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<div>'''World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms''' (sometimes Willing Workers on Organic Farms) is a grassroots organization that brings together organic farmers and farmhands. They have a small yearly membership fee in many countries, which covers the cost and continued production of the WWOOF handbook & listing for the area. Stays can last from several days to months (or even years) on end. WWOOFing and hitchhiking can compliment each other nicely.<br />
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from their website:<br />
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''"WWOOF is a world wide network - It started in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] in 1971 and has since become an international movement that is helping people share more sustainable ways of living.<br />
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WWOOF is an exchange - In return for volunteer help, WWOOF hosts offer food, accommodation and opportunities to learn about organic lifestyles.<br />
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WWOOF organisations link people who want to volunteer on organic farms or smallholdings with people who are looking for volunteer help."''<br />
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Prepare to meet some very unusual and demanding people and prepare to be exploited. It's an unfortunate fact of the WWOOFing experience. There's a reason most WWOOFers tend to be young, naive and overseas backpackers: this is the variety of person preferred if you are an isolated middle-class evacuee from the suburbs looking for unquestioning slave labour. <br />
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Experiences vary widely, but be on your guard. Ring first - if the host sounds barking mad, they are. Don't risk it, no matter how desperate you are. Otherwise you'll find yourself being the object of affection and sexual harassment and possibly worse. Some WWOOFing hosts are religious and cult groups, and fail to mention this on their advertising. <br />
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Your first meal will be delicious and expensive, your second meal will be salad and you worked six hours for it. You might be sleeping with several species of cockroaches and a resident python and a few bats.<br />
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Hosts are often suburban types fleeing from some sort of personal crisis and often have few real friends and little money, perhaps like you, so it could work out, or it could be a nightmare.<br />
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See [http://www.wwoof.org/ wwoof.org]<br />
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[[Category:Organizations]]</div>144.134.101.181https://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=WWOOF&diff=39847WWOOF2010-02-24T09:51:39Z<p>144.134.101.181: </p>
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<div>'''World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms''' (sometimes Willing Workers on Organic Farms) is a grassroots organization that brings together organic farmers and farmhands. They have a small yearly membership fee in many countries, which covers the cost and continued production of the WWOOF handbook & listing for the area. Stays can last from several days to months (or even years) on end. WWOOFing and hitchhiking can compliment each other nicely.<br />
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from their website:<br />
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''"WWOOF is a world wide network - It started in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] in 1971 and has since become an international movement that is helping people share more sustainable ways of living.<br />
<br />
WWOOF is an exchange - In return for volunteer help, WWOOF hosts offer food, accommodation and opportunities to learn about organic lifestyles.<br />
<br />
WWOOF organisations link people who want to volunteer on organic farms or smallholdings with people who are looking for volunteer help."''<br />
<br />
Prepare to meet some very unusual and demanding people and prepare to be exploited. It's an unfortunate fact of the WWOOFing experience. There's a reason most WWOOFers tend to be young, naive and overseas backpackers: this is the variety of person preferred if you are an isolated middle-class evacuee from the suburbs looking for unquestioning slave labour. <br />
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Experiences vary widely, but be on your guard. Ring first - if the host sounds barking mad, they are. Don't risk it, no matter how desperate you are. Otherwise you'll find yourself being the object of affection and sexual harassment and possibly worse. Some WWOOFing hosts are religious and cult groups, and fail to mention this on their advertising. <br />
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You're first meal will be delicious and expensive, your second meal will be salad and you worked six hours for it. You might be sleeping with several species of cockroaches and a resident python and a few bats.<br />
<br />
Hosts are often suburban types fleeing from some sort of personal crisis and often have few real friends and little money, perhaps like you, so it could work out, or it could be a nightmare.<br />
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See [http://www.wwoof.org/ wwoof.org]<br />
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[[Category:Organizations]]</div>144.134.101.181https://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Europe&diff=39846Europe2010-02-24T07:59:13Z<p>144.134.101.181: </p>
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<div>[[File:Flag of Europe EU.png|250px|thumb|Flag of [[European Union]]]]<br />
Hitchhiking in '''Europe''' is fun. There are many small countries to enjoy hitching through, motorways in the Western parts can be exceptionally good, and overall hitchhiking is relatively safe.<br />
Some countries such as [[Germany]] are quite easy to hitch around, for example, for the large distances in a single lift, or with the possibility to go really fast (especially where driving speed is not limited). [[England]] is usually good because of the relatively short waiting time. Most other countries are at the average or rather easy hitchability level, e.g. the [[Netherlands]], [[Belgium]] and East European countries. Some other countries are considered bad for the long waiting times (like [[Spain]] and [[Italy]]) but even there you might get a ride if you are patient enough. Some people chose to skip a country, though, after standing in one place for over two hours - it is reasonable enough to do so if visually good hitch-hiking spot appears not working in some places.<br />
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'''Note:''' In [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Austria]], [[Slovenia]], [[Poland]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Hungary]] and [[Italy]] trucks are not allowed to use motorways on Sundays and on public holidays. <br />
''<small>(Any other countries?)'' </small> <br />
However, these restrictions do not apply to those granted an exception, such as trucks transporting perishable goods and fuel supplies.<br />
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Hitching is rather safe in Europe. However, a single female hitch-hiker takes a higher risk because of obvious reasons. <br />
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For crossing the borders have a look at the [[Schengen Agreement]]. With a Schengen visa you can travel within a bunch of European countries.<br />
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When hitching longer distances it's generally good to stick to gas stations on the motorway. People there go long distances and it's not uncommon to find rides of 500 km and longer.<br />
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== Maps ==<br />
It is more convenient to take a map on your trip but if you don't do so it is no big deal - some people actually prefer to get a feeling of lost nomads and to trust their own senses. For most of Europe (excl. the Eastern parts) the ''Marco Polo Euro Atlas'' is a great hitch-hikers's choice: it contains a detailed information about gas stations situated on motorways, and excludes less useful for hitch-hiking trips stuff like the index pages or city maps.<br />
For online usage: <br />
* [http://www.liftershalte.info/?country=EU Liftershalte.info] - based on google maps<br />
* [http://viamichelin.com viamichelin.com]<br />
* [http://www.map24.com Map24.com] - very good Java-Maps and routing<br />
* [http://www.openstreetmap.org OpenStreetMap.org] - free alternative<br />
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== Tips for each country ==<br />
[[File:Granada.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Robino]] hitchhiking in [[Granada]], [[Spain]]]]<br />
The [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm United Nations Statistics Division] defines Europe as following:<br />
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=== [[Northern Europe]] ===<br />
* [[File:Flag of Denmark.png|30px]] [[Denmark]]<br />
* [[File:Flag of Estonia.png|30px]] [[Estonia]]<br />
* [[File:Flag of Finland.png|30px]] [[Finland]]<br />
* [[File:Flag Iceland.png|30px]] [[Iceland]]<br />
* [[File:Flag Ireland.png|30px]] [[Ireland]]<br />
* [[File:Flag of Latvia.png|30px]] [[Latvia]]<br />
* [[File:Flag of Lithuania.png|30px]] [[Lithuania]]<br />
* [[File:Flag of Norway.png|30px]] [[Norway]]<br />
* [[File:Flag of Sweden.png|30px]] [[Sweden]]<br />
* [[File:Flag uk.png|30px]] [[United Kingdom|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]]<br />
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==== Autonomic Islands or Regions ====<br />
* [[File:Flag_of_Aaland_Finland.png|30px]] [[Åland Islands]]<br />
* [[Channel Islands]]<br />
** [[File:Flag of Guernsey UK.png|30px]] [[Guernsey]]<br />
*** [[File:Flag of Alderney UK.png|30px]] [[Channel Islands|Alderney]]<br />
*** [[File:Flag of Herm UK.png|30px]] [[Channel Islands|Herm]]<br />
*** [[File:Flag of Sark UK.png|30px]] [[Channel Islands|Sark]]<br />
** [[File:Flag of Jersey UK.png|30px]] [[Jersey]]<br />
* [[File:Flag of the Faroe Islands.png|30px]] [[Faeroe Islands]]<br />
* [[File:Flag Isle of Man UK.png|30px]] [[Isle of Man]]<br />
* [[Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands]]<br />
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=== [[Western Europe]] ===<br />
* [[File:Flag_Austria.png|30px]] [[Austria]]<br />
* [[File:Flag_Belgium.png|30px]] [[Belgium]]<br />
* [[File:Flag_France.png|30px]] [[France]]<br />
* [[File:Flag_Germany.png|30px]] [[Germany]]<br />
* [[File:Flag_Liechtenstein.png|30px]] [[Liechtenstein]]<br />
* [[File:Flag Luxembourg.png|30px]] [[Luxembourg]]<br />
* [[File:Flag_of_Monaco.png|30px]] [[Monaco]]<br />
* [[File:Flag_Netherlands.png|30px]] [[Netherlands]]<br />
* [[File:Flag_of_Switzerland.png|30px]] [[Switzerland]]<br />
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=== [[Eastern Europe]] ===<br />
[[File:Trud_bulgaria.jpg|250px|thumb|Somewhere in [[Bulgaria]].]]<br />
* [[File:Flag of Belarus.png|30px]] [[Belarus]]<br />
* [[File:Flag Bulgaria.png|30px]] [[Bulgaria]]<br />
* [[File:Flag Czech Republic.png|30px]] [[Czech Republic]]<br />
* [[File:Flag of Hungary.png|30px]] [[Hungary]]<br />
* [[File:Flag of Moldova.png|30px]] [[Moldova|Republic of Moldova]]<br />
* [[File:Flag Poland.png|30px]] [[Poland]]<br />
* [[File:Flag Romania.png|30px]] [[Romania]]<br />
* [[File:Flag of Russia.png|30px]] [[Russia|Russian Federation]]<br />
* [[File:Flag of Slovakia.png|30px]] [[Slovakia]] <br />
* [[File:Flag Ukraine.png|30px]] [[Ukraine]]<br />
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=== [[Southern Europe]] ===<br />
* [[File:Flag of Albania.png|30px]] [[Albania]]<br />
* [[File:Flag of Andorra.png|30px]] [[Andorra]]<br />
* [[File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.png|30px]] [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]<br />
* [[File:Flag Croatia.png|30px]] [[Croatia]]<br />
* [[File:Flag of Greece.png|30px]] [[Greece]]<br />
* [[File:Flag of Italy.png|30px]] [[Italy]]<br />
* [[File:Flag Kosovo.png|30px]] [[Kosovo]]<br />
* [[File:Flag of Macedonia.png|30px]] [[Macedonia]]<br />
* [[File:Flag of Malta.png|30px]] [[Malta]]<br />
* [[File:Flag of Montenegro.png|30px]] [[Montenegro]]<br />
* [[File:Flag of Portugal.png|30px]] [[Portugal]]<br />
* [[File:Flag of San Marino.png|30px]] [[San Marino]]<br />
* [[File:Flag of Serbia.png|30px]] [[Serbia]]<br />
* [[File:Flag of Slovenia.png|30px]] [[Slovenia]]<br />
* [[File:Flag Spain.png|30px]] [[Spain]]<br />
* [[File:Flag Turkey.png|30px]] [[Turkey]]<br />
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==== Autonomic Regions ====<br />
* [[File:Flag of Gibraltar UK.png|30px]] [[Gibraltar]]<br />
* [[File:Flag Vatican City.png|30px]] [[Vatican|Holy See]]<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
* [http://www.digihitch.com/world/Europe digihitch World: Hitchhiking Europe]<br />
* [http://www.wikitravel.org/en/Hitchhiking_in_Europe Wikitravel: Hitchhiking in Europe]<br />
* [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm#europe: United Nations Statistic Division]<br />
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