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Get a bus to a place just outside the city named ''Tinqueux''. At least one bus (bus B) heads towards ''Tinqueux'' which will run along the ''Avenue de Paris''. At a roundabout the bus will take it's own French route - but if you're walking then at this (there's only one) roundabout take the road called ''Avenue de 29th Aout 1944''. A little way past what Google Earth points to as the exact spot of ''Tinqueux'', is a street called ''Rue Charles Boucton''. Once you get there you will discover what you are looking for.
<!The three-, later two-You will see an enormous hitchhikers heaven - thousands lane road passing right in front of cars and trucks, supermarkets - McDonalds' and petrol stations. You may be able to get to [[China]] from a place like this.--> 2010-09-04 JK added: :I'm making this addition from the McDonald's mentioned above, after several hours train station (over three, possibly fourGare SNCF) trying for a lift outside the Carrefour petrol station. And in theory yes this should be a great spot for picking up a lift, but in my opinion it definitely isncalled ''t. IBoulevard Louis Roederer'm hitching to Germany and came here after reading the above recommendation PLUS having it mentioned as a possible pickup point by a potential lift (which was coming from Paris) which fell through (which I'd found on rideshare.co.uk. leads directly onto A4 in both directions:Anyway, as I input this, I'm looking across the carpark of Paris in the Carrefour supermarket where about 20 trucks are parked up; these guys don't seem to be stopping just for lunch or a piss breakeast, more like for Metz/Strasbourg/Germany in the day or even west. Heading down towards the weekend (today motorway there is Saturday) - so it could easily be tomorrow or the day after before any of them come good for a lifttraffic light switching very frequently, and I ainwhere ''Rue Bir Hakeim''t waiting that long.:The main problem here comes in my opinion is that cars and trucks exiting from the supermarket/petrol station/retail estate come onto the same piece of dual carriageway which leads up to the slip road turning right for the A4 for eastern France and Germany beyondlefthand side. :This slip road turns through Almost every car leaving Reims comes along here, so there is a tight arc with very little forward visibility. :This means from the exit high density of the petrol station cars passing by and truck stop to stopping at the A4 there's nowhere for any vehicles to stop red light. You cannot directly ask people, but with reasonable safety - anyone stopping here to pick up a hitchhiker is running serious risk of being shunted from behind, which is why I would avoid this spot sign and find somewhere else. :But having talked to a few locals it seems charming smile, there is no obvious other place in the locality to head for. :This view would seem to be confirmed by the fact that after several hours working hard for a lift good chance of getting picked up - I saw no other hitchers AT ALL, and only three cars with German registration plates, not got a great tally for anyone hoping ride to make it to Germany before nightfall. :And as for Chinese registration plates, fuggeddabboutitParis in 15 minutes.
The three:Got a ride from here in less than 10 minutes in May 2012 -, later two-lane road passing right in front of the train station [[User:Smor|Smor]] (Gare SNCF[[User talk:Smor|talk]]) called ''Boulevard Louis Roederer'' leads directly onto A4 in both directions10: Paris in the east16, Metz/Strasbourg/Germany in the west. Heading down towards the motorway there is a traffic light switching very frequently, where ''Rue Bir Hakeim'' comes in from the lefthand side. Almost every car leaving Reims comes along here, so there is a very high density of cars passing by and stopping at the red light. You cannot directly ask people, but with a sign and a charming smile, there is a good chance of getting picked up - I got a ride to Paris in 15 minutes.3 November 2012 (CET)
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'''Reims''' is a beautiful city in [[Champagne-Ardenne]], [[France]] which took one anonymous hitchhiker over 8 hours , to hitchhike out the east of[[Paris]]. He tried all the roads imaginable and seemingly worthwhile until once lunch-time had already vanished into the past, he realised another approach was needed:
== Hitchhiking out ==
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=== Towards all directions ===
=== Towards all directions Going west ([[Paris]]) ===The place is the highway ramp going on the [[A4]] highway towards the west, at the exit number 22 called Tinqueux. First you will need to get to Tinqueux, a suburb of Reims. Best is to take bus no. 8 towards Thillois and get off at the stop called Millésime, the first stop after the bus passes above the highway. (For timetables and other ways to get there, you can check the website of [http://www.citura.fr/ Citura], the local public transport company.) From the stop it is about 600 m of walking. Start walking back to where the bus came from, out of the shopping zone on rue des Ormisseaux, back to the big road. You arrive to a huge roundabout. From here, turn right and follow the blue signs to A4, Paris until the next roundabout, from where the ramp goes on the highway. There is a lot of traffic and no pedestrian sideways, so be careful to cross the road and the roundabout. On the ramp, there is a nice spot to stop for the cars.
=== Going East east ([[Metz]], [[Strasbourg]], [[Lyon]], [[Germany]], etc.) ===
Get a bus or a lift to the ‘voie verte’ which is near some industrial zones in the Eastern part of the city. Here, it takes about 15 minutes to walk up the ‘l’auoroute de l’est’ for the toll booth (peage). Be careful to walk on the grass behind the motorway barrier. At the toll booth, I waited 10 minutes for a lift. I kept asking drivers that were stopping where they were going with my voice and sign. Good luck/ Bonne Chance!
4/9/2010 JK added: After no luck at the Tinqueux Carrefour mentioned above, I caught buses B and S across town to Cormontreuil (1 ticket, 1.20 euros) but the drop off point was still quite a way from the peage mentioned above, bus T might bring you a bit closer but you'll still have up to half an hour to walk.
But having finally got there, I too got a lift within minutes, not more than 10 minutes.
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