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== Hitching Hitchhiking Out ==Getting out of Gent isn't too difficult.

* Option 1: Go to the spot near the Woodrow Wilson square. Nobody many people know this square, but if you say Bus stop "de zuidZuid", everbody knows where you talking about. Hitch at the road going to the highway 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 highway motorway splits to different directions.Very good place to hitch towards any directionand there is a big bus station. (tram and bus: www.delijn.be, bus stop "zuid"). Scroll further for direction specific hitch hike spots.

* Option 1: Try getting a ride at the light [http://www.liftershalte.info/?lat=51.03653663169207&lng=3.7372398376464844&zoom=17&trip=24 hereSouthwest towards [[Lille]], all traffic has to stop so you have plenty of time to talk to people or show your sign off. 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[Paris]]. 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|ZacKortrijk]] did.===

=== Northeast towards [[Antwerpen]] ===* Option 1 of hitching : Go to Lille (make a cardboard)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.

 * 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]] ===  Take the tram 4 in the city center towards Moscou and get off at A(dolf) van Ooteghemstraat, which is 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. You can also take tram 2 towards Melle Leeuw and get off at Gentbrugge P&R. That is almost right on the spot where you can start hitchhiking. You can stand under the bridge if it is raining. There are two gas stations on the A14 (E17) before Antwerpen.

You can get free internet acces at the university library “de boekentoren” Take tram number 2 or in english walk from the book tower. It's a big tower located at Blandijnbergcenter it takes 30mins, near Sint Pieters plein (when you arrive the tram station you will see the bridge which is '''not''' same as Sint Pieters stationhighway E17 (A 14)goes to Antwerp.Just log in as an anonymousWalk through under the bridge follow the N9 motorway few minutes and you see the high way enter on the right hand side.There is a long gap that you can easily hitchhike. Take a cartoon written Antwerp

When looking for cheap food and drinks=== Northwest towards [[Brugge]], you can easily try these student areas, as there are many cheap bars (drinks €1-€2) 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.[[Oostende]] ===

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