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The [[liftershalte]], a spot for hitchhiking at the beginning of the [[A12 (Netherlands)|A12]] next to the Malieveld not far from the central Station is great when you're going in the direction of [[Utrecht]], but it could also work when going north towards [[Amsterdam]] or south towards [[Rotterdam]] and [[Belgium]]. | The [[liftershalte]], a spot for hitchhiking at the beginning of the [[A12 (Netherlands)|A12]] next to the Malieveld not far from the central Station is great when you're going in the direction of [[Utrecht]], but it could also work when going north towards [[Amsterdam]] or south towards [[Rotterdam]] and [[Belgium]]. | ||
− | === | + | === Via ferry from '''Hoek van Holland''' to [[Harwich]] ([[England|East England]]) === |
''[[User:Kardan|I]] got a hint by a very nice CS fellow concerning this way:'' | ''[[User:Kardan|I]] got a hint by a very nice CS fellow concerning this way:'' | ||
<pre>But I do have to tell you to might think over hitching | <pre>But I do have to tell you to might think over hitching | ||
− | from | + | from Hoek van Holland. I have tried it and it was one |
of the worst things... I got thrown out of the port by | of the worst things... I got thrown out of the port by | ||
− | really | + | really aggressive guards telling me I was an illegal |
− | + | immigrant and so on... | |
I mean I have hitched from lots of ports in my life and | I mean I have hitched from lots of ports in my life and | ||
− | never really had any problems as the | + | never really had any problems as the truck drivers usually |
− | + | don't pay for extra passengers and are cool to take | |
you... So if you really wanna go that way hitch a bit | you... So if you really wanna go that way hitch a bit | ||
− | before the port.. There are for example a little | + | before the port.. There are for example a little petrol |
station just before, so if you get a lift there with | station just before, so if you get a lift there with | ||
− | someone not going to | + | someone not going to Harwich, tell them to drop you |
− | off there instead of | + | off there instead of taking you all the way to the |
− | port and when you are with the | + | port and when you are with the truck driver you can |
− | just as well be there | + | just as well be there colleague or relative or |
whatever... | whatever... | ||
− | But to be honest, not many | + | But to be honest, not many ferries goes from there so if |
− | you do not get on one you | + | you do not get on one you probably have to sped the |
night outside if the cold in the middle off a huge | night outside if the cold in the middle off a huge | ||
− | + | industrial area in the middle of nowhere... | |
I had to get a lift back to Rotterdam that night and | I had to get a lift back to Rotterdam that night and | ||
spent the night there and then hitch south to Calais | spent the night there and then hitch south to Calais | ||
− | to get the ferry to Dover the next day.. | + | to get the ferry to Dover the next day.. Quite |
frustrating as I was so close to get home and then had | frustrating as I was so close to get home and then had | ||
− | to change | + | to change plans as they would never let me in to that |
port again.. | port again.. | ||
− | Oh, well good luck | + | Oh, well good luck whatever you end up doing!</pre> |
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[[Category:Ferries]] | [[Category:Ferries]] |
Revision as of 16:53, 4 December 2008
Den Haag
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<map lat='52.051645977410494' lng='4.316253662109375' zoom='11' view='3'/> | |
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Country: | Netherlands |
Province: | Zuid Holland |
Population: | 478,948 |
Major roads: | A4, A12, A13 |
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Den Haag or The Hague is a big city in the Netherlands. It is located in the province of Zuid Holland.
Hitching Out
North, West, South towards Utrecht, Amsterdam, Rotterdam
The liftershalte, a spot for hitchhiking at the beginning of the A12 next to the Malieveld not far from the central Station is great when you're going in the direction of Utrecht, but it could also work when going north towards Amsterdam or south towards Rotterdam and Belgium.
Via ferry from Hoek van Holland to Harwich (East England)
I got a hint by a very nice CS fellow concerning this way:
But I do have to tell you to might think over hitching from Hoek van Holland. I have tried it and it was one of the worst things... I got thrown out of the port by really aggressive guards telling me I was an illegal immigrant and so on... I mean I have hitched from lots of ports in my life and never really had any problems as the truck drivers usually don't pay for extra passengers and are cool to take you... So if you really wanna go that way hitch a bit before the port.. There are for example a little petrol station just before, so if you get a lift there with someone not going to Harwich, tell them to drop you off there instead of taking you all the way to the port and when you are with the truck driver you can just as well be there colleague or relative or whatever... But to be honest, not many ferries goes from there so if you do not get on one you probably have to sped the night outside if the cold in the middle off a huge industrial area in the middle of nowhere... I had to get a lift back to Rotterdam that night and spent the night there and then hitch south to Calais to get the ferry to Dover the next day.. Quite frustrating as I was so close to get home and then had to change plans as they would never let me in to that port again.. Oh, well good luck whatever you end up doing!