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[[File:Siegerehrung.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Winners of the [[Abgefahren hitchhiking race 2010]]]]
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* The '''[http://race.abgefahren-ev.de German hitchhiking society]''' [[abgefahren e.V.]] is organizing a hitchhiking race every year in spring, starting somewhere in [[Germany]].
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* The '''[http://race.abgefahren-ev.de German hitchhiking society]''' [[Abgefahren e.V.]] is organizing the German Hitchhiking Championships every year in early summer, starting somewhere in [[Germany]].
 
* [[Viva con Agua]] organizes yearly races and raising funds for drinking water projects.
 
* [[Viva con Agua]] organizes yearly races and raising funds for drinking water projects.
  

Revision as of 22:56, 17 March 2011

There are a lot of hitchhiking races, mostly in Summer.

Europe

  • Eurizons is an annual hitchhiking race through Europe with about 50 participants, funded by the European Union including some workshops about the Millennium Development Goals.
  • Race to Riga was a race from Faro, Portugal, to Riga.

Belgium

France

Germany

Lithuania

  • The Vilnius Hitchhiking Club has been organizing the annual Baltics competition since 1997. The competition itself pre-dates the foundation of the VHHC by two years. It takes place at the end of April, usually over a distance of around 1,000km, the last edition, Baltics 2010 attracted a record number of participants, 44 pairs.

Netherlands

  • The BOC organizes races occasionally just for fun, usually starting from Utrecht, Netherlands.
  • Some Dutch people from Uden in the Netherlands are organizing a hitchhiking competition once a year, known in Dutch as the Liftwedstrijd (Website gone, Prino 01:29, 24 September 2010 (CEST))
  • AEGEE-Groningen organises every year hitchhiking races to several cities in Europe, with a cultural program and a lot of going out in the night being there! Usually during the week-ends! In October 2010 we will go to Copenhagen!

Poland

  • The Klub Przygody from Poland is organising a hitchhiking competition once a year in the beginning of May. Mostly they start from Gdansk to some destination in Europe.
  • The student government of the Wrocław University of Economy organizes every year the Auto Stop Race. The event takes place during polish long weekend, at the beginning of May. The race starts in Wrocław.

United Kingdom

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See also hitchhiking for charity