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=== Northeast towards [[Antwerpen]] ===
* Take the tram 4 in the city center towards Moscou and get off 1 stop before the tram reaches it's end station. Walk left into the Walstraat and then the first street to the right into the de naeyerdreef (sand road with lot's of trees). At the end of the road you'll reach the entrance to the A14 (E17) where you can easily get a ride towards Antwerpen or Kortrijk.
== Useful Resources ==Take the tram 4 in the city center towards Moscou and get off at A very important thing to know (dolf) van Ooteghemstraat, which is that Ghent is one of 1 stop before the biggest university cities in Belgiumtram reaches it's end station. The main area for students is Walk left into the Sint Pietersplein, but schools Walstraat and student dorms are scattered all over then the first street to the right into the cityde naeyerdreef (sand road with lot's of trees). Students are very friendly and are very proud At the end of their city, so if the road you're looking for help, don't hesitate ll reach the entrance to ask themthe A14 (E17) where you can easily get a ride towards Antwerpen or Kortrijk. You can also take tram 2 towards Melle Leeuw and get off at Gentbrugge P&R. That is almost right on the spot where you can start hitchhiking. You can stand under the bridge if it is raining. There are two gas stations on the A14 (E17) before Antwerpen.
You can get free internet acces at the university library “de boekentoren” or in english the book tower. It's a big tower located at Blandijnberg, near Sint Pieters plein (which is '''not''' same as Sint Pieters station).
Just log in as an anonymous.
When looking for cheap food and drinksTake tram number 2 or walk from the center it takes 30mins, when you arrive the tram station you can easily try these student areas, as there are many cheap bars will see the bridge which is highway E17 (drinks €1-€2A 14) and restaurants/snack barsgoes to Antwerp. Scattered Walk through under the bridge follow the city are also N9 motorway few minutes and you see the high way enter on the right hand side. There is a lot of so called frietkoten. These are small restaurants or even shacks, where long gap that you can buy fries easily hitchhike. Take a cartoon written Antwerp Alternative with bus to reach the highway gas station:(January 2023): Take bus 78 from for instance Gent - Dampoort to Lokeren Nieuwe Dreef and snacks against extremely low priceswalk for about an hour (nearly 5 km) to the Total energies service station on E17. I haven't tested this myself - It's real Belgian culturewas particularly difficult to buy a ticket online from DeLijn, but according to Google maps and you should really try OSM it out if you ever visit Belgiumlooks very possible. === Northwest towards [[Brugge]], [[Oostende]] === Walk or take the bus 18 to the "Gent Malemstraat" stop. The bus stop is a good place to show a sign "Brugge" or "Oostende". The road leads to the E40 motorway, actually to more directions than northwest too, but most of the cars take this exit of the city to go towards northwest. == Trashwiki & Nomadwiki ==
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Gent
,→Northeast towards Antwerpen
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'''Gent''' is a city in [[Belgium]].
== Hitching Hitchhiking Out ==Getting out === All directions === * Option 1: Go to the spot near the Woodrow Wilson square. Bus stop "Zuid". Hitch at the road going to the motorway (). There is a 3 meters wide bike lane, so plenty of place to stop for the cars. Using a cardboard would be clever, as this entry of the motorway splits to different directions. Very good place to hitch towards any direction and there is a big bus station. (tram and bus: www.delijn.be, bus stop "zuid"). Scroll further for direction specific hitch hike spots. * Option 2: Try getting a ride at the light [http://www.liftershalte.info/?lat=51.03653663169207&lng=3.7372398376464844&zoom=17&trip=24 here], all traffic has to stop so you have plenty of time to talk to people or show your sign off. You can also easily stand just behind the lights at the southside of the crossroads, there is ample place to stand safely, and for cars to stop on the emergency lane. The cars are also not yet driving very fast. Do use a sign though, as the onramp will give access to go to east towards Antwerpen, southeast towards Brussels, southwest towards Kortrijk, Lille and Paris and west towards Brugge, Oostende and Calais. But make sure you don't make the mistake of trying to get there by getting on the ramp [http://www.liftershalte.info/?lat=51.042722811470185&lng=3.7326908111572266&zoom=17&trip=0 here]. It's a lot longer than it looks and cars are going dangerously fast. You'll end up having to jump from the bridge to the ground below. Many cars from the centre will take a bridge to the highway, for those option 1 is better. This option on the other hand gives access to the highway from the inner ringroad of Gent isn. === Southwest towards [[Lille]], [[Paris]], [[Kortrijk]] === * Option 1: Go to the big roundabout “De Sterre” near the Sint Pieter station. There you can hitch the N60 towards “Oudenaarde” until you reach the motorway E 17 at Eke. *Option 2: Take the train from Sint Pieter station for two stops to Eke-Nazareth. Blackriding is easy since it't too difficults only two short stops on the train. Once there, walk north to a service station via Klapstraat. It's a 20 minute walk but once there one should have no problems finding a ride as far as at least Paris, sometimes even southern France or Barcelona. There is plenty of local traffic heading to Kortrijk but avoid them because this is the other service stations on the E17 in Belgium are quite small.
=== Southwest Northeast towards [[LilleAntwerpen]] ===* Option 1: Try getting a ride at the light [http://www.liftershalte.info/?lat=51.03653663169207&lng=3.7372398376464844&zoom=17&trip=24 here], all traffic has to stop so you have plenty of time to talk to people or show your sign off. But make sure you don't make the mistake of trying to get there by getting on the ramp [http://www.liftershalte.info/?lat=51.042722811470185&lng=3.7326908111572266&zoom=17&trip=0 here]. It's a lot longer than it looks and cars are going dangerously fast. You'll end up having to jump from the bridge to the ground below like [[User:Zac Stewart|Zac]] did.* Option 2: Go to the big roundabout “De Sterre” near the Sint Pieter station. There you can hitch the N60 towards “Oudenaarde” until you reach the motorway E 17 at Eke.
[[File:gent.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Ghent offers many cultural highlights.]]
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