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Getting out of Lille is quite difficult, but not impossible.
You can avoid getting stuck in Lille by getting out at the last petrol station on the A1. "Aire de repos de Carvin" (the name might also "Aire de Phalempin") is quite a big station, good for hitching, and it's 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;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, take you will come to the tram-line T next roundabout, here there is a direct access to Chateau RougeA1. As And cars can stop for you .) ;Alternative 4''« Aire de Phalempin »'' in the south of Lille remain the best spot to get outto this direction. There are several ways to commute to this gas station. First, you can see take a regional train from ''Gare de Lille-Flandres'' to ''Seclin'' (15-minute long ride). There are higher chances to get controlled on the motorwaytrain. The spot An other way to get there is to take the bus L92 to Seclin Gare or the motorway slip roadbus 55 to ''Seclin Le Riez''. ThereFrom there on, walk for about 15 minutes to ''"Aire de Phalempin"''s not 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 lot of trafficticket on the floor in any station, but there as it is space for drivers better to safely pull over and pick you uphave an 'invalid ticket' in case of a control.
Or else=== Going Northeast? Take the A22/E17 towards [[Antwerpen|Antwerp]], get to the petrol station on the N356 about 800m north of metro station Mons Sarts. (Need to jump a small fence and a 2 meter drop! There is a place for your foot so you can slide and jump[[Gent]], but it is still quite a wall). From here you can find lifts going into Belgium and have the chance to talk to drivers. [[Netherlands]] ===
* '''Last verified''': August 2012. The best place to go anywhere is the hard shoulder near Porte d'Arras Metro station - just follow the signs to Highway. Within 20 minutes many cars heading towards every directions stopped. To Brussels use sign B and you get there very easy. (this spot is also indicated in the section describing direction south (A1/A26).
=== ;AlternativesYou can avoid getting stuck in Lille by getting out at the last petrol station on the A1 South towards [[Paris]]on ''« Aire de Phalempin »'' is quite a big station, [[A26 (France)|A26]] [[Reims]]good for hitching, [[Dijon]]and it's 15 km due south from the centre. However, [[Lyon]] ===in direction of Brussels it might be a bit difficult there. Most people go towards Ghent and Antwerp there.
Going south ? Have a "Paris" sign. In case you want to * '''Update April 2019'''To go to north on the A22-E17 stop at the south of France, Italy or Spain, have a sign like "Reims / Lyoncerisaie centre d'affaires"tramway spot one the T blue line. Going into Paris takes Immediatly after the tramway stop there is a lot of time.You traffic light stopping cars witch can play it safe and have an "Aire de Phalempin" sign which is the first petrol station go on the A1 going to Parismotorway slope. If you can reach this petrol station "Aire de Phalempin" There are few transborder workers so it seems is quite a good way to going south.(On Google Maps it seems you could walk to this petrol stationstop, 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])There are several options to hitch hike direction A1/A26. Following the A26 even if there is not a better option if you want to go rather quickly to south lot of France. Hitchhiking through traffic and the metropole of Paris red light is time consumingnot very long.To go via the A26 southwards direction Reims its quite senseless to ask people at ATTENTION do not be dropped in the "Aire de Phalempinrekkem". Rather let someone take rest area immediatly after the belgium border, there are only trucks and you to the Peage right before the junction between A1/A26can easely be trapped here. Stand at Aim for the Peage with a Sign "A26/Reimsmarke" makes more senseservice station after the E17-E403 junction.
;First optionAt Or else, get to the petrol station on the end N356 about 800m north of ''Boulevard des Cités Unies'' metro station Monts Sarts. (at the side of the railwaysNeed to jump a small fence and a 2 meter drop! There is a place for your foot so you can slide and jump, but it is still quite a wall). 300 meters eastwards from metro « Lille Grand Palais », From here you can find an entrance lifts going into Belgium and have the chance to talk to the A1 direction Parisdrivers.
;Second optionGo to metrostation « Valenciennes ». Walking to the north, after about 100 meters you can go eastwards and follow the "* ''Boulevard de Verdun'Update January 2022'". The A1 crosses this "''Boulevard de Verdun''". And there The gas station is an entrance currently closed (due to the A1construction?). In 2014 If you want to get there are big building activities of new flats. And the boulevard itself will be changed enormously. So best advice seems , try to be, just follow the signs "Paris"find information if it's reopened.
;Third optionGo to metrostation « Porte dThe '''French/Belgian border'''Arras »is not a good spot anymore. From there walk in the direction It is now just a big parking lot where trucks stop, all sign of the motorwayprevious building there have vanished, cross the bridge it is hard to hitch on the left highway as hardly any car stops there. To get there you will see an accelerating lane going onto 'll have to take the Line 2 of the ring metro until "C. H. Dron" (last stop, and actually already in Tourcoing, not in Lille). And walk 30 to 45 Min to it there is the A25, which joins the A1 an access road with to Paris after avout 1 kmfence or barrier stopping people on foot. The best is You might be able to stand next get a ride to the traffic lights just before the ramp with petrol station 5 km into Belgium at Kortrijk where loads of Netherland folk stop for a sign. People have time to stop on the ramp if they want to take you. [[User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]] has hitchhiked from this spot more than twenty times and has never waited more than 30 minutesrefill.
;Fourth optionGo to metrostation « Porte de Postes ». Here is a big roundabout. It's possible to get a ride === Going east? Take the A27 towards [[Tournai ]](= Doornik in almost any direction. It's safe for cars to pull over and one can ask also at the traffic lights.Flemish), [[Brussels]] ===
--[[User''September 2017:Roelguldemond|Roelguldemond]] ([[User talk:Roelguldemond|talkroel guldemond]]) 12dropped Nati, from Argentina, at this roundabout 11h00 in the morning. She claimed to found a hitch in 5 minutes.''January 2022:19Thomi found a hitch there in less than 10 minutes at 07h30. but an other time, 11 December 2013 (CET)no one stopped in two hours of waiting at 11h00'''''
=== A22/E17 South towards [[Paris]] ===;Alternative 2Take the tram-line line T to Chateau RougeThe first gas station on this highway, ''Aire de Froyennes'', is right before Tournai. As you To get outthere, you'll see can also take a regional train from Lille, Pont de Bois, Ascq or Baisieux to Froyennes. The border crossing by train is very expensive, so the motorway directly best way to get there safe is to have an Ilevia train ticket (1.70 EUR), which is valid in front the whole territory of the European Metropolis of youLille (MEL). The spot is Once the train crosses the border, just hope that the motorway slip road controller won't show up - worse case, use your best acting skills to pretend that you'll see it signposted 'Paris'thought Froyennes was part of the metropolis. It is not ideal - especially if there is more than one of you and a very quiet village in which you 'll have baggage - because to walk around 15 minutes to reach the slip road is curvedgas station. This presents a safety issue that puts many drivers off and From there are no lorries, rather it is is largely traffic domestic most of the cars go to Brussels but you can easily find a hitch to Lillethe main Wallonian cities ([[Mons]], [[Charleroi]], [[Namur]], [[Liège]]). ''(January 2022 Thomi put his thumb up, and the second car stopped and proposed a ride to Brussels)''
When I was there there wasn't a lot of traffic, but there is an additional lane which allows drivers to safely pull in and pick you up. The problem is that not all the cars taking this route are going to be heading south - make a sign and be patient. [[User:International Bob|International Bob]] stopped a number of cars here, and got onto the A1 within an hour.
If you can find somewhere === Going Northwest? Take the A25 towards [[Dunkerque]], [[Calais]], [[London]] (see [[English channel]] crossing) ===See above, going north: Go to hitch ''metro station « Porte de Postes »''. Here is a lift big roundabout. It's possible to get a nearbye service station ride in several directions. Westwards : direction Calais/Dunkerque (on the Paris bound motorwayvia A25) this is much better. [[User:Pete For those going to Calais or Britain, the Temp|Pete last gas station is Aire de Saint Laurent, located northeast from the Temp]] and a friend failed on the above spot and got a lift town of Steenvorde. Make sure to stop there to a service staion the next day and found a lift quite easilyavoid being stranded in Dunkerque.
== Dunkerque--[[User:Roelguldemond|Roelguldemond]] ([[User talk:Roelguldemond|talk]]) 12:19, Calais, England, A25 ==11 December 2013 (CET)''Comment by Roel september 2017 : I edited this page intensively. I have been deleting quite some information which seemed to be outdated or redundant. I described several options. Sure there are more options! But I have tried lots of these possibilities myself.''
Take the subway to Saint== Transportation ==There are check-Philibert (red line). Then take the bus 61 (to this place, there is only one direction possible) to CENTRE COMMERCIAL (ENGLOS). Heretickets, go back to the roundabout (20 meters)often. There is a direction to DUNKERQUE. There is And that's not so much place easy to stop but the traffic isn't very high know where they are and cars are slowwhen... If people you are a French speaker, they are not nice = if you don't reach Dunkerque pay the bill, they will take money on your bank account directly(for me, doesnit was one year after but VERY expensive... so even if you don't matterlive in Lille but in France, thatan advice: pay sooner as possible...) I don's in the good direction anyway. Go with them and take the entrancet know what happened for strangers... Even with slow traffic, bad weatherMaybe, they won't worry you will find a lift very quicklytoo much.You can buy an 3 inter-stations ticket. It's for 0. There are two area services between Englos and Dunkerque70€, and no one between Dunkerque and Calais.Most of three stops (without the truckers departure station) but they can't really check where did you will see in service areas will go in England start your trip :) and going with them permit to through the sea for free!!Event if it's long to waiting for them, it could be nice!half less expensive.
== About The commuting network covers the subway ==There are check-tickets, oftenwhole [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9tropole_Europ%C3%A9enne_de_Lille European Metropolis of Lille] (or MEL). And It means that's not so easy to know where they are and when... If you are frenchactivate an Ilevia ticket, they are not nice = if you don't pay it is valid in the bill, they will take money on your bank account directly (whole territory of this metropolis for me, it was one year after but VERY expensive... so even if you don't live hour in Lille but in Francemetros, buses, an advicetramways and even [https: pay sooner as possible//www.ter.sncf.) I don't know what happened for strangers... Maybe, they won't worry you too much.you can buy an 3 intercom/hauts-de-france/offres/tarifs-et-abonnements/mobilite-metropole-stations ticket. It's for 0.70€, three stops (without lilloise regional trains running in the departure station) but they can't really check where did you start your trip :) and it's half less expensiveMEL].
→Going Northwest? Take the A25 towards Dunkerque, Calais, London (see English channel crossing)
'''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 [[Antwerpen|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 '''"LYON"-sign''' zoomwhen 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.
The ''metrostation « Porte d'borderArras »''' is also quite a -alternative described above at "Going south?" seems to be good spot. To get there you'll have to take the Line 2 of the metro until : see for description and testimonials above at "C. H. DronGoing south?" (last stop, and actually already in Turcoing, not in Lille). It takes more than 30 minutes from the centre of Lille though. From there but consider to the A1 is about 25held up a '''"BELGIQUE/BELGIE"-'''-30 minute walk (just follow the signs indicating the motorway from the roundabout next to the exit of the station). The A1 on ramp there is not a very good place to be, you can try for a few minutes though if you're already tired walking. Otherwise the border is some 1 kilometer down the highway. There is space to walk behind the safety barrier. Once there, you'll see the abandoned border terminal. Get past it, and there will be plenty of room to hitch. Speed is limited to 70 km'"B"'''- or '''"GAND/h there. You can try to catch a ride into the Netherlands or just get a ride to the petrol station 5 km into Belgium at Kortrijk where loads of sNetherland folk stop for a refillGENT"'''-sign.
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.
;Fifth Alternative 1Getting on the A27 by feet from the centre of Lille is several kilometers. A good optionGo is go to metrostation "metro station « Porte de Douai 4 Cantons »". Walk or hitch 4 km south From there it is about 500 meters to a roundabout which is situated west of the N227, where the D146 (direction Ronchina part of this D146 is called "''Rue Nicolas Appert''"). Or take is crossing the this N227 (which carries the bus name "Liane 1''Boulevard du Breucq''", and is part of the E17). After 4 km you will see Avoid the working hours and days: this entrance to the highway has a lot of traffic sometimes, and not so much room for a Novotel on your lefthandcar to stop safely. There is a roundabout where there It is better to do it early in the morning.Have a '''"TOURNAI"-sign direction A1 Paris'''. However there is no direct access to the A1, Why? Because many cars take the traffic direction Paris soon joins the A1 near the village Seclinof [[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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