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Take a bus (101, 102 or 103) to '''Reijola'''. The buses leave on the A useful busstop for hitchhiking north-east corner of is between the market square"Prisma" shopping centre and "Motonet", in along the crossing of Siltakatu and Kauppakatuhighway No. Notice that the buses run once or twice an hour6. It takes about 30 minutes Cars are slow there and have time to get see you and space to Reijola, stop.When going to "Koli" you can ask the driver for helpdramatically increase your chances of a direct ride by using a sign. There's a gas station on the leftern side at the crossing of Vanha Valtatie/Reijolanraitti and Joensuuntie/Highway #6. Hop off here! You can either ask the drivers at the gas station or go to a bus stop in the crossing (if the gas station is behind you, to the left is are also frequent local buses from Joensuu and to the right is Lappeenranta)Kontiolahti.
The street called "Siltakatu" right in the center of Joensuu will bring you to the hitching spot. Walk towards west, meaning to the opposite direction of the trainstation and the river, until you reach "Länsikatu", which crosses "Siltakatu". Take the right side of the street and cross "Länsikatu". Take the sandy walking path (the road is on the left side and a school on the right side) and keep on walking. There's a bus stop on the left-hand side (a path takes you there).
===South-West The two first ramps south of the river to the highway No.6 heading south also work well enough.Specially when heading towards [[Varkaus]], [[Jyväskylä]]Russia it is good to go to the parking lot of "Prisma" (big shopping centre at 2nd exit of highway no.6, [[Tampere]], [[Mikkeli]], [[Helsinki]] (North of the road number 23river)===and ask drivers of Russian vehicles. They like shopping there and you might be able to offer a few free "custom-kilos" in return.
The starting place as going westwards. About 25 kilometers after Joensuu, take the road number 23, which turns left === West towards [[Kuopio]] (towards Varkaus). In Varkaus: To go to Jyväskylä or Tampere"Kuopiontie", stay on the road number 23. To go to Helsinki, take the highway 5 towards south (towards Mikkeli17).===
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{{Infobox Italian Location|country = Finland|state = North Karelia|map = <map lat='62.611666942941866' lng='29.82513427734375' zoom='10' view='0' float='right'/>|pop = 72,000|plate = -|motorways = -}}'''Joensuu''' is a city in the east of [[Finland]].
==Hitching out=====South North towards Lappeenranta[[Kontiolahti]], [[Koli]], [[Lieksa]], [[Nurmes]], the border of Russia[[Kajaani]] ===
===West South towards [[KuopioLappeenranta]] ("Kuopiontie", the road number 17)[[Helsinki]], [[Russia]] ===
Take bus #101 #102 or #103 to ''Reijola''. The buses leave on the north-east corner of the market square, at the crossing of ''Siltakatu'' and ''Kauppakatu''. Notice that the buses run about once an hour or even more infrequently! It takes about 30 minutes to get to ''Reijola'', you can ask the driver for help. There's a petrol station on the left side at the crossing of ''Vanha Valtatie/Reijolanraitti'' and ''Joensuuntie''/Highway 6. Hop off here! You can either ask the drivers at the petrol station or go to a bus stop at the crossing (if the petrol station is behind you, to the left is Joensuu and to the right is Lappeenranta).
The street called ''Siltakatu'' right in the center of Joensuu will bring you to the hitching spot. Walk westwards, to the opposite direction of the train station and the river, until you reach ''Länsikatu'', which crosses ''Siltakatu''. Walk right and cross ''Länsikatu''. Take the sandy walking path (the road is on the left side and a school on the right) and keep on walking for some while. There's a bus stop on the left (a path takes you there). If you reach ''Heinäpurontie'' or ''Kaislakatu'', you've walked too far. The problem with this place might be that there's a lot of traffic inside the city.
'''Another option''' is to go further away from the center. Take the bus number 2 to '''Marjala''' leaving in front of the Taidemuseo (museum). The buses run about twice an hour. Ask the driver to leave you at '''Marjalantie'''. Walk to the same direction as the bus goes. Turn left after a couple of hundred meters later, walk past an ABC petrol station (open 24h, café, restaurant, free toilets, moderate priced grocery store) and cross the bridge over the highway. Walk down the small hillside to the shoulder of the road. I've usually hitch hiked under the bridge (comes in handy if it's raining) or right before it. You can also ask some drivers at the petrol station mentioned above.
=== South-West towards [[Varkaus]], [[Jyväskylä]], [[Tampere]], [[Mikkeli]], [[Helsinki]] (the road number 23) ===
The starting place as going westwards. About 25 kilometers after Joensuu, take the road number 23, which turns left (towards Varkaus). In Varkaus: To go to Jyväskylä or Tampere, stay on the road number 23. To go to Helsinki, take the highway 5 towards south (towards Mikkeli).
When going to '''Helsinki''' or '''Lahti''', it seems more logical to take the road #6, which leaves southwards, than go through Varkaus to #5. Both of the routes have their pros and cons; #6 is a more quiet road compared to the #5. Nevertheless it's not impossible to get to Helsinki or Lahti by taking #6. On #5 you might have to hh on-ramps or other not-that-suitable hitchhike spots while on #6 there are a plenty of bus stops every once in a while. If you're in a hurry, take #5 (Varkaus) but if you've got more time, #6 goes through some pretty typical Finnish landscapes and just less than 10 kilometers from the Russian border! If you end up choosing #6, see the hitchhike spot when going to Lappeenranta.
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