Maastricht

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Maastricht
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Information
Country:
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Netherlands
Province:
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Limburg
Population: 117,548
Major roads: A2, A79
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Maastricht is the most southern city of the Netherlands, located in the province of .

Hitchhiking out

North towards Eindhoven (and motorway towards Aachen/Köln, Germany)

There is a liftershalte, a special spot for hitchhiknig, at the beginning of the A2 near the soccer stadium De Geusselt (Viaductweg x N2/A2) (direction Eindhoven) and the A79 (direction Heerlen). Though with the future upgrade of the N2 to A2 this liftershalte might be receded! So please leave some hitchhiking sign there everytime you hitchhike so that the authorities might change their mind. Bus 2 (direction Nazareth) arrives near the motorway from the Central Train Station.


It is also possible to use this spot to hitchhike towards the motorway Aachen and then on to Köln and further. However, it is not always simple to catch somebody crossing the boarder (30-60 minutes waiting-time on average). Some people recommend to catch a lift to Heerlen and then catch another one to Aachen.

Towards Heerlen and Germany you can obviously also hike towards the last traffic lights on the roads that lead towards the official hitchhiking spot and ask there for a ride (AC=Aachen).

Tmoon hitching out of Maastricht

East towards Gulpen, Aachen (Germany)

Take the bus #53 or #54 from the center towards Akersteenweg. At this bus stop you'll find a petrol station. There you can try to get a lift towards Aachen in Germany.

South towards Liege

Follow the rail track from the Central Station out of the town in a southern direction from the backside exit (use the bridge over the rails). At the first rail/road crossing south of the station hike on over the cycling path and later, still by the side of the railway, over Gerardusweg. Follow this way until the end, thus you walk under a bridge and you will arrive at a motorway entrance on the junction named Europaplein; some hundreds of meters further on at the other side of the railway is the trainstation Maastricht Randwyck. If you stand at the corner of the road across from the sign pointing at the A2/Luik (Liege) you will get a lift.

West towards Hasselt, Leuven, Brussels

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