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[[File:Hitchhiking-without-canoe-belgium-2013.jpg|thumb|300px|Hitchhiking without a canoe, coming from the Post Hitchgathering 2013 in Houyet]]

== License plates Food & Toilets ==Belgian license plates do not contain information about where The price of food on motorway services is very high, so try to stock up before leaving and note that very few motorway services have free toilets. The price (usually between EUR 0.30 and 0.70) sometimes includes a voucher that can be used in the car comes fromrestaurant. A Belgian license plate However, it is assigned for life easy to jump over the owner of a carbarrier and use the toilet for free. Usually The cheapest supermarkets in the plates country are white with red text. Cars owned by employees of institutes of the European Union in Brussels ''Lidl'', ''Aldi'' and Diplomatic Technical ''Colruyt'', and Administrative Staff have a white plate with blue lettersfood bought in them will be significantly cheaper than on motorway services. Diplomatic license plates start ''Carrefour'' and ''Delhaize'' are more expensive options, but are extensively located downtown with "CD". When Belgians replace their carslonger opening hours (Often 20:00, they but not all of them!) which will keep offer better prices than the same license plate numberconvenience stores. Often the name Note that in Belgium most shops close at 18:00 and the city of the garage where the car was bought is indicated just under or at the left side of the license plate very few shops are open on the backside of the car. A license plate of an old timer starts with "O"Sundays.

[[File:NetherlandsThere are few free public toilets around, and you might even be charged in places like McD's.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Leaving It is best to avoid the tourist areas when looking for a free toilet and aim at the less obvious places such as big chain hotels (Radisson...), public buildings (libraries and schools) and some cafés where you can use the toilet without being spotted by the staff who might request you to pay a fee up to 50 cents, although many will allow you to use the [[Netherlands]]]]toilet if you ask them in English!

== Public Transport ==Public transport Belgium is extensive famous for its ''frietkoten''. These are small restaurants or stands that sell French fries (a Belgian dish mind you! Protip: Make sure you don't call them French fries, but just fries. Because some will lecture you about fries not being French.) and affordable to all sorts of snacks for relatively low prices. It's not very healthy, but for EUR 5 you can have quite a big meal which is bigger & cheaper then McD's. Every village has a certain pointfrietkot, and every city has at least one in every neighborhood.

Also make sure you try out the beer. Belgians have the most and best types of beer in the world, and often it'''Train:'''ll be cheaper then water or soda.

== Food Nomadwiki & Toilets Trashwiki ==The price of food on motorway services is relatively high, so try to stock up before leaving and note that very few motorway services have free toilets. The price (usually between €0.30 and 0.70) sometimes includes a voucher that can be used in the restaurant. However, it is easy to jump over the barrier and use the toilet for free. The cheapest supermarkets in the country are ''Lidl'', ''Aldi'' and ''Colruyt'', and food bought in them will be significantly cheaper than on motorway services. ''Carrefour'' and ''Delhaize'' are more expensive options, but are extensively located downtown with longer opening hours (Often 20:00, but not all of them!) which will offer better prices than the night stores. Note that in Belgium most shops close at 18:00 and very few shops are open on Sundays.

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