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=== North towards [[Burgos]], Basque Country, [[Bordeaux]] {{European Route Number|5}} ===

Take the metro to the station Pinar de Chamartín (1 euro). Walk on the street ''calle Arturo Soria'', cross the M-11, follow the street ''Camino de la Fuente de la Mora'', then turn left at the ''avenida de Manoteras''. You can stay directly in front of the train station. NoNastions got a ride there in 20 minutes. There is a traffic light and the cars can stop there, more or less.

This is an upper-class office area full of good-looking young people driving Mini and BMW 120d. There is a Cepsa petrol station on the left 300 meters further, but [[User:Grégoire|Grégoire]] didn't find it very welcoming and preferred to stick his thumb out at the end of the street, where he got a ride to another petrol station further on the A1 30 minutes later.

Once out of Madrid, safest idea is to request lifts to the various service stations, and simply approach people who drive in and politely ask them for a lift. TallNomad found a lift all the way to Bilbao from a service station/truckstop simply by approaching random strangers with a smile and explaining his journey plan. General waiting time is 30 minutes during the busier hours at a good spot. Avoid the smaller roads, except during tourist season, when loads of sat-navs send travellers on weird routes, and lifts can be found easily enough.

Another option is to take the metro to 'Hospital Infanta Sofia' on line 1. From this metro station you can walk ten minutes up the road to a Shell petrol station on the side of the E5 heading north. From the metro station follow the road 'Paseo De Europa' for 800m.(Successfully used in September 2018).

=== Northwest towards Galicia ===