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[[File:TrekhaakGezocht_Pecs2010.jpg|thumb|Tjerk Ridder upon arrival in [[Pecs]]]]In 2010 Dennis Nolte, Peter Bijl, Tjerk Ridder and a few others took the basic principle of caravan hitchhiking and created the 'Tow Bar Needed' project. Their aim: Hitchhiking from their hometown [[Utrecht]] to all three European Capitals of Culture in 2010: [[Essen ]] in [[Germany]], [[Pecs ]] in [[Hungary ]] and [[Istanbul ]] in [[Turkey]]. The first stage of the project, going from Utrecht via Essen to Pecs, a distance of over 1600 kilometerkilometers, was covered in January and February 2010. The hitchhiking trip required 33 different rides through 4 countries. Important lesson learned: It can get cold in central Europe in January! And the lower the temperature, the more difficult to find people willnig to take the caravan over slippery and snowy roads.

The second stage of the project The Caravan Hitchhiking Project will therefore be in summer, taking Tjerk Ridder and Peter Bijl from Pecs in Hungary, through Croatia, Serbia and Bulgaria to Istanbul in Turkey. A distance of again 1600 kilometerkilometers, through a less well motorwaytravelled and potentially less-towbar-covered dense part of Europe. They will depart from Pecs on June 10th 2010.

* [http://trekhaakgezocht.nl/van-utrecht-naar-oerol/ First caravan hitchhike hitchhiking trip ever recorded: Utrecht to Oerol]* [http://trekhaakgezocht.nl/utrecht-berlijn/ Taking caravan hitchhiking into Europe: Utrecht to Berlin]* [http://utrecht-europa-en.trekhaakgezocht.nl/ The 2010 Caravan Hitchhiking Project2010: Utrecht to Istanbul]* [http://www.tjerkridder.nl/ - About Tjerk Ridder]