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==== Option 1: Motorway Service Station Both petrol station are still on Ring Road ====Take metro 2 (green line) to ''Cologno Nord'Milano ring road, which means most of people will be going just nearby the city. Refuse any lift which doesn'. Exit to the left and t go down the stairs to the right, you should see a parking with buses. Keep walking straight (northeast) at least after Agrate ask 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 (big Agip Brianza petrol station from therefinding lifts will be super-easy though don's a fence blocking your access t risk to get stuck 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 stationthat is illegal.
==== Option 2: Motorway Service Station 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 train, there begins a footbridge over the motorway leading Best combination to an extra train which only goes go to a hospital Venice or Slovenia is: ringroad station > Agip Brianza station > Sommacampagna (Ospedale San RaffaeleVerona). It costs 1.20€. After you get out at the hospital, follow the stream of people and go up the first steps you see Bauli Station > Arino (round onesPadova). Look for a high place – from there you can see a petrol station. It is best is to ask someone to show you the best way down to the petrol station.Limenella Station -> further
'''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.'''==== Option 1: Area Di Servizio Cologno Est rest stop ====
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).==== Option 2: Autogrill Cascina Gobba Est rest stop ====
HoweverTake metro 2 (green) 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 (round ones). Look for a high place – from there you can see a Eni petrol station. It is best combination is to go ask someone to show you the best way down to [[Venice]] or [[Slovenia]] is: Ringroad the petrol station -> Agip "Brianza" Station -> Sommacampagna (Verona) Bauli Station -> Arino (Padova) Limenella Station -> Further.
Take the metro to the station ''Famagosta'Option 1'''. When you exit to the street, to the east you will see a bridge. This is the A7 motorway. You then have to walk a couple of minutes north parallel with the bridge to where the motorway begins. There is a traffic light and a petrol station. It is best to stand a couple 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 is enough room for a car to stop easily.
Edit: When you leave Take the station head metro to where all the buses are station ''Famagosta'' and 2.5 km walk to down by A7 at 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 Via Giuseppe de Finetti street is Autogrill Cantalupa Ovest rest stop.
Another option is to just catch '''Option 2''' 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.
→Option 2. Service Station directly on the A9. (Lario Est)
=== East towards [[Verona]], [[Slovenia]] {{Ait|4}} {{European Route Number|64}} ===
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 on A51 highway.
=== Southeast towards [[Bologna]] {{European Route Number|35}} ===
Walk for around 10 minutes from ''Porto di Di Mare'' metro station to the Tamoil 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.
=== South towards [[Genova]] {{European Route Number|62}} ===
=== West towards [[Torino]] {{European Route Number|64}} ===
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.
EDIT (09/2021): Didn't worked for me, waited for 5 hours without result. There was no one going to Torino, one car going to Switzerland and most of the traffic was going to Milano city centre or other cities like Verona. Afterwards I went to the Pero Nord petrol station and found a ride to Torino in less than 30 minutes.
==== 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}} ===
To Lago di Como it is quick to get a ride from 45°29'59.9"N 9°07'50.6"E. Off the record: if you are taking the train from Como back to Milan after 21, they almost never check tickets.
==== Option 2. Service Station directly on the A9. (Lario Est) ====
You can take a regional train heading towards Como and get off at Cadorago. (Very unlikely to get checked for a ticketbut there is a barrier at Milano Cadorna.) . Then cross the parking lot at the station to the roundabout. Then heading away from the tracks, follow Via Roma for about 500 meters until SP26 (Via Alessandro Volta). Turn right and go about 600 meters to via Giacomo Puccini. Turn right and go about 400 meters and you will arrive at the service station. Unfortunately, the gate on the back was closed when I got there. I tried asking the attendant, who just arrived through the gate, and she said it was closed and I would have to go around. There is a fence all around the Autostrada but when you go far enough north there is a small hole in the fence (close to the tunnel). You have to fight your way through thorny blackberry bushes though. After that you can walk back from the other side of the fence. From here you should easily be able to find a ride into Switzerland and across the Alps.
== Sleeping ==
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''
== Busking in Milano ==
