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Go to the street ''Rue de Lausanne'', near ''La perle du lac''. Take the tram 1 until the stop ''Secheron''. It's just here, there is a speed control radar (ticket cost 3.40 francs)Carry on walking in shape of cowthe direction the bus was taking (the bus turns off down another street after 100m), you can wait just after the stand at any point on this road, but its good to walk for 5 minutes or so to catch a bit more traffic lightfrom joining roads. Cars can Theres a bike lane where cars could stop easily, or a big official building along the road where they could pull in. It's a very good Its an okay spot, and theres street lighting so okay at night as well. You can also ask people at the [[petrol station hitchhiking|petrol station]] beside, which works quite well.
You can contact a local hitchhiker at +41 78 732 71 35 for accomodation or other emergencies, will help if I'm around.
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=== East towards [[Lausanne]], [[Bern]], [[Zürich]] {{European Route Number|62}} ===
* '' my sister and I tried this spot and it worked very fast! [[User:Lyrafox|Lyrafox]] 22:38, 17 June 2010 (UTC)''
Take bus 27 in the direction ''Thônex-Vallard-Douane'' and get off at the last stop. Walk through the customs to France and stand at the end of the customs just before the cars speed up for the motorway. The position is very good, the customs officers are nice, speed is low, there´s space for cars to stop, all the traffic is passing through.
There is also bus number 5 which leaves from the airport to Thonex-Vallard (the stop by customs) - just stay on until the final stop. This line is later joined by bus 25 which gets to the same place. A ticket costs CHF3.50 / E3.50 but the distance from the city centre is around 3.5 km and is easy to walk- just get to Route de Malagnou and walk east until you get to the border and then follow the instructions above.
Better use a sign as cars can go to various destinations from here.
Aug 2018: Note that the above information might be before the schengen area was implemented. I don't think you are allowed to walk around the area where the motorway crosses the border. I ended up waiting on the swiss side just before the bus stops for bus routes 5 and 25
Aug 2019: Tried to walk through the border to hitchhike on the other side, but were politely turned back by the border guards.
=== West towards [[France]], [[Lyon]] or [[Annecy]] ===
The perfect spot is at the motorway border crossing. There are toilets, money exchange, really slow traffic, and friendly environment. You can get very close to it by taking Geneve public transport buses. Lines 4(red), D(light pink), 72(grey) stop closest to it. 42 also brings you close. Lines 4 and D leave from Bel Air (very central). You have to get out at Perly Village (note: in 2012 the stop is not called Perly-Village any more, but Ravières). Do NOT go until Perly Douane! From the Perly Village bus stop you cross the road, walk back 10 meters and turn right. (The left of the bus you just got off from.) You walk straight on the little street until you get to the bridge above the motorway. There is a short wire fence but people already bent the top of it, it is easy to hop over. After descending to the motorway, you turn right, and walk until the border. There is a concrete pavement outside the hard shoulder, you can walk safely to the spot. There is lot of traffic, straight ride to Paris possible!
The walking takes 20 min more or less. It is useful to ask for a big public transport map, in hostels for example. - the one with the streets shows you where to walk.
* UPDATE (22-Jan-14): Only buses 4 and D bring you to "Ravieres".
*UPDATE (11-Aug-14): There's a risk of being stopped by bordercops in Switzerland when you walk across the border next to the highway in direction France and they may insist that you leave the highway. Alternatively you can cross the border by a little forest path outside the highway (it's on the side where the traffic goes direction France). Once you are on the french side of the border you can easily walk to the highway and start hitchhiking after the border passing.
Update:2018-09-13 We did it between the borders, a little bit before french one, the french customs showed us where is allowed. It worked so good!
If you want to try it from inside the city, then:
== Hitching in ==
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