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[[File:TrekhaakGezocht_Pecs2010.jpg|thumb|Tjerk Ridder upon arrival in [[Pecs]]]]In 2010 Dennis Nolte, Peter Bijl, Tjerk Ridder and a few others took the basic principle of caravan hitchhiking and created the 'Tow Bar NeededCaravan Hitchhiking Project' AKA ' project. Trekhaak Gezocht (Dutch) and 'Anhängerkupplung Gesucht' (German) Their aim: Hitchhiking from their hometown [[Utrecht]] to all three European Capitals of Culture in 2010: [[Essen]] in and the Ruhr area of [[Germany]], [[Pecs]] in [[Hungary]] and [[Istanbul]] in [[Turkey]]. The first stage of the project, going from Utrecht via Essen /Ruhr area to Pecs, a distance of over 1600 kilometers, was covered in January and February 2010by Tjerk Ridder, his little dog Dachs and Peter Bijl. The hitchhiking trip required 33 different rides through 4 countries. Important lesson learned: It can get cold in central Europe in January! And the lower the temperature, the more difficult to find people willing to take the caravan over slippery and snowy roads. The second stage of The Caravan Hitchhiking Project will therefore be in summerBut the project was succesful, taking Tjerk Ridder and Peter Bijl from Pecs got loads of media attention: in Hungaryfive countries (Netherlands, through [[Croatia]]Belgium, [[Serbia]] and [[Bulgaria]] to [[Istanbul]] in [[Turkey]]. A distance of again 1600 kilometersGermany, through a less well travelled Austria and potentially less-towbar-dense part of Europe. They will depart from Pecs on June 10th 2010Hungary) the project got national television reports.