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== Hitching Out Hitchhiking out ===== North towards [[Arnhem]], [[UtrechtApeldoorn]], [[AmsterdamHengelo]] and [[Groningen]] ===At the verkeersplein near the Waalbrug (direction [[Arnhem]]) there is a liftershalte(coördinates: 51.845040, 5.873448). this is a hitch-hiking spot as it should be, and you hope it to be. It should be no trouble at all to get to the first gas station on de A50 from where you can easily get to Zwolle or Hengelo. HoweverPossibly, at the petrol station on the A325 almost everybody is going to Arnhem, so if you want to go beyond, you don't want to get a ride from someone merely going towards Arnhem (unlesss it's raining).

Near the official hitchhiking spot leading north, use the sliproad at this junction in the direction of [[GermanyKleve]] (the road is the N325, the street is ''Nieuwe Ubbergseweg''). Don't bother walking further along the N325, there are no further good spots until the German border.

=== South towards For further afield in Germany, try the junction with motorway [[VenloA73 (Netherlands)|A73]]in Dukenburg. Okay, it's quite a way out of city centre, and there is little place to safely stop, but this is such a busy entrance, and there are so many cars going long-distance here that it's child's play to get a long ride. Even more so because just before the motorway split between [[Den BoschA73 (Netherlands)|A73]] ===At the ''Graafseweg'' and [[A77 (direction Netherlands)|A77]] is just 15 kilometres south of here, and it has a large service area right before it. So any car going to [[VenloBoxmeer]] or further can pick you up here, and there are many of those. When trying to hitch out towards [[Düsseldorf]], [['s-HertogenboschCologne|Köln]]) there is a liftershalte (often used as a parking spot)or further, one should use this ramp.

=== South / West towards [[Venlo]], [[Eindhoven]], [[Den Bosch]] ===Option 1: At the ''AnnastraatGraafseweg''(direction [[Venlo]] and [[den Bosch|'s-Hertogenbosch]]) there is a liftershalte (often used as a parking spot), close and many cars passing by are local. Better is to walk down to the universityintersection of Graafseweg and Neerbosscheweg (about 30 min. walk) and raise sign there. About one-fourth of cars passing here are for destinations in [[Brabant]] and [[Limburg]] province, there is a liftershalteso waiting times are fairly minimal considering the amount of (slow-moving) traffic and the good place to stop. It's also possible to get bus 2 and 99 here.

Option 2: Another spot is there where one should try to get rides to [[Düsseldorf]] or [[Cologne|Köln]] directly at the onramp of [[A73 (Netherlands)|A73]] southbound. It's quite a way out, and there's not a whole lot of space to stop, but the statistics are overwhelmingly in your favour here, at least 50% are going to [[Boxmeer]] or further from here, which means they can drop you off at the [[rest area|service station]] before the [[A73 (Netherlands)|A73]] / [[A77 (Netherlands)|A77]] split. IF you want to take this option, take the bus to ''station Dukenburg'' there are a lot of busses that go there so this should be easy. (If you want to plan your journey to any bus or train station or any location in general use the website 9292.nl This will give a very nicee and clear schedule.) From Station Dukenburg stand with the busstops behind you and the railway to your right and take a right under the tunnel. Take a left at the giant roundabout and from there it is a 10-15 minute walk straight ahead to the onramp. It should take you 20 minutes to get a ride.  Option 3: There is a gas station near the onramp (described at option 2) you can ask people here and/or raise sign a couple of metres before the way to the gasstation so they can easily stop there if they want. If you want to check it out: search for Wijchenseweg 1, Nijmegen om google maps. It took me around 20 minutes to hitch a ride to Venlo from here.  At the ''St. Annastraat'', close to the university, there is a liftershalte. This one should only be used for '''local''' hitchhiking, towards [[Malden]], [[Gennep]] or [[Mook]]. === West towards [[Rotterdam]], [[Utrecht]], [[Den Haag]] and [[Amsterdam]] === Use either the [[liftershalte]] near the Waal bridge mentioned in the '''North''' section, or use the petrol station past the Neerbosschebrug in the Lindenholt neighbourhood. Take bus 7 for the petrol station, you can see it on your right side if the bus turns into Lindenholt past the bridge. Avoid rides to Arnhem when using the [[liftershalte]], unless it's possible to be dropped off on the right side of Arnhem, if you're familliar with that city. Remember that it's usually much easier to hitch out of Nijmegen than to hitch out of Arnhem, so it doesn't really matter if you turn 3, 4 or 10 rides down. == Nomadwiki & Trashwiki == {{nomadwiki}} [[Category:Limburg|Limburg]] [[trashde:Nijmegen]]__NOTOC__[[nl:Nijmegen]]