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==== Porte de la Chapelle ==Hitching out ==
==== Aire La Courneuve =North/Northeast towards [[England]], [[Lille]] and [[Belgium]] {{afr|1}} ===
This option costs one local ticket or zones 1-3 ticket (EUR 2.45)Porte de la Chapelle is where the A1 starts. The petrol station [http://mapsLocal drivers say they often see hitchhikers there.googleTo get there, take the metro line 12 to Porte de la Chapelle, then walk to the roundabout.es/maps?f=d&hl=es&geocode=5837971829389385952You can try getting a ride on the roundabout (there are traffic lights,48which means that cars have to stop) or you can stand on the opposite side facing the roundabout where the motorway starts.934623,Another good option is to start hitchhiking in the same street where the metro is. There are 2.393732%3B3201522175225020794petrol stations in that very street,48just 50m deeper into the city.920638They aren't overcrowded and,2.410383&saddr=Aire+de+Service+de+La+Courneuve+%4048.934790at the same time,+2.393710&daddr=&mra=mr&sll=48.918269quite a few cars going up north stop here to refill; nonetheless,2.403388&sspn=0.013649at such places,0.040169&ie=UTF8&ll=48.933157much depends on your luck,2.396951&spn=0.006823and according to some hitchhikers,0this place won't make it to the top 10 best hitchhiking places in France.020084&t=k&z=16&om=1is ''Aire de Service de La Courneuve''] It is about 2 km along therefore recommended to hitchhike at the A1roundabout, north of Pariswhere a quiet lane right by the traffic lights gives you a good opportunity to get onto the motorway (avoiding at the same time all the traffic that heads for Boulevard Peripherique).
From terminal 2 walk out of terminal and head straight the petrol station, most drivers are only going to the main roadairport or local communities. You should see signs for A1 Paris Lille. Keep following these signs until the road splits ask for A1 Lille. One road goes to the left, under a bridge and there are some traffic lights. The other goes lift at least to the right. Stand to the right of the right turntoll station (''péage'') heading north. Cars can stop on This is a dashed out area to you left or 20-minute drive a little past you on down the motorway (some kilometers after the right. A couple of cars stopped right a way airport) and I was easily able everyone has to get a lift the next service station which had lots of people driving north to Lille, Belgium and Hollandstop here. That service station was very busy and it was easy to get a lift as well as a good meal from peoples' leftovers in the restaurant including half a bottle of wine!
==== Aire Option 3: Charles de Vémars EstGaulle ====
==== Via petrol station Option 1. From within the city limits: Quai de Bercy ====
Take the RER Line A (Red) in the direction of ''Boissy St Legere'' until the station ''Nogent Sur Marne'' (EUR 2.70 (2010-11). Leave the station in direction of ''Rue Joinville'' and follow the sign to the A4. It is a 30 min minute walk. There is a red light before the onrampslip road (on-ramp). Lots of traffic, possibility to stop on the ramp for brave drivers.
Ask if your driver can take you at least to the next petrol station Aire De Ferrières which is within the free motorway network. Toll Gare de Péage de Coutevroult toll gate is a bit further.
==== From within the city limitsOption 3: Quai de Bercy Motorway service station Aire De Ferrières ====''Chaep, as you will only need a metro ticket and pretty fast too.''
Take RER A to station Bussy-Saint-Georges. You can also try get to hitch directly this RER A station by taking bus 4 or 44 from within Paris rather than taking the train for at least half an hour metro station Gutenberg. Walk 2 km Avenue Marie Curie till Rue Pavée turn down until street crosses A4 highway and then walkingafter this turn left rest stop is next to you. Right side from there is Decathlon Logistics France if you get lost
=== Getting South or Southwest (A6{{Afr|6}}, {{Afr|10}}, A10 or A11) {{Afr|11}} ===
These spots are close enough to the city to be getting traffic in all southern directions.
==== Option 1: Porte d'Orléans ====
Once the most famous hitchhiking spot in France, this spot isn't bad nowadays, but it isn't great either. The good thing is that drivers aren't surprised to see people there, and that you don't need to get out of Paris in faraway suburbs.
=== A6 South to [[Lyon]], [[Marseille]], [[Barcelona]], [[Italy]] = Option 1: Motorway services Aire De Lisses ====
==== Option 2: Motorway services Aire de Nemours ====
You can take a train to Nemours Saint Pierre (transilien R from Gare de Lyon, a ticket costs about 10 euros) and walk 45min to the AUTOGRILL Aire de Nemours A6 service area ( http://tinyurl.com/2bs24sf )Shell fuel station. Then you're already on a paying section (no local traffic), far out from Paris (80km), and can get a ride to Châlon, Mâcon or Lyon in a few minutes.
'''Edit July 2022''' this does not work! There is pretty much zero car traffic, at least when I was there. If you're starting in Massy-Palaiseau you're better off thumbing at [httphttps://goo.gl/maps.google.fr/?ie=UTF8&ll=48.739447,2.302011&spn=0.001638,0.003455&t=h&z=18 bbD5WGkiKeFqSFzBA this oneroundabout] (good enough one, according to some hitchhikers). Really good according to others. Took two guys ten minutes to get I didn't wait too long here and got a ride and a third guy about the same amount of time straight to a different placeLe Mans. Lots of trucks and cars passing by!
==== ChartresOption 3: a spot to go directly on the A11, after it has split from the A10 Motorway service station Limours-Janvry ====[[File:Zoe.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Hitchhiker Zoe in Paris during the [[project 888|888]] event]]
=== Metro system = Option 4: Péage de Saint-Arnoult ====Ticket checks never occur on actual metro trains, and ticket controllers seem to employ 1 of 2 approaches: first one includes ticket controllers forming a line inside a metro tunnel or station exit and checking all the exiting travelers (since they are uniformed it is easy to see them from a distance unless they decide to hide around the corner); second one involves civil-dressed controllers watching the gates and busting those jumping over - they'll either stop them directly themselves, or radio-report to uniformed controllers who then will ask a stopped person to show a valid ticket.
=== RER system West towards Rouen, Le Havre, Caen {{Afr|13}} ===Uniformed controllers will ask for validated tickets on trains, and since the RER shares the metro infrastructure, you might be a subject to the checks in similar order mentioned above. It is possible to travel for free, even though you stand a higher chance of being busted. It seems that checks can occur at any time, so the best time to travel for free is a rush hour when controls are impossible due to congestion. The highest risk of being checked seems to occur on transfer stations from RER to metro stations. There are 2 big ones, Chatelet and Gare du Nord. If there is control at one of them, try the other. At Gare du Nord it seems the luggage entrance is a little more hidden than at Chatelet so even if there are controllers you can probably pass quickly if there are lots of people around. On some RER stations that are also train stations controllers wait in the tunnels when you go down to change between platforms.
=== Going to ''Charles de Gaulle''/''Roissy'' airport = In the suburbs ====Bus line 350 goes to ''Gare de l'Est'', and line 351 - to ''Place de la Nation''. You're supposed to validate 3 tickets (which is a lot cheaper than travelling by RER); checks are said rare to occur.
== Internet Nomadwiki & Trashwiki ==Go to Apple Store behind Opera Garnier or to Apple Store under Louvre Museum in the Carrousel de Louvre.
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