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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.* Option 2: Go Many cars from the centre will take a bridge to the big roundabout “De Sterre” near highway, for those option 1 is better. This option on the Sint Pieter station. There you can hitch other hand gives access to the N60 towards “Oudenaarde” until you reach highway from the motorway E 17 at Ekeinner ringroad of Gent.

=== Northeast Southwest towards [[AntwerpenLille]], [[Paris]], [[Kortrijk]] ===* Take the tram 4 in the city center towards Moscou and get off 1 stop before the tram reaches it's end station. Walk left into the Walstraat and then the first street to the right into the de naeyerdreef (sand road with lot's of trees). At the end of the road you'll reach the entrance to the A14 (E17) where you can easily get a ride towards Antwerpen or Kortrijk.

== Useful Resources ==A very important thing * Option 1: Go to know is that Ghent is one of the biggest university cities in Belgium. The main area for students is big roundabout “De Sterre” near the Sint Pietersplein, but schools and student dorms are scattered all over Pieter station. There you can hitch the city. Students are very friendly and are very proud of their city, so if N60 towards “Oudenaarde” until you're looking for help, don't hesitate to ask themreach the motorway E 17 at Eke.

You can get free internet acces at *Option 2: Take the university library “de boekentoren” or in english train from Sint Pieter station for two stops to Eke-Nazareth. Blackriding is easy since it's only two short stops on the book towertrain. Once there, walk north to a service station via Klapstraat. It's a big tower located 20 minute walk but once there one should have no problems finding a ride as far as at Blandijnbergleast Paris, near Sint Pieters plein (which sometimes even southern France or Barcelona. There is plenty of local traffic heading to Kortrijk but avoid them because this is '''not''' same as Sint Pieters station).Just log the other service stations on the E17 in as an anonymousBelgium are quite small.

When looking for cheap food and drinks, you can easily try these student areas, as there are many cheap bars === Northeast towards [[Antwerpen]] ===* Option 1 of hitching to Lille (drinks €1-€2make a cardboard) and restaurants/snack bars. Scattered through the city are also a lot of so called frietkoten. These are small restaurants or even shacks, where you can buy fries and snacks against extremely low prices. It's real Belgian culture, and you should really try it out if you ever visit Belgium.