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'''The train option'''
Get the Trier/Wasserbillig (line 30) train from Luxembourg City station for EUR 2.00. Get off at the Wasserbillig stop. You should turn right outside the train station, walking up the road and turning left up the Route d'Echternach until you reach a crossing beside a big river. This option takes 30 minutes but there are beautiful views to be seen. You will notice that there is an old pathway going up the hill. If you follow this route you should arrive at two old cabins. Turn left at the cabin closest to you and walk further up the hill until you reach another crossing under the massive motorway bridge. Go right at this and keep climbing the hill until you reach a more developed road. Here, you turn right and keep following the access road until you reach the petrol station. This is located at the Luxembourg-German border. There should be plenty of international traffic.
"On Sundays"
I decided to add this extra part as me and my friend tried to hitch out of Luxembourg towards Germany on a Sunday with no success whatsoever - we were stuck on the Avenue JFK for 3 hours and not one single car stopped. I think the above option is only really good during the week when the traffic flow to Germany is really high".
What I did in the end was take the number 16 bus to stop just before the airport. This bus stop is next to an entrance to the highway and you can either stand in front of the bus stop with a sign or stand on a little traffic light island at the entrance (which I did) so that you get all the traffic going towards Trier that is coming from both directions.
I waited for about 10 minutes for a ride that took me to the huge gas station on the border and from there I got my next ride of 150km within 5 minutes of waiting.
=== South ([[Metz]], [[France]]) ===
