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Go to the spot near the Woodrow Wilson square. Not many people know this square, but if you say "de zuid", everybody knows where you're talking about. Hitch at the road going to the motorway (). There is a 3 meters wide bike lane, so plenty of place to stop for the cars. Using a cardboard would be clever, as this entry of the motorway splits to different directions.
 
Go to the spot near the Woodrow Wilson square. Not many people know this square, but if you say "de zuid", everybody knows where you're talking about. Hitch at the road going to the motorway (). There is a 3 meters wide bike lane, so plenty of place to stop for the cars. Using a cardboard would be clever, as this entry of the motorway splits to different directions.
Very good place to hitch towards any direction.
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Very good place to hitch towards any direction and there is a big bus station.
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(tram and bus: www.delijn.be, bus stop "zuid")
  
 
=== Southwest towards [[Lille]] ===
 
=== Southwest towards [[Lille]] ===

Revision as of 00:12, 4 March 2011

Gent is a city in Belgium. <map lat='51.02682057115055' lng='3.7205886840820312' zoom='12' view='3' float='right' />

Hitching Out

Getting out of Gent isn't too difficult.

All directions

Go to the spot near the Woodrow Wilson square. Not many people know this square, but if you say "de zuid", everybody knows where you're talking about. Hitch at the road going to the motorway (). There is a 3 meters wide bike lane, so plenty of place to stop for the cars. Using a cardboard would be clever, as this entry of the motorway splits to different directions. Very good place to hitch towards any direction and there is a big bus station. (tram and bus: www.delijn.be, bus stop "zuid")

Southwest towards Lille

  • Option 1: Try getting a ride at the light here, all traffic has to stop so you have plenty of time to talk to people or show your sign off. But make sure you don't make the mistake of trying to get there by getting on the ramp here. It's a lot longer than it looks and cars are going dangerously fast. You'll end up having to jump from the bridge to the ground below like Zac did.
  • Option 2: Go to the big roundabout “De Sterre” near the Sint Pieter station. There you can hitch the N60 towards “Oudenaarde” until you reach the motorway E 17 at Eke.

Northeast towards Antwerpen

  • Option 1 of hitching to Lille (make a cardboard)
  • Take the tram 4 in the city center towards Moscou and get off 1 stop before the tram reaches it's end station. Walk left into the Walstraat and then the first street to the right into the de naeyerdreef (sand road with lot's of trees). At the end of the road you'll reach the entrance to the A14 (E17) where you can easily get a ride towards Antwerpen or Kortrijk.
Ghent offers many cultural highlights.

Useful Resources

A very important thing to know is that Ghent is one of the biggest university cities in Belgium. The main area for students is the Sint Pietersplein, but schools and student dorms are scattered all over the city. Students are very friendly and very proud of their city, so if you need help, don't hesitate to ask them.

You can get free internet access at the university library “de boekentoren,” or in English “the book tower.” It's a big tower located at Blandijnberg, near Sint Pieters plein (which is not same as Sint Pieters station). Just log in as anonymous.

When looking for cheap food and drinks, you can easily try the student areas, as there are many cheap bars (drinks €1-€2) and restaurants/snack bars. Scattered through the city are also a lot of so-called frietkoten. These are small restaurants or even shacks where you can buy fries and snacks at extremely low prices. It's real Belgian culture, and you should really try it out if you ever visit Belgium.



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