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|state = Saxony
|pop = 512587.000857
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|motorways = [[A9 (Germany){{Ade|A9]], [[A14 (Germany)9}} {{Ade|A14]]14}}
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'''Leipzig''' is a the biggest city in the [[Germany|German]] ''Bundesland'' [[Saxony]], and is famous for its alternative scene. Check out Plagwitz, Südvorstadt , the "Eisenbahnstraße" (most dangerous street in Germany according to some newspapers) and Connewitz if you're there.
== Hitching Out ===== North towards [[Berlin]], [[Magdeburg]], South towards [[München]] =Hitchhiking out ==
=== East towards [[Dresden]] = Option 3 ====[[File:Hitching You can take a train from the Main Station, Leipzig-Gohlis, Leipzig-Coppiplatz, Leipzig-Möckern or Leipzig-Leutzsch (Regional Express "RB") that goes to "Weißenfels". Get off at "Rückmarsdorf". From there you walk north straight up to the big street that leads to the {{Ade|9}}. It's about 300 m and the way is intuitive. You can either start from there or follow the street westwards for about 500 m where you find a car seller for Renault. There is plenty of space to stop and pick you up. If people only go to Dölzig take the lift. The spot leipzigat the Busstaion Südstraße (first option) is slightly better.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Spot The great advantage of this option is that you get to Rückmarsdorf very fast. Especially if you live close to one of the trainstops mentioned above you're ready to start hitkchhiking in Leipzig described some 10 minutes (vs. 27 minutes busride from the Main Station in Option 2 for hitchhiking North or South]]Bus #131). Remember that the train only goes once an hour (March 2015: From the Main Station at xx:47 h from track 6).
Asking people for a lift towards Berlin on the {{Ade|9}} or towards Magdeburg on the {{Ade|14}} (which is also the way to go for Hamburg) usually works just fine here.
The first rest stop going north from here will be '''[[:de:Köckern Ost|Köckern Ost]]''' on the {{Ade|9}}, that isn't too far. On the {{Ade|14}}, it is '''[[:de:Plötzetal Ost|Plötzetal Ost]]''' which is past Halle. Most of the A14 traffic goes to Halle so you might want to get the ride anyway and get off at the non-gas-station rest area that is on the A14, before Halle but after the branch-off to Berlin.
== Hitching In= Option 4 ===*Hitchhiking into Onramp to the city can be difficulthighway A14, especially if traveling along at the '''crossing of B6 and A14'''. If your driver doesn't mind driving a 10 km detour, you can get off at Leipzig-Nord. Don't get off at the on-ramp, there There is no way to turn around for the driver. *Actually sidestrip, but it is fairly easy to get off at Leipzig Nord-Ost or Leipzig-Ost, where you have possibilities barely possible for the driver cars to turn around and the tram is within 1 km reachstop. If coming from south-east, lot of drivers go in via A38[[File:Tzuiop9c onramp Leipzig A14xB6. In both cases you can use the directions given in the two optionjs for getting onto jpg|thumb|Onramp to A14 direction Dresden.*Otherwise, options are the airport where a train is going regularly into the city. *If traveling at the '''A9'''crossing with B6, you can best get off at Leipzigeast-West. After 2 minutes end of driving there's a bridge and a traffic light where your driver can turn around. Info is not 100% verified, so take care.Permoserstraße]]
==== Option 5: service area Muldental ====
In direction Dresden you then have a service area called "Muldental" since a lot of people turn of before Dresden so that you can use also the rather local traffic (to Grimma or further).
=== West towards [[Erfurt]], [[Cologne|Köln]], [[Belgium]] {{Ade|4}} ===
[[File:CraigChristmasHitch.jpg|thumb|220px|right|Santa Claus [[User:Halt, Stop! Reudnitz kommt.|Craig]] hitching bus stop near ''Leipzig West'' ({{Ade|9}}).]]
When heading to Belgium highway number 4 is a decent option. There are no comfortable ways (other than luck) to get on the highway to Kassel {{Ade|38}}. Though if there's somebody taking you to the {{Ade|38}} make sure you get a long lift. There is only one service station [[:de:Rohnetal Nord|Rohnetal Nord]] before reaching the {{Ade|7}} near [[Göttingen]]/[[Kassel]].
You can take bus 131 from Main Station (Leipzig Hauptbahnhof) or Merseburgerstrasse that will take you all the way close to the {{Ade|9}} (alight at B181/Dölzig). At the bus stop you can easily get a lift in all directions. All day long heavy traffic yay ;-) [[User:Halt, Stop! Reudnitz kommt.|Craig]]'s waiting times average at 15 mins for direction [[Cologne]] (West) or [[Nuremberg]] (South), 20 mins direction [[Berlin]] (North).
First you have to go south on the {{Ade|9}}, use a sign "A9 Süd", there's a gas station on the highway 30 km south from Leipzig called "Osterfeld". There you can find a ride going West on the {{Ade|4}} . Ask for people going at least to Erfurt. The only service area with gas station on the {{Ade|4}} before Erfurt is called "Eichelborn" and is located BEYOND Jena.
The on-ramp on the side away from Leipzig is slightly more spacious (but not spacious) and there was a little more traffic when [[User:Guaka|guaka]] was hitching from there on Thursday around noon.
Right after getting onto the {{Ade|4}} there's a restaurant (but no gas station) called "Teufelstal" that's okay during the day ([[User:Guaka|guaka]] found a long ride to almost Giessen from there).
== Hitching In ==
When coming through the {{Ade|14}} it is fairly easy to get off at Leipzig Nord-Ost or Leipzig-Ost, where you have possibilities for the driver to turn around and the tram is within 1 km reach. If coming from south-east, lot of drivers go in via {{Ade|38}}. In both cases you can use the directions given in the two optionjs for getting onto {{Ade|14}} direction Dresden.
Otherwise, options are the airport where a train is going regularly into the city.
If traveling the {{Ade|9}}, you can best get off at Leipzig-West. The driver can go off to "Einkaufszentrum", then let you out at Nova Eventis. There you can easily get a car to the center just hitchhike anywhere near the exit for Leipzig at the parking with a sign "LE".
Hitchhiker [[User:Halt, Stop! Reudnitz kommt.|Craig]] would rather recommend to ask drivers going off to ''Leipzig''. The road directions are not separated on that side anymore and there is a perfect spot (bus stop) for hitching into the city plus drivers can easily make u-turn going back to the highway. [[Korn|Korn]] mentions, that you can catch a ride from here even in the night pretty easy. If you get off earlier and don´t want to walk that far, there is also a huge keeping area on the right side, after you left the highway and underpass the bridge. It is also the first possible point for cars to make a u-turn and get back on the highway.
== Public transport - Riding with and without a ticket ==
Getting caught without a ticket:
* fine is 40 60 EUR, payable by bank transfer in about 10 days
* I don't know if there are special rules if you possess a non-German ID
* After 20:00, you usually need to get in buses at the front and show your ticket to the bus driver
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