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[[File:P8230246.JPG|thumb|240px|right|Hitchhiking to Jyväskylä]]
Take bus 28 from Keskustori (the city's central square) to the stop Vastarannankatu. Just twenty metres further up the road there's the entrance for the motorway, clearly signposted. It's easy for cars to stop there, but there is little traffic. You can walk a bit further to join the actual motorway, where you have a very large insertion road you can take advantage of, however the cars go too quick, even though they see you very well, they do not want to brake.<br/>
The best option is as follows. Walking about 2 km from the place on the picture along the motorway (it's not a highway, it's allowed to walk there), under the bridge and further, it brings you to a gas petrol station, where you can ask people, or stand on a bus stop right beside it. There you have the full traffic, and the cars drive slower, as there is a speed limit.
=== North-west to [[Vaasa]] ===
Walk from the city center centre north-west until you´ll walk under a bridge and will see a road and an amusement park behind that. Cross this road, walk west and after maybe 200 metres you'll find a bus stop. This is not the best hitchhiking spot but with some luck you'll get a ride to a better place. Accept these shorter rides to get to a better spot. There are loads of busstops on the way to [[Vaasa]] from where one can hitchhike from.
== Around the city ==
You can access internet for free in the main library "Metso" (pääkirjasto Metso). There are about eight standing computers, which you can use for 30 minutes, or maybe a bit longer if there is no queue. Look for the bunch of computers with library users around them, the other stands are for the library database only - you will also discover them when you try to navigate off the library homepage (unsuccesfullyunsuccessfully).
There is also an immigrants welcome centre UNIPOINT. Here there are free to use PCs, a mall kitchen and staff that speak English, Suomi, Deutsch that can help you with a range of stuff. Unipoint is open in the day in the old library (vanhakirjasto) in the main square by the main bus station. There are also maps of the city in Unipoint for free. It is run by the council.
