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__NOTOC__<map lat="49.129688444873" lng="6.1868852376935" zoom='11' view='3' float=right/>'''Metz''' is a city in the northeast of [[France]], capital of the [[Lorraine région ]] region and préfecture of the département of Moselle (57).

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===Going North West towards [[Paris]] (LuxembourgA4) ===There's a bus that takes you all the a way to a highway gas station. However, Hollandit runs only once an hour on weekdays, Belgiumand 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, Germany, etcso 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. All the way on foot from Metz took 3 hours.)===

I got a lift On normal days, take bus 106. Get off a truck at Champ Banal (ask the driver in an Esso garage on to announce the A31/E23 motorway just North of Metz (less than 5 KM from city centrestop for you). It took me 20 minutes From there, walk the same way the bus left, towards the highway almost up to the very intersection and right before it take to get the right onto a ridedirt road on the side of a field. There appears to be alot of international traffic in Walk this regiondirt road alongside A4 and you'll see a service station around 500 meters ahead.

A closer option, 2km walk from the center, is to walk along Boulevard du Pontiffroy towards northwest[https://lemet. Turn right on the Rue Ardant du Picq (Follow the signs saying Luxembourgfr/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Thionville)P106. After crossing two bridges comes the ramp to the highway. I hitched right before the ramp, on the bridge. See the pdf Bus 106 PDF timetables and map. Might be a bit problematic during rush-hour, then it could be better to hitch ] (figure out which station is near you with a sign right after the roundabout on the end of Boulevard du Pontiffroy.this)

===Going South Whatever you do, don't get dropped off where the A4 (east/west) meets the A31 (France, Spain, etcheading south towards Metz).)===

I === North towards [[Luxembourg]], [[Brussels]], [[Trier]] ===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 off 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. === South towards [[Nancy]], [[Dijon]], [[Lyon]] === 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 truck 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. === East towards [[Saarbrücken]], [[Frankfurt am Main|Frankfurt]] or [[Strasbourg]] === '''Option 1''' 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 at an industrial zone ). 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 before right after the second roundabout (one hitchhiker tried three times there and never had to wait for more than 20 mins). 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 '''Option 2'''  This spot next to the A31bridge of Rue Du Général Delestraint over A4 [https://goo.gl/maps/E23 motorwaywNDAwkvffQQwk1pH6 map] If you use a sign saying A4, South West make sure the driver is not going north towards Paris (learned the hard way). Try to get a ride to one of Metz the rest stops on the A4. Aire De Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold Sud rest stop is the biggest on the way (less than 10 KM with free wi-fi and showers) from city centrethere, you will find many truckers going towards Saarbrücken. === North, West or South ([[Luxembourg]], [[Paris]] or [[Nancy]]). === It took me 60 minutes is possible to get a ride at towards these three different directions by standing on the Avenue Joffre, under the bridge, in the western part of town, very close to the Zcity centre.AIt merges with the A31 300m further.C dAlways use a sign here.Hitchhiker experience [Jass] - this place is useless...there'augney areas very little time to stop and the road is already fast. This can be reached by Just take the bus - after 3 hours waiting, it's worth the number 101 bus fare, even if one never takes public transport.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 Metz City Centre for around 1downtown. There's red lights and places to stop and all the cars end up on the motorway all the same.50 Euro == Nomadwiki & Trashwiki == {{nomadwiki}}  {{IsIn|Lorraine}}{{hitchbase_city|173}}

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