Brussels

Brussels is the capital of Belgium.

Brussels is a very international city. While still walking around in the center you might be able to spot some cars from other countries. For instance, when heading to Paris, check the French numberplates with 75 or 90-something (Paris and its suburbs).

Hitching Out

South or west, towards Charleroi, Lille, Paris

On the Internationalelaan (Allée Internationale) close before the motorway entrance, there is a lot of traffic and much space for cars to stop, even a gas station where you could ask people directly. To get there, take a Bus from the town center to Bollinckx. <map lat='50.815832591314226' lng='4.304065704345703' zoom='15' view='0' float='right' />

South towards Charleroi, Mons (Bergen), Namur, Luxembourg

This place is called "Delta", it is also a metro or train stop Metro 1A direction Herrmann-Debroux or bus 71 to Delta. The street is called Triomflaan (Boulevard du Triomphe) or Pleinlaan (Boulevard de la Plaine). There is also a large Texaco gas station in the curve (see map), Delta is a spot where a lot of people hitchhike, especially to Louvain-la-Neuve and it is close to the university buildings of the ULB-VUB.

At the station 'Delta', you will notice a sign marked 'Taxistop' which is used as a carsharing start kiss 'n ride. Just hitch from there.

Note that the E411 starting from there head direction South to Namur, Luxembourg, Lorraine in France and Rheinland-Pfalz in Germany. Many junctions gives the chance to reach the E19 (towards Charleroi, Mons (Bergen) and Paris) or the E42 just north of Namur. Using a sign would ease the journey.

North or east, towards Leuven, Antwerp, Germany, Netherlands

East

<map lat='50.84236343136954' lng='4.386205673217773' zoom='17' view='0' float='right'/> You can easily hitch out of Brussels in direction East from downtown or more especially from the European Quarter.

The first option is to hitch at the entrance of the Tunnel located at the gate of the Jubelpark (Parc du Cinquentennaire) on the Blijde-Inkomst laan (Avenue de la Joyeuse-Entree) on the side of the 'Rond-Point Schuman' (metro access 1A/1B direction Herrmann-Debroux/Stokkel). There is a street light and a side parking just at the entrance of the tunnel, you may simply stand by the light with a sign and the cars can immediately pull to pick you. This hitching point is an easy start to go to Leuven or Liege or possibly reach the services in Leuven on the E40 or on the E314.

(Note: this spot works perfectly during business hours, but the traffic is low on Sundays or during holidays; note that it is also possible to catch a ride in direction North Antwerp from there too but a sign is required)

Hitching in

If you do not encounter a driver that goes inside the city but on the contrary takes the Ring around the city, you can ask that he pulls aside the highway just beneath the viaduc of the exit #7a/7b (Chaussee Romaine/Parc des Expositions/Tentoonstellingspark)(basically the Atomium and Heysel Stadium) or exit #8 (Wemmel). On both exit the highway shoulder is large and you can immediately climb towards the viaduc, also at both exit a driver can regain the highway easily.

From there, you simply have to walk towards the Expo park to join the Tram or metro Station at Koning Boudewijn or Heysel.

If you arrive from the East, you might also simply ask to be left at the Services along the E40 in Leuven in the mean to catch a local ride that would get into town.