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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 for some while. There's a bus stop on the left-hand side (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 gas station (open 24h, café, restaurant, free toilets, moderate priced grocery store) and cross the bridge over the highway. Go down the small hillside on the right side of the bridge, right after the bridge but before the ramp, to the shoulder of the road. I've usually hitch hiked under the bridge (comes in handy if it's raining) or right after before it. You can also ask some drivers at the gas station mentioned above.
===South-West towards [[Varkaus]], [[Jyväskylä]], [[Tampere]], [[Mikkeli]], [[Helsinki]] (the road number 23)===