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'''Antwerpen''' is a nice city in [[Belgium]], close to the Dutch border. ''All Hitchhikers are welcome at Robbel's place in Antwerp. Contact on couchsurfing and please kinda indicate you are a hitchhiker :-) (cardboard, pictures, stories, all indications welcome) maximum 2 people, maximum 2 nights''. == Hitchhiking Hitching out ==

[[File:20080701 antwerpen hitchhiking-2 alex.JPG|thumb|right|348px|A [[Hitchhiker's safety#Women hitchhiking|woman]] hitchhiking oft of [[Antwerpen]] at the hitchhiking spot direction [[HasseltLiège]]/, [[Liège|LiegeEindhoven]].]]

Follow Amerikalei to the on ramp for the A14/E17. You have to go under a tunnel before getting out to the ramp. A good place to stand is [http://wwwhitchwiki.liftershalte.infoorg/maps/?latplace=51355 here].203119075&lng=4Although it's easy for cars to stop here, it's illegal and dangerous to walk trough the tunnel. A safer and still good stop to start is just before the tunnel [http://hitchwiki.39058303833&zoom=13&triporg/maps/?place=0 11210 here].

[http://maps.hitchwiki.org/maps/?latplace=515227 here].2270340773174&lng=4 Another convenient option is to take a tram in the city centre. Tram 2 direction Hoboken or tram 6 direction Olympiade. Get off at the stop called "De Singel". Right where you get out of the tram you find the ramp for the motorway. There is plenty of space for yourself and cars to pull over. I use this spot frequently and never waited more then 7 minutes for a ride to Gent. A sign could be helpful. Before Gent there are 2 petrol stations coming up if you need longer rides to for example Paris.411799311637878&zoom=17&trip=0&view=3 here]The first one is Kruibeke and the second is Kalken.

Get a train or some other form of public transport towards “Oost Staation”"Oost Station". When you leave the station, walk under the train bridge, walk straight down to the signs for Brussels. Here, you should stand after the traffic lights and in a position that you get the attention of cars coming from the two different sections of the junction.

Take a tram/bus to STENENBURG stop - any of 21, 24, 242, 420, 421, 422, 423, 429. Once you get off there, turn left and go under the bridge. After you cross the bridge, turn right and keep going straight on, until you see signs of Brussels. After a while you will notice a motorway on your left going in direction of Brussels. Go untill until the traffic lights and cross them twice following the road signs. You will notice a good interstate, with an emergency line, where you get your rides very fast (took me around 2 minutes). === East/northeast towards [[Liège]], [[Eindhoven]] === Tram 10 or several buslines to Borgerhout Turnhoutsepoort, walk northeast over the Turnhoutsebaan for only 250 meters, passing the railway tunnel and crossroads and hitch after the motorway sign, start of the A13/E313, on the bridge over the R1/E19. Later on this highway splits in two highways (A13/E313+A21/E34), so make sure you find a ride in the right direction. A sign could be very useful. Just before the split is a petrol station. This is in 'Wommelgem/Ranst'. In 2019 this spot doesn't seem to be useful anymore, the bridge has changed and only in its latter part there is some striped emergency place to stop. It seems very illegal and the cars would drive fast. You can walk to the 'Wommelgem roundabout', a major junction on the A13 3 km eastwards, or try the dispersing traffic on the ramp near the 'Borgerhout Sint-Erasmusziekenhuis' bus stop.

Take tram 6 direction 'Luchtbal' and get of at 'Merksem Lambrechtshoeken'. Follow the direction of the tram. You will notice McD. Just behind it, the highway to the [[Netherlands]] starts. The traffic is quite sparse but the cars go by slowly. There is plenty of space for you and a car to stop. If you are heading for [[Utrecht]] or [[Amsterdam]], make sure your driver isn't going to [[Bergen op Zoom]].  There is a massive service station(Hazeldonk-Oost), before [[Breda]], on the Dutch-Belgian border, where it is easy to hitch-hike for example near the exit from the gaspetrol-station. You just have to write a board, because the highway divides into two directions nearby.

Another option is the motorway at the Luitenant Lippenslaan (a continuation of the Plantin en Moretuslei), the on-ramps there are good for heading to [[Gent]], [[Paris]], [[Brussels]], the west of the [[Netherlands]] and possibly more directions. Make sure to make a [[signs|sign]] as people can go many directions.

The direction from Antwerpen to [[Netherlands]] (Eindhoven== Sleeping ==During July and August 2016, Maastricht)you can eat and sleep at 'Bivak Urban Camping'. This is a cool, also direction alternative space where you can pitch your tent and meet other travelers. It is a very strategic place for HH as well since pretty close to the highway. More info on [[Hasselt]]http: motorway [[E313]//www.bivakurbancamping.be]. You have  === Other useful info ===If you need to charge your mobile phone or other electronic devices, one option to go consider is going to the end of Antwerpen-Berchem station. In the Platin en Moretuslei corridor are more than 5 sockets to get your phone charged. A good map with tips and suggestions what to do and on where to go in the big crossroad turn leftcity center can be found here:[http://www. Then go straight ahead until you will see big sign (Eindhoven, Hasselt), which you have to followuse-it. Near the sign there is good place to hitch hiketravel/cities/map/2013_antwerp/?zoom www. Also the motorway exit at Turnhoutsebann is gooduse-it.travel/cities/map/2013_antwerp/?zoom]