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== English ==
'''A hundred hitchhikers to take part in European Hitchhiking WeekDay''' '''On the 8th of August and as long as a week before, over a hundred of hitchhikers will team up to hitchhike to Paris to promote the idea of hitchhiking. Participants are hitchhiking from as far as Armenia, Russia and Finland. Other places of departure include Utrecht, Brussels, Berlin, Barcelona, Geneva, Rome, Athens, Istanbul, Budapest, Prague.'''
"I love hitchhiking! It is my favorite means of transportation because it is a great way to meet some nice people and exchange stories. It is great to see how helpful people can be. Sometimes they even bring you as far as your front door or they may invite you over for dinner and to spend the night", says Fabrice Renucci, one of the event organizers who will be departing from Yerevan, Armenia.
The European Hitchhiking Day became also is the inspiration for the shooting of a documentary. Five teams made up of a hitchhiker and a cameraman will be documenting what it is like to be a hitchhiker, filming their adventures from starting point all the way to Paris. Other participants will also be contributing to this project with photos, journals, short movies, radio-recordings, and other art-forms, bringing together one joint expression of their love for hitchhiking.
Journalists are free also invited to join the European Hitchhiking WeekDay. They can team up with experienced hitchhikers, attend prepatory meetings taking that take place all over Europe from the 3rd up untill D-dayuntil the 8th. They may also follow a hitchhiker or and call one or several of them to receive live-updates and stories along the way.
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