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From the city center, take metro 2 (the green line) towards ''Cologno'' or ''Gessate''. Get out at ''Gobba''.
==== Option 2: Motorway Service Station Both petrol station are still on Ring Road (Cascina Gobba) ====Take metro 2 (green) direction Cologne Nord or Gessate and get off at ''Cascina Gobba''. From the platform right where you get out of the trainMilano ring road, there begins a footbridge over the motorway leading to an extra train which only goes to a hospital (Ospedale San Raffaele). It costs 1.20€. After you get out at the hospital, follow the stream means most of people and go up will be going just nearby the first steps you see (round ones)city. Look Refuse any lift which doesn't go at least after Agrate ask for a high place – big Agip Brianza petrol station from there you can see a petrol station. It is best is finding lifts will be super-easy though don't risk to ask someone to show you get stuck on the best way down to the petrol stationmotorway that is illegal.
'''Both petrol station are still on Milano ring road, which means most of people will be going just nearby the city. Refuse any lift which doesn't go at least after Agrate; ask for a big Agip petrol station called "Brianza", from there finding lifts will be super-easy though don't risk to get stuck on the motorway, that is illegal.'''You might be lucky and find direct lifts to [[Verona]] or further, (e.g. there's a guy doing every day Milano-Vicenza and back since some 5-7 years and probably he's not the only one). However, the best Best combination to go to [[Venice]] or [[Slovenia]] is:ringroad station > Agip Brianza station > Sommacampagna (Verona) Bauli Station > Arino (Padova) Limenella Station -> further
ringroad ==== Option 1: Area Di Servizio Cologno Est rest stop ==== Take metro 2 (green line) to Cologno Nord. Exit to the left and go down the stairs to the right, you should see a parking with buses. Keep walking straight (northeast) for ≈600m along Via C.A. dalla Chiesa to the junction (there is a bridge over the motorway to the left). Keep walking straight on along the edge of the field (there's a fence blocking your access on the motorway side) for 200m until you arrive at a big electricity pole with a couple of doors under it leading you to the service station->Agip "Brianza" station->Sommacampagna on A51 highway. ==== Option 2: Autogrill Cascina Gobba Est rest stop ==== Take metro 2 (Veronagreen) Bauli Station->Arino direction Cologne Nord or Gessate and get off at Cascina Gobba. From the platform right where you get out of the train, there begins a footbridge over the motorway leading to an extra train which only goes to a hospital Ospedale San Raffaele. It costs 1.20€. After you get out at the hospital, follow the stream of people and go up the first steps you see (Padovaround ones) Limenella Station-> further. Look for a high place – from there you can see a Eni petrol station. It is best is to ask someone to show you the best way down to the petrol station.
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<li>Walk for around 10 minutes from ''Porto di Mare'' metro station to the petrol station (also ''Agip'') on the other side of the motorway. Look on the city map in metro stations how to walk there exactly - very simple.</li>
<li>Another easier option to reach Bologna and South Italy is to take the Green Line to Cascina Gobba, after that get out Walk for around 10 minutes from the Porto Di Mare metro station and you should see many orange buses( Atm), so go left and you will find a gate, go in and walk until you will arrive to a roundabout and from there you can see the gas Tamoil petrol station in on the highway which you reach easily in two minutes.The advantages other side of this spot compared to the "Porto di Mare" spot is that this is motorway. Look on the highway, Porto di Mare it's not. So it should work fine!city map in metro stations how to walk there exactly
'''Update August 2015''': This petrol station was closed in 2014, and is still closed. Don't go there!</li></ol>=== South towards [[Genova]] {{European Route Number|62}} ===
=== South towards [[Genova]] {{European Route Number|62}} ==='''Option 1'''
Edit August 2018: When you leave the station head to where all the buses are and walk to the far end. Turn right and you will see the entrance to the motorway. Though it didn’t seem like the best of places. The other nearby entrance to the motorway has zero space to walk let alone for a car to stop.'''Option 2'''
Another option is to just catch Catch bus 46 after you leave Famagosta. Take it just 1? stop about 5 minutes. There is a pizza place called Fratelli Diversi by the bus stop. (Big green sign). Ahead you’ll see a pedestrian bridge over the motorway which leads right to a service station on the highway and the advantage of being able to talk to people.
* [[User:Drezz|Drezz]] June, 2016: I've tried this Good spot to go to Torino/French Alps and it was really good and actually it’s possible to go in the other directions too - like [[Verona]], [[Venice]]. It’s a petrol station/McD near of the metro station QT8. It’s necessary to walk in Via Collecchio and cross the bridge. There is a park in the end of the bridge and you must follow the path until find a small street called Via Don Luigi Palazzolo and turn right in the road. Around 100 m further you will find the petrol station where you can ask for someone there or you can go directly to the road with a sign. I got a ride directly to [[Chamonix]] (France) and the driver was on his way to [[Geneva]]. This spot is less than 10 minutes walking from the metro station.
*[[UserEDIT (09/2021):Movethathoof|MovethatHoof]] tried a couple of the above spots in November 2019 and found them very unsatisfactory. The Q8 station had very limited traffic, averaging about 1 car every minute, and the staff, though sympathetic, would not allow him to ask either at the pump or even when people were going into the little convenience store. One might try right on the highway as suggestedDidn't worked for me, but as is usual of Italian highways the guardrails leave little space waited for standing or stopping5 hours without result. There is at least a little entrance lane from the gas station where a very motivated driver could stopwas no one going to Torino, but then Italians don't often prove themselves very motivated one car going to pick up hitchhikers. As well, Switzerland and most of the three lanes of traffic there, the inside lanes are where the drivers bypassing the intersection of Viale Alcide de Gasperi and Viale Renato Serra will be, probably was going further, already going faster, and two lanes from the little cranny where they might stop, if they see you in timeto Milano city centre or other cities like Verona. The gas station being disappointing as described, Movethathoof decided Afterwards I went to try at this slip road, of the above mentioned intersection. Though there was lots of traffic, Pero Nord petrol station and people were actually much friendlier found a ride to Torino in passing less than many other places in Italy, those that bothered to motion communicated that they were local, and it needs to be remembered that the traffic passing here can be going in any direction, further diluting your efforts. Frustrated after a few hours, he found the below service area and had a much easier time30 minutes.
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== Hitching out ==
=== East towards [[Verona]], [[Slovenia]] {{Ait|4}} {{European Route Number|64}} ======= Option 1: Motorway Service Station on Ring Road ====Take metro 2 (green line) to ''Cologno Nord''. Exit to the left and go down the stairs to the right, you should see a parking with buses. Keep walking straight (northeast) for ≈600m along Via C.A. dalla Chiesa to the junction (there is a bridge over the motorway to the left). Keep walking straight on along the edge of the field (there's a fence blocking your access on the motorway side) for 200m until you arrive at a big electricity pole with a couple of doors under it leading you to the service station.
=== Southeast towards [[Bologna]] {{European Route Number|35}} ===
Take the metro to the station ''Famagosta''and 2. When you exit to the street, to the east you will see a bridge. This is the 5 km walk down by A7 motorway. You then have to walk a couple of minutes north parallel with at the bridge to where the motorway begins. There is a traffic light and a petrol station. It is best to stand a couple end of meters north of the traffic light, next to the petrol station entrance, with a sign. Cars are going slowly (or stopping at the traffic light) and there Via Giuseppe de Finetti street is enough room for a car to Autogrill Cantalupa Ovest rest stop easily.
=== West towards [[Torino]] {{European Route Number|64}} ===
==== Option 3: Q8 and McDonald's on Viale Alcide de Gasperi ====
==== Option 4: Area Servizio Pero Nord ====
Getting to a service area on the Autostada is very simple. One takes the Metro Line 1 to Pero station (direction Rho Fiera Milano: trains on Line 1 alternate destinations between Rho Fiera Milano and Bisceglie, which is to the southwest), and then walking southwest on the little pedestrian street onto which the station exits (Via Mario Greppi) you turn right on Via Oratorio. Follow it to the end where to your left there will be a roundabout; enter the roundabout and take the first right onto Via Papa Giovanni XXIII. You'll see a water tower of sorts in the distance, which is to where you walk. Just below and beside the tower, on your right, there will be a little paved walkway which is a pedestrian and bike trail over the highway. You'll see the service area to your left as you're crossing the highway. Follow the trail as it continues just below the station's fence and shortly you'll find a revolving metal door that provides easy pedestrian access, and then you're in! A map of these directions can be found [https://drive.google.com/open?id=1yBP-giXHtgj3lCH7x0XUXrFzK4fhCx41&usp=sharing here]; it takes around 20 minutes walking.
It is not the busiest of all service areas, but there is a steady flow of traffic; many trucks stop here for their pausa, and many take the turn right after the station onto the {{Ait|50}} on their way to Switzerland. [[User:Movethathoof|MovethatHoof]] found a ride to Turin here within twenty minutes of asking cars that stopped.
=== North towards Como,[[Switzerland]] {{Ait|8}} {{Ait|9}} ===
They usually give some bread, pasta, vegetables and sweets every day without asking you money or papers from 7:00 to 11:00.
One is located in Viale Monza 335 you can arrive easily there with the Red Metro Line in Villa San Giovanni the other one is located in Viale Toscana 28 you can arrive there with the bus 90. You can recognize it easily because you can see lots of people waiting there. ('''Note: Do not abuse these places, they are for those who really need it!''' [https://prino.neocities.org/ Prino]<small><sup>[https://prino.neocities.org/indez.html#prinos-blog blog], [[User talk:Prino|talk]]</sup></small> 13:16, 2 June 2014 (CEST))
'''ATTENTION!'''
Do not go there during weekends,their distribution runs Monday to Friday and the time is ''09:00 - 11:00''
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