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{{Infobox Dutch Location
|country = Netherlands
|native name = Nimwegen
|map = <map lat='51.833' lng='5.865' width='350' height='330' zoom='11' view='3'/>
|pop = 163,112
|state = Gelderland
|BW = NL/Provincie%20Gelderland/Nijmegen
|motorways = [[A73 (Netherlands)|A73]], [[A50 (Netherlands)|A50]], [[A15 (Netherlands)|A15]]
}}
'''Nijmegen''' is a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] university city close to the [[Germany|German border]] and city of [[Kleve]]. Hitching here is fairly easy. There are three so called ''[[liftershalte]]s''.
==Hitching OutHitchhiking 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. Possibly, at the petrol station on the A325 almost everybody is going to Arnhem.
===East (towards [[Germany]], [[Kleve]])===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 / West towards [[Venlo]], [[Eindhoven]], [[Den Bosch]] ===Option 1: At the Annastraat''Graafseweg'' (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 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:NetherlandsLimburg|Limburg]] [[de:Nijmegen]][[nl:Nijmegen]]