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As usual, there will be a Hitchgathering starting from the beginning of August this year -- come hitch to a beautiful spot to meet a bunch of other funky people to hang out, play music, do workshops, cook on the fire and celebrate the hitchhiking way of life together! After a lengthy and slightly messy decision-making process, it was decided that this year's beautiful spot in question will be at La Framondié, France. As always, please subscribe to the [https://lists.riseup.net/www/info/hitch mailing list] or use this article's [[Talk:Hitchgathering/2021|discussion page]] to join the discussion.<br />
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<small>The overview over the other location proposals and all the info pertaining to the decision-making process can be found at [[Hitchgathering/2021/Archive]].</small><br />
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==Main Gathering – La Framondié==<br />
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=== Date ===<br />
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The gathering is "officialy" starting August 2nd 2021. As agreed with the owners of the spot, the gathering will end around August 16th with August 23th being the date where '''everything''' must be clean and everyone has left.<br />
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Some people have to get there before to help build the toilets and kitchen that we'll be using. Some pregatherings will very probably happen before too.<br />
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=== Location ===<br />
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'''For more informations, **including access**, see [[La Framondié]].'''<br />
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[[La Framondié]] is [https://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/carte?c=2.5349617676884937,43.990527389595&z=18&l0=GEOGRAPHICALGRIDSYSTEMS.MAPS.SCAN-EXPRESS.STANDARD::GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS(1)&permalink=yes here]. Coordinates below.<br />
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43.99014, 2.53491<br />
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It's a large area of forest in one of the least densely populated parts of France, and there's a collective of about 8-12 people living there. They do gardening and steward the forest, and for the future they are quite interested in offering more activities, camps for children, etc. During the gathering, we will help them by building the infrastructure for ourselves so they can use it afterwards.<br />
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=== Misceallaneous ===<br />
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* Tools: We can borrow tools from them and they have a lot.<br />
* Language: Locals speak French and some speak good English, especially in the collective in La Framondié. Please respect the people there as they are hosting us and this is their living space.<br />
* Weather: No rain in summer apart from very rare storms. Forest fire risk, dry climate and mosquitos. Bring sun protection.<br />
* Dogs: Don't bring dogs. If really necessary, contact the people living there to ask (you can go through [[User:Swaden]].<br />
* Helping: be prepared to help with cooking, wood collection for winter, phytoepuration and buildings for us, participating in assemblies.<br />
* COVID-19: The people living there are not at all worried about us bringing them Covid, or anything in regards to that.<br />
* Of course transphobia exists in France, but probably not more than in most places.<br />
* If you remember them from your childhood, it's very close to where [https://www.maxitoys.lu/media/catalog/product/cache/fcf6fde2aecaa3a19404630833ab6e02/1/0/10940997-10940997-mt_picture1-64139.jpg Kaplas] were invented!<br />
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=== Infrastructure ===<br />
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We can't be more than around 50 people otherwise it would be kind of a mess to handle camping and food collectively in La Framondié. All that's lower stands for 50 people and if we end up being 10, it will obviously be different regarding access to kitchen, toilets, etc.<br />
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==== Shelter ====<br />
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Camping would happen in a somewhat dispersed way -- to have a central camp and then camp in the forest around where you can find the space. There land is generally steep, but there are ancient terraces, and it's also possible to shape the terrain with a shovel to make it more amenable for camping.<br />
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In the forest. No shelters are provided. There is virtually unlimited space for hammocks in the forest. Tents cannot go anywhere since the place is on an incline. There are flat spaces near the houses that could be cleared and are flat. Depending on the people, there is space for tents in these or more lonely in the forest. Overall room is for 15-20 tents. We can for sure build primitive shelters and the collective there would love to build wood cabins on platforms.<br />
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They have a very big berber yourt (50 people) that we will build in the beginning on the main square so we can have a meeting spot to do activities. Otherwise there is no shelter for 50 people to meet all at once but smaller groups can under the wooden roof.<br />
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==== Dumpster diving ====<br />
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Bring enough to feed yourself for around 2-3 days before we set up a proper cooking and dumpster diving routine as our presence shouldn't impact the people living there.<br />
We can feed a maximum 10-20 people from trash behind small shops in Requista. Albi, Rodez and St-Affrique can feed a lot more people. There is a big Carrefour near Requista which could also feed more.<br />
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==== Cooking ====<br />
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We can't use their kitchen. We are therefore cooking outside, except for the first days with less people during the time we setup an outside kitchen. Try to bring pots as we can only borrow a little. They have a gas stove on a tripod with paella pans but no gas. We'd want to gather wood collectively: lots of dry wood and possibility to cut wood, simply not in only one spot.<br />
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==== Transport ====<br />
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Cars can be borrowed as long as they're respected and fuel is payed collectively. Bicycles are the same (5 available) but some needs to be fixed and the way in and out of La Framondié is pretty steep.<br />
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==== Toilets ====<br />
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There is one old dry toilet that is available to put back in service. We can't use theirs as we might be too much people. We might have to build another one the first days. They imperatively have to be underneath the water spring where water is taken.<br />
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==== Showers and swimming ====<br />
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We can bring or build solar showers. Otherwise there is a small waterfall nearby (with leeches included which mean free ) or the Tarn river. In anyway no soap and industrial products that could damage the flora and fauna. The Tarn river is 25 minute down and 45 minutes up and we can swim in it.<br />
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==== Water ====<br />
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Drinkable water from a spring at the taps in the house. Bring water containers for yourselves as the camp will not necessarly be close to the taps.<br />
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==== Electricity ====<br />
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There is from the grid. We will pay collectively for the electricity we use by taking measures from the electricity counter.<br />
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==== Internet ====<br />
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Unreliable 4G but stable at some spots. Crashes sometimes. No WiFi.<br />
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=== Nearby ===<br />
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==== Next town: Réquista (6km) ====<br />
* [https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/3879896428 Supermarket] (Carrefour market), no info yet if dd works<br />
* ATM, bank<br />
* Post Office<br />
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==== Next cities: ====<br />
* [[Albi]] (48km), population: 50.000<br />
* Rodez (54km), population: 25.000<br />
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==== Healthcare, emergency: ====<br />
* Réquista (6km): pharmacy, doctor, dentist<br />
* Saint Affrique(41km): hostpital<br />
* [[Albi]] (48km): hospital<br />
* Rodez (54km): hospital<br />
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=== Organizing ===<br />
==== Questions/local research ====<br />
A.P. on the mailing list proposed to ask questions to locals since someone they know lives nearby. Rom. will be there around mid-July. [[User:Swaden]] got there around June 10th to ask questions and possibly bring some stuff.<br />
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List here unanswered questions.<br />
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==== What we have ====<br />
* drinking water<br />
* firewood<br />
* wood for construction<br />
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==== What we could bring ====<br />
* food<br />
* boats, scuba gear and a plan for building a raft for the river :-)<br />
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==== things you can bring ====<br />
Games, instruments, tools, <br />
* [[User:Tobias|Tobias]] ([[User talk:Tobias|talk]]) migh be able to bring an inflatable island and a 12v/5v water turbine<br />
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=== Activities ===<br />
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Think about workshops you could organise! (It's very low-key.) So far, there are ideas about making circles about DIY gear-making and rounds of what-is-in-my-backpack, lockpicking workshops, herbal walks, making jellies from plants. At past gatherings there were many great workshops such as womens' circles, how-to for political marriages, clay oven building, capture-the-flag... etc pp. <br />
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There will be games, music, dumpsterdiving, occasional skinnydipping. Massage circles and hopefully many, many workshops. Late-night joints and bottles of wine passed around, discussions on how to -- you know...<br />
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==== Knot and lockpicking workshop ====<br />
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I'll bring some sythetic ropes (also hanf three stranded rope) so we can all study together decorative and useful knots from beginner to more advanced. I also have some lockpicks and locks that I'll bring only if there seems to be an interest since it's kinda heavy. [[User:Swaden|Swaden]] ([[User talk:Swaden|talk]]).<br />
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==== Wood toys ====<br />
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The people there mentionned a guy named Henri who builds funny wooden toys and could come with them.<br />
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==== Partying ====<br />
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One of the people there love mixing techno and we might make a party once.<br />
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=== COVID-19 ===<br />
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==== (Entry) rules ====<br />
see [[Hitchhiking_and_Corona#France]]<br />
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(10.6.) curfew is supposed to be lifted be 30.6; gatherings over 6 people still banned, entry: test or proof of vaccination/recovery, sworn statement<br />
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==== Testing====<br />
[[User:Swaden]] will bring around 5 COVID-19 quick tests (they're free in Switzerland) to use in case for more anxious/at-risk people or if someone starts having symptoms.<br />
[[User:Mrmagicmax]] will also bring some from Austria (if he doesn't have to use all of them on the way)<br />
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== Pre or post gatherings ==<br />
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=== Kesselberg, 2nd week of July ===<br />
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Anybody is always invited to the anarchist bastion and forest village of [https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/52.38086/13.73355 Kesselberg-upon-Berlin] anyway, but particularly in the 2nd week of July, hitchhikers are called to congregate there. It could be possible to join a potential pre-gathering at Langenwerder towards the end of July from there together, or move towards France already. Ask for a Carlos.<br />
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=== La Vieille Valette, end of July ===<br />
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[https://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/carte?c=4.095322876378653,44.27187141002011&z=16&l0=ORTHOIMAGERY.ORTHOPHOTOS::GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS(1)&l1=GEOGRAPHICALGRIDSYSTEMS.MAPS.SCAN25TOUR.CV::GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS(1)&permalink=yes Another anarchist village of unsurpassed charm and beauty in the Cevennes]. Would be very much worth making a stopover on the way to the Tarn.<br />
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=== European Rainbow in the Pyrenees, end of July/beginning of August ===<br />
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Some people might also like to meet at the European rainbow beforehand. Please add info here. <br />
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=== Other ideas ===<br />
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<small>C. proposed Kesselberg, an anarchist bastion in a forest in Germany for a pregathering. He said there is a group called [https://www.ecotopiabiketour.net/ Ecotopia] doing a bike tour and that we could meet with them. Some people of the mailing list are part of the organisation so communication is easy. Like he said in his mail, I think it's a good idea to have pregatherings so people can met in smaller groups and have already a little bit of connivance before reaching the main gathering. Doing this is nice but we need to coordinate correctly. --[[User:Swaden|Swaden]] ([[User talk:Swaden|talk]]) 18:47, 24 March 2021 (CET)<br />
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We can organize easily small pregatherings at the infinity of forest cabins available in Switzerland, Sweden or Norway.</small><br />
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== Promotion ==<br />
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Stickers are available, see the top of the page!<br />
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You can order stickers from [[User:Tobias|Tobias]] ([[User talk:Tobias|talk]]). <br />
50pcs/2€, 100pcs/4€; delivery 4€ (Germany 2€). Contact via [https://signal.group/#CjQKIGgw5-FMZ1Sq67CL50LKCkZg-6i0KCDuS24S4uBDyb5IEhAmnOqOcim9eSMm-TJFozyg Signal-group] or [https://lists.riseup.net/www/info/hitch mailing list].<br />
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== Online event ==<br />
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Some people have proposed the idea of conducting an online event for people not able to attend the gathering.--></div>Sitaranehttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Talk:Hitchgathering/2020&diff=97624Talk:Hitchgathering/20202020-04-17T14:12:16Z<p>Sitarane: </p>
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<div>let the discussion begin...<br />
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== No covid-19 scenario - an open Europe! ==<br />
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Let's try to move the discussion from Facebook to here!<br />
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Summary of facebook discussion:<br />
- No actual suggestions of locations. People wish for Georgia, Balkans, Western Europe.<br />
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Summary of mailing list discussion: <br />
- None<br />
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== Covid-19 scenario - free movement is comprimised ==<br />
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In the case that the covid-19 crisis has not passed by August, let's discuss alternative ways have the hitchgathering. <br />
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Please edit this section!<br />
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'''Proposals''' (add your own)<br />
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''Online gathering:'' <br />
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I know it would totally not be the same and that it sounds lame and boring... However it's better than nothing, isn't it? - Mette<br />
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''National gatherings:''<br />
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The borders may still be closed for unnecessary travel, but it seems that some countries are loosening up a bit now already and by August it might be allowed to have small outside gatherings (<50) in many countries. We could make multiple small gatherings, at least then you would get to hang out with hitchhikers that are also currently in the same country as you. We could still do it simultaneously and have daily videochats between the gatherings and send lots of pictures. - Mette<br />
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'''Summary of facebook discussion''' (please update)<br />
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We could postpone the gathering<br />
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In case a gathering could be hold, we should follow the WHO guidelines.<br />
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'''Summary of mailing list discussion''' (please update)<br />
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None</div>Sitaranehttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Talk:Hitchgathering&diff=97004Talk:Hitchgathering2019-10-09T07:10:52Z<p>Sitarane: /* Guidelines */</p>
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<div>At the Hitchgathering 2019 in Denmark we discussed and reached a consensus to use hitchwiki as the main communication platform to organise the hitchgathering. --[[User:Tobias|Tobias]] ([[User talk:Tobias|talk]]) 18:24, 20 August 2019 (UTC)<br />
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== Facebook group guidelines ==<br />
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=== Intro ===<br />
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The facebook group was created after HG4 (Lithuania, 2011) as a way for poeple that went to HG to keep in touch. It has evolved into a hitchhiking and travel topic group.<br />
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=== Group description ===<br />
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==== Current one ====<br />
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A Facebook group to constantly reunite the family of hitchhikers. Tie valuable contacts, keep in touch with old friends, inform others of hitchhiking-related news, find travel partners, organize events and contribute to a creation of a better world.<br />
<br />
Main event of the year: www.hitchgathering.org<br />
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For general questions regarding moneyless travelling, please check hitchwiki.org, trashwiki.org and nomadwiki.org<br />
<br />
If you're looking for a hitchhiking friendly host, try Trustroots.org<br />
and Bewelcome.org<br />
<br />
If you want to reach also the people that are not in Facebook you can join the mailing list : http://lists.freeactive.net/listinfo.cgi/hitch-freeactive.net<br />
<br />
Please note: In this group discriminatory or disrespectful behavior will not be tolerated. Comments of this kind will be removed and can lead to exclusion from this group. Be kind and aim for understanding when dealing with others in the hitchhikers' family, as you would if it was face-to-face conversation.<br />
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Commercial posts will be deleted and can lead to banishment.<br />
<br />
==== How to make the description better ====<br />
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* It's way too long! No one ain't reading that ever. The discrimination bit should be turned into a group rule (there's a section for that). Same for the "commercial" thing, though it needs to be less vague. [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]] ([[User talk:Sitarane|talk]])<br />
* The mailing list is outdated. Remove. I believe we shouldn't post the mailing list in the FB group. The list can't deal with 1000s of curious FBers [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]] ([[User talk:Sitarane|talk]])<br />
* We should mention that HG is a European thing. Because it is. [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]] ([[User talk:Sitarane|talk]])<br />
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=== Guidelines ===<br />
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You can display group "rules" on the facebooks. We currently have none. If we decide on guidelines, we should totally display them as group rules.<br />
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Here are the topics discussed already in the admin group (without consensus):<br />
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'''Is it OK to post links to your blog, vlog, fuckstagram, other? What if the blog has ads? What if the writer is clearly trying to make money with that blog. What if the writer is an influencer? Where is our line here?'''<br />
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* I would draw the line quite low, at the point where the poster explicitly asks for money, upvotes... Argument: I want to limit our policing activity to the lowest possible. No one likes the police. Or being the police. [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]] ([[User talk:Sitarane|talk]])<br />
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'''How often is it OK for someone to post a link to the same website (self or not)?'''<br />
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* 2 months. [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]] ([[User talk:Sitarane|talk]])<br />
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'''Where do we draw the line for unrelated posts'''<br />
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''Below are a list of borderline hypotheticals. Please weight in on whether or not we should allow them''<br />
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Are hospitality requests OK?<br />
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* Yes. [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]] ([[User talk:Sitarane|talk]])<br />
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Are cheap hostels suggestions OK?<br />
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* Yes. [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]] ([[User talk:Sitarane|talk]])<br />
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"Can you fill this survey for my master thesis?"<br />
<br />
* Yes [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]] ([[User talk:Sitarane|talk]])<br />
<br />
"Please donate to this cause"<br />
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* No. Argument: too unrelated. Plus, we don't have money! [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]] ([[User talk:Sitarane|talk]])<br />
<br />
"You should volunteer for this cause"<br />
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* Yes. Arg: volunteering is part of the lifestyle? I'm not too sure on this one. [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]] ([[User talk:Sitarane|talk]])<br />
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"You know any seasonal job I could get paid for this summer"<br />
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* Yes. Arg: Defo part of the lifestyle. [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]] ([[User talk:Sitarane|talk]])<br />
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"Donate to my crowdfunding"<br />
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* Yes if it's relevant. For example: [Made in Chénou](https://www.facebook.com/groups/hitchgathering/permalink/2998776323469247/) looks like some sort of nomadbase. I'd say fine. [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]] ([[User talk:Sitarane|talk]])<br />
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[Does anyone know about any of those free cabins that are scattered around Norway, that are near Bergen, and relatively easily accessible, without too much hiking?](https://www.facebook.com/groups/hitchgathering/permalink/2958038914209655/)<br />
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* I can't explain why, but to me it's a definite YES. Though it's really really unrelated. [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]] ([[User talk:Sitarane|talk]])<br />
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I'm going on a road trip, anyone wants to join and share the expense?<br />
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* Yes. [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]] ([[User talk:Sitarane|talk]])<br />
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''Add borderline cases for unrelated...''<br />
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==== Guideline Suggestions ====<br />
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* No discrimination, blablabla<br />
* Don't post links to your stuff more often that 2 months<br />
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=== Other ideas? ===<br />
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==== Survey ====<br />
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In order to better understand the makeup of the group, I suggest we run the following survey:<br />
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* I've been to HG<br />
* I haven't been but I plan to<br />
* I haven't been and I'm currently not planning on going (for whatever reason)<br />
* WTF is HG? (don't worry, we'll explain)<br />
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Depending on how many people are actually into the gathering, we can decide better how to deal with some behaviours.</div>Sitaranehttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Talk:Hitchgathering&diff=97003Talk:Hitchgathering2019-10-09T07:09:11Z<p>Sitarane: </p>
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<div>At the Hitchgathering 2019 in Denmark we discussed and reached a consensus to use hitchwiki as the main communication platform to organise the hitchgathering. --[[User:Tobias|Tobias]] ([[User talk:Tobias|talk]]) 18:24, 20 August 2019 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== Facebook group guidelines ==<br />
<br />
=== Intro ===<br />
<br />
The facebook group was created after HG4 (Lithuania, 2011) as a way for poeple that went to HG to keep in touch. It has evolved into a hitchhiking and travel topic group.<br />
<br />
=== Group description ===<br />
<br />
==== Current one ====<br />
<br />
A Facebook group to constantly reunite the family of hitchhikers. Tie valuable contacts, keep in touch with old friends, inform others of hitchhiking-related news, find travel partners, organize events and contribute to a creation of a better world.<br />
<br />
Main event of the year: www.hitchgathering.org<br />
<br />
For general questions regarding moneyless travelling, please check hitchwiki.org, trashwiki.org and nomadwiki.org<br />
<br />
If you're looking for a hitchhiking friendly host, try Trustroots.org<br />
and Bewelcome.org<br />
<br />
If you want to reach also the people that are not in Facebook you can join the mailing list : http://lists.freeactive.net/listinfo.cgi/hitch-freeactive.net<br />
<br />
Please note: In this group discriminatory or disrespectful behavior will not be tolerated. Comments of this kind will be removed and can lead to exclusion from this group. Be kind and aim for understanding when dealing with others in the hitchhikers' family, as you would if it was face-to-face conversation.<br />
<br />
Commercial posts will be deleted and can lead to banishment.<br />
<br />
==== How to make the description better ====<br />
<br />
* It's way too long! No one ain't reading that ever. The discrimination bit should be turned into a group rule (there's a section for that). Same for the "commercial" thing, though it needs to be less vague. [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]] ([[User talk:Sitarane|talk]])<br />
* The mailing list is outdated. Remove. I believe we shouldn't post the mailing list in the FB group. The list can't deal with 1000s of curious FBers [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]] ([[User talk:Sitarane|talk]])<br />
* We should mention that HG is a European thing. Because it is. [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]] ([[User talk:Sitarane|talk]])<br />
<br />
=== Guidelines ===<br />
<br />
You can display group "rules" on the facebooks. We currently have none. If we decide on guidelines, we should totally display them as group rules.<br />
<br />
Here are the topics discussed already in the admin group (without consensus):<br />
<br />
'''Is it OK to post links to your blog, vlog, fuckstagram, other? What if the blog has ads? What if the writer is clearly trying to make money with that blog. What if the writer is an influencer? Where is our line here?'''<br />
<br />
* I would draw the line quite low, at the point where the poster explicitly asks for money, upvotes... Argument: I want to limit our policing activity to the lowest possible. No one likes the police. Or being the police. [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]] ([[User talk:Sitarane|talk]])<br />
<br />
'''How often is it OK for someone to post a link to the same website (self or not)?'''<br />
<br />
* 2 months. [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]] ([[User talk:Sitarane|talk]])<br />
<br />
'''Where do we draw the line for unrelated posts'''<br />
<br />
Are hospitality requests OK?<br />
<br />
* Yes. [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]] ([[User talk:Sitarane|talk]])<br />
<br />
Are cheap hostels suggestions OK?<br />
<br />
* Yes. [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]] ([[User talk:Sitarane|talk]])<br />
<br />
"Can you fill this survey for my master thesis?"<br />
<br />
* Yes [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]] ([[User talk:Sitarane|talk]])<br />
<br />
"Please donate to this cause"<br />
<br />
* No. Argument: too unrelated. Plus, we don't have money! [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]] ([[User talk:Sitarane|talk]])<br />
<br />
"You should volunteer for this cause"<br />
<br />
* Yes. Arg: volunteering is part of the lifestyle? I'm not too sure on this one. [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]] ([[User talk:Sitarane|talk]])<br />
<br />
"You know any seasonal job I could get paid for this summer"<br />
<br />
* Yes. Arg: Defo part of the lifestyle. [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]] ([[User talk:Sitarane|talk]])<br />
<br />
"Donate to my crowdfunding"<br />
<br />
* Yes if it's relevant. For example: [Made in Chénou](https://www.facebook.com/groups/hitchgathering/permalink/2998776323469247/) looks like some sort of nomadbase. I'd say fine. [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]] ([[User talk:Sitarane|talk]])<br />
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[Does anyone know about any of those free cabins that are scattered around Norway, that are near Bergen, and relatively easily accessible, without too much hiking?](https://www.facebook.com/groups/hitchgathering/permalink/2958038914209655/)<br />
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* I can't explain why, but to me it's a definite YES. Though it's really really unrelated. [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]] ([[User talk:Sitarane|talk]])<br />
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I'm going on a road trip, anyone wants to join and share the expense?<br />
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* Yes. [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]] ([[User talk:Sitarane|talk]])<br />
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''Add borderline cases for unrelated...''<br />
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==== Guideline Suggestions ====<br />
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* No discrimination, blablabla<br />
* Don't post links to your stuff more often that 2 months<br />
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=== Other ideas? ===<br />
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==== Survey ====<br />
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In order to better understand the makeup of the group, I suggest we run the following survey:<br />
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* I've been to HG<br />
* I haven't been but I plan to<br />
* I haven't been and I'm currently not planning on going (for whatever reason)<br />
* WTF is HG? (don't worry, we'll explain)<br />
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Depending on how many people are actually into the gathering, we can decide better how to deal with some behaviours.</div>Sitaranehttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Barcelona&diff=92791Barcelona2019-03-31T11:26:53Z<p>Sitarane: </p>
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<div>'''Barcelona''' is the capital of [[Catalonia|Catalunya]], a region in [[Spain]] (and [[France]]). <br />
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== Hitching in ==<br />
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=== From France ===<br />
When on the main motorway from France to Barcelona, some cars are being stopped at the border for identity and luggage check. When going to Spain (Catalunya), there are several big rest areas on that road. You can either ask your driver to let you out in towns (with train stations) and cities along that road, such as [[Girona]] or [[Rubí]] and [[Sant Cugat]] (latter two are better options), or get out of the car at a rest area and wait for another ride to Barcelona. A train ticket generally cost you between €2,20 (Sant Cugat/Rubí) and €10 (Girona).<br />
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You can also ask the driver to leave you at the junction by the university (''Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona''). There is a [[roundabout]] right by the motorway ramp. The only challenge is that your driver has to be going from the junction of ''Barbera de valles'' on the right site of the motorway as it gets split - otherwise you leave the car at ''Castellbisbal'' [[rest area|service station]].<br />
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You can also try to get a ride to the [[Costa Brava]] - there you will find many train stations with trains to Barcelona. There is a cheap train service along the coast all the way to Barcelona (as of 2018, the ticket for the longest distance was 6,30 euro).<br />
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== Hitchhiking out ==<br />
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=== North towards [[Girona]], [[Figueres]], [[La Jonquera]], ([[France]]) {{Aes|AP-7}} ===<br />
In general your chances of being picked up are much better with cars with French number plates. For the options below it's good to have an idea about how many French cars you can expect.<br />
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==== Option 1: C33 Motorway service station Montcada ====<br />
Take a Renfe train from ''Barcelona-Passeig de Gracia'' (there are even more trains from ''Barcelona-Sants'') on the R2 or R2 Nord line, direction: Granollers Centre (R2) or Macanet-Massanes (R2 Nord). Get off at station ''Montcada i Reixac''. (This train will take you about 20 minutes and costs €2,20 (2018)). Exit the train station to the left, through the second exit in the direction of the train. Walk under the railways and pass through the station building. At the other side you will find yourself at a small shopping district with a one way street. Follow it to the right. Pass the church, traffic lights, and cross the pedestrian bridge. Once over the bridge, turn left and follow the fenced in school playground around to the right. You should now see the motorway above you and parking below the motorway. Continue following the motorway until you see the road dip down and to the right under the railroad. Go under the bridge. Up ahead and to your left you will see a very broken vertical turnstile and a sign saying "forbidden" (see a picture here: http://imgur.com/MLxJc29). Ignore the sign and follow the foot path to the right, to the service road along the motorway. This service road goes right into the back of a Gasolinera Galp Montcada Norte petrol station.<br/ ><br />
Hitch there by asking around, or with a sign where the exits converge. Keep in mind that the toll is only two kilometers ahead, so try for shorter distances to get past the toll and onto a different rest stop. [[User:sovereign|Sovereign]], after waiting for 15 minutes (standing, with sign) at the Galp station was told by an employee to fly a sign with "Girona" instead of "FR". Girona works far better and there is another station before and after Girona.<br />
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This good petrol-station is on the C33 motorway (which leads to the Autopista del Mediterraneo, AP7/ E15) and is just 10 minutes away from Barcelona city centre by train. You can find cars going to Girona, Figueres, and sometimes even much further: straight into France.<br />
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:This option worked very well for us (Steffi and Manu), the spot is easy to find, the description above is very good! takes about half an hour form Passeig de Gracia, people were helpful at the petrol station, we got a ride all the way to Switzerland.<br />
:This option also worked well for me (Tarik) in Jan-14. I just waited for 15 minutes until a gracious Spanish couple gave me a ride to Girona.<br />
:This option worked for me (Joel) too in June-15. Waited 20 minutes before I was picked up by some really friendly spaniards. The trouble for me was to get out of Spain (gave up after 4 hours) and I was stuck just close to the border to France in La Jonquera before I finally had to get a cab to Perpignan. Apparently -nobody- picks up hitch hikers just next to the border because this is a huge drug smuggling zone. Both rides I took before they clearly asked me if I had any drugs on me. I had no idea why but now I understand. My recommendation is that you find someone that goes all the way to France in Montcada / Girona, because believe me, there is absolutely nothing to see in La Jonquera. (In hindsight I should've just walked the remaining 5 kms to France where it's very easy to catch a ride.)<br />
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:It is a great spot! I used it 2 times (04/2014 and 08/2016). Once I was going to France with Girona sign. Leaving a highway in Spain - not a good idea! Coming back is a nightmare... My advise is to look for a French car if you're going further. Also watch out for R2 trains as half of them after ''Passeig de Gracia'' goes to the final station instead of your direction. --[[User:Polski Matematyk|Polski Matematyk]]<br />
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:Still working on 7/17. We were two guys (we are big, indeed) and a american took us until Narbonne. We were waiting at the gas station with a sign, asking the drivers. No more than 30 minutes, and there were another hitchhikers that were picked up too.<br />
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april 2018 : we caught a car for Girona in 1 minut. Yay!<br />
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==== Option 2: AP-7 Motorway Service Station Bellaterra ====<br />
Take train [http://www.fgc.net/accesible/cat/viatjar/s2.htm S2] from ''Barcelona Plaça Catalunya'', direction Sabadell-Rambla, and get off at ''Bellaterra''. (2 zones). Turn left out of the station and walk 1.6km along C/ de Bellaterra. After you have crossed over the motorway bridge, you will see a small road to the left. Walk ≈400 along this road (you will pass through a small tunnel) to the service station.<br/ ><br />
When asking locals, ask how to walk to Hotel Bellaterra, as Spanish people are clueless about hitchhiking and any other question will be answered with useless answers about how to reach the motorway. (EDIT: the hotel is closed and you have to climb two gates to get to the rest area).<br/ ><br />
There are not too many drivers going north though, and the (Spanish) ones who are don't seem to be eager to pick up hitchhikers. Almost no traffic from Barcelona going north passes through here, so you miss out on all the French drivers - option 1 is probably much better.<br />
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==== Option 3: Barcelona Gran Via ====<br />
Take the metro L2 and get off at ''Monumental''. From there, pass by the ''Plaça de Toros'' (Bullfight Arena) and start hitchhiking at the last traffic light by the ''Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes''/''Carrer Padilla'' before street corner where the road leads to the motorway C-31. When the light turns red, ask people if they're heading towards the motorway. If yes, ask them if they can take you to the first petrol station (''"gasolinera"''). [http://www.wikimapia.org/#y=41400908&x=2183522&z=17&l=3&m=h&v=2 Location Option3]<br/ ><br />
This is a good option to start hitching from the city itself. It works pretty well if you know how to hitch from petrol lights, have a big sign or know some Spanish.<br />
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:I tried today this central and easy to reach option 3 and waited only 5 minutes with two people and a huge Montgat sign to get a ride from Gran Via /Padilla street outside of Barcelona along the coast. The willing driver can stop on a marked area. See a [http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=de&geocode=&q=barcelona+bullfight&sll=51.344339,10.415039&sspn=13.601146,38.847656&ie=UTF8&cd=1&ll=41.400646,2.18356&spn=0,359.998814&t=h&z=20&layer=c&cbll=41.400771,2.183726&panoid=3eh7O_7dn2E6LO-SVdRxKw&cbp=12,259.6,,0,12.74 photo-link]. In theory only cars on the right hand side lane of the 3 lanes going out of Barcelona can use this "stop possibility" marked on the street, but our driver crossed the still red traffic light to make it to the right even from the middle lane.<br/ ><br />
:I've also tried "Option 3," but I believe it's much too busy a street to get a ride. Also, the drivers will have to do some interesting manoeuvers in order to pick you up. If you can blackride the metro, I would go elsewhere.<br/ ><br />
:There is construction work going on (April 2016) so the cars really can't stop or pull over anywhere anymore. A little bit further, shortly behind the train station, the cars can pull over to the taxi/bus lane. One time it worked, we were three people going to Palamós, the other time it was only me going to Figueres and nobody stopped even after waiting for 40 minutes. Walking even further is possible but there are many cars going in another direction, I recommend trying another option.<br />
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==== Option 4: Petrol station Barcelona Beach ====<br />
Take bus H16 from ''Plaça Catalunya'' direction Fòrum and get off at ''Cementiri de l'Est''. Head towards the beach, cross over the highway bridge, and you will see McD and the Repsol petrol station on the left.<br />
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This is a good option to start hitching from near the beach itself in Barcelona. It works pretty well if you know some Spanish or even Catalan as you have to ask the drivers at the petrol station.<br />
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==== Option 5: Port ====<br />
Barcelona has a huge Port where ferries from Morocco, the Balearic Islands and Italy arrive. There are many cars going further north or to France. If you stand with a sign next to the passenger terminal where the cars leave the port, you can hitch a long-distance lift. It may be useful to check the timetables first, but keep in mind that ferries can be easily delayed by some hours.<br />
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=== South towards [[Valencia]], [[Alicante]] {{Aes|AP-7}} & West towards [[Zaragoza]], [[Madrid]] {{Aes|A2}} ===<br />
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==== Option 1: AP-7 Motorway Service Station Porta de Barcelona (Castellbisbal) ====<br />
Take Renfe train R4 direction ''St.Vicente de Calders'' from either ''Barcelona Sants'', ''Plaça Catalunya'' or ''Arc de Triomf'', to ''Castellbisbal''.<br />
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From the train station, go left and take the dirt road that leads out and cross under the railway tracks on your right. Walking on this road, you'll come across a surfaced road on your right, that will lead to a bigger road. When you reach this bigger road, you'll see a bridge on your right. Turn left here, and then immediately to the right, to a small street, at the end of which you can see a "stop" sign from the distance. Go straight until it turns into a dirt road, keep going on the dirt road until you reach the petrol station. There will be other roads left and right, ignore them. This whole walk from the station to the service station shouldn't take you much more than 30 minutes (besides, you can find signs on the last road that directly takes you to the service station, showing you that you're on the right way to the "área de servicio").<br />
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If you are trying to get to Madrid and you use this route, stay on the side going south and try putting Lleida on your sign. [http://maps.google.de/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=BV-1501&daddr=BV-1501+to:41.468055,1.978912&hl=en&geocode=FY3TeAIdtQoeAA%3BFUzeeAIdvAceAA%3B&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=2&sz=16&via=1&sll=41.469149,1.978118&sspn=0.007943,0.01929&ie=UTF8&ll=41.471769,1.97505&spn=0.007942,0.01929&t=h&z=16 Way to walk] and [http://www.wikimapia.org/#y=41469502&x=1974599&z=16&l=0&m=s&v=2 Location]<br />
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==== Option 2: AP-7 Motorway Service Station Bellaterra ====<br />
Follow the instructions as per "heading north to Girona option 2" above. Cross over the footbridge to the services on the north side of the motorway for hitching south.<br />
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:This place is not recommended for going south or west. A worker at the petrol station says that people arrive there and end up sleeping 1 or 2 days. Also the entrance from the highway to this petrol station is 10km before the petrol station. Most of that cars that passed in this place were going to barcelona center... Use option 1, much better.<br />
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=== South towards [[Tarragona]], [[Valencia]] {{Aes|C-32}} ===<br />
(Petrol station on Granvia de l'Hospitalet leading to motorway C-32).<br />
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Take metro L1 (red) to ''Bellvitge''. Turn right out of the station and walk south ≈300m along Rambla Marina to the Avenida de la. Turn right and walk west ≈200m to the Galp petrol station.<br />
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:We took a metro to the second last stop of the red line (Bellvitge) and walked three minutes on Rambla Marina towards We then hitched a couple of minutes in the [http://goo.gl/maps/E5I8X traffic lights] and got our first ride (if you go up to the Granvia there is a petrol station right there [http://goo.gl/maps/Zkabc petrol station] but we did not know it). After four more fairly easy rides we were in Valencia. --[[User:Astikain|Astikain]] ([[User talk:Astikain|talk]]) 15:29, 24 April 2013 (CEST)<br />
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I do not recommend this option. I spent 7 hours in the sun, switching from the ramp (which factually is.a.perfect spot) to the gas station with no luck. I speak spanish so I asked everyone that I saw at the gas station, they were all mainly going to the nearby villages.or to the airport, and several truckers let me know that most people take the A7, especially truckers. Mario Cecilia, 27/7/2016<br />
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=== North West towards [[Manresa]], [[Andorra]] {{Aes|C-16}} {{E|9}} ===<br />
Take Renfe train S2 train from ''Placa de Catalunya'' to ''Volpelleres''. Get out on the left side(taking the direction of the train as reference) of the station. Walk straight out along Carrer Mare de Déu del Roser, going a bit uphill. Bear left at the end of the road and you will see a roundabout with a petrol station. At the roundabout, take the exit Carrer de Vallespir and walk ≈150m till you get to the roundabout junction with the C-16 motorway. Stand at the entrance slip-road direction Manresa.<br/ ><br />
Probably you will not find a ride to Andorra but from Manresa you can take the road in direction Berga. For us it worked out quite well.<br />
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=== Hitchhiking ferry to [[Mallorca]], [[Menorca]], [[Ibiza]] ===<br />
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== Barcelona Public Transport ==<br />
The Barcelona public transport system consists of an underground metro, trams, area trains, and buses. Day passes are a little more than 5 euro, and cover the whole transport system, buses, trams, metro, and area trains (Rodalies and [http://www.fgc.net/eng/index.asp FGC]). Single passes are for the metro only, and cost eur 2.00 The best deal is the T-10, which is 10 rides for eur 9 - 0.90 per ride. These tickets will also let you into the RENFE system, but you risk getting controlled if you go very far (more than 2 hours or so). <br />
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The entrances sometimes have turnstiles and sometimes have sliding electronic gates. It is possible to jump or slide underneath, or climb over the electronic gates. If you get caught your risk is 40-100 euro - if you're not able to talk your way out of it. Control happens sometimes at the exits of stations, very rarely on the trains.<br />
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On the stations with electronic gates, the best options is to wait for somebody to pass through a gate with a ticket, and walk directly behind them. This way you can across the gate. Sometimes, if you don do it quickly enough, a short buzzing alarm might activate, but this is largely ignored.<br />
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== Staying in Barcelona ==<br />
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=== Free food and shower ===<br />
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Food '''Parròquia de Sant Agusti''' (Carrer de l'Arc de Sant Agustí, metro Liceu) healty food each day except thursday at 10:15. Come half hour earlier to pick up number. Except poor and sketchy people here.<br />
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Shower Carrer de Marie Curie 22 (metro Lluckmajor ) pick up number 8:00-10:00 each workday and shower from 10:00-12:00 and Av. Meridiana 197 (metro Navas) pick up number at 16:00 each workday to shower next morning.<br />
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=== Hospitality exchange ===<br />
[[Accommodation#Hospitality exchange networks|Hospitality exchange networks]] have many members in Barcelona, however, you have to plan your stay well ahead since it is quite a popular destination. <br />
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=== Sleeping in public areas ===<br />
Options include sleeping on the beach, in parks, nearby hills, roofs of buildings and elsewhere. Note that parks in Barcelona close at night, and may not be that easy to get into one.<br />
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==== Parks and hills ====<br />
* '''Ciutadella park''' is closed at night, but may be accessed by the entrance facing the Arc de Triomf. The bars of the fence near the gate are wide enough to slip through if you're not very big. You're unlikely to be disturbed during the night but the Police might wake you up after 8am and ask you to move on. Another user got inside and pitched a tent. It is safer if you are not alone. Lot of criminals and junkies also sleep there dont talk and dont trust anyone. Attach your bag to tree with rope when you sleep.<br />
*Sleep in a small park just '''in front of the Cosmo Caixa''' Museum where you can easy use a tent. By public transport, you can get the L7 to the end ''Av. Tibidabo'', than walk 5 minutes direction top of the hill, turn on the ''Carrer d'Isaac Newton'' just before the bridge on the left and continue. You will find this huge building, with a big submarine in front of it. When you have museum on your back, submarine on your right, there is some [http://goo.gl/maps/MxfX2 stairs] in front of you, between entrance of museum and submarine, you will see the main door of this park after few stairs, it might be close if its late, so you can go to the top of this stairs, than jump on the left side, go under the stairs to the other side, and there is the spot. 2 options: (1) near the bench, better for the ground, but you might be visible at the morning, and woke up by a guardian; (2) right after geting out from under the stairs, the ground is shitty, you might need good stake to setup your tent, mostly in windy time, from there, the guy who open the door at the morning, can't see you, and he don't go into the park at all, so you can sleep till late!<br />
*Take the metro from "Placa de Catalunya" to '''Canyelles station''', walk about 200 yards uphill from the station and find some nice hills to camp/sleep out/hang a hammock in. Can be hard to climb and find clean/flat surface in night!!!<br />
*Take a late train to the park in the North-West of Barcelona. For example, you can take the S2 to ''Sabadell'' (ticket zone 1) leaving from ''Plaça de Catalunya'' and getting off at ''Baixador de Vallvidrera'': there is a big park which is nearly like a forest, and you will find a very good and lonesome place to stay within 500 meters from the station. <br />
*'''Parc de la Pau''' - small and clean park next to the beatch (15 min from metro to station Besos Mar, next to Dechatlon shop, street Career de la Pau)... expect beautifull sunrise and enjoy morning swim!<br />
*With tent you can try to camp next to '''Camp De Futbol Canyelles''' (metro Valldaura and next to Institut Escola artístic Oriol Martorel, street Camí Antic de Sant Llàtzer)<br />
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=== Sleeping in empty or occupied buildings and rooftops ===<br />
Roofs and similar structures are quite fine sleeping places. Sleeping in abandoned houses is recommendable although it is considered a crime, "trespassing" unless you have a banner with the squatting "N" hanging from a balcony, window etc. The cops are going to put this down and inform the landlord. If they do not want you to stay and if you have been there for less than a week they can evict you right away. So in case you want to stay somewhere for less than a week having a banner is most likely not worth the hassle... You can just stay in a squat that has already gone through the registration process. Most of those houses are in Barcelona.<br />
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=== Sleep safe ===<br />
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When staying on the beach in Barcelona, you may notice '''thieves'''. They walk around and observe people on the beach for hours before stealing anything. Even though they aren't usually hostile or confrontational, they can steal clothes off your back while you're asleep. The only sure way to keep your things safe is to bury it in the sand and sleep on top of it. Sleeping with your head on your bag is just not enough. <br/ ><br />
These thieves are very professional, and they look for people sleeping rough not just on the beach but in the central districts too. [[User:Drumroots|Drumroots]] slept rough many nights in the centre and although he got lucky most times, one night a thief almost managed to walk off with all his stuff. He woke up just in time to scare the thief into dropping his stuff and running off.<br />
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'''Wild boars''' are abundant in Barcelona, there are hundreds of them.<br />
A user was using the canyelles option for 3 nights but I don't have any reason to believe that it's different in Sadabell. i don't know if i would recommend anyone to sleep there... if you want to do this i wrote some general tips that will help you to stay alive but i think you should read more about wild boars because if anything will happen you would wish you knew more.. like i did in the first night ;-) however it's your responsibility.<br />
#Stay away from the canes. this is where they live and sometimes they spend the night there.<br />
#Don't take food to your place.<br />
#Don't provoke wild boars! They unafraid of humans. If something happens, back off slowly. <br />
#Wild boar usually don't attack unless they feel threatened. They will probably stay away from you but they will come to sniff your tent once you're inside... I did nothing and they went away... <br />
#It's best if you stay next to a tree that you can climb on if anything happens.<br />
#If you see a mother and her cubs stay the fuck away.<br />
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== Free internet ==<br />
Free wireless and Apple demo computers with limited internet access at Apple Store (Plaza Catalunya)<br />
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== More information ==<br />
* [http://www.hitchbase.com/ergebnisse.php?LANG=eng&abfrage%5Bstartort%5D=164 Hitchbase] has some more options on alternative ways to hitchhike out of Barcelona.<br />
* [http://www.tmb.net TMB.net] Barcelona public transport website.<br />
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== Hitchhiking out ==<br />
=== North ([[Ukraine]]), West ([[Glodeni]]) & South ([[Chişinău]]) ===<br />
In the north-west of town you can find an awesome, huge roundabout along the [[M14 (Moldova)|M14]]. You can get there by following the street ''Decebal'' from the city center until it's end, but it should be possible to hitch within the city along this road as well. Traffic going northbound towards [[Edinet]] and the Ukrainian border passes here. Experienced waiting times don't even need to be mentioned. There's also a petrol station situated a few meters further in direction south, at it's end it's a good spot to hitch south or west in direction Glodeni. A few kilometres further another roundabout is located, so consider short-distance rides to get around the city when traveling southbound.<br />
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=== South ([[Chişinău]]) ===<br />
The spot above also works for Chisinau/South. You're on the Balti ring. However, it might be more practical for you to ride the trolleybus 1 to the end of the line that is not the airport. Then, you'll be at the edge of town, and in the right direction. Just hitchhike the same road the bus left you on, in the same direction. The highway is only a few kilometers down.<br />
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'''''Hitchgathering''' is the name of a series of international hitchhiking gatherings held in Europe and Northern America [[Hitchgathering#Past_events|since 2008]].''<br />
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Beloved brothers and sisters of the hitchhiking tribe! <br />
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The Hitchgathering is a yearly European festival that celebrates hitchhiking, hitchhikers and connected values such as faith in humanity and wanderlust. This is the 11th year.<br />
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For the first time the Hitchgathering will happen at the area of a Rainbow Gathering, more precisely the national Rainbow of Serbia. The gathering of the tribes meets the gathering of the thumbs!<br />
<br />
The Hitchgathering lasts from 1 till 14 August, with 5 till 11 August the central week, when we expect the most of you being here!<br />
<br />
Should you like to arrive earlier or stay longer, добродошли (dobrodošli) - welcome, the Serbian Rainbow Family of Living Light welcomes you at the same place from 18 July till 21 August! <br />
<br />
(European Hitchgathering and Serbian Rainbow Gathering happen at the same place and time, the place which we will share). <br />
<br />
At the location there will be drinkable tap water. Dumpster diving will probably not be so interesting. We can buy at cost price really cheap food (it's Serbia!) from the local farmers and this will be cheap. The Rainbow would help us with that, as they of course are taking care of healthy food anyway.<br />
<br />
In the area there are several streams, we will see how suitable they are for swimming or washing.<br />
<br />
Although we are hosted by the Serbian Rainbow gathering, there is no ban on non-vegetarian food and no ban on smoking and drinking a bit of alcohol.<br />
<br />
There are fields and wooded land on which we will camp. <br />
<br />
The place 2 km from the main road 21 between Valjevo and Kosjeric/Pozega.<br />
From Valjevo (north), you need to leave the main road 1 km after the village of Razana. From Kosjeric (south), it's 1km after you cross the train tracks.<br />
<br />
Coordinates:<br />
https://goo.gl/maps/m5ZhFLwDc8y<br />
<br />
44°03'58.8"N 19°55'59.6"E<br />
<br />
44.06633 19.93323<br />
<br />
Julien's number (Serbian, but Julien doesn't speak Serbo-Croatian): +381(0)621114295<br />
<br />
Trains to Razana from Belgrade Centar: 7:30, 15:35, 19:35.<br />
<br />
From railway station Razana it is a 4 km walk. We marked the path.<br />
<br />
See you all soon at the gathering!!<br />
<br />
[[File:serbia_2018.png]]<br />
<br />
[[File:Hgmap.jpg]]<br />
<br />
[[File:2018-08-03.jpg]]<br />
<br />
Gathering is 130 km south of the motorway Zagreb-Belgrade (A1 exit 4, Pyмa (Ruma)), 145 km west of the motorway Belgrade-Sofia (A1 exit Пожаревац (Požarevac)), 120 km SSW of Belgrade<br />
<br />
Travelling to the gathering from far away: consider taking one of the three daily trains from Beograd Centar or from Resnik (last at 19:35 / 19:53) to the station Razana. Resnik is on the new A1 motorway and there actually is a busstop on the A1. From that busstop it's a 2.5 km walk to the station. The old motorway runs just behind Beograd Centar station and there is a petrol station only 0.3 km from that station. The ticket for 120 km is just under 500 RSD (4.25 euro). <br />
<br />
====More info, links====<br />
<br />
* [https://www.facebook.com/events/201258653852182/ fb event]<br />
<br />
* As a preparation, please join the [https://www.facebook.com/groups/188952168424606/ Rainbow Serbia 2018 group]! This contains good information to take note of, including a Word document. <br />
<br />
* Road map of Serbia<br />
[http://www.thetravelclub.org/hitchhiking/488-serbia-road-map]<br />
<br />
* Hitchhiking guide to Serbia <br />
[https://web.archive.org/web/20130630202455/http://www.thetravelclub.org:80/hitchhiking]<br />
<br />
=====Other links=====<br />
* FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/hitchgathering/<br />
<br />
* Mailing list: http://lists.freeactive.net/listinfo.cgi/hitch-freeactive.net<br />
<br />
* Other useful stuff:<br />
**http://hitchwiki.org/<br />
**http://nomadwiki.org/<br />
**http://trashwiki.org/<br />
**http://trustroots.org/<br />
**http://bewelcome.org/<br />
<br />
[[Category:Hitchgathering]]<br />
[[Category:Hitchgathering/2018]]</div>Sitaranehttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Hitchgathering/2018&diff=91754Hitchgathering/20182018-08-04T06:24:39Z<p>Sitarane: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:European Hitchgathering 1-14 August 2018}}<br />
<br />
'''''Hitchgathering''' is the name of a series of international hitchhiking gatherings held in Europe and Northern America [[Hitchgathering#Past_events|since 2008]].''<br />
<br />
[[File:Hg_2018_serbia.jpeg]]<br />
<br />
Beloved brothers and sisters of the hitchhiking tribe! <br />
<br />
The Hitchgathering is a yearly European festival that celebrates hitchhiking, hitchhikers and connected values such as faith in humanity and wanderlust. This is the 11th year.<br />
<br />
For the first time the Hitchgathering will happen at the area of a Rainbow Gathering, more precisely the national Rainbow of Serbia. The gathering of the tribes meets the gathering of the thumbs!<br />
<br />
The Hitchgathering lasts from 1 till 14 August, with 5 till 11 August the central week, when we expect the most of you being here!<br />
<br />
Should you like to arrive earlier or stay longer, добродошли (dobrodošli) - welcome, the Serbian Rainbow Family of Living Light welcomes you at the same place from 18 July till 21 August! <br />
<br />
(European Hitchgathering and Serbian Rainbow Gathering happen at the same place and time, the place which we will share). <br />
<br />
At the location there will be drinkable tap water. Dumpster diving will probably not be so interesting. We can buy at cost price really cheap food (it's Serbia!) from the local farmers and this will be cheap. The Rainbow would help us with that, as they of course are taking care of healthy food anyway.<br />
<br />
In the area there are several streams, we will see how suitable they are for swimming or washing.<br />
<br />
Although we are hosted by the Serbian Rainbow gathering, there is no ban on non-vegetarian food and no ban on smoking and drinking a bit of alcohol.<br />
<br />
There are fields and wooded land on which we will camp. <br />
<br />
The place 2 km from the main road 21 between Valjevo and Kosjeric/Pozega.<br />
From Valjevo (north), you need to leave the main road 1 km after the village of Razana. From Kosjeric (south), it's 1km after you cross the train tracks.<br />
<br />
Coordinates:<br />
https://goo.gl/maps/m5ZhFLwDc8y<br />
<br />
44°03'58.8"N 19°55'59.6"E<br />
<br />
44.06633 19.93323<br />
<br />
Julien's number (Serbian, but Julien doesn't speak Serbo-Croatian): +381(0)621114295<br />
<br />
From railway station Razana it is a 4 km walk. We marked the path.<br />
<br />
See you all soon at the gathering!!<br />
<br />
[[File:serbia_2018.png]]<br />
<br />
[[File:Hgmap.jpg]]<br />
<br />
[[File:2018-08-03.jpg]]<br />
<br />
Gathering is 130 km south of the motorway Zagreb-Belgrade (A1 exit 4, Pyмa (Ruma)), 145 km west of the motorway Belgrade-Sofia (A1 exit Пожаревац (Požarevac)), 120 km SSW of Belgrade<br />
<br />
Travelling to the gathering from far away: consider taking one of the three daily trains from Beograd Centar or from Resnik (last at 19:35 / 19:53) to the station Razana. Resnik is on the new A1 motorway and there actually is a busstop on the A1. From that busstop it's a 2.5 km walk to the station. The old motorway runs just behind Beograd Centar station and there is a petrol station only 0.3 km from that station. The ticket for 120 km is just under 500 RSD (4.25 euro). <br />
<br />
====More info, links====<br />
<br />
* [https://www.facebook.com/events/201258653852182/ fb event]<br />
<br />
* As a preparation, please join the [https://www.facebook.com/groups/188952168424606/ Rainbow Serbia 2018 group]! This contains good information to take note of, including a Word document. <br />
<br />
* Road map of Serbia<br />
[http://www.thetravelclub.org/hitchhiking/488-serbia-road-map]<br />
<br />
* Hitchhiking guide to Serbia <br />
[https://web.archive.org/web/20130630202455/http://www.thetravelclub.org:80/hitchhiking]<br />
<br />
=====Other links=====<br />
* FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/hitchgathering/<br />
<br />
* Mailing list: http://lists.freeactive.net/listinfo.cgi/hitch-freeactive.net<br />
<br />
* Other useful stuff:<br />
**http://hitchwiki.org/<br />
**http://nomadwiki.org/<br />
**http://trashwiki.org/<br />
**http://trustroots.org/<br />
**http://bewelcome.org/<br />
<br />
[[Category:Hitchgathering]]<br />
[[Category:Hitchgathering/2018]]</div>Sitaranehttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Hitchgathering/2018&diff=91745Hitchgathering/20182018-08-03T07:50:16Z<p>Sitarane: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:European Hitchgathering 1-14 August 2018}}<br />
<br />
'''''Hitchgathering''' is the name of a series of international hitchhiking gatherings held in Europe and Northern America [[Hitchgathering#Past_events|since 2008]].''<br />
<br />
[[File:Hg_2018_serbia.jpeg]]<br />
<br />
Beloved brothers and sisters of the hitchhiking tribe! <br />
<br />
The Hitchgathering is a yearly European festival that celebrates hitchhiking, hitchhikers and connected values such as faith in humanity and wanderlust. This is the 11th year.<br />
<br />
For the first time the Hitchgathering will happen at the area of a Rainbow Gathering, more precisely the national Rainbow of Serbia. The gathering of the tribes meets the gathering of the thumbs!<br />
<br />
The Hitchgathering lasts from 1 till 14 August, with 5 till 11 August the central week, when we expect the most of you being here!<br />
<br />
Should you like to arrive earlier or stay longer, добродошли (dobrodošli) - welcome, the Serbian Rainbow Family of Living Light welcomes you at the same place from 18 July till 21 August! <br />
<br />
(European Hitchgathering and Serbian Rainbow Gathering happen at the same place and time, the place which we will share). <br />
<br />
At the location there will be drinkable tap water. Dumpster diving will probably not be so interesting. We can buy at cost price really cheap food (it's Serbia!) from the local farmers and this will be cheap. The Rainbow would help us with that, as they of course are taking care of healthy food anyway.<br />
<br />
In the area there are several streams, we will see how suitable they are for swimming or washing.<br />
<br />
Although we are hosted by the Serbian Rainbow gathering, there is no ban on non-vegetarian food and no ban on smoking and drinking a bit of alcohol.<br />
<br />
There are fields and wooded land on which we will camp. <br />
<br />
The place 2 km from the main road 21 between Valjevo and Kosjeric/Pozega.<br />
From Valjevo (north), you need to leave the main road 1 km after the village of Razana. From Kosjeric (south), it's 1km after you cross the train tracks.<br />
<br />
Coordinates:<br />
https://goo.gl/maps/m5ZhFLwDc8y<br />
<br />
44°03'58.8"N 19°55'59.6"E<br />
<br />
44.06633 19.93323<br />
<br />
From railway station Razana it is a 4 km walk. We marked the path.<br />
<br />
See you all soon at the gathering!!<br />
<br />
[[File:serbia_2018.png]]<br />
<br />
[[File:Hgmap.jpg]]<br />
<br />
[[File:2018-08-03.jpg]]<br />
<br />
Gathering is 130 km south of the motorway Zagreb-Belgrade (A1 exit 4, Pyмa (Ruma)), 145 km west of the motorway Belgrade-Sofia (A1 exit Пожаревац (Požarevac)), 120 km SSW of Belgrade<br />
<br />
Travelling to the gathering from far away: consider taking one of the three daily trains from Beograd Centar or from Resnik (last at 19:35 / 19:53) to the station Razana. Resnik is on the new A1 motorway and there actually is a busstop on the A1. From that busstop it's a 2.5 km walk to the station. The old motorway runs just behind Beograd Centar station and there is a petrol station only 0.3 km from that station. The ticket for 120 km is just under 500 RSD (4.25 euro). <br />
<br />
====More info, links====<br />
<br />
* [https://www.facebook.com/events/201258653852182/ fb event]<br />
<br />
* As a preparation, please join the [https://www.facebook.com/groups/188952168424606/ Rainbow Serbia 2018 group]! This contains good information to take note of, including a Word document. <br />
<br />
* Road map of Serbia<br />
[http://www.thetravelclub.org/hitchhiking/488-serbia-road-map]<br />
<br />
* Hitchhiking guide to Serbia <br />
[https://web.archive.org/web/20130630202455/http://www.thetravelclub.org:80/hitchhiking]<br />
<br />
=====Other links=====<br />
* FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/hitchgathering/<br />
<br />
* Mailing list: http://lists.freeactive.net/listinfo.cgi/hitch-freeactive.net<br />
<br />
* Other useful stuff:<br />
**http://hitchwiki.org/<br />
**http://nomadwiki.org/<br />
**http://trashwiki.org/<br />
**http://trustroots.org/<br />
**http://bewelcome.org/<br />
<br />
[[Category:Hitchgathering]]<br />
[[Category:Hitchgathering/2018]]</div>Sitaranehttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=File:2018-08-03.jpg&diff=91744File:2018-08-03.jpg2018-08-03T07:49:37Z<p>Sitarane: </p>
<hr />
<div></div>Sitaranehttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Hitchgathering/2018&diff=91743Hitchgathering/20182018-08-03T07:46:14Z<p>Sitarane: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:European Hitchgathering 1-14 August 2018}}<br />
<br />
'''''Hitchgathering''' is the name of a series of international hitchhiking gatherings held in Europe and Northern America [[Hitchgathering#Past_events|since 2008]].''<br />
<br />
[[File:Hg_2018_serbia.jpeg]]<br />
<br />
Beloved brothers and sisters of the hitchhiking tribe! <br />
<br />
The Hitchgathering is a yearly European festival that celebrates hitchhiking, hitchhikers and connected values such as faith in humanity and wanderlust. This is the 11th year.<br />
<br />
For the first time the Hitchgathering will happen at the area of a Rainbow Gathering, more precisely the national Rainbow of Serbia. The gathering of the tribes meets the gathering of the thumbs! <br />
<br />
The Hitchgathering lasts from 1 till 14 August, with 5 till 11 August the central week, when we expect the most of you being here! <br />
<br />
Should you like to arrive earlier or stay longer, добродошли (dobrodošli) - welcome, the Serbian Rainbow Family of Living Light welcomes you at the same place from 18 July till 21 August! <br />
<br />
(European Hitchgathering and Serbian Rainbow Gathering happen at the same place and time, the place which we will share). <br />
<br />
At the location there will be drinkable tap water. Dumpster diving will probably not be so interesting. We can buy at cost price really cheap food (it's Serbia!) from the local farmers and this will be cheap. The Rainbow would help us with that, as they of course are taking care of healthy food anyway.<br />
<br />
In the area there are several streams, we will see how suitable they are for swimming or washing.<br />
<br />
Although we are hosted by the Serbian Rainbow gathering, there is no ban on non-vegetarian food and no ban on smoking and drinking a bit of alcohol.<br />
<br />
There are fields and wooded land on which we will camp. <br />
<br />
The place 2 km from the main road 21 between Valjevo and Kosjeric/Pozega.<br />
From Valjevo (north), you need to leave the main road 1 km after the village of Razana. From Kosjeric (south), it's 1km after you cross the train tracks.<br />
<br />
Coordinates:<br />
https://goo.gl/maps/m5ZhFLwDc8y<br />
<br />
44°03'58.8"N 19°55'59.6"E<br />
<br />
44.06633 19.93323<br />
<br />
From railway station Razana it is a 4 km walk. We marked the path.<br />
<br />
See you all soon at the gathering!!<br />
<br />
[[File:serbia_2018.png]]<br />
<br />
[[File:Hgmap.jpg]]<br />
<br />
Gathering is 130 km south of the motorway Zagreb-Belgrade (A1 exit 4, Pyмa (Ruma)), 145 km west of the motorway Belgrade-Sofia (A1 exit Пожаревац (Požarevac)), 120 km SSW of Belgrade<br />
<br />
Travelling to the gathering from far away: consider taking one of the three daily trains from Beograd Centar or from Resnik (last at 19:35 / 19:53) to the station Razana. Resnik is on the new A1 motorway and there actually is a busstop on the A1. From that busstop it's a 2.5 km walk to the station. The old motorway runs just behind Beograd Centar station and there is a petrol station only 0.3 km from that station. The ticket for 120 km is just under 500 RSD (4.25 euro). <br />
<br />
====More info, links====<br />
<br />
* [https://www.facebook.com/events/201258653852182/ fb event]<br />
<br />
* As a preparation, please join the [https://www.facebook.com/groups/188952168424606/ Rainbow Serbia 2018 group]! This contains good information to take note of, including a Word document. <br />
<br />
* Road map of Serbia<br />
[http://www.thetravelclub.org/hitchhiking/488-serbia-road-map]<br />
<br />
* Hitchhiking guide to Serbia <br />
[https://web.archive.org/web/20130630202455/http://www.thetravelclub.org:80/hitchhiking]<br />
<br />
=====Other links=====<br />
* FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/hitchgathering/<br />
<br />
* Mailing list: http://lists.freeactive.net/listinfo.cgi/hitch-freeactive.net<br />
<br />
* Other useful stuff:<br />
**http://hitchwiki.org/<br />
**http://nomadwiki.org/<br />
**http://trashwiki.org/<br />
**http://trustroots.org/<br />
**http://bewelcome.org/<br />
<br />
[[Category:Hitchgathering]]<br />
[[Category:Hitchgathering/2018]]</div>Sitaranehttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Hitchgathering/2018&diff=91742Hitchgathering/20182018-08-03T07:45:37Z<p>Sitarane: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:European Hitchgathering 1-14 August 2018}}<br />
<br />
'''''Hitchgathering''' is the name of a series of international hitchhiking gatherings held in Europe and Northern America [[Hitchgathering#Past_events|since 2008]].''<br />
<br />
[[File:Hg_2018_serbia.jpeg]]<br />
<br />
Beloved brothers and sisters of the hitchhiking tribe! <br />
<br />
The Hitchgathering is a yearly European festival that celebrates hitchhiking, hitchhikers and connected values such as faith in humanity and wanderlust. This is the 11th year.<br />
<br />
For the first time the Hitchgathering will happen at the area of a Rainbow Gathering, more precisely the national Rainbow of Serbia. The gathering of the tribes meets the gathering of the thumbs! <br />
<br />
The Hitchgathering lasts from 1 till 14 August, with 5 till 11 August the central week, when we expect the most of you being here! <br />
<br />
Should you like to arrive earlier or stay longer, добродошли (dobrodošli) - welcome, the Serbian Rainbow Family of Living Light welcomes you at the same place from 18 July till 21 August! <br />
<br />
(European Hitchgathering and Serbian Rainbow Gathering happen at the same place and time, the place which we will share). <br />
<br />
At the location there will be drinkable tap water. Dumpster diving will probably not be so interesting. We can buy at cost price really cheap food (it's Serbia!) from the local farmers and this will be cheap. The Rainbow would help us with that, as they of course are taking care of healthy food anyway.<br />
<br />
In the area there are several streams, we will see how suitable they are for swimming or washing.<br />
<br />
Although we are hosted by the Serbian Rainbow gathering, there is no ban on non-vegetarian food and no ban on smoking and drinking a bit of alcohol.<br />
<br />
There are fields and wooded land on which we will camp. <br />
<br />
The place 2 km from the main road 21 between Valjevo and Kosjeric/Pozega.<br />
From Valjevo (north), you need to leave the main road 1 km after the village of Razana. From Kosjeric (south), it's 1km after you cross the train tracks.<br />
<br />
Coordinates:<br />
https://goo.gl/maps/m5ZhFLwDc8y<br />
44°03'58.8"N 19°55'59.6"E<br />
44.06633 19.93323<br />
<br />
From railway station Razana it is a 4 km walk. We marked the path.<br />
<br />
See you all soon at the gathering!!<br />
<br />
[[File:serbia_2018.png]]<br />
<br />
[[File:Hgmap.jpg]]<br />
<br />
Gathering is 130 km south of the motorway Zagreb-Belgrade (A1 exit 4, Pyмa (Ruma)), 145 km west of the motorway Belgrade-Sofia (A1 exit Пожаревац (Požarevac)), 120 km SSW of Belgrade<br />
<br />
Travelling to the gathering from far away: consider taking one of the three daily trains from Beograd Centar or from Resnik (last at 19:35 / 19:53) to the station Razana. Resnik is on the new A1 motorway and there actually is a busstop on the A1. From that busstop it's a 2.5 km walk to the station. The old motorway runs just behind Beograd Centar station and there is a petrol station only 0.3 km from that station. The ticket for 120 km is just under 500 RSD (4.25 euro). <br />
<br />
====More info, links====<br />
<br />
* [https://www.facebook.com/events/201258653852182/ fb event]<br />
<br />
* As a preparation, please join the [https://www.facebook.com/groups/188952168424606/ Rainbow Serbia 2018 group]! This contains good information to take note of, including a Word document. <br />
<br />
* Road map of Serbia<br />
[http://www.thetravelclub.org/hitchhiking/488-serbia-road-map]<br />
<br />
* Hitchhiking guide to Serbia <br />
[https://web.archive.org/web/20130630202455/http://www.thetravelclub.org:80/hitchhiking]<br />
<br />
=====Other links=====<br />
* FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/hitchgathering/<br />
<br />
* Mailing list: http://lists.freeactive.net/listinfo.cgi/hitch-freeactive.net<br />
<br />
* Other useful stuff:<br />
**http://hitchwiki.org/<br />
**http://nomadwiki.org/<br />
**http://trashwiki.org/<br />
**http://trustroots.org/<br />
**http://bewelcome.org/<br />
<br />
[[Category:Hitchgathering]]<br />
[[Category:Hitchgathering/2018]]</div>Sitaranehttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Hitchgathering/2018&diff=91741Hitchgathering/20182018-08-03T07:31:41Z<p>Sitarane: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:European Hitchgathering 1-14 August 2018}}<br />
<br />
'''''Hitchgathering''' is the name of a series of international hitchhiking gatherings held in Europe and Northern America [[Hitchgathering#Past_events|since 2008]].''<br />
<br />
[[File:Hg_2018_serbia.jpeg]]<br />
<br />
Beloved brothers and sisters of the hitchhiking tribe! <br />
<br />
The Hitchgathering is a yearly European festival that celebrates hitchhiking, hitchhikers and connected values such as faith in humanity and wanderlust. This is the 11th year.<br />
<br />
For the first time the Hitchgathering will happen at the area of a Rainbow Gathering, more precisely the national Rainbow of Serbia. The gathering of the tribes meets the gathering of the thumbs! <br />
<br />
The Hitchgathering lasts from 1 till 14 August, with 5 till 11 August the central week, when we expect the most of you being here! <br />
<br />
Should you like to arrive earlier or stay longer, добродошли (dobrodošli) - welcome, the Serbian Rainbow Family of Living Light welcomes you at the same place from 18 July till 21 August! <br />
<br />
(European Hitchgathering and Serbian Rainbow Gathering happen at the same place and time, the place which we will share). <br />
<br />
At the location there will be drinkable tap water. Dumpster diving will probably not be so interesting. We can buy at cost price really cheap food (it's Serbia!) from the local farmers and this will be cheap. The Rainbow would help us with that, as they of course are taking care of healthy food anyway. <br />
<br />
In the area there are several streams, we will see how suitable they are for swimming or washing. <br />
<br />
Although we are hosted by the Serbian Rainbow gathering, there is no ban on non-vegetarian food and no ban on smoking and drinking a bit of alcohol. <br />
<br />
There are fields and wooded land on which we will camp. <br />
<br />
Serbian Hitchgathering 2018 switches back to the original place:<br />
* 1 km north of Razana (church) on road 21<br />
<br />
The place is right along the main road 21 between Valjevo and Kosjeric/Pozega.<br />
From Valjevo, it is 1 km after two 180 degrees curves in the road. <br />
It's at the west side of the road, there is a rainbow flag at the entrance to the house. <br />
<br />
Coordinates:<br />
https://goo.gl/maps/h24pSkzWC4R2<br />
44°05'02.9"N 19°55'04.1"E<br />
44.084147, 19.917813<br />
<br />
From railway station Razana it is a 4 km walk through the hills. We mark the way from the station to the camp from the station! <br />
From the station to road 21 and then left to Razana it is about 6.5 km. <br />
If you arrive at the old location coz you didn't know the change, you'll find a sign on road 21 directing you to the new location.<br />
<br />
See you all soon at the gathering!!<br />
<br />
[[File:serbia_2018.png]]<br />
<br />
[[File:Hgmap.jpg]]<br />
<br />
Gathering is 130 km south of the motorway Zagreb-Belgrade (A1 exit 4, Pyмa (Ruma)), 145 km west of the motorway Belgrade-Sofia (A1 exit Пожаревац (Požarevac)), 120 km SSW of Belgrade<br />
<br />
Travelling to the gathering from far away: consider taking one of the three daily trains from Beograd Centar or from Resnik (last at 19:35 / 19:53) to the station Razana. Resnik is on the new A1 motorway and there actually is a busstop on the A1. From that busstop it's a 2.5 km walk to the station. The old motorway runs just behind Beograd Centar station and there is a petrol station only 0.3 km from that station. The ticket for 120 km is just under 500 RSD (4.25 euro). <br />
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====More info, links====<br />
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* [https://www.facebook.com/events/201258653852182/ fb event]<br />
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* As a preparation, please join the [https://www.facebook.com/groups/188952168424606/ Rainbow Serbia 2018 group]! This contains good information to take note of, including a Word document. <br />
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* Road map of Serbia<br />
[http://www.thetravelclub.org/hitchhiking/488-serbia-road-map]<br />
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* Hitchhiking guide to Serbia <br />
[https://web.archive.org/web/20130630202455/http://www.thetravelclub.org:80/hitchhiking]<br />
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===Pre-gatherings===<br />
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====20-22 July, somewhere in Slovenia====<br />
* looking for a location proposal, [http://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Hitchgathering/2018&action=edit got one]?<br />
* [[User:N0id|n0id]] is trying to organize it<br />
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====20-25 June, Årjäng, Sweden====<br />
* a small [https://goo.gl/maps/WLPNsxijQku pre-gathering at a big lake with rocks for climbing] took place <br />
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=====Other links=====<br />
* FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/hitchgathering/<br />
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* Mailing list: http://lists.freeactive.net/listinfo.cgi/hitch-freeactive.net<br />
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* Other useful stuff:<br />
**http://hitchwiki.org/<br />
**http://nomadwiki.org/<br />
**http://trashwiki.org/<br />
**http://trustroots.org/<br />
**http://bewelcome.org/<br />
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<div>Here we try to collect images and create a selection of nice images of people hitchhiking that can be used by the Press for articles and reports about hitchhiking.<br />
*If you are a journalist, feel free to use the following images. Mention "Hitchwiki.org" at credits and photographer if it was mentioned under the photo here.<br />
*If you are a hitchhiker, feel free to add your own images of people hitchhiking. An example would be a person hitchhiking (thumbing) next to the roadside.<br />
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=== Why collect press images? ===<br />
There are a lot of stock images on the web that portray hitchhiking in unrealistic ways that we do not endorse (just do an quick image search for ''woman hitchhiker'' and you'll get the idea). Unfortunately, there plenty of these and, even more unfortunate, they are even sometimes used by print and online media when writing about hitchhiking. In order to provide better material, we are trying to built a collection of images to which journalists interested in hitchhiking can be pointed to. <br />
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== Images == <br />
<gallery><br />
Image:Thumbzoom.jpg|Amalia hitchhiking in New-Zealand.<br />
Image:Hitching-in-poland.jpg|[[User:Mikael|Mikael]] hitchhiking in [[Poland]], 2013.<br />
Image:Babak_hitchhiking_in_Iran.jpeg|[https://www.facebook.com/babak.zaferaniyeh Babak] hitchhiking in [[Iran]].<br />
Image:Hitching in the rain.jpg|Elsy hitchhiking in the summer rain in [[Leipzig]], [[Germany]].<br />
Image:Hitching a cultivator.jpg|[[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]] riding in the back of a cultivator in [[Cambodia]].<br />
Image:IMG_0447.JPG|The quality is really bad, sorry.[[Serbia]],[[User:Amines|Amines]].<br />
Image:Hawaii-hiker.jpg|[[User:N0id|n0id]] hitchhiking from [[Aachen]].<br />
Image:11321 499048026803109 1658388395 n.jpg|Hitchhiking in [[Israel]].<br />
Image:994893 10151734474694034 613099916 n.jpg|Hitchhiking in [[Spain]].<br />
Image:Hitchhiking_to_Italy_in_Switzerland_06-2010.jpg|[[User:Mikael|Mikael]] hitchhiking in [[Switzerland]].<br />
Image:DSC03137.jpg|[[User:Smila|Simona]] hitchhiking in [[Lithuania]].<br />
Image:Mikael hh in Thailand.jpg|[[User:Mikael|Mikael]] hitchhiking in [[Thailand]].<br />
Image:RSHitchhiking.jpg|Boris from [[User:Rovingsnails|RovingSnails]] winter-hitchhiking in [[Georgia]].<br />
Image:RS Marta Kazakhstan.jpg|Marta from [[User:Rovingsnails|RovingSnails]] hitchhiking in [[Kazakhstan]].<br />
Image:ArizonaDesert.JPG|[[User:PhysicsHipster|PhysicsHipster]] hitchhiking in [[Arizona]].<br />
Image:2012-02-20_17.26.18_Trampen_Portugal.jpg|[[User:Clem|Clem]] with ironic sign at a gas station in [[Germany]].<br />
</gallery><br />
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<map lat="49.129688444873" lng="6.1868852376935" zoom='11' view='3' float=right/><br />
'''Metz''' is a city in the northeast of [[France]], capital of the [[Lorraine]] region and préfecture of the département of Moselle (57).<br />
<br />
== Hitchhiking Out ==<br />
<br />
=== West towards [[Paris]] (A4) ===<br />
There's a bus that takes you all the a way to a highway gas station. However, it runs only once an hour on weekdays, and only if you telephone-call them on weekends and holidays. The call-for-bus scheme involves registration and you have to call one day before, so you're probably better off riding the L3 bus to Woippy (a busy line) and walking-hitchhiking the D4 north-west if it's Sunday. Get off when it crosses the highway and the gas station will be staring straight at you. Hitchhiker [[User:Cagatay|Cagatay]] went there all the way on foot from Metz and it took 3 hours.<br />
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On normal days, take bus 106. Get off at '''''Champ Banal''''' (ask the driver to announce the stop for you). From there, walk the same way the bus left, towards the highway almost up to the very intersection and right before it take to the right onto a dirt road on the side of a field. Walk this dirt road alongside A4 and you'll see a service station around 500 meters ahead.<br />
<br />
[https://lemet.fr/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/P106.pdf Bus 106 PDF timetables and map] (figure out which station is near you with this)<br />
<br />
[https://lemet.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Plan-Centre-Ville-de-Metz.pdf City center PDF network map]<br />
<br />
[https://lemet.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Plan-g%C3%A9o-sch%C3%A9matique-LE-MET.pdf Whole PDF network map]<br />
<br />
[https://lemet.fr Metz bus network website]<br />
<br />
Whatever you do, don't get dropped off where the A4 (east/west) meets the A31(heading south towards Metz). I made that mistake but it's a full-speed on-ramp and very dangerous. I only wound up getting a lift on the A4 because there was an accident that slowed traffic to a crawl! - [[User:Darkhawk|Darkhawk]]<br />
<br />
=== North towards [[Luxembourg]], [[Brussels]], [[Trier]] ===<br />
Take bus number 111 to ''La Maxe''. The ticket costs 1.50 EUR. Get off at the stop '''''Goujenotte''''' beside the massive IKEA shopping centre and walk down the road until you see a roundabout and an ESSO service station nearby. Walk down the ramp until you reach both of the exits. One hitchhiker got a lift within 10 minutes while standing between the ESSO petrol station exit and a motorway exit. There is a lot of international traffic in this region.<br />
<br />
=== South towards [[Nancy]], [[Dijon]], [[Lyon]] ===<br />
<br />
Take the bus number 111 direction '''''La Maxe''''' from for example Boulevard Poincaré (right by the river, about a 10-minute walk from Place de République) and go to the last stop (the ticket is 1,50 EUR). From there walk west, walk over the motorway and walk further on the same street around 2 km until you see a petrol station. When you see the petrol station, it is better to walk about 500 metres further and walk into the station along the motorway (there's a little path that will bring you on the motorway). From this petrol station, it is easy to get rides directly to Lyon or even further.<br />
<br />
=== East towards [[Saarbrücken]], [[Frankfurt am Main|Frankfurt]] or [[Strasbourg]] ===<br />
From ''Gare SNCF'' (the main train station) or ''Place de la République'' take the bus number 8 or U to '''''Technopole''''' (both stop next to lake Symphonie - ask the driver). From there walk to Grigy (part of Metz). Once in Grigy, keep on walking along D955 outwards the city center (follow the signs to Strasbourg). The road goes slightly uphill on top of which there's a roundabout right before the short bridge over the motorway to Nancy, then another roundabout. Stand just right after the second roundabout (one hitchhiker tried three times there and never had to wait for more than 20 mins). <br />
If you go to Germany make a sign for Strassbourg and then get off at the [[péage|peage]] which is about 30 km away. You can also make a sign saying A4 Est - Peage<br />
<br />
=== North, West or South ([[Luxembourg]], [[Paris]] or [[Nancy]]) ===<br />
<br />
It is possible to get a ride towards these three different directions by standing on the '''''Avenue Joffre''''', under the bridge, in the western part of town, very close to the city centre. It merges with the A31 300m further. Always use a sign here.<br />
Hitchhiker experience [Jass] - this place is useless...there's very little time to stop and the road is already fast. Just take the bus - after 3 hours waiting, it's worth the bus fare, even if one never takes public transport.<br />
Hitchhiker experience [linux2400] - I agree with Jass, also waited several hours there. Then I walked east for about 100m to the roundabout in front of '''''Chambre de commerce et de l'industrie''''' and got taken pretty rapidly, so this is the spot I would recommend if you want to start from downtown. There's red lights and places to stop and all the cars end up on the motorway all the same.<br />
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<div>__NOTOC__<br />
<map lat="49.129688444873" lng="6.1868852376935" zoom='11' view='3' float=right/><br />
'''Metz''' is a city in the northeast of [[France]], capital of the [[Lorraine]] region and préfecture of the département of Moselle (57).<br />
<br />
== Hitchhiking Out ==<br />
<br />
=== West towards [[Paris]] (A4, ===<br />
There's a bus that takes you all the a way to a highway gas station. However, it runs only once an hour on weekdays, and only if you telephone-call them on weekends and holidays. The call-for-bus scheme involves registration and you have to call one day before, so you're probably better off riding the L3 bus to Woippy (a busy line) and walking-hitchhiking the D4 north-west if it's Sunday. Get off when it crosses the highway and the gas station will be staring straight at you. Hitchhiker [[User:Cagatay|Cagatay]] went there all the way on foot from Metz and it took 3 hours.<br />
<br />
On normal days, take bus 106. Get off at '''''Champ Banal''''' (ask the driver to announce the stop for you). From there, walk towards the highway almost up to the very intersection and right before it take to the right onto a dirt road on the side of a field. Walk this dirt road alongside A4 and you'll see a service station around 500 meters ahead.<br />
<br />
[https://lemet.fr/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/P106.pdf Bus 106 PDF timetables and map] (figure out which station is near you with this)<br />
<br />
[https://lemet.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Plan-Centre-Ville-de-Metz.pdf City center PDF network map]<br />
<br />
[https://lemet.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Plan-g%C3%A9o-sch%C3%A9matique-LE-MET.pdf Whole PDF network map]<br />
<br />
[https://lemet.fr Metz bus network website]<br />
<br />
Whatever you do, don't get dropped off where the A4 (east/west) meets the A31(heading south towards Metz). I made that mistake but it's a full-speed on-ramp and very dangerous. I only wound up getting a lift on the A4 because there was an accident that slowed traffic to a crawl! - [[User:Darkhawk|Darkhawk]]<br />
<br />
=== North towards [[Luxembourg]], [[Brussels]], [[Trier]] ===<br />
Take bus number 111 to ''La Maxe''. The ticket costs 1.50 EUR. Get off at the stop '''''Goujenotte''''' beside the massive IKEA shopping centre and walk down the road until you see a roundabout and an ESSO service station nearby. Walk down the ramp until you reach both of the exits. One hitchhiker got a lift within 10 minutes while standing between the ESSO petrol station exit and a motorway exit. There is a lot of international traffic in this region.<br />
<br />
=== South towards [[Nancy]], [[Dijon]], [[Lyon]] ===<br />
<br />
Take the bus number 111 direction '''''La Maxe''''' from for example Boulevard Poincaré (right by the river, about a 10-minute walk from Place de République) and go to the last stop (the ticket is 1,50 EUR). From there walk west, walk over the motorway and walk further on the same street around 2 km until you see a petrol station. When you see the petrol station, it is better to walk about 500 metres further and walk into the station along the motorway (there's a little path that will bring you on the motorway). From this petrol station, it is easy to get rides directly to Lyon or even further.<br />
<br />
=== East towards [[Saarbrücken]], [[Frankfurt am Main|Frankfurt]] or [[Strasbourg]] ===<br />
From ''Gare SNCF'' (the main train station) or ''Place de la République'' take the bus number 8 or U to '''''Technopole''''' (both stop next to lake Symphonie - ask the driver). From there walk to Grigy (part of Metz). Once in Grigy, keep on walking along D955 outwards the city center (follow the signs to Strasbourg). The road goes slightly uphill on top of which there's a roundabout right before the short bridge over the motorway to Nancy, then another roundabout. Stand just right after the second roundabout (one hitchhiker tried three times there and never had to wait for more than 20 mins). <br />
If you go to Germany make a sign for Strassbourg and then get off at the [[péage|peage]] which is about 30 km away. You can also make a sign saying A4 Est - Peage<br />
<br />
=== North, West or South ([[Luxembourg]], [[Paris]] or [[Nancy]]) ===<br />
<br />
It is possible to get a ride towards these three different directions by standing on the '''''Avenue Joffre''''', under the bridge, in the western part of town, very close to the city centre. It merges with the A31 300m further. Always use a sign here.<br />
Hitchhiker experience [Jass] - this place is useless...there's very little time to stop and the road is already fast. Just take the bus - after 3 hours waiting, it's worth the bus fare, even if one never takes public transport.<br />
Hitchhiker experience [linux2400] - I agree with Jass, also waited several hours there. Then I walked east for about 100m to the roundabout in front of '''''Chambre de commerce et de l'industrie''''' and got taken pretty rapidly, so this is the spot I would recommend if you want to start from downtown. There's red lights and places to stop and all the cars end up on the motorway all the same.<br />
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{{hitchbase_city|173}}<br />
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[[Category:France]]<br />
[[Category:E21]]<br />
[[Category:E23]]<br />
[[Category:E25]]<br />
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[[de:Metz]]<br />
[[fr:Metz]]</div>Sitaranehttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Metz&diff=88892Metz2017-08-31T13:20:57Z<p>Sitarane: </p>
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<div>__NOTOC__<br />
<map lat="49.129688444873" lng="6.1868852376935" zoom='11' view='3' float=right/><br />
'''Metz''' is a city in the northeast of [[France]], capital of the [[Lorraine]] region and préfecture of the département of Moselle (57).<br />
<br />
== Hitchhiking Out ==<br />
<br />
=== West towards [[Paris]] (A4, ===<br />
There's a bus that takes you all the a way to a highway gas station. However, it runs only once an hour on weekdays, and only if you call them on weekends and holidays. The call-for-bus scheme involves registration and you have to call one day before, so you're probably better off walking. Hitchhiker [[User:Cagatay|Cagatay]] went there all the way on foot and it took 3 hours.<br />
<br />
It's bus 106, get off at '''''Champ Banal''''' (ask the driver to announce the stop for you). From there, walk towards the highway almost up to the very intersection and right before it take to the right onto a dirt road on the side of a field. Walk this dirt road alongside A4 and you'll see a service station around 500 meters ahead.<br />
<br />
[https://lemet.fr/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/P106.pdf Bus 106 PDF timetable]<br />
<br />
[https://lemet.fr Metz bus network website]<br />
<br />
Whatever you do, don't get dropped off where the A4 (east/west) meets the A31(heading south towards Metz). I made that mistake but it's a full-speed on-ramp and very dangerous. I only wound up getting a lift on the A4 because there was an accident that slowed traffic to a crawl! - [[User:Darkhawk|Darkhawk]]<br />
<br />
=== North towards [[Luxembourg]], [[Brussels]], [[Trier]] ===<br />
Take bus number 111 to ''La Maxe''. The ticket costs 1.50 EUR. Get off at the stop '''''Goujenotte''''' beside the massive IKEA shopping centre and walk down the road until you see a roundabout and an ESSO service station nearby. Walk down the ramp until you reach both of the exits. One hitchhiker got a lift within 10 minutes while standing between the ESSO petrol station exit and a motorway exit. There is a lot of international traffic in this region.<br />
<br />
=== South towards [[Nancy]], [[Dijon]], [[Lyon]] ===<br />
<br />
Take the bus number 111 direction '''''La Maxe''''' from for example Boulevard Poincaré (right by the river, about a 10-minute walk from Place de République) and go to the last stop (the ticket is 1,50 EUR). From there walk west, walk over the motorway and walk further on the same street around 2 km until you see a petrol station. When you see the petrol station, it is better to walk about 500 metres further and walk into the station along the motorway (there's a little path that will bring you on the motorway). From this petrol station, it is easy to get rides directly to Lyon or even further.<br />
<br />
=== East towards [[Saarbrücken]], [[Frankfurt am Main|Frankfurt]] or [[Strasbourg]] ===<br />
From ''Gare SNCF'' (the main train station) or ''Place de la République'' take the bus number 8 or U to '''''Technopole''''' (both stop next to lake Symphonie - ask the driver). From there walk to Grigy (part of Metz). Once in Grigy, keep on walking along D955 outwards the city center (follow the signs to Strasbourg). The road goes slightly uphill on top of which there's a roundabout right before the short bridge over the motorway to Nancy, then another roundabout. Stand just right after the second roundabout (one hitchhiker tried three times there and never had to wait for more than 20 mins). <br />
If you go to Germany make a sign for Strassbourg and then get off at the [[péage|peage]] which is about 30 km away. You can also make a sign saying A4 Est - Peage<br />
<br />
=== North, West or South ([[Luxembourg]], [[Paris]] or [[Nancy]]) ===<br />
<br />
It is possible to get a ride towards these three different directions by standing on the '''''Avenue Joffre''''', under the bridge, in the western part of town, very close to the city centre. It merges with the A31 300m further. Always use a sign here.<br />
Hitchhiker experience [Jass] - this place is useless...there's very little time to stop and the road is already fast. Just take the bus - after 3 hours waiting, it's worth the bus fare, even if one never takes public transport.<br />
Hitchhiker experience [linux2400] - I agree with Jass, also waited several hours there. Then I walked east for about 100m to the roundabout in front of '''''Chambre de commerce et de l'industrie''''' and got taken pretty rapidly, so this is the spot I would recommend if you want to start from downtown. There's red lights and places to stop and all the cars end up on the motorway all the same.<br />
{{IsIn|Lorraine}}<br />
{{hitchbase_city|173}}<br />
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[[Category:France]]<br />
[[Category:E21]]<br />
[[Category:E23]]<br />
[[Category:E25]]<br />
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[[de:Metz]]<br />
[[fr:Metz]]</div>Sitaranehttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Metz&diff=88891Metz2017-08-31T13:15:54Z<p>Sitarane: </p>
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<div>__NOTOC__<br />
<map lat="49.129688444873" lng="6.1868852376935" zoom='11' view='3' float=right/><br />
'''Metz''' is a city in the northeast of [[France]], capital of the [[Lorraine]] region and préfecture of the département of Moselle (57).<br />
<br />
== Hitchhiking Out ==<br />
<br />
=== West towards [[Paris]] (A4, ===<br />
There's a bus that takes you all the a way to a highway gas station. However, it runs only once an hour on weekdays, and only if you call them on weekends and holidays. The call-for-bus scheme involves registration and you have to call one day before, so you're probably better off walking. Hitchhiker [[User:Cagatay|Cagatay]] went there all the way on foot and it took 3 hours.<br />
<br />
It's bus 106, get off at '''''Champ Banal''''' (ask the driver to announce the stop for you). From there, walk towards the highway almost up to the very intersection and right before it take to the right onto a dirt road on the side of a field. Walk this dirt road alongside A4 and you'll see a service station around 500 meters ahead.<br />
<br />
[https://lemet.fr Metz bus network website]<br />
<br />
Whatever you do, don't get dropped off where the A4 (east/west) meets the A31(heading south towards Metz). I made that mistake but it's a full-speed on-ramp and very dangerous. I only wound up getting a lift on the A4 because there was an accident that slowed traffic to a crawl! - [[User:Darkhawk|Darkhawk]]<br />
<br />
=== North towards [[Luxembourg]], [[Brussels]], [[Trier]] ===<br />
Take bus number 111 to ''La Maxe''. The ticket costs 1.50 EUR. Get off at the stop '''''Goujenotte''''' beside the massive IKEA shopping centre and walk down the road until you see a roundabout and an ESSO service station nearby. Walk down the ramp until you reach both of the exits. One hitchhiker got a lift within 10 minutes while standing between the ESSO petrol station exit and a motorway exit. There is a lot of international traffic in this region.<br />
<br />
=== South towards [[Nancy]], [[Dijon]], [[Lyon]] ===<br />
<br />
Take the bus number 111 direction '''''La Maxe''''' from for example Boulevard Poincaré (right by the river, about a 10-minute walk from Place de République) and go to the last stop (the ticket is 1,50 EUR). From there walk west, walk over the motorway and walk further on the same street around 2 km until you see a petrol station. When you see the petrol station, it is better to walk about 500 metres further and walk into the station along the motorway (there's a little path that will bring you on the motorway). From this petrol station, it is easy to get rides directly to Lyon or even further.<br />
<br />
=== East towards [[Saarbrücken]], [[Frankfurt am Main|Frankfurt]] or [[Strasbourg]] ===<br />
From ''Gare SNCF'' (the main train station) or ''Place de la République'' take the bus number 8 or U to '''''Technopole''''' (both stop next to lake Symphonie - ask the driver). From there walk to Grigy (part of Metz). Once in Grigy, keep on walking along D955 outwards the city center (follow the signs to Strasbourg). The road goes slightly uphill on top of which there's a roundabout right before the short bridge over the motorway to Nancy, then another roundabout. Stand just right after the second roundabout (one hitchhiker tried three times there and never had to wait for more than 20 mins). <br />
If you go to Germany make a sign for Strassbourg and then get off at the [[péage|peage]] which is about 30 km away. You can also make a sign saying A4 Est - Peage<br />
<br />
=== North, West or South ([[Luxembourg]], [[Paris]] or [[Nancy]]) ===<br />
<br />
It is possible to get a ride towards these three different directions by standing on the '''''Avenue Joffre''''', under the bridge, in the western part of town, very close to the city centre. It merges with the A31 300m further. Always use a sign here.<br />
Hitchhiker experience [Jass] - this place is useless...there's very little time to stop and the road is already fast. Just take the bus - after 3 hours waiting, it's worth the bus fare, even if one never takes public transport.<br />
Hitchhiker experience [linux2400] - I agree with Jass, also waited several hours there. Then I walked east for about 100m to the roundabout in front of '''''Chambre de commerce et de l'industrie''''' and got taken pretty rapidly, so this is the spot I would recommend if you want to start from downtown. There's red lights and places to stop and all the cars end up on the motorway all the same.<br />
{{IsIn|Lorraine}}<br />
{{hitchbase_city|173}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:France]]<br />
[[Category:E21]]<br />
[[Category:E23]]<br />
[[Category:E25]]<br />
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[[de:Metz]]<br />
[[fr:Metz]]</div>Sitaranehttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Stuttgart&diff=88872Stuttgart2017-08-30T09:03:18Z<p>Sitarane: </p>
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<div>{{Hitchhiking Zine nomination}}<br />
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|pop = 606,588 (31 Dec 2010)<br />
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'''Stuttgart''' is the capital of the [[Germany|German]] federal state Baden-Württemberg.<br />
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== Hitchhiking out ==<br />
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=== North towards [[Heilbronn]], [[Mannheim]], [[Würzburg]], [[Nürnberg]] {{Autobahn|81}} ===<br />
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==== Possibility 1 ====<br />
Esso petrol station Heilbronnerstr:<br />
From Hauptbahnhof (Central Station) take Metro U5, U6 or U7 just one stop to "Türlenstraße/Bürgerhospital". Leave the station in driving direction and walk about 100 metres up the hill. On the right side there is the petrol station where many people fill there tanks before they're entering the motorway.<br />
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You can also stay some meters before the petrol station. There is a little green area and after that a departure for a car park or something like this. With a good sign you get lots of the traffic out of Stuttgart heading towards the motorway and they can stop quite easy. Took me one hour at a Friday to get a straight ride till Würzburg.<br />
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==== Possibility 2 ====<br />
From Hauptbahnhof (Central Station) take Metro 15/7 to "Borsigstraße". When you leave the train, there is one petrol station in front of you (direction of the train) . Most of the cars that stop there go on the motorway ("Autobahn") [[A81 (Germany)|A81]]<br />
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When you are on motorway (Autobahn) A 81 you can jump off on the resting place called "Wunnenstein" that has also a petrol station and is between Stuttgart and Heilbronn or rather the departure to motorway (Autobahn) A 6. From there you can get rides to the north or west. But there I sometimes had to wait longer (about 45 minutes in average) to get a ride to the north because a lot of cars are going to the west. Be careful at "Wunnenstein" – there are constant police raids because of drugs – hitching is no problem.<br />
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=== East towards [[Munich|München]], [[Ulm]] {{Autobahn|8}} ===<br />
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==== Löffelstraße ====<br />
[[File:From_Stuttgart_to_Munchen.png|thumb|250px|right|Hitchhiking spot ''Löffelstraße'']]<br />
'''''Löffelstraße/Stuttgart-Degerloch (B27 that leads to A8 [[Munich|München]]-[[Karlsruhe]])''''' – From Hauptbahnhof (Main Station), you can take the metro U5 (Leinfelden), U6 (Fasanenhof), or U12 (Möhringen/Vaihingen) and exit at the stop ''Degerloch''. Leave the station and go West towards big omnibus station, then cross the big street at the traffic light, and walk on straight until you reach the start of a turn lane (see the picture).<br />
: The best is to position yourself on the grass strip not far from the beginning, cars tend to speed up already from here because the street turns into a motorcar road in about 200m.<br />
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This one is also a good spot to go south on the B27 towards [[Tübingen]]/[[Reutlingen]], to the airport, and it might also work for all other directions (according to the license plates of passing cars).<br />
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If you go to Munchen from Stuttgart you need to go with high way 8, take care not to go on high way 7 because you will stuck somewhere there. If somebody leave you on some rest place or petrol station after Ulm. You could not move to Munchen from any place on high way 7 because everyone is going in different direction. If you stuck there you will need to ask any driver just to move you on any other place that you can catch ride to high way 8.<br />
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=== South towards [[Singen]] {{Autobahn|81}} and West towards [[Karlsruhe]] {{Autobahn|8}} ===<br />
''It is perhaps best to check the hitch map also as there have been numerous stories of these points being hard to leave.''<br />
''There is only one rest station between Stuttgart and Karlsruhe. Getting to Strasbourg and beyond is a little tricky as there's no rest stations on the route down between Karlsruhe and Strasbourg apart from ones that are off the route. The German autobahn is much more frequented, it seems, but regardless, try to get a straight ride from before Karlsruhe to Strasbourg.''<br />
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==== Stuttgart-Vaihingen ====<br />
'''''Motorway on-ramp "Stuttgart-Vaihingen" (A831 that leads to A8/A81)''''' – From Hauptbahnhof (Main Station), you can take S-Bahn train S1 (Böblingen/Herrenberg), S2 or S3 (Flughafen/Filderstadt), and exit at the stop ''Vaihingen''. Leave the station to the right (direction of the train) and walk straight past the place to "Robert-Koch-Straße". There you turn right and continue on to "Hauptstraße", where you turn left and follow the street until you reach the motorway on-ramp.<br />
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You can wait there with a sign on the striped road markings. This is not the best place, as it is illegal for cars to stop there (nonetheless, it is likely that they will, because they cannot go very fast here). Also, you may attract attention from the police, as it is also illegal to stand there.<br />
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This one is a good spot to go south and west, but it might also work to get a ride east towards [[Munich|München]]. The A831 motorway leads directly to the A8/A81 interchange "Kreuz Stuttgart" that connects all directions.<br />
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==== Stuttgart-Österfeld ====<br />
'''''Car park "Stuttgart-Österfeld'''''<br />
This is an alternative to "Stuttgart-Vaihingen". You also take the S1 in the direction of Böblingen/Herrenberg or the S2, S3 in the direction of Flughafen/Filderstadt but you get of at the stop "Österfeld". This is just one stop in front of "Vahingen". There are two pedestrian-bridges connected to the trainstop. When you get of the S-Bahn turn left and take the bridge that the train passed first. It is connected to a multi-story car park. The car park is just a couple of hundred meters away from the motorway entry. A lot of people are using the car park and take the S-Bahn into the city centre to avoid the traffic. Especially if the local football/soccer team is playing or if there is a similar event in town you should easily get a lift asking the people driving out of the car park. Obviously there are a lot more people leaving the car park in the evening but you should get a lift during the daytime as well. <br />
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- Just outside the car park is a roundabout so you can try to get there a lift too. <br />
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- Or you turn right at the exit of the car park. 100 meters down the road are some traffic lights. All the cars on the left lane are driving directly onto the motorway. You can easily ask them if you can get a lift or use a sign.<br />
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==== Stuttgart-Denkendorf ====<br />
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About 15 km south-east of Stuttgart on the A8 there is the service station ''Denkendorf''. Lots of cars are passing by here coming from the direction of Munich, lots of them going to Stuttgart but many also going further on the A8 or A81. The station can be reached by taking the U7 metro to Nellingen Ostfildern (which is the last stop), and from there bus 119 to Denkendorf. Leave the bus at Rathaus. The journey takes about 50 minutes from Stuttgart central station, costs eur 3.60 and normally there is a connection at least every 20 minutes. If it is more practical for you, bus 119 also departs from Essingen Hbf.<br />
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From Rathaus bus stop, go back 20 meters, then take a half left turn into Kirchstraße, follow it for about 1 km. Then again a half left turn into Friedhofstraße, follow it out of the village along the cemetery. Take the second to the left (still Friedhofstraße), follow it up the hill (keeping to the left), and after a small hill you will reach the service station. To avoid frustration when asking the drivers, note that cars whose German number plate starts with the single letter S are registered in Stuttgart and will probably end their journey there<br />
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=== South towards [[Konstanz]] {{Autobahn|81}} ===<br />
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When you cross Stuttgart than it is not so easy to go down to Konstanz with high way 81. You have every 20 or 30 km petrol stations with a lack of traffic. A lot of people are going to small places and they will go out from high way so you ask them and check if there is any petrol station before they went in their direction. On petrol stations you must go and ask drivers because you will not have so much opportunity to catch ride. When you get closer to Konstanz, maybe 50 km before a lot of drivers will go to Switzerland but you can try from there back to Konstanz. If the dark falls than it will be more difficult because traffic more reduce, so just be prepared.<br />
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Take S1 direction Herrenberg and drop of at Nurfringen. When leaving the Train, go direction Wiesengrund and from there go through the forest to the Schönbuch petrol station. Baam! You are at A81 direction South! Have fun!!! https://goo.gl/maps/eBnBq<br />
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== Resources ==<br />
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=== Internet Access ===<br />
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==== Public Library "Stadtbibliothek Stuttgart" ====<br />
The public library has a computer terminal on the second floor that can be used by everyone for free for about 20 minutes. From Hauptbahnhof (Main Station), you can take metro U5 (Leinfelden), U6 (Fasanenhof), U7 (Ostfildern), U12 (Möhringen/Vaihingen), or U15 (Ruhbank/Heumaden) and exit at the stop ''Charlottenplatz''; or you can get there by foot in about 10 minutes. It's open from 10:00am to 19:00pm on weekdays and from 10:00am to 16:00pm on Saturdays.<br />
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See http://www.stuttgart.de/stadtbibliothek for further details (in German only).<br />
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==== WiFi-Hotspots ====<br />
There are several WiFi-Hotspots around in bars that are free of charge, but you usually have to order a drink to get a voucher. Some of the spots that are not too far from Hauptbahnhof (Main Station) are listed below:<br />
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* '''barcode''', Theodor-Heuss-Straße 30, http://www.barcode-stuttgart.de<br />
* '''muttermilch''', Theodor-Heuss-Straße 23, http://www.muttermilch-stuttgart.de<br />
* '''suite212''', Theodor-Heuss-Straße 15, http://www.suite212.org <br />
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Also you can get free wi-fi in every Starbucks, there is no password for an access, it's unlimited and nobody cares if you stay there for hours without buying something.<br />
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'''Maribor''', is the second most important centre and the second largest city of Slovenia. It has a population of about 114,000 inhabitants, and is quite close to the Slovene border with [[Austria]]. <br />
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== Hitchhiking out ==<br />
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Hitchiking out of Maribor is relatively easy, in all directions.<br />
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=== Direction of [[Ljubljana]], [[Celje]] and [[Italy]] ===<br />
From the Old City, walk to the bridge which leads to the Europark shopping mall, and continue straight, passing the shopping mall. (The street is called ''Titova cesta''.) Continue walking in this street, passing the first petrol station on your right, till you reach the second petrol station. You can either ask drivers in the Petrol station to give you a lift, or you can hitchhike from the bus station just before the petrol station. From here it is about 1 km till the motorway entrance.<br />
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'''2016: This is not a good place to hitch'''. After being stuck there for 3 hours, most drivers passing by were on local roads only, as the highway onramp is about 5 km further. Most of the locals prefer northern exit, even when leaving for Ljubljana.<br />
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=== Direction of [[Graz]], [[Austria]], [[Murska Sobota]], [[Hungary]] ===<br />
From the main train station (''Partizanska cesta'') continue walking south for about 50m, till you reach a junction. (Ahead of you is the Bus station.) Turn left to Meljska cesta, and go straight passing under the bridge and crossing the first junction. After a while you will see on your left the motorway on-ramp in direction of [[Austria]], stand on the right side and hitchhike, preferably with a sign. From here drivers go to either [[Austria]], or continue on the northern road towards Lenart, Murska Sobota and Hungary.<br />
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September 2015: It looks like a really shitty place to hitchhike, because the cars can't stop safely (they block the cars coming from the opposite direction), but it works somehow. We got a ride after 10min of waiting.<br />
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== Hitching in ==<br />
=== From [[Ljubljana]] ===<br />
From the main street, West of the Train station (Dunajska Cesta) take buses 6, 8 or 10 in direction of North. Get off in the station "Smelt", 15 minutes later, when you see the "World Trade Center" building. Ahead of you, you will see the Autostrada. On the first turn to the right, go into the motorway entry and stand on the side with your sign.<br />
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== Sleep ==<br />
Sept 2016: we found an abandoned house right by the (kick-ass) Pekarna cultural center. It's still furnished (beds, blankets), the door is unlocked, the street-facing gate is broken and ajar, but I recommend getting in through the broken fence in the back to avoid being seen from the street<br />
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Bergen is the second largest city in [[Norway]] and the largest in Western Norway, with a population of 255,490 as of 1 October 2009. Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, which includes rural areas, has a population of 377,116 as of January 2010.<br />
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[[File:HHBergen.JPG|270px|thumb|left|[[User:Gutuater|Gutuater]] hitching in the rain from Bergen north to Førde in March]]<br />
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Except for a few periods of the year (notably in the early winter when it snows a lot), Bergen is very rainy and good waterproof gear is recommended, as things can get pretty soaked! Given the somewhat long waiting times that you'll have to face (even in good spots), finding a '''covered bus stop''' (''busslomme'' in Norwegian, different from ''bussholdeplass'' meaning simply bus stop) to hitch from and having a '''waterproof sign''' is vital!<br />
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As in whole of Norway, but especially on the West Coast, a smart thing to do before setting off for hitchhiking is checking the road conditions (especially in the spring when all the snow is melting down from the mountains onto the roads) and traffic by '''calling 177''' (active from 10 a.m. though). Especially if you're taking secondary roads, it's a good thing to check whether they're open and if there is any traffic at all.<br />
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== Hitchhiking out ==<br />
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=== From the City ===<br />
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The extensive network of tunnels make hitching out of the city close to impossible. The motorways almost completely go through the city, so it's quite hard to find an exit point. If you don't find it right inside the city, you'll have to walk a lot North, because of the long tunnels and the strange shape of the city.<br />
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You may try to get a ride from the city centre. Behind the central bus station there is the Goods Terminal of Schenker, a big freight company. <br />
There is also a bigger truck parking spot where trucks stay overnight. You can ask drivers in the evening when/where they are going and ask them for a lift in the morning. <br />
You could also try your chance at traffic lights and hopefully succeed, but nobody reading or writing this ever has! There is a big junction close to the central lake (Byparken Smalungeren) [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=bergen,+norway&sll=40.956468,-74.058688&sspn=1.088945,2.469177&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Bergen+railway+station,+Hordaland,+Norway&ll=60.383963,5.336051&spn=0.008409,0.020771&t=h&z=16 where the E16, E39 and 555 meet], which is the main exit of Bergen, but the place is not pleasant to hitch from.<br />
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If you are willing to walk 20 minutes from the city center, or are somehow in the northern part, try Sandviksveien junction with Sjøgaten. It is about 1.5 km north from Central Bay (Vagen). Just next to Kristiansholm there is a Shell gas station in the junction with Sandviksveien and 585 road where you can ask the people directly. Otherwise, just next to it there are some really good traffic lights where you can show the sign Nyborg from the gas station and cars can stop really easy.<br />
Abreycierra was in this spot just 5 minuts and a car picked him up.<br />
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Another option would be the several entries from Breiviken village - this seems the most legal place to hitch, there isn't much traffic, and it's 3 km away from the bay, but more cars will turn on the main road and that place seems more friendly.<br />
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If you are South from the big bay (Store Lungegardsvannet), try the crossing of Fjosangerveien and Ibsensgate, where the traffic lights are. The problem is always that there are many directions from there (including the centre).<br />
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If you can get a lift to Nyborg, then you won. They have a huge roundabout. It is 12 km North from Bergen.<br />
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=== From Outside the City ===<br />
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==== North towards [[Ålesund]] {{E|39}} and east towards [[Oslo]] {{E|16}} ====<br />
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There are plenty of CouchSurfers in the northerly Sandviken suburb, so you might want to hitch from there in the morning. But unlike it may look like from the map, it's impossible to hitch a ride from the juncture between Sandviksveien and the many tunnels on Åsaneveien leading north. It's better to take a bus to '''Åsane Senter''' (a huge mall half an hour North of the city, which is very close to the juncture between the E39 (North) and the E16 (East), ''good dumpsters at ICA''). From Bryggen you can take bus number 50, 71, 80, 90, 270 and 285. Or you can use free IKEA bus going every full hour from Busstasjon(platform I) and Bryggen exactly there <small>''checked in July 2015''</small>. Close to the bus terminal there is a Statoil gas station where you can ask drivers, or just take a nice walk further to the next big roundabout, where you'll find two nice hh spots perfect both for hitching North and East. It's quite a walk, but considering the rain and the not excellent hitchability of Western Norway, reaching those two spots does pay off!<br />
<small>Update: Since july 2015 spot for hitchhiking East after roundabout is no longer available ( because of crash barrier). You have to go along the road and you'll find a bus stop, which is still a good spot to catch someone to Voss or further.</small><br />
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A good alternative for going '''East''' is taking a bus or train to [[Arna]] or [[Takvam]] and hitchhike just before the point where the E16 and and the RV7 meet. There is a bus station where cars can pull over easily since they slow down for the forthcoming roundabout. There is a good flow of traffic even in winter. But if that doesn't work you may still try the Tourist Info & fastfood place across the motorway. It's advisable to find rides at least to [[Voss]] where you can continue further.<br />
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==== South towards [[Stavanger]] {{E|39}} ====<br />
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Hitching south of Bergen implies hopping from island to fjord to island and involves a minimum of two ferries (to Stavanger) that charge for additional passengers. As of august 2016, the first passage is 64 NOK for each extra passenger. The second passage is 43. It is the same price if you arrive on foot, so you don't need to be in a car to cross over.<br />
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There are a lot of trucks leaving Berging in this direction. This is very slow, but you have no expensses for the ferries and you do not have to worry so much about the route.<br />
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You may start from the big roundabout in the city centre just south of the train station (''more info needed'').<br />
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TherThere's an ok spot just in the middle of the Fjøsangerveien. There are two traffic lights and two bus stops so people can stop quite easily.<br />
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== Hitching In ==<br />
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Hitching in is not a problem, since the city is not so big and nice to walk in. A good spot to be dropped off coming from Oslo is next to the Bus Terminal, which is behind the train station and very close to the Schenker truck terminal. <br />
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== Public transportation ==<br />
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Within the municipality of Bergen there is a one price policy (e.g. NOK 29,- per adult single ticket for any distance within the municipality.) A night bus ticket costs NOK 50,-. <br />
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* [http://eng.tide.no/Default.aspx?pageid=1035 Tide], the local public transportation company<br />
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== Other Useful Info ==<br />
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Once in Bergen it might become impossible to find a public toilet that you don't have to pay for. While you can find a good shelter from the rain in the bus terminal (not in the train station, it doesn't rain on the benches but it's open so cold in the winter months), if you need a toilet you might want to try one of the many university buildings scattered around the city (the faculty of psychology is on the main street close to the pond). Or just ask at a Restaurant, people are usually friendly and won't deny your emergency ;)<br />
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Bergen is the second largest city in [[Norway]] and the largest in Western Norway, with a population of 255,490 as of 1 October 2009. Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, which includes rural areas, has a population of 377,116 as of January 2010.<br />
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[[File:HHBergen.JPG|270px|thumb|left|[[User:Gutuater|Gutuater]] hitching in the rain from Bergen north to Førde in March]]<br />
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Except for a few periods of the year (notably in the early winter when it snows a lot), Bergen is very rainy and good waterproof gear is recommended, as things can get pretty soaked! Given the somewhat long waiting times that you'll have to face (even in good spots), finding a '''covered bus stop''' (''busslomme'' in Norwegian, different from ''bussholdeplass'' meaning simply bus stop) to hitch from and having a '''waterproof sign''' is vital!<br />
<br />
As in whole of Norway, but especially on the West Coast, a smart thing to do before setting off for hitchhiking is checking the road conditions (especially in the spring when all the snow is melting down from the mountains onto the roads) and traffic by '''calling 177''' (active from 10 a.m. though). Especially if you're taking secondary roads, it's a good thing to check whether they're open and if there is any traffic at all.<br />
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== Hitchhiking out ==<br />
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=== From the City ===<br />
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The extensive network of tunnels make hitching out of the city close to impossible. The motorways almost completely go through the city, so it's quite hard to find an exit point. If you don't find it right inside the city, you'll have to walk a lot North, because of the long tunnels and the strange shape of the city.<br />
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You may try to get a ride from the city centre. Behind the central bus station there is the Goods Terminal of Schenker, a big freight company. <br />
There is also a bigger truck parking spot where trucks stay overnight. You can ask drivers in the evening when/where they are going and ask them for a lift in the morning. <br />
You could also try your chance at traffic lights and hopefully succeed, but nobody reading or writing this ever has! There is a big junction close to the central lake (Byparken Smalungeren) [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=bergen,+norway&sll=40.956468,-74.058688&sspn=1.088945,2.469177&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Bergen+railway+station,+Hordaland,+Norway&ll=60.383963,5.336051&spn=0.008409,0.020771&t=h&z=16 where the E16, E39 and 555 meet], which is the main exit of Bergen, but the place is not pleasant to hitch from.<br />
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If you are willing to walk 20 minutes from the city center, or are somehow in the northern part, try Sandviksveien junction with Sjøgaten. It is about 1.5 km north from Central Bay (Vagen). Just next to Kristiansholm there is a Shell gas station in the junction with Sandviksveien and 585 road where you can ask the people directly. Otherwise, just next to it there are some really good traffic lights where you can show the sign Nyborg from the gas station and cars can stop really easy.<br />
Abreycierra was in this spot just 5 minuts and a car picked him up.<br />
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Another option would be the several entries from Breiviken village - this seems the most legal place to hitch, there isn't much traffic, and it's 3 km away from the bay, but more cars will turn on the main road and that place seems more friendly.<br />
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If you are South from the big bay (Store Lungegardsvannet), try the crossing of Fjosangerveien and Ibsensgate, where the traffic lights are. The problem is always that there are many directions from there (including the centre).<br />
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If you can get a lift to Nyborg, then you won. They have a huge roundabout. It is 12 km North from Bergen.<br />
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=== From Outside the City ===<br />
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==== North towards [[Ålesund]] {{E|39}} and east towards [[Oslo]] {{E|16}} ====<br />
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There are plenty of CouchSurfers in the northerly Sandviken suburb, so you might want to hitch from there in the morning. But unlike it may look like from the map, it's impossible to hitch a ride from the juncture between Sandviksveien and the many tunnels on Åsaneveien leading north. It's better to take a bus to '''Åsane Senter''' (a huge mall half an hour North of the city, which is very close to the juncture between the E39 (North) and the E16 (East), ''good dumpsters at ICA''). From Bryggen you can take bus number 50, 71, 80, 90, 270 and 285. Or you can use free IKEA bus going every full hour from Busstasjon(platform I) and Bryggen exactly there <small>''checked in July 2015''</small>. Close to the bus terminal there is a Statoil gas station where you can ask drivers, or just take a nice walk further to the next big roundabout, where you'll find two nice hh spots perfect both for hitching North and East. It's quite a walk, but considering the rain and the not excellent hitchability of Western Norway, reaching those two spots does pay off!<br />
<small>Update: Since july 2015 spot for hitchhiking East after roundabout is no longer available ( because of crash barrier). You have to go along the road and you'll find a bus stop, which is still a good spot to catch someone to Voss or further.</small><br />
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A good alternative for going '''East''' is taking a bus or train to [[Arna]] or [[Takvam]] and hitchhike just before the point where the E16 and and the RV7 meet. There is a bus station where cars can pull over easily since they slow down for the forthcoming roundabout. There is a good flow of traffic even in winter. But if that doesn't work you may still try the Tourist Info & fastfood place across the motorway. It's advisable to find rides at least to [[Voss]] where you can continue further.<br />
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==== South towards [[Stavanger]] {{E|39}} ====<br />
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Hitching south of Bergen implies hopping from island to fjord to island and involves a minimum of two ferries that charge for additional passengers. As of august 2016, the first passage is 64 NOK for each extra passenger. It is the same price if you arrive on foot, so you don't need to be in a car to cross over.<br />
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There are a lot of trucks leaving Berging in this direction. This is very slow, but you have no expensses for the ferries and you do not have to worry so much about the route.<br />
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You may start from the big roundabout in the city centre just south of the train station (''more info needed'').<br />
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TherThere's an ok spot just in the middle of the Fjøsangerveien. There are two traffic lights and two bus stops so people can stop quite easily.<br />
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== Hitching In ==<br />
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Hitching in is not a problem, since the city is not so big and nice to walk in. A good spot to be dropped off coming from Oslo is next to the Bus Terminal, which is behind the train station and very close to the Schenker truck terminal. <br />
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== Public transportation ==<br />
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Within the municipality of Bergen there is a one price policy (e.g. NOK 29,- per adult single ticket for any distance within the municipality.) A night bus ticket costs NOK 50,-. <br />
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* [http://eng.tide.no/Default.aspx?pageid=1035 Tide], the local public transportation company<br />
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== Other Useful Info ==<br />
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Once in Bergen it might become impossible to find a public toilet that you don't have to pay for. While you can find a good shelter from the rain in the bus terminal (not in the train station, it doesn't rain on the benches but it's open so cold in the winter months), if you need a toilet you might want to try one of the many university buildings scattered around the city (the faculty of psychology is on the main street close to the pond). Or just ask at a Restaurant, people are usually friendly and won't deny your emergency ;)<br />
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|pop = 512.000<br />
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'''Leipzig''' is a city in the [[Germany|German]] ''Bundesland'' [[Saxony]], and is famous for its alternative scene. Check out Plagwitz, Südvorstadt and Connewitz if you're there.<br />
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== Hitchhiking out ==<br />
=== North towards [[Berlin]], South towards [[Munich|München]] {{Ade|9}} ===<br />
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;First option<br />
Take the bus #131 from the city center to ''Dölzig'' and get out at ''Südstraße'', one stop before the ''Nova Eventis'' center. You can hitchhike directly from the bus stop. Try to find your ride here towards [[Berlin]] or [[Munich]]!<br />
Beware, that bus doesn't run very often. Check [http://www.lvb.de/file/lvb_maps/fahrplan_dl_L29wdC9jb25yYWQtNC4xLXNpdGVzL2x2Yl93ZWI0L3dlYi9saXZlL2Fzc2V0cy9mYWhycGxhbi9SZWdpb25hbGJ1cy8xMzEvTWVyc2VidXJnL2FmcF9saW5pZTEzMV9yaV9tZXJzZWJ1cmdfMjAxMjExMjUucGRm/f the timetable] (Jan 2013).<br />
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;Second option<br />
It's also possible to get to the spot described above with tram #7 in direction ''Böhlitz-Ehrenberg''. Get out at the tram stop ''Georg-Schwartz-Strasse/Merseburger Strasse''. From there, walk back some 10m towards the main road and walk right towards the ''Aral'' petrol station, across the road from which you can catch a ride to the A9. If you don't like the spot, follow the road for 200m until you passed a ''Lidl'' supermarket, and after that some meters further you'll find a bus stop (''Lindenau Friedhof''). From there you can easily hitchhike a ride towards ''Dölzig'' and/or the motorway. Make sure to get out at the last traffic lights before the motorway. There's a bus stop where you can hitchhike easily. A sign might be useful. Hitchhiking ~800m further directly at the [[on-ramp]] is pretty dangerous, there's no place for cars to stop and traffic passes by pretty fast.<br />
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;Third option<br />
You can take a train from the Main Station, Leipzig-Gohlis, Leipzig-Coppiplatz, Leipzig-Möckern or Leipzig-Leutzsch (Regional Express "RB") that goes to "Weißenfels". Get off at "Rückmarsdorf". From there you walk north straight up to the big street that leads to the {{Ade|9}}. It's about 300 m and the way is intuitive. You can either start from there or follow the street westwards for about 500 m where you find a car seller for Renault. There is plenty of space to stop and pick you up. If people only go to Dölzig take the lift. The spot at the Busstaion Südstraße (first option) is slightly better.<br />
The great advantage of this option is that you get to Rückmarsdorf very fast. Especially if you live close to one of the trainstops mentioned above you're ready to start hitkchhiking in some 10 minutes (vs. 27 minutes busride from the Main Station in Bus #131). Remember that the train only goes once an hour (March 2015: From the Main Station at xx:47 h from track 6).<br />
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=== North towards [[Berlin]] and [[Magdeburg]]/[[Hamburg]] {{Ade|14}} ===<br />
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There is a brilliant spot to ask people for lifts at an "Aral"-petrol station which is the last one before the Autobahn {{Ade|14}} that also leads onto the {{Ade|9}} to Berlin. <br />
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Take tram 16 with or without a 2,40 Euro-Ticket in the direction of Messegelände and get off at "Hornbach Baumarkt" from here it's a '''15mins walk''' to the station but it's worth it. Walk in the same direction as the tram and take an immediate right onto "Dübener Landstraße" along the parking lot of the big hardware store. After passing the bridge over the B2 it becomes Nathusiusstraße. Keep walking straight until you reach Ztschortauer Straße where you turn left and walk another 300 metres until you see the "Aral"-petrol station on your left. <br />
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Asking people for a lift towards Berlin on the {{Ade|9}} or towards Magdeburg on the {{Ade|14}} (which is also the way to go for Hamburg) usually works just fine here.<br />
The first rest stop going north from here will be '''[[:de:Köckern Ost|Köckern Ost]]''' on the {{Ade|9}}, that isn't too far. On the {[Ade|14]}, it is '''[[:de:Plötzetal Ost|Plötzetal Ost]]''' which is past Halle. Most of the A14 traffic goes to Halle so you might want to get the ride anyway and get off at the non-gas-station rest area that is on the A14, before Halle but after the branch-off to Berlin.<br />
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=== East towards [[Dresden]] {{Ade|14}} {{Ade|38}} ===<br />
[[File:Hitching spot leipzig.jpg|thumb|220px|right|Spot in Leipzig described in Option 2 for hitchhiking North or South]]<br />
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;First option<br />
Take a Tram to the stop "Paunsdorfer Alle/Permoser Strasse" (check here before: www.lvb.de/timetable). Show a sign saying "Dresden" and find a good spot on the street towards east which is close to the motorway junction already. There is lots of good experience reports about this spot.<br />
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;Second option<br />
Take the Tram #15 or #2 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]] via {{Ade|38}} and {{Ade|14}}/{{Ade|4}}.<br />
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;Third option<br />
You can take tram #3 or Bus 90 to the stop "Paunsdorfer Alle/Permoser Straße". You walk some 50 meters along "Permoser Straße" (the one without tram tracks) and start hitchhiking from there. Drivers already see you from the traffic light and can stop easily on the "white lines".<br />
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In direction Dresden you then have a service area called "Muldental" since a lot of people turn of before Dresden so that you can use also the rather local traffic.<br />
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=== West towards [[Erfurt]], [[Cologne|Köln]], [[Belgium]] {{Ade|4}} ===<br />
[[File:CraigChristmasHitch.jpg|thumb|220px|right|Santa Claus [[User:Halt, Stop! Reudnitz kommt.|Craig]] hitching bus stop near ''Leipzig West'' ({{Ade|9}}).]]<br />
When heading to Belgium highway number 4 is a decent option. There are no comfortable ways (other than luck) to get on the highway to Kassel {{Ade|38}}. Though if there's somebody taking you to the {{Ade|38}} make sure you get a long lift. There is only one service station [[:de:Rohnetal Nord|Rohnetal Nord]] before reaching the {{Ade|7}} near [[Göttingen]]/[[Kassel]].<br />
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You can take bus 131 from Main Station (Leipzig Hauptbahnhof) or Merseburgerstrasse that will take you all the way close to the {{Ade|9}} (alight at B181/Dölzig). At the bus stop you can easily get a lift in all directions. All day long heavy traffic yay ;-) [[User:Halt, Stop! Reudnitz kommt.|Craig]]'s waiting times average at 15 mins for direction [[Cologne]] (West) or [[Nuremberg]] (South), 20 mins direction [[Berlin]] (North).<br />
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First you have to go south on the {{Ade|9}}, use a sign "A9 Süd", there's a gas station on the highway 30 km south from Leipzig called "Osterfeld". There you can find a ride going West on the {{Ade|4}} . Ask for people going at least to Erfurt. The only service area with gas station on the {{Ade|4}} before Erfurt is called "Eichelborn" and is located BEYOND Jena.<br />
The on-ramp on the side away from Leipzig is slightly more spacious (but not spacious) and there was a little more traffic when [[User:Guaka|guaka]] was hitching from there on Thursday around noon. <br />
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Right after getting onto the {{Ade|4}} there's a restaurant (but no gas station) called "Teufelstal" that's okay during the day ([[User:Guaka|guaka]] found a long ride to almost Giessen from there).<br />
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== Hitching In ==<br />
* When coming through the {{Ade|14}} it is fairly easy to get off at Leipzig Nord-Ost or Leipzig-Ost, where you have possibilities for the driver to turn around and the tram is within 1 km reach. If coming from south-east, lot of drivers go in via {{Ade|38}}. In both cases you can use the directions given in the two optionjs for getting onto {{Ade|14}} direction Dresden.<br />
* Otherwise, options are the airport where a train is going regularly into the city. <br />
* If traveling the {{Ade|9}}, you can best get off at Leipzig-West. The driver can go off to "Einkaufszentrum", then let you out at Nova Eventis. There you can easily get a car to the center just hitchhike anywhere near the exit for Leipzig at the parking with a sign "LE". <br />
:Hitchhiker [[User:Halt, Stop! Reudnitz kommt.|Craig]] would rather recommend to ask drivers going off to ''Leipzig''. The road directions are not separated on that side anymore and there is a perfect spot (bus stop) for hitching into the city plus drivers can easily make u-turn going back to the highway. [[Korn|Korn]] mentiones, that you can catch a ride from here even in the night pretty easy. If you get off earlier and don´t want to walk that far, there is also a '''huge keeping area''' on the right side, after you left the highway and underpass the bridge. It is also the first possible point for cars to make a u-turn and get back on the highway.<br />
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== Overnight ==<br />
There are several hostels and many couchsurfers in Leipzig. Most of the hostels are in or near the center and two of them even right beside the train station.<br />
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== Public transport - Riding with and without a ticket ==<br />
''the information below does not apply to the S-Bahn city train. See [[Deutsche Bahn]] instead''<br />
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Using public transportation without a ticket is fairly easy in Leipzig.<br />
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Getting caught without a ticket:<br />
* fine is 60 EUR, payable by bank transfer in about 10 days<br />
* I don't know if there are special rules if you possess a non-German ID<br />
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Anyway...<br />
* Ticket machines outside trams give you unstamped tickets<br />
* You can validate tickets in both trams and buses, the machines ''beep'' when you do so (''check if there is a ticket stamping machine in the rear of the bus'')<br />
* 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 get busted'')<br />
* Bus drivers also sell stamped tickets<br />
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* You could buy a (short range, if you're on low money) ticket and keep it unstamped<br />
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* 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<br />
* '''You need to get the ticket stamped ''before'' the traffic control reaches you'''<br />
* If you've got an unstamped ticket, you can argue that you didn't know about validating it - the tourist act usually works<br />
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* After 20:00, you usually need to get in buses at the front and show your ticket to the bus driver<br />
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<div>There are quite a few '''Blogging Hitchhikers''' around. <br />
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== Updated Frequently ==<br />
* [https://alwaysawei.wordpress.com/ What? You Don't Have Money?!] The author is a Chinese guy who lived in the Netherlands for 6 years. It's about his experiences of hitchhiking and extreme low-budget adventures around the world.<br />
* [http://hitchhikershandbook.com/ Hitch-Hikers' Handbook] Hitch-hiking country, city and monument guides. Hitchhiking stories and guest posts; Travel Photography Competition.<br />
* [http://thestupidforeigner.com/hitchhiking-stories/ The Stupid Foreigner] Extreme budget traveller shares hitchhiking stories & teaches others how to travel cheaper.<br />
* [http://thumbaway.blogspot.ca Thumb Away] Hitchhiking Adventure Travelogue (Now blogging on [http://www.hitching.it Hitching.it])<br />
*[http://hikehitcher.tumblr.com/ Hike Hitcher] Hitchhiking and Train Hopping across the USA<br />
*[http://outsideyourworld.wordpress.com/ outsideyourworld] Hitchhiking, hiking, and the randomness of travel<br />
* [http://stingoandthrifty.wordpress.com/ Two artists embark on a hitchhiking trip across the U.S. to discover the true face of America]<br />
* [http://cruisesurfingz.com Roy Marvelous] Working on a cruise ship, couchsurfing and hitchhiking.<br />
* [http://deathsquadmuffin.blogspot.com/ Meandering] Hitchhiking, ridesharing, couchsurfing, housesitting. <br />
* [http://blogs.hitchwiki.org/fabzgy/ Fabzgy]<br />
* [https://platschi.net/ Platschi's Blog] - Stories picked up while hitching, focused on South America and Russia/Ukraine, mostly in {{de}}<br />
* [http://warmroads.de Warm roads] - Hitchhiking around the world with storys and analyses of hitchability in different countries by [[User:Korn|Korn]] <br />
* [http://www.210countries.com 210 Countries] Blog about a Spanish hitchhiker [[User:Aixecantelpolse|Oriol]] who thumbs from Europe to Asia and talks about off the beaten path places to go.<br />
* [http://www.velabas.com Velabas] [[User:Chael777|Chael]] hitchhiking around the world, writing and drawing along the way.<br />
* [http://hitchhikeinterviews.com/ The Hitchhike Interviews] [[User:Beneppard|Ben Eppard]] An inquiry into what motivates people to help people - via hitchhiking<br />
* [http://www.rovingsnails.com Roving Snails] [[User:Rovingsnails|Roving Snails]] reached India after 511 days hitchhiking Asia. Now roam the subcontinent, thinking of a way home. Two humans and one cat.<br />
* [http://www.hobospirit.com Smells like Hobo Spirit] [[User:HoboSpirit|HoboSpirit]] An Irish hitchhiker who has mostly traveled in Europe, the US and South America. Dumpster diving and stealth camping with occasional cash in hand jobs to support himself.<br />
* [http://www.magickervan.com Magic Kervan] Two Bulgarians hitchhiking from Europe to Indonesia. Inspiring stories for one year extreme travels and loads of fun.<br />
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== Moderately Updated ==<br />
* [http://bibiontheroad.net Petit Bibi on the Road] is the blog of a hitchhiking baby.<br />
*[http://drifterletters.wordpress.com/ Drifter Letters] Modern nomad Patrick Falterman shares the letters he sends to friends & Family as he hitchhikes and sails uncharted rivers in Brazil <br />
* [[Katja and Augustas]] are on their way through the world on [http://www.FollowTheRoad.com/ FollowTheRoad.com]<br />
* On [http://youarealltourists.blogspot.com/ Compared to me you're all tourists] a female solo traveller cruises by thumb around the Middle East, Pakistan and Turkey.<br />
*[http://planbdidntwork.wordpress.com/ Plan B didn't work] <br />
* [http://blog.inga-panova.com/ Ingonite's Blog] Stories from [[User:Ingonite|Ingonite]] about hitchhiking through Europe!<br />
* [[User:Robino|Robino]] also blogs about hitchhiking on [http://robokow.net/tag/hitchhiking/ robokow.net]<br />
* [http://quest4serendipity.blogspot.com/ Roadjunky Craig] logs here with pics, vids & 3Ds.<br />
* [[User:Tobo|Tobo]] blogs on Livejournal; read his [http://nibot.livejournal.com/tag/hitchhiking hitchhiking entries].<br />
* One more hitch around the world blog with pics and infos on [http://edwas.de/ www.edwas.de]<br />
* Bass Drum Ben uses his [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bassdrumben Bassdrumben Yahoo! Group]<br />
* Juan Villarino of [[Argentina]] shares stories and photos from his hitchhike around the world at [http://www.acrobatoftheroad.blogspot.com/ AcrobatoftheRoad.blogspot.com]<br />
* [http://www.johnnyhobo.tumblr.com/ Welcome Home.] Photos and notes from Jonmb's search for the American Dream... or something like that.<br />
* [[User:Prino|Prino]] occasionally writes a bit on [https://sites.google.com/site/robertahprins/home/hitchhiking/prino-s-blog Prino's Blog]<br />
* [[Leo Carona]] shares his stories and tips on hitchhiking across South America (specially Brazil) and Europe, most of the times with no money. He keeps a [http://www.youtube.com/unknown952 channel on Youtube] only for his hitchhiking videos recorded on the roads.<br />
* [[User:Brackers|Brackers]] maintains a blog called [http://vagabondingadam.blogspot.fr/search/label/Hitchhiking Vagabonding Adam] and has written about a Hitchventure he took in 2012 with more hitchhiking planned<br />
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== Sleeping blogs ==<br />
* [http://www.bloggertramp.com/faq-english Bloggertramp.com] is a site where a German blogger writes about his hitchhiking across Europe in August 2010<br />
* [http://tramper.webmg.de/ Trampen]<br />
* [[User:myshkin|myshkin]]'s first time hitchhiking blog [http://www.hitchingtodie.blogspot.com Hitching To Die].<br />
* [[User:Pite|pite]] usually does a trip starting from Budapest to a nearby country or fly somewhere by low coast airline [http://oucs.blog.com/ oucs.blogspot.com]. it's Hungarian, but there's a map and some nice pictures.<br />
* [http://thumbingasia.blogspot.com/ Craig] hits the road to meet people, see places & go beyond frontiers. THUMBING ASIA.<br />
* [[User:Meenzer|Meenzer]]'s [http://www.travelpod.com/members/meenzer hh journeys reports]<br />
* [http://www.romansterly.com www.romansterly.com] First hitchhiking trip for 2 guys from the Czech Republic around western Europe for 15 days, day by day diary, unfortunatelly only in the Czech language<br />
* [http://www.westplease.blogspot.com West, Please!] is about Chuck and Callie's hitchhiking adventure across the United States with product reviews and tips.<br />
* [http://marenqo.blogspot.com/search/label/Hitchhiking Love for three Oranges intercontinental hitchhiking!]<br />
* [[User:Maplefanta|maplefanta]]'s travelling and mostly hitching blog [http://www.travbuddy.com/maplefanta/blogs Travbuddy].<br />
* [http://decapitatedhope.livejournal.com Steal Compass Go North Disappear] Writings, photos and the insanities, joys and loneliness of the road by [[User:Whisperingofthestars|Jason]].<br />
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== Other blogs ==<br />
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* [[User:Worldhitch|Marius]]'s [http://worldhitch.blogspot.com/ hitch the world blog] - Invite only 11:15, 9 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
* [http://www.adventuresofjonas.thecomicseries.com/comics/ Adventures of JONAS!] Hitchhiking comic series (Frequently Updated)<br />
* [http://moroccoorbust.blogspot.com Morocco or Bust]. Stories, pictures, and tips from a UK to Morocco hitchhike to raise money for [http://lcd.org.uk/ Link Community Development]. - Invite only 11:15, 9 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Languages other than English ==<br />
=== German ===<br />
* Some users from [[abgefahren e.V.]] blog about their hitching trips on the [http://abgefahren.hitchbase.com/blog abgefahren site], mostly in German.<br />
=== French ===<br />
* [[User:Globestoppeuse|Anick-Marie]]'s [http://www.globestoppeuse.com/ Globestoppeuse] - Dedicated to hitchhiking culture and female solo travel<br />
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* ''add your hitching blog!''<br />
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|country = Germany<br />
|map = <map lat='51.34905637539417' lng='12.192935943603516' zoom='13' view='3' /><br />
|state = Saxony<br />
|pop = 512.000<br />
|plate = L<br />
|motorways = {{Ade|9}} {{Ade|14}}<br />
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'''Leipzig''' is a city in the [[Germany|German]] ''Bundesland'' [[Saxony]], and is famous for its alternative scene. Check out Plagwitz, Südvorstadt and Connewitz if you're there.<br />
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== Hitchhiking out ==<br />
=== North towards [[Berlin]], South towards [[Munich|München]] {{Ade|9}} ===<br />
<br />
;First option<br />
Take the bus #131 from the city center to ''Dölzig'' and get out at ''Südstraße'', one stop before the ''Nova Eventis'' center. You can hitchhike directly from the bus stop. Try to find your ride here towards [[Berlin]] or [[Munich]]!<br />
Beware, that bus doesn't run very often. Check [http://www.lvb.de/file/lvb_maps/fahrplan_dl_L29wdC9jb25yYWQtNC4xLXNpdGVzL2x2Yl93ZWI0L3dlYi9saXZlL2Fzc2V0cy9mYWhycGxhbi9SZWdpb25hbGJ1cy8xMzEvTWVyc2VidXJnL2FmcF9saW5pZTEzMV9yaV9tZXJzZWJ1cmdfMjAxMjExMjUucGRm/f the timetable] (Jan 2013).<br />
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;Second option<br />
It's also possible to get to the spot described above with tram #7 in direction ''Böhlitz-Ehrenberg''. Get out at the tram stop ''Georg-Schwartz-Strasse/Merseburger Strasse''. From there, walk back some 10m towards the main road and walk right towards the ''Aral'' petrol station, across the road from which you can catch a ride to the A9. If you don't like the spot, follow the road for 200m until you passed a ''Lidl'' supermarket, and after that some meters further you'll find a bus stop (''Lindenau Friedhof''). From there you can easily hitchhike a ride towards ''Dölzig'' and/or the motorway. Make sure to get out at the last traffic lights before the motorway. There's a bus stop where you can hitchhike easily. A sign might be useful. Hitchhiking ~800m further directly at the [[on-ramp]] is pretty dangerous, there's no place for cars to stop and traffic passes by pretty fast.<br />
<br />
;Third option<br />
You can take a train from the Main Station, Leipzig-Gohlis, Leipzig-Coppiplatz, Leipzig-Möckern or Leipzig-Leutzsch (Regional Express "RB") that goes to "Weißenfels". Get off at "Rückmarsdorf". From there you walk north straight up to the big street that leads to the {{Ade|9}}. It's about 300 m and the way is intuitive. You can either start from there or follow the street westwards for about 500 m where you find a car seller for Renault. There is plenty of space to stop and pick you up. If people only go to Dölzig take the lift. The spot at the Busstaion Südstraße (first option) is slightly better.<br />
The great advantage of this option is that you get to Rückmarsdorf very fast. Especially if you live close to one of the trainstops mentioned above you're ready to start hitkchhiking in some 10 minutes (vs. 27 minutes busride from the Main Station in Bus #131). Remember that the train only goes once an hour (March 2015: From the Main Station at xx:47 h from track 6).<br />
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=== North towards [[Berlin]] and [[Magdeburg]]/[[Hamburg]] {{Ade|14}} ===<br />
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There is a brilliant spot to ask people for lifts at an "Aral"-petrol station which is the last one before the Autobahn {{Ade|14}} that also leads onto the {{Ade|9}} to Berlin. <br />
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Take tram 16 with or without a 2,40 Euro-Ticket in the direction of Messegelände and get off at "Hornbach Baumarkt" from here it's a '''15mins walk''' to the station but it's worth it. Walk in the same direction as the tram and take an immediate right onto "Dübener Landstraße" along the parking lot of the big hardware store. After passing the bridge over the B2 it becomes Nathusiusstraße. Keep walking straight until you reach Ztschortauer Straße where you turn left and walk another 300 metres until you see the "Aral"-petrol station on your left. <br />
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Asking people for a lift towards Berlin on the {{Ade|9}} or towards Magdeburg on the {{Ade|14}} (which is also the way to go for Hamburg) usually works just fine here.<br />
Do keep in mind that the first rest stop going north from here will be '''[[:de:Köckern Ost|Köckern Ost]]''' on the {{Ade|9}} whereas it would be '''[[:de:Plötzetal Ost|Plötzetal Ost]]''' on the {{Ade|14}}.<br />
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=== East towards [[Dresden]] {{Ade|14}} {{Ade|38}} ===<br />
[[File:Hitching spot leipzig.jpg|thumb|220px|right|Spot in Leipzig described in Option 2 for hitchhiking North or South]]<br />
<br />
;First option<br />
Take a Tram to the stop "Paunsdorfer Alle/Permoser Strasse" (check here before: www.lvb.de/timetable). Show a sign saying "Dresden" and find a good spot on the street towards east which is close to the motorway junction already. There is lots of good experience reports about this spot.<br />
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;Second option<br />
Take the Tram #15 or #2 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]] via {{Ade|38}} and {{Ade|14}}/{{Ade|4}}.<br />
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You can take tram #3 or Bus 90 to the stop "Paunsdorfer Alle/Permoser Straße". You walk some 50 meters along "Permoser Straße" (the one without tram tracks) and start hitchhiking from there. Drivers already see you from the traffic light and can stop easily on the "white lines".<br />
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In direction Dresden you then have a service area called "Muldental" since a lot of people turn of before Dresden so that you can use also the rather local traffic.<br />
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=== West towards [[Erfurt]], [[Cologne|Köln]], [[Belgium]] {{Ade|4}} ===<br />
[[File:CraigChristmasHitch.jpg|thumb|220px|right|Santa Claus [[User:Halt, Stop! Reudnitz kommt.|Craig]] hitching bus stop near ''Leipzig West'' ({{Ade|9}}).]]<br />
When heading to Belgium highway number 4 is a decent option. There are no comfortable ways (other than luck) to get on the highway to Kassel {{Ade|38}}. Though if there's somebody taking you to the {{Ade|38}} make sure you get a long lift. There is only one service station [[:de:Rohnetal Nord|Rohnetal Nord]] before reaching the {{Ade|7}} near [[Göttingen]]/[[Kassel]].<br />
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You can take bus 131 from Main Station (Leipzig Hauptbahnhof) or Merseburgerstrasse that will take you all the way close to the {{Ade|9}} (alight at B181/Dölzig). At the bus stop you can easily get a lift in all directions. All day long heavy traffic yay ;-) [[User:Halt, Stop! Reudnitz kommt.|Craig]]'s waiting times average at 15 mins for direction [[Cologne]] (West) or [[Nuremberg]] (South), 20 mins direction [[Berlin]] (North).<br />
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First you have to go south on the {{Ade|9}}, use a sign "A9 Süd", there's a gas station on the highway 30 km south from Leipzig called "Osterfeld". There you can find a ride going West on the {{Ade|4}} . Ask for people going at least to Erfurt. The only service area with gas station on the {{Ade|4}} before Erfurt is called "Eichelborn" and is located BEYOND Jena.<br />
The on-ramp on the side away from Leipzig is slightly more spacious (but not spacious) and there was a little more traffic when [[User:Guaka|guaka]] was hitching from there on Thursday around noon. <br />
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Right after getting onto the {{Ade|4}} there's a restaurant (but no gas station) called "Teufelstal" that's okay during the day ([[User:Guaka|guaka]] found a long ride to almost Giessen from there).<br />
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== Hitching In ==<br />
* When coming through the {{Ade|14}} it is fairly easy to get off at Leipzig Nord-Ost or Leipzig-Ost, where you have possibilities for the driver to turn around and the tram is within 1 km reach. If coming from south-east, lot of drivers go in via {{Ade|38}}. In both cases you can use the directions given in the two optionjs for getting onto {{Ade|14}} direction Dresden.<br />
* Otherwise, options are the airport where a train is going regularly into the city. <br />
* If traveling the {{Ade|9}}, you can best get off at Leipzig-West. The driver can go off to "Einkaufszentrum", then let you out at Nova Eventis. There you can easily get a car to the center just hitchhike anywhere near the exit for Leipzig at the parking with a sign "LE". <br />
:Hitchhiker [[User:Halt, Stop! Reudnitz kommt.|Craig]] would rather recommend to ask drivers going off to ''Leipzig''. The road directions are not separated on that side anymore and there is a perfect spot (bus stop) for hitching into the city plus drivers can easily make u-turn going back to the highway. [[Korn|Korn]] mentiones, that you can catch a ride from here even in the night pretty easy. If you get off earlier and don´t want to walk that far, there is also a '''huge keeping area''' on the right side, after you left the highway and underpass the bridge. It is also the first possible point for cars to make a u-turn and get back on the highway.<br />
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== Overnight ==<br />
There are several hostels and many couchsurfers in Leipzig. Most of the hostels are in or near the center and two of them even right beside the train station.<br />
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== Public transport - Riding with and without a ticket ==<br />
''the information below does not apply to the S-Bahn city train. See [[Deutsche Bahn]] instead''<br />
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Using public transportation without a ticket is fairly easy in Leipzig.<br />
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Getting caught without a ticket:<br />
* fine is 40 EUR, payable by bank transfer in about 10 days<br />
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* Ticket machines outside trams give you unstamped tickets<br />
* You can validate tickets in both trams and buses, the machines ''beep'' when you do so (''check if there is a ticket stamping machine in the rear of the bus'')<br />
* 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 get busted'')<br />
* Bus drivers also sell stamped tickets<br />
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* You could buy a (short range, if you're on low money) ticket and keep it unstamped<br />
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* 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<br />
* '''You need to get the ticket stamped ''before'' the traffic control reaches you'''<br />
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* '''25 November 2015''' Release of eBook from hitchhiking baby Petit Bibi's adventure around the world: [http://bibiontheroad.net/buy-the-book/ bibiontheroad.net]<br />
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* '''30 April 2015''' An Austrian Hitchhiking Community is forming with the Name [http://www.ausfahrtlinks.wordpress.com Ausfahrt Links] to increase public awareness of people about hitchhiking as a means of transport in Austria. Find more information on the Website, like them on [https://www.facebook.com/ausfahrtlinks Facebook].<br />
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* '''24 April 2015''' Miran Ipavec has just announced that he has managed to hitch through 31(!) European countries in just under 10 days.<br />
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* '''20 April 2015''' Youssef Mahou has published a film on YouTube called [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-q6hLK855s Le Maroc en auto stop/ Morocco by hitchhiking]<br />
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* '''26th December 2014''' Folks behind Hitchwiki are building a new hospitality exchange community for hitchhikers and other travellers: '''[https://www.trustroots.org Trustroots.org]''' — It's time to join it and spread the word!<br />
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* '''13th December 2014''' Anick-Marie (formerly [[User:Perilisk|Perilisk]] and now [[User:Globestoppeuse|Globestoppeuse]]) made available [[::File:Hitchhiking_-_Neo-nomad.pdf|Hitchhiking]], a 2010 How-to zine including an analysis of the different safety advice with their pros and cons, including women-specific advice<br />
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* '''30th October 2014''' We will work on new Hitchwiki for 5-8 weeks in Turkey. [http://donate.hitchwiki.net/ Please help us cover our expenses]! Share/like the page all around! If you have any questions, feel free to ask [[User:Mikael|Mikael]].<br />
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* '''25th November 2014''' [http://www.christopherdrifter.com/books/Rules_of_Thumb/ Rules of Thumb: How to Hitch-Hike and Live on the Road], a detailed guidebook on hitch-hiking, has just been released for free, on Kindle, and in Paperback. Aimed at less experienced hitch-hikers about to undertake long-distance journeys.<br />
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* '''27th September 2014''' The famous Russian hitchhiker Alexey Vorov intends to race around the world in his new project [http://transglobal-race.org/ 500 HOURS] in order to promote peace and hospitality and to show how small our tiny planet is. [http://transglobal-race.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=40&Itemid=35&lang=en Track his progress here]<br />
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* '''06th August - 28th September 2014''' The TravelMakers Project is a journey from Berlin to Istanbul. The project is a combination of hitchhiking throughout Europe, creating street art, volunteering and contributing within urban communities in active social projects, and filming on the way. Learn more about their project and donate to their cause on [https://indiegogo.com/projects/travelmakers-hitchhiking-for-social-projects Travel Makers - Hitchhiking for Social Projects]<br />
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* '''21 July 2014''' The registrations for this years "Tramprennen", a hitchhiking race across Europe from Würzburg (Ger) to Lake Ohrid (Macedonia) are open now on [http://tramprennen.org/ tramprennen.org].<br />
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* '''19 July 2014''' Sarah Franke's short film about [[User:Prino|Prino]] is now on general release on [http://vimeo.com/86849620 Vimeo].<br />
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* '''1 July 2014''' The TravelMakers Project registration channel is open. Check out the project and [http://www.travel-makers.org/ get on board!] This project is the succession project of the [http://www.euroadtrip2012.org Euroadtrip2012 Project]. <br />
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* '''16 June 2014''' The North German Television NDR shot a [http://www.ndr.de/fernsehen/sendungen/7_tage/ documentary] about the [http://www.tramprennen.org Tramprennen] last year (in German only).<br />
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* '''26 May 2014''' The registration for the [http://abgefahren-ev.de/en/ Abgefahren Hitchhiking Championships] is now open. Abgefahren e.V. is looking forward to seeing you!<br />
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* '''5 May 2014''' In [http://hitchwiki.org/en/Munster Münster] there was the first screening of an anthropological movie about hitchhiking. The movie "On the way" is now [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=or9zdqZ9G58available on-line here]. The documentary mentions the Hitchwiki project.<br />
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* '''5 May 2014''' A new project has come to life in Belgium! You can visit [http://gohitchhiking.tumblr.com/ the blog]. Please tell the world why one should hitchhike [http://gohitchhiking.friendbook.nl/ here] The most creative answers will make the tumblr, thanks!<br />
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* '''21 March 2014''' [http://www.lawrenceonboard.org/ Lawrence On Board], a new hitchhiking promotion program in Kansas needs your vote on facebook! They have been selected as semifinalists in the TEDxFulbright Social Innovations Challenge! The winner gets the full support of the TED and Fulbright communities. [http://d1ej5r2t2cu524.cloudfront.net/lawrenceonboard/we-re-in-the-tedxfulbright-challenge/947913-www.facebook.com/fulbrightassociation1/app_515720611858523?c=86ed6ff5-cb96-4cd9-8c06-f220ee872906 Cast your vote on facebook here!]<br />
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* '''13 January 2014''' There is a new book about hitch-hiking: [http://www.americaneyeball.com/eye-hitch/the-book/ American Eyeball].<br />
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* '''6 January 2014''' [http://www.nederlandlift.nl/ The Dutch site] mentioned below has added tiny portraits of [http://nederlandlift.nl/nieuws/50-en-nog-liften-kan-dat/ seven older-than-average hitchhikers].<br />
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=== 2013 ===<br />
* '''21st December 2013''' Due to the Ice Hockey World Championship in Minsk 2014, entering Belarus visa-free from 25th April to 31st May is possible [http://mfa.gov.by/en/hockey/docs/ee83085ebfa40574.html]. A regular [http://www.belarus.by/en/travel/travel-visas visa] costs from 60€ to 160$ . The [http://www.ticketpro.by/jnp/en/wc2014/index.html tickes] are available from 91.000BYR (~7€).<br />
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* '''14th December 2013''' [http://www.hitching.it/ Hitching.it] has gone live as of a few hours ago in the intent of replacing [http://www.digihitch.com digihitch.com]. After a long battle of empty promises and sabotage, it is intended to fill the gap that has existed since digihitch began losing features and users since digihitch's original owner, [http://hitchwiki.org/en/User:Salman Salman], passed away in 2010. [http://www.digihitch.com Digihitch], which is now a forum and skeleton of the original site, is expected to shut down for good in early 2014. [http://www.hitching.it Hitching.it] is still a work in progress, but all are encouraged to join the forums and begin submitting content.<br />
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* '''1st December 2013''' A new project in the Netherlands has come to life to promote hitchhiking: [http://www.nederlandlift.nl/ www.nederlandlift.nl]. <br />
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* '''9th November 2013''' We're organizing a [[Foret-Belleville 2014|festive gathering for hitchhikers (and non-hitchhikers) in France next July]]. Are you European and between 18 and 30 years old? If you want to help organize this you can [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s9424 apply for an EVS scholarship] that will feed and lodge you and even comes with pocket money.<br />
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* '''23rd September 2013''' Started by some of the folks that brought you [[:Trash:|Trashwiki]] and Hitchwiki, '''[[:Nomad:|Nomadwiki]]''' is a new wiki with info and tips for nomads (and other travelling folk) about shoestring budget traveling. Here you'll find out about free camping, no 5 star hotels, ''not for tourists''!<br />
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* '''31st August 2013''' - [[User:Guaka|guaka]] ([[User talk:Guaka|talk]]) started '''[[:moneyless:|Moneyless.org]]''', a website with a lot of information about living without or much less money.<br />
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* '''30th August 2013''' We had some [[Hitchwiki:Server_crash_2013|severe technical issues last week]]. The wiki is back up and running, but some content got lost unfortunately.<br />
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* '''8th August 2013''' Canada begins [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-safety-rcmp-hopes-to-reduce-risk-with-new-posters/article13679908/ distributing thousands of hitchhiking posters] in a new harm reduction campaign hoping to reduce the dangers of hitchhiking and track down those who assault hitchhikers. Among the areas the material will be distributed is the infamous [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_of_Tears_murders Highway of Tears].<br />
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* '''1st May 2013''' Bence and [[pite]] did a classic route hitchhiking. From some amateur videoshots a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtBlTg91qqE 2 minute movie] has been made about the [[Moscow]]-Saint Petersburg trip. Hope it will encourage other hitchhikers to do more and more youtube clips about their rides. <br />
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=== 2012 ===<br />
'''12th November 2012''' The New York Times [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/11/opinion/sunday/hitchhikings-time-has-come-again.html is encouraging people to hitchhike]: "''What if we could remake the original landscape of alienation — the highway — into a place where Americans could once again reach out to help one another, to share space and time with a stranger? We might begin to reconnect, not just with one another, but with the idea of ourselves as one people, moving in the same direction.''" — [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4770997 discussion about the article on Hacker News].<br />
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'''1 October 2012''' Hitchwiki has a new design. We hope you like it!<br />
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'''23rd September 2012''' The '''[[project:BXL hackathon|BXL hackathon]]''' started when [[User:Mikael|Mikael]] arrived - ''you'' can participate as well, come over to [[Brussels]] or [[Hitchwiki:BXL_hackathon#What_can_you_do.3F|do things]] from wherever<br />
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'''18th September 2012''' The widely known hospitality exchange platform Couchsurfing is about to change the Terms of Use against European Law. Please sign the petition, spread the word and use alternatives like [http://www.bewelcome.org bewelcome.org]. [http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/For_a_strong_Community_behind_CouchSurfing Sign Petition]<br />
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'''10th September 2012''' Tramprennen 2012 is over. 117 hitchhikers and 54 teams from 14 countries made it to the Surduc Lake in Romania and raised 15230 Euro for a WASH-Project of the German NGO Viva con Agua in India. [http://tramprennen.org/2012/tramprennen-2012-thats-it/ Read the final resumee with some images]<br />
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'''6 September 2012''' Thomas Francine has released his documentary [http://gogreatergood.com/hitchhike-doc/ The Greater Good: A Hitchhiker Perspective] free online.<br />
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'''18 August 2012.''' Stuart Jameson is currently traveling the world after the death of his parents. The only form of transport allowed while traveling from Europe to India and beyond is hitchhiking. He will be doing this in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support, and details of how to sponsor will be posted soon. Check out his blog at '''www.lookingforstu.com'''<br />
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'''10th August 2012''' [http://hitchgathering.org/2012/08/10/gathering-is-over-after-one-week-of-joy-and-fun/ Hitchgathering 2012 is over] after one week of joy and fun! See you next year somewhere!<br />
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'''7th August 2012''' Inauguration of the first official hitchhiking spot in Germany: [https://vimeo.com/47056576 Go to video, 2:08 Minutes]<br />
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'''25 July 2012''' [[User:Marissa|Marissa]] hitchhiked with her friend Jenny from Mexico City to Guatemala and made a [https://vimeo.com/46308984/ short video] about it.<br />
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'''22 June 2012''' - [http://www.tramprennen.org Tramprennen 2012]: The Hitchhiking Hub started today registrations for Tramprennen 2012 - a hitchhike race for drinking water. The race starts August 18th, has 6 routes starting in Bayreuth, Gent, Copenhagen, Dresden, Leipzig and Berchtesgaden. 6 stages for each route will lead to a final common meeting point in Romania.<br />
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'''11 June 2012''' - [[User:jaredjestes22|jaredjestes22]] - a short time user and contributor to this website is now on his hitchhiking trip from Port Angeles, WA to Los Angeles, Yosemite, Yellowstone, Billings, MT, with his lovely wife, Anna Rose.<br />
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'''1 May 2012''' - [[User:Paluch|Paluch]] - a long time user and contributor to this website is now on his hitchhiking trip around the world. Read his latest story about hitching to Cape Verde on his blog called [http://www.roadsideletters.com/ Roadside Letters]. <br />
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'''12 April 2012''' - Justina & Maarten are filming and interviewing people who "live" on the road (not just hitchhikers) for their project called "[http://www.liveontheroad.tv/ Live on the road]". See their [http://vimeo.com/39414062 intro] and follow their [http://www.liveontheroad.tv/blog/ blog].<br />
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'''9 April 2012''' - [[User:Erinmack|Erin]] made a three-week hitchhiking journey to Nordkapp via Finland & her friend Dara made a [http://www.vimeo.com/daram/thistime 90 minute film] of the trip <br />
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'''30 March 2012''' - A friendly driver lost his Italian brown leather jacket when he drove a couple from [[Munich]] to [[Stuttgart]] around the 9th of March. The couple was heading to the Netherlands, guy studied architecture and girl was teaching art to children. Maybe you can help? [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=11606682 CS group thread], [http://www.facebook.com/Hitchwiki/posts/357585514280771 FB wall thread]<br />
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'''14 March 2012''' - The German hitchhiking club [[Abgefahren e.V.]] is organizing the 5th German Hitchhiking Championships from 25 May - 28 May starting from [[Braunschweig]]. For the fifth anniversary the race is going to be a bit different compared to previous years. For more information check out [http://race.abgefahren-ev.de abgefahren-ev.de], there you can register for the trip and get the latest information! See you on the road!<br />
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'''14 March 2012''' - The Polish Club of Adventure [http://www.hitchhikingrace.pl Polski Klub Przygody] has announced their annual hitchhiking race on the first-of-may weekend from 28 April - 2 May: from [[Sopot]] in [[Poland]] to [[Dubrovnik]] in [[Croatia]]. Registration is open from 1 April. Website in Polish only. <br />
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'''20 January 2012''' - [[User:Notapalooka|Alyssa]] took nearly two years hitchhiking across Africa, from Morocco to Mozambique via [[Nigeria]] and the [[DRC|Congo]]. Stories and pictures at [http://www.opendestination.ca/ Open Destination].<br />
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'''10 January 2012''' - [[User:Chael777|Chael]] Finally arrived at Ushuaia from Oregon after 2 years and 5 months hitching. The narrative and drawings: [http://www.velabas.com/ Velabas]<br />
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=== 2011 ===<br />
'''28 November 2011''' - A first Western European [[competitive autostop]] club (''[[DTSG]]'') has been founded in [[DTSG|Germany]]. Next to that, [[PASL]] announced that the [[World Championships]] will be postponed to August 2013, giving more sportsmen the chance to participate in the qualification rounds throughout 2012.<br />
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'''31 October 2011''' - Helin and Jan made a hitchhiking documentary of their trip to [[Istanbul]] from [[Berlin]]. Read stories and watch videos at [http://berlin-istanbul.com/ berlin-istanbul.com]<br />
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'''28 October 2011''' - We've had some server issues recently. If this happens again, you can still access [http://mirror.hitchwiki.org/ mirror.hitchwiki.org] for a quite recent version of the English Hitchwiki.<br />
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'''7 October 2011''' - With [[Imst]] Hitchwiki has now '''2000 Articles''' in English! Thanks a lot, to anyone who ever contributed anything here :)<br />
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'''6 September 2011''' - As of today with the article about [[Tuvalu]], Hitchwiki has an entry for every independent nation on this earth. Many of those are only stubs, however, and don't reveal much information - so we need ''your'' help as much as ever! Feel free to start with [[Hitchwiki:Hitchability|rating the country's]] you've hitchhiked in!<br />
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'''26 August 2011''' - CouchSurfing has turned into a for profit company, consider using '''[http://www.bewelcome.org/ BeWelcome]''' instead. BW is the only official non-profit organization for general hospitality exchange with an online network!<br />
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'''22 July 2011''' - [[User:Halt, Stop! Reudnitz kommt.|Craig]] & Dario hit the road to meet people, see places and go beyond frontiers: '''[http://thumbingasia.blogspot.com/ THUMBING ASIA From West to East]'''. Clips, jokes, 3D-panoramas & Insights. <br />
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'''18 July 2011''' - ''On the road to Kara Dere'': Latest news and all important information for the [http://hitchgathering.org/road-lastest-news hitchgathering] in Kara Dere, Bulgaria 5 August 2011.<br />
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'''10 July 2011''' - [[PASL]] is currently organizing the first [[Transglobal Autostop Race]] in terms of [[competitive autostop]]. Qualification Rounds are starting soon, for information, see their [http://transglobal-race.org website] {{ru}} (English translation to be added soon)<br />
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'''24 June 2011''' - Hitchwiki application for Nokia Symbian 5th edition and Symbian^3 released! You can download app from [http://store.ovi.com/content/143209 OVI Store]. For bugs, suggestions and other technical stuff, please, leave comment in my [http://mindomobile.com/hitchwiki-hits-ovi-store/ blog post]. Cheers! <br />
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'''8-15 August 2011''' - To The Fringe with a Farthing - Graham Eccles (AKA The Jack Of Piel) will be hitching from Cornwall to the Edinburgh Fringe with his Ha'Penny Farthing, doing random poetry gigs and weird balloon sculpture along the way. More information on WriteOutLoud [http://www.writeoutloud.net/blogs/grahameccles GrahamEcclesBlogs] and [http://www.facebook.com/groups/133604746715459 To the Fringe with a Farthing] or email thejackofpiel(a)hotmail(d)co(d)uk for details.<br />
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'''1 July 2011''' - [http://na.hitchgathering.org North American Hitchhiking Gathering]: [[Portland]], [[Oregon]], [[USA]] has been [http://na.hitchgathering.org/content/where-should-2011-hitchgathering-happen chosen] as the location for the [[Hitchgathering/North-America|North American Hitchgathering]].<br />
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=== 2010 ===<br />
'''2 November 2010''' - [[User:Dizinteria|Shai]] started a hitchwiki in '''[[:he:|Hebrew]]'''.<br />
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'''17 September 2010''' - [[User:Guaka|guaka]] managed to (finally) fix the [[Special:OpenIDLogin|OpenID login]], now also includes a very easy way to log in from your Google or Yahoo accounts. <small>(But note that you can't use more than 1 OpenID for one Hitchwiki account.)</small><br />
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'''18 Aug 2010''' - Thanks to [[User:Index|Index]] we now have hitchwiki pages in '''[[:ro:|Romanian]]'''. If you speak Romanian, please help us adding some content.<br />
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'''16 July 2010''' - Hitchwiki is alive and kicking, now ''1600 + 1'' articles on Hitchwiki in English, with [[Special:Statistics|a staggering total of 134,583 edits]] and an average of 1300 visitors per day <small> and as we speak ''400 - 1'' articles on [[:trash:|Trashwiki in English]] - that makes 2000 pages in total</small><br />
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'''6 July 2010''' - Location of the [[6810|Third European Hitchgathering]] on the 6th of August has been set: [[Sines]]. Also check the [http://hitchgathering.org/press Press-release]<br />
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'''8 June 2010''' - Organization has begun for the [http://na.hitchgathering.org North America Hitch Gathering] taking place August 21st, 2010 in Boulder, Colorado. Join the mailing list, get involved, update the wiki and see you this summer!! <br />
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'''6 June 2010''' - We started a [[Hitchwiki:Collaboration of the month|collaboration of the month]]! Everybody on hitchwiki is welcome to continue on this idea and add his/her suggestions! The first topic for June 2010 will be '''Portugal''', the destination of the [[6810]] European hitchhiking gathering.<br />
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'''14 May 2010''' - [http://www.tomthumb.org/?page_id=27 Hand to Mouth to India] is the tale of how Tom Thumb hitchhiked from England to India with no money. Now you can read it for free online or download the book to share around the world hitching community ([[Media#Books|more books]]).<br />
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'''9 March 2010''' - [http://utrecht-europa-en.trekhaakgezocht.nl/ Tjerk Ridder] has been [[hitchhiking with a caravan]].<br />
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=== 2009 ===<br />
'''28 December 2009''' - The organization of the third edition of the '''European hitchhiking festival, [[6810|6-8-10]]''', started. The whole hitchhiking community is asked to give a voice to designate a meeting place for 2010. All relevant information can be found on the [[6810]] article.<br />
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'''20 December 2009''' - Citizens of [[Serbia]], [[Macedonia]] and [[Montenegro]] can now travel visa-free to all countries that have signed the [[Schengen Agreement]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8151518.stm Read more from BBC].<br />
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'''11 December 2009''' - We now offer a [[Help:Contents|hitchwiki tutorial]] for all fellow hitchhikers out there who are new to hitchwiki and want to share their knowledge with us, but don't know how. Check it out and get some insights in the world of editing articles and adding hitchhiking spots on hitchwiki!<br />
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'''9 December 2009''' - Emil from [[Finland]], age 19 was lost during his trip in Poland. Please check his photo from [http://haveyouseenthisboy.blogspot.com/ website] or [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=194259723583 Facebook-group].<br />
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'''29 November 2009''' - The movie about the [[Viva con Agua]] hitchhiking race is out! It includes English subtitles & 23 minutes of pure hitchhiking! [http://vimeo.com/7858456 Watch the race here]. The editors worked hard to finish the movie and do appreciate feedback in any direction!<br />
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'''24 November 2009''' - [[User:G J della Mer|G J della Mer]] started a '''[[:tr:|Turkish Hitchwiki]]'''. Now we have 11 languages<br />
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'''27 October 2009''' - You can now use [http://guaka.org/2009/10/26/hitchwiki-everywhere/#comments Hitchwiki everywhere] without internet, through [http://aarddict.org/ Aarddict].<br />
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'''21 July 2009''' - We had some technical difficulties the last days/weeks due to a broken hard drive. Everything should work again now. (We have also set up a [http://mirror.hitchwiki.org/en/ read-only mirror] you can use in case the main server is down.)<br />
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'''13 July 2009''' - At '''[http://m.hitchwiki.org/ m.hitchwiki.org]''' we've set up a hitchwiki version for mobile phones.<br />
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'''10 July 2009''' - [[User:Strzkrzysiek|Strzkrzysiek]] started a '''[[:pl:|Polish Hitchwiki]]'''. Now we have 10 languages :)<br />
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'''9 July 2009''' - Thanks to [[User:Mipplor|Mipplor]], we now have a '''[[:zh:|Chinese Hitchwiki]]'''. If you speak Chinese, please help us letting it grow. And if you know someone who speaks Chinese, spread the word.<br />
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'''1 July 2009''' - Hitchwiki switched its license to ''[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons (CC-BY-SA)]''. This means that: 1. it simplifies the distribution of the Hitchwiki's content where only an attribution is required (+ all derivated works require the application of the same CC-BY-SA license); 2. Hitchwiki will be licensed under the same license as other wikis (Wikipedia, Wikitravel, Wikivoyage), sites (OpenStreetMap) and images (Flickr's CC), a strong bond with which helped immensively in building up the content of Hitchwiki.<br />
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'''21 June 2009''' - It is now possible to follow all the cool hitchhiking stories from around the world via [http://twitter.com/HitchingPlanet Twitter]. Thanks to [[User:alex|alex]]! <br />
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'''9 June 2009''' - The German hitchhiking championship, held on June 12th, can be followed on the [http://sms.hitchwiki.org/ mobile hitchhiking blog] (or via [http://twitter.com/trampen Twitter/trampen]). It's free for all to use (standard rates apply) while on the road, to keep friends and families informed, or just to tell the world how amazing your last ride was!<br />
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'''8 May 2009''' - [[User:Guaka|guaka]] made an attempt to improve the layout of Hitchwiki, [[MediaWiki_talk:Monobook.css|comments and suggestions]] are very welcome. Also check [[Hitchwiki:Logo update|the discussion about a possible new logo]].<br />
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'''21 January 2009''' - The English version of hitchwiki has a new main page - add your thoughts [[Talk:Main_Page#Frontpage_is_evolving|here]]. We also finally installed the latest ''WordPress'' version at [http://blogs.hitchwiki.org blogs.hitchwiki.org], so now blogging is even finer, including new plugins and themes.<br />
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'''6 January 2009''' – [[User:Platschi|Platschi]] initiated a [[:bg:|Bulgarian language version]] of the Hitchwiki!<br />
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=== 2008 ===<br />
'''12 December 2008''' - [[Switzerland]] is finally in the [[Schengen Agreement]], and long existed cross-border passport checks are on their way to be abolished. The land border checkpoints are to be closed from this day, though people entering the country would have their passports checked until March 29, 2009, if they originate from a Schengen nation.<br />
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'''13 November 2008''' - There is a call for participants for the [[Eurizons 2008: A Call for Climate Justice]]: Hitchhiking Campaign to the COP 14 (5.-6.12.08) and exhibition 'Voices from the South' in Poznan. - Check it out now and join!<br />
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'''3 November 2008''' - We now added [[Hitchwiki:To-do list|to-do lists]] for articles. If you think an article needs some cleanup, if you want to request specific information, or other things that could be on a ''todo'' list, then check out this template: [[Template:ToDo|todo template]]. If you want to add a todo-list, just go to the ''Talk'' page of an article (click ''discussion'' on top of the article) and type in <code><nowiki>{{toDo}}</nowiki></code>.<br />
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'''30th of October''' - [http://trashwiki.org/ Trashwiki] was started in the week that the English Hitchwiki reached 1000 articles. It has the same free-minded spirit and is focused on [[dumpster diving]] (conceptually similar to hitchhiking). Today we reached 60 articles!<br />
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'''19th of October''' - A regional hitchhikers gathering in [[Argentina]] in the weekend of the 10th of October brought together 30 participants <small>[http://www.followtheroad.com/en/hitch-hikers-meeting-in-la-dulce-argentina.html report]</small>.<br />
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'''16th of October''' - The voting for next year's [[789]] meeting is open now! Log in at the [http://www.hitchwiki.org/forum forum] and vote for your [http://hitchwiki.org/forum/?q=content/where-do-you-want-789-take-place favorite destination].<br />
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'''29th of September''' - You can now log in to Hitchwiki with your [http://openid.net/ OpenID]. <small>Let [[User talk:Guaka|Guaka]] know if there are any issues.</small><br />
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'''20th of September''' - Another great story: The first official hitchhiking spot in [[Germany]] has been released in [[Potsdam]] yesterday! For more news, check out [http://www.gruene-potsdam.de/home/newssingle/archive/2008/september/19/bundesweit_erste_tramphaltestelle_in_potsdam_eroeffnet/?cHash=96377ae112 this article]. {{de}}<br />
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'''15th of September''' - Hurray! '''[[Random_Roads/Postcards|Postcards]]''' is the '''1000th article''' of Hitchwiki! All this in less than [http://www.hitchwiki.org/stats/reports/EN/ChartsWikipediaZZ.htm 3 years]. Thank you, all of you! We are also sending out a [[Hitchwiki:Press_releases/1000_articles_in_English|press-release]]. <sup>[http://guaka.org/2008/09/15/1000-articles-in-hitchwiki/]</sup><br />
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'''19th of August''' - Some hitchhikers are currently working on a hitchhiking magazine. If you are interested in participating, check out the wiki brainstorming for [[Random Roads|Whatever the Random Roads]].<br />
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'''17th of August''' – Back in the top ten of the Google [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=hitchhiking search] on hitchhiking.<br />
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'''12th of August''' – There is a trailer available for the Viva Con Agua [http://vivaconagua.org/index.htm?post?388 Charity Hitch], have a look here [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_IQu5pqiL4 Trailer Hitchhiking Race] <br />
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'''8th of August''' – Around 150 hitchhikers arrived in Paris for the first European Hitchhikers Gathering, the [[888]]-project. Share your [[888/Evaluation|evaluation]] thoughts on the [[888]]-Event<br />
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'''31th of July''' – Hitchwiki now has a '''[[:pt:|Portuguese language version]]'''. If you speak Portuguese, you could help a bit. It's maintained by [[User:Ataqlibert|Ataqlibert]].<br />
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'''30th of June''' – Finally we launched a [http://www.hitchwiki.org/planet/ Hitchhiking Planet]. It collects blog entries from various hitchhikers around the world. If you want your blog added, contact [http://www.hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=User_talk:MrTweek&action=edit&section=new MrTweek].<br />
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'''5th of June''' – We now have a [[:fi:|Finnish]] hitchwiki! As Liftari.org, the biggest finnish hitchhiking website, went down, [[User:Mikael|Mikael]] decided to start a Finnish wiki instead. Good luck!<br />
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'''8th of April''' – We now have 1295 articles in 5 languages!<br />
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'''4th of March''' – Hitchwiki now even has a '''[[:ru:|Russian language version]]''' :) It will be maintained by [[User:Lnx|Lnx]]. If you speak Russian, it would be nice if you could help a bit. And if you know Russian speakers, please help to spread the word!<br />
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'''26th of February''' – The German hitchhiking club [[Abgefahren e.V.]] is organizing a hitchhiking competition through [[Germany]] and [[Poland]] from '''22th–25th May 2008!''' For more information check out [http://race.abgefahren-ev.de abgefahren-ev.de], there you can register for the trip and get the latest information! See you on the road!<br />
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=== 2007 ===<br />
'''28 December''' – From December 28 till 2nd January there's a ''New Year Hitchhiker Happening'' in Slab City, [[California]]. For more information, have a look [http://gathering.digihitch.com/slabs.php here].<br />
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'''14 December''' – We recently launched '''[http://blogs.hitchwiki.org/ blogs.hitchwiki.org]''', where you can start your own hitchhiking blog. Just log in with your hitchwiki user data and you can write your first post right away :) There's also a new feature at some country articles (see [[Germany]] or [[Bulgaria]]) called '''[[Hitchwiki:Hitchability|Hitchability]]'''. With this ''everyone'' can '''rate''' the countries on how good they are for hitchhiking. Want to rate your country? Have a [[Hitchwiki:Hitchability|look here]].<br />
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'''5 November''' – We just added a little ''Question? Need Help?'' section to the [[Hitchwiki:Community_Portal#Questions.3F_Need_help.3F|Talk to us]] page. If you have any questions concerning the wiki, if you need city or country-specific information, don't hesitate to [[Hitchwiki:Community_Portal#Questions.3F_Need_help.3F|ask here]]. Whatever, good luck to all hitchhikers!<br />
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'''8 October''' – Hitchwiki is [http://en.hitchwiki.org/stats/reports/EN/TablesWikipediaEN.htm growing bigger and bigger]! The only decrease was the number of pictures. Please [[Special:Upload|upload your nice hitch pictures]] from this year's Summer and we'll put them in the relevant articles and if they're really nice, on the Main Page!<br />
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'''11 September''' – '''Hitchwiki is going international!''' <br />[[User:SAn|SAn]] from [http://www.autostopargentina.com.ar/ Autostop Argentina] started '''[http://www.autostopwiki.com.ar/ Autostopwiki]''' in Spanish and they already have a lot of information about [[Argentina]].<br />
With support from [[abgefahren e.V.]], we started '''[http://de.hitchwiki.org/ Trampwiki]''' in German and are just starting to translate information from the English wiki.<br />
Due to some general interest, we've also set up a '''[http://fr.hitchwiki.org/ French hitchwiki]'''.<br />
If you speak one of these languages, you are very welcome to contribute. If you have an account here, you can use it in all these wikis, of course.<br />
Oh, and if you want to see hitchwiki in any other language and are willing to help a bit with that, just [[Hitchwiki:Community Portal|let us know]].<br />
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'''10 September''' – If you are somewhat active here or interested in the future of hitchwiki, check '''[[Hitchwiki:Organization]]''' and leave your comments, if you have some.<br />
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'''6 September''' – We now have more than [[Special:Statistics|500 articles]]! <small>Actually, probably due to some weird technical problem 154 articles weren't counted, so we don't know when we precisely reached 500. Oh well, whatever. Nevermind.</small><br />
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'''18 August''' – We just created an '''IRC-Channel''' called '''[irc://irc.blackened.com/hitchhiking #hitchhiking]''' on EFNet.<br />
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'''14 August''' – A German hitchhiking club was founded, called '''abgefahren e.V.'''. They will also organize a hitchhiking camp/gathering near [[Freiburg im Breisgau]] from 6th to 9th of September. Check it out at [http://abgefahren.hitchbase.com/ abgefahren.hitchbase.com].<br />
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'''25 July''' – There's now some basic information on '''[[how to pick up hitchhikers]]'''. Feel free to add more!<br />
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'''4 July''' – A lot of great info about '''[[Canada]]''' has [http://hitchwiki.org/Category:Canada?title=Special:Recentchangeslinked&target=Category%3ACanada been added during the last days]. If you have them, please [[Special:Upload|upload some pictures]] from your Canadian hitching experiences.<br />
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'''15 June''' – The [[Lithuania]]n Hitch-hiking Gathering will take place at June 29 – July 01 in a very natural surrounding of [[Salcininkai]], which is about 30 kilometres south from [[Vilnius]]. [http://www.autostop.lt/events.php?w=38 More info at autostop.lt]<br />
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'''29 May''' – [[Special:Listusers|100 users]] have registered since we moved all the stuff to hitchwiki.org. Huge thanks to everyone.<br />
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'''22 May''' – London to Paris Competition! There will be a London to Paris competition for young people, starting 2nd or 3rd of June at Trafalgar Square, London and ending that night (hopefully) at the Eiffel Tower, Paris. Buy-in is 10GBP and the winner gets all! If you are on Facebook search for "The Race to Paris" and join the group or leave a message on [[Talk:User:Andrew|Andrews talk page]].<br />
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'''08 May''' – There is now a [http://groups.google.com/group/hitchwiki hitchwiki email list], for any discussions related to Hitchwiki, feel free to join.<br />
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'''01 May''' – The "BERLIN HOSPITALITY CLUB BEACHCAMP", an international hospitality, backpacker and hitchhiker gathering will happen from May 24th – 28th in Berlin. Check http://www.happy-traveller.de/. You can probably meet other hitchwiki users there.<br />
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'''25 April''' – You can now include maps from [[Liftershalte.info]] directly into hitchwiki-articles. [[How to add maps to articles|See how it works]]. Also check [[Mönchengladbach]] and [[Hannover]].<br />
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'''24 April''' – A lot of new [[:category:Hitchhikers|people]] have joined during the last months, and there is a lot of new information, check e.g. [[Norway]], [[Romania]], [[Mauritania]] and [[China]].<br />
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'''14 February''' – We're number two [http://www.google.com.au/search?q=hitchhiking+wiki&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official if you Google for "hitchhiking wiki"].<br />
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=== 2006 ===<br />
18 December – [[MrTweek]] installed some cool [http://www.hitchwiki.org/stats/reports/EN/Sitemap.htm wiki statistics] software.<br />
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15 December – '''Server upgrade''': up to '''6 hours downtime''' one of these days.<br />
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7 December – [[User:Amylin|Amylin]] is working on [[Possible_Logo_Re-designs|a logo for the Hitchwiki]]. Please give your comments, or if you can do better: ''do it''! [[Guaka]] has been changing the [[MediaWiki:Monobook.css|general layout]] a little bit. Feel free [[MediaWiki Talk:Monobook.css|to discuss]].<br />
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27 November – Let's organize the [[New Zealand hitch course 2007]]!<br />
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24 November – We've moved to <tt>'''hitchwiki.org'''</tt>! Update your bookmarks and tell your hitchhiking friends!<br />
<small>It seems that Wikia has a different way of counting articles. So we're back to 115 :)</small><br />
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21 November – We ''were'' in the [http://www.google.com/search?q=hitchhiking&num=50 Google top 50 for "hitchhiking"].<br />
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16 November – Let's work on a [[Hitchhiking Zine]]!<br />
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15 November – New people joined our efforts, with some great contributions, check out [[Poznan]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Granada]], [[Skopje]] and other [[Special:Newpages|new pages]]! Welcome to our growing hitchhiking community!<br />
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6 November – [[New Zealand]] is a good country for hitchhiking, and you can start when you arrive at the airport in [[Auckland]].<br />
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16 October - [http://www.flurl.com/item/Boys_Be_Aware_of_the_Homosexual_u_192874 Boys Be Aware of the Homosexual], "It looks innocent enough, doesn't it? Lots of young people hitchhike...", a long time ago in the [[United States]]. ''See [[Hitchhiking in movies]]''.<br />
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27 September - Help gather some information about [[Hitchhiking in the media]].<br />
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24 September - We reached '''200 articles'''. See also [http://www.wikia.com/wikistats/EN/TablesWikiaHITCHHIKING.htm the statistics].<br />
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20 September - Hitchhiking from the [[United Kingdom]] to the European mainland isn't too hard at all? Cross the channel in [[Dover]] and find your ride to [[Turkey]] in [[Calais]]. The same trick, for [[Scandinavia]] can be tried in [[Puttgarden]], [[Germany]].<br />
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19 August - The Hitchhiking Wiki is now syndicated by the '''[http://couchsurfing.com/wikiguide.html CouchSurfing Guide]'''.<br />
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January 2006 - We reached '''100 articles'''.<br />
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* '''25 November 2015''' Release of eBook from hitchhiking baby Petit Bibi's adventure around the world: [http://bibiontheroad.net/buy-the-book/]<br />
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* '''30 April 2015''' An Austrian Hitchhiking Community is forming with the Name [http://www.ausfahrtlinks.wordpress.com Ausfahrt Links] to increase public awareness of people about hitchhiking as a means of transport in Austria. Find more information on the Website, like them on [https://www.facebook.com/ausfahrtlinks Facebook].<br />
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* '''24 April 2015''' Miran Ipavec has just announced that he has managed to hitch through 31(!) European countries in just under 10 days.<br />
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* '''20 April 2015''' Youssef Mahou has published a film on YouTube called [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-q6hLK855s Le Maroc en auto stop/ Morocco by hitchhiking]<br />
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* '''26th December 2014''' Folks behind Hitchwiki are building a new hospitality exchange community for hitchhikers and other travellers: '''[https://www.trustroots.org Trustroots.org]''' — It's time to join it and spread the word!<br />
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* '''13th December 2014''' Anick-Marie (formerly [[User:Perilisk|Perilisk]] and now [[User:Globestoppeuse|Globestoppeuse]]) made available [[::File:Hitchhiking_-_Neo-nomad.pdf|Hitchhiking]], a 2010 How-to zine including an analysis of the different safety advice with their pros and cons, including women-specific advice<br />
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* '''30th October 2014''' We will work on new Hitchwiki for 5-8 weeks in Turkey. [http://donate.hitchwiki.net/ Please help us cover our expenses]! Share/like the page all around! If you have any questions, feel free to ask [[User:Mikael|Mikael]].<br />
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* '''25th November 2014''' [http://www.christopherdrifter.com/books/Rules_of_Thumb/ Rules of Thumb: How to Hitch-Hike and Live on the Road], a detailed guidebook on hitch-hiking, has just been released for free, on Kindle, and in Paperback. Aimed at less experienced hitch-hikers about to undertake long-distance journeys.<br />
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* '''27th September 2014''' The famous Russian hitchhiker Alexey Vorov intends to race around the world in his new project [http://transglobal-race.org/ 500 HOURS] in order to promote peace and hospitality and to show how small our tiny planet is. [http://transglobal-race.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=40&Itemid=35&lang=en Track his progress here]<br />
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* '''06th August - 28th September 2014''' The TravelMakers Project is a journey from Berlin to Istanbul. The project is a combination of hitchhiking throughout Europe, creating street art, volunteering and contributing within urban communities in active social projects, and filming on the way. Learn more about their project and donate to their cause on [https://indiegogo.com/projects/travelmakers-hitchhiking-for-social-projects Travel Makers - Hitchhiking for Social Projects]<br />
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* '''21 July 2014''' The registrations for this years "Tramprennen", a hitchhiking race across Europe from Würzburg (Ger) to Lake Ohrid (Macedonia) are open now on [http://tramprennen.org/ tramprennen.org].<br />
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* '''19 July 2014''' Sarah Franke's short film about [[User:Prino|Prino]] is now on general release on [http://vimeo.com/86849620 Vimeo].<br />
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* '''1 July 2014''' The TravelMakers Project registration channel is open. Check out the project and [http://www.travel-makers.org/ get on board!] This project is the succession project of the [http://www.euroadtrip2012.org Euroadtrip2012 Project]. <br />
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* '''16 June 2014''' The North German Television NDR shot a [http://www.ndr.de/fernsehen/sendungen/7_tage/ documentary] about the [http://www.tramprennen.org Tramprennen] last year (in German only).<br />
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* '''26 May 2014''' The registration for the [http://abgefahren-ev.de/en/ Abgefahren Hitchhiking Championships] is now open. Abgefahren e.V. is looking forward to seeing you!<br />
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* '''5 May 2014''' In [http://hitchwiki.org/en/Munster Münster] there was the first screening of an anthropological movie about hitchhiking. The movie "On the way" is now [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=or9zdqZ9G58available on-line here]. The documentary mentions the Hitchwiki project.<br />
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* '''5 May 2014''' A new project has come to life in Belgium! You can visit [http://gohitchhiking.tumblr.com/ the blog]. Please tell the world why one should hitchhike [http://gohitchhiking.friendbook.nl/ here] The most creative answers will make the tumblr, thanks!<br />
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* '''21 March 2014''' [http://www.lawrenceonboard.org/ Lawrence On Board], a new hitchhiking promotion program in Kansas needs your vote on facebook! They have been selected as semifinalists in the TEDxFulbright Social Innovations Challenge! The winner gets the full support of the TED and Fulbright communities. [http://d1ej5r2t2cu524.cloudfront.net/lawrenceonboard/we-re-in-the-tedxfulbright-challenge/947913-www.facebook.com/fulbrightassociation1/app_515720611858523?c=86ed6ff5-cb96-4cd9-8c06-f220ee872906 Cast your vote on facebook here!]<br />
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* '''13 January 2014''' There is a new book about hitch-hiking: [http://www.americaneyeball.com/eye-hitch/the-book/ American Eyeball].<br />
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* '''6 January 2014''' [http://www.nederlandlift.nl/ The Dutch site] mentioned below has added tiny portraits of [http://nederlandlift.nl/nieuws/50-en-nog-liften-kan-dat/ seven older-than-average hitchhikers].<br />
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=== 2013 ===<br />
* '''21st December 2013''' Due to the Ice Hockey World Championship in Minsk 2014, entering Belarus visa-free from 25th April to 31st May is possible [http://mfa.gov.by/en/hockey/docs/ee83085ebfa40574.html]. A regular [http://www.belarus.by/en/travel/travel-visas visa] costs from 60€ to 160$ . The [http://www.ticketpro.by/jnp/en/wc2014/index.html tickes] are available from 91.000BYR (~7€).<br />
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* '''14th December 2013''' [http://www.hitching.it/ Hitching.it] has gone live as of a few hours ago in the intent of replacing [http://www.digihitch.com digihitch.com]. After a long battle of empty promises and sabotage, it is intended to fill the gap that has existed since digihitch began losing features and users since digihitch's original owner, [http://hitchwiki.org/en/User:Salman Salman], passed away in 2010. [http://www.digihitch.com Digihitch], which is now a forum and skeleton of the original site, is expected to shut down for good in early 2014. [http://www.hitching.it Hitching.it] is still a work in progress, but all are encouraged to join the forums and begin submitting content.<br />
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* '''1st December 2013''' A new project in the Netherlands has come to life to promote hitchhiking: [http://www.nederlandlift.nl/ www.nederlandlift.nl]. <br />
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* '''9th November 2013''' We're organizing a [[Foret-Belleville 2014|festive gathering for hitchhikers (and non-hitchhikers) in France next July]]. Are you European and between 18 and 30 years old? If you want to help organize this you can [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s9424 apply for an EVS scholarship] that will feed and lodge you and even comes with pocket money.<br />
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* '''23rd September 2013''' Started by some of the folks that brought you [[:Trash:|Trashwiki]] and Hitchwiki, '''[[:Nomad:|Nomadwiki]]''' is a new wiki with info and tips for nomads (and other travelling folk) about shoestring budget traveling. Here you'll find out about free camping, no 5 star hotels, ''not for tourists''!<br />
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* '''31st August 2013''' - [[User:Guaka|guaka]] ([[User talk:Guaka|talk]]) started '''[[:moneyless:|Moneyless.org]]''', a website with a lot of information about living without or much less money.<br />
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* '''30th August 2013''' We had some [[Hitchwiki:Server_crash_2013|severe technical issues last week]]. The wiki is back up and running, but some content got lost unfortunately.<br />
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* '''8th August 2013''' Canada begins [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-safety-rcmp-hopes-to-reduce-risk-with-new-posters/article13679908/ distributing thousands of hitchhiking posters] in a new harm reduction campaign hoping to reduce the dangers of hitchhiking and track down those who assault hitchhikers. Among the areas the material will be distributed is the infamous [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_of_Tears_murders Highway of Tears].<br />
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* '''1st May 2013''' Bence and [[pite]] did a classic route hitchhiking. From some amateur videoshots a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtBlTg91qqE 2 minute movie] has been made about the [[Moscow]]-Saint Petersburg trip. Hope it will encourage other hitchhikers to do more and more youtube clips about their rides. <br />
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=== 2012 ===<br />
'''12th November 2012''' The New York Times [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/11/opinion/sunday/hitchhikings-time-has-come-again.html is encouraging people to hitchhike]: "''What if we could remake the original landscape of alienation — the highway — into a place where Americans could once again reach out to help one another, to share space and time with a stranger? We might begin to reconnect, not just with one another, but with the idea of ourselves as one people, moving in the same direction.''" — [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4770997 discussion about the article on Hacker News].<br />
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'''1 October 2012''' Hitchwiki has a new design. We hope you like it!<br />
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'''23rd September 2012''' The '''[[project:BXL hackathon|BXL hackathon]]''' started when [[User:Mikael|Mikael]] arrived - ''you'' can participate as well, come over to [[Brussels]] or [[Hitchwiki:BXL_hackathon#What_can_you_do.3F|do things]] from wherever<br />
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'''18th September 2012''' The widely known hospitality exchange platform Couchsurfing is about to change the Terms of Use against European Law. Please sign the petition, spread the word and use alternatives like [http://www.bewelcome.org bewelcome.org]. [http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/For_a_strong_Community_behind_CouchSurfing Sign Petition]<br />
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'''10th September 2012''' Tramprennen 2012 is over. 117 hitchhikers and 54 teams from 14 countries made it to the Surduc Lake in Romania and raised 15230 Euro for a WASH-Project of the German NGO Viva con Agua in India. [http://tramprennen.org/2012/tramprennen-2012-thats-it/ Read the final resumee with some images]<br />
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'''6 September 2012''' Thomas Francine has released his documentary [http://gogreatergood.com/hitchhike-doc/ The Greater Good: A Hitchhiker Perspective] free online.<br />
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'''18 August 2012.''' Stuart Jameson is currently traveling the world after the death of his parents. The only form of transport allowed while traveling from Europe to India and beyond is hitchhiking. He will be doing this in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support, and details of how to sponsor will be posted soon. Check out his blog at '''www.lookingforstu.com'''<br />
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'''10th August 2012''' [http://hitchgathering.org/2012/08/10/gathering-is-over-after-one-week-of-joy-and-fun/ Hitchgathering 2012 is over] after one week of joy and fun! See you next year somewhere!<br />
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'''7th August 2012''' Inauguration of the first official hitchhiking spot in Germany: [https://vimeo.com/47056576 Go to video, 2:08 Minutes]<br />
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'''25 July 2012''' [[User:Marissa|Marissa]] hitchhiked with her friend Jenny from Mexico City to Guatemala and made a [https://vimeo.com/46308984/ short video] about it.<br />
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'''22 June 2012''' - [http://www.tramprennen.org Tramprennen 2012]: The Hitchhiking Hub started today registrations for Tramprennen 2012 - a hitchhike race for drinking water. The race starts August 18th, has 6 routes starting in Bayreuth, Gent, Copenhagen, Dresden, Leipzig and Berchtesgaden. 6 stages for each route will lead to a final common meeting point in Romania.<br />
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'''11 June 2012''' - [[User:jaredjestes22|jaredjestes22]] - a short time user and contributor to this website is now on his hitchhiking trip from Port Angeles, WA to Los Angeles, Yosemite, Yellowstone, Billings, MT, with his lovely wife, Anna Rose.<br />
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'''1 May 2012''' - [[User:Paluch|Paluch]] - a long time user and contributor to this website is now on his hitchhiking trip around the world. Read his latest story about hitching to Cape Verde on his blog called [http://www.roadsideletters.com/ Roadside Letters]. <br />
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'''12 April 2012''' - Justina & Maarten are filming and interviewing people who "live" on the road (not just hitchhikers) for their project called "[http://www.liveontheroad.tv/ Live on the road]". See their [http://vimeo.com/39414062 intro] and follow their [http://www.liveontheroad.tv/blog/ blog].<br />
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'''9 April 2012''' - [[User:Erinmack|Erin]] made a three-week hitchhiking journey to Nordkapp via Finland & her friend Dara made a [http://www.vimeo.com/daram/thistime 90 minute film] of the trip <br />
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'''30 March 2012''' - A friendly driver lost his Italian brown leather jacket when he drove a couple from [[Munich]] to [[Stuttgart]] around the 9th of March. The couple was heading to the Netherlands, guy studied architecture and girl was teaching art to children. Maybe you can help? [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=11606682 CS group thread], [http://www.facebook.com/Hitchwiki/posts/357585514280771 FB wall thread]<br />
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'''14 March 2012''' - The German hitchhiking club [[Abgefahren e.V.]] is organizing the 5th German Hitchhiking Championships from 25 May - 28 May starting from [[Braunschweig]]. For the fifth anniversary the race is going to be a bit different compared to previous years. For more information check out [http://race.abgefahren-ev.de abgefahren-ev.de], there you can register for the trip and get the latest information! See you on the road!<br />
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'''14 March 2012''' - The Polish Club of Adventure [http://www.hitchhikingrace.pl Polski Klub Przygody] has announced their annual hitchhiking race on the first-of-may weekend from 28 April - 2 May: from [[Sopot]] in [[Poland]] to [[Dubrovnik]] in [[Croatia]]. Registration is open from 1 April. Website in Polish only. <br />
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'''20 January 2012''' - [[User:Notapalooka|Alyssa]] took nearly two years hitchhiking across Africa, from Morocco to Mozambique via [[Nigeria]] and the [[DRC|Congo]]. Stories and pictures at [http://www.opendestination.ca/ Open Destination].<br />
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'''10 January 2012''' - [[User:Chael777|Chael]] Finally arrived at Ushuaia from Oregon after 2 years and 5 months hitching. The narrative and drawings: [http://www.velabas.com/ Velabas]<br />
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=== 2011 ===<br />
'''28 November 2011''' - A first Western European [[competitive autostop]] club (''[[DTSG]]'') has been founded in [[DTSG|Germany]]. Next to that, [[PASL]] announced that the [[World Championships]] will be postponed to August 2013, giving more sportsmen the chance to participate in the qualification rounds throughout 2012.<br />
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'''31 October 2011''' - Helin and Jan made a hitchhiking documentary of their trip to [[Istanbul]] from [[Berlin]]. Read stories and watch videos at [http://berlin-istanbul.com/ berlin-istanbul.com]<br />
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'''28 October 2011''' - We've had some server issues recently. If this happens again, you can still access [http://mirror.hitchwiki.org/ mirror.hitchwiki.org] for a quite recent version of the English Hitchwiki.<br />
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'''7 October 2011''' - With [[Imst]] Hitchwiki has now '''2000 Articles''' in English! Thanks a lot, to anyone who ever contributed anything here :)<br />
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'''6 September 2011''' - As of today with the article about [[Tuvalu]], Hitchwiki has an entry for every independent nation on this earth. Many of those are only stubs, however, and don't reveal much information - so we need ''your'' help as much as ever! Feel free to start with [[Hitchwiki:Hitchability|rating the country's]] you've hitchhiked in!<br />
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'''26 August 2011''' - CouchSurfing has turned into a for profit company, consider using '''[http://www.bewelcome.org/ BeWelcome]''' instead. BW is the only official non-profit organization for general hospitality exchange with an online network!<br />
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'''22 July 2011''' - [[User:Halt, Stop! Reudnitz kommt.|Craig]] & Dario hit the road to meet people, see places and go beyond frontiers: '''[http://thumbingasia.blogspot.com/ THUMBING ASIA From West to East]'''. Clips, jokes, 3D-panoramas & Insights. <br />
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'''18 July 2011''' - ''On the road to Kara Dere'': Latest news and all important information for the [http://hitchgathering.org/road-lastest-news hitchgathering] in Kara Dere, Bulgaria 5 August 2011.<br />
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'''10 July 2011''' - [[PASL]] is currently organizing the first [[Transglobal Autostop Race]] in terms of [[competitive autostop]]. Qualification Rounds are starting soon, for information, see their [http://transglobal-race.org website] {{ru}} (English translation to be added soon)<br />
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'''24 June 2011''' - Hitchwiki application for Nokia Symbian 5th edition and Symbian^3 released! You can download app from [http://store.ovi.com/content/143209 OVI Store]. For bugs, suggestions and other technical stuff, please, leave comment in my [http://mindomobile.com/hitchwiki-hits-ovi-store/ blog post]. Cheers! <br />
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'''8-15 August 2011''' - To The Fringe with a Farthing - Graham Eccles (AKA The Jack Of Piel) will be hitching from Cornwall to the Edinburgh Fringe with his Ha'Penny Farthing, doing random poetry gigs and weird balloon sculpture along the way. More information on WriteOutLoud [http://www.writeoutloud.net/blogs/grahameccles GrahamEcclesBlogs] and [http://www.facebook.com/groups/133604746715459 To the Fringe with a Farthing] or email thejackofpiel(a)hotmail(d)co(d)uk for details.<br />
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'''1 July 2011''' - [http://na.hitchgathering.org North American Hitchhiking Gathering]: [[Portland]], [[Oregon]], [[USA]] has been [http://na.hitchgathering.org/content/where-should-2011-hitchgathering-happen chosen] as the location for the [[Hitchgathering/North-America|North American Hitchgathering]].<br />
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=== 2010 ===<br />
'''2 November 2010''' - [[User:Dizinteria|Shai]] started a hitchwiki in '''[[:he:|Hebrew]]'''.<br />
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'''17 September 2010''' - [[User:Guaka|guaka]] managed to (finally) fix the [[Special:OpenIDLogin|OpenID login]], now also includes a very easy way to log in from your Google or Yahoo accounts. <small>(But note that you can't use more than 1 OpenID for one Hitchwiki account.)</small><br />
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'''18 Aug 2010''' - Thanks to [[User:Index|Index]] we now have hitchwiki pages in '''[[:ro:|Romanian]]'''. If you speak Romanian, please help us adding some content.<br />
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'''16 July 2010''' - Hitchwiki is alive and kicking, now ''1600 + 1'' articles on Hitchwiki in English, with [[Special:Statistics|a staggering total of 134,583 edits]] and an average of 1300 visitors per day <small> and as we speak ''400 - 1'' articles on [[:trash:|Trashwiki in English]] - that makes 2000 pages in total</small><br />
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'''6 July 2010''' - Location of the [[6810|Third European Hitchgathering]] on the 6th of August has been set: [[Sines]]. Also check the [http://hitchgathering.org/press Press-release]<br />
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'''8 June 2010''' - Organization has begun for the [http://na.hitchgathering.org North America Hitch Gathering] taking place August 21st, 2010 in Boulder, Colorado. Join the mailing list, get involved, update the wiki and see you this summer!! <br />
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'''6 June 2010''' - We started a [[Hitchwiki:Collaboration of the month|collaboration of the month]]! Everybody on hitchwiki is welcome to continue on this idea and add his/her suggestions! The first topic for June 2010 will be '''Portugal''', the destination of the [[6810]] European hitchhiking gathering.<br />
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'''14 May 2010''' - [http://www.tomthumb.org/?page_id=27 Hand to Mouth to India] is the tale of how Tom Thumb hitchhiked from England to India with no money. Now you can read it for free online or download the book to share around the world hitching community ([[Media#Books|more books]]).<br />
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'''9 March 2010''' - [http://utrecht-europa-en.trekhaakgezocht.nl/ Tjerk Ridder] has been [[hitchhiking with a caravan]].<br />
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=== 2009 ===<br />
'''28 December 2009''' - The organization of the third edition of the '''European hitchhiking festival, [[6810|6-8-10]]''', started. The whole hitchhiking community is asked to give a voice to designate a meeting place for 2010. All relevant information can be found on the [[6810]] article.<br />
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'''20 December 2009''' - Citizens of [[Serbia]], [[Macedonia]] and [[Montenegro]] can now travel visa-free to all countries that have signed the [[Schengen Agreement]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8151518.stm Read more from BBC].<br />
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'''11 December 2009''' - We now offer a [[Help:Contents|hitchwiki tutorial]] for all fellow hitchhikers out there who are new to hitchwiki and want to share their knowledge with us, but don't know how. Check it out and get some insights in the world of editing articles and adding hitchhiking spots on hitchwiki!<br />
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'''9 December 2009''' - Emil from [[Finland]], age 19 was lost during his trip in Poland. Please check his photo from [http://haveyouseenthisboy.blogspot.com/ website] or [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=194259723583 Facebook-group].<br />
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'''29 November 2009''' - The movie about the [[Viva con Agua]] hitchhiking race is out! It includes English subtitles & 23 minutes of pure hitchhiking! [http://vimeo.com/7858456 Watch the race here]. The editors worked hard to finish the movie and do appreciate feedback in any direction!<br />
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'''24 November 2009''' - [[User:G J della Mer|G J della Mer]] started a '''[[:tr:|Turkish Hitchwiki]]'''. Now we have 11 languages<br />
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'''27 October 2009''' - You can now use [http://guaka.org/2009/10/26/hitchwiki-everywhere/#comments Hitchwiki everywhere] without internet, through [http://aarddict.org/ Aarddict].<br />
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'''21 July 2009''' - We had some technical difficulties the last days/weeks due to a broken hard drive. Everything should work again now. (We have also set up a [http://mirror.hitchwiki.org/en/ read-only mirror] you can use in case the main server is down.)<br />
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'''13 July 2009''' - At '''[http://m.hitchwiki.org/ m.hitchwiki.org]''' we've set up a hitchwiki version for mobile phones.<br />
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'''10 July 2009''' - [[User:Strzkrzysiek|Strzkrzysiek]] started a '''[[:pl:|Polish Hitchwiki]]'''. Now we have 10 languages :)<br />
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'''9 July 2009''' - Thanks to [[User:Mipplor|Mipplor]], we now have a '''[[:zh:|Chinese Hitchwiki]]'''. If you speak Chinese, please help us letting it grow. And if you know someone who speaks Chinese, spread the word.<br />
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'''1 July 2009''' - Hitchwiki switched its license to ''[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons (CC-BY-SA)]''. This means that: 1. it simplifies the distribution of the Hitchwiki's content where only an attribution is required (+ all derivated works require the application of the same CC-BY-SA license); 2. Hitchwiki will be licensed under the same license as other wikis (Wikipedia, Wikitravel, Wikivoyage), sites (OpenStreetMap) and images (Flickr's CC), a strong bond with which helped immensively in building up the content of Hitchwiki.<br />
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'''21 June 2009''' - It is now possible to follow all the cool hitchhiking stories from around the world via [http://twitter.com/HitchingPlanet Twitter]. Thanks to [[User:alex|alex]]! <br />
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'''9 June 2009''' - The German hitchhiking championship, held on June 12th, can be followed on the [http://sms.hitchwiki.org/ mobile hitchhiking blog] (or via [http://twitter.com/trampen Twitter/trampen]). It's free for all to use (standard rates apply) while on the road, to keep friends and families informed, or just to tell the world how amazing your last ride was!<br />
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'''8 May 2009''' - [[User:Guaka|guaka]] made an attempt to improve the layout of Hitchwiki, [[MediaWiki_talk:Monobook.css|comments and suggestions]] are very welcome. Also check [[Hitchwiki:Logo update|the discussion about a possible new logo]].<br />
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'''21 January 2009''' - The English version of hitchwiki has a new main page - add your thoughts [[Talk:Main_Page#Frontpage_is_evolving|here]]. We also finally installed the latest ''WordPress'' version at [http://blogs.hitchwiki.org blogs.hitchwiki.org], so now blogging is even finer, including new plugins and themes.<br />
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'''6 January 2009''' – [[User:Platschi|Platschi]] initiated a [[:bg:|Bulgarian language version]] of the Hitchwiki!<br />
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=== 2008 ===<br />
'''12 December 2008''' - [[Switzerland]] is finally in the [[Schengen Agreement]], and long existed cross-border passport checks are on their way to be abolished. The land border checkpoints are to be closed from this day, though people entering the country would have their passports checked until March 29, 2009, if they originate from a Schengen nation.<br />
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'''13 November 2008''' - There is a call for participants for the [[Eurizons 2008: A Call for Climate Justice]]: Hitchhiking Campaign to the COP 14 (5.-6.12.08) and exhibition 'Voices from the South' in Poznan. - Check it out now and join!<br />
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'''3 November 2008''' - We now added [[Hitchwiki:To-do list|to-do lists]] for articles. If you think an article needs some cleanup, if you want to request specific information, or other things that could be on a ''todo'' list, then check out this template: [[Template:ToDo|todo template]]. If you want to add a todo-list, just go to the ''Talk'' page of an article (click ''discussion'' on top of the article) and type in <code><nowiki>{{toDo}}</nowiki></code>.<br />
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'''30th of October''' - [http://trashwiki.org/ Trashwiki] was started in the week that the English Hitchwiki reached 1000 articles. It has the same free-minded spirit and is focused on [[dumpster diving]] (conceptually similar to hitchhiking). Today we reached 60 articles!<br />
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'''19th of October''' - A regional hitchhikers gathering in [[Argentina]] in the weekend of the 10th of October brought together 30 participants <small>[http://www.followtheroad.com/en/hitch-hikers-meeting-in-la-dulce-argentina.html report]</small>.<br />
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'''16th of October''' - The voting for next year's [[789]] meeting is open now! Log in at the [http://www.hitchwiki.org/forum forum] and vote for your [http://hitchwiki.org/forum/?q=content/where-do-you-want-789-take-place favorite destination].<br />
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'''29th of September''' - You can now log in to Hitchwiki with your [http://openid.net/ OpenID]. <small>Let [[User talk:Guaka|Guaka]] know if there are any issues.</small><br />
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'''20th of September''' - Another great story: The first official hitchhiking spot in [[Germany]] has been released in [[Potsdam]] yesterday! For more news, check out [http://www.gruene-potsdam.de/home/newssingle/archive/2008/september/19/bundesweit_erste_tramphaltestelle_in_potsdam_eroeffnet/?cHash=96377ae112 this article]. {{de}}<br />
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'''15th of September''' - Hurray! '''[[Random_Roads/Postcards|Postcards]]''' is the '''1000th article''' of Hitchwiki! All this in less than [http://www.hitchwiki.org/stats/reports/EN/ChartsWikipediaZZ.htm 3 years]. Thank you, all of you! We are also sending out a [[Hitchwiki:Press_releases/1000_articles_in_English|press-release]]. <sup>[http://guaka.org/2008/09/15/1000-articles-in-hitchwiki/]</sup><br />
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'''19th of August''' - Some hitchhikers are currently working on a hitchhiking magazine. If you are interested in participating, check out the wiki brainstorming for [[Random Roads|Whatever the Random Roads]].<br />
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'''17th of August''' – Back in the top ten of the Google [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=hitchhiking search] on hitchhiking.<br />
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'''12th of August''' – There is a trailer available for the Viva Con Agua [http://vivaconagua.org/index.htm?post?388 Charity Hitch], have a look here [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_IQu5pqiL4 Trailer Hitchhiking Race] <br />
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'''8th of August''' – Around 150 hitchhikers arrived in Paris for the first European Hitchhikers Gathering, the [[888]]-project. Share your [[888/Evaluation|evaluation]] thoughts on the [[888]]-Event<br />
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'''31th of July''' – Hitchwiki now has a '''[[:pt:|Portuguese language version]]'''. If you speak Portuguese, you could help a bit. It's maintained by [[User:Ataqlibert|Ataqlibert]].<br />
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'''30th of June''' – Finally we launched a [http://www.hitchwiki.org/planet/ Hitchhiking Planet]. It collects blog entries from various hitchhikers around the world. If you want your blog added, contact [http://www.hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=User_talk:MrTweek&action=edit&section=new MrTweek].<br />
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'''5th of June''' – We now have a [[:fi:|Finnish]] hitchwiki! As Liftari.org, the biggest finnish hitchhiking website, went down, [[User:Mikael|Mikael]] decided to start a Finnish wiki instead. Good luck!<br />
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'''8th of April''' – We now have 1295 articles in 5 languages!<br />
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'''4th of March''' – Hitchwiki now even has a '''[[:ru:|Russian language version]]''' :) It will be maintained by [[User:Lnx|Lnx]]. If you speak Russian, it would be nice if you could help a bit. And if you know Russian speakers, please help to spread the word!<br />
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'''26th of February''' – The German hitchhiking club [[Abgefahren e.V.]] is organizing a hitchhiking competition through [[Germany]] and [[Poland]] from '''22th–25th May 2008!''' For more information check out [http://race.abgefahren-ev.de abgefahren-ev.de], there you can register for the trip and get the latest information! See you on the road!<br />
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=== 2007 ===<br />
'''28 December''' – From December 28 till 2nd January there's a ''New Year Hitchhiker Happening'' in Slab City, [[California]]. For more information, have a look [http://gathering.digihitch.com/slabs.php here].<br />
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'''14 December''' – We recently launched '''[http://blogs.hitchwiki.org/ blogs.hitchwiki.org]''', where you can start your own hitchhiking blog. Just log in with your hitchwiki user data and you can write your first post right away :) There's also a new feature at some country articles (see [[Germany]] or [[Bulgaria]]) called '''[[Hitchwiki:Hitchability|Hitchability]]'''. With this ''everyone'' can '''rate''' the countries on how good they are for hitchhiking. Want to rate your country? Have a [[Hitchwiki:Hitchability|look here]].<br />
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'''5 November''' – We just added a little ''Question? Need Help?'' section to the [[Hitchwiki:Community_Portal#Questions.3F_Need_help.3F|Talk to us]] page. If you have any questions concerning the wiki, if you need city or country-specific information, don't hesitate to [[Hitchwiki:Community_Portal#Questions.3F_Need_help.3F|ask here]]. Whatever, good luck to all hitchhikers!<br />
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'''8 October''' – Hitchwiki is [http://en.hitchwiki.org/stats/reports/EN/TablesWikipediaEN.htm growing bigger and bigger]! The only decrease was the number of pictures. Please [[Special:Upload|upload your nice hitch pictures]] from this year's Summer and we'll put them in the relevant articles and if they're really nice, on the Main Page!<br />
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'''11 September''' – '''Hitchwiki is going international!''' <br />[[User:SAn|SAn]] from [http://www.autostopargentina.com.ar/ Autostop Argentina] started '''[http://www.autostopwiki.com.ar/ Autostopwiki]''' in Spanish and they already have a lot of information about [[Argentina]].<br />
With support from [[abgefahren e.V.]], we started '''[http://de.hitchwiki.org/ Trampwiki]''' in German and are just starting to translate information from the English wiki.<br />
Due to some general interest, we've also set up a '''[http://fr.hitchwiki.org/ French hitchwiki]'''.<br />
If you speak one of these languages, you are very welcome to contribute. If you have an account here, you can use it in all these wikis, of course.<br />
Oh, and if you want to see hitchwiki in any other language and are willing to help a bit with that, just [[Hitchwiki:Community Portal|let us know]].<br />
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'''10 September''' – If you are somewhat active here or interested in the future of hitchwiki, check '''[[Hitchwiki:Organization]]''' and leave your comments, if you have some.<br />
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'''6 September''' – We now have more than [[Special:Statistics|500 articles]]! <small>Actually, probably due to some weird technical problem 154 articles weren't counted, so we don't know when we precisely reached 500. Oh well, whatever. Nevermind.</small><br />
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'''18 August''' – We just created an '''IRC-Channel''' called '''[irc://irc.blackened.com/hitchhiking #hitchhiking]''' on EFNet.<br />
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'''14 August''' – A German hitchhiking club was founded, called '''abgefahren e.V.'''. They will also organize a hitchhiking camp/gathering near [[Freiburg im Breisgau]] from 6th to 9th of September. Check it out at [http://abgefahren.hitchbase.com/ abgefahren.hitchbase.com].<br />
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'''25 July''' – There's now some basic information on '''[[how to pick up hitchhikers]]'''. Feel free to add more!<br />
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'''4 July''' – A lot of great info about '''[[Canada]]''' has [http://hitchwiki.org/Category:Canada?title=Special:Recentchangeslinked&target=Category%3ACanada been added during the last days]. If you have them, please [[Special:Upload|upload some pictures]] from your Canadian hitching experiences.<br />
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'''15 June''' – The [[Lithuania]]n Hitch-hiking Gathering will take place at June 29 – July 01 in a very natural surrounding of [[Salcininkai]], which is about 30 kilometres south from [[Vilnius]]. [http://www.autostop.lt/events.php?w=38 More info at autostop.lt]<br />
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'''29 May''' – [[Special:Listusers|100 users]] have registered since we moved all the stuff to hitchwiki.org. Huge thanks to everyone.<br />
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'''22 May''' – London to Paris Competition! There will be a London to Paris competition for young people, starting 2nd or 3rd of June at Trafalgar Square, London and ending that night (hopefully) at the Eiffel Tower, Paris. Buy-in is 10GBP and the winner gets all! If you are on Facebook search for "The Race to Paris" and join the group or leave a message on [[Talk:User:Andrew|Andrews talk page]].<br />
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'''08 May''' – There is now a [http://groups.google.com/group/hitchwiki hitchwiki email list], for any discussions related to Hitchwiki, feel free to join.<br />
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'''01 May''' – The "BERLIN HOSPITALITY CLUB BEACHCAMP", an international hospitality, backpacker and hitchhiker gathering will happen from May 24th – 28th in Berlin. Check http://www.happy-traveller.de/. You can probably meet other hitchwiki users there.<br />
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'''25 April''' – You can now include maps from [[Liftershalte.info]] directly into hitchwiki-articles. [[How to add maps to articles|See how it works]]. Also check [[Mönchengladbach]] and [[Hannover]].<br />
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'''24 April''' – A lot of new [[:category:Hitchhikers|people]] have joined during the last months, and there is a lot of new information, check e.g. [[Norway]], [[Romania]], [[Mauritania]] and [[China]].<br />
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'''14 February''' – We're number two [http://www.google.com.au/search?q=hitchhiking+wiki&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official if you Google for "hitchhiking wiki"].<br />
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=== 2006 ===<br />
18 December – [[MrTweek]] installed some cool [http://www.hitchwiki.org/stats/reports/EN/Sitemap.htm wiki statistics] software.<br />
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15 December – '''Server upgrade''': up to '''6 hours downtime''' one of these days.<br />
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7 December – [[User:Amylin|Amylin]] is working on [[Possible_Logo_Re-designs|a logo for the Hitchwiki]]. Please give your comments, or if you can do better: ''do it''! [[Guaka]] has been changing the [[MediaWiki:Monobook.css|general layout]] a little bit. Feel free [[MediaWiki Talk:Monobook.css|to discuss]].<br />
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27 November – Let's organize the [[New Zealand hitch course 2007]]!<br />
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24 November – We've moved to <tt>'''hitchwiki.org'''</tt>! Update your bookmarks and tell your hitchhiking friends!<br />
<small>It seems that Wikia has a different way of counting articles. So we're back to 115 :)</small><br />
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21 November – We ''were'' in the [http://www.google.com/search?q=hitchhiking&num=50 Google top 50 for "hitchhiking"].<br />
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16 November – Let's work on a [[Hitchhiking Zine]]!<br />
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15 November – New people joined our efforts, with some great contributions, check out [[Poznan]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Granada]], [[Skopje]] and other [[Special:Newpages|new pages]]! Welcome to our growing hitchhiking community!<br />
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6 November – [[New Zealand]] is a good country for hitchhiking, and you can start when you arrive at the airport in [[Auckland]].<br />
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16 October - [http://www.flurl.com/item/Boys_Be_Aware_of_the_Homosexual_u_192874 Boys Be Aware of the Homosexual], "It looks innocent enough, doesn't it? Lots of young people hitchhike...", a long time ago in the [[United States]]. ''See [[Hitchhiking in movies]]''.<br />
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27 September - Help gather some information about [[Hitchhiking in the media]].<br />
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24 September - We reached '''200 articles'''. See also [http://www.wikia.com/wikistats/EN/TablesWikiaHITCHHIKING.htm the statistics].<br />
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20 September - Hitchhiking from the [[United Kingdom]] to the European mainland isn't too hard at all? Cross the channel in [[Dover]] and find your ride to [[Turkey]] in [[Calais]]. The same trick, for [[Scandinavia]] can be tried in [[Puttgarden]], [[Germany]].<br />
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19 August - The Hitchhiking Wiki is now syndicated by the '''[http://couchsurfing.com/wikiguide.html CouchSurfing Guide]'''.<br />
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January 2006 - We reached '''100 articles'''.<br />
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<div>==Introduction==<br />
Please pay attention to this fact – these are (mostly) not officially proven records, but claims of hitchhikers regarding their extremes. This list of records is for us – hitchhikers (we should be happy for our colleagues, not to be envious!), for novices who do not know anything about hitching, but they are proud of their only travel abroad.<br />
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Note that this page is a near copy of the [http://web.archive.org/web/20130430232108/http://autostop.lt/rekordai.html Rekordai] / [http://web.archive.org/web/20130125093731/http://www.autostop.lt/records.html Records] of Vilniaus Autostopo Klubas. Some of the records, those marked '''(HGE)''', were originally published in Ken Welsh' "Hitchhikers Guide to Europe".<br />
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== The longest distances passed on land during the 24 hours period ==<br />
* '''2777 km''' (1736 miles), according to [mailto:pavel@trcala.com Pavel Trcala], from [[Czech Republic]]. Time 28 November 1998 07:30 - 29 November 1998 06:30. The route: Miami to Chicago via Jacksonville (Florida), Savannah (Georgia), Columbia (South Carolina), Asheville (North Carolina), Knoxville (Tennessee), Lexington (Kentucky), Toledo (Ohio), South Bend (Indiana), and Harvey (Illinois). The route was done in five lifts. <br />
* '''2750 km''', according to [[http://www.vladas.com/|Vladas Sapranavicius]], member of [[VHHC|Vilnius Hitch-hiking Club]]. Time: 21 August 1996 22:00 – 22 August 1996 22:00 [http://www.viamichelin.com/ ViaMichelin] gives as expected travel time for Almeria - Potsdam: 24 hours and 51 minutes. The route: Almeria (E) – Murcia (E) – Barcelona (E) – Montpellier (F) – Lyon (F) – Frankfurt (D) – Potsdam (D). 4 lifts (Almeria – Montpellier; Montpellier – Lyon; Lion – Salzgitter; Salzgitter – Potsdam). The average speed (including waiting for the ride + a cup of beer in the restaurant): 115 km/h. The maximum speed: 170 km/h. <br />
* '''2318.4 km''', according to [[User:Prino|Robert Prins]], hitchhiker from the UK. It was done by 4 lifts in [[Greece]], [[Yugoslavia]], [[Austria]] and [[Germany]] during 20.47 hours. Start of the first lift at the border between Greece and Yougoslavia, end at the Siegburg (south of Köln) motorway service in Germany. The second lift till Remscheid motorway service, just North of Koln. The third – till Ostetal (before Hamburg) and the fourth – till Hamburg Stillhorn motorway service. Note: This record had been included in the 1991 edition of the GBOR. The actual entry on page 179. Full details of the four rides that led to this record can be found [[Prino's 24-hour record|here]].<br />
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== Lifetime hitchhiking ==<br />
* '''Alexey Vorov''', president of the [[PASL|St. Petersburg Autostop League]]. He has covered about '''1,973,650 km''' (updated: 14th September 2015) by hitchhiking. Hitching experience – from 1977 on. He is still hitchhiking, so it is not the final number. <br />
* '''Benoit Grieu''', French hitchhiker. Started his trip in 1979 and since then all the time on the road. During this trip he has covered about '''1,500,000 km'''. For some years, he hitchhiked more than 100,000 km/year. [http://beni.eurower.net/ His current whereabouts are sadly unknown.]<br />
* '''Stephan Schlei'''. He claims '''941,500 km'''.<br />
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== The longest rides with one car ==<br />
* '''L.J. Gordon''' from Western Australia. He started from Whitepark Bay Youth Hostel in Northern Ireland, where four Americans in a Combi Van gave him a lift through Ireland, Scotland, England, Wales, France, Andorra and into Spain. They covered an astonishing '''7107 km''' before parting company. '''(HGE)''' '''Note:''' This record was copied from Ken Welsh' "Hitchhikers Guide to Europe". L.J. may have recorded the distance as miles in a car with a KM odometer, as the distance seems far too great to be in kilometres.<br />
* '''Alexey Anofriev''' from Vladivostok ([[Russia]]) hitchhiked from Vladivostok (23 May, 2001) to Shimanovsk (the end of the road) and got a lift to Samara there. From Shimanovsk to Shilka on the railroad platform together with the car and from Shilka to Samara by car (Toyota Celica). Totally it was about '''6800 km''' long lift from 28 May until 4 June! Afterwards, the drivers went to Krasnodar and Alexey hitchhiked on to St. Petersburg. He arrived to St. Petersburg on 7 June, 2001. <br />
* '''Benoit Grieu''', French hitchhiker who hitchhiked about '''6000 km''' in one lift from Anchorage (Alaska) to San Diego (California).<br />
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== Most rides taken in 24 hours ==<br />
* The [http://hitchwiki.org/en/DTSG DTSG] members [http://hitchwiki.org/en/User:Koendev Koen de Jong] and [http://hitchwiki.org/en/User:Korn Stefan Korn] had '''32 rides''' during a DTSG-Competition on 2 May 2014 in Germany (between 08:00 and 23:30). The last three rides they caught with another competitor that they met along the way.<br />
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== One year hitchhiking record ==<br />
* '''Benoit Grieu''', French hitchhiker during 4 or 5 years (for example 1989, 1993, 1995, 1997) hitchhiked more than '''100,000 km''' per year (in 1995 - 113,000 km).<br />
* '''Alexey Vorov''' - '''78,800 km''' in 1991.<br />
* '''Vilmantas Trumpickas''' from Vilnius Hitch-hiking Club has covered '''56,000 km''' during the year 2010.<br />
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== The longest journey ==<br />
* '''Benoit Grieu''' has been hitch-hiking since 1979 and still hitchhiked every day until [http://beni.eurower.net/ he disappeared] on his way to Nepal in 2011. During these years he covered about '''1,500,000 km''' not staying more than 3 months in one place. <br />
* '''Expedition “Autocolumbus”''' by [[PASL]] in 17 February 1992 – July 1993. The trip started 4 hitchhikers: '''Alexey Vorov, Mikhail Dutkevich, Kiril Baranov and Victor Grigor’ev''', but only Alexey and Mikhail finished the complete journey. The route was around the world through 25 countries in Europe, Asia, South and North America. The length of the route '''~83,000 km'''.<br />
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== Longest waiting time ==<br />
* '''Alexey Vorov'''. He waited for a lift '''3 days''' in Chucotka, Far North, Russia to move 50km and then waited another 3 days for the second lift in the Komsomol'skij county till got a lift to Majskij (50 km). The minimum temperature on this travel was -55°C in Tyoplyj Kluch county (Chucotka).<br />
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== Visited Countries ==<br />
* '''Benoit Grieu''', French hitch-hiker, has hitchhiked in about '''170''' countries. <br />
* '''Pavel Trcala''', hitchhiker from Czech Republic. He has hitchhiked in '''108''' countries. <br />
* '''Anton Krotov''' has hitchhiked in almost 100 countries, as probably have a few other people, although we do not know their names right now.<br />
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== The largest deviation done by a driver ==<br />
* '''Neringa Raulusonyte and Kristina Zukaite''' from the Vilnius Hitch-hiking Club. They got a ride from a 55 years old German driver with a Toyota Corolla, which was going just '''50 km'''. However, later he offered them to prolong the lift according to their wishes. The driver gave them a ride using the route Berlin - Frankfurt/M - Koblenz - Luxembourg - Paris - Bruxelles - The Netherlands - Hamburg - Berlin - Torun - Kalvarija - Vilnius. From 2001-08-29 until 2001-09-04 the girls covered 4000 km in the same car. The total deviation from driver's route was - '''3950 km''' (drivers way back is not included). <br />
* '''600 km''' (at least) to one side. It was for three hitch-hikers from the VGTU Tourist Club, Lithuania. The lift was given on the Lithuanian – Polish border. The driver should go to Czech Republic, but after he spoke to one of the hitchhikers, he took them until the German border (Szczecin). After the crossing the German border he went back to Poland and after to Czech Republic. Also he gave them 150 EEK (~11 USD). These hitchhikers were: '''Vladas Sapranavicius, Jovita Garnyte and Asta Ruzgyte'''.<br />
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== Most picked up hitchhikers ==<br />
* [http://www.morgenweb.de/mannheim/mannheim-stadt/samariter-hinterm-steuer-gibt-hobby-auf-1.710444 '''Dieter Wesch'''], the self-styled [http://www.autobild.de/artikel/der-engel-der-anhalter-35825.html 'King of Hitchers'], who was spending his Sundays patrolling the Autobahn between Stuttgart and Karlsruhe, giving lifts to hitchers stranded at petrol stations. Every hitcher should sign in his guest-book. There was given a number from the guest-book - '''9528'''. It's probably not a final number.<br />
* '''Jim Sanderson ('Angel')'''. He has about 5000 photos with the hitchhikers he gave a lift to (mostly in pairs), so he has taken around '''7500''' people. Mr. Sanderson lives in New Zealand. He has in the 9 years since 1988 filled 7 guest books, 27 address books and dozens of photo albums. <br />
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== Reaching the farthest point north ==<br />
* Island of Dunay, north of Tiksi, North Russia, '''73°56''''. It was done by '''Konstantin Savva''' from Moscow Hitchhiking School (Russia) and his girlfriend Polina Kuleshova in September 2002.<br />
* Urung-Haia, North Russia, '''73°'''. It was done by '''Konstantin Savva''' from Moscow Hitchhiking School (Russia) on May 2002.<br />
* Tiksi, North Russia, '''71° 36''''. It was done by '''Andrey Sapunov and Alexandr Dmitrievskyi'''' from Ukrainian hitchhiking club "Mainroad" (Ukraine) on autumn 2002.<br />
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''Have you hitchhiked in [[Svalbard]]? Let us know!''<br />
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== Reaching the farthest point south ==<br />
* Scott Base, Antarctica, '''77° 51''''. Hitchhiker from USA '''Benjaman Bachelder''' hitched 5 km from McMurdo Station to Scott Base in December 2005. The same month he even held a seminar on hitchhiking in Antarctica and got a ride in a snowmobile. <br />
* Ukrainian research base "Academic Vernadsky" in Antarctica, '''65° 15'''' - reached by Argentinian hitchhikers '''Juan Villarino and Laura Lazzarino''' in 16 November 2010. They got a free ride to this base from cruiser "Ushuaia", belonging to cruise company "Antarrply Expeditions" 20 km South from Ushuaia, Argentine, 54° 48'. <br />
* '''Arndt Writzel''' from Germany cut a record of the farthest point in the South. He reached Ushuaia town in southern Argentina in 2001 02 03.<br />
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== The highest point on land ==<br />
* Mountain Everest base camp in Nepal - '''5,400 meters'''. It was done by Czech hitchhiker '''Pavel Trcala'''. He got the ride from Everest Base camp two days after climbing Everest on his return to Kathmandu on 1 June 2005. Later the same place was also conquered by several other hitchhikers: '''Nuutti Palonen (Finland), Radha Krishnan (India) and Tai Häring (Germany)'''. They also hitchhiked to Mt Everest base camp from Shigatse in August 2005 and then hitchhiked to Nepal from Mt Everest.<br />
* Gyatso-La mountain pass in Tibet, on the way from Lhasa to Nepalese border - '''5,220 meters'''. It was done by two Polish hitchhikers '''Kinga and Chopin''' on 11 May 2003.<br />
* The mountain pass in the Andes, South Peru – 5,100 meters. It was done bye '''Alexey Vorov''' and '''Mikhail Dutkevich''' ([[PASL]]) in May 1993. <br />
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== The highest temperature ==<br />
* '''+55°C''' experienced '''Alexey Vorov, Andrey Kuritsin, Ol’ga Bandurko, Andrey Leipi and Nadezhda Makarova''' in summer 1981 near Ashchabad, Turkmenistan.<br />
* '''+52°C'''. Bertrand [https://www.facebook.com/groups/hitchgathering/permalink/1164783520201879/?comment_id=1164787246868173&offset=0&total_comments=7&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R4%22%7D hitchhiked] from [[Abu Dhabi]] airport to the city center. 19th August 2015.<br />
* '''+50°C'''. It were for hitchhikers from Vilnius Hitch-hiking Club expedition to Iran and Pakistan '''Vladas Sapranavicius and Inga Garnyte''' in ancient city Bam (S. Iran) in middle of July, 1999.<br />
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== The lowest temperature ==<br />
* '''–63°C'''. It was for hitchhiker '''Elena Saturova''', member of PASL in January 1992 between Ust’-Nera and Sasuman in East Yakutya, Russia.<br />
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== The highest speed ==<br />
[[Image:Maserati_3200GT_Assetto_Corsa_2001.jpg|right|thumb|200px|This Maserati has nothing to do with these records.]]<br />
* '''310 km/h''', according to '''Andrius Papickas''' and '''Viktorija Aksionova''' from Lithuania. It has happened on April 14, 2004 in Germany, between Fulda and Dresden, when travellers were returning home from Spain. The car was "BMW 550" ("Alpina"). <br />
* '''300 km/h''', according to '''Linas Migonis''' from Lithuania. On June 1, 2007, on the route Berlin - Leipzig he had a lift with 4 seated "Maserati". The drive has attended a driving lessons of Formula-1 racer. <br />
* '''292 km/h''', according to '''Veit Kuehne''' from Dresden, Germany. He got a ride with a young driver (car "Audi") on a highway between Dresden and Chemnitz in July 2008.<br />
* At least '''280''' and more than likely exceeding '''290''' km per hour, according to [[User:Prino|Prino]] on 27 May 2015 from Raststätte Fränkische Schweiz/Pegnitz Ost (departure @ 06:05) to Raststätte Fläming Ost (arrival @ 07:49). The odometer'ed distance was 304.0 km (both Google Maps and Bing Maps give the distance as 308 km) and the ride included a refuelling stop of 11 minutes (06:58 - 07:09). The driver used a Cougar system and didn't pay any attention to speed restrictions, other than slightly slowing down in roadworks. The car was an Audi RS6 Quattro.<br />
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== Slowest hitchhiking between two points ==<br />
* '''William Innes''' from Scotland, UK. He got a ride on a milk float on 'collection' day and it took '''4.5 hours''' to travel '''2 miles''' from North London to the start of the M1. '''(HGE)''' '''Note:'' It would take a reasonably fit person about 30 minites to cover this distance on foot...<br />
* '''Ruth Cleece''' from UK. She got a '''half-mile''' ride taking '''45 minutes''' on a steam-roller. '''(HGE)'''<br />
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== The largest sum of money that was given to a hitchhiker by a driver ==<br />
*'''500 DM''', according to '''Sahin Sisic''', from Holland. --><br />
== Hitchhiking lap records of famous racing circuits ==<br />
''From a standing start (standing on the start/finish line), thumb a vehicle down, get in it, and complete 1 lap of the circuit in the correct direction. The clock starts when you put your thumb out, and the clock stops when you cross the finish line 1 lap later.''<br />
=== Circuit de [[Monaco]] ===<br />
* '''9 minutes, 12 seconds (approx)''': Sanne and [[User:Tmoon|Tom]], hitchhiking as a pair, on 10 May 2009.<br />
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== Guiness Book of Records Hitchhiking Entries ==<br />
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Until the early 1990'ies the UK edition of the Guinness Book of Records (GBOR) used to list a number of hitch-hike world records. They were<br />
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<ul><br />
<li>The greatest distance hitched during a hitchhiking career<br />
<li>The fastest time to get from [[Land's End]] to [[John o'Groats]] (and the round trip)<br />
<li>The greatest distance hitched in a 24-hour period<br />
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=== The fastest time to get from [[Land's End]] to [[John o'Groats]] (and back) ===<br />
[[Land's End]] to [[John o'Groats]] is the traversal of the whole length of the island of Great Britain between two extremities.<br />
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; Land's End to John o'Groats<br />
* Martin Clark and Graham Beynon. Last hitchhikers recorded in the Guinness Book of Records for the Land's End to John O'Groats trip. (17 hours 8 minutes, 1987)<br />
; Round-trip<br />
* Alan Carter. Last hitchhiker recorded in the Guinness Book of Records for the Land's End to John O'Groats to Land's End round-trip. (39 hours 28 minutes)<br />
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; Earlier entries, according to [http://bernd.wechner.info/Hitchhiking/guinness.html Bernd Wechner]:<br />
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; Single<br />
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<li><span style="font-family: monospace">1959-63&nbsp;&nbsp;39&nbsp;hrs&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; - Anthony Shepherd</span><br />
<li><span style="font-family: monospace">1965-69&nbsp;&nbsp;29&nbsp;hrs&nbsp;30&nbsp;min - Ian Crawford</span><br />
<li><span style="font-family: monospace">1973-74&nbsp;&nbsp;29&nbsp;hrs&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; - Bernard Atkins (1966) and J.F. Hornsey (1971) independently</span><br />
<li><span style="font-family: monospace">1975-77&nbsp;&nbsp;23&nbsp;hrs&nbsp;50&nbsp;min - Pam Vere and Georgina Astley (1974)</span><br />
<li><span style="font-family: monospace">1978&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;23&nbsp;hrs&nbsp;24&nbsp;min - Miranda Brooks and Margaret Allinson (1977)</span><br />
<li><span style="font-family: monospace">1980&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;21&nbsp;hrs&nbsp;55&nbsp;min - John Repton and Rosemary Grounds (1978)</span><br />
<li><span style="font-family: monospace">1981-88&nbsp;&nbsp;17&nbsp;hrs&nbsp;50&nbsp;min - Andrew Markham (1979)</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: monospace">1967-68&nbsp;&nbsp;100&nbsp;hrs&nbsp;30&nbsp;min - John Stubbs</span><br />
<li><span style="font-family: monospace">1973-75&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;77&nbsp;hrs&nbsp;20&nbsp;min - Christine Elvery and Gwendolen Sherwin (1969)</span><br />
<li><span style="font-family: monospace">1976&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;57&nbsp;hrs&nbsp;&nbsp;8&nbsp;min - Peter W. Ford (1974)</span><br />
<li><span style="font-family: monospace">1976&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;56&nbsp;hrs&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; - John Frederik Hornsey (1974)</span><br />
<li><span style="font-family: monospace">1977-78&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;54&nbsp;hrs&nbsp;40&nbsp;min - Peter W. Ford (1976)</span><br />
<li><span style="font-family: monospace">1980-83&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;45&nbsp;hrs&nbsp;34&nbsp;min - Guy Hobbs (1978)</span><br />
<li><span style="font-family: monospace">1984-85&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;42&nbsp;hrs&nbsp;15&nbsp;min - Charlotte Allard and Fay Gillanders (1982)</span><br />
<li><span style="font-family: monospace">1986-91&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;41&nbsp;hrs&nbsp;42&nbsp;min - Anthony D. Sproson (1984)</span><br />
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=== The greatest distance hitched in a 24-hour period ===<br />
This record was only included in the 1991 edition of the GBOR. It was held by [[User:Prino|Prino]]. The actual entry on page 179 read:<br />
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"The greatest distance in 24 hours is 2318.4 km ''1440.7 miles'', from Southern [[Yugoslavia]] to [[Hamburg]], [[Germany|West Germany]] on 5 July 1989 by Robert Prins of [[De Bilt]], [[Netherlands]]. He achieved this with just four lifts."<br />
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Full details of the four rides that led to this record can be found [[Prino's 24-hour record|here]].<br />
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== The US edition of the Guinness Book of Records ==<br />
Furthermore, the US edition also seemed to have contained a record for the fastest time to hitchhike through the 48 contiguous states (i.e. all excluding [[Alaska]] and [[Hawaii]]) and in 1979 it has published a record for a trip from [[Key West]] in [[Florida]] to [[Fairbanks]] in [[Alaska]]. Details of that trip can be found in [http://web.archive.org/web/20030625221556/http://www.mastery.net/travel/hitch.htm Key West to Alaska: not without a hitch] - the particular page talks about a distance of about 5,200 mile. Based on the data in said article, this might have been [http://goo.gl/maps/mC9YD the route...]<br />
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=== From [[Key West]], [[Florida]] to [[Fairbanks]], [[Alaska]] ===<br />
"A young man named Ilmar Island of Pompano Beach, Florida, Hitchhiked from Key West, Florida, to Fairbanks, Alaska, a distance of about 5200 miles, setting out on June 2, 1979, and arriving at his destination on June 7, just 5 days 20 hours and 52 minutes later."<br />
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== Further references to hitchhiking records ==<br />
Additional articles on hitchhiking records were written in the late 1990's by Bernd Wechner for Suite101:<br />
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<li>[http://bernd.wechner.info/Hitchhiking/Suite101/Article/?05 World Records: Musings on what makes a record breaking hitch.]<br />
<li>[http://bernd.wechner.info/Hitchhiking/Suite101/Article/?06 More Records: Record breaking hitches in summary]<br />
<li>[http://bernd.wechner.info/Hitchhiking/Suite101/Article/?17 Me Hitch-hiker, You Hitch-hikee: Turning the tables]<br />
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== Suggestions for other possible records ==<br />
If you want to do something that (probably) hasn't been done before, you can try your thumb at any of these. Don't expect to end up in the Guinness Book of Records for it, they no longer seem to have a section with hitchhiking records.<br />
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* [[Nordkapp|North Cape]] to [[Gibraltar]]<br />
* [[Prudhoe Bay]] ([[Alaska]]) to [[Ushuaia]] ([[Argentina]])<br />
* [[Cabo da Roca]] ([[Portugal]]) to [[Cape Dezhnev]] ([[Russia]])<br />
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<div>'''Montpellier''' is a city in the South of [[France]]. <br />
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Apart from an attractive city in itself, it is situated next to a main motorway A9/E15 connecting cities such as [[Perpignan]] and [[Barcelona]] to the South, [[Aix-en-Provence]] and [[Marseille]] to the East, [[Lyon]] and [[Paris]] to the North, and [[Toulouse]] and [[Bordeaux]] to the West.<br />
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== Hitchhiking out ==<br />
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WARNING: The A75 is closed until mid october 2015 at the level of Lodève (southern bit).<br />
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=== All Directions ===<br />
The newest tramway line in Montpellier, line 2 (the flower tram), goes directly to a ''péage'' (toll plaza). Take tram line 2 from the train station, in the direction of "St. Jean de Vedas", then get out at the next-to-last stop, "St. Jean le Sec". At the stop look around and you will see a ''péage'' behind a roundabout.<br />
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==== The easy spot ====<br />
The roundabout is a good spot for both directions. Good traffic at normal hours. In case you're going '''south''', "[[Béziers]]" is a good city to put on your sign. The next petrol station is right out of Montpellier, and there is another one before Bézier.<br />
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If you're going '''north''', you can write "Nimes" on your sign. There is a petrol station before.<br />
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==== The hard-core spot ====<br />
If the above spot is too low on traffic (or too easy) for your taste, you can continue walking past the small ''péage'' to the multi-lane one where all the cars from North or South have to stop. To reach it, you must walk for 10 minutes beyond the first ''péage''. It is illegal and quite dangerous to walk on the ''autoroute'', so you need to walk far to the side, staying on the grass if possible. You will see the big ''péage'' from where you can find a 300 or 400 km ride in any direction.<br />
<br />
'''Attention''': there is no parking spot after the ''péage'' so you'll have to do it at the very place the people pay. Which is sometimes tolerated by the personnel, and sometimes not.<br />
<br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A9_autoroute This link] shows all the péages, exits and petrol stations of the A9.<br />
<br />
=== East and North [[Marseille]], [[Lyon]], plage ===<br />
If you like [[hitchhiker's safety|safe]] and easy hitchhiking, it's advised to take Tram number 1 to Odysseum, get off at Place de France, which is one stop before the last stop, then walk a bit back to the roundabout and go the Av. du Mondial up to the north. Walk straight and you will see a hill on the left, right in front of the highway. Go up (better to have good shoes on!) and you find at the top this brilliant hitchhiking spot - Elf [[petrol station hitchhiking|petrol station]]. You can try there, or stand with a sign on Av Pierre Mendes, just before the entrance to the station. <br />
[http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Rond-Point+Evariste+Galois,+34000+Montpellier,+H%C3%A9rault,+Languedoc-Roussillon,+Francja&sll=43.607424,3.914373&sspn=0.003698,0.009398&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=0,43.608161,3.913645&ll=43.608721,3.913643&spn=0.007396,0.018797&z=16&iwloc=addr where it is?]<br />
<br />
=== South or West towards [[Perpignan]], [[Toulouse]], [[Bordeaux]] and [[Barcelona]] ===<br />
<map lat='43.60702755812576' lng='3.9308738708496094' zoom='15' view='0' float='right' /><br />
The "all directions" tip, above, by far seems the best bet as these two mean hitching out of a roundabout, which is never as favorable as a péage. But if in any case you need to hitch out without using the tram or péage others have used these routes:<br />
<br />
'''Option One''': Another option is to get to ''Place de L'Europe'' ([http://www.liftershalte.info/?lat=43.605691341740744&lng=3.9101028442382812&zoom=15&trip=0 location]), for example by taking tramline 1. From there you can already see signs to the motorway. You can either follow those signs and the main road ''Avenue de Président Pierre Mendes France'' for about 15 to 20 minutes, or get a ride from where this road starts to either your destination or to a better location further up the road, at the roundabout where the main motorway A9/E15 actually connects to the ''Avenue de Président Pierre Mendes France''.<br />
<br />
''Note'': There is not a very good spot for cars to stop, but they stop at the [[roundabout]] for traffic with enough time to ask drivers for a ride, and for them to open the door.<br />
<br />
'''Option Two''': A second option is the [http://maps.google.fr/?ie=UTF8&om=1&z=15&ll=43.58953,3.891821&spn=0.01548,0.040255 roundabout] off ''Avenue de Palavas''. However there is no good spot for cars to stop at the roundabout, and nowhere on the ramp either. [[User:Zac Stewart|Zac]] waited for an entire day for a ride to [[Perpignan]] without luck and shamefully retreated to the train station.<br />
<br />
'''Option Three''': Take tram to stop "Sabines" and walk down Avenue d'El Alamein. You'll find roundabout. Go straight and you'll find toll station (Péage). You can try to stop car there. Before péage is large area where drivers can stop car and give you a lift.<br />
<br />
== Useful tips ==<br />
You can find free luggage storage at the "Musée Fabre," a big new museum in the center of Montpellier, close to "Place de la Comedie". Of course the luggage storage is for people who visit the museum, but if there is a lot of people they won't pay attention. It's a room on the left in the entrance, there are boxes where you can put a bag. You need to put one coin inside to have the key which they give you back.<br />
<br />
Update 07/2015 only for small luggage and a guad is watching<br />
<br />
It's a nice painting museum for people who like art. Use an ISIC card (or say you have one) for free entrance.<br />
<br />
You can get free veggies and fruits at the end of the market on Figuerolles. They close by 11/12.<br />
<br />
{{hitchbase_city|667}}<br />
{{IsIn|Languedoc-Roussilion}}<br />
{{Hitchhiking Zine nomination}}<br />
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[[trash:Montpellier]]<br />
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[[Category:France]]<br />
[[Category:E11]]<br />
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[[de:Montpellier]]<br />
[[fr:Montpellier]]</div>Sitaranehttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Clermont-Ferrand&diff=80547Clermont-Ferrand2015-09-13T20:36:32Z<p>Sitarane: </p>
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<div>Clermont-Ferrand is a city in central [[France]] with about 140,700 <small>(2006)</small> inhabitants. <br />
<br />
== Hitchhiking out ==<br />
<map lat='45.84239625838715' lng='3.1609565019607544' zoom='16' view='2' float='right' /><br />
=== North [[A71 (France)|A71]] {{E|11}} or South to take [[A75 (France)|A75]] {{E|11}} ===<br />
<br />
WARNING: The A75 is closed until mid october 2015 at the level of Lodève (southern bit).<br />
<br />
You can take the bus 20 ([http://t2cv2.transvalley.com/Transvalley_PDF/PDF/Ligne_20_hiver.pdf?selection_service=Services+r%E9guliers+hiver&selection_ligne=20&rechercher=VALIDEZ timetable]) in direction to "Gerzat Champfleuri" and stop at the terminus. Now follow "route de Vichy", cross the bridge, in order to get to the [[péage|toll area]]. There is a parking just after the toll.<br />
<br />
Option two just towards south which is closer to the city also. Follow Avenue Ernest Cristal to the end. Hitchhike bit before the entrance of the highway: [http://hitchwiki.org/maps/?lat=45.84239625838715&lon=3.1609565019607544&zoom=16 a spot]. Perhaps with a sign to Issoire and then get yourself dropped to a gas station after 9 kilometers.<br />
<br />
== Hitching East towards [[Lyon]] ==<br />
<br />
Hitching out of Clermont-Ferrand had been rather difficult as at least one good gas station had been closed (September 2010) due to construction works. Anyway, there are two possibilities, use signs both times.<br />
<br />
1) Try the gas station towards the highway on Rue Anatole France (close to Rue de Courmon). You can also try asking the people (which usually works), but take care with the gas station guys. Anyway: write THIERS on the sign, this is the next bigger city on the A72.<br />
<br />
2) Walk to the Michelin factory in Montferrand and try standing at Boulevard Edgar Quinet; cars can easily pull out there and we had one stopping after only 5 minutes waiting. Make sure you stand in sight and there are no parked buses in the way. A sign with LYON should work fine, but still consider using 'THIERS' in case. <br />
<br />
The next gas station on the A72 is '''Limagne''', it's before the city of Thiers. From there on you get easily further to St. Eienne and Lyon.<br />
<br />
== Public Transport ==<br />
Clermont-Ferrand has a tram. There are many controllers and the ticket costs EUR 1.40. Transport website: [http://t2c.fr t2c.fr]<br />
<br />
== Places to Visit ==<br />
<br />
Clermont-Ferrand is surrounded by little mountains. It's easy to have a walk to the top to enjoy nice few over the city and surroundings.<br />
<br />
== Places to Avoid ==<br />
<br />
Being generally streetwise is advisable. While it's a typical central French city, with the typical 'vie Française', there have been some disturbing attacks by fascists in recent years. Take care.<br />
<br />
== Accommodation and Sleep ==<br />
<br />
== Other Useful Info ==<br />
<br />
__NOTOC__<br />
{{IsIn|Auvergne (Region)}}<br />
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[[Category:France]]<br />
[[Category:Auvergne]]<br />
[[Category:E11]]<br />
[[Category:E70]]</div>Sitaranehttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=A75_(France)&diff=80546A75 (France)2015-09-13T20:34:36Z<p>Sitarane: </p>
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<div><map lat="44.598951579412" lng="3.423059821096" zoom="8" view="0" float="right" width="300" height="800" /><br />
<br />
WARNING: This highway is closed until mid october 2015 at the level of Lodève.<br />
<br />
The '''A75''' is a motorway in [[France]], it leads from [[Clermont-Ferrand]] to [[Béziers]].<br />
<br />
== Hitching the '''A75''' ==<br />
<br />
{{legend}}<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|- <br />
! style="width: 30em" | !! style="width:30em" | !! style="width: 30em" | <br />
|-<br />
| <p align="center">{{south}}</p> || || <p align="center">{{north}}</p><br />
|-<br />
| || {{junction}} {{AutorouteFR|71}} {{AutorouteFR|711}} || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (1) {{ramp}} Aubière || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (2) {{ramp}} Pérignat-lès-Sarliève || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (3) {{ramp}} Coumon-Sarliève || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (4) {{ramp}} La Roche Blanche || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (5) {{ramp}} Le Crest || |<br />
|-<br />
| {{gas}} service station [[Veyre]] || || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (6) {{ramp}} La Sauvetat || |<br />
|-<br />
| || || {{gas}} service station [[Authezat]]<br />
|-<br />
| || (7) {{ramp}} Montpeyroux || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (8) {{ramp}} Coudes || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (9) {{ramp}} Sauvagnat-Sainte-Marthe || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (10) {{ramp}} La Ribeyre || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (11) {{ramp}} Issoire-Nord || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (12) {{ramp}} Issoire-Les-Prés || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (13) {{ramp}} Issoire-Est || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (14) {{ramp}} Issoire-Aérodrome || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (15) {{ramp}} Le Broc-Nord || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (16) {{ramp}} Le Broc-Sud || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (17) {{ramp}} Saint-Germain-Lembron || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (18) {{ramp}} Charbonnier-les-Mines || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (19) {{ramp}} Lempdes-sur-Allagnon-Nord || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (20) {{ramp}} Lempdes-sur-Allagnon-Sud || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (21) {{ramp}} Lorlanges || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (22) {{ramp}} Le Puy || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (23) {{ramp}} Massiac-Nord || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (24) {{ramp}} Massiac-Sud || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (25) {{ramp}} Saint-Poncy || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (26) {{ramp}} Viellespesse || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (27) {{ramp}} Coren || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (28) {{ramp}} Saint-Flour-Bel-Air || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (29) {{ramp}} Saint-Flour-Bellevue || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (30) {{ramp}} Anglards-de-Saint-Flour || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (31) {{ramp}} Loubaresse || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (32) {{ramp}} Arcomie {{gas}} {{rest}} service station [[La Lozère]] || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (33) {{ramp}} Saint-Chély-d'Apcher-Nord || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (34) {{ramp}} Saint-Chély-d'Apcher-Sud || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (35) {{ramp}} Aumont-Aubrac-Nord || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (36) {{ramp}} Aumont-Aubrac-Sud || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (37) {{ramp}} Le Buisson || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (38) {{ramp}} Marvejols || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (39) {{ramp}} Le Monastier || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (39.1) {{ramp}} [[Mende]] || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (39.2) {{ramp}} Saint-Germain-du-Teil || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (40) {{ramp}} Banassac || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (41) {{ramp}} Campagnac || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (42) {{ramp}} Sévérac-le-Château {{gas}} {{rest}} service station [[Aveyron]] || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (43) {{ramp}} Le Massegros || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (44) {{ramp}} Engayresque || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (44.1) {{ramp}} Aguessac || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (45) {{ramp}} [[Millau]]-Nord || |<br />
|-<br />
| || {{peage}} || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (46) {{ramp}} La Bastide-Pradines || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (47) {{ramp}} La Cavalerie || |<br />
|-<br />
| || {{gas}} service station [[Larzac]] || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (48) {{ramp}} L'Hospitalet-du-Larzac || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (49) {{ramp}} Le Caylar || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (50) {{ramp}} Saint-Félix-de-l'Héras || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (51) {{ramp}} Pégairolles-de-l'Escalette || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (52) {{ramp}} Lodève-Nord || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (53) {{ramp}} Lodève-Sud || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (54) {{ramp}} Le Bosc || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (55) {{ramp}} Lac du Salagou || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (56) {{ramp}} Salelles-du-Bosc || |<br />
|-<br />
| || {{junction}} {{AutorouteFR|750}} || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (57) {{ramp}} Clermont-l'Hérault || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (58) {{ramp}} Paulhan || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (59) {{ramp}} Pézenas-Nord || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (-) {{ramp}} Pézenas-Est || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (60) {{ramp}} Pézenas-Sud || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (61) {{ramp}} Pézenas-Ouest || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (62) {{ramp}} Servian || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (63) {{ramp}} [[Béziers]]-Nord || |<br />
|-<br />
| || (64) {{ramp}} [[Béziers]]-Centre || |<br />
|-<br />
| || {{peage}} || |<br />
|-<br />
| || {{junction}} {{AutorouteFR|9}} || |<br />
|-<br />
| <p align="center">{{south}}</p> || || <p align="center">{{north}}</p><br />
|}<br />
<br />
{{Highways FR}}<br />
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[[Category:Auvergne]]<br />
[[Category:Midi-Pyrénées]]<br />
[[Category:Languedoc-Roussillon]]<br />
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[[Category:Autoroute]]<br />
[[Category:France]]<br />
[[Category:Motorways]]<br />
<br />
{{IsIn|France}}</div>Sitaranehttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Hitchgathering/2015&diff=79906Hitchgathering/20152015-07-16T12:41:52Z<p>Sitarane: </p>
<hr />
<div>This page is a central dump for the organization of the 2015 hitchgathering.<br />
<br />
Discussion happens at '''[http://lists.freeactive.net/listinfo.cgi/hitch-freeactive.net the mailing list]'''.<br />
<br />
Location for 2015 is going to be near '''[https://www.google.de/maps/place/44%C2%B049%2717.2%22N+4%C2%B045%2720.0%22E/@44.821441,4.755558,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en Saint Laurent du Pape, Ardèche, South-east France]'''. GPS coordinates: '''44.821441, 4.755558'''<br />
<br />
We are only 8 kilometers from the nearest motorway exit, A7 exit 17 (Loriol) between Valence Sud and Montélimar Nord. From the exit head west for 1km to the bridge over the Rhone and hitch North on the D86 towards Saint-Laurent du Pape. From that point the Hitchgathering will be signposted!<br />
<br />
More hints how to get to the gathering on the main page http://hitchgathering.org/ !!<br />
<br />
'''This is a wiki. You see something that's wrong, edit. You think something is missing, edit.'''<br />
<br />
==On site logistics==<br />
===To Do===<br />
* Dig shit pits (Really? I remember someone saying that there are dry toilets on site)<br />
* Set up a fireplace.<br />
* Talk to local businesses about sharing their trash.<br />
* Find big cooking pots and gear, bring onsite.<br />
* Put up direction signs from the motorway exit.<br />
* Check with our hosts whether we can buy some of the food they produce. Otherwise check with surrounding producers (just go to the local market and ask around the stalls).<br />
<br />
===To have===<br />
<br />
* Shovels (borrow from farm?)<br />
* At least 2 big cooking pot(s) at least (borrow from farm?)<br />
* Rope<br />
* A couple of rolls big plastic bags (not the massive ones, 30-50L is easier to carry out).<br />
* Bunch of soap-bars for toilets<br />
* Empty plastic bottles (esp. the big ones)<br />
* First aid kit<br />
* Paper, pens, markers, tape, (black)boards<br />
* Food in all sorts. Basic stuff like salt, oil, spices,<br />
<br />
==Communication==<br />
<br />
===Online===<br />
<br />
====The website====<br />
<br />
[http://hitchgathering.org hitchgathering.org]<br />
<br />
It's a presentation site that is meant to explain the concept to the newcomer and an online window to the outer world. It's secondary purpose is to store the stuff from previous gatherings.<br />
<br />
Needs graphics. Join [http://lists.freeactive.net/listinfo.cgi/hitch-freeactive.net the mailing list] to help.<br />
<br />
It's got Piwik and SEO plugin. Anyone feels like optimizing?<br />
<br />
Any chance we can have it in French too? -- [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]] ([[User talk:Sitarane|talk]]) 23:35, 26 May 2015 (CEST)<br />
<br />
====The facebook====<br />
There's an [https://www.facebook.com/events/1568866916668980/ event] already. What else?<br />
<br />
====BeWelcome====<br />
<br />
[http://www.bewelcome.org/activities/1393 Activity]<br />
<br />
====Blogs====<br />
<br />
List here your favourite travel blogger, Maybe if we tell them, they'll write about it.<br />
<br />
[http://www.daquiali.com/ Daqui ali]<br />
<br />
[http://www.globestoppeuse.com/ Globestoppeuse]<br />
<br />
===IRL===<br />
<br />
====Stickers====<br />
<br />
To put up at HH spots, on your abandoned signs... wherever. Print-at-home type. We just need a design.<br />
<br />
====Flyers====<br />
<br />
Print at home, leave in relevant spot in your city.<br />
<br />
====Press release====<br />
<br />
Something we can spam the french media with a few weeks before. Needs to be in French. Will be hosted on the website.<br />
<br />
==Archives==<br />
<br />
You'll find here the content that used to be on this page, but lost its relevancy.<br />
<br />
[[Hitchgathering/2015/Location suggestions]]<br />
<br />
<br />
====Pre and Post Gatherings====<br />
<br />
Post Gathering in Mols (Denmark) 10/08 - 16/08<br />
<br />
Location :<br />
http://udinaturen.dk/facilitet/Helgen%C3%A6s--Dragsmur/1514<br />
<br />
Plenty of dumpsters around, easy hitchhiking, sea, wind and hopefully sun :D</div>Sitaranehttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Hitchgathering/2015&diff=79876Hitchgathering/20152015-07-12T12:38:58Z<p>Sitarane: </p>
<hr />
<div>This page is a central dump for the organization of the 2015 hitchgathering.<br />
<br />
Discussion happens at '''[http://lists.freeactive.net/listinfo.cgi/hitch-freeactive.net the mailing list]'''.<br />
<br />
Location for 2015 is going to be '''[https://goo.gl/maps/KoCUv St. Laurent du Pape, A. Ardèche, South-east France]'''.<br />
<br />
'''This is a wiki. You see something that's wrong, edit. You think something is missing, edit.'''<br />
<br />
==On site logistics==<br />
===To Do===<br />
* Dig shit pits (Really? I remember someone saying that there are dry toilets on site)<br />
* Set up a fireplace.<br />
* Talk to local businesses about sharing their trash.<br />
* Find big cooking pots and gear, bring onsite.<br />
* Put up direction signs from the motorway exit.<br />
* Check with our hosts whether we can buy some of the food they produce. Otherwise check with surrounding producers (just go to the local market and ask around the stalls).<br />
<br />
===To have===<br />
<br />
* Shovels (borrow from farm?)<br />
* At least 2 big cooking pot(s) at least (borrow from farm?)<br />
* Rope<br />
* A couple of rolls big plastic bags (not the massive ones, 30-50L is easier to carry out).<br />
* Bunch of soap-bars for toilets<br />
* Empty plastic bottles (esp. the big ones)<br />
* First aid kit<br />
* Paper, pens, markers, tape, (black)boards<br />
* Food in all sorts. Basic stuff like salt, oil, spices,<br />
<br />
==Communication==<br />
<br />
===Online===<br />
<br />
====The website====<br />
<br />
[http://hitchgathering.org hitchgathering.org]<br />
<br />
It's a presentation site that is meant to explain the concept to the newcomer and an online window to the outer world. It's secondary purpose is to store the stuff from previous gatherings.<br />
<br />
Needs graphics. Join [http://lists.freeactive.net/listinfo.cgi/hitch-freeactive.net the mailing list] to help.<br />
<br />
It's got Piwik and SEO plugin. Anyone feels like optimizing?<br />
<br />
Any chance we can have it in French too? -- [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]] ([[User talk:Sitarane|talk]]) 23:35, 26 May 2015 (CEST)<br />
<br />
====The facebook====<br />
There's an [https://www.facebook.com/events/1568866916668980/ event] already. What else?<br />
<br />
====BeWelcome====<br />
<br />
[http://www.bewelcome.org/activities/1393 Activity]<br />
<br />
====Blogs====<br />
<br />
List here your favourite travel blogger, Maybe if we tell them, they'll write about it.<br />
<br />
[http://www.daquiali.com/ Daqui ali]<br />
<br />
[http://www.globestoppeuse.com/ Globestoppeuse]<br />
<br />
===IRL===<br />
<br />
====Stickers====<br />
<br />
To put up at HH spots, on your abandoned signs... wherever. Print-at-home type. We just need a design.<br />
<br />
====Flyers====<br />
<br />
Print at home, leave in relevant spot in your city.<br />
<br />
====Press release====<br />
<br />
Something we can spam the french media with a few weeks before. Needs to be in French. Will be hosted on the website.<br />
<br />
==Archives==<br />
<br />
You'll find here the content that used to be on this page, but lost its relevancy.<br />
<br />
[[Hitchgathering/2015/Location suggestions]]<br />
<br />
<br />
====Pre and Post Gatherings====<br />
<br />
Post Gathering in Mols (Denmark) 10/08 - 16/08<br />
<br />
Location :<br />
http://udinaturen.dk/facilitet/Helgen%C3%A6s--Dragsmur/1514<br />
<br />
Plenty of dumpsters around, easy hitchhiking, sea, wind and hopefully sun :D</div>Sitaranehttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Hitchgathering/2015&diff=79875Hitchgathering/20152015-07-12T12:11:38Z<p>Sitarane: </p>
<hr />
<div>This page is a central dump for the organization of the 2015 hitchgathering.<br />
<br />
Discussion happens at '''[http://lists.freeactive.net/listinfo.cgi/hitch-freeactive.net the mailing list]'''.<br />
<br />
Location for 2015 is going to be '''[https://goo.gl/maps/KoCUv St. Laurent du Pape, A. Ardèche, South-east France]'''.<br />
<br />
'''This is a wiki. You see something that's wrong, edit. You think something is missing, edit.'''<br />
<br />
==On site logistics==<br />
===To Do===<br />
* Dig shit pits (Really? I remember someone saying that there are dry toilets on site)<br />
* Set up a fireplace.<br />
* Talk to local businesses about sharing their trash.<br />
* Find big cooking pots and gear, bring onsite.<br />
* Put up direction signs from the motorway exit.<br />
* Check with our hosts whether we can buy some of the food they produce. Otherwise check with surrounding producers (just go to the local market and ask around the stalls).<br />
<br />
===To have===<br />
<br />
* Shovels (borrow from farm?)<br />
* At least 2 big cooking pot(s) at least (borrow from farm?)<br />
* Rope<br />
* A couple of rolls big plastic bags (not the massive ones, 30-50L is easier to carry out).<br />
* Bunch of soap-bars for toilets<br />
* Empty plastic bottles (esp. the big ones)<br />
* First aid kit<br />
* Paper, pens, markers, tape, (black)boards<br />
* Food in all sorts. Basic stuff like salt, oil, spices,<br />
<br />
==Communication==<br />
<br />
===Online===<br />
<br />
====The website====<br />
<br />
[http://hitchgathering.org hitchgathering.org]<br />
<br />
It's a presentation site that is meant to explain the concept to the newcomer and an online window to the outer world. It's secondary purpose is to store the stuff from previous gatherings.<br />
<br />
Needs graphics. Join [http://lists.freeactive.net/listinfo.cgi/hitch-freeactive.net the mailing list] to help.<br />
<br />
It's got Piwik and SEO plugin. Anyone feels like optimizing?<br />
<br />
Any chance we can have it in French too? -- [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]] ([[User talk:Sitarane|talk]]) 23:35, 26 May 2015 (CEST)<br />
<br />
====The facebook====<br />
There's an [https://www.facebook.com/events/1568866916668980/ event] already. What else?<br />
<br />
====BeWelcome====<br />
Need to set up an event there.<br />
<br />
====Blogs====<br />
<br />
List here your favourite travel blogger, Maybe if we tell them, they'll write about it.<br />
<br />
[http://www.daquiali.com/ Daqui ali]<br />
<br />
[http://www.globestoppeuse.com/ Globestoppeuse]<br />
<br />
===IRL===<br />
<br />
====Stickers====<br />
<br />
To put up at HH spots, on your abandoned signs... wherever. Print-at-home type. We just need a design.<br />
<br />
====Flyers====<br />
<br />
Print at home, leave in relevant spot in your city.<br />
<br />
====Press release====<br />
<br />
Something we can spam the french media with a few weeks before. Needs to be in French. Will be hosted on the website.<br />
<br />
==Archives==<br />
<br />
You'll find here the content that used to be on this page, but lost its relevancy.<br />
<br />
[[Hitchgathering/2015/Location suggestions]]<br />
<br />
<br />
====Pre and Post Gatherings====<br />
<br />
Post Gathering in Mols (Denmark) 10/08 - 16/08<br />
<br />
Location :<br />
http://udinaturen.dk/facilitet/Helgen%C3%A6s--Dragsmur/1514<br />
<br />
Plenty of dumpsters around, easy hitchhiking, sea, wind and hopefully sun :D</div>Sitaranehttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Hitchgathering/2015&diff=79874Hitchgathering/20152015-07-12T12:06:02Z<p>Sitarane: </p>
<hr />
<div>This page is a central dump for the organization of the 2015 hitchgathering.<br />
<br />
Discussion happens at '''[http://lists.freeactive.net/listinfo.cgi/hitch-freeactive.net the mailing list]'''.<br />
<br />
Location for 2015 is going to be '''[https://goo.gl/maps/KoCUv St. Laurent du Pape, A. Ardèche, South-east France]'''.<br />
<br />
'''This is a wiki. You see something that's wrong, edit. You think something is missing, edit.'''<br />
<br />
==On site logistics==<br />
===To Do===<br />
* Dig shit pits (Really? I remember someone saying that there are dry toilets on site)<br />
* Set up a fireplace.<br />
* Talk to local businesses about sharing their trash.<br />
* Find big cooking pots and gear, bring onsite.<br />
* Put up direction signs from the motorway exit.<br />
* Check with our hosts whether we can buy some of the food they produce. Otherwise check with surrounding producers (just go to the local market and ask around the stalls).<br />
<br />
===To have===<br />
<br />
* Shovels (borrow from farm?)<br />
* At least 2 big cooking pot(s) (borrow from farm?)<br />
* Rope<br />
* Plastic bags for trash<br />
* First aid kit<br />
* Paper, pens, markers, tape, (black)boards<br />
* Food in all sorts. Basic stuff like salt, oil, spices,<br />
<br />
==Communication==<br />
<br />
===Online===<br />
<br />
====The website====<br />
<br />
[http://hitchgathering.org hitchgathering.org]<br />
<br />
It's a presentation site that is meant to explain the concept to the newcomer and an online window to the outer world. It's secondary purpose is to store the stuff from previous gatherings.<br />
<br />
Needs graphics. Join [http://lists.freeactive.net/listinfo.cgi/hitch-freeactive.net the mailing list] to help.<br />
<br />
It's got Piwik and SEO plugin. Anyone feels like optimizing?<br />
<br />
Any chance we can have it in French too? -- [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]] ([[User talk:Sitarane|talk]]) 23:35, 26 May 2015 (CEST)<br />
<br />
====The facebook====<br />
There's an [https://www.facebook.com/events/1568866916668980/ event] already. What else?<br />
<br />
====BeWelcome====<br />
Need to set up an event there.<br />
<br />
====Blogs====<br />
<br />
List here your favourite travel blogger, Maybe if we tell them, they'll write about it.<br />
<br />
[http://www.daquiali.com/ Daqui ali]<br />
<br />
[http://www.globestoppeuse.com/ Globestoppeuse]<br />
<br />
===IRL===<br />
<br />
====Stickers====<br />
<br />
To put up at HH spots, on your abandoned signs... wherever. Print-at-home type. We just need a design.<br />
<br />
====Flyers====<br />
<br />
Print at home, leave in relevant spot in your city.<br />
<br />
====Press release====<br />
<br />
Something we can spam the french media with a few weeks before. Needs to be in French. Will be hosted on the website.<br />
<br />
==Archives==<br />
<br />
You'll find here the content that used to be on this page, but lost its relevancy.<br />
<br />
[[Hitchgathering/2015/Location suggestions]]<br />
<br />
<br />
====Pre and Post Gatherings====<br />
<br />
Post Gathering in Mols (Denmark) 10/08 - 16/08<br />
<br />
Location :<br />
http://udinaturen.dk/facilitet/Helgen%C3%A6s--Dragsmur/1514<br />
<br />
Plenty of dumpsters around, easy hitchhiking, sea, wind and hopefully sun :D</div>Sitaranehttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Hitchgathering/2015&diff=79873Hitchgathering/20152015-07-12T12:04:21Z<p>Sitarane: </p>
<hr />
<div>This page is a central dump for the organization of the 2015 hitchgathering.<br />
<br />
Discussion happens at '''[http://lists.freeactive.net/listinfo.cgi/hitch-freeactive.net the mailing list]'''.<br />
<br />
Location for 2015 is going to be '''[https://goo.gl/maps/KoCUv St. Laurent du Pape, A. Ardèche, South-east France]'''.<br />
<br />
'''This is a wiki. You see something that's wrong, edit. You think something is missing, edit.'''<br />
<br />
==On site logistics==<br />
===To Do===<br />
* Dig shit pits (Really? I remember someone saying that there are dry toilets on site)<br />
* Set up a fireplace.<br />
* Talk to local businesses about sharing their trash.<br />
* Find big cooking pots and gear, bring onsite.<br />
* Put up direction signs from the motorway exit.<br />
* Check with our hosts whether we can buy some of the food they produce. Otherwise check with surrounding producers (just go to the local market and ask around the stalls).<br />
<br />
===To have===<br />
<br />
* Shovels<br />
* At least 2 big cooking pot(s)<br />
* Rope<br />
* Plastic bags for trash<br />
* First aid kit<br />
* Paper, pens, markers, tape, (black)boards<br />
* Food in all sorts. Basic stuff like salt, oil, spices,<br />
<br />
==Communication==<br />
<br />
===Online===<br />
<br />
====The website====<br />
<br />
[http://hitchgathering.org hitchgathering.org]<br />
<br />
It's a presentation site that is meant to explain the concept to the newcomer and an online window to the outer world. It's secondary purpose is to store the stuff from previous gatherings.<br />
<br />
Needs graphics. Join [http://lists.freeactive.net/listinfo.cgi/hitch-freeactive.net the mailing list] to help.<br />
<br />
It's got Piwik and SEO plugin. Anyone feels like optimizing?<br />
<br />
Any chance we can have it in French too? -- [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]] ([[User talk:Sitarane|talk]]) 23:35, 26 May 2015 (CEST)<br />
<br />
====The facebook====<br />
There's an [https://www.facebook.com/events/1568866916668980/ event] already. What else?<br />
<br />
====BeWelcome====<br />
Need to set up an event there.<br />
<br />
====Blogs====<br />
<br />
List here your favourite travel blogger, Maybe if we tell them, they'll write about it.<br />
<br />
[http://www.daquiali.com/ Daqui ali]<br />
<br />
[http://www.globestoppeuse.com/ Globestoppeuse]<br />
<br />
===IRL===<br />
<br />
====Stickers====<br />
<br />
To put up at HH spots, on your abandoned signs... wherever. Print-at-home type. We just need a design.<br />
<br />
====Flyers====<br />
<br />
Print at home, leave in relevant spot in your city.<br />
<br />
====Press release====<br />
<br />
Something we can spam the french media with a few weeks before. Needs to be in French. Will be hosted on the website.<br />
<br />
==Archives==<br />
<br />
You'll find here the content that used to be on this page, but lost its relevancy.<br />
<br />
[[Hitchgathering/2015/Location suggestions]]<br />
<br />
<br />
====Pre and Post Gatherings====<br />
<br />
Post Gathering in Mols (Denmark) 10/08 - 16/08<br />
<br />
Location :<br />
http://udinaturen.dk/facilitet/Helgen%C3%A6s--Dragsmur/1514<br />
<br />
Plenty of dumpsters around, easy hitchhiking, sea, wind and hopefully sun :D</div>Sitaranehttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Hitchgathering/2015&diff=79872Hitchgathering/20152015-07-12T12:01:11Z<p>Sitarane: </p>
<hr />
<div>This page is a central dump for the organization of the 2015 hitchgathering.<br />
<br />
Discussion happens at '''[http://lists.freeactive.net/listinfo.cgi/hitch-freeactive.net the mailing list]'''.<br />
<br />
Location for 2015 is going to be '''[https://goo.gl/maps/KoCUv St. Laurent du Pape, A. Ardèche, South-east France]'''.<br />
<br />
'''This is a wiki. You see something that's wrong, edit. You think something is missing, edit.'''<br />
<br />
==On site logistics==<br />
What needs to be done before D day.<br />
* Dig shit pits (Really? I remember someone saying that there are dry toilets on site)<br />
* Set up a fireplace.<br />
* Talk to local businesses about sharing their trash.<br />
* Find big cooking pots and gear, bring onsite.<br />
* Put up direction signs from the motorway exit.<br />
* Check with our hosts whether we can buy some of the food they produce. Otherwise check with surrounding producers (just go to the local market and ask around the stalls).<br />
<br />
==Communication==<br />
<br />
===Online===<br />
<br />
====The website====<br />
<br />
[http://hitchgathering.org hitchgathering.org]<br />
<br />
It's a presentation site that is meant to explain the concept to the newcomer and an online window to the outer world. It's secondary purpose is to store the stuff from previous gatherings.<br />
<br />
Needs graphics. Join [http://lists.freeactive.net/listinfo.cgi/hitch-freeactive.net the mailing list] to help.<br />
<br />
It's got Piwik and SEO plugin. Anyone feels like optimizing?<br />
<br />
Any chance we can have it in French too? -- [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]] ([[User talk:Sitarane|talk]]) 23:35, 26 May 2015 (CEST)<br />
<br />
====The facebook====<br />
There's an [https://www.facebook.com/events/1568866916668980/ event] already. What else?<br />
<br />
====BeWelcome====<br />
Need to set up an event there.<br />
<br />
====Blogs====<br />
<br />
List here your favourite travel blogger, Maybe if we tell them, they'll write about it.<br />
<br />
[http://www.daquiali.com/ Daqui ali]<br />
<br />
[http://www.globestoppeuse.com/ Globestoppeuse]<br />
<br />
===IRL===<br />
<br />
====Stickers====<br />
<br />
To put up at HH spots, on your abandoned signs... wherever. Print-at-home type. We just need a design.<br />
<br />
====Flyers====<br />
<br />
Print at home, leave in relevant spot in your city.<br />
<br />
====Press release====<br />
<br />
Something we can spam the french media with a few weeks before. Needs to be in French. Will be hosted on the website.<br />
<br />
==Archives==<br />
<br />
You'll find here the content that used to be on this page, but lost its relevancy.<br />
<br />
[[Hitchgathering/2015/Location suggestions]]<br />
<br />
<br />
====Pre and Post Gatherings====<br />
<br />
Post Gathering in Mols (Denmark) 10/08 - 16/08<br />
<br />
Location :<br />
http://udinaturen.dk/facilitet/Helgen%C3%A6s--Dragsmur/1514<br />
<br />
Plenty of dumpsters around, easy hitchhiking, sea, wind and hopefully sun :D</div>Sitaranehttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Jena&diff=79712Jena2015-06-17T12:31:59Z<p>Sitarane: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{Infobox German Location<br />
|country = Germany<br />
|pop = 102,494 (31 Dec 2006)<br />
|state = Thuringia<br />
|plate = J<br />
|motorways = {{Autobahn|4}} {{Autobahn|9}}<br />
|map = <map lat='50.942' lng='11.715' zoom='10' view='3'/><br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''Jena''' is a city in Germany, in the region of [[Thuringia]].<br />
<br />
= Hitchhiking out =<br />
<br />
Hitching out of Jena is not easy, but neither is it impossible. Essentially there are two motorways from which to start, the A9 going north-south from [[Berlin]] to [[Munich]], and the A4 going east-west from [[Frankfurt]] to [[Dresden]].<br />
<br />
== East towards [[Frankfurt]], west towards [[Dresden]] {{Autobahn|4}} ==<br />
<br />
The A4 passes Jena straight at its eastern style southern edge, Lobeda. You can either start hitching directly here or take the train and a 3 km walk to ''Rasthof Teufelstal'' (~20 km from Jena). If you want to start hitching straight from Jena there are several places to start. <br />
<br />
=== Starting in Jena ===<br />
<br />
Starting straight from Jena is not very easy but not impossible either. For all options below I would suggest starting at the on-ramp "Jena Zentrum" as the other on-ramp (Göschwitz) is still under construction as of 2011 and quite chaotic. For all following options take the tram until "Emil Wölk Straße" in Lobeda.<br />
<br />
==== 1. Petrol Station ====<br />
If you prefer the option to ask folks at petrol stations you can try the Aral station close to the Mc Donalds in the "Gewerbegebiet Lobeda Süd". To get here walk along the small footpath besides the Stadtrodaer Straße (5 min from the tram station). Be aware that even though the stations is quite busy, most of the traffic seems to go to villages nearby so you may have to wait for a while until you get a lift (for example for 4h on a Saturday afternoon).<br />
<br />
==== 2. On-ramps ====<br />
For those trying their luck via thumb and sign, I would suggest waiting straight at the pedestrian traffic lights directly on the on-ramp in direction Frankfurt. Cars will stop at the red light (possibly induced by you ;-) ) and have time to think about picking you up. Hitching east (Gera, A9,...) your best option is the on-ramp opposite the Aral station. Even though the cars from Jena will not use it, there is a good place to stop here for cars in contrast to the route used by cars from Jena.<br />
<br />
==== 3. Bus station ====<br />
There is a big bus station ("Arbeitsamt") straight on the "Stadtrodaer Straße "so cars can stop here easily. Everybody leaving Jena for the A4 will pass you and the traffic lights will cause cars to stop and think about picking you up. Its 2 minutes from the tram station "Emil Wölk Straße" directly at the bridge of "Erlanger Alle" over "Stadtrodaer Straße". Make sure that you carry a sign!<br />
<br />
<br />
All these options may involve long waiting times (>1h) so, especially if you are not female, you should consider the other options described that get you straight to rest places on the highway.<br />
<br />
=== Trainride to Rasthof Teufelstal ===<br />
<br />
If you are generally not that lucky thumbing down cars and you would like to start your journey straight at the motorway, the easiest option is to travel to Rasthof Teufelstal which is located at the A4 approx. 15 km east of Jena. From here it should be no problem to ask people for lifts east or west. To get there either take the local train from Jena West towards Gera and get off at "Papiermühle". From here it is a (scenic) 3 km hike first east along the valley and then south to the small village of Bollberg. From here you either cross the fields directly to the Rasthof if heading west or cross the motorway (walk towards Mörsdorf after Böllberg) and head east at the other side for hitching east.<br />
<br />
== North to [[Berlin]], south to [[Munich]] {{Autobahn|9}} ==<br />
<br />
The A9 as a main north south motorway passes Jena approx. 25 km east of the city. As it is probably difficult (though still an option) to use the above described options to start on the A4 and then change on the A9 you are probably better off aiming at the A9 straight away. You could either travel to the petrol station "Hermsdorfer Kreuz" straight on the motorway, start at a petrol station in Eisenberg or hitch towards the A9 on local roads.<br />
<br />
=== Starting from Jena ===<br />
If you are a die hard hitchhiker and want to start hitching in Jena you can hitch along local roads towards the A9. This makes sense as many locals (especially if heading north at the A9) also take the local roads instead of the A4 to get to the A9. You should aim at getting a lift as far as Eisenberg as here is a good petrol station really close to the A9. <br />
<br />
Take a tram until ''Jenzigweg'' and thumb down cars at the bus station there. This is easier if you have a sign stating ''A9/Eisenberg''.<br />
<br />
=== Hermsdorfer Kreuz ===<br />
It should be easy to get a lift at this busy service station. The tricky bit is how to get here from Jena. Either take the local train from Jena West towards [[Gera]] and get off in [[Hermsdorf]]. From here take the 3-4 km/45 minute walk south through the whole village, past the A4, and finally turning right into the bushes at the Busstop onto the hiking trail towards the ''Teufelstal''. Alternatively you can take bus 200 (direction [[Gera]]), 444 (direction Stadtroda) or 427 (direction Jena/Stadtroda) from the station in Hermsdorf (they go approx. every 30 minutes) and get off at ''Hermsdorf Fußweg Rasthof''. From here it is a 5 minute walk through the forest. Another option is to take bus 444 straight from Jena (or 427 from Stadtroda) towards Hermsdorf and get off at the same station.<br />
<br />
Unlucky hitchhikers who get stuck at Rasthof Teufelstal on the A4 but want to change to the A9 can also do the scenic hike from Teufelstal to Hermsdorfer Kreuz (~4km/1h) Just follow the hiking trail marked with a green stripe which passes south of the service station at Teufelsthal south into the valley and head east uphill at a small junction following the same marks. In case you find a helpful driver ask him/her if he could turn south at the A4/A9 junction (Hermsdorfer Kreuz) onto the A9 towards [[Munich|München]], drop you off at the service station, turn around at the ramp "Hermsdorf Süd" and get back onto the A4. This may take him 5-10 minutes.<br />
<br />
=== From [[Eisenberg]] ===<br />
Eisenberg lies ~25km east of Jena straight at the A9.There is a good petrol station directly at the motorway in a commercial area which is a good start to ask for lifts. To get here by public transport take bus 431 from Jena and get off at ''Gewerbegebiet, Petersberg bei Eisenberg'' (45 minutes). You can also hitch along the Bundesstraße from Jena.<br />
<br />
= Hitching in =<br />
Ask you driver to get off at the off-ramp "Jena-Zentrum", afterwards turn towards "Zenrum" on "Stadtrodaer Straße" and to turn right on the first turn off (towards "Klinikum"). You will immediately reach the tram station "Platanenstraße" (3-5 minutes detour). <br />
<br />
<br />
= Sleeping =<br />
<br />
There is a youth hostel in Jena. Be sure to get there early, because there's no other cheap accommodation in the city. The tram heads there, you should ask somebody for directions. If you get really stuck, the McD's at the service station, although not 24h is open until midnight, and opens again 7 the next morning. If you leave McD's at midnight, cross the road, and climb the stairs opposite the car dealership on the back of the warehouse, there's a sheltered area where you can camp for the night. It's not warm, but if you go into McD's the next morning, you can use the bathroom to wash, and somebody behind the counter might recognize you and sort you out with a cup of tea. Couchsurfing and Hospitality Club are also very active in Jena.<br />
<br />
__NOTOC__<br />
{{IsIn|Thuringia}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Thuringia]]<br />
[[Category:Germany]]<br />
<br />
[[de:Jena]]</div>Sitaranehttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Hitchgathering/2015&diff=79524Hitchgathering/20152015-05-27T15:10:22Z<p>Sitarane: </p>
<hr />
<div>This page is a central dump for the organization of the 2015 hitchgathering.<br />
<br />
Discussion happens at '''[http://lists.freeactive.net/listinfo.cgi/hitch-freeactive.net the mailing list]'''.<br />
<br />
Location for 2015 is going to be '''[https://goo.gl/maps/KoCUv St. Laurent du Pape, A. Ardèche, South-east France]'''.<br />
<br />
'''This is a wiki. You see something that's wrong, edit. You think something is missing, edit.'''<br />
<br />
==On site logistics==<br />
What needs to be done before D day.<br />
* Talk to local businesses about sharing their trash.<br />
* Find big cooking pots and gear, bring onsite.<br />
* Put up direction signs from the motorway exit.<br />
* Check with our hosts whether we can buy some of the food they produce. Otherwise check with surrounding producers (just go to the local market and ask around the stalls).<br />
<br />
==Communication==<br />
<br />
===Online===<br />
<br />
====The website====<br />
<br />
[http://hitchgathering.org hitchgathering.org]<br />
<br />
It's a presentation site that is meant to explain the concept to the newcomer and an online window to the outer world. It's secondary purpose is to store the stuff from previous gatherings.<br />
<br />
Needs graphics. Join [http://lists.freeactive.net/listinfo.cgi/hitch-freeactive.net the mailing list] to help.<br />
<br />
It's got Piwik and SEO plugin. Anyone feels like optimizing?<br />
<br />
Any chance we can have it in French too? -- [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]] ([[User talk:Sitarane|talk]]) 23:35, 26 May 2015 (CEST)<br />
<br />
====The facebook====<br />
There's an [https://www.facebook.com/events/1568866916668980/ event] already. What else?<br />
<br />
====BeWelcome====<br />
Need to set up an event there.<br />
<br />
====Blogs====<br />
<br />
List here your favourite travel blogger, Maybe if we tell them, they'll write about it.<br />
<br />
[http://www.daquiali.com/ Daqui ali]<br />
<br />
[http://www.globestoppeuse.com/ Globestoppeuse]<br />
<br />
===IRL===<br />
<br />
====Stickers====<br />
<br />
To put up at HH spots, on your abandoned signs... wherever. Print-at-home type. We just need a design.<br />
<br />
====Flyers====<br />
<br />
Print at home, leave in relevant spot in your city.<br />
<br />
====Press release====<br />
<br />
Something we can spam the french media with a few weeks before. Needs to be in French. Will be hosted on the website.<br />
<br />
==Archives==<br />
<br />
You'll find here the content that used to be on this page, but lost its relevancy.<br />
<br />
[[Hitchgathering/2015/Location suggestions]]</div>Sitaranehttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Hitchgathering/2015&diff=79523Hitchgathering/20152015-05-27T14:30:36Z<p>Sitarane: </p>
<hr />
<div>This page is a central dump for the organization of the 2015 hitchgathering.<br />
<br />
Discussion happens at '''[http://lists.freeactive.net/listinfo.cgi/hitch-freeactive.net the mailing list]'''.<br />
<br />
Location for 2015 is going to be '''[https://goo.gl/maps/KoCUv St. Laurent du Pape, A. Ardèche, South-east France]'''.<br />
<br />
'''This is a wiki. You see something that's wrong, edit. You think something is missing, edit.'''<br />
<br />
==On site logistics==<br />
What needs to be done before D day.<br />
* Talk to local businesses about sharing their trash.<br />
* Find big cooking pots and gear, bring onsite.<br />
* Put up direction signs from the motorway exit.<br />
* Check with our hosts whether we can buy some of the food they produce. Otherwise check with surrounding producers (just go to the local market and ask around the stalls).<br />
<br />
==Communication==<br />
<br />
===Online===<br />
<br />
====The website====<br />
<br />
[http://hitchgathering.org hitchgathering.org]<br />
<br />
It's a presentation site that is meant to explain the concept to the newcomer and an online window to the outer world. It's secondary purpose is to store the stuff from previous gatherings.<br />
<br />
Needs graphics. Join [http://lists.freeactive.net/listinfo.cgi/hitch-freeactive.net the mailing list] to help.<br />
<br />
Any chance we can have it in French too? -- [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]] ([[User talk:Sitarane|talk]]) 23:35, 26 May 2015 (CEST)<br />
<br />
====The facebook====<br />
There's an [https://www.facebook.com/events/1568866916668980/ event] already. What else?<br />
<br />
====BeWelcome====<br />
Need to set up an event there.<br />
<br />
====Blogs====<br />
<br />
List here your favourite travel blogger, Maybe if we tell them, they'll write about it.<br />
<br />
[http://www.daquiali.com/ Daqui ali]<br />
<br />
[http://www.globestoppeuse.com/ Globestoppeuse]<br />
<br />
===IRL===<br />
<br />
====Stickers====<br />
<br />
To put up at HH spots, on your abandoned signs... wherever. Print-at-home type. We just need a design.<br />
<br />
====Flyers====<br />
<br />
Print at home, leave in relevant spot in your city.<br />
<br />
====Press release====<br />
<br />
Something we can spam the french media with a few weeks before. Needs to be in French. Will be hosted on the website.<br />
<br />
==Archives==<br />
<br />
You'll find here the content that used to be on this page, but lost its relevancy.<br />
<br />
[[Hitchgathering/2015/Location suggestions]]</div>Sitaranehttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Hitchgathering/2015&diff=79522Hitchgathering/20152015-05-27T14:29:49Z<p>Sitarane: </p>
<hr />
<div>This page is a central dump for the organization of the 2015 hitchgathering.<br />
<br />
Discussion happens at '''[http://lists.freeactive.net/listinfo.cgi/hitch-freeactive.net the mailing list]'''.<br />
<br />
Location for 2015 is going to be '''[https://goo.gl/maps/KoCUv St. Laurent du Pape, A. Ardèche, South-east France]'''.<br />
<br />
'''This is a wiki. You see something that's wrong, edit. You think something is missing, edit.'''<br />
<br />
==On site logistics==<br />
What needs to be done before D day.<br />
* Talk to local businesses about sharing their trash.<br />
* Find big cooking pots and gear, bring onsite.<br />
* Put up direction signs from the motorway exit.<br />
* Check with our hosts whether we can buy some of the food they produce. Otherwise check with surrounding producers (just go to the local market and ask around the stalls).<br />
<br />
==Communication==<br />
<br />
===Online===<br />
<br />
====The website====<br />
<br />
[http://hitchgathering.org hitchgathering.org]<br />
<br />
It's a presentation site that is meant to explain the concept to the newcomer and an online window to the outer world. It's secondary purpose is to store the stuff from previous gatherings.<br />
<br />
Needs graphics. Join [http://lists.freeactive.net/listinfo.cgi/hitch-freeactive.net the mailing list] to help.<br />
<br />
Any chance we can have it in French too? -- [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]] ([[User talk:Sitarane|talk]]) 23:35, 26 May 2015 (CEST)<br />
<br />
====The facebook====<br />
There's an [https://www.facebook.com/events/1568866916668980/ event] already. What else?<br />
<br />
====Blogs====<br />
<br />
List here your favourite travel blogger, Maybe if we tell them, they'll write about it.<br />
<br />
[http://www.daquiali.com/ Daqui ali]<br />
<br />
[http://www.globestoppeuse.com/ Globestoppeuse]<br />
<br />
===IRL===<br />
<br />
====Stickers====<br />
<br />
To put up at HH spots, on your abandoned signs... wherever. Print-at-home type. We just need a design.<br />
<br />
====Flyers====<br />
<br />
Print at home, leave in relevant spot in your city.<br />
<br />
====Press release====<br />
<br />
Something we can spam the french media with a few weeks before. Needs to be in French. Will be hosted on the website.<br />
<br />
==Archives==<br />
<br />
You'll find here the content that used to be on this page, but lost its relevancy.<br />
<br />
[[Hitchgathering/2015/Location suggestions]]</div>Sitaranehttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Hitchgathering/2015&diff=79521Hitchgathering/20152015-05-27T14:25:43Z<p>Sitarane: </p>
<hr />
<div>This page is a central dump for the organization of the 2015 hitchgathering.<br />
<br />
Discussion happens at '''[http://lists.freeactive.net/listinfo.cgi/hitch-freeactive.net the mailing list]'''.<br />
<br />
Location for 2015 is going to be '''[https://goo.gl/maps/KoCUv St. Laurent du Pape, A. Ardèche, South-east France]'''.<br />
<br />
'''This is a wiki. You see something that's wrong, edit. You think something is missing, edit.'''<br />
<br />
==On site logistics==<br />
What needs to be done before D day.<br />
* Talk to local businesses about sharing their trash.<br />
* Find big cooking pots and gear, bring onsite.<br />
* Put up direction signs from the motorway exit.<br />
* Check with our hosts whether we can buy some of the food they produce. Otherwise check with surrounding producers (just go to the local market and ask around the stalls).<br />
<br />
==Communication==<br />
<br />
===Online===<br />
<br />
====The website====<br />
<br />
[http://hitchgathering.org hitchgathering.org]<br />
<br />
It's a presentation site that is meant to explain the concept to the newcomer and an online window to the outer world. It's secondary purpose is to store the stuff from previous gatherings.<br />
<br />
Needs graphics. Join [http://lists.freeactive.net/listinfo.cgi/hitch-freeactive.net the mailing list] to help.<br />
<br />
Any chance we can have it in French too? -- [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]] ([[User talk:Sitarane|talk]]) 23:35, 26 May 2015 (CEST)<br />
<br />
====The facebook====<br />
<br />
Anything we need to do? Not sure...<br />
<br />
====Blogs====<br />
<br />
List here your favourite travel blogger, Maybe if we tell them, they'll write about it.<br />
<br />
[http://www.daquiali.com/ Daqui ali]<br />
<br />
[http://www.globestoppeuse.com/ Globestoppeuse]<br />
<br />
===IRL===<br />
<br />
====Stickers====<br />
<br />
To put up at HH spots, on your abandoned signs... wherever. Print-at-home type. We just need a design.<br />
<br />
====Flyers====<br />
<br />
Print at home, leave in relevant spot in your city.<br />
<br />
====Press release====<br />
<br />
Something we can spam the french media with a few weeks before. Needs to be in French. Will be hosted on the website.<br />
<br />
==Archives==<br />
<br />
You'll find here the content that used to be on this page, but lost its relevancy.<br />
<br />
[[Hitchgathering/2015/Location suggestions]]</div>Sitaranehttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Hitchgathering/2015&diff=79520Hitchgathering/20152015-05-27T14:12:47Z<p>Sitarane: </p>
<hr />
<div>This page is a central dump for the organization of the 2015 hitchgathering.<br />
<br />
Discussion happens at '''[http://lists.freeactive.net/listinfo.cgi/hitch-freeactive.net the mailing list]'''.<br />
<br />
Location for 2015 is going to be '''[https://goo.gl/maps/KoCUv St. Laurent du Pape, A. Ardèche, South-east France]'''.<br />
<br />
'''This is a wiki. You see something that's wrong, edit. You think something is missing, edit.'''<br />
<br />
==On site logistics==<br />
What needs to be done before D day.<br />
* Talk to local businesses about sharing their trash.<br />
* Find big cooking pots and gear, bring onsite.<br />
* Put up direction signs from the motorway exit.<br />
<br />
==Communication==<br />
<br />
===Online===<br />
<br />
====The website====<br />
<br />
[http://hitchgathering.org hitchgathering.org]<br />
<br />
It's a presentation site that is meant to explain the concept to the newcomer and an online window to the outer world. It's secondary purpose is to store the stuff from previous gatherings.<br />
<br />
Needs graphics. Join [http://lists.freeactive.net/listinfo.cgi/hitch-freeactive.net the mailing list] to help.<br />
<br />
Any chance we can have it in French too? -- [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]] ([[User talk:Sitarane|talk]]) 23:35, 26 May 2015 (CEST)<br />
<br />
====The facebook====<br />
<br />
Anything we need to do? Not sure...<br />
<br />
====Blogs====<br />
<br />
List here your favourite travel blogger, Maybe if we tell them, they'll write about it.<br />
<br />
[http://www.daquiali.com/ Daqui ali]<br />
<br />
[http://www.globestoppeuse.com/ Globestoppeuse]<br />
<br />
===IRL===<br />
<br />
====Stickers====<br />
<br />
To put up at HH spots, on your abandoned signs... wherever. Print-at-home type. We just need a design.<br />
<br />
====Flyers====<br />
<br />
Print at home, leave in relevant spot in your city.<br />
<br />
====Press release====<br />
<br />
Something we can spam the french media with a few weeks before. Needs to be in French. Will be hosted on the website.<br />
<br />
==Archives==<br />
<br />
You'll find here the content that used to be on this page, but lost its relevancy.<br />
<br />
[[Hitchgathering/2015/Location suggestions]]</div>Sitaranehttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Hitchgathering/2015&diff=79519Hitchgathering/20152015-05-27T14:12:19Z<p>Sitarane: </p>
<hr />
<div>This page is a central dump for the organization of the 2015 hitchgathering.<br />
<br />
Discussion happens at '''[http://lists.freeactive.net/listinfo.cgi/hitch-freeactive.net the mailing list]'''.<br />
<br />
Location for 2015 is going to be '''[https://goo.gl/maps/KoCUv St. Laurent du Pape, A. Ardèche, South-east France]'''.<br />
<br />
'''This is a wiki. You see something that's wrong, edit. You think something is missing, edit.'''<br />
<br />
==On site logistics==<br />
What needs to be done before D day.<br />
* Find big cooking pots and gear, bring onsite.<br />
* Put up direction signs from the motorway exit.<br />
<br />
==Communication==<br />
<br />
===Online===<br />
<br />
====The website====<br />
<br />
[http://hitchgathering.org hitchgathering.org]<br />
<br />
It's a presentation site that is meant to explain the concept to the newcomer and an online window to the outer world. It's secondary purpose is to store the stuff from previous gatherings.<br />
<br />
Needs graphics. Join [http://lists.freeactive.net/listinfo.cgi/hitch-freeactive.net the mailing list] to help.<br />
<br />
Any chance we can have it in French too? -- [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]] ([[User talk:Sitarane|talk]]) 23:35, 26 May 2015 (CEST)<br />
<br />
====The facebook====<br />
<br />
Anything we need to do? Not sure...<br />
<br />
====Blogs====<br />
<br />
List here your favourite travel blogger, Maybe if we tell them, they'll write about it.<br />
<br />
[http://www.daquiali.com/ Daqui ali]<br />
<br />
[http://www.globestoppeuse.com/ Globestoppeuse]<br />
<br />
===IRL===<br />
<br />
====Stickers====<br />
<br />
To put up at HH spots, on your abandoned signs... wherever. Print-at-home type. We just need a design.<br />
<br />
====Flyers====<br />
<br />
Print at home, leave in relevant spot in your city.<br />
<br />
====Press release====<br />
<br />
Something we can spam the french media with a few weeks before. Needs to be in French. Will be hosted on the website.<br />
<br />
==Archives==<br />
<br />
You'll find here the content that used to be on this page, but lost its relevancy.<br />
<br />
[[Hitchgathering/2015/Location suggestions]]</div>Sitaranehttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Hitchgathering/2015&diff=79518Hitchgathering/20152015-05-27T14:02:05Z<p>Sitarane: </p>
<hr />
<div>This page is a central dump for the organization of the 2015 hitchgathering.<br />
<br />
Discussion happens at '''[http://lists.freeactive.net/listinfo.cgi/hitch-freeactive.net the mailing list]'''.<br />
<br />
Location for 2015 is going to be '''[https://goo.gl/maps/KoCUv St. Laurent du Pape, A. Ardèche, South-east France]'''.<br />
<br />
'''This is a wiki. You see something that's wrong, edit. You think something is missing, edit.'''<br />
<br />
==On site logistics==<br />
What needs to be done before D day.<br />
* Put up direction signs from the motorway exit.<br />
<br />
==Communication==<br />
<br />
===Online===<br />
<br />
====The website====<br />
<br />
[http://hitchgathering.org hitchgathering.org]<br />
<br />
It's a presentation site that is meant to explain the concept to the newcomer and an online window to the outer world. It's secondary purpose is to store the stuff from previous gatherings.<br />
<br />
Needs graphics. Join [http://lists.freeactive.net/listinfo.cgi/hitch-freeactive.net the mailing list] to help.<br />
<br />
Any chance we can have it in French too? -- [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]] ([[User talk:Sitarane|talk]]) 23:35, 26 May 2015 (CEST)<br />
<br />
====The facebook====<br />
<br />
Anything we need to do? Not sure...<br />
<br />
====Blogs====<br />
<br />
List here your favourite travel blogger, Maybe if we tell them, they'll write about it.<br />
<br />
[http://www.daquiali.com/ Daqui ali]<br />
<br />
[http://www.globestoppeuse.com/ Globestoppeuse]<br />
<br />
===IRL===<br />
<br />
====Stickers====<br />
<br />
To put up at HH spots, on your abandoned signs... wherever. Print-at-home type. We just need a design.<br />
<br />
====Flyers====<br />
<br />
Print at home, leave in relevant spot in your city.<br />
<br />
====Press release====<br />
<br />
Something we can spam the french media with a few weeks before. Needs to be in French. Will be hosted on the website.<br />
<br />
==Archives==<br />
<br />
You'll find here the content that used to be on this page, but lost its relevancy.<br />
<br />
[[Hitchgathering/2015/Location suggestions]]</div>Sitaranehttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Hitchgathering/2015&diff=79516Hitchgathering/20152015-05-26T21:36:18Z<p>Sitarane: </p>
<hr />
<div>This page is a central dump for the organization of the 2015 hitchgathering.<br />
<br />
Discussion happens at '''[http://lists.freeactive.net/listinfo.cgi/hitch-freeactive.net the mailing list]'''.<br />
<br />
Location for 2015 is going to be '''[https://goo.gl/maps/KoCUv St. Laurent du Pape, A. Ardèche, South-east France]'''.<br />
<br />
'''This is a wiki. You see something that's wrong, edit. You think something is missing, edit.'''<br />
<br />
==On site logistics==<br />
<br />
==Communication==<br />
<br />
===Online===<br />
<br />
====The website====<br />
<br />
[http://hitchgathering.org hitchgathering.org]<br />
<br />
It's a presentation site that is meant to explain the concept to the newcomer and an online window to the outer world. It's secondary purpose is to store the stuff from previous gatherings.<br />
<br />
Needs graphics. Join [http://lists.freeactive.net/listinfo.cgi/hitch-freeactive.net the mailing list] to help.<br />
<br />
Any chance we can have it in French too? -- [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]] ([[User talk:Sitarane|talk]]) 23:35, 26 May 2015 (CEST)<br />
<br />
====The facebook====<br />
<br />
Anything we need to do? Not sure...<br />
<br />
====Blogs====<br />
<br />
List here your favourite travel blogger, Maybe if we tell them, they'll write about it.<br />
<br />
[http://www.daquiali.com/ Daqui ali]<br />
<br />
[http://www.globestoppeuse.com/ Globestoppeuse]<br />
<br />
===IRL===<br />
<br />
====Stickers====<br />
<br />
To put up at HH spots, on your abandoned signs... wherever. Print-at-home type. We just need a design.<br />
<br />
====Flyers====<br />
<br />
Print at home, leave in relevant spot in your city.<br />
<br />
====Press release====<br />
<br />
Something we can spam the french media with a few weeks before. Needs to be in French. Will be hosted on the website.<br />
<br />
==Archives==<br />
<br />
You'll find here the content that used to be on this page, but lost its relevancy.<br />
<br />
[[Hitchgathering/2015/Location suggestions]]</div>Sitaranehttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Hitchgathering/2015&diff=79515Hitchgathering/20152015-05-26T21:35:19Z<p>Sitarane: </p>
<hr />
<div>This page is a central dump for the organization of the 2015 hitchgathering.<br />
<br />
Discussion happens at '''[http://lists.freeactive.net/listinfo.cgi/hitch-freeactive.net the mailing list]'''.<br />
<br />
Location for 2015 is going to be '''[https://goo.gl/maps/KoCUv St. Laurent du Pape, A. Ardèche, South-east France]'''.<br />
<br />
'''This is a wiki. You see something that's wrong, edit. You think something is missing, edit.'''<br />
<br />
==On site logistics==<br />
<br />
==Communication==<br />
<br />
===Online===<br />
<br />
====The website====<br />
<br />
[http://hitchgathering.org hitchgathering.org]<br />
<br />
It's a presentation site that is meant to explain the concept to the newcomer and an online window to the outer world. It's secondary purpose is to store the stuff from previous gatherings.<br />
<br />
Needs graphics. Join [http://lists.freeactive.net/listinfo.cgi/hitch-freeactive.net the mailing list] to help.<br />
<br />
Any chance we can have it in French too? -- [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]] ([[User talk:Sitarane|talk]]) 23:35, 26 May 2015 (CEST)<br />
<br />
====The facebook====<br />
<br />
Anything we need to do? Not sure...<br />
<br />
====Blogs====<br />
<br />
List here your favourite travel blogger, Maybe if we tell them, they'll write about it.<br />
<br />
===IRL===<br />
<br />
====Stickers====<br />
<br />
To put up at HH spots, on your abandoned signs... wherever. Print-at-home type. We just need a design.<br />
<br />
====Flyers====<br />
<br />
Print at home, leave in relevant spot in your city.<br />
<br />
====Press release====<br />
<br />
Something we can spam the french media with a few weeks before. Needs to be in French. Will be hosted on the website.<br />
<br />
==Archives==<br />
<br />
You'll find here the content that used to be on this page, but lost its relevancy.<br />
<br />
[[Hitchgathering/2015/Location suggestions]]</div>Sitaranehttps://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Hitchgathering/2015/Location_suggestions&diff=79514Hitchgathering/2015/Location suggestions2015-05-26T21:06:24Z<p>Sitarane: </p>
<hr />
<div>==Main gathering location proposition==<br />
<br />
There is likely to be many pregatherings scatered around Europe, leading towards the main gathering. We need to find out where that is first before building a network of smaller parties around it.<br />
<br />
Already last year the idea was around to have two main gathering, connected by a kind of rally. Leipzig and fontpedrouse are about 1600km apart, with most of it being highways. Its a perfect route to do a lot of mileage in little time, two days maybe. We could for example start the hitchgathering in leipzig on the first of august, then from the forth to the seventh (so not everyone has to leave at the same time) continue it on the gasstation in between leipzig and fontpedrouse and then open end at the hot pools. The rules of the rally would be this: everyone hitches in a team of two. whenever you meet another team, if possible you have to stop and exchange one team member. -- [[User:Clem|Clem]] ([[User talk:Clem|talk]])<br />
<br />
===Locations in the Poll===<br />
<br />
====A. Ardèche, South-east France (+ Grenoble ?)====<br />
<br />
Suggested by lapouceuse<br />
<br />
The spot is in [https://goo.gl/maps/KoCUv St. Laurent du Pape].<br />
The spot would be perfect to spend some good time among us, organize workshops, prepare ourselves for some public actions that we could organize in Grenoble, a medium-size town where we could move just afterwards. Read below for more details.<br />
<br />
The place is a collective farm in south-east france, 20K from valence<br />
(south of lyon). About 15 people live there together, growing fruits and<br />
veggies, baking bread, making goat cheese for themselves and for<br />
supporting local struggles.<br />
<br />
I know them relatively well, I spent 3 weeks down there and since then<br />
we met quite regularly for some political actions and activities.<br />
The place where they live is quite lost in the hills (not a good spot<br />
for a gathering), but they own some fields in the valley closeby where<br />
their main economic activities take place ; there are more or less 2-3ha<br />
cultivated with apple trees, cereals and veggies, and a bigger "wild"<br />
area (that's where we could camp).<br />
<br />
=====Logistics=====<br />
* I would say that 2-300 tents could easily fit, possibly more. They use to host events pretty often down there, and most of the logistical issues could be easily worked out :<br />
* Water : there's 1ton tank that we can fill before the gathering with drinkable water (and refill if needed)<br />
* Electricity : small connection available, for charging cell phones but not much more<br />
* Toilets : 2 dry toilets are already built and available<br />
* Collective spaces : they could lend us 2 big tents (12x5m), that in case of rain could become our collective spaces.<br />
* As far as food is concerned, some scouting is needed for finding good dumpster-diving spots ; there should also be a way to get some organic fruit&veggies from them in exchange for work (needs to be discussed).<br />
* The location is pretty nice, it's close to a small river with a beautiful stony beach where I already took many nice baths : )<br />
* The closest neighbours are quite faraway, we shouldn't have any problems about noise.<br />
* About the date, 2015-08-01 would be perfect, because at the beginning of September the whole place (except the cultivated areas) gets regularly inundated.<br />
* To get there by hitchhiking is quite simple, it's some 20k away from the A7, one of the biggest French highways (Lyon-Marseille), and people are cool, it's one of the most alternative regions in France.<br />
<br />
Since logistics should go quite fast, organizing the gathering in this place would allow us, if we want to, to have more energy left for preparing actions/workshops - or just having a more relaxed everyday life : )<br />
<br />
=====Grenoble=====<br />
<br />
One more point, if - as suggested - we want to organize some actions in<br />
town, Grenoble is 100K far, it's a pretty alternative medium-size<br />
student town, surrounded by beautiful mountains, with one of the biggest<br />
squat scenes in france. I lived there 3 months and I would say that it<br />
could be pretty easy to find local partners for actions, and that<br />
finding places for the night wouldn't be a problem.<br />
<br />
====B. Lille Stensrud in Southern Norway====<br />
<br />
Suggested by Warlo<br />
<br />
This spot ([https://www.google.es/maps/search/lille+stensrud,+oslo/@59.8129116,10.8688326,189m/data=!3m1!1e3 here -- south of Oslo]) offers a small lake, unrestricted camping in the forest/by the lake with the closest neighbours being a Wagenplatz (occupied area where people live in trailers) and a squat, both sympathetic to a hitchgathering. There is a good dumpster nearby and the possibility of getting bicycles from the squatters to go to further dumpsters. Some cons that have been voiced include the potentiality of bad weather, expensive alcohol (although [[User:Zenit|Zenit]] knows a nearby source for cheap greenery :-) and the distance to mainland Europe. Some pros are the great dumpsters, good neighbours, the promotion of hitchhiking in Scandinavia, a display of alternative life in Oslo (I hear the city needs it) and indeed the distance to mainland Europe... after all, what kind of hitchgathering folks are afraid of the long road to Oslo?? :-)<br />
<br />
* Are hitchhikers so effing reliant on cheap alcohol to have a great time? Yuck, yuck, yuck! [[User:Prino|Prino]]<small><sup>[http://hitchwiki.org/prino/ blog], [[User talk:Prino|talk]]</sup></small> 15:26, 15 March 2015 (CET)<br />
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====Leipzig, Germany====<br />
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I nominate Leipzig because that's where I live and I can do shit in advance. -- [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]] ([[User talk:Sitarane|talk]])<br />
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Leipzig is a 500,000 people town in East-Germany that main attractivity is that it's insanely cheap, there's always good shit going on and it's probably the only city in the world that has ''forests'' inside it. Good place to camp for us.<br />
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====Pros====<br />
* You can camp in the city, away from notice, thanks to the insane amount of forest between the neighborhood.<br />
* Cheap everything.<br />
* Full of punks. Free shops, free kitchen (Vokü), squats, you name it.<br />
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====Cons====<br />
* Bad weather (Even in august, there can be cold and rain, though unlikely)<br />
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* It's a city.<br />
The early gatherings were all in cities, and seen as a media event: One hundred hitchikers converge on one place in Europe to show that hitchhiking is safe and good. Starting with Portugal, it has evolved into just meeting up and having a good time, away from civilization. We could go back to the old paradigm, if only for the sake of doing things different.<br />
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* It's in Schengen<br />
Good for Schengeners, bad for everyone else.<br />
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===Fontpedrouse, France===<br />
See [[:nomad:Free_Hot_Springs#Fontpedrouse|nomadwiki]]. Suggested by Clemens. I Just copied some pieces from the mailinglist and nomadwiki. --[[User:N0id|N0id]] ([[User talk:N0id|talk]]) 18:26, 1 September 2014 (UTC)<br />
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* there's plenty of space to free camp (200 people should be fine), fresh drinking water, firewood, and a lot of people go there (its a bit like kara dere in this respect, not that many people actually, but also not as big a location). the hot springs should be big enough for about 30 people at a time, but can be extended.<br />
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* Free camping and fire are no problem, but keep the place clean and take your trashes down to the village with you<br />
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* there's a local farmers market about 10km away, but not much local dumpster diving. its 75km from andorra (mountain roads, a doable one day return hitch if you start early), so people who pass by there can go dumpster some junk food (at least thats what i mainly found there) and buy cheap booze. <br />
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* when clemens was there a year ago there was some guy camping there since 10months already together with fluctuating community of rainbow folks. they said that they were in contact with the owner of the land, who lets them stay there for free as long as they make sure that no one litters or trashes the place<br />
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====Pros====<br />
* Camping and fire is not a problem<br />
* Hot springs (would be a first :) ) <br />
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* Shop / Supplies far away <br />
* No dumpster diving -- ACTUALLY it is possible and quite good.There is a Super U and a Lidl in Egat village. or nearby there. it's like 20 km from the hot springs which is not so bad and hitching is nice in that area anyway. U can also go shopping over there..<br />
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==Date==<br />
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Historically we have followed a numerology that dictates the next gathering should be on the 1st of August. This is the last year we can follow that tradition, but that doesn't mean we have to follow it.</div>Sitarane