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'''Lille''' (Flemish: '''Rijsel''') is a city in Northern [[France]] on the border with [[Belgium]].It is the fourth largest urban area in France. ''(Since 2012 this page is being edit mainly by [[User:Roelguldemond|roel guldemond]], Roel has left mainly earlier content. Sure users are more than welcome to add their experiences. Roel made a major update february 2022.)''
== Hitchhiking out ==
=== A22/E17 North Going south? Take the A1 towards [[AntwerpParis]], or directly to south of France join the A26 towards [[BrusselsReims]], [[GentDijon]], [[NetherlandsLyon]] (so also direction Spain & Italy) ===<map lat=Going to Paris?Have a '''"PARIS"-sign'''50.62420185009975The "autoroute" A1 leads to Paris. Heading further than Paris? To the south of France (and Italy, Spain)?Have a '''"LYON"-sign'' lng='2.995147705078125Why? To avoid Paris. It is difficult to cross Paris.Especially to leave Paris.So therefore consider a ' zoom''"LYON"-sign''' when you are still north of Paris.Try to get on the "autoroute" A26. Like try to someone take you to the "Peage" (=toll) right before the junction between A1/A26: stand at this "Peage"-square with a "A26/LYON"-sign). From Lille you can choose to go the first petrol station on the A1, direction Paris.Leaving Lille with a '10' view'"AIRE PHALEMPIN"-sign'''.If you can reach this petrol station "Aire de Phalempin" it is a good way to go south. (On Google Maps it seems you could walk to this petrol station, from the village of Seclin, south of Lille. Seclin has a train station. In french is described how you can get their by feet on: [http://hitchwiki.org/fr/index.php?title=Lille&action=edit§ion=3])) See below several alternatives to get on the A1 : ;Most optimal place to hitchhike seems to be :Go to '0' floatmetrostation « Porte d'Arras »''. From there walk in the direction of the motorway, cross the bridge. On the left you will see an accelerating lane going onto the motorway (=Motorway A25, which joins the A1 to Paris after about 1 km). You can stand next to the traffic lights just before the ramp with a sign. Or stand on the ramp itself, people have time to stop on the ramp. (NOTE after about 1 km this motorway joins the A1 to Paris, but the motorway does ALSO turns direction of Gent, so if your heading North, this ''metrostation « Porte d'Arras »''-alternatieve is also a good place.) Testimonies: * [[User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]] has hitchhiked from this spot more than twenty times and has never waited more than 30 minutes. * In August 2012 somebody added: "The best place to go anywhere is the hard shoulder near ''metrostation « Porte d'Arras »'' follow Highway-signs. Within 20 minutes more cars heading towards several directions stopped." * Lastrik tried this alternative, they tried for two and a half hours before going somewhere else ;Alternative 1Go to ''metro station « Valenciennes »''. Walking to the north, after about 100 meters you can go eastwards and follow the "''Avenue Denis Cordonnier''". The A1 crosses this "''Avenue Denis Cordonnier'right'". And there is an entrance to the A1. (The Hostel/>Auberge de jeunesse "Stephane Hessel" is on crossing of "''Avenue Denis Cordonnier''" and "''Boulevard Paul Painlevé''". Address: ''235, Boulevard Paul Painlevé'') ;Alternative 2 At the end of ''Boulevard des Cités Unies'' (at the side of the railways). 300 meters eastwards from ''metrostation « Lille Grand Palais »'', you find an entrance to the A1 direction Paris.
;Alternative 3Go to ''metro station « Porte de Douai »''. Walk or hitch 4 km south (direction Ronchin). Or take the bus "Liane 1". After 4 km you will see a Novotel on your lefthand. There is a roundabout where there is a sign direction A1 Paris. However there is no direct access to the A1, the traffic direction Paris soon joins the A1 (After several hundreds meter, so if you walk to the south, you will come to the next roundabout, here there is a direct access to A1. And cars can stop for you.) ;Alternative 4''« Aire de Phalempin »'' in the south of Lille remain the best spot to get to this direction. There are several ways to commute to this gas station. First, you can take a regional train from ''Gare de Lille-Flandres'' to ''Seclin'' (15-minute long ride). There are higher chances to get controlled on the train.An other way to get there is to take the bus L92 to Seclin Gare or the bus 55 to ''Seclin Le Riez''. From there on, walk for about 15 minutes to ''"Aire de Phalempin"''A ticket for the Ilevia network cost 1.70 EUR, as of January 2022. It is hard to fraud in buses, and the chances to get controlled on regional trains are high. Try at least to find a ticket on the floor in any station, as it is better to have an 'invalid ticket' in case of a control. === Going Northeast? Take the A22/E17 towards [[Antwerpen|Antwerp]], [[Gent]], [[Netherlands]] === The ''metrostation « Porte d'Arras »''-alternative described above at "Going south?" seems to be good: see for description and testimonials above at "Going south?", but consider to held up a '''"BELGIQUE/BELGIE"-'''- ,'''"B"'''- or '''"GAND/GENT"'''-sign. ;AlternativesYou can avoid getting stuck in Lille by getting out at the last petrol station on the A1. "on ''« Aire de repos de Carvin" Phalempin »'' is quite a big station, good for hitching, and it's 15km 15 km due south from the centre. However, in direction of Brussels it might be a bit difficult there. Most people go towards Ghent and Antwerp there.
Otherwise, take the tram-line T to Chateau Rouge. As you get out, you can see the motorway. The spot is the motorway slip road. There's not a lot of traffic, but there is space for drivers to safely pull over and pick you up.
;Third optionAlternative 1Getting on the A27 by feet from the best centre of Lille is several kilometers. A good option is go to "metro station « 4 Cantons »". From there it is about 500 meters to a roundabout which is situated west of the N227, where the one shown on D146 (a part of this D146 is called "''Rue Nicolas Appert''") is crossing the map at this N227 (which carries the end of name "''Boulevard des Cités Uniesdu Breucq''" but , and is part of the E17). Avoid the working hours and days: this entrance to the highway has a lot of traffic sometimes, and not so much room for some reason no one wrote it herea car to stop safely... Porte D'arras It is better to do it early in the middle of the slumsmorning. ItHave a '''"TOURNAI"-sign'''s fucking hardcore. Why? Because many cars take the direction of [[Valenciennes]] instead.
== Sleep ==
Lille is expensive and is not very comfortable for the outdoor person. You probably won't have much of a problem with the police, but the drunks take being lunatics very seriously and they don't ever seem to pass out and leave you alone. As a result, you'll be met with all sorts of unwanted babbling conversation and one even tried to strangle [[User:Zac Stewart|Zac]]<small><sup>[[User talk:Zac Stewart|talk]]</sup></small> with a belt. Gare Lille Flandres is especially inhospitable.
You can still pitch your tent outside of the main urban areas, reachable by regional train or bus (see section Transportation).
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