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* Take a tram #10 towards ''Bišumuiža'' and get off at the stop ''Ziepniekalna iela''. You will see a [[petrol station]] just around the corner. Very few cars are actually going to [[Lithuania]] from there, although you can still focus on the registration plates marked 'LT'. Do not refuse a short lift as there is one petrol station 20 km further away where one can get good rides straight to Vilnius, Kaunas, or even Poland and further. It is more successful to ask drivers for a ride on that petrol station than to stand at the street.* When you are around central bus station in Riga, you can find a bus stop called ''13.janvāra iela'' (It is opposite the Stockman center) where you can take a bus #23 (or 26, [http://saraksti.rigassatiksme.lv/?a=p.frameset&schedule_id=2800&t=xhtml&l=en see foot noteroute]) towards ''Baloži'' or bus #26 (be careful and do not take the bus nr[http://saraksti.23 from the opposite side of the road outside the "Stockmann" shopping center, that bus has another, opposite destination - find one with the destination ''Baloži''!)rigassatiksme. This bus then will take you outside of the city of Riga in around half an hour to lv/?a perfect hitch-hiking spot=p. You can get off at the stop ''Sūkņu stacija'' - there you've got a traffic light and a routes&transport_id=bus stop - good place for hitchhiking since basically everyone's going &t=xhtml&l=en#2801 see route]) towards [[Bauska]]! But you can also get off Katlakalns. Get out at earlier stop called "Pagrieziens uz BaloziemBaložiem". It There is a very good place nice bus stop and you can easily identify it because you will pass a big ''Maxima'' distribution centertraffic light just before, so the bus will then take a right turn off the main road and right after that traffic is that stop where pretty slow. After you get off, cross have got ar ride the roadbest thing to do, go back if you are going to the junctionPoland, and hitch-hike from another bus stop thereis get out at roundabout just after Ķekava. (Note on bus nrEven if the car can take you to Iecava or Bauska.26: it doesnt turn right after ''Maxima'', it stops directly on the main road at this place/stop where There you can hitch-hike from!)will see a lot of traffic going straight to Poland or even further.
* Cross the main bridge of Riga which goes southwards. You can walk there, although you might as well take a bus or a minibus. Continue until the [[on-ramp]] to ''A7'', then hitchhike towards Jelgava.
* For the equivalent of 1 euro you can take a regional train to [[Jelgava]], a much smaller city about an hour of train journey to the south. From there, it is relatively easy to hitchhike towards [[Šiauliai]] ([[Lithuania]]) and other destinations in this direction, although sometimes, especially in [[winter]], the road can be pretty empty and one can get stuck there, as [[User:Sigurdas|Sigurdas]] has experienced.
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=== South towards [[Bauska]], [[Jelgava]], [[Kaunas]] (LT), [[Vilnius]] (LT) {{European Route Number|67}} ===
If you want to get towards the south, get out of the city center first. There are several possibilities:
* From RIX airport, try asking drivers of cars with Lithuanian number plates ("LT").
* From the central bus station, take a minibus to ''Kekava''; from there find the main road '''E67/A7''' in the direction of Bauska. Just find a good spot - and good luck!
=== North towards [[Pärnu]] or [[Tallinn]] ([[Estonia]]) {{European Route Number|67}} ===
