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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. * In August 2012 to this wiki somebody added : "Aire de repos de Carvin" (The best place to go anywhere is the name might also "Aire de Phalempin") is quite a big station, good for hitching, and ithard shoulder near ''metrostation « Porte d'Arras »''s 15 km due south from - just follow the centresigns to Highway. Within 20 minutes many cars heading towards every directions stopped. However, in direction of To Brussels it might be a bit difficult there. Most people go towards Ghent use sign B and Antwerp you get therevery easy."
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.
Or else, get ;Option 2Go to the petrol station on the N356 about 800m north of ''metro station Mons Sarts« Valenciennes »''. (Need Walking to jump a small fence and a 2 meter drop! There is a place for your foot so the north, after about 100 meters you can slide go eastwards and jump, but it follow the "''Avenue Denis Cordonnier''". The A1 crosses this "''Avenue Denis Cordonnier''". And there is still quite a wall)an entrance to the A1. From here you can find lifts going into Belgium (The Hostel/Auberge de jeunesse "Stephane Hessel" is on crossing of "''Avenue Denis Cordonnier''" and have the chance to talk to drivers"''Boulevard Paul Painlevé''". Address: ''235, Boulevard Paul Painlevé'')
The '''border''' is not a good spot anymore. It is now just a big parking lot where trucks stop, all sign of the previous building there have vanished, it is not possible to hitch on the highway anymore and hardly any car stop there. To get there you'll have to take the Line 2 of the 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 an access road with to fence or barrier stopping people on foot. You might be able to get a ride to the petrol station 5 km into Belgium at Kortrijk where loads of Netherland folk stop for a refill but it will be hard.
* ;Option 3At the end of ''Boulevard des Cités Unies'Last verified''': August 2012. The best place to go anywhere is (at the hard shoulder near Porte d'Arras Metro station - just follow side of the signs to Highwayrailways). Within 20 minutes many cars heading towards every directions stopped. To Brussels use sign B and 300 meters eastwards from "metro station « Lille Grand Palais »", you get there very easy. (this spot is also indicated in find an entrance to the section describing A1 direction south (A1/A26)Paris.
=== Going south? take A1 towards [[Paris]], or directly south join the A26 towards [[Reims]], [[Dijon]], [[Lyon]] (so also direction Spain & Italy) ===
Heading south?;Option 4To go Go to Paris:have ''metro station « Porte de Postes »''. Here is a "PARIS"-signbig roundabout.The A1 leads directly It's possible to get a ride in several directions. Westwards : direction Calais/Dunkerque (via A25). Eastwards : directions like Paris/Gand/Anvers/Amsterdam/Brussels. It's safe for cars to pull over and one can ask also at the traffic lights.
If you want to go directly to the south of France, Italy or Spain:
have a for example a "LYON"-sign.
As it takes quite some time to go into Paris.
Even more time to leaf Paris even.
In this case try to get on the A26. Try someone take you to the "Peage" right before the junction between A1/A26. Stand at this "Peage" with a e.g. "A26/LYON"-sign makes more sense).
You can choose ;Option 5Go to go the first petrol ''metro station on the A1 « Porte de Douai »''. Walk or hitch 4 km south (direction ParisRonchin).Leaving Lille with a Or take the bus "Aire de PhalempinLiane 1"-sign.If After 4 km you can reach this petrol station "Aire de Phalempin" it will see a Novotel on your lefthand. There is a roundabout where there is a good way sign direction A1 Paris. However there is no direct access to go south. the A1, the traffic direction Paris soon joins the A1 (On Google Maps it seems After several hundreds meter, so if you could walk to this petrol stationthe south, from you will come to the village of Seclinnext roundabout, south of Lille. Seclin has here there is a train stationdirect access to A1. In french is described how And cars can stop for you can get their by feet on: [http://hitchwiki.org/fr/index.php?title=Lille&action=edit§ion=3]))
From Lille there are several options to hitch hike direction A1.
;First option
Go to metrostation « 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 ring (it is the A25, which joins the A1 to Paris after avout 1 km. The best is to stand next to the traffic lights just before the ramp with 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 minutes.
;Second option
Go to metrostation « Valenciennes ». Walking to the north, after about 100 meters you can go eastwards and follow the "''Boulevard de Verdun''". The A1 crosses this "''Boulevard de Verdun''". And there is an entrance to the A1.
In 2014 there are big building activities of new flats. And the boulevard itself will be changed enormously. So best advice seems to be, just follow the signs "Paris".
;Third option=== Going north? Take the A22/E17 towards [[Antwerpen|Antwerp]], [[Gent]], [[Netherlands]] ===At the end of <map lat='50.62420185009975' lng='2.995147705078125' zoom='10' view='0'Boulevard des Cités Uniesfloat='right' (at the side of the railways). 300 meters eastwards from metro « Lille Grand Palais », you find an entrance to the A1 direction Paris./>
;Fourth optionGo to metrostation « Porte You can avoid getting stuck in Lille by getting out at the last petrol station on the A1 on "Aire de Postes ». Here Phalempin" is quite a big roundabout. Itstation, good for hitching, and it's possible to get a ride 15 km due south from the centre. However, in almost any directionof Brussels it might be a bit difficult there. It's safe for cars to pull over Most people go towards Ghent and one can ask also at the traffic lightsAntwerp there.
;Fifth optionGo Otherwise, take the tram-line T to metrostation « Porte de Douai »Chateau Rouge. As you get out, you can see the motorway. The spot is the motorway slip road. Walk or hitch 4 km south (direction Ronchin)There's not a lot of traffic, but there is space for drivers to safely pull over and pick you up. Or take * '''Update april 2019'''To go to north on the A22-E17 stop at the bus "Liane 1cerisaie centre d'affaires"tramway spot one the T blue line. After 4 km you will see Immediatly after the tramway stop there is a Novotel traffic light stopping cars witch can go on your lefthandthe motorway slope. There are few transborder workers so it is quite a roundabout where good stop, even if there is not a sign direction A1 Parislot of traffic and the red light is not very long. However there is no direct access to ATTENTION do not be dropped in the "rekkem" rest area immediatly after the A1belgium border, there are only trucks and you can easely be trapped here. Aim for the traffic direction Paris soon joins the A1 near "marke" service station after the village SeclinE17-E403 junction.
--[[User:Roelguldemond|Roelguldemond]] Or else, get to the petrol station on the N356 about 800m north of metro station Monts Sarts. ([[User talk:Roelguldemond|talk]]) 12:19Need to jump a small fence and a 2 meter drop! There is a place for your foot so you can slide and jump, 11 December 2013 (CETbut it is still quite a wall). From here you can find lifts going into Belgium and have the chance to talk to drivers.
=== A22The '''French/E17 South towards [[Paris]] ===Take Belgium border''' is not a good spot anymore. It is now just a big parking lot where trucks stop, all sign of the tram-line line T previous building there have vanished, it is not possible to Chateau Rougehitch on the highway anymore and hardly any car stop there. As you To get out, there you'll see have to take the motorway directly in front Line 2 of youthe metro until "C. The spot is the motorway slip road - you'll see it signposted 'Paris'H. It is Dron" (last stop, and actually already in Tourcoing, not ideal - especially if in Lille). And walk 30 to 45 Min to it there is more than one of you and you have baggage - because the slip an access road is curvedwith to fence or barrier stopping people on foot. This presents You might be able to get a safety issue that puts many drivers off and there are no lorries, rather ride to the petrol station 5 km into Belgium at Kortrijk where loads of Netherland folk stop for a refill but it is is largely traffic domestic to Lillewill be hard.
When I was === Going east? Take the A27 towards [[Tournai ]](= Doornik in Flemish), [[Brussels]] ===Getting on the A27 by feet from the centre of Lille is several kilometers. A good option is go to "metro station « 4 Cantons »". From there there wasn't it is about 500 meters to a lot roundabout which is situated west of trafficthe N227, but there where the D146 (a part of this D146 is called "''Rue Nicolas Appert''") is an additional lane crossing the this N227 (which allows drivers to safely pull in carries the name "''Boulevard du Breucq''", and pick you upis part of the E17). The problem (September 2017 Roel dropped Nati, she is that not all from Argentina, at this roundabout 11h00 in the cars taking this route are going morning. She claimed to be heading south - make found a sign and be patient. [[User:International Bob|International Bob]] stopped a number of cars here, and got onto the A1 within an hourhitch in 5 minutes.)
If you can find somewhere to hitch a lift to a nearbye service station (on === Going west? Take the Paris bound motorway) this is much better. A25 towards [[Dunkerque]], [[User:Pete the Temp|Pete the TempCalais]] and a friend failed on the ===See above spot and got , going north: Go to ''metro station « Porte de Postes »''. Here is a lift big roundabout. It's possible to get a service staion the next day and found a lift quite easilyride in several directions. Westwards : direction Calais/Dunkerque (via A25).
== Dunkerque, Calais, England, A25 ==
Take the subway to Saint-Philibert -[[User:Roelguldemond|Roelguldemond]] (red line[[User talk:Roelguldemond|talk]]). Then take the bus 61 (to this place12:19, there is only one direction possible) to CENTRE COMMERCIAL 11 December 2013 (ENGLOSCET)''Comment by Roel september 2017 : I edited this page intensively. Here, go back I have been deleting quite some information which seemed to the roundabout (20 meters)be outdated or redundant. There is a direction to DUNKERQUEI described several options. There is not so much place to stop but the traffic isn't very high and cars Sure there are slowmore options! But I have tried most of these possibilities myself. If people don't reach Dunkerque directly, doesn't matter, that's in the good direction anyway. Go with them and take the entrance... Even with slow traffic, bad weather, you will find a lift very quickly. There are two area services between Englos and Dunkerque, and no one between Dunkerque and Calais.Most of the truckers you will see in service areas will go in England and going with them permit to through the sea for free!!Event if it's long to waiting for them, it could be nice!
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== 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])) From Lille there are several options to hitch hike direction A1. ;Option 1Go to ''0metrostation « Porte d' float=Arras »'right'/>. From there walk in the direction of the motorway, cross the bridge. On the left you will see an accelerating lane going onto the ring (it is the 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. [[User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]] has hitchhiked from this spot more than twenty times and has never waited more than 30 minutes.
== About the subway ==
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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.
== Trashwiki & Nomadwiki ==
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