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The '''border''' is also quite a good spot. To get there you'll have to take the Line 2 of the metro until "C. H. Dron" (last stop, and actually already in Turcoing, not in Lille). It takes more than 30 minutes from the center of Lille though. From there to the A1 is about 1015-15 20 minute walk (take rue de la Briqueterie which then becomes rue du Vertuquetjust follow the signs indicating the motorway from the roundabout next to the exit of the station). The A1 on ramp there is not a very good place to be, you can try for a few minutes though if you're already tired walking. Otherwise the border is some 500 meters down the highway. There is space to walk behind the safety barrier. Once there, you'll see the abandoned border terminal. Get past it, and there will be plenty of room to hitch. Speed is limited to 10 or 20 50 km/h there. You can try to catch a ride into the Netherlands or just get a ride to the gas station 5 kms km into Belgium at Kortrijk where loads of Netherlands folk stop for a refill.