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1. Take tram 4 to ''Sportweg''. Cross the tram tracks to the opposite platform and walk back about 30m in the direction the tram came to the lay-by on Pfingstweidstrasse. This is a very good hitching spot located before the motorway entrance as cars are not going too fast and drivers can see you from afar and have time to pull into the lay-by. It is also a spot easily accessible from the city center.
2. Another option is to reach a petrol station on the motorway by train and then foot. Take the S12 to ''Kilwangen-Spreitenbach''. The stop is near the service station. One can also use this petrol station to go east and south of '''Zürich''' by using the opposite side to the Bern/Basel exit.
[[User:OlcheMaith|Nina]] used the first spot twice, the first time waiting quite long for a ride and the second time having no luck at all. I headed to the second spot, reached it, but the nearest petrol station was very small, and the big one was close but unreachable by foot. I walked to the east until IKEA where it was possible to cross the highway, and there waited on Limmatstrasse before the exit that leads to the highway. I got a ride very fast. It seems to me that the way traffic goes out of Zurich, spots like this one - outside the city and before the highway, rather than on the highway inside the city - would be better (maybe a similar one at Dietikon - haven't tried it, but it would make sense, and the train there is cheaper).''Option 1 '''
3Take tram 4 to ''Sportweg''.Third option is Cross the tram tracks to reach an other petrol station on the motorway by train opposite platform and then foot.Take walk back about 30m in the direction the S6 (Direction Baden) and stop at Würenlos or go tram came to the train station Killwangen Spreitenbach (there lay-by on Pfingstweidstrasse. This is a very good hitching spot located before the motorway entrance as cars are both at the same distance more or less). From there not going too fast and drivers can see you will from afar and have time to walk to pull into the gas station (C8QX+F3 Würenlos, Suisse) crossing the village and then follow a road leading the station itself (crossing nice fields and a little forest from Würenlos)lay-by. There It is also a gate which opens in both direction that gives you access to this big gas station and you can access both sides of spot easily accessible from the motorway since the stations are connected. Easy rides towards to Lausanne/Geneve and even Francecity center.
I often use the first spot and it always works very good. Sometimes I already had to change car at "Kilwangen-Spreitenbach". It never was a problem.'''Option 3'''
August 2019: I was at the spot of Third option 1 is to reach an other petrol station on a sunday at 12:00 the motorway by train and I waited for 1 hourthen foot. I got picked up by Germans, who dropped me Take the S6 (Direction Baden) and stop at Würenlos or go to the train station Killwangen Spreitenbach (there are both at the same distance more or less). From there you will have to walk to the gas station just past (C8QX+F3 Würenlos, Suisse) crossing the Swiss German border, which wasn't village and then follow a good spot either road leading the station itself (on that sundaycrossing nice fields and a little forest from Würenlos). Luckily there There is a gate which opens in both direction that gives you access to this big gas station just before Basel so and you can accept access both sides of the motorway since the stations are connected. Easy rides going theretowards to Lausanne/Geneve and even France.
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Camping spot:
In the Platzpromenade, there is a big tree big enough to set the tent inside, well hiden inside.
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'''Zürich''' (''Zurich'' in English and French, ''Zurigo'' in Italian and ''Züri'' in local Swiss-german) is a city in [[Switzerland]] and lies in the northeast of the little alpine country. It is the biggest city in [[Switzerland]], but not its capital. The city is well connected with motorways in all directions. Keep in mind that Zürich (and Switzerland in general) is expensive compared to its neighbouring countries.
== Hitchhiking out ==
=== Northwest towards [[Basel]] {{European Route Number|60}}, southwest towards [[Bern]] {{European Route Number|35}}, ===
'''Option 2 '''
Another option is to reach a petrol station on the motorway by train and then foot. Take the S12 to ''Kilwangen-Spreitenbach''. The stop is near the service station. One can also use this petrol station to go east and south of '''Zürich''' by using the opposite side to the Bern/Basel exit.
=== South towards [[Italy]] {{European Route Number|41}}, east towards [[Austria]] ===
Since there is the bypass tunnel, you can also stay at the spot at Pfingstweidstrasse (look above) to go towards Luzern and Italy. There are not so many cars going in this direction, but it is a very kindly spot.
=== North towards [[Germany]], east towards [[Austria]], [[Germany]] ===
'''Option 1''' from city centre
To start towards Germany from the City Centre you can also take the public transport to Limmatplatz and walk over the Kornhausbrücke. On the other side of the bridge you take the stairs down to the Wasserwerkstrasse. Just some hundred meters from there the highway starts into a tunnel to the left. You can walk near the tunnel and take position in the middle of the street on the traffic island just in front of the traffic light. Like that the cars can see you easily and you can jump in, while it is red. Unfortunately, this position is not very comfortable because you are standing in the middle of the traffic (an I am not sure, if it is legal... but normally you come away quite fast). If you don`t like that (or if it is raining) you can also stay under the Kornhausbrücke. There is not so much traffic, but it is also ok. The best thing is to write Winterthur on your board. Like that you are coming to the petrol station Kempttal just in front of Winterthur.
'''Option 2''' BP petrol station
Take S-Bahn S7 to Kemptthal (~25 minutes from the main station), then walk up the hill in the direction from where the train came from. After a 5 min walk, you should see a grassy hill on your right hand side. Walk to the top of the grassy hill and you will find a BP petrol station, a restaurant and a small COOP supermarket.
== Public Transport (Freeriding) ==
You can also reach everything in Zürich very easy by bike. Here you can rent bikes for free (you have to give a deposit): https://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/aoz/de/index/shop/veloverleih.html
== Free Food / Free Concerts ==
== Wild camping == In the Platzpromenade, there is a big tree big enough to set the tent inside, well hiden inside. == Nomadwiki & Trashwiki & Nomadwiki == {{nomadwiki}}
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