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'''Jena''' is a city in [[Thuringia]].
  
'''Jena''' is a city in [[Thüringen]].
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== Hitching Out ==
 
 
==Hitching Out==
 
 
If you want to feel bad; Hitching out of Jena is difficult. Your best bet is to try and get a lift as far as the motorway connecting Berlin and Munich. The best place to do this is in the tunnel underneath the Frankfurt-Dresden motorway, down the road from a hotel on a roundabout. If in doubt, then just get to the motorway, which heads east to west south of the main town. There are two junctions. One has a construction site just along from it (it looks like they're building a bridge over), and the other doesn't. You want to be at the one that doesn't, unless you're going to Frankfurt, or east. If you find yourself at the wrong junction (there's a big petrol station and a McDonald's), then you need to head west out of the petrol station, parallel to the motorway. Walk along past the MediaMarkt, and turn left. You'll see a bridge over the road, and there's a housing estate opposite. Cross the bridge and head up the hill through the housing estate. Keep going up the hill until you see the main road. Turn right, and walk along the road. The tram forks off to the left, but you should carry on down the hill to a roundabout with a hotel on it. You should be able to see the bridge now. If your lift's going the wrong way, you can quite easily get out at the services, and (south at least), there is an underground tunnel connecting the two service stations about half a mile north of the service station itself.
 
If you want to feel bad; Hitching out of Jena is difficult. Your best bet is to try and get a lift as far as the motorway connecting Berlin and Munich. The best place to do this is in the tunnel underneath the Frankfurt-Dresden motorway, down the road from a hotel on a roundabout. If in doubt, then just get to the motorway, which heads east to west south of the main town. There are two junctions. One has a construction site just along from it (it looks like they're building a bridge over), and the other doesn't. You want to be at the one that doesn't, unless you're going to Frankfurt, or east. If you find yourself at the wrong junction (there's a big petrol station and a McDonald's), then you need to head west out of the petrol station, parallel to the motorway. Walk along past the MediaMarkt, and turn left. You'll see a bridge over the road, and there's a housing estate opposite. Cross the bridge and head up the hill through the housing estate. Keep going up the hill until you see the main road. Turn right, and walk along the road. The tram forks off to the left, but you should carry on down the hill to a roundabout with a hotel on it. You should be able to see the bridge now. If your lift's going the wrong way, you can quite easily get out at the services, and (south at least), there is an underground tunnel connecting the two service stations about half a mile north of the service station itself.
  
 
If you want to feel lucky; http://www.hitchbase.com/ergebnisse.php?LANG=ger&abfrage%5Bstartort%5D=52
 
If you want to feel lucky; http://www.hitchbase.com/ergebnisse.php?LANG=ger&abfrage%5Bstartort%5D=52
  
==Overnight==
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== Overnight ==
 
There is a youth hostel in Jena. Be sure to get there nice and early, because there's nowhere else. The tram heads there, you should ask somebody for directions. If you get really stuck, the McDonald's at the service station, although not 24h is open til midnight, and opens again 7 the next morning. If you leave McDonald's at midnight, cross the road, and climb the stairs opposite the car dealership on the back of the warehouse, there's a sheltered area where you can stay for the night. It's not warm, but if you go into McDonald's the next morning, you can use the bathroom to brush your teeth and have a shave, and somebody behind the counter might recognise you and sort you out with a cup of tea.
 
There is a youth hostel in Jena. Be sure to get there nice and early, because there's nowhere else. The tram heads there, you should ask somebody for directions. If you get really stuck, the McDonald's at the service station, although not 24h is open til midnight, and opens again 7 the next morning. If you leave McDonald's at midnight, cross the road, and climb the stairs opposite the car dealership on the back of the warehouse, there's a sheltered area where you can stay for the night. It's not warm, but if you go into McDonald's the next morning, you can use the bathroom to brush your teeth and have a shave, and somebody behind the counter might recognise you and sort you out with a cup of tea.
 
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[[Category:Germany]]
 

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Jena
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Country:
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Germany
State:
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Thuringia
Population: 102,494 (31 Dec 2006)
Licence plate: J
Major roads: A4
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Jena is a city in Thuringia.

Hitching Out

If you want to feel bad; Hitching out of Jena is difficult. Your best bet is to try and get a lift as far as the motorway connecting Berlin and Munich. The best place to do this is in the tunnel underneath the Frankfurt-Dresden motorway, down the road from a hotel on a roundabout. If in doubt, then just get to the motorway, which heads east to west south of the main town. There are two junctions. One has a construction site just along from it (it looks like they're building a bridge over), and the other doesn't. You want to be at the one that doesn't, unless you're going to Frankfurt, or east. If you find yourself at the wrong junction (there's a big petrol station and a McDonald's), then you need to head west out of the petrol station, parallel to the motorway. Walk along past the MediaMarkt, and turn left. You'll see a bridge over the road, and there's a housing estate opposite. Cross the bridge and head up the hill through the housing estate. Keep going up the hill until you see the main road. Turn right, and walk along the road. The tram forks off to the left, but you should carry on down the hill to a roundabout with a hotel on it. You should be able to see the bridge now. If your lift's going the wrong way, you can quite easily get out at the services, and (south at least), there is an underground tunnel connecting the two service stations about half a mile north of the service station itself.

If you want to feel lucky; http://www.hitchbase.com/ergebnisse.php?LANG=ger&abfrage%5Bstartort%5D=52

Overnight

There is a youth hostel in Jena. Be sure to get there nice and early, because there's nowhere else. The tram heads there, you should ask somebody for directions. If you get really stuck, the McDonald's at the service station, although not 24h is open til midnight, and opens again 7 the next morning. If you leave McDonald's at midnight, cross the road, and climb the stairs opposite the car dealership on the back of the warehouse, there's a sheltered area where you can stay for the night. It's not warm, but if you go into McDonald's the next morning, you can use the bathroom to brush your teeth and have a shave, and somebody behind the counter might recognise you and sort you out with a cup of tea.