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* For the equivalent of 1 euro you can take a regional train to [[Jelgava]], a much smaller city about an hour of train journey to the south. From there, it is relatively easy to hitchhike towards [[Šiauliai]] ([[Lithuania]]) and other destinations in this direction, although sometimes, especially in [[winter]], the road can be pretty empty and one can get stuck there, as [[User:Sigurdas|Sigurdas]] has experienced.
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If you want to get towards the south, get out of the city center first. There are several possibilities:
* From RIX airport, try asking drivers of cars with Lithuanian number plates ("LT").
* Take a tram #10 towards ''Bišumuiža'' and get off at the stop ''Ziepniekalna iela''. You will see a [[petrol station]] just around the corner. Very few cars are actually going to [[Lithuania]] from there, although you can still focus on the registration plates marked 'LT'. Do not refuse a short lift as there is one petrol station 20 km further away where one can get good rides straight to Vilnius, Kaunas, or even Poland and further. It is more successful to ask drivers for a ride on that petrol station than to stand at the street.
* Take When you are around central bus station in Riga, you can find a bus stop called ''13.janvāra iela'' where you can take a bus #23 (or 26, see foot note) towards ''Baloži'' (be careful and do not take the bus nr.23 from the opposite side of the road outside the "Stockmann" shopping center,(but down a few hundred meters direction to river) stop called that bus has another, opposite destination - find one with the destination ''13.janvāra ielaBaloži''!) towards ''Baloži''. Get This bus then will take you outside of the city of Riga in around half an hour to a perfect hitch-hiking spot. You can get off at the stop ''Sūkņu stacija'' - there you've got a traffic light and a bus stop - good place for hitchhiking since basically everyone's going towards [[Bauska]]! EDIT: Actually the bus But you can also get off at earlier stop is called "Pagrieziens uz Baloziem". i didnt go all the way to this Suknu stacija but this It is a very good place and you can easily identify it because you will pass a big maxima disrbution ''Maxima'' distribution center and then , the bus will then take a right turn off the main road so and right after that is that stop where you get off and , cross the road, go back to main road about 100 meters where will also be a the junction, and hitch-hike from another bus station and lots of room for cars to stopthere. (about Note on bus nr.26!, : it doesnt turn rightafter ''Maxima'', it stops direct directly on the main road at this place to /stop where you can hitch -hike from!)
* From the central bus station, take a minibus to ''Kekava''; from there find the main road '''E67/A7''' in the direction of Bauska. Just find a good spot - and good luck!
* Cross the main bridge of Riga which goes southwards. You can walk there, although you might as well take a bus or a minibus. Continue until the [[on-ramp]] to ''A7'', then hitchhike towards Jelgava.
* For the equivalent of 1 euro you can take a regional train to [[Jelgava]], a much smaller city about an hour of train journey to the south. From there, it is relatively easy to hitchhike towards [[Šiauliai]] ([[Lithuania]]) and other destinations in this direction, although sometimes, especially in [[winter]], the road can be pretty empty and one can get stuck there, as [[User:Sigurdas|Sigurdas]] has experienced.
=== North towards [[Pärnu]] or [[Tallinn]] ([[Estonia]]) {{European Route Number|67}} ===
