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| − | + | This is a list of '''websites''' with useful information for hitchhikers. | |
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| − | * [http://www. | + | ==English== |
| − | * [http://www. | + | * Worldwide Database of places for Hitchhikers |
| − | * [http://www. | + | * Hitchhiker's guide to Europe |
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| − | + | ===Digihitch=== | |
| − | * | + | '''Digihitch''' is a complete web portal devoted to hitchhiking, with thousands of members around the world and new, original content every day. The site receives over 30,000 visitors each month. Digihitch.com has many different areas of information to: showcase new stuff, help travelers prepare for a trip, or to allow registered members to share stories and articles. |
| − | + | * [http://www.digihitch.com/forums.html Great Campfire Forums] - Discussion forums with thousands of topics on everything related to hitchhiking, including forums on road culture and regional travel. People new to hitchhiking can get help in our ''Sparkies'' forum. | |
| − | + | * [http://www.digihitch.com/world/ digihitch World] - Map-based navigation of worldwide hitchhiking resources. Click on a country or sub-region to view its stories, links and discussion groups. Members can also vote for each region based on 5 key points (including affordability, safety and 'hitchhikability') | |
| − | + | * [http://www.digihitch.com/encyclopedia.html Encyclopedia of Road Sub-Culture] - Includes hundreds of biographies, song lyrics, travel terms and movies. Favorites include our ''Hitchhiking in the Movies'' section- listing all movies that have hitchhiking- and ''Celebrity Sub-culture'', with a listing of actors, musicians and other notables who have been on the road. | |
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| − | + | ===Hitchbase=== | |
| − | + | The Worldwide Database of places for Hitchhikers, also known as the Hitchbase, is an easy-to-use database where hitchhikers can seek for good places to hitchhike. | |
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| − | + | * [http://www.hitchbase.com/index.php?LANG=eng Hitchbase.com] | |
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| − | * | + | ===Suite101=== |
| − | * [http:// | + | '''Suite 101''' is a sort of on-line magazine which ran a monthly hitchhiking column from October 1996 to February 2003. The columnist, [http://bernd.wechner.info Bernd Wechner], ceased writing for Suite 101 in 2003 and the archive at Suite 101 itself has fallen into an embarrasing state of disrepair since. All the same it is available at: |
| − | * [http://www. | + | * http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/hitch_hiking |
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| − | + | Bernd Wechner has however archived all the articles written for that column on [http://bernd.wechner.info/Hitchhiking/Suite101/ his own site] and [http://www.digihitch.com/featured_salman.html Morgan Salman Strub] has archived them on digihitch along with a wealth of other material from many contributors. | |
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| + | ===Hitchhiker's guide to Europe=== | ||
| + | Hitchhikers' guide to Europe is a website by Kirsi Jokisalo with tips about hitchhiking in several European countries: [http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/kjokisal/liftaus/ Hitchhikers' guide to Europe] | ||
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| + | ===Hitchhiking in the Netherlands (Ad-Hoc-Carpooling)=== | ||
| + | * http://www.franknature.nl/hitchhike/hitchhike.htm | ||
| + | Nice website by Frank Verhart | ||
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| + | ==Finnish== | ||
| + | '''Liftari.org''' is a community webpage for [[Finland | Finnish]] hitchhikers. It's a community blog started in early 2004, containing tips and stories about hitchhiking. | ||
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| + | After the first year there were more than 200 members signed on the website, about 100 articles about hitchhiking posted to the site and a working bulletin board for discussions. The community organizes gettogether meetings, though irregularly, and there has been interest to the community by the local media. | ||
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| + | The site is mostly in [[finland#Language | Finnish]], but foreigners coming to [[hitchhiking | hitchhike]] in [[Finland]] can post questions on the forum. | ||
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| + | * http://www.liftari.org | ||
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| + | ==German== | ||
| + | * [http://deu.anarchopedia.org/index.php/Tramp-Ratgeberin Hitchhike info on Anarchopedia], '''wiki''' and '''GFDL'''. | ||
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| + | ==Russian== | ||
| + | * [http://www.hike.ru hike.ru], with some information [http://hike.ru/?newlang=eng in English] | ||
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| + | [[Category:General info]] | ||
Revision as of 18:09, 1 June 2006
This is a list of websites with useful information for hitchhikers.
Contents
English
- Worldwide Database of places for Hitchhikers
- Hitchhiker's guide to Europe
Digihitch
Digihitch is a complete web portal devoted to hitchhiking, with thousands of members around the world and new, original content every day. The site receives over 30,000 visitors each month. Digihitch.com has many different areas of information to: showcase new stuff, help travelers prepare for a trip, or to allow registered members to share stories and articles.
- Great Campfire Forums - Discussion forums with thousands of topics on everything related to hitchhiking, including forums on road culture and regional travel. People new to hitchhiking can get help in our Sparkies forum.
- digihitch World - Map-based navigation of worldwide hitchhiking resources. Click on a country or sub-region to view its stories, links and discussion groups. Members can also vote for each region based on 5 key points (including affordability, safety and 'hitchhikability')
- Encyclopedia of Road Sub-Culture - Includes hundreds of biographies, song lyrics, travel terms and movies. Favorites include our Hitchhiking in the Movies section- listing all movies that have hitchhiking- and Celebrity Sub-culture, with a listing of actors, musicians and other notables who have been on the road.
Hitchbase
The Worldwide Database of places for Hitchhikers, also known as the Hitchbase, is an easy-to-use database where hitchhikers can seek for good places to hitchhike.
Suite101
Suite 101 is a sort of on-line magazine which ran a monthly hitchhiking column from October 1996 to February 2003. The columnist, Bernd Wechner, ceased writing for Suite 101 in 2003 and the archive at Suite 101 itself has fallen into an embarrasing state of disrepair since. All the same it is available at:
Bernd Wechner has however archived all the articles written for that column on his own site and Morgan Salman Strub has archived them on digihitch along with a wealth of other material from many contributors.
Hitchhiker's guide to Europe
Hitchhikers' guide to Europe is a website by Kirsi Jokisalo with tips about hitchhiking in several European countries: Hitchhikers' guide to Europe
Hitchhiking in the Netherlands (Ad-Hoc-Carpooling)
Nice website by Frank Verhart
Finnish
Liftari.org is a community webpage for Finnish hitchhikers. It's a community blog started in early 2004, containing tips and stories about hitchhiking.
After the first year there were more than 200 members signed on the website, about 100 articles about hitchhiking posted to the site and a working bulletin board for discussions. The community organizes gettogether meetings, though irregularly, and there has been interest to the community by the local media.
The site is mostly in Finnish, but foreigners coming to hitchhike in Finland can post questions on the forum.
German
- Hitchhike info on Anarchopedia, wiki and GFDL.
Russian
- hike.ru, with some information in English
