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In [[France]], [[Germany]] and [[Austria]] trucks are not allowed to use the highway on Sundays and public holidays. ''(any other countries?)''

Of course, you won't go on the road without a map. For all of Europe but the East, the ''Marco Polo Euro Atlas'' is great. It contains detailed information about gas stations on highways, without unneeded stuff like an index or city maps. You can find it in [[Slovakia]].

For online usage:

Hitching is rather safe in Europe. However, a woman alone takes a higher risk anywhere south of the France-Switzerland-Austria-Hungary-Ukraine line.

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

[[Åland Islands]], [[Channel Islands]], [[Denmark]], [[Estonia]], [[Faeroe Islands]], [[Finland]], [[Guernsey]], [[Iceland]], [[Ireland]], [[Isle of Man]], [[Jersey]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], [[Norway]], [[Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands]], [[Sweden]], [[United Kingdom|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]]

[[Austria]], [[Belgium]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Liechtenstein]], [[Luxembourg]], [[Monaco]], [[Netherlands]], [[Switzerland]]

[[Belarus]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Hungary]], [[Moldova|Republic of Moldova]], [[Poland]], [[Romania]], [[Russia|Russian Federation]], [[Slovakia]], [[Ukraine]]

[[Albania]], [[Andorra]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[Croatia]], [[Gibraltar]], [[Greece]], [[Vatican|Holy See]], [[Italy]], [[Malta]], [[Montenegro]], [[Portugal]], [[San Marino]], [[Serbia]], [[Slovenia]], [[Spain]], [[Macedonia|The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia]]

* [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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