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{{Infobox Location
|country = Belgium
|map = <map lat="50.631569470724" lng="5.5887451171866" zoom="10" view="01" float="right" />
|pop = 190,102
|state = [[Liège (province)|Liège]]
|motorways = [[E25]], [[E40]], [[E42]] [[E46]],
}}
'''Liège''' (Dutch: '''Luik'''; German: '''Lüttich''') is a city in the French speaking part of [[Belgium]].
Hitching away from Liège is said to be difficult, because of the so-called ''Spaghetti Motorway system''. On the other hand it is not impossible to get lifts along the former transit-route of the E25 straight through the city of Liege alongside the Maas-river. Provided you are familiar which used to be the pre-motorway era transit route you can quite successfully hitch out of Liege along that transit route using a sign Lux (embourg) or Arlon heading towards the Ardennes, or a sign Vise, Maastr (icht) or NL heading north. The transit route, not marked anymore any more by signs "transit" these days, remains the fastest way to get through Liege by car during most of the time.
== Hitchhiking out ==
=== Heading North or East, towards [[Maastricht]](A25) {{E|25}}, [[Aachen]], [[Cologne(A3) {{E|Koln]] 42}} ===[[File:Highway to Liege traffic sign at gas petrol station on highway coming from Brussels.jpg|thumb|Add caption here|right|300px|Highway to Liège]] Get bus 66 (direction ''Herstal'') from the main train station. Get off in an industrial estate beside the motorway. Near here there is a motorway exit for traffic going towards Maastricht, etc. This access lane next to the bridge ''Pont de l'Atlas'', about 700 meter from ''Liege-Bressoux'' train station. Best to use a sign ''Maastr.'' or ''NL'' or simply a lot of self confidence ;) === Heading South for [[Luxembourg]], etc ===Go the "Luxembourg" sign after the roundabout near the Angleur train station in the very south of Liege city. There appears to be a bus service to and from this area. Here you will find an area for a car to pull over before the motorway rush begins. Alternatively you can take the bus 65 and go down at the bus stop Chênée. There you will have to walk 500 m until the traffic light, just before the entrance of the motorway. [[File:Pano Liege guillemins 5juin.jpg|600px]] == Resources == === Occupied Social Centers === The [http://csoa.blablaxpress.org/ CSOA Passe-partout], an "occupied social center" (or squat) in the city center, proposes several activites such as :* A vegetarian/vegan dinner every friday* A bicycle workshop* A second-hand clothes shopThe [http://pigeoncommunal.collectifs.net/ Pigeon communal] proposes :* A bar and vegan dinner every Wednesday* And some nice cultural events. You pay what you want, but please pay anyway. === Other second-hand shops === The Oxfam Solidarity program provides several shops in the city center. Have a look at [http://www.oxfamsol.be/fr/mag_ack.php the web site] for more informations.
=== Reading Heading East towards [[Aachen]] (A3) {{E|42}} ===Bus 67 from Gare Leopold direction Vise until busstop Carrefour in Barchon; this is the busstop just after crossing the A3-motorway. The ride is about 34 minutes. From the busstop walk back over the motorway (bridge), then go southeast on the N604 Champs de Tignee. After about 2 km you will find motorway petrol station Aire de Barchon on your left hand side.
=== Internet access Heading West for [[Leuven]], [[Brussels]] (A3) {{E|40}}or [[Namur]], [[Charleroi]] (A15) {{E|42}} ===[[File:2011-08-02 15-54-40 53.jpg|thumb|Add caption here|right|300px|On-ramp on Rue St. Laurent. The graffiti is misleading; please ignore it.]]
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