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'''Leipzig''' is a the biggest city in the [[Germany|German]] ''Bundesland'' [[Saxony]], and is famous for its alternative scene. Check out Plagwitz, Südvorstadt , the "Eisenbahnstraße" (most dangerous street in Germany according to some newspapers) and Connewitz if you're there.

=== North towards [[Berlin]], [[Magdeburg]] -> [[Hamburg]] {{Autobahn|14}}, South towards [[Munich|München]] {{AutobahnAde|9}} ===

Take the bus #131 from the city center towards to ''Dölzig'' and get out at ''Holländische MühleSüdstraße'', one stop before the ''Nova Eventis'' center. This spot is some meters before You can hitchhike directly from the direct ramp onto the [[A9 (Germany)|A9]]bus stop. Try to find your ride here towards [[Berlin]] or [[Munich]]!Beware, that bus doesn't run very often. Check [http://www.lvb.de/file/lvb_maps/fahrplan_dl_L29wdC9jb25yYWQtNC4xLXNpdGVzL2x2Yl93ZWI0L3dlYi9saXZlL2Fzc2V0cy9mYWhycGxhbi9SZWdpb25hbGJ1cy8xMzEvTWVyc2VidXJnL2FmcF9saW5pZTEzMV9yaV9tZXJzZWJ1cmdfMjAxMjExMjUucGRm/f the timetable] (Jan 2013).

It's also possible to get to the spot described above with tram #7 in direction ''Böhlitz-Ehrenberg''. Get out at the tram stop ''Georg-Schwartz-Strasse/Merseburger Strasse''. From there, walk back some 10m towards the main road and walk right towards the ''Aral'' petrol station, across the road from which you can catch a ride to the A9. Follow If you don't like the spot, follow the road for 200m until you passed a ''Lidl'' supermarket, and after that some meters further you'll find a bus stop (''Lindenau Friedhof''). From there you can easily hitchhike a ride towards ''Dölzig'' and/or the motorway. Make sure to get out at the last traffic lights before the motorway. Just behind the traffic lights, thereThere's a small bay bus stop where cars you can stop hitchhike easily. A sign might be useful. Hitchhiking ~800m further directly at the [[on-ramp]] is pretty dangerous, there's no place for cars to stop and traffic passes by pretty fast.

;Third option going North You can take a train from the Main Station, Leipzig-Gohlis, Leipzig-Coppiplatz, Leipzig-Möckern or Leipzig-Leutzsch (Regional Express "RB") that goes to "Weißenfels". Get off at "Rückmarsdorf". From there you walk north straight up to the big street that leads to the {{Ade|9}}. It's about 300 m and the way is intuitive. You can either Berlin start from there or Magdeburg/Hamburg (if follow the street westwards for about 500 m where you don't want to thumb it!)find a car seller for Renault. There is a brilliant spot plenty of space to ask stop and pick you up. If people for lifts only go to Dölzig take the lift. The spot at an "Aral"-petrol station which the Busstaion Südstraße (first option) is slightly better.The great advantage of this option is that you get to Rückmarsdorf very fast. Especially if you live close to one of the last one before trainstops mentioned above you're ready to start hitkchhiking in some 10 minutes (vs. 27 minutes busride from the Autobahn 14 Main Station in Bus #131). Remember that also leads to the A9 to Berlintrain only goes once an hour (March 2015: From the Main Station at xx:47 h from track 6).

Take tram 16 in the direction of Messegelände === North towards [[Berlin]] and get off at "Hornbach Baumarkt" from here it's a '''15mins walk''' to the station but it's worth it. Walk in the same direction as the tram and take an immediate right onto "Dübener Landstraße" along the parking lot of the big hardware store. After passing the bridge over the B2 it becomes Nathusiusstraße. Keep walking straight until you reach Ztschortauer Straße where you turn left and walk another 300 metres until you see the "Aral"-petrol station on your left. [[Magdeburg]]/[[Hamburg]] {{Ade|14}} ===

Asking There is a brilliant spot to ask people for a lift towards Berlin on lifts at an "Aral"-petrol station which is the A9 or towards Magdeburg on last one before the A14 (which is Autobahn {{Ade|14}} that also leads onto the way {{Ade|9}} to go for Hamburg) usually works just fine here.'''Keep in mind that the first rest stop going north from here will be "Köckern" on the A9 whereas it would be "Plötzetal" on the A14Berlin.'''

=== East towards [[Dresden]] {{Autobahn|14}} {{Autobahn|38}} ===[[File:Hitching spot leipzigTake tram 16 with or without a 2,40 Euro-Ticket in the direction of Messegelände and get off at "Hornbach Baumarkt" from here it's a '''15mins walk''' to the station but it's worth it.jpg|thumb|250px|Walk in the same direction as the tram and take an immediate right|Spot in Leipzig described in Option 2 for hitchhiking North or South]]onto "Dübener Landstraße" along the parking lot of the big hardware store. After passing the bridge over the B2 it becomes Nathusiusstraße. Keep walking straight until you reach Ztschortauer Straße where you turn left and walk another 300 metres until you see the "Aral"-petrol station on your left.

;First optionTake Asking people for a lift towards Berlin on the Tram #15 {{Ade|9}} or #2 towards Magdeburg on the {{Ade|14}} (which is also the way to go for Hamburg) usually works just fine here.The first rest stop going north from the city center towards here will be '''[[:de:Köckern Ost|Köckern Ost]]'Meusdorf'' and get out at on the last station{{Ade|9}}, that isn't too far. Go 250 Meters further to On the next bus stop. This {[Ade|14]}, it is the best spot to '''[[Dresden:de:Plötzetal Ost|Plötzetal Ost]] over A38 ''' which is past Halle. Most of the A14 traffic goes to Halle so you might want to get the ride anyway and get off at the non-gas-station rest area that is on the A14/A4, before Halle but after the branch-off to Berlin.

<small> Update 2010-11-05 by [[User;Closer optionTake a tram to "Permoser Str./ Torgauer Str." (3/3E direction "Taucha"; or Bus 90 direction "Paunsdorfcenter"; check here:Jeensg|jeensg]] 23:03, 7 November 2010 (CETwww.lvb.de/timetable): Roadworks still go on . You walk some 50 meters along "Permoser Straße" (like the one year to gowithout tram tracks), but eventually still people passing by and good spot with big Bus start hitchhiking from there. Drivers already see you from the traffic light and can stop and easily on the "white lines". While heading east you'll also find gas station afterward, where you can stations to ask and also stand with sign!!! Driver told, that most traffic now is going via B2!</small>people directly.

;Second Far optiontwoTake the Tram #15 or #2 from the city center towards ''Meusdorf'' and get out at the last station. Go 250 Meters further to the next bus stop. This is the best spot to [[Dresden]] via {{Ade|38}} and {{Ade|14}}/{{Ade|4}}.

<small> Update 2010-11-05 by [[User:Jeensg|jeensg]] 23:03, 7 November 2010 In direction Dresden you then have a service area called "Muldental" since a lot of people turn of before Dresden so that you can use also the rather local traffic (CETto Grimma or further): Entry to motorway is closed! '''Please check before!!!'''</small>.

In === West towards [[Erfurt]], [[Cologne|Köln]], [[Belgium]] {{Ade|4}} ===[[File:CraigChristmasHitch.jpg|thumb|220px|right|Santa Claus [[User:Halt, Stop! Reudnitz kommt.|Craig]] hitching bus stop near ''Leipzig West'' ({{Ade|9}}).]]When heading to Belgium highway number 4 is a decent option. There are no comfortable ways (other than luck) to get on the direction of Dresden highway to Kassel {{Ade|38}}. Though if there's somebody taking you then have to the {{Ade|38}} make sure you get a long lift. There is only one service area called "Muldental" since a lot of people turn of station [[:de:Rohnetal Nord|Rohnetal Nord]] before Dresden so that you can use also reaching the rather local traffic{{Ade|7}} near [[Göttingen]]/[[Kassel]].

=== West towards You can take bus 131 from Main Station (Leipzig Hauptbahnhof) or Merseburgerstrasse that will take you all the way close to the {{Ade|9}} (alight at B181/Dölzig). At the bus stop you can easily get a lift in all directions. All day long heavy traffic yay ;-) [[ErfurtUser:Halt, Stop! Reudnitz kommt.|Craig]], 's waiting times average at 15 mins for direction [[KölnCologne]], (West) or [[BelgiumNuremberg]] {{Autobahn|4}} ===When heading to Belgium highway number 4 is a decent option. The highway to (South), 20 mins direction [[KasselBerlin]] doesn't have any gas stations until Kassel so it's a bit suboptimal(North).

You can take bus 131 from Merseburgerstrasse that will take you all the way close to the A9. At the bus stop opposite from the Aral gas station you can also hitch a ride easily. First you have to go south on the A9{{Ade|9}}, use a sign "A9 Süd", there's a gas station on the highway 30 km south from Leipzig, there called "Osterfeld". There you can find a ride going West - on the {{Ade|4}} . Ask for people going at least to Erfurt. The only service area with gas station on the {{Ade|4}} before Erfurt is called "Eichelborn" and is located BEYOND Jena.The on-ramp on the side away from Leipzig is slightly more spacious (but not spacious) and there was a little more traffic when [[User:Guaka|guaka]] was hitching from there on Thursday around noon.  Right after getting onto the A4 there's a restaurant that's okay during the day ([[User:Guaka|guaka]] found a long ride to almost Giessen from there). There's also a gas station before Erfurst (but after Jena).

* Hitchhiking into the city can be difficult, especially if traveling along the '''A14'''. If your driver doesn't mind driving a 10 km detour, you can get off at Leipzig-Nord. Don't get off at the on-ramp, there is no way to turn around for When coming through the driver. * Actually {{Ade|14}} it is fairly easy to get off at Leipzig Nord-Ost or Leipzig-Ost, where you have possibilities for the driver to turn around and the tram is within 1 km reach. If coming from south-east, lot of drivers go in via A38{{Ade|38}}. In both cases you can use the directions given in the two optionjs for getting onto A14 {{Ade|14}} direction Dresden.

* If traveling the '''A9'''{{Ade|9}}, you can best get off at Leipzig-West. The driver should can go off to "Einkaufszentrum", then let you out at Nova Eventis. There you can easily get a car to the center just hitchhike anywhere near the exit for Leipzig at the parking with a sign "LE". You could :Hitchhiker [[User:Halt, Stop! Reudnitz kommt.|Craig]] would rather recommend to ask drivers going off to ''Leipzig''. The road directions are not separated on that side anymore and there is a perfect spot (bus stop) for hitching into the city plus drivers can easily make u-turn going back to the highway. [[Korn|Korn]] mentiones, that you can catch a ride from here even in the night pretty easy. If you get off earlier and don´t want to walk that far, there is also take a '''huge keeping area''' on the Bus 131right side, but why should after you?left the highway and underpass the bridge. It is also the first possible point for cars to make a u-turn and get back on the highway.

There are several youth hostels and many couchsurfers in Leipzig. There is one about a mile out Most of the city. It's easily walkable, just head out left from the train station's main entrance, and follow the road round to hostels are in or near the right. Keep walking past a head shop, center and take a left, then a right on a street that runs parallel. Keep walking to the end of the road, then turn left over the bridge over the train tracks. After you've walked over the train tracks, there's an interesting little village made up two of wendy houses. Walk through this, heading to the far corner. Turn them even right, and walk parallel with beside the train tracks. You should she an old pub in the middle of an HLM type housing estate. Make a note of it, because it does fantastic food. Carry on for about another 200m, then hang a left. The youth hostel is on the left, just on a small service roadstation. 

* fine is 40 60 EUR, payable by bank transfer in about 10 days