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{{Infobox German Location|country = Germany|state = Saxony|map = <map lat='51.349056375394173490563754' lng='12.1929359436035161929359436' zoom='1310' view='0' float='right3'/>|pop = 512.000|plate = L|motorways = }}'''Leipzig''' is a city in the [[Germany|German]] ''Bundesland'' [[SachsenSaxony]].
==Hitching Out=====North towards [[Berlin]], South towards [[München]]===<map lat='51.34905637539417' lng='12.192935943603516' zoom='13' view='3' />
Take the bus #131 from the city center towards ''Dölzig'' and get out at ''Holländische Mühle'', one stop before the ''Nova Eventis'' center. This spot is some meters before the direct ramp onto the [[A9 (Germany)|A9]]. Try to find your ride here towards [[Berlin]] or [[Munich]]!
There is also a nice petrol station on the B2, it's the last petrol station for people coming from the city center(?).
Take Tram 14 to "Messegelände"“Messegelände”. Go back in direction of the previous tram stop (street "Alte “Alte Dübener Landstraße"Landstraße”), cross the Street ("Messe“Messe-Allee"Allee”)and follow the bike way. It tunnels the railway and you finally get to "Zschortauer Straße"“Zschortauer Straße”. Turn left, a back entrance to the petrol station is almost immediately on the right. [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=Merkurpromenade+%4051.398124,+12.395444&daddr=Alte+D%C3%BCbener+Landstra%C3%9Fe+%4051.394559,+12.394547+to:Graf-Zeppelin-Ring+%4051.391742,+12.393601+to:51.385792,12.390143&hl=en&geocode=7430204521375212132,51.398124,12.395444%3B7331407810391153862,51.394559,12.394547%3B3946222946419670169,51.391742,12.393601%3B&mra=mi&mrcr=2&mrsp=3&sz=15&dirflg=w&sll=51.387263,12.394252&sspn=0.019845,0.046821&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=15 Google Maps] doesn't know about the bike way but you can see it in satellite view.
===East towards [[Dresden]]===
Take the Tram #15 from the city center towards ''Meusdorf'' and get out at the last station. Go 250 Meters further to the next bus stop. This is the best spot to [[Dresden]] over A38 and A14/A4.
It's incredibly easy to blackride in Leipzig.
==Overnight==There are several youth hostels in Leipzig. There is one about a mile out of the city. It's easily walkable, just head out left from the train station's main entrance, and follow the road round to the right. Keep walking past a head shop, and take a left, then a right on a street that runs parallel. Keep walking to the end of the road, then turn left over the bridge over the train tracks. After you've walked over the train tracks, there's an interesting little village made up of wendy houses. Walk through this, heading to the far corner. Turn right, and walk parallel with the train tracks. You should she an old pub in the middle of an HLM type housing estate. Make a note of it, because it does fantastic food. Carry on for about another 200 yards, then hang a left. The youth hostel is on the left, just on a small service road.
== Public transport / Blackriding ==
* fine is 40 EUR, payable by bank transfer in about 10 days
* I don't know if there are special rules if you possess a non-German ID
Anyway...
* Inside most trams, there's a ticket machine that gives you a stamped ticket (''just hanging around there won't serve as excuse if you're controled'')
* Bus drivers also sell stamped tickets
* You could buy a (short range, if you're on low money) ticket and keep it unstamped
* Most transportation rules for German public transport are along the lines that you have to present a valid ticket if you're asked to do so (''I have not checked specifically for Leipzig'')
* '''You need to get the ticket stamped ''before'' the traffic control reaches you'''
* If you did, you can (and should) argue that you just forgot to stamp it before and have a valid ticked nonetheless
* After 8pm, you might need to get in busses at the first door and (then) bus drivers are supposed to check tickets(?)
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