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==Hitching Out==
===West towards [[Dover]], [[England]]===
Try to get a ride before getting on the ferry, as hitchhikers can get over for free because drivers often only pay for their vehicle and up to nine persons go for free a certain amount of included passengers with a car and while the limit is two with a lorry.
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If you are searching for a lift you often have to tell people about this possibility first – otherwise they often don't take you with them just because they think it's too complicated or they'll have to pay. The best way to do so, is by waiting in front of the ticket office. When buying a ticket, the driver has to produce a passport or ID card of every person in the car, so you should be going with him into the office.
Besides the ferries there is also the tunnel as a possibility to get over. Cars and lorries get loaded onto a train which takes them over. The price is also the same for each vehicle, not matter how many persons are in the car.
However, it is very difficult to get a ride at the tunnel entranceitself, because the road has about 15 lanescoming directly from the motoway, the cars are going quite fast and the drivers will concentrate on finding the their correct lane, so most of them won't see you. Also the staff is very quite unfriendly. [[User:MrTweek|Philipp]] and [[User:Mzenzes|Martin]] where you will be sent away, (remember though that this also applies if you try to hitch too much into the port. Most people are being told that hitching here by the tunnel entrance is illegal (which is probably not truedoubtful).<br /> So the ferry is definitely the much better optionbut whatever option, it is definitely better to manage its crossing 'before' arriving in Calais.
[[Dunkerque]] could be a alternative to get over (''Norfolklines'' to [[Dover]], same or nearly same conditions than '''Calais''' – [[Dover]]), '''Calais''' is busier though.
