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Go A bigger rest area is just on the border to Germany! There it is very easy to find rides. You have to take the Zurich “Hauptbanhof” (main Regional express train station) and take to "Weil am Rhein".Then walk back in the number “50” bus, opposite direction “Euroairport”the train was driving. The second last stop arrives at You see a bridge leading over the Strailway lines.Louis area which is beside Cross the Swiss-French border. You will see that bridge and walk straight ahead till there is a police check point for carssecond street turning right. If you make your way to Just follow this area and stand at the side you should be able road to interact with vehicles’ at a very slow speed. Look out for the police as they rest area! (You can be a nuisance but I had no problems.see it soon so it’s impossible you don’t find it!)
===North *Update (11-Aug-2014): If you want to try hitchhiking directly out of the city, walk from the trainstation Basel SBB (exit city) towards [[Germany]], [[Freiburg]]===You should follow the directions in tramstops. Once you reach the first paragraphbut You should use busy street (Nauenstrasse) turn to the other side of right and follow this petrol station street. This street leads towards the highway entry, so you can start thumbing once you walked past a big bridge that goes to go the right (Münchensteinerstrasse). After that turn, cars can stop easily on the sidewalk and can either take you to your desired direction or leave at the service station "Pratteln-Süd", where you can also cross the highway and find rides in all directions (see first paragraph). * A helpful cutout of a [[Germany]]http://map. There is a crossing at the restaurantsearch. '''Prattelnch/?x=-Nord'''42442m&y=73842m&z=512 map]
'''NOTICE:''' It might be useful to use a sign here or to ask people where they're going.. A few kilometres down the road there's a big crossing. You can choose between the direction [[Zürich]] and [[St. Gallen]] '''or''' [[Bern]] and [[Luzern]].
*A helpfull cutout of a [http://map.search.ch/?x=-26526&y=-46151&z=512 map]
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{{Infobox Location
|country = Switzerland
|map = <map lat='47.56170075451973' lng='7.6197052001953125' zoom='11' view='0' float='right'/>
|pop = 170,000
|plate = BS
|motorways = {{European Route Number|25}}, {{European Route Number|35}}, {{European Route Number|60}}, [[A2 (Switzerland)|A2]], [[A3 (Switzerland)|A3]]
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'''Basel''' is a city in [[Switzerland]].
The city is located near the [[Germany|German]] and [[France|French]] border.
==Hitching OutHitchhiking out ==<map lat='47.56170075451973' lng='7.6197052001953125' zoom='11' view='0' float='right'/>===East, South towards [[Bern]], [[Zürich]], [[Luzern]]===Take S1 or S3 in the direction of Olten or Laufenburg (both'll do..) at Basel's main train station ("Basel SBB"). Get off at ''Pratteln'' and follow the ''Zehntenstrasse'' (parallel to the railway tracks) in the direction of the train you took, for quite a short time. Go left at the little steps, which lead to a road underneath the tracks, then straight. Turn right at the small ''BP'' service station, then continues on the road ''Hohenrainstrasse''. Follow this road for 5 minutes, keep on the left footpath, and you will then see a small commercial area. Turn left onto this street ,Zurlindstrasse, walk down until you reach a green area. Male your way down this until you reach the exit. You will be at the motorway service station '''Pratteln-Süd'''. It is open 24 hours a day.
=== East, South towards [[Bern]], [[Zürich]], [[Luzern]] ===
Take the S1 or S3 in the direction of Olten or Laufenburg (both'll do..) at Basel's main train station ("Basel SBB"). Get off at ''Pratteln'' and follow the ''Zehntenstrasse'' (parallel to the railway tracks) in the direction of the train you took, for quite a short time. Go left at the little steps, which lead to a road underneath the tracks, then straight. Turn right at the main road, then continues on the road ''Hohenrainstrasse''. Follow this road for 5 minutes, keep on the left footpath, and you will then see a small commercial area. Turn left onto this street , ''Zurlindenstrasse'', walk down until you reach a little forest with a path going down. Follow the path. Then you will be at the motorway service station '''Pratteln-Süd'''. It is open 24 hours a day.
'''NOTICE:''' It might be useful to use a sign here or to ask people where they're going.. A few kilometres down the road there's a big crossing. You can choose between the direction [[Zürich]] and [[St. Gallen]] '''or''' [[Bern]] and [[Luzern]]. ===North towards [[Mulhouse]], [[Strasbourg]], [[Luxembourg]], etc=== Go to the Basel “Hauptbahnhof” (main train station) and take the number “50” bus, direction “Euroairport”. The second last stop ("Frachthalle") arrives at the St.Louis area which is beside the Swiss-French border. You will see that there is a police check point for cars. If you make your way to this area and stand at the side you should be able to interact with vehicles’ at a very slow speed. Look out for the police as they can be a nuisance but I had no problems. Alternatively, you can walk straight down through St. Louis, or take the bus, down to the other end of town. Eventually, you will be at a small petrol station. Not exactly the best place, but there is a round-about that leads straight to the A35. There is only a small parking space for vehicles to stop, so not so ideal for trucks, however when I was hitchhiking there, there was heavy traffic coming from all directions and vehicles had to slow down as they turned. I only stood there for about 20-30mins. I found the atmosphere a lot nicer than around the border patrol. (On googlemaps: 47.59372,7.555225) You can also take the bus number 50 to "Friedrich-Miescher-Strasse" and walk down the hill. There you'll find the [[slip road]] for the motorway to France. In the morning and especially in the evening there is a lot of traffic. And just next to it, you find a colorful squat, where you can probably find a sleeping place for a night, if hitchhiking just doesn't work. Nenad and Helena successfully hitchhiked to Mulhouse from Neudorfstrasse, just in front of the entrance to the meat factory (on googlemaps: 47.573284, 7.567158) in 2018. === North towards [[Germany]], [[Freiburg]] ===You should follow the directions in the first paragraph. Also, one has to go to the other side of this [[petrol station hitchhiking|petrol station]] to go to [[Germany]]. There is a crossing at the restaurant at the '''Pratteln-Nord''' [[rest area|service station]].
== Sleeping ==
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