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== Hitching Out Hitchhiking out ==

=== Southwest towards [[Lille]] All directions === * Option 1: Go to the spot near the Woodrow Wilson square. Not many people know this square, but if you say "de zuid", everybody knows where you're talking about. Hitch at the road going to the motorway (). There is a 3 meters wide bike lane, so plenty of place to stop for the cars. Using a cardboard would be clever, as this entry of the motorway splits to different directions. Very good place to hitch towards any direction and there is a big bus station. (tram and bus: www.delijn.be, bus stop "zuid"). Scroll further for direction specific hitch hike spots. * Option 2: Try getting a ride at the light [http://www.liftershalte.info/?lat=51.03653663169207&lng=3.7372398376464844&zoom=17&trip=24 here], all traffic has to stop so you have plenty of time to talk to people or show your sign off. You can also easily stand just behind the lights at the southside of the crossroads, there is ample place to stand safely, and for cars to stop on the emergency lane. The cars are also not yet driving very fast. Do use a sign though, as the onramp will give access to go to east towards Antwerpen, southeast towards Brussels, southwest towards Kortrijk, Lille and Paris and west towards Brugge, Oostende and Calais. But make sure you don't make the mistake of trying to get there by getting on the ramp [http://www.liftershalte.info/?lat=51.042722811470185&lng=3.7326908111572266&zoom=17&trip=0 here]. It's a lot longer than it looks and cars are going dangerously fast. You'll end up having to jump from the bridge to the ground below like [[User:Zac Stewart|Zac]] did.Many cars from the centre will take a bridge to the highway, for those option 1 is better. This option on the other hand gives access to the highway from the inner ringroad of Gent. === Southwest towards [[Lille]], [[Paris]], [[Kortrijk]] === * Option 21: Go to the big roundabout “De Sterre” near the Sint Pieter station. There you can hitch the N60 towards “Oudenaarde” until you reach the highway motorway E 17 at Eke. *Option 2: Take the train from Sint Pieter station for two stops to Eke-Nazareth. Blackriding is easy since it's only two short stops on the train. Once there, walk north to a service station via Klapstraat. It's a 20 minute walk but once there one should have no problems finding a ride as far as at least Paris, sometimes even southern France or Barcelona. There is plenty of local traffic heading to Kortrijk but avoid them because this is the other service stations on the E17 in Belgium are quite small. === Northeast towards [[Antwerpen]] ===* Option 1 of hitching to Lille (make a cardboard)

== Useful Resources ==* Take the tram 4 in the city center towards Moscou and get off at A very important thing to know is that Ghent (dolf) van Ooteghemstraat, which is one of 1 stop before the biggest university cities in Belgiumtram reaches it's end station. The main area for students is Walk left into the Sint Pietersplein, but schools Walstraat and student dorms are scattered all over then the first street to the cityright into the de naeyerdreef (sand road with lot's of trees). Students are very friendly and are very proud At the end of their city, so if the road you're looking for help, don't hesitate ll reach the entrance to ask themthe A14 (E17) where you can easily get a ride towards Antwerpen or Kortrijk.[[File:gent.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Ghent offers many cultural highlights.]]

You can get free internet acces at the university library “de boekentoren” or in english the book tower. It's a big tower located at Blandijnberg=== Northwest towards [[Brugge]], near Sint Pieters plein (which is '''not''' same as sint pieters station).Just log in as an anonymous.[[Oostende]] ===

When looking for cheap food and drinks, you can easily try these student areas, as there are many cheap bars (drinks €1-€2) and restaurants/snack barsWalk or take the bus 18 to the "Gent Malemstraat" stop. Scattered through the city are also The bus stop is a good place to show a lot of so called frietkotensign "Brugge" or "Oostende". These are small restaurants or even shacksThe road leads to the E40 motorway, where you can buy fries and snacks against extremely low prices. It's real Belgian cultureactually to more directions than northwest too, and you should really try it out if you ever visit Belgiumbut most of the cars take this exit of the city to go towards northwest.[[Image:gent.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Ghent offers many cultural highlightsDifferent people waited just for 5-15 minutes.]]This spot was last used successfully on December 16th 2018