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'''Luxembourg''' is the capital city of the self-named country [[Luxembourg]].
== Hitching Out Hitchhiking out ===== North and West ([[Arlon]], [[Liège]], [[Brussels|Brussel]]) ===
'''Service station for Brussels'''
Get the line 50 train from Luxembourg City station for EUR 12.5000. 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.
'''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 centercentre. You can partially use bus 7also just take the Bus 28 and hop off at Hondseck, or the Bus 22 and walk from Maternité (no need for a ticket :) ). From Cars can pull over just before the traffic lights, or at the sliproad you . You can get a ride straight to [[Brussels]], but if that fails, or to the above mentioned Capellen stop gas station ('aire de Capellen') , which is just about 10km down the road, and from there you can get rides to about anywhere in [[Belgium]] and the [[Netherlands]].
'''Service station for Liege and the Netherlands'''
You have the option of 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.
=== East ([[Trier]], [[Germany]]) ===
'''The better option'''
Just walk out of the center centre to the ''Avenue John Fitzgerald Kennedy'' in direction Kirchberg. You will find many banks, institutes and the 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|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 Trier sign even if you want to get further, if this is the case, you can be dropped at [[Wasserbillig]] service station on the motorway A1. A sign is very important for making the people from Trier stop, which will be your drivers here. '''On Sundays'''Traffic flow is lower on the weekends, so the above-mentioned place may not work on Sundays. You can instead take bus 16 to the 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 so that you get all the traffic going towards Trier that is coming from both directions. Get a lift at least as far as the huge petrol station on the border, and then it is easier to hitch further.
'''The train option'''
Get the Trier/Wasserbillig (line 30) train from Luxembourg City station for EUR 12.5000. 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 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. === 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! Take the first little path to the residential area (Rue 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-side petrol station, with loads of cars heading north towards Luxembourg city, Belgium, Netherlands and Germany. Walk over the bridge and immediately at the end of it go down to the highway, through the concrete pavement or stairs, 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 Metz.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.  I was waiting there for quite a long time and then we got a ride from a couple going to Switzerland. - ??, Date Unknown
=== South -West ([[MetzA4]], [[FranceE44]], [[E25]]) ===
Get the line 60 train Take bus number 18 (from Luxembourg City Central station to direction Kockelscheuer, Patinoire). Tickets costs 2 euro - 1 way or 4 euro - one day ticket (valid till 4am and its for EUR 1.50. bus, trams and local trains!)Get off at from bus on the [[Berchem]] bus stop "Plantin" (few meters before this bus stop is Shell petrol station). Go straight to rond-about and walk less than 2 km then turn left. Few meters from rond-about there will be place where you can easily hitch-hikke (bus stop, rarely use).On the opposite side of this place there is Auchan Drive so it's easily to some of find. == Hitchhiking in == Many people are driving pass Luxembourg without stopping. If your driver is using the biggest motorway petrol stations in Europe! Turn left when A6 (from or towards Arlon, Belgium) you can ask them to leave you at the Berchem train stationexit nr 4 (Luxembourg, walk down Strassen). They will drop you at Route d'Arlon and can take the road highway right back, and then turn right at you just have one long street to Luxembourg city centre (you can take a bus or use the first opportunityred lights to find a lift). You If you're coming from France through the A31 / A3 and the 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. There are vehicles traveling all over  [[EuropeImage:2015-07-24 09.12.13.jpg|right|thumb|200px]][[Image:2015-07-24 09. I was waiting for around 10 minutes at the petrol station exit12.26.jpg|right|thumb|200px]]
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