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* '''[http://www.routedusoleil.org/ Route du Soleil]''' is an annual one week race for Belgian students organized since 2010, from Belgium to "one of the sunniest destination in Europe". In the summer of 2011 they will even try to break the world record of biggest hitchhiking race with 900 participants. To deal with the number of participants, the different routes have a one day shift so they don't all leave and arrive on the same date. The final winner is decided between the winners of each route during a later race. Several prizes are to be won and the organization also provides some entertainment, food and camping facilities along the way, but this all has go be paid for, the registration fee (for 2013) is a mindblowing EUR 320.
* The '''[[BBOHC3|Big Belgian Hitchhiking Contest]]''' was an annually event, starting in [[Gent|Ghent]]. The race is 300 to 500 km long and lasts one day. The third edition took place in October 2008 and doesn't seem to have been repeated since.
=== [[Finland]] ===
* '''[https://www.facebook.com/hitchball4000/ Hitchball 4000]''' is an annual hitchhiking race over a weekend around the beginning of June. It was first organized in 2013. It's based in Helsinki and so far teams have visited countries in northern and eastern Europe. The winning team is determined by the amount of kilometers they hitchhike and the distance to the farthest point they reach. Also a Spirit of Hitchball award is given to the most deserving team according to varying criteria.
=== [[France]] ===
