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The '''French/Belgium 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.
* '''Last verified''': August 2012. The best place to go anywhere is the hard shoulder near ''metrostation « Porte d'Arras »'' - just follow the signs to Highway (this is the same as '''Option 1''', see above, in the section "Going south?"). Within 20 minutes many cars heading towards every directions stopped. To Brussels use sign B and you get there very easy.
=== Going west? Take the A25 towards Dunkerque, Calais (ferry to