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== Hitching Out Hitchhiking out ==<map lat='47.56170075451973' lng='7.6197052001953125' zoom='11' view='0' float='right'/>

Take the S1 or S3 in the direction of Olten or Laufenburg (both'll do..) at Basel's main train station ("Basel SBB"). Get off at ''Pratteln'' and follow the ''Zehntenstrasse'' (parallel to the railway tracks) in the direction of the train you took, for quite a short time. Go left at the little steps, which lead to a road underneath the tracks, then straight. Turn right at the small ''BP'' service stationmain road, then continues on the road ''Hohenrainstrasse''. Follow this road for 5 minutes, keep on the left footpath, and you will then see a small commercial area. Turn left onto this street , ''Zurlindenstrasse'', walk down until you reach a green arealittle forest with a path going down. Make your way down this until you reach Follow the exitpath. You Then you will be at the motorway service station '''Pratteln-Süd'''. It is open 24 hours a day. '''NOTICE:''' It might be useful to use a sign here or to ask people where they're going.. A few kilometres down the road there's a big crossing. You can choose between the direction [[Zürich]] and [[St. Gallen]] '''or''' [[Bern]] and [[Luzern]].

Go to the Basel “Hauptbanhof” “Hauptbahnhof” (main train station) and take the number “50” bus, direction “Euroairport”. The second last stop ("Frachthalle") arrives at the St.Louis area which is beside the Swiss-French border. You will see that there is a police check point for cars. If you make your way to this area and stand at the side you should be able to interact with vehicles’ at a very slow speed. Look out for the police as they can be a nuisance but I had no problems.

Alternatively, you can walk straight down through St. Louis, or take the bus, down to the other end of town. Eventually, you will be at a small petrol station. Not exactly the best place, but there is a round-about that leads straight to the A35. There is only a small parking space for vehicles to stop, so not so ideal for trucks, however when I was hitchhiking there, there was heavy traffic coming from all directions and vehicles had to slow down as they turned. I only stood there for about 20-30mins. I found the atmosphere a lot nicer than around the border patrol. (On googlemaps: 47.59372,7.555225) You can also take the bus number 50 to "Friedrich-Miescher-Strasse" and walk down the hill. There you'll find the [[slip road]] for the motorway to France. In the morning and especially in the evening there is a lot of traffic. And just next to it, you find a colorful squat, where you can probably find a sleeping place for a night, if hitchhiking just doesn't work. Nenad and Helena successfully hitchhiked to Mulhouse from Neudorfstrasse, just in front of the entrance to the meat factory (on googlemaps: 47.573284, 7.567158) in 2018.

You should follow the directions in the first paragraph. Also, one has to go to the other side of this [[petrol station hitchhiking|petrol station]] to go to [[Germany]]. There is a crossing at the restaurant at the '''Pratteln-Nord''' [[rest area|service station]].

'''NOTICE:''' It might be useful A bigger rest area is just on the border to Germany! There it is very easy to find rides. You have to use a sign here or take the Regional express train to ask people where they're going"Weil am Rhein".Then walk back in the opposite direction the train was driving.You see a bridge leading over the railway lines. A few kilometres down Cross the road bridge and walk straight ahead till there's is a big crossingsecond street turning right. Just follow this road to the rest area! (You can choose between see it soon so it’s impossible you don’t find it!) *Update (11-Aug-2014): If you want to try hitchhiking directly out of the city, walk from the trainstation Basel SBB (exit city) towards the direction [[Zürich]] tramstops. Once you reach the busy street (Nauenstrasse) turn to the right and [[Stfollow this street. Gallen]] '''This street leads towards the highway entry, so you can start thumbing once you walked past a big bridge that goes to the right (Münchensteinerstrasse). After that turn, cars can stop easily on the sidewalk and can either take you to your desired direction or''' [[Bern]] leave at the service station "Pratteln-Süd", where you can also cross the highway and [[Luzern]]find rides in all directions (see first paragraph).