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=== South towards For further afield in Germany, try the junction with motorway [[VenloA73 (Netherlands)|A73]]in Dukenburg. Okay, it's quite a way out of city centre, and there is little place to safely stop, but this is such a busy entrance, and there are so many cars going long-distance here that it's child's play to get a long ride. Even more so because just before the motorway split between [[Den BoschA73 (Netherlands)|A73]] ===At the ''Graafseweg'' and [[A77 (direction Netherlands)|A77]] is just 15 kilometres south of here, and it has a large service area right before it. So any car going to [[VenloBoxmeer]] or further can pick you up here, and there are many of those. When trying to hitch out towards [[Düsseldorf]], [['s-HertogenboschKöln]]) there is a liftershalte (often used as a parking spot)or further, one should use this ramp.
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== Hitching Out ==
=== North towards [[Arnhem]], [[UtrechtApeldoorn]], [[AmsterdamHengelo]] and [[Groningen]] ===
At the verkeersplein near the Waalbrug (direction [[Arnhem]]) there is a liftershalte. However, at the petrol station on the A325 almost everybody is going to Arnhem, so if you want to go beyond, you don't want to get a ride from someone merely going towards Arnhem (unless it's raining).
=== 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]] ===At the ''Graafseweg'' (direction [[Venlo]] and [['s-Hertogenbosch]]) there is a liftershalte (often used as a parking spot), and many cars passing by are local. Better is to walk down to the intersection 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, so 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. Another spot is there where one should try to get rides to [[Düsseldorf]] or [[Köln]] directly at the onramp of [[A73 (Netherlands)|A73]] southbound. It's quite a way out, and there's not a whole lot of space to stop, but the statistics are overwhelmingly in your favour here, at least 50% are going to [[Boxmeer]] or further from here, which means they can drop you off at the [[Raststätte]] before the [[A73 (Netherlands)|A73]] / [[A77 (Netherlands)|A77]] split. 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.
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