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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 small ''BP'' service stationmain 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 green arealittle forest with a path going down. Make your way down this until you reach Follow the exitpath. You Then you will be at the motorway service station '''Pratteln-Süd'''. It is open 24 hours a day.

Go to the Basel “Hauptbanhof” “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.

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]].  A bigger rest area is just on the border to Germany! There it is very easy to find rides. You have to take the Regional express train to "Weil am Rhein".Then walk back in the opposite direction the train was driving. You see a bridge leading over the railway lines. Cross the bridge and walk straight ahead till there is a second street turning right. Just follow this road to the rest area! (You can see it soon so it’s impossible you don’t find it!)

You may also consider going *Update (11-Aug-2014): If you want to try hitchhiking directly out of the city, walk from the big service station straight at trainstation Basel SBB (exit city) towards the border at [[Weil am Rhein]]tramstops. Even though Once you my find some folks heading reach the busy street (Nauenstrasse) turn to Germany from "Pratteln" as wellthe right and follow this street. This street leads towards the highway entry, petrol is cheaper in Germany so most people would refill thereyou can start thumbing once you walked past a big bridge that goes to the right (Münchensteinerstrasse). Plus in [[Weil am Rhein]] all people will head into Germany. Take After that turn, cars can stop easily on the German "Regionalexpress" form "Badischer Bahnhof" sidewalk and get of after one can either take you to your desired direction or leave at the service station in [[Weil am Rhein]]. Follow the signs for "Burger KingPratteln-Süd" , where you can also cross the highway and you will find the service station rides in all directions (~20 min walk from the train stationsee first paragraph).