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{{Infobox Location
|country = Belgium
|map = <map lat="50.631569470724" lng="5.5887451171866" zoom="10" view="01" float="right" />
|pop = 190,102
|state = [[Liège(province)|Liège]]
|motorways = [[E25]], [[E40]], [[E42]] [[E46]],
}}
'''Liège''' (Dutch: '''Luik'''; German: '''Lüttich''') is a city in the French speaking part of [[Belgium]].
 
Hitching away from Liège is said to be difficult, because of the so-called ''Spaghetti Motorway system''. On the other hand it is not impossible to get lifts along the former transit-route of the E25 straight through the city of Liege alongside the Maas-river. Provided you are familiar which used to be the pre-motorway era transit route you can quite successfully hitch out of Liege along that transit route using a sign Lux(embourg) or Arlon heading towards the Ardennes, or a sign Vise, Maastr(icht) or NL heading north. The transit route, not marked any more by signs "transit" these days, remains the fastest way to get through Liege by car during most of the time.
 
== Hitchhiking out ==
 
=== Heading North or East towards [[Maastricht]] (A25) {{E|25}}, [[Aachen]] (A3) {{E|42}} ===
[[File:Highway to Liege traffic sign at petrol station on highway coming from Brussels.jpg|thumb|Add caption here|right|300px|Highway to Liège]]
 
Bus 17 from the bus station at Liege-Guillemins, or bus 18 from Leopold, until busstop Nancy. Then walk north through Avenue de Nancy and you will arrive at the A25-access lane on the corner Avenue de Nancy / Avenue Georges Truffaut. Or bus 76 from Leopold until busstop Intermosane, then cross the bridge (Pont de l'Atlas) and walk west along Avenue Georges Truffaut to the motorway access lane.
 
Best to use a sign ''Maastricht'' or ''NL''. If you go towards Aachen and Köln, best is to use a sign with "Barchon", where is the first petrol station (which you could also reach by bus, see below).
 
=== Heading East towards [[Aachen]] (A3) {{E|42}} ===
Bus 67 from Gare Leopold direction Vise until busstop Carrefour in Barchon; this is the busstop just after crossing the A3-motorway. The ride is about 34 minutes. From the busstop walk back over the motorway (bridge), then go southeast on the N604 Champs de Tignee. After about 2 km you will find motorway petrol station Aire de Barchon on your left hand side.
'''Liège''' === Heading South for [[Arlon]], [[Luxembourg]] (Dutch: '''Luik'''; German: '''Lüttich'''A26) {{E|25}} ===Access lane of A26 x N633, situated 250 meters from the Angleur railway station. Bus 377 from the bus station at Liege-Guillemins, or bus 26 from Republique Francaise stop very nearby. Leopold, until busstop Nancy. Sign Arlon / Luxembourg is a city in good idea. After some 15 kms is the French speaking part motorway petrol station of [[Belgium]]Sprimont.
Hitching away from Liège is said to be difficult=== Heading West for [[Leuven]], because of the so-called ''Spaghetti Motorway system''. On the other hand it is not impossible to get lifts along the former transit-route of the E25 straight through the city of Liege alongside the Maas-river. Provided you are familiar which used to be the pre-motorway era transit route you can quite successfully hitch out of Liege along that transit route using a sign Lux [[Brussels]] (embourgA3) {{E|40}}or Arlon heading towards the Ardennes, or a sign Vise[[Namur]], Maastr [[Charleroi]] (ichtA15) or NL heading north{{E|42}} ===[[File:2011-08-02 15-54-40 53.jpg|thumb|Add caption here|right|300px|On-ramp on Rue St. Laurent. The transit route, not marked anymore by signs "transit" these days, remains the fastest way to get through Liege by car during most of the timegraffiti is misleading; please ignore it.]]
== Heading North or East, towards There are some fairly average on-ramps to the [[MaastrichtA602_(Belgium)|E25/A602]], within walking distance of the city centre. [[AachenUser:Tmoon|Tom]]tried the on-ramp on Rue St. Laurent, which worked fine for him. The on-ramp on Jardin Jean-Bernard Lejeune (west of the tunnel, ignore the "no pedestrian" sign) is a good place, but use a fairly big and well prepared [[CologneSigns|Kolnsign]] ==[[File:Highway to Liege traffic sign at gas station on highway coming from Brussels, because the cars are passing rather fast.jpg|thumb|Add caption here|right|300px|Highway to Liège]]
Get bus 66 If needed, ask the driver to take you to the first service station on the road you are taking:* On the [[A3_(direction ''Herstal''Belgium) from |E40/A3]] to Brussels, the main train first service station. Get off in an industrial estate beside the motorway. Near here there is a motorway exit for traffic going towards Maastricht"aire de [[Bettincourt Noord]]", north of [[Waremme]], etcabout 25km from Liège. This access lane next * On the [[A15_(Belgium)|E42/A15]] to Charleroi, the bridge ''Pont de l'Atlas''first service station is "[[Verlaine Nord]]", north-east of [[Huy]], about 700 meter 20km from ''Liege-Bressoux'' train station. Best to use a sign ''MaastrLiège.'' or ''NL'' or simply a lot of self confidence ;)
== Heading South for [[Luxembourg]], etc Trashwiki & Nomadwiki ==Go the "Luxembourg" sign after the roundabout near the Angleur train station in the very south of Liege city. There appears to be a bus service to and from this area. Here you will find an area for a car to pull over before the motorway rush begins.
Alternatively you can take the bus 65 and go down at the bus stop Chênée. There you will have to walk 500 m until the traffic light, just before the entrance of the motorway.[[nomad:Liège]] [[trash:Liège]]
[[File:Pano Liege guillemins 5juin.jpg|600px]]
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