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There are quite a few [[police]] controls around Aachen, so make sure you are not bringing any drugs from the Netherlands to Germany as you might get controlled.
Hitchhiker There are quite a few [[User:Fverhart|Fverhartpolice]] writes: ''"I don't like drugs and I was never checked on the border. Once in my life I had some marihuana with mecontrols around Aachen, our host so kindly asked for it that I took make sure you are not bringing any drugs from the risk, although I did not know what kind of risk I was actually runningNetherlands to Germany as you might get controlled."'' [[User:Kriechstrom|Kriechstrom]] thinks otherwise: ''"There Controls are police controls for sure for buses, cars and even bicycles. Bus lines from the NL are being controlled, especially the line 50 from Maastricht if you get out at the main train station. Cars are more likely to be controlled if they have registration plates from other cities than Aachen."'' == Nomadwiki & Trashwiki == {{nomadwiki}}
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Cars number plates starting with letters '''AC''' are registered in this locality. License plates with '''DN''' indicate that a car is from the neighbour locality of Düren in the east. The central terminal for local and regional buses is called ''Aachen Bushof''.
Local inhabitants tell that during recent months there were some car robberies (summer 2014), when one person stops the car and suddenly other people appear and take the car from the person. It was said to be some immigrants from Belgium. So car drivers are very circumspect and it is harder to get a lift there.
== Hitchhiking out ==
=== West towards [[Maastricht]] ===
It is possible to get to Maastricht via the autobahn A4 (A76 in Netherlands) or the federal road B1 (N281 N278 in Netherlands). To take the autobahn, walk from the ''Ponttor'' while in Aachen for about two kilometers up the ''Roermonderstrasse'' or take the buses 27, 37, 47 or 77 from the central bus station ''Aachen Bushof'' to ''Jupp-Müller-Straße'' (2,40 Euro in January 2012). There are two petrol stations and the bus stop for thumbing where you can find a Dutch driver. If he's not passing by Maastricht you can get out at the A76 exit #2 ''GeelenGeleen'' or N281 exit ''Maastricht'' and continue from there.
People going from Aachen to Maastricht might prefer to use the federal road via Vaals, the first town after the Netherlands border, instead of the autobahn. To get there, go to the B1 ''Vaalserstrasse'' or take a bus to ''Vaals''. When in Vaals, walk to the roundabout on ''Maastricherlaan'' road, go for 20 meters more and you will see a bus stop where cars going to Maastricht can stop.
Bus line 52 from ''Aachen Bushof'' in direction of ''Eschweiler Bushof'' will take you to the station ''Röhe Wasserwerk'' in about 25 minutes. (3,20 Euro in January 2012). To continue in direction of [[Cologne|Köln]] just walk back 500 meters, to go to the Netherlands or Belgium cross the bridge over the autobahn and turn left at the first street.
[[File:AachenerLand2013.jpeg|200px|thumb|left|Approaching Aachener Land from town Eschweiler]]
=== West towards [[Liège]] (B), south towards [[Luxembourg]] {{Autobahn|44}} {{E|40}}===
=== A4 from/to west (Netherlands) ===
Ask your driver to drop you off at the exit #3 ''Aachen Zentrum''. From there you can take various buses to the central bus terminal ''Aachen Bushof''. If you're coming from the Netherlands, your driver can turn around when going straight after the exit. Otherwise, going towards the Netherlands he should turn right and then left to be able to drop you off and make a U-turn. Don't drop yourself at the Dutch petrol station (Shell) near borderpoint Vetschau. It was very difficult to find a ride just to Aachen and I stucked there for 3 hours in Feb 2018. There is also NO train-station in the next village Bochholtz (like in some maps), but at least some bus-services to Aachen.
=== A4 from/to east (Cologne) ===
== Other useful info ==
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