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Most people speak the local language, Luxembourgois, but also French, German and English fluently. | Most people speak the local language, Luxembourgois, but also French, German and English fluently. | ||
| − | Luxembourg is a great country for long distance hitchhiking, located as it is very centrally in Europe. A lot of drivers stop here for the low duties on fuel, alcohol, and chocolate. Most motorways leaving Luxembourg have a large service area, and these are the best places to get ongoing lifts. | + | Luxembourg is a great country for long distance hitchhiking, located as it is very centrally in Europe. A lot of drivers stop here for the low duties on fuel, alcohol, and chocolate. Most motorways leaving Luxembourg have a large service area, and these are the best places to get ongoing lifts. However much of the traffic there is people who come just a few kilometers over the border just to get cheaper fuel. So for longer distances it may be wise to have a sign or to preselect the drivers you ask by the numberplates of their car for example to have a less frustrating experience. |
Local hitchhiking on the countryside of Luxembourg is somewhat less straightforward and hitchhiking is not so common there. | Local hitchhiking on the countryside of Luxembourg is somewhat less straightforward and hitchhiking is not so common there. | ||
Revision as of 15:07, 25 December 2007
<map lat='49.7706219593' lng='6.09466552734' zoom='9' view='0' float='right' height='450' width='300'/> Luxembourg is a small country in Western Europe, bordered by Belgium, Germany and France.
Most people speak the local language, Luxembourgois, but also French, German and English fluently.
Luxembourg is a great country for long distance hitchhiking, located as it is very centrally in Europe. A lot of drivers stop here for the low duties on fuel, alcohol, and chocolate. Most motorways leaving Luxembourg have a large service area, and these are the best places to get ongoing lifts. However much of the traffic there is people who come just a few kilometers over the border just to get cheaper fuel. So for longer distances it may be wise to have a sign or to preselect the drivers you ask by the numberplates of their car for example to have a less frustrating experience.
Local hitchhiking on the countryside of Luxembourg is somewhat less straightforward and hitchhiking is not so common there.
