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[[File:Ruhr area-map.png|thumb|right|420px|The Ruhr Area]]
The '''Ruhr Area''', also called simply Ruhr, (German: ''Ruhrgebiet'') is an urban area in [[North Rhine-Westphalia]], [[Germany]], consisting of a number of large formerly industrial cities, including [[Duisburg]], [[Oberhausen]], [[Bottrop]], [[Mülheim an der Ruhr]], [[Essen]], [[Gelsenkirchen]], [[Bochum]], [[Herne]], [[Hamm]], [[Hagen]], [[Dortmund]], [[Wesel]], [[Recklinghausen]], [[Unna]] and [[Ennepe-Ruhr]]. It has about five million inhabitants and is thus significally bigger than Berlin, Hamburg or Munich.
Altough, there is a very high density of motorways, hitchhiking there is quite tricky because of the maze of minor motorways. Major motorways in this area are the [[A1 (Germany)|A1]], [[A2 (Germany)|A2]] and [[A3 (Germany)|A3]].
* the service area ''Ohligser Heide'', close to [[Düsseldorf]], which is difficult to reach by hitching, but easy to reach by public transport.
* the service area ''Aachener Land'', just east of [[Aachen]], which is just after the Dutch and Belgian borders.
* the service area ''Frechen'', close to [[Cologne|Köln]], if your driver, most likely coming out of the [[Netherlands]] or [[Belgium]], goes past Aachen, but not further in your direction than Köln.
== Hitchhiking out ==
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[[Category:North Rhine-Westphalia|North Rhine-Westphalia]]
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