night, and in [[Mayfair]] of all places! There is a strong community of squatters especially in the north east of London where a new group has been set for resistance and solidarity. The North East London Squatters Network are having meetings every month as well as a mailing list etc... For more info, get in touch with the '''[http://www.hackneysocialcentre.blogspot.com/ Hackney Social Centre]''' .. (unfortunately this has now been evicted).

'''[http://www.rampart.co.nr/ rampART]''' is a squatted social center in [[Whitechapel]], east London. This place isn't a residential squat, but they do have a &quot;crash room&quot; for visitors. They make it clear that it is not a tourist hostel so you needn't bother them unless you are interested in getting involved with their project for some time while you're there. To stay, you need to contact them well ahead of time. If nothing else, it's a great place to meet squatters and find a place to stay.  They also have free internet! The address is 15-17 Rampart Street, London, E1 2LA. The space is under threat of eviction but is still hanging on (August 2008). Interestingly, the new place at Bowl Court Road that was squatted a few months ago has already been evicted (August 2008).

The '''[http://www.squatter.org.uk/ Advisory Service for Squatters]''' is helpful for people that are planning to find a place to live and cannot really help you find a place to crash. It's located at the Freedom Bookstore in Whitechapel and is another great place to meet squatters as well as get online for free. The address is Angel Alley, 84b Whitechapel High Street, Whitechapel, London, England, E1 7QX. (Tel. 020-32160099)

For more info on social centres in London, check out [http://www.socialcentresnetwork.org.uk/ Autonomous London].

==Eat==
Cheap and free food abounds in London. 

===Free===
Hari Krishna offer free food from several locations in London at lunchtime: outside SOAS by Russel Square at 1pm, for example. Expect to queue for 30 minutes, arrive early to guarantee a fill - the food does run out. Otherwise...

In the uk, the term for eating food that would otherwise be thrown away, is called skipping. Lots of people do it, all from people that come from poor countries and see all the food that goes to waist, to people that are political in there way of living. Many people, especially in the squatt sceen live totaly out of food from the bins...

Plenty of places throw out food at closing time. Always check the bags out front of '''Pret a Mangers''' and '''Benjy's''' at 5-7pm. If you feel up to it, you can even go inside when they are closing shop and explain that you're homeless and pick out all the food you want instead of getting it off the sidewalk. Feel no shame, you're helping to curb wastefulness!

The '''Coffee Republic''' on Great Marlborough Street near the Oxford Circle and Carnaby Street is reported to put out garbage bags with totally normal food--boiled potatoes, sandwiches, etc. every eveing around 8pm on weekdays and 7pm on weekends.

The sandwich company &quot;Eat&quot; throw away lots of stuff everyday all over town. Have a look in there bins or outside the shops on the street.

The bakery 'Paul' in Blackfriars and Paddington throw out a lot of cakes, all extremely luxurious and scrumptious.  From Blackfriars station walk up the main road, and Paul's will be on your right after a few minutes.

Wholesale vegetable markets at New Covent Garden Market and New Spitalfield Market have tons of stuff lying around on the floor that they cant sell but you certainly can eat... Go early in the morning, you probably run in to some other people skipping...

Places like Sainsburys, Marks and Spencers, Tesco and so on have a marking system on there packedge food that says when the food should be thrown away and when it should be eaten before. The gap between this days are often two days and you can still have it more or less a week more depending on what it is.

===Cheap===
If you're going to self cater, stick to '''Sainsbury's''' and '''Tesco''' rather than the convenient Off-Licenses for better prices. If you are a bit out of Central London, you might as well look for '''Lidl''', '''Morrisons''', '''Netto''' or '''Asda'''. Anyhow with a decent and wise grocery, you can get your grocery for nearly a week for about 10-15 pounds at any of the mentioned supermarket with decent, fresh and healthy food ''(to cook)''. Be aware though that these supermarkets are not in any sense &quot;ethical&quot;. They are wiping out local shops, taking monopoly on feeding us, destroying the environment and throwing away food every day that could feed hundreds of people. It's better to eat out of their bins.

If you get tired of peanut butter sandwiches or want to fill up for the weekend, try one of the MANY £5 all-you-can-eat '''Thai Buffets''' which are always always totally vegan! (some good all-you-can-eat start at £3,50). Go early, they get more expensive in the evening. While downtown, you can also get a ''&lt;nowiki&gt;'&lt;/nowiki&gt;6-inch sandwich of the day&lt;nowiki&gt;'&lt;/nowiki&gt;'' at '''Subway''' for 2 pounds.

The markets in Camden Town have cheap food around 5pm, especially in the Lock Market where, if you walk for a few minutes past all the initial food courts, you can easily find dishes of noodles for £2.

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  <page>
    <title>Moscow</title>
    <id>2019</id>
    <revision>
      <id>21236</id>
      <timestamp>2008-06-14T22:06:08Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Lanigiro</username>
        <id>173</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <comment>Robot: interwiki standardization</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">'''Moscow''' (Russian: Москва, ''Moskva'') is [[Russia|Russia's]] capital.

==Hitching Out==
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===South-West towards [[Kyiv]] ([[Ukraine]]) ===

Take the metro to the station ''Yugo-Zapadnaya'' and then take bus #707 or #611 to the stop ''Dudkino''. You can hitchhike directly from the bus stop. This is the highway ''Kievskoe shosse'' that goes all the way to [[Kyiv]]. Soon the highway becomes a simple two-lane road, so that even if your driver must drop you off only after a few dozen kilometres, you can simply remain beside the road and soon get another lift onward.

Other possibility is to take a train (elektrichka) to a small town '''Aprelevka''' (look at the map) - it is directly situated on the '''M3''' highway Moscow/Kiev. Just walk 1 km to the highway (ask people about the direction). However, cars here move fast.

[[Category:Russia]]
{{hitchbase_city|449}}

[[Category:E101]]
[[Category:E30]]

[[Category:E115]]
{{IsIn|Russia}}
[[Category:E105]]

[[de:Moskau]]
[[ru:Москва]]</text>
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  <page>
    <title>Потребител беседа:Salman</title>
    <id>2020</id>
    <revision>
      <id>28496</id>
      <timestamp>2008-11-28T20:52:43Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Sigurdas</username>
        <id>1658</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <text xml:space="preserve">=== Welcome and Ideas === 
Hi Salman! Welcome to this wiki and thanks for adding and correcting some stuff! I'll probably hitchhiking a bit in North America some time soon. [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 18:55, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Hey! Great! I didn't know you were &quot;webmaster and co-editor&quot; of digihitch! It would be great to find ways to cooperate a bit more. I'll add an easy way for linking to Digihitch. Also, we could do something like what I'm doing on CouchSurfing. Check [http://couchsurfing.com/wiki.html this]. I'm also trying to create an auto-login for CS users, so that they can edit with their CS user name. And then there's the Google Maps thing MrTweek is working on. It would be great if we can integrate all these things and ideas :)

You can now use links like &lt;nowiki&gt;[[digi:featured_salman.html]]&lt;/nowiki&gt; to create a nice link to Digihitch in the left pane. Or links like &lt;nowiki&gt;[[:digi:usa-map.html]]&lt;/nowiki&gt; to create links in the text, e.g. [[:digi:usa-map.html|USA map at Digihitch]]. [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 00:36, 2 December 2006 (CET)

&lt;!-- weird, not working here, works in [[User:Salman]] and [[USA]] though... [[digi:featured_salman.html]] --&gt;

:Thanks for the welcome and glad to know Hitchwiki has a strong support team to give it a good start! I hope we can meet when you are in the USA, Guaka. I am in [[Phoenix]], [[Arizona]]. Let me know if you come through... nice weather until May.

::It would be great to meet you, but I'm in New Zealand, and generally heading North West until I reach Europe. Maybe I'll be in the US for next Burning Man :)

==== Couchsurfing Geocoding ====
:As coder of the digihitch engine, I would be glad to create more ways to promote Hitchwiki from our pages. As we do for [[Hospitality Club]], we can probably link to each hitchwiki page within our digihitch World pages-- take the [http://www.digihitch.com/world/Europe/Netherlands Netherlands page] as an example. HC is promoted as an icon near the top left of the page and goes directly to the HC Netherlands travel page. I also wanted to integrate [[CouchSurfing]] with digihitch and mentioned this to Casey, but as of yet CS does not allow direct linking to countries. With your wiki this may now be possible!

::Cool. I just created [http://bugs.couchsurfing.com/view.php?id=341 a bug in the CS bug tracker] for this.
:::Glad to see your request. This is a feature that CS has been sorely missing! [[User:Salman|Salman]] 08:30, 4 December 2006 (CET)

==== Hitchhiking points on the map ====
:I have experience integrating Google Maps into the site with php, so let me know if you need any tips. I use php/mysql to accomplish this, initializing the maps within the head code. Digihitch World was built from the ground up, so I know the code intimately.

::Check http://www.liftershalte.info done by [[MrTweek]]. Maybe you can avoid doing work twice? :)
::: A little description is available at [[Liftershalte.info]]. It is also built with PHP and MySQL. For what are you using google maps? anything that we could link/combine/merge? :) --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 16:23, 3 December 2006 (CET)

::::Nice work so far on liftershalte.info! Are you in contact with Markus at [http://www.hitchbase.com/ hitchbase.com] to share all submitted exit points from that website? [[:digi:|digihitch.com]] has also had the goal of listing all locations on the map. I began with [http://www.google.com/apis/maps/ Google Maps API] earlier this year and right now we use it to show truckstops in US States (see [[:digi:world/USA/Arizona|Arizona]], for example), hostels in cities (see [[:digi:world/Europe/Germany/Berlin/hostels|Berlin hostels]] page) general maps for cities that have mapped routes (such as the new [[:digi:world/Oceania/New-Zealand/Auckland|New Zealand]] maps). If we can get all of us hitchhiking webmasters working together, maybe we can release an xml version of our work to other websites that has multi-language, map-based hitchhiking exit points that can be plugged into others' maps. Just a thought that we can discuss on a different page at another time. I will follow your development in the meantime. [[User:Salman|Salman]] 08:30, 4 December 2006 (CET)
::::: The problem with hitchbase is, that it has no coordinates for the places, so this data would be useless for liftershalte.info. Exporting the data to xml would very easy. I planned to let the users export it to kml or some similar format. --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 11:47, 4 December 2006 (CET)

::::::Glad to hear you are thinking ahead with sharing data. That has been the hardest part for us hitchhikers so far-- no standardization. Jasper from [http://www.hitchhikers.org hitchhikers.org] began working with an xml feed for shared rides, but I have not followed up with him on that yet. It is just another example that all of us would do well to think while we develop: How can I share this data with other hitchhiker developers so they can integrate it with their tools? Now that google maps api has such great free tools, hitchbase would do well to add an entry field for lat/lon coordinates, so that everything can be shown on the map at some point. I am sure there are enough volunteers willing to geocode old entries, too. 

::::::I am working on other projects now (mainly, [http://guides.digihitch.com/ Hitchhiker Road Guides on digihitch], but will check with you in a few months to see how we can maybe work together or at least share more ideas on a hitchhiker mapping project for the global community. [[User:Salman|Salman]] 12:36, 11 December 2006 (CET)

::::::: I contacted the guys from hitchbase, and will contact some more owner of smaller hitching databases, to see, wether they want to work together with us. My idea is to have a common pool if data for hitchbase, hitchwiki and liftershalte and maybe some more. As far as I see, you don't have no such data on digihitch, but I'm sure, there are enough other things that could be standardised and exchanged :) --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 15:41, 12 December 2006 (CET)

:::::::: On digihitch we have truckstops mapped on many US pages ([[digi:world/USA/Arizona|Arizona, for one]]) and plan to offer this data and similar stuff through an xml feed soon. I'm still working on a new submission form for city exit points and other hitchhiking sites where digihitch users can enter coordinates. If you have ideas for other areas of digihitch that can be fed, let me know!

:Looking forward to contributing more in the months ahead. Good job so far!
:[[User:Salman|Salman]] 01:54, 2 December 2006 (CET)

::I'm excited about that! [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 23:19, 2 December 2006 (CET)

====&quot;Excerpts&quot;====
&quot;If you believe digihitch has more sections and resources that should be mentioned on Hitchwiki, go ahead and add them yourself! Make sure to credit digihitch.com whenever you excerpt our content, or credit the original source found on our pages.&quot;
Does that mean that it's okay to copy from Digihitch? Did you ever consider using a free license for (parts of) Digihitch?
:We are working to add more [http://www.creativecommons.org creative commons licenses] to certain parts of our content. [[:digi:world/|digihitch World]] will have its descriptive content be so, and I have been creating U.S. Road Laws pocket guides to go along with the [http://guides.digihitch.com/phrases Hitchhiking Phrasebooks] that can be reproduced and modified freely. At this time we do not allow anyone to copy whole pages of digihitch content and place them on their own site, but we will not make trouble for anyone who takes a few sentences or a paragraph from digihitch.com and shares more about it, as long as they tell their visitors the info was found on digihitch.

And, I noticed that some parts on digihitch (e.g. [http://www.digihitch.com/world/East-Asia/China on the China page]) are copied from Wikitravel, without any mention of the CC-BY-SA license. That could be a problem at some point.
:Thanks for telling me this. We link to wikitravel whenever we use part of their content, but I will need to change my format to give proper credit according to the license.

Something else: do you know what happened to the founder of the original Hitchhiker's Guide to Hitchhiking? I would like to thank him for starting the whole thing. Especially now that it's finally becoming really cool! [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 12:57, 4 December 2006 (CET)

:Teppo Moisio is the originator of the hitchhiking wiki at hitchhikingguide.org and also one of the founders of [http://www.liftari.org Liftari.org, a Finnish hitchhiking website]. Teppo has had some great things to say about the purpose of a hitchhiking wiki. I do recommend you speak with him and share ideas. He would be very glad to see you making such great use of the concept! [[User:Salman|Salman]] 12:24, 11 December 2006 (CET)

== Hitchhiking Zine ==

Hey Salman.
I was wondering if you had any objections to parts of digihitch being included in the [[Hitchhiking Zine]]. I'm sure you've already checked it out. Some countries (like [[Belgium]], for example) don't have a lot of content here so for some  sections I'd like to use digihitch content, as well as other resources that I am gathering now. I'd give credit of course, as I will for everything in the zine. It's also non-profit. I'm planning to start a publishing project soon and I'm going to release copies over that if I can, but I am only going to charge for supplies and shipping as well as include a free download-and-print version. If that's okay with you, let me know. Thanks a lot. [[User:Zac Stewart|Zac]]&lt;small&gt;&lt;sup&gt;[[User talk:Zac Stewart|talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/small&gt; 05:09, 9 March 2007 (CET)

==Categories==
Hi! Your user page category has been changed to '''Category:Hitchhikers in the United States''' because from now on this (along with the old Category:Hitchhikers) will be a standard categorization for hitchhikers on hitchwiki.org (see [[Category talk:Hitchhikers|this discussion here]] for the reasons of doing so). If for some reason you don't want to be categorized by country, feel free to delete country category on your page leaving only a standard Category:Hitchhikers. We hope you don't mind, though.  

Happy hitching, 

The hitchwiki team</text>
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  <page>
    <title>Потребител:Vakheb93</title>
    <id>2021</id>
    <revision>
      <id>8265</id>
      <timestamp>2006-08-09T00:39:31Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Guaka</username>
        <id>2</id>
      </contributor>
      <comment>&lt;!-- it just looked too much like a spam-site. Please prove me wrong. --&gt;</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">&lt;!-- it just looked too much like a spam-site. Please prove me wrong. --&gt;</text>
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  <page>
    <title>Потребител беседа:Lukestodola</title>
    <id>2022</id>
    <revision>
      <id>8267</id>
      <timestamp>2006-08-09T00:38:26Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Guaka</username>
        <id>2</id>
      </contributor>
      <comment>US map</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">Hey Luke! Cool to see you around here! :) I´m still looking for a good map for the US. Which one do you prefer? ciao, [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 00:38, 9 August 2006 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>Michigan</title>
    <id>2023</id>
    <revision>
      <id>33085</id>
      <timestamp>2009-05-12T19:29:46Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <ip>99.130.68.31</ip>
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      <text xml:space="preserve">'''Michigan''' is a state of the [[United States]]. It is a good state for hitching. Mostly harmless.

[[Detroit]] (Motown) makes it interesting.

Avoid [[Jackson (Michigan)|Jackson]], it is a prison town. If you try hitching a ride there than people will think that you are an escaped convict trying to get away.

==Personal experiences==
''&quot;I hitched 75S from Detroit at a local [[gas station]] off the [[interstate]]. Took about 2 hours, but I got a ride from a trucker... nice fellow. I-75 Rest Areas: I had great luck at 2 [[rest area]]s (just bathrooms/info) on I-75 between Bay City and the Mackinac Bridge. I'd imagine all rest areas are good, but I it took me about 5-10 minutes to pick up a several hour ride at each one. Summer would be easier even, but I was there in October 2008.&quot;'' - Anonymous hitchhiker.


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  <page>
    <title>Arizona</title>
    <id>2024</id>
    <revision>
      <id>31338</id>
      <timestamp>2009-03-01T01:03:54Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Sigurdas</username>
        <id>1658</id>
      </contributor>
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      <text xml:space="preserve">{{IsIn|United States of America}}
'''Arizona''' is a geologically diverse state of mountains, canyons, river valleys and mesas. As most interstate [[highway]]s span desert regions, road travellers sometimes wrongly assume the whole state is one vast, arid wasteland. Overall, Arizona has a ton of wide open land, amazing vistas and fairly friendly people. To see the best of Arizona, though, you will need to travel the smaller, scenic highways.

== Cities ==
* [[Flagstaff]]
* [[Phoenix (Arizona)|Phoenix]]
* [[Prescott]]
* [[Sedona]]
* [[Tempe]]
* [[Tucson]]

== Major Highways ==
'''Interstate Highway 10 (I-10)''' through Arizona begins at the Colorado River bordering [[California]] and passes through [[Phoenix]], the state's largest city, before veering south into [[Tucson]] and then eastward to the New Mexico border. When hitchhiking this route between April through October, be prepared with sun cover (hat and long-sleeved, lightweight cotton clothes) and plenty of water. The temperatures can potentially reach over 100 degrees Fahrenheit during any day of these months. In late July through August, temperatures can soar over 120 degrees in some regions.

'''Interstate Highway 40 (I-40)''' begins at the Colorado River west of [[Kingman]] and climbs to 7000 feet elevation to the mountain towns of [[Williams]] and [[Flagstaff]]. I-40 then descends through [[Winslow]] and [[Holbrook]] before entering Navajo Nation en route to the New Mexico border. Sites and detours along the way include Grand Canyon National Park (exit 165 to Route 64 North), downtown Flagstaff for friendly locals and kindred travellers (exit 195 and head north along Milton Rd to Route 66) and Petrified Forest National Park (Exit 311, be prepared to hike in). Meteor Crater in Winslow is not worth the visit. It is privately owned and you must pay $15 to see the crater, as it is surrounded by a fence set back from the rim. Keep in mind that it is illegal to hitchhike within national parks, so thumb a ride before the toll booths.

'''Interstate Highway 17 (I-17)''' begins in Phoenix and ends in [[Flagstaff]]. Hitchhiking out of Phoenix means getting out of the large suburb area that continues to sprawl further northward. Local bus service will take you near the outer 101 Loop for $1.25, but you may still have trouble hitchhiking until you get to the Carefree Highway further north, about 10 miles past the 101. Carefree has a wide [[on-ramp]], and [[User:Salman|this hitchhiker]] has had short waits and no cop hassle there. As with all interstate highways, it is illegal to hitchhike from the actual [[shoulder]] of the road. In Phoenix area and especially Camp Verde, along the I-17 route, state highway patrol or local cops may give you a ticket if they catch you on the shoulder. Stick to one of the three main on-ramps in town to get further. If heading to Sedona, take Exit 298 to State Route 179. You may wait a little while for a ride, but this is a direct route and most drivers will be going all the way into town.

'''Interstate Highway 19 (I-19)''' dives due south from Tucson, to the [[Mexico]] border at Nogales. Mexican-Americans have been much more likely to pick up hitchhikers in Arizona, and many travel this route. Expect a through-ride to the border, if going that far.

== Lesser and Scenic Highways ==
To see the best of Arizona, get off the main highways! Routes include:

'''State Routes 89 and 89A''' through [[Sedona]], [[Prescott]], [[Flagstaff]], Navajo Nation and ending in [[Page]] at Lake Powell.

'''State Route 87''' northeast of Phoenix runs along the Mogollon Rim near Payson.

'''State Route 260''' connects with 87 at Payson, heading east into pine tree-filled mountains, hills and valleys, with small towns like Heber and Show Low along the route. Winter skiing is further east at Pinetop resort near Springerville.

'''State Route 80''', heading south from Benson goes through the historic town of Tombstone, where gunslingers with blanks entertain tourists along the main drag. Worth the stop for a free visit to Boot Hill cemetary and a swig at the saloon. South from Tombstone is Bisbee, along Route 90. Once a mining town, Bisbee now has a thriving artists community and growing music scene. Check out the Blues festival in September and a very happening celebration at New Year's.

== Culture Shift == 
Over the last 10 years there has been a huge influx of new residents from big California cities to the small (and once super-affordable) towns of Arizona. As a result you will find many of these new residents to be more suspicious and less friendly than the true Arizona local. You may wait a little longer for a ride in the state than some neighboring regions like [[Utah]], [[Colorado]] and [[New Mexico]], but hang in there-- keep your thumb up and a smile on your face and the ride will come!

== Legal Issues ==
Note that Arizona has somewhat vague laws related to hitchhiking. There is no state-wide ban on hitchhiking, but some law enforcement may interpret the law differently. In city areas (Phoenix, Tucson, Tempe) and some regions patrolled by the Sheriffs office (most small towns) you may be hassled. Always have identification at the ready and be respectful if you expect to keep moving. Check [http://www.digihitch.com/usa320.html State Laws on Hitchhiking in Arizona at digihitch.com] for more information on this.

See also [[:digi:world/USA/Arizona|digihitch World Arizona]] for hitchhiking/ backpacking info and a list of Arizona truckstops on the map.


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  <page>
    <title>Беседа:Italy</title>
    <id>2025</id>
    <revision>
      <id>33867</id>
      <timestamp>2009-06-08T15:10:43Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Quarim</username>
        <id>1290</id>
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      <text xml:space="preserve">I'm Italian and I never heard that hitchhiking is not allowed in Italy.
What it is surely true is that it is forbidden on highways, in fact 
you can read the sign &quot;NO AUTOSTOP&quot; at the entrance. 
Well, I guess nobody would hitchhike on a highway anyway..

:Thanks a lot for pointing that out! [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 21:22, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

==Harder in the North?==
My few experiences in Italy left the impression that it essentially gets harder and harder to catch rides the farther north you are.
If some can verify this trend then it probably warrants inclusion.

Hitchhiking on petrol station is illegal, few month ago, police come to us when we was hitchhiking on the exit of the station, he said petrol station is part of the hightway so according to Italian law it's forbiden here. He was quite agressive, i said i will only ask poeple who are taking gas and don't use my thumb, he reply that if i ask people for a lift he will arrest me because it's against the law, he tell me to call a taxi and go to the next train station. After 15 minutes talking where i explain we don't hav any money, he finaly let us, but we had to wait they leave the station to start to ask people.
So, the fact you will be allow or not to hitchhike on highway will depend if the policeman you meet like to aply the law to 100% or not, but it's officialy forbidden. Like in [[France]] where hitchhiking on highway is forbidden and on petrol stations also, but policeman there don't apply this law (only in one area close to [[Lyon]], where 1 hichhiker die 1 year ago crashed on petrol station exit, so local police dont let hichhikers on petrol station.)


:From what I've done in Italy (only two days), I found the same - it got harder the further north we got. As for petrol stations, I also got approached by the police who said that it wasn't allowed there, after about 20 seconds they left me alone and drove off. It doesn't make sense that petrol stations are still part of the motorway - that way it would also be illegal for people to park their cars and walk around, also on maps the petrol station roads aren't shown in the 'autostrada-colour' - but I don't know for sure. --[[User:Tmoon|Tom]] 12:26, 15 July 2007 (CEST)


:: Hi guys. It simply doesn't make sense to scare away hitchhikers in a country governed by maffia. The polizia should have better things to do. And indeed, service areas are not part of the motorway in a strict sense. --[[User:Fverhart|Fverhart]] 13:26, 15 July 2007 (CEST)

::: I dont want to scary anyone, only to say what can happen if you meet police who want to aply the law, they won't arrest you but they will make lost your time only to prove they have the power. But Italy it's so hard to hitchhike, waiting time it's almost the same like everywhere in Europe, you only have to show your are a travel (show your backpack} and to smile.... ''unsigned, 15 July'' &lt;!-- please sign using ~~~~ --&gt;

:::In Italy, on the highway gas stations it's best to avoid anything remotely looking like police and to stay friendly with the people working at gas stations. By the way, talking about the North; let me know if you are close to [[Trento]] :) [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 11:58, 16 July 2007 (CEST)

Frank please, don't be stereotyped!!! --[[User:Tiziano|Tiziano]] 14:30, 26 August 2007 (CEST)

==I wish==
...that please somebody can add an hitchiking related italian phrasebook in this article. can YOU? [[User:Quarim|quarim]] 15:10, 8 June 2009 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>Boston</title>
    <id>2026</id>
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      <id>30240</id>
      <timestamp>2009-01-19T06:16:07Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Sigurdas</username>
        <id>1658</id>
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      <text xml:space="preserve">{{IsIn|Massachusetts}}
'''Boston''' [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;q=boston&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;z=12&amp;ll=42.359812,-71.060257&amp;spn=0.120249,0.432243&amp;om=1&amp;iwloc=A] is a city in [[Massachusetts]].

== Leaving Boston ==
=== West ===
Eventually, you probably want to get on to I-90 (the Mass Pike).  This goes right into downtown Boston, so find a busy onramp downtown.  If you're in the suburbs already, a tempting spot to start might be by the Riverside MBTA station, but you'll probably find very little traffic going your way.  If you can get a short ride just as far as one of the [[service plaza]]s, you'll likely have much better luck.

Route 9 is an excellent road to hitchike on: lots of traffic, plenty of stoplights and [[gas stations]], and a decent average speed.  You can probably get to [[Worcester]] faster along Route 9 than by taking the Mass Pike.

===South===
I-95 is your best bet. There is a service plaza just a block away from the Riverside MTBA station. Try to look as friendly and harmless as possible, as the area (Newton and Wellesly, MA) has a reputation for snobbish people who are likely to be quite cautious about picking up hitchhikers. Expect a medium to long wait in any event.

Also, it should be noted that I-95 will likely only be of use to those headed for [[Rhode Island]]. Those headed for [[Connecticut]] or [[New York]] should try to hitch west on I-90.

== Around Boston ==
Buses are $1.50 (1.25 with a Charlie Card) including a transfer.  Subways (the T) are $2.00 (1.70 with a Charlie Card) and likely faster (Some distant stops cost more, as does the commuter rail).  Use these to get yourself to a good hitchhiking spot or to your final destination once you're close.

==Links==
* [http://www.masspike.com/maps.html Map]

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      <timestamp>2009-01-19T04:43:22Z</timestamp>
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  <page>
    <title>Scandinavia</title>
    <id>2028</id>
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      <timestamp>2009-04-18T10:57:31Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Speckmade</username>
        <id>23</id>
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      <text xml:space="preserve">'''Scandinavia''', or [[Sweden]] and [[Norway]] (arguably also [[Denmark]]&lt;!--[[Iceland]]? not really...--&gt;) offer beautiful scenery and it's legal to put up your tent in most places (not inside cities though). Hitchhiking is very well possible, though on some roads (especially the east-west roads in the north) there's hardly any traffic, so be prepared to walk a lot.

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  <page>
    <title>Wien</title>
    <id>2029</id>
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      <id>33765</id>
      <timestamp>2009-06-03T04:51:16Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <ip>84.114.200.88</ip>
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      <text xml:space="preserve">{{Hitchhiking Zine nomination}}
__NOTOC__
&lt;map lat='48.2' lng='16.3744' zoom='10' view='3' float='right' /&gt;
'''Vienna''' ('''Wien''' in German, '''Bécs''' in Hungarian) is the capital of [[Austria]].
It is in the east of the country on the river Danube. More than 1,6 mln people live there. It is the largest city of Austria and is surrounded by the state of [[Lower Austria]]. It is also an administrative district (Bundesland) of its own.

== Hitching Out ==
=== West towards [[Munich]], [[Salzburg]] ===
Take the U4 to ''Hütteldorf'', get off and go towards ''Hadikgasse'' (left), walk left again, then you are right on the main road leading out of '''Vienna''' towards [[Linz]], [[Salzburg]], [[Munich]]. There is a bus stop which is a well known hitching spot. Change cars (if necessary) at the [[rest area]]s ''St. Pölten'' or ''Ansfelden''.

Alternatively, you can go over the motorway via the bridge. Turn right after it and walk for one km until you see ''Autohof Wien''.

=== North towards [[Prague]] ===
Take a train from ''Handelskai'' to ''Kornneuburg''. Get out of the station and turn left. Follow the main street, and after ca. 1 km turn left into a small street. Cross the railway and walk further until you see an [[on-ramp]].

=== North towards [[Brno]] ===
[[Image:MrTweek.jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[MrTweek]] hitching to [[Vienna]]]]
From central Wien take a tram nr.31 to the last station, ''Stammersdorf''. Continue on your right down the main street, Brünner Str (road nr. 7); pass the &quot;Merkur&quot; supermarket till you come to another shopping center, about 300m further. Hitchhike right after the entrance to the parking lot. All the traffic to Brno passes here, although bear in mind that many cars leave this road before the border and turn eastwards onto some country roads to get to the Slovak motorway. In case your driver continues pass Brno, ask him/her to drop you off at the &quot;Olimpia&quot; shopping center which is situated on the motorway, - from there you will find a free bus to central Brno.

=== East towards [[Bratislava]], [[Budapest]] ===
Cultural note: Watch out for Romanian drivers who may attempt to charge you for the ride and/or drop you off in a remote area if you don't pay. Make clear before you sit in a Romanian car that you ain't gonna pay: ''&quot;Is the lift free? / I can't pay.&quot; - &quot;E gratis? / N-am bani sa va dau.&quot;''

There is a [[petrol station]] on the motorway to [[Budapest]] where you can easily find a ride to [[Bratislava]] or further into [[Slovakia]].
To get to this petrol station by public transport you should get to ''Enkplatz'' (by Metro U3) and from there you can take a bus number 76A to ''Haidequerstraße''. Then you just walk the ''Haidequerstraße'' to the north for a couple of minutes and you are at the petrol station which is on the [[autobahn]] [[A4 (Austria)|A4]] towards the east, [[Győr]] and [[Budapest]]. Be careful because there are two stops with the same name, get off at the first one.

When heading to [[Hungary]], it is recommended to stand on petrol stations holding a sign while being visible both to the drivers on the road and at petrol stations. 

A note from hitchhiker [[User:Nucleaphyllis|Nucleaphyllis]]: ''&quot;We followed the above directions, and aren't sure if we missed something because they left us still at least a kilometer away from the petrol station.  The &quot;Haidequerstraße&quot; is confusing because the bus runs on &quot;Haidestrasse&quot;. Get off where it crosses &quot;..quer..&quot; Then you just walk the ''Haidequerstraße'' to the north for a couple of minutes, until you come to the motorway. Pass a biomass plant on your right as you're walking. The road ends at the A4 there's a railroad bridge crossing a river. Take the pedestrian bridge, then turn right and walk along the river on the access/pedestrian/bike road for about 1200m. You'll be able to see the OMV from the road you're walking on. Wait for a break in the cars, then cross the traffic to get to the petrol station.&quot;''

=== South towards [[Graz]], [[Slovenia]] ===
Take the free [http://www.ikea.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/IkeaNearYouView?storeId=8&amp;StoreName=store_voesendorf IKEA bus] from the Opera (''Oper'') to the SCS (''Shopping City Süd'') or the ''Badener Bahn'' (costs 3,40 Euro, as of Feb.2009) to ''Maria-Enzersdorf (Südstadt)''. Advantages of the latter one: it goes more often and earlier in the morning than the bus. If you take the train, you can go to one station after ''Shopping City Sued'' which is called ''Maria-Enzersdorf (Suedstadt)''. This one is closer to the actual [[interchange]]: just get off the train, head the direction you came from, turn right by the end of the platform, cross the tracks, pass 100 m of wild grass and there is a curved street - you'll see the signs.

Alternativly you can take public transport to ''Matzleinsdorfer Platz'' where the ''Triester Straße'' begins (Direction South-West). This road is extremely long but it got on-ramps for heading South ([[Graz]]). Try hitching somewhere along this road, or ask at petrol stations.

== Blackriding ==
It's quite easy to ride the subway, bus, and tram system with no ticket. One Vienna's local (who actually did use a year pass) told she'd been checked once in a period of over a year despite riding public transport every day.

== Links ==
* [http://www.ikea.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/IkeaNearYouView?storeId=8&amp;StoreName=store_voesendorf IKEA bus] - information about the IKEA bus ''(in [[Germany|German]])''
* [http://www.wlb.at/fahrplaene.aspx Travel schedules] ''(only in [[Germany|German]])''

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    <title>Категория:Austria</title>
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      <timestamp>2008-11-09T08:18:22Z</timestamp>
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        <username>Sigurdas</username>
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  <page>
    <title>Bratislava</title>
    <id>2031</id>
    <revision>
      <id>34161</id>
      <timestamp>2009-06-24T11:00:05Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Patrishnik</username>
        <id>1730</id>
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      <comment>/* South towards Budapest */</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">{{IsIn|Slovakia}}
'''Bratislava''' is the capital of [[Slovakia]].
==Hitching Out==
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===East towards [[Slovakia]]===
When going east you can take any bus because there is all the traffic going east. Still, people do not tend to pick up people standing on the side of the road.  So practice your [[Slovakia|Slovak]] and ask at the service station.

===South towards [[Budapest]], [[Wien]]===
When heading for [[Budapest]] you will see that the border is around 15 km from '''Bratislava'''.  It is walkable (''if you like that kind of thing'') follow the motorway but be aware that once outside the city there are no [[petrol station]]s and only one parking place which is more or less between the border and '''Bratislava'''.  The parking is far from ideal, very quiet, no services and so large its difficult to talk to drivers.

Not exactly hitching, but you can get a bus ticket to Budapest for 90 SKK (~4.50 USD) from the Student Agency on Obchodna Ulica. The place is, if facing towards the old town, on the left hand side of the street just before Postova Ulica, near the McD's/KFC and Slovak Pub. If you're under 26 don't forget to ask for the 10% discount.


The working and tested option

From the city centre take a tram number 2 or 4 in direction of Zlate Piesky, get off at the last stop. Then walk along the road around 15 minutes. When you see the beginning of the highway with a sign Gyor, Wien, on your right handside you will notice a petrol station. Go a few metres through bushes, and once you get to the fence, there is a hole in fence. Jump over it (its just one metre or something) and you are at the petrol station directly on the highway. From there its VERY easy to get a lift to Wien, a bit harder to Hungary. Some people also go to Italy using this way to avoid paying for viniets for Austria, which are expensive

===West towards [[Austria]]===

Walk south over the UFO bridge and follow the pedestrian/cycle path to the right. You will arrive at a bus stop on Einsteinova, standing at the front of the marked off lane will give drivers a place to pull over. The road splits shortly after, but both ways lead towards Vienna, so to catch all possible rides it's best to wait before the fork. It's not ideal as three lanes of traffic are moving quickly by, but it is the only real option. If you are unsuccessful, two bus companies operating between Bratislava and Vienna pick up right at that bus stop about every 15 minutes during the day.

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  <page>
    <title>Montreal</title>
    <id>2032</id>
    <revision>
      <id>32739</id>
      <timestamp>2009-05-04T21:30:56Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <ip>132.203.167.16</ip>
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      <comment>/* Laval */</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">'''Montreal''' is the biggest city in [[Quebec]], and being the second metropole of [[Canada]] in term of population. It is also a well sprawled city with [[Montreal Metropolitan|suburbs]] sprawling on about 100km in several direction from its Downtown.

Montreal is also an incontrovertible city for every travellers as all the highways and main routes goes through its urban centre, which is an island and one of the rare crossing point of the St-Lawrence. With a population over 3 millions and only few bridges, traffic jam are pretty common. It usually takes up to about an hour to cross the city from one point to another when the traffic flow is smooth and obviously certain industrial spots (especially along 'Boulevard Metropolitain' in Dorval Airport Area and along the [[Quebec highways|A-40]] in 'Montreal-Est') are to avoid being stucked.

Certain specific spots in the urban area, mainly nearby the metro station are well known for car-sharer and would be a perfect starts to leave the city. A sign marking the city you are heading to will always lower your waiting time, and will more surely help you getting a lift out of the island by a commuter faster.

==Hitching Out==
===Going South, [[New York]], through highway [[Quebec highways|A-15]]===

You can walk North from the metro station '''Longueuil''' and find the bridge crossing the highway to join the [[Quebec highways|A-15]] in direction of the [[New York state|New York State]]/[[United States|USA]]. It's probably not 100% legal to stand on the good spot there, but you will probably quickly get a ride. 

A legal alternative is to catch the southbound [[Quebec highways|A-15]] traffic coming off the [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=pont+champlain,+montreal&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;ll=45.464134,-73.493514&amp;spn=0.00623,0.014591&amp;z=16&amp;om=1 Pont Champlain (bridge)]. Theoretically, you could take [http://www.rtl-longueuil.qc.ca/w1/horaires.wcs?mode=harr&amp;lig=14&amp;dir=O&amp;tra=1&amp;t=34416 Bus #14] from the Longueuil bus station to the Brossard area. Tell the driver you want to get off at Boulevard Marie-Victorin. For a reference point, look up the intersection of Place Turenne and Boulevard Marie-Victorin. 

Because of the speed of traffic, you will want to hold a large, visible sign. Some suggestions: &quot;NEW YORK&quot; or &quot;PLATTSBURGH, N.Y.&quot;

On the U.S. side, [[Quebec highways|A-15]] becomes Interstate-87 or &quot;The Northway&quot; as it is known in northern New York State. South of [[Albany]], I-87 is known as &quot;The Thruway&quot;.

==== Border Crossing: Champlain-Lacolle ([[New York state|New York]]) ====

A note about the main crossing at [[Quebec highways|A-15]] known as &quot;Champlain-Lacolle&quot;. It's technically illegal to hitch south from the main crossing as it is an Interstate highway on which pedestrians (including, er, especially hitchhikers) are forbidden. So unless you get a through ride across the border, there are some alternative border crossings to consider other than the main Champlain-Lacolle crossing on [[Quebec highways|A-15]] (I-87 on the U.S. side).

===== Alternatives to Champlain-Lacolle ([[Quebec highways|A15]]/I-87) =====

Overton Corners (US), 6 km south of the village of Lacolle, is a small crossing mostly used by locals and by those in the know. It connects the Quebec route 221 with NY-276 and is about 2 miles east of the main Champlain-Lacolle border crossing that connects [[Quebec highways|A-15]] and I-87. Obviously, it's only useful if you can get a lift near there, but is sometimes worth saving the hassle as border guards from both countries are generally more laid-back here. 

Other alternatives include Rouses Point, N.Y. and a crossing that links Hemmingford, Quebec and Mooers, N.Y. Both are a bit off the beaten path, but you can get a lift on US-11 back to I-87 pretty easily and you're well on your way. All of these places can easily be found on a map.

=== Going South-East ===

==== toward [[Burlington]], [[Vermont]] along [[Quebec highways|provincial 133]]====
If you want to get to the border at [[St-Armand]], [[Quebec]] and the state of [[Vermont]], you will have to get a bit outside of the island of Montreal, first, since most of the highways within Montreal directly lead into the highway that goes to the border of [[New York State]].  Crossing the border with New York, by hitchhiking, but especially on foot, is not recommended.  

The best way to get onto the correct highway for the Vermont border is to take the [[St-Jean sur Richelieu]] bus 96 from the Bonaventure Metro Station (Le 1000 de La Gauchetière Terminus, follow the signs from within the Metro Station), all the way to the last stop, Carrefour Terminus, St-Jean sur Richelieu.  The bus will cost about $8 CAN, and you must pay the exact fare in cash.  The bus runs 7 days a week, and a schedule in PDF format is [http://www.ville.saint-jean-sur-richelieu.qc.ca/cgi-bin/index.cgi?page=c0_8_1&amp;langue=fra here], if you click on the link &quot;Circuits 96...&quot;.

To reach the border you will simply have to hitch from [[St-Jean sur Richelieu]] (see further details on that page), towards [[Sabrevois]] and [[St-Armand]].

==== toward [[Sherbrooke]] through highway [[Quebec highways|A-10]] ====

The above mentionned possibility to reach [[Sherbrooke]] or the [[Quebec highways|A-55]] to [[Vermont]] is also valid here, you would simply have to continue your way from [[St-Jean sur Richelieu]] although it wouldn't be the best alternative as St-Jean is not situated along the [[Quebec highways|A-10]] by quite a distance inland.

=== Going East, [[Quebec city]], through highway [[Quebec highways|A-40]] ===

{{infoneeded|Find the spot!}}

=== Going East, through highway [[Quebec highways|A-20]] ===

Go to Longueuil Metro station and then take bus 81 or 82[http://www.rtl-longueuil.qc.ca/lignespdf/8182tr.pdf].  Get out at the highway [[Quebec highways|A-20]] (Right after Lafrance street).  You can hitch in one of the ramps right there or go to the next entrance by crossing the railroad and get walk near the industrial area (about 200m, corner of de la Province Street and [[Transcanadian Highway]] service lane).

If you're not going to Quebec city but further East, you might want to check the [[Quebec city]] and [[Levis]] article.

=== Going West, [[Ontario]] and [[Toronto]] ===

{{infoneeded|Find the details!}}

=== Going North, to the Laurentides or [[Ottawa]] ===
Take the metropolitan train to the Vaudreuil Station (6,50$). Exiting the train station turn left on Felix-Leclerc St. Then walk (1.5 km) to the truck stop at the Cite-des-Jeunes Blvr.

==Laval==
'''Laval''' is a suburban city within the Montreal Metropolitan Area and an island located north of [[Montreal]] in [[Quebec]]. It follows the rule of being actually the only entity being it's own city, island, county and administrative region. This, even if its existence is pretty much dependent of the [[Montreal Metropolitan|Metropole]].


=====Touristical Information=====
[[wikitravel:Montreal]]

[[cswiki:Montreal]]


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'''New York State''' is a Northeastern State in the [[United States]]. Hitchhiking is generally easy and pleasant.  In [[winter]], make sure to dress warm and have alternate transportation plans if you get too cold.

==Legality==

It's legal to hitchhike in New York State (excluding the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_State_Thruway Thruway]) so long as you don't stand in the traffic lanes.

It is definitely illegal to hitchhike on any part of the New York State Thruway including the [[on-ramp]] and the [[service area]]:

&lt;blockquote&gt;§ 102.4 Hitchhiking; loitering. The solicitation of a ride, commonly known as hitchhiking, or stopping any vehicle for the purpose of picking up or discharging a hitchhiker, on any   portion of the Thruway system, including toll plazas, is prohibited. Loitering in or about the toll plazas or any other portion of the Thruway system, for the purpose of hitchhiking or for any other purpose, is prohibited.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

There is a [http://www.digihitch.com/usa351.html good article on digihitch] which explains the legality of hitchhiking in New York.

==Cities==
* [[New York]]
* [[Albany]]

==I-90==
The Thruway is a [[toll road]] running across the state.  Although many cars have electronic toll cards (EZPass), its still possible to get picked up at the [[toll booth]]s, although this is illegal (see above).

===Rochester===
Local hitchhiking along busy roads works well.  For longer distances, most of the busy roads in town turn into [[highway]]s in the country and will get you slowly towards your destination.  For fast but less scenic trips, take the interstate:
*  To go east: stand on the 490 on-ramp on Monroe Ave.

== The &quot;Champlain-Lacolle&quot; Border on I-87 (This route is known in New York as &quot;The Northway&quot;) ==
Try to get a ride on the [[Canada|Canadian]] side. Forget about hitching on the other side of the border, like you would do in civilized countries. Once you're taken by American customs personnel you can't walk back. They will be very confused and your best bet is that someone tells you to walk to the truck stop at Exit 43. There are also some [[gas station]]s at Exit 42, which is not far. It's not unheard of for a U.S. Border Patrol agent to drive you to the ramp off Exit 42 which is a dynamite place to hitch south.

Saying that, since Champlain-Lacolle crossing is such a bastard, most locals avoid it. You can too by using the more civilized alternative at [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=overton+corners&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;ll=45.590978,-73.624878&amp;spn=1.610576,3.537598&amp;z=8&amp;iwloc=A  Overton Corners] (about 2 miles east).

To get there, follow Exit 42 to US-11 and head east about 2 miles. Past the shopping centers, there's a small green sign that says &quot;Lacolle 7&quot;. This is NYS Route 276. It's then another mile north to the border which links to [[Quebec]] Route 221. Guards (on both sides of this border) are much more chill than at Champlain-Lacolle.

==Erie Canal==
New York State sports several long-distance canals which were major thoroughfares for barge traffic in the early 20th century. Today, the New York State Canal System is still maintained, though mainly now for pleasure cruising rather than commerce. There are unconfirmed rumors of folks &quot;hitchhiking&quot; on canal boats.


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      <text xml:space="preserve">Funnily, '''Albany''' is the capital of [[New York State]]. It is a very bad city for hitchhiking. Basically, it is a small downtown with amazingly huge suburb. Everyone drives a car but noone picks you up apart from cops. Try to avoid it.

== Going south, [[New York City]] ==
South from Albany there are two service stations on the I-87 though - try to get there and come back here with your results.


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'''Freight hopping''' became a common means of transportation in the United States following the American Civil War as the railroads began pushing westward, especially among migrant workers who became known as hobos. It continued to be widely used by the destitute and those unable to afford other transportation, especially during times of widespread economic dislocation such as the Great Depression. 

In more recent times, freight hopping has evolved into an underground movement of hobo's, bums, tramps, punks and anarchists, or just a poor lonesome traveller with no money. These people can be found throughout the United States, hanging out in 'Jungles' by the side of the tracks or near a freight yard. 

* [http://thespoon.com/trainhop/train1b.html How to hop a freight train]

== Train hopping ==
Riding the rails, hoboing, or jumping a freight train (train-hopping), although most commonly found in the United States, can be done in most parts of the world. If there are freight trains, then there can be hobos. While there is a vast amount of information online regarding the U.S, practical guides for Europe, Asia and Oceania are few and far between. A zine called 'EuroHobo' exists for European adventures but can be difficult to obtain. 

Your best option for outside of the U.S is to find your nearest train Yard and spend some good long hours waiting and watching. Keep an eye out for the different types of cars, what looks ridable, what doesnt, and keep track of the timetables and frequencies. Hoboing can be fun, exciting and full of adventure, but it also takes a lot of time and patience. Research of the area is vital before hand, but also while sitting by the tracks in the cold dark night, the wind and rain blowing into your face. You'll need passion and an adventurous spirit to keep you there, but once you find your ride, you will be heavily rewarded.

== [[United States]] ==
A big country with an extensive rail-network, coupled with a history of hobo travelling, makes the United States the ideal place for riding the rails.
 
Although riding trains for free (train-hopping) is illegal, it is one of the most viable ways to get out of the city for free. In most passenger trains (NJ Transit, Amtrak, etc.), generally speaking, if you are discovered to be riding without paying the proper fare, you will be asked to pay it. If you can not pay it, then you will be asked to exit the train at the next station. As long as you remain friendly and cooperative, there should not be a problem with legal issues, arrest, or fines.

Hopping freight trains is a more dangerous, but more exciting way to ride long distances for free, in the United States. It is more common here than in any other part of the world, and hoboing has a long history in art, music and culture. It is extremely practical to do if you have phone or internet access, because there are numbers and/or websites that will give you the direction that each freight is headed and its estimated time of arrival, based on that freight's identification number.
A common accessory is a two-way radio, used to listen in on freight movements, destinations and times of departure. Frequencies will need to be found before hand. It is very possible to ride without one, which will save you space and weight (radio, batteries, recharges), but a little more time might be needed to work out which trains are going where and when they're looking like leaving. 

If possible get your hands on the [[Crew Change Guide]], an underground book with hopping info on nearly every crew changing station across the United States. 

There is a mailing list for train hopping. Send a mail to train-hoppers-request@nw.com to join.

== [[Europe]] ==
Freight trains can be found in most European Countries and often carry ridable cars. Auto Racks (automobile carriers), Boxcars, Coil Cars, Flat Cars, Grainers, Gondolas, Tanker Cars, and Well Cars can all be found. Most are electric, travelling far and fast. Which is fortunate since very long tunnels are found in Europe, and diesel trains going through tunnels require a 'skank' or piece of material which you must dampen and tie around your mouth and nose to avoid asphyxiation. 
Conducters, controllers and engineers or rail workers have no concept of 'hoboing' in Europe, so be prepared to have a good explanation if you get caught. All yard workers wear bright vests, so you can see them from a distance, however this also means a moving body without a vest is likely to raise attention. Keep low, stay safe. 'Bulls' or railroad police dont exist in Europe so you're off the hook there. 

== [[Australia]] ==
[[Image:Australia_rail_networks.png|thumb|right|250px|Australias Rail Networks]]
A huge country with big distances between cities, lots of rails and trains, no bulls, little security... sound like hobo heaven? It is! Well, almost. There's little information to be found about times, destinations and yards, so several hours will have to be spent scouting out the system and your nearest rail network. Different gauges are used for different states, which means certain trains can only operate within their state. Pacific National runs through most of the country, with routes to and from Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. QLD RAIL covers Queensland and for hopping out of Brisbane, the Southbound yard can be found at Acacia Ridge, while for Northbound trains Bowen Hills is your best bet. Tasmania has its own rail network, going from Hobart up through the middle of the island.

== External Links ==
* [http://squattheplanet.com/ squattheplanet.com]
* [http://www.digihitch.com/trains.html www.digihitch.com/trains.html]
* [http://thespoon.com/trainhop/train1b.html thespoon.com/trainhop/train1b.html]

== Amtrak ==

== Metro-North ==

== MTA ==

== LIRR ==

== NJ Transit ==

== PATH ==

::''This article is partly based on work from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freighthopping Wikipedia].''


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'''Iceland''' is a good country for [[hitchhiking]]. It is a member state of the [[Schengen Agreement]]. People are shy but are nice. There aren't many cars though. With the astronomical bus prices, hitchhiking will be a great help to your Iceland trip budget. Most of the cities and towns in Iceland are small enough so that you can easily walk out to their edge to hitch. Beware of the Icelandic climate. While not very icy, it can be very miserable with a cold [[rain]] and strong winds, even in August. If you want to hitch through the middle of the country on roads where only SUV can drive, make sure that the lift you get can take you the whole way. You don't want to get stuck in the middle - it's like being on the moon!
There is a [http://www.vegagerdin.is/english/road-conditions-and-weather/south-iceland/south1.html website] where you can check the degree of traffic on any given route. It's made to keep [[weather]]/[[road conditions]] up-to-date, and is updated every few hours.

== Hitching to Iceland ==
=== Ferry ===
In [[Hanstholm]] ([[Denmark]]), there is a [[ferry]] of the Faroese [http://www.smyril-line.fo/ICELAND &quot;Smyril Line&quot;] that goes every saturday to [[Seyðisfjörður]] (in the east of Iceland) via [[Tórshavn]] ([[Faroe Islands]]).

There are tariffs for cars including two or four persons. This should mean that there is at least in theory the possibility to travel with somebody on the ferry for free, although there is an oil-surcharge of 15 Euros per person (more than four years old).

==The Northern Coast: Hitching from [[Reykjavik]] to [[Akureyri]]==
A relatively easy route, hitching a ride from Reykjavik to Akureyri in the northeast is easily doable in a day; the journey is less than 400 km, and many cars are going all the way between the two cities.  This is a good route for beginners, given the safety and relatively short distance.  One may, however, want to allow for two days each way, especially on the return trip to Reykjavik, since getting a ride from Akureyri is much more difficult.

To leave Reykjavik, take a bus as far out of the city along Route 1 as you can--bus fare is usually about 500 kr to get to Akranes, a village north of the city.  Don't stray too far from the villages, in case you can't get a ride or bad weather rolls in, but it is typically easier to flag down cars outside of settlements.

Stick your thumb out, wave to cars, and have fun; it shouldn't take too long to attract a ride.  Most Icelanders under 40, and many above, speak excellent English; in fact, they may begin the conversation in that language.  Make sure that, if they can't take you all the way, it will at least be possible to drop you off near or in a village.

From Akureyri, it is possible to hike beside Route 1 to the town's edge.  Rides are more scarce here, since there are fewer long-distance travellers.  There is some traffic between the city and villages down side-roads; if someone can only take you to a highway intersection, make sure the village is within walking distance.  Weather changes rapidly in Iceland, even more so on the north coast.  It's no fun to be stuck out in an arctic blizzard all day, miles from the next town.

== The Southern Rim: Hitching from [[Reykjavík]] to [[Egilsstadir]] ==
Hitching from Reykjavik to Egilsstadir, some 700 kilometers, is doable in a week or even less if you're in a hurry. Like anywhere, getting out of a major city (Reykjavik) is difficult, but many people on Icelandic roads do drive long distances. People are nice, and Iceland is ridiculously safe, with the exception of some dogs and cows that like to chase hitchers. Getting to [[Hella]] is easy and can be done in less than a day, but the next leg/road from Hella to [[Hofn]] is more difficult to hitch, although with some patience you will get your ride, too. 
The last leg, from Hofn to Egilsstadir, is the hardest route to hitch on Highway One (the highway that goes all around the Icelandic coast). For the rest of the route, there are generally five cars, or less, per hour. That does not mean it is hopeless to hitchhike on such roads: on the contrary, it is very often the fewer cars there are, more likely the drivers will not ignore a lone hitcher in the middle of nowhere. After Hofn, there are two ways to get to Egilsstadir: you can hitch from Hofn until you get to the juncture between Highway 1 and a mountain route - this may be faster, but there is no way it is anywhere near as scenic as to continue along Highway 1 - the untouched nature between Hofn and Breiddalsvik is magnificent. From Breiddalsvik you take the road that goes through Breiddalur (a wide valley) and eventually gets you to Egilsstadir.

==Cities==
* [[Reykjavik]], the largest city and the capital 
* [[Akureyri]]
* [[Egilsstadir]]
* [[Hofn]]


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      <text xml:space="preserve">[[Image:Amylin-laos-hh-websiteversion.jpg|700 px|thumb|center|[[amylin]] hitchhiking from [[Laos]] to [[China]] in May 2007.]]


'''Amylin''' currently resides in İstanbul, Türkiye, where she hitchhikes on a daily basis.


==Hitchhiking Experience==
* '''[[Africa]]''': [[Morocco]]; 
* '''[[Asia]]''': [[China]], [[Hong Kong]], [[Laos]], [[Thailand]], [[Turkey]]; 
* '''[[Europe]]''': [[Austria]], [[Belgium]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Croatia]], [[Denmark]], [[England]], [[Estonia]], [[Finland]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Italy]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], [[Luxembourg]], [[Netherlands]], [[Norway]], [[Poland]], [[Portugal]], [[Serbia]], [[Spain]], [[Slovenia]], [[Sweden]], [[Switzerland]], [[Turkey]]
* '''[[North America]]''': [[Canada]], '''[[United States]]''': [[California]], [[Connecticut]], [[Maine]], [[Massachusetts]], [[Nevada]], [[New Hampshire]], [[New Jersey]], [[New York State]], [[Oregon]], [[Rhode Island]], [[Vermont]], [[Washington]]; 
* '''[[Oceania]]''': [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]]

==Statistics==
[[Image:Hh-maroc-camion.jpg|300px|thumb|Inside a truck, hitching the ferry from [[Algeciras]], [[Spain]] to [[Tanger]], [[Morocco]], April 2008.]] 
'''Cross-Section of Distance vs. Time:'''
* 2,710 km in 40 hours - [[Algeciras]] to [[Amsterdam]]
* 2,600 km in 48 hours - [[Erlangen]] to [[Porto]]
* 1,630 km in 22 hours - [[Grenoble]] to [[Porto]] (in winter, through heavy rain and snow)
* 1,560 km in 25 hours - [[Marijampole]] to [[Amsterdam]]
* 1,100 km in 16 hours - [[Amsterdam]] to [[Bordeaux]]
* 290 km in 3.5 hours - [[Oslo]] to [[Gothenburg]]
* 360 km in 4.5 hours - [[Rabat]] to [[Marrakech]]
* 220 km in 3 hours - [[Maastricht]] to [[Amsterdam]] in the morning...
* ...and the same 220 km in 4.5 hours in the evening of the same day returning [[Amsterdam]] to [[Maastricht]] in time for dinner.

==Links==
* [http://amyl.in personal site]
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/amylin flickr]
* [http://askamylin.blogspot.com blog]


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'''Hungary''' is a member state of the [[European Union]] as well as the [[Schengen Agreement]]. Hitchhiking usually (but not without exceptions) is relatively easy in Hungary, especially in rural areas where people are more friendly and helpful. There, even on the roads with almost no traffic you can get a ride in a reasonable time.

Some people speak English, some speak German. Once you get to rural areas, though, expect to experience a language barrier.

== License plates ==
Hungarian license plates do not contain any marking about where the car comes from. Typical and most common license plates have three black letters and three black numbers on a white background. Police has plates starting with RB, and the taxi ones are yellow.

== Cities ==
* [[Budapest]], the capital
* [[Debrecen]]
* [[Győr]]
* [[Miskolc]]
* [[Pécs]]
* [[Székesfehérvár]] 
* [[Szeged]]
* [[Tatabánya]]
* [[Tokaj]]

== Webpages ==

An official webpage where you can find up to date info of motorways, and where are petrol stations on them:
http://www.autopalya.hu/engine.aspx?page=Map

== Phrasebook ==
For useful phrases while hitchhiking in Hungary see [[Eastern_Europe_phrasebook#Hungarian|Hungarian phrasebook]].

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      <text xml:space="preserve">Hey Rat! Thanks for your spelling corrections. You're a hitchhiker? Maybe you know some useful info about hitchhiking in your area? Or some part of the world where you hitchhiked. Thanks, [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 04:37, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
:Sorry, no. I've just stumbled upon this wiki from a different one. --[[User:Rat|Rat]] 05:25, 6 September 2006 (UTC)</text>
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      <text xml:space="preserve">==Thanks==
I have just added some more info and would like others to contribute
P.S. 
Sorry if I am replying in the wrong way or place.

Joho MrTweek, I never did hitch out of Düsseldorf directly as i think it's not so fast. I am always driving to Oberhausen Sterkrade instead and from there to Heinrich-Heine-Str. I wrote it in the Düsseldorf page. I'll try to post all my tips here. Let's keep this website growing ;).

Hi MrTweek! Thanks for your message! even though i am not 1oo percent sure if it makes a lot of sense to translate everything from english into german it's my please to help a bit with sharing info and translation. [[User:pesef|pesef]] 

Hey MrTweek! Thanks for your contributions! Maybe you also know some more specific things about hitching in [[Austria]] and [[Hungary]]? Thanks, [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 04:38, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Hi! Thanks for the welcome. I'm in the middle of exams at the moment but I'll add some more info when I've got some spare time. Hope I can help :). --[[User:Tmoon|Tom]] 10:32, 16 May 2007 (CEST)


== Woah! ==
is this how this works? 
if so, thanks MrTweek. Maybe we'll bump thumbs crossing asia in a few years; i'd love to chat about trans-eurasian hitching with folks what knows.

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==Discussion about copyrights==
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== Apache difficulties ==

I noticed you were trying to work out the problem with pages that begin with accented characters. Would you like me to help out? I'm pretty crafty with 'nix, php, etc. and I got my Wiki working perfectly with the &quot;pretty links.&quot; Any kind of character works. [[User:Zac Stewart|Zac]]&lt;small&gt;&lt;sup&gt;[[User talk:Zac Stewart|talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/small&gt; 15:33, 19 June 2007 (CEST)
: Yes, maybe I get back to you with that. Foreign characters at the beginning of an article name work for you? My apache's utf8-support seems to be broken since I upgraded from debian sarge to etch. I didn't find time (and motivation) to fix this yet. --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 15:55, 19 June 2007 (CEST)
: Hey, I just fixed it :) Was not an apache-problem but a broken rewrite rule. Changed it from ^([A-Z]*)$ to ^(.+)$ now it works perfectly for me. Thanks for kicking me to get this running ;) --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 16:25, 19 June 2007 (CEST)

::This makes me think of setting up a team to maintain stuff on the servers. It's good to set up [[project:Server maintenance]] or something like that :) [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 19:11, 19 June 2007 (CEST)

My mod_rewrite is set up like this:
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 RewriteRule ^/*$ wiki/ [L,QSA] #remove this if you want more content than the wiki in the root
It's supposedly better to edit pages from index.php?title=.... instead of just the &quot;pretty links&quot; because you can block index.php from being indexed in search engines with robots.txt and then you have cleaner search results. [[User:Zac Stewart|Zac]]&lt;small&gt;&lt;sup&gt;[[User talk:Zac Stewart|talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/small&gt; 20:06, 19 June 2007 (CEST)

== Hey ==

Hey, I think I can add a lot of stuff after the next 6 weeks, in 2 days we start down from the [[Netherlands]] to a trip across [[Croatia]], [[Serbia]], [[Bulgaria]] (mainly), [[Romania]] and [[Hungary]] :) See you on the road, greetings ralf

== Hitching trips on Google Maps ==

Hi Philipp. I'm also trying to get my hitching tracks into Google Maps. However, after having drawn about 50 lines, the site has become really slow and I'm not able to add more lines fluently. Should you have any suggestions for this, then I'd be most interested. Here is one more map of a hitchhiker who put his trips into GM: http://maps.google.nl/maps?f=q&amp;hl=nl&amp;q=http%3A%2F%2Fjochem.lesparre-dewaal.nl%2Fliftroutes.kml&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;t=k&amp;om=0&amp;ll=51.727028,6.240234&amp;spn=12.809217,29.619141&amp;z=5. He did it in another way, supposedly with an external (KML?) editor or a GIS application. [[User:Fverhart|Fverhart]] 2 July 2007
: Yes, I have the same problems. It is ''very'' slow in Opera, but in Firefox it's ok. This depends a lot on your Computer speed. With my Pentium-M 1,6G Hz, it is just usable (in Firefox). In my company office with 2x2,8 GHz P4 it works very great. However, the more lines you draw, the slower it gets. I don't know about any external kml-editor. In google-earth you can at least read the files, but I think there is no possibility to edit them (but I'm not sure about that). Did you ask Jochem how he did this? I was wondering that too, because his maps look a little weird when you zoom very close. --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 12:22, 2 July 2007 (CEST)
:: Well, in FireFox on my PIII 350 mhz, 256+64 mb RAM it is simply slow :). With a somewhat faster machine @ work it is not workable, with only IE at hand. And I've drawn about 5% of the lines now. I don't know exactly how Jochem did it. It would be much better to find a solution for another problem. I'm keeping track of the petition at maastricht.hitchbase.org. However, the site is being spammed and now I get lots of mails of fake signature entries for the petition. I haven't got time to filter everything out, but the new entrees must be confirmed by clicking a link in the e-mail. This has been set up in PHP by a contact of Markus (mabe in Abgefahren). --[[User:Fverhart|Fverhart]] 12:22, 2 July 2007 (CEST)
::: Ok, in this case, your machine is obviously the reason ;) In general, Firefox seems to be the fastet in interpreting JavaScript.
::: Regarding your other problem: a nice, simple solution to avoid spam in forms is to add a textfield to the form, give it a name which spambots will like (i.e. email, name, url) and make it invisible (preferably with css). The user won't see it and won't fill it. The spambot doesn't know that it's invisible (they are not that good usually) and will probably fill some data into that field. Now you can delete all entries, where this field is filled. This worked really well for me in a few different cases. --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 20:16, 2 July 2007 (CEST)

==Thanks==
Hey! Thanks for the message, can't figure out how to message people, so I hope you get this. I've been using this site for ages, and figured it was about time I corrected some of the dreadful English on the France pages, and added to the site the little that I know. I'll add more in time, the hitch from Cardiff to Morocco really helped me, and I'll add a page on [[Cardiff]] too. [[User:Carl|Carl]]

:It's actually great to read that people actually use Hitchwiki]] without even contributing :) It would be nice to have some more stats on that that [[Special:Statistics|these ones]]. And maybe we can find ways to make them actually click edit :) [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] 14:27, 31 July 2007 (CEST)

== liftershalte on hitchwiki ==

hey,

i just added a map of lifterhalte into the hitchwiki information for [[Varna]] in Bulgaria. Unfortunately I wanted to have a map of [[Varna]] showing the hybrid maps view, but it only appears as a normal map. Nevertheless the html code shows &quot;View=2&quot;, what obviously stands for hybrid, right? Is there any way to show this kind of map? Otherwise the map for Varna seems quite useless since googlemaps only displays one street there ;)
:Probably my mistake ;) I'll fix it the next days when I'm home again. --MrTweek

== hichwiki.es ==

This page have a problem with the time. I speak a little english. AutostopWiki tiene un problema con la hora que indica al firmar, siendo las 13:32 me indica las 18:32 y tengo ajstado el uso en -03:00. Saludos y Gracias por colaborar en la creación de AutostopWiki --[[User:Carlos|Carlos]] 18:33, 23 August 2007 (CEST)
: Yes, because the server is in the CEST timezone. The date in the articles is not dynamic, so it can't be different for each user. The timezone that you set in your preferences is only shown at the Recent Changes list, article history. I think there is no solution for this problem, unfortunately :(
: Hope I understood your problem correctly, I hardly speak Spanish --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 19:12, 23 August 2007 (CEST)
::Thanks. I hardly speak english. --[[User:Carlos|Carlos]] 01:43, 24 August 2007 (CEST)

:Imposible access to http://www.autostopwiki.com.ar --[[User:200.69.128.86|200.69.128.86]] 19:49, 14 September 2007 (CEST)

==Stats linking to Wikipedia==
At the bottom of [http://www.hitchwiki.org/stats/reports/EN/TablesWikipediaEN.htm our wikistats], de ZeitGeist is linking to Wikipedia, and it should link to Hitchwiki. Could you fix it? :) [[User:guaka|guaka]]&lt;small&gt;&lt;sup&gt;[http://guaka.org site], [[user talk:guaka|wikitalk]]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/small&gt; 16:32, 8 September 2007 (CEST)

==Test==
Just a test --[[User:212.202.126.147|212.202.126.147]] 15:02, 14 September 2007 (CEST) (aka MrTweek)

hey - no prob! thanks for the link to hitchwiki -it's a great resource!

== liftershalte problem ==

Hi. The liftershalte help page brought me here. Everytime I try to add a point and click on &quot;add point&quot;, it says &quot;authentication error&quot;. What's wrong? --[[User:Kb|Kb]] 15:05, 6 March 2008 (CET)
: Ouh, there was a bad bug. I just fixed it, please try again. You probably have to log out and log in again, so the changes will apply for you. Thanks for reporting that. --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]]&lt;small&gt;&lt;sup&gt;[http://http://www.liftershalte.info/ site], [[user talk:MrTweek|wikitalk]]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/small&gt; 15:20, 6 March 2008 (CET)

::Adding points is working now, thanks. I just realised that the help emailadress is stated recognizably in the blue bar... however, my message would have gone to the same address anyway, I guess. --[[User:Kb|Kb]] 21:20, 6 March 2008 (CET)


== Liftershalte &amp; Blogs ==
hi, was denkst du, ist es moeglich blogs wie e.g. http://pipes.yahoo.com/aleeex/deutschetramper (und auch die internationalen) auf der karte von liftershalte als sprechblasen einzubinden? waere cool... dann poppen die auf liftershalte und wiki auf und damit verbreiteten sich relevante infos und geschichten... --[[User:Alex|Alex]] 19:27, 10 March 2008 (CET)
: gute Idee, und sollte auch recht leicht umzusetzen sein. Aber wie kommen die Koordinaten in die Blog-Eintraege? --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]]&lt;small&gt;&lt;sup&gt;[http://{{{2}}} site], [[user talk:MrTweek|wikitalk]]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/small&gt; 19:30, 10 March 2008 (CET)
:: Schau dir mal http://pipes.yahoo.com/aleeex/deutschetramper genauer an (kannst auf Clonen gehen und dir die Source anschauen), es gibt dort ne Art GeoModul (ne Beschreibung dazu gibts dort auch). Ich habe keine Ahnung wie das genau aufgebaut ist, aber es fuegt zum XML die GeoDaten hinzu. Bei einer genauere Auswertung von http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_id=ad5751fc5d104e4b561a09d040790d23&amp;_render=rss siehst du die Geodaten (&lt;geo:lat&gt; &amp; &lt;geo:long&gt;). Ich pflege denselben GeoFeed mit mehr internationalen Blogs, aber es treten dort immer mal wieder Fehler auf (zuviele Feeds, unsaubere Feeds). Ich schlage vor mit dem deutschen Feed zu starten und wenn der dann laeuft das weiter auszubauen. Vielleicht hast du ja auch Lust deinen eigenen Aggregator zu bauen... Btw. hast du ne Ahnung wie Flickrfeeds aufgebaut sind? Da sollten doch auch Geodaten verfuegbar sein... Hitchhiking Category... --[[User:Alex|Alex]] 19:56, 10 March 2008 (CET)
::: Heisst das, du gibts die von Hand ein? Eigentlich sollte das der Blogger ja machen. Sonst wirds auf dauer sehr viel arbeit  --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]]&lt;small&gt;&lt;sup&gt;[http://{{{2}}} site], [[user talk:MrTweek|wikitalk]]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/small&gt; 19:59, 10 March 2008 (CET)
:::: Ich adde die Blogfeeds per Hand, ja. Das muss man eben einmal alle paar Wochen machen und gut ist, ansonsten kommt da ja auch recht schnell Spam dazwischen... Oder meintest du die Geodaten? --[[User:Alex|Alex]] 22:00, 10 March 2008 (CET)
::::: Ja, die GeoDaten. Alles andere kann man leicht automatisieren. --22:03, 10 March 2008 (CET)
:::::: Das geht auto... einfach mal Source anschauen... --[[User:Alex|Alex]] 22:11, 10 March 2008 (CET)
::::::: Wie jetzt? Da stehen unter anderem Blogeintraege von mir drin. Ich hab da definitiv keine Geodaten eingegeben. Woher weiss das Teil, wo ich getrampt bin? Scannt das den Text nach Ortsnamen ab oder wie? --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]]&lt;small&gt;&lt;sup&gt;[http://{{{2}}} site], [[user talk:MrTweek|wikitalk]]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/small&gt; 23:06, 10 March 2008 (CET)
:::::::: &quot;Schau dir mal http://pipes.yahoo.com/aleeex/deutschetramper genauer an (kannst auf Clonen gehen und dir die Source anschauen), es gibt dort ne Art GeoModul (ne Beschreibung dazu gibts dort auch). Ich habe keine Ahnung wie das genau aufgebaut ist, aber es fuegt zum XML die GeoDaten hinzu.&quot; --[[User:Alex|Alex]] 23:24, 10 March 2008 (CET) PS: http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/docs?doc=operators#LocationExtractor
::::::::: Hmm, das ueberrascht mich. Konnte den Source nicht angucken, weil ich da keinen Account habe, aber ich setz das mal auf meine Liste. --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]]&lt;small&gt;&lt;sup&gt;[http://{{{2}}} site], [[user talk:MrTweek|wikitalk]]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/small&gt; 23:35, 10 March 2008 (CET)


Hey.. wollte einen Blog auf hitchwiki starten, aber beim einloggen ist genau gar nichts passiert. Benutzername, Passwort, klicken auf Log in --&gt; nichts! Bin auf derselben Seite (Log in) geblieben. Was muss ich tun? Gruss, cee

== Bla ==
[http://en.hitchwiki.org/?title=User:MrTweek&amp;curid=2173&amp;diff=20213&amp;oldid=20181 * '''Longest Waiting Time:''' :) -- (Undo revision 20181 by Alex (Talk))] - Is there non? :( --[[User:Alex|Alex]] 12:34, 28 May 2008 (CEST)
: Probably, but I don't know. --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]]&lt;small&gt;&lt;sup&gt;[http://{{{2}}} site], [[user talk:MrTweek|wikitalk]]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/small&gt; 13:08, 28 May 2008 (CEST)

== Video extension ==

Hi there, sorry for the delay, I just saw your messasge. I emailed you and looking forward to your reply. [[User:IdoSet|IdoSet]] 10:59, 12 June 2008 (CEST)
:Uhm, I didn't get any email? Do you have my address? try mrtweek [at] flupps.net --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 11:03, 12 June 2008 (CEST)
: Did we try the newest [http://sourceforge.net/projects/kaltura/ Kaltura] version already, [http://kaltura.org/community/viewtopic.php?f=5&amp;t=9 1.09]?
:: Yes, it's even active at the moment, but somehow it does exactly nothing. Not even presents itself in [[Special:Version]] weird thing. I'll try to have a look into it. --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 14:30, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
:: Teaser of the &quot;Paris 888&quot; documentary is now online however, we can't put video on hitchwiki anymore ? --[[User:Terrehappy|MiSha]] 17:05, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
:::No, the plugin is still broken. I told the kaltura-guys, but they didn't fix it yet :( --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 20:57, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

== IsIn-Extension ==

Hallo Philipp, ich bin Hansm von Wikivoyage.org. Ich habe dir auf [http://www.wikivoyage.org/de/Benutzer_Diskussion:Hansm#IsIn_Vorlage meiner Diskussionsseite] geantwortet. Melde dich bitte dort, wenn es noch Unklarheiten oder Probleme gibt. -- Hansm

:Das Problem mit dem Cache scheint bei Euch irgendwie stärker aufzutreten als bei uns. Ehrlich gesagt glaube ich gar nicht mehr so richtig, dass es schlau war, die isin-Daten im Parser-Cache zu speichern. Ein eigener Cache wäre dafür wahrscheinlich besser geeignet. Aber was mich noch interessieren würde: Benutzt Ihr einen memcached oder geht der Cache bei Euch über die Datenbank? -- [[User:Hansm|Hansm]] 21:25, 15 June 2008 (CEST)
:: Gute Frage. Ich habe nichts derartiges konfiguriert. In der LocalSettings.php steht
 $wgMainCacheType = CACHE_NONE;
:: Sonst nichts, was auf Cache hinweisen koennte. --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 21:47, 15 June 2008 (CEST)

hi. please add my blog http://youarealltourists.blogspot.com/ to your blog list. it's not all pure hitching, though.
: Done :) --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 15:54, 2 July 2008 (CEST)

hi. please add my blog http://youarealltourists.blogspot.com/ to your blog list. it's not all pure hitching, though.

== please add my blog! ==

hi! 

http://narfettedoessouthamerika.blogspot.com
:done ;) --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 10:02, 11 July 2008 (CEST)

* and this one too: http://blogs.hitchwiki.org/TheHitch - thanks! :)
: done --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 11:25, 14 July 2008 (CEST)

* http://www.classless.org/category/trampen/feed/
: done --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 15:22, 17 July 2008 (CEST)

* http://robokow.net/tag/hitchhiking/ --[[User:Robino|Robino]] 13:04, 23 July 2008 (CEST)
: done --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 13:31, 23 July 2008 (CEST)

* http://blogs.hitchwiki.org/thehitch/feed/
: done --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 00:09, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

* http://abgefahren.hitchbase.com/blog/feed
: done --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 00:09, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

== abgefahren-blog ==
hm.. warum flog der abgefahren blog feed raus? --[[User:Alex|Alex]] 14:33, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
: Weiss auch nicht, irgendwie hat der plötzlich komische Fehler gemacht:
 ERROR:planet.runner:Update of &lt;http://abgefahren.hitchbase.com/blog/feed&gt; failed
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File &quot;/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/planet/__init__.py&quot;, line 245, in run
     channel.update()
   File &quot;/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/planet/__init__.py&quot;, line 653, in update
     self.update_entries(info.entries)
   File &quot;/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/planet/__init__.py&quot;, line 782, in update_entries
     del(self._items[item.id])
 KeyError: 'http://abgefahren.hitchbase.com/563 at http://abgefahren.hitchbase.com'
: Irgendwie sagt mir das gar nichts. Weiss nicht ob das am Feed oder an meinem Script liegt. Ich setz es mal auf meine TODO-Liste --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 14:37, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
::Hast du da was geändert? Scheint wieder einwandfrei zu funktionieren. Ich hab die Software upgedatet, weiss aber nicht obs daran liegt. --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 00:10, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

== my msn ==

ataq_libert@hotmail.com

Hey thanks!
I clarified the Belgium-page a bit. Hope to see you on the Belgian road :)

== Trampertreffen  ==

hey! I read something in German about the Trampertreffen in September. Could you share some information on that in English? Are there only German speakers coming? Would love to come by and also possibly discuss things related to hitchwiki and so on. Maybe we can create a more detailed general event-page or something? --[[User:Robino|Robino]] 15:17, 15 August 2008 (CEST)
: I just forgot to add it to the news section, thanks for reminding me ;) There will be mainly German speakers, but usually also some foreigners. Everybody's welcome. However planings are still in progress, so no detailed information yet. Would be cool to meet you there --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 15:25, 15 August 2008 (CEST)


== if &amp; co == 
Thanks for adding the if &amp; co to hitchwiki. This makes it fun... :) Hopefully many people will use it and there will be some more knowledge transfer between the languages and cultures...  --[[User:Alex|Alex]] 08:36, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

== Category:Germany ==

Moin, why categorizing back all the city articles to Cat:Germany? It was just the idea to sort them all to their states/provinces, like it happens with the German wiki: [[:de:Kategorie:Deutschland]]. There, you go to the different states, and find the cities in there. Ok, it might be confusing for people who don't know in which states cities are located, but for that a) we have the city-template in the [[Germany]] article. Smaller cities/villages (like e.g. Hörstel) should stay in their state category, if you list them also in the germany category, it will be overcrowded once we have all 2000+ German cities in there ;) Hm, just my opinion, but I like the sorting from the german wiki much more, looks more sorted/cleaned up. Maybe I'm wrong, what do  you think ;) ? --[[User:Platschi|Platschi]] 20:05, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
: Categorizing back? Sorry, I didn't notice that :/ I just thought, we forgot that category all the time. No that I look at the German version, this looks quite good indeed. --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 20:59, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

== Hitchhikers categories ==

If there is a more detailed category (''Hitchhikers from...'') is to be applied, there is no need of keeping the old one (''Hitchhikers'') on the users' pages since it anyway includes the new, more detailed ones in itself. ;) --[[User:Sigurdas|Sigurdas]] 09:04, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

== Over-enthusiastic new user + maps + various ==

Hi,

Can you please, please, please do something about Sigurdas? His changes may be well intentioned, but to me it is vandalism! My user page is '''my''' user page (and from what I've seen, I'm not the only one who thinks about things this way) and he has no right to put his completely undiscussed changes on it! If making me a sysop allows me to protect my page, then please make me a sysop, I'm currently unemployed and have been doing quite a bit of editing already, so you can see what I've done.

: I am sorry about that, Prino. [[Category_talk:Hitchhikers|There was]] a quick discussion about this category ('''Hitchhikers from...''') and back then nobody was against of creating and applying this category so I took it for granted to change users pages accordingly. In future I will try to avoid this kind of actions. Peace, --[[User:Sigurdas|Sigurdas]] 19:29, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
 
Q2, maps: I painstakingly put a Google map for [[Oostende]] on the page for my current place of residence, it's now a openstreetmap.org map, which is almost without detail...

Q3) Can you add the wikipedia character insertion box, so that it becomes a bit easier to add foreign characters, markup, symbols etc? And the longer edit tools toolbar (sub/super scripts, tables, etc)

Regards,

Robert - robert(a)prino(d)org

: Hmm, I understand that. However, the categories where always the only part of the userpages, that are &quot;allowed&quot; to be edited by others. This is due to the fact, that we want some consistency there. As sigurdas already said, we discussed that before and everyone agreed. Then again, I see that this discussion was probably too short, to let everyone notice it. I'm sorry about that. Oh, and looks like someone made you a sysop, very good :)
: Q2: I changed that now. It's the parameter 'view'. 0=gmaps, 1=sattelite, 2=hybrid, 3=osm.
: Q3: Yes, I'll put that on my to-do-list.
: --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 22:36, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

== New article about statistics - limits? ==

As one of the people with plenty of experience with statistics, I'm currently writing an article about the development of my statistics programs, from their very humble 5-tables per trip output to the somewhat over-the-top stuff they spew out now. Can you give me some guidance about article limits (i.e. no of lines) as it's likely to be pretty big, unless I create sub-pages linked to from the main page. 

Also, any suggestions as to where to put it? The main [http://hitchwiki.org/en/Statistics statistics] page seems to be just an idea-gathering place... [[User:Prino|Prino]] 10:56, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
: Hey, that sounds really cool :) There are no limits here, in theory you could write a book on one page. Just make sure its well-formatted and use senseful headlines, so it will be easy readable. I wouldn't use subpages, unless you have certain parts, that are useful on their own, without the context. I would suggest making a sub-page of the statistics site, separated by a /, i.e. [[Statistics/Prino Statistics Tool]], but it can also be a completely independent page as well. --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 12:16, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
== Photo copyright mistake ==

Ooops.  Thanks for fixing this, i will be more careful in future image uploads.

--[[User:Paxus|Paxus]] 13:27, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

== Thanks for your help! ==

I\m new to hitchhiking and your site and recommendation helped me alot! Especially the service area Goldene Bremm in saarbrucken was a hit. Hope to see you sometime on or off the road. // [[User:Denizo]] [http://www.ipernity.com/home/denizo].
: Cool, you're welcome. However, this is not only my site, but a site of all hitchhikers. So, if you have any good information or experiences, it would be great if you could contribute it ;) Even if it's just about how to hitchhike out of your hometown --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 10:24, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

== Thanks! ==

 :)

== [[Germany]] to [[Morocco]] in the summer? ==

When are you going?
And can I come too?
--[[User:Tmoon|Tom]] 08:41, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
: Probably in August, maybe also end of July. Not completely sure yet. Are you going alone or with someone? I'll go with my girlfriend. I guess 3 persons would a little difficult, but 4 (2+2) could be great. What do you think? Let's discuss on Berlin Beach Camp, in case we meet in a sober moment. :) --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 09:02, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

== please add my blog ==
Hi!

Check out my Blog at: http://hitchhikers.blog.com . Someone left me a comment saying you could maybe put a link to it on the wiki.

I'm a hitchhiker and spiritual seeker, travelling currently in India, soon to head for Nepal and, if the Lord be willing, Tibet. So far I've hitchhiked on this trip from Finland to Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Czech rep., Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria, Turkey and Iran. I flew from Teheran to Delhi and went on hitchhiking, the destinations in India you can see from my blog.

This is my third trip hitchhiking in India and the second time I come from Finland (mostly) hitchhiking. The first time I covered all the distance overland, Finland-Sweden-(by boat to)Poland-Czech rep-Slovakia-Hungary-Romania-Bulgaria-Turkey-Iran-Pakistan-India. I 'cheated' on four occasions: boat from Sweden to Poland, bus in Turkey (from Sivas to Erzurum), train in Iran (a driver insisted on buying a train ticket for me from Esfahan to Bander Abbas) and a bus in Pakistan (from border to Quetta).

I did my first trip to India in 2005. The second time was 2007, when I hitchhiked from Finland-Estonia-Latvia-Lithuania-Poland-Slovakia-Hungary-Serbia-Greece-Turkey-Syria-Jordan-Israel-Egypt and then flew from Egypt to India. On that trip I 'cheated' in Greece, taking a train from Thessaloniki to Alexandropolis and between Syria(Damascos) and Jordan(Amman).


If you now got interested in hitching in more exotic places, I truly recommend Turkey and Iran. The hospitality of the people in Islamic culture is amazing - the first time I was in Iran I hitched here and there for 3 weeks and only one night I ended up sleeping in a guest house - otherwise the drivers (or others I met, walking around in smaller villages for example) would always invite me to their homes.


Hari Om!

-Matti
: Alright, I added your blog to the [http://hitchwiki.org/planet/ hitchhiking planet]. Thanks! --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 08:02, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

==Paluch's questions about hitchwiki maps==
From [[User talk:Guaka]]:
I have some questions about Hitchwiki maps. I was searching through, but i couldn't find any up date info. First of all is it possible to edit other users spots. There is many roads being built or rebuilt in Poland recently and there are more and more spots that need or will need some updates or even removal. Second is how can I set my home position other than Paris, maybe I'm blind;) but couldn't find it. Third, I see there are changes in the maps in city pages. No more thumb symbols with rating. Any reasons why? Any recent talk page about? Thanx for any help. Greets! [[User:Paluch|Paluch]]

==Paluch again about hitchwiki maps and some other stuff==
Hey thanks for your quick reply and improving the map. So far I've found one point to be removed as two users marked the same spot and write quite opposite description. But there's loads of points that need some updates and edits. I think we should avoid writing very subjective description, especially now after you created rating system. Maybe Hitchwiki Maps Help/FAQ section should be changed. There should be information what to write in the description. Probably most of us are not interested about some complaining of one user. I would like to find short info stating what kind of spot it is, like petrol station, slip road or lay-by and info about how to get there. Personal feelings about the spot should be stated only by rating. If I can edit points I will check all the points in Poland and abroad I know and clean them up a bit.
Another thing is that I don't really know how to change my home position. And when I click My Points nothing happens. Any bug? Why some points are shown e.g. in zoom 3 and others not. How does it work? What is New Collection about? And last thing: sometimes when I have time I look for hitching spots online, mostly on Google Maps and Google search. I think I've found good spots in southern Madrid, which are not written in Madrid page. But I didn't have chance to check them out in real life, so I don't want to add them to city page. Maybe we can make a new section called e.g. Spots To Be? so other users when have possibility can check them out. What do you think about this?
Greets. --[[User:Paluch|Paluch]] 01:47, 25 June 2009 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>Yukon</title>
    <id>2046</id>
    <revision>
      <id>15374</id>
      <timestamp>2007-11-03T17:41:14Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Platschi</username>
        <id>112</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <comment>territories</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">'''Yukon''' is one of [[Canada]]'s three territories. It has borders with [[Alaska]], [[United States|USA]] as well as [[British Columbia]] and the [[Northwest Territories]].

[[Whitehorse]] is the capital.


== Border Crossing to [[Alaska]] ==


{{Provinces Canada}}


{{stub}}

[[Category:Canada]]</text>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>Беседа:London</title>
    <id>2047</id>
    <revision>
      <id>26867</id>
      <timestamp>2008-11-03T12:16:44Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Platschi</username>
        <id>112</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor/>
      <text xml:space="preserve">{{toDo}}
==Discussion==
I put a couple of tips on for London, how to get west and east.

Paul (djdirect from C