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==Hitching OutHitchhiking out ===== North and West ([[Arlon]], [[Liège]], [[Brussels|Brussel]]) ===

===North and West towards [[Belgium]], [[Netherlands]], etc==='''Service station for Brussels'''# Get the line 50 train from Luxembourg City station for around EUR 2 euro.00. Get off at the [[Capellen ]] stop and walk less than 1 km west to some of the biggest petrol stations in Europe! Walk towards the motorway which you can see from the train station and take the first road right alongside the fields. After 5 minutes you will come to the petrol station fence. There is a hole near You can climb over the locked fence, but the top is spiked. It's better to turn right, and walk along the fence for about 250 metres, and climb through (BE CAREFUL)over it at the first section with a stone-wall. Many truck drivers use this service station. I was waiting less than 10 minutes.# Follow the Route d'Arlon to the entry onto the A6/[[E25]]. This is a walk of about 4km from the town center. You can partially use bus 7. From the sliproad you can get a ride straight to [[Brussels]], but if that fails, the above mentioned Capellen stop ('aire de Capellen') is just about 10km down the road, and from there you can get rides to about anywhere in [[Belgium]] and the [[Netherlands]].

===North '''Motorway exit for Brussels'''Follow the Route d'Arlon to the entry onto the A6/[[E25]]. This is a walk of about 4km from the town centre. You can also just take the Bus 28 and hop off at Hondseck, or the Bus 22 and West towards walk from Maternité (no need for a ticket :) ). Cars can pull over just before the traffic lights, or at the sliproad. You can get a ride straight to [[East BelgiumBrussels]], or to the above mentioned Capellen gas station ('aire de Capellen'), which is just about 10km down the road, and from there you can get rides to about anywhere in [[East NetherlandsBelgium]], and the [[AachenNetherlands]] etc===.

'''Service station for Liege and the Netherlands'''You have plenty the option of options which will involve going to the town of [[Martelange ]] . This small town is famous for plenty of drivers due to the cheap fuel provided by dozens of service stations for drivers going to the Belgian Limburg, Dutch Limburg, and [[Aachen]], etc. Get train from Luxembourg city station to [[Arlon]]. Walk left out of station, keep following the [[Bastogne]] road signs towards a roundabout which is a 20 minute walk. Here you can [[hitchhiking|hitchhike]] at the junction after the bridge and across from the Fiat car garage. This road goes to Martelange and the North.

Option 1.=== East ([[Trier]], [[Germany]]) ==='''The better option'''Get train from Luxembourg city station Just walk out of the centre to Arlonthe ''Avenue John Fitzgerald Kennedy'' in direction Kirchberg. Walk left out of stationYou will find many banks, keep following institutes and the Bastogne Luxembourg fair (LuxExpo) there. You can hitch on every spot where cars can stop on this road and even in side roads and secondary roads which are leading to this avenue. Make sure holding a [[Trier]] [[signs towards |sign]]. There are masses of people from Trier working in Luxembourg Kirchberg and especially on working days you won't have to wait long. Hold a roundabout which Trier sign even if you want to get further, if this is a 20 minute walk. Here the case, you can hitch hike be dropped at [[Wasserbillig]] service station on the junction after motorway A1. A sign is very important for making the bridge and across people from the Fiat car garage. This road goes to MartelangeTrier stop, which will be your drivers here.

Option 2'''On Sundays'''Traffic flow is lower on the weekends, so the above-mentioned place may not work on Sundays.Get train from Luxembourg city station You can instead take bus 16 to Arlonthe stop just before the airport. On normal weekdays there 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 service form platform 6 little traffic light island at the Arlon transport station for Martelangeentrance so that you get all the traffic going towards Trier that is coming from both directions. The times are Get a lift at 07hleast as far as the huge petrol station on the border,12h,16h,17h and 19h. This will bring you to the small town which then it is famous for plenty of drivers due easier to the cheap fuel provided by dozens of service stationshitch further.

Option 3.'''The train option'''Get the Trier/Wasserbillig (line 30) train from Luxembourg city 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 Ettelbruck 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. Then get bus 530 (directionperleThis is located at the Luxembourg-school) to Martelange townGerman border. There should be plenty of international traffic.

Option 4=== South ([[Metz]], [[France]]) (E25/A3) ===Get the line 60 train from Luxembourg City station for EUR 2.00, or avoid the controller for 2 stops. Get off at the [[Berchem]] stop. There are 2 exits from the station.Take the closest one, don't take the stairs. And walk less than 2 km to some of the biggest motorway petrol stations in Europe! Get bus 250 Take the first little path to the residential area (direction redangeRue Oscar Romero), pass a tiny roundabout and walk up towards the fields. Then you have a beautiful path through the fields straight ahead. You'll pass by generous walnut and apple trees, you'll have to climb over small cattle fences, and might say hi to some animals. Otherwise: Turn left when you leave the Berchem train station, walk down the road 5 minutes and the second main road on the right is Rue Meckenheck. Take Meckenheck up winding through a residential area all the way up to where it ends, at which point there is a big forest. Turn right onto Du Bois, and follow it curving around to the left. You should hear the highway and pretty soon you will arrive at a bridge[https://www.google.ca/maps/place/49%C2%B032'40.2%22N+6%C2%B007'18.3%22E/@49.544506,6.119553,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d49.544506!4d6.121747?hl=en] that runs over the highway. Just before the bridge is the south-lycee atert) from side petrol station, with loads of cars heading north towards Luxembourg city station , Belgium, Netherlands and Germany. Walk over the bridge and immediately at the end of it go down to Oberpallen-Breckthe highway, through the concrete pavement or stairs, then bus 590 and walk 50m alongside of it until the station. There are vehicles traveling all over [[Europe]]. Luck varies: one person waited 10 minutes at the petrol station exit but another waited a good 30 minutes before finding someone on their way to Martelange townMetz.You can also reach the petrol station by hitching from the roundabout that is located right at the start of the highways. Not an ideal place for cars to stop, but lots of people go in that direction.

===East towards South-West ([[GermanyA4]], [[PolandE44]], etc[[E25]]) ===Get the Trier/Wasserbillig (line 30) train from Luxembourg City station for around 2 Euro. Get off at the Wasserbillig stop. You have two options (a local and a national one). The local one is if you turn left, walk down the local road for two minutes, you should see around 7 petrol stations. Maybe somebody can bring you to the main Wasserbillig service station on the highway or wherever else.

The national options involves turning right outside the train Take bus number 18 (from Central stationto direction Kockelscheuer, Patinoire). Tickets costs 2 euro - 1 way or 4 euro - one day ticket (valid till 4am and its for bus, walking up the road trams and turning left up the Route d’Echternach until you reach a crossing beside a big river. This option takes 30 minutes but is more effective than the local one. You will notice that there is an old pathway going up trains!)Get off from bus on the hill. If you follow bus stop "Plantin" (few meters before this route you should arrive at two old cabinsbus stop is Shell petrol station). Turn left at the cabin closest Go straight to you rond-about and walk further up the hill until you reach another crossing under the massive motorway bridgethen turn left. Go right at this and keep climbing the hill until Few meters from rond-about there will be place where you reach a more developed road. Herecan easily hitch-hikke (bus stop, you turn right and keep following the access road until you reach the petrol stationrarely use). This is located at On the Luxembourg-German border. There should be plenty opposite side of international trafficthis place there is Auchan Drive so it's easily to find.

===South towards [[France]], [[Spain]], [[Italy]], etc=Hitchhiking in ==

Get Many people are driving pass Luxembourg without stopping. If your driver is using the line 60 train A6 (from or towards Arlon, Belgium) you can ask them to leave you at the exit nr 4 (Luxembourg City station for around 2 Euro, Strassen). Get off They will drop you at Route d'Arlon and can take the Berchem stop highway right back, and walk less than 2 km you just have one long street to some of Luxembourg city centre (you can take a bus or use the biggest motorway petrol stations in Europe! Turn left when red lights to find a lift). If you leave 're coming from France through the Berchem train station, walk down the road A31 / A3 and then turn right at the first opportunity. You driver will arrive drive on pass Luxembourg city, you can be dropped at a entrance point for two roadsAire de Berchem. Take Walk pass the truck parking to the one furthest from very end of the train gas stationwhere you'll find the gate. Follow You can climb over at the residential road up edge of the hill for 10 minutes and bridge, by the bushes, to make sure you will arrive at don't rip your pants. Then it's a bridge. Go over the bridge and then 10 min walk down and you should find an entrance way , heading southeast, to the petrol Berchem train station, two stationsaway from Luxembourg city. [[Image:2015-07-24 09.12.13.jpg|right|thumb|200px]][[Image:2015-07-24 09. There are vehicles traveling all over Europe12. I was waiting for around 10 minutes at the petrol station exit26.jpg|right|thumb|200px]] {{IsIn|Luxembourg}}