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[[User:OlcheMaith|Nina]] used the first spot twice, the first time waiting quite long for a ride and the second time having no luck at all. I headed to the second spot, reached it, but the nearest petrol station was very small, and the big one was close but unreachable by foot. I walked to the east until IKEA where it was possible to cross the highway, and there waited on Limmatstrasse before the exit that leads to the highway. I got a ride very fast. It seems to me that the way traffic goes out of Zurich, spots like this one - outside the city and before the highway, rather than on the highway inside the city - would be better (maybe a similar one at Dietikon - haven't tried it, but it would make sense, and the train there is cheaper).
3.Third option is to reach an other petrol station on the motorway by train and then foot.Take the S6 (Direction Baden) and stop at Würenlos or go to the train station Killwangen Spreitenbach (there are both at the same distance more or less). From there you will have to walk to the gas station (C8QX+F3 Würenlos, Suisse) crossing the village and then follow a road leading the station itself (crossing nice fields and a little forest from Würenlos). There is a gate which opens in both direction that gives you access to this big gas station and you can access both sides of the motorway since the stations are connected. Easy rides towards to Lausanne/Geneve and even France.
I often use the first spot and it always works very good. Sometimes I already had to change car at "Kilwangen-Spreitenbach". It never was a problem.
August 2019: I was at the spot of option 1 on a sunday at 12:00 and I waited for 1 hour. I got picked up by Germans, who dropped me at the gas station just past the Swiss German border, which wasn't a good spot either (on that sunday). Luckily there is a gas station just before Basel so you can accept rides going there.
=== South towards [[Italy]] {{European Route Number|41}}, east towards [[Austria]] ===
This spot is also an option if you are heading for the canton of Graubünden, Austria, Liechtenstein, and southern Germany, especially Munich (via Bregenz).
Since there is the bypass tunnel, you can also stay at the spot at Pfingstweidstrasse (look above) to go towards Luzern and Italy. There are not so many cars going in this direction, but it is a very kindly spot.
=== North towards [[Germany]], east towards [[Austria]], [[Germany]] ===
However, if taking the tram during the day, and there is a control, you are going to be caught. They come in a giant group of ~15 and take up the entire station so you can't escape. I was caught 8/2015 and plead poverty, although while I had my wallet out giving ID, he discovered I had euros (40), so he took that, saying I owed the remaining 60 and gave me a receipt/bill/ticket.
You can also reach everything in Zürich very easy by bike. Here you can rent bikes for free (you have to give a deposit): https://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/aoz/de/index/shop/veloverleih.html
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Camping spot:
In the « Platzpromenade », there is a big tree big enough to set the tent inside, well hiden inside.
