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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 motorway E 17 at Eke.

== Useful Resources ==A very important thing *Option 2: Take the train from Sint Pieter station for two stops to know Eke-Nazareth. Blackriding is that Ghent is one of easy since it's only two short stops on the biggest university cities in Belgiumtrain. The main area for students is the Sint PieterspleinOnce there, walk north to a service station via Klapstraat. It's a 20 minute walk but schools and student dorms are scattered all over the cityonce there one should have no problems finding a ride as far as at least Paris, sometimes even southern France or Barcelona. Students are very friendly and are very proud There is plenty of their city, so if you're looking for help, don't hesitate local traffic heading to ask Kortrijk but avoid thembecause this is the other service stations on the E17 in Belgium are quite small.

You can get free internet acces at the university library “de boekentoren” or in english the book tower. It's === Northeast towards [[Antwerpen]] ===* Option 1 of hitching to Lille (make a big tower located at Blandijnberg, near Sint Pieters plein (which is '''not''' same as Sint Pieters stationcardboard).Just log in as an anonymous.

When looking for cheap food * Take the tram 4 in the city center towards Moscou and drinks, you can easily try these student areas, as there are many cheap bars get off at A(drinks €1-€2dolf) van Ooteghemstraat, which is 1 stop before the tram reaches it's end station. Walk left into the Walstraat and restaurants/snack bars. Scattered through then the first street to the right into the city are also a de naeyerdreef (sand road with lot 's of so called frietkotentrees). These are small restaurants or even shacks, At the end of the road you'll reach the entrance to the A14 (E17) where you can buy fries easily get a ride towards Antwerpen or Kortrijk. You can also take tram 2 towards Melle Leeuw and snacks against extremely low pricesget off at Gentbrugge P&R. It's real Belgian culture, and That is almost right on the spot where you should really try can start hitchhiking. You can stand under the bridge if it out if you ever visit Belgiumis raining. There are two gas stations on the A14 (E17) before Antwerpen. In August 2019 it took 5 minutes to get a lift to Antwerpen. [[File:gent.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Ghent offers many cultural highlights.]]

Blackriding is easy and safe in Gent: you don't need to show a ticket to enter trams and buses=== Northwest towards [[Brugge]], and controllers are very rare and uniformed.[[Oostende]] ===

[[Image:gentWalk or take the bus 18 to the "Gent Malemstraat" stop.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Ghent offers many cultural highlightsThe bus stop is a good place to show a sign "Brugge" or "Oostende".]]The road leads to the E40 motorway, actually to more directions than northwest too, but most of the cars take this exit of the city to go towards northwest.Different people waited just for 5-15 minutes.This spot was last used successfully on December 16th 2018