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'''Strasbourg''' is a major city in [[France]] situated next to the [[German]] border. It is the official seat of the European Parliament, and pretty ''bourgeois''.
In theory it seems doable to hitchhike directly from the centercentre, as there is the entrance to several motorways. However, the people of the city are not very hitchhikehitchhiker-friendly, so it is better to directly go to a petrol station on the motorway.
It should be noted that there is barely any traffic around and out of the city on Sunday mornings. This may be the case with other parts of France.
== Hitchhiking out ==
=== Going east ([[Germany]]) {{Autobahn|5}} ===
The German town of [[Kehl]] (just over the border to the East) is a good place to pick up traffic to the A5 (all directions), especially from the gas petrol station at the entrance to the B28 ([http://hitchwiki.org/maps/?place=7333]).
Walking (from Strasbourg centre) to Kehl takes about 50 minutes if you go the shortest route (check google Google maps!).Strasbourg tram reaches Kehl center since 2018, the price is the same as within Strasbourg, 2€
Alternatively, you can take the regional train (around 6 minutes for about EUR 3) or the bus tram (line #21; one bus every 30 min; EUR D, 20 minutes, 1.30; takes longer than the train80€). The bus stops in several places from "Ancienne Douanne" (in the centre) through to the east side of the city. On Sunday the first bus leaves at 9:30 am.
By train, for 2 euro more, you can continue after [[Kehl]] till Appenweier. From there you can walk or hitchhike to the petrol station "Rasthof [[Renchtal]]" (2,5 km check the route on maps.google.com or see [[Renchtal]] for details ). It can be a good alternative to Kehl because in 30 minutes more, you're on the German motorway network.
=== Going North ([[Metz]], [[Saarbrücken]]) {{Afr|4}} and South ([[Mulhouse]], [[Switzerland]]) {{Afr|35}} ===Take the tram (red line) to Illkirch Lixenbuhl and then the bus (line 2) to Ostwald Eglise. From the bus stop, with your back to the church, turn right and walk down the road towards the big house around some green fields at the junction.You then turn right and you keep walking up this road parallel to the the Nachtweid forest.
=== Going North ([[Metz]], [[Saarbrücken]], [[Paris]]) ===
Take a regional train direction ''Brumath/Mommenheim'' and make sure it stops at ''Stephansfeld''. From there you can walk within 15 min to the gas petrol station ''Aer Air de Seervice Service Brumath'' on the A4 and start hitchhiking straight at the gas petrol station.The trainticket from Strasbourg to Stephansfeld costs EUR 3.50 90 (20112016). You may have to jump a fence to enter the actual petrol station, but it is not too tall and in June 2016 there was a convenient hole in it.
Alternatively, just walk (10 minutes from the centre) to Place de HuguenauHaguenau, and walk to the entrance of the A4 (there is a cycle path that leads right next to it if you don't like contending with the cars). There is a lot of space for people to stop and it is the best way to head north from the centre. Mind you, do NOT hitchhike at the Place de Haguenau as there is absolutely no shoulder to pull over.
=== Going west ===
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