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There are two services along the E40 between Brussels and Gent that you can always manage to reach==== Option 3: Motorway service station Groot Bijgaarden ====# The cheapest way: from bus-stop ''Brussel Rogier'', take De Lijn bus 213 or 214 (direction Aalst) and get off at bus-stop ''Zellik Drie Koningen'Groot Bijgaarden' is about 2.5km Cross over the street and walk back 50m in the direction from where the bus came to the roundabout. Turn into the first street to the right (Kerklaan) and walk 200m. Turn left into Theodoor Coppensstraat and walk ≈650m till you come to the spot junction with Louis De Bondstraat. Take a left here (south) and walk 400m until you are standing# 'Wetteren' is some 34km from Brussels reach a road on the right (Dilbeek Noord). Walk ≈300m and about 15km from you will reach the center of Gentservice station.
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== Hitchhiking out ==
=== North-West towards [[Gent]], also to [[Brugge]], [[England]], ([[Lille]]) {{E|40}} ======= Option 1 ====
Let people take you to the Basiliek of Koekelberg. Then ask them the direction for the motorway. They'll indicate you to the back of the Basiliek of Koekelberg = Keizer Karel laan. Hike for 1,4 km till on your right the Baselix Shopping Center, where you'll find 2 petrol stations. Stay there as people fill up with petrol for going to e.g. [[Gent]] or [[Bruges|Brugge]].
Just ask people.. won't take you more than 10 minutes to get a hike.
==== Option 2 ====
Take tram 82 from the South Station in direction of 'Berchem' until the stop 'Berchem Shopping'. From there turn left and walk up the Av. Charles Quint for about 200 meters and you are at the beginning of the E40 in direction of Gent. Just hitch after the traffic lights, where there is an area for a car to pull aside behind you. The circulation is dense but cars can easily pull aside and get back on the road quite safely. This spot was last successfully used on August 22nd, 2010.
Many people also take this route to go to [[Lille]] and [[Paris]], and there's probably more traffic on this road than on the option going towards Charleroi and Mons.
