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[[Image:Ruhr area-map.png|thumb|right|420px|The Ruhr Area]]
The '''Ruhr Area''', also called simply Ruhr, (German : ''Ruhrgebiet'') is an urban area in [[North Rhine-Westphalia]], [[Germany]], consisting of a number of large formerly industrial cities, including [[Duisburg]], [[Oberhausen]], [[Bottrop]], [[Mülheim an der Ruhr]], [[Essen]], [[Gelsenkirchen]], [[Bochum]], [[Herne]], [[Hamm]], [[Hagen]], [[Dortmund]], [[Wesel]], [[Recklinghausen]], [[Unna]] and [[Ennepe-Ruhr]].
Altough, there is a very high density of motorways, hitchhiking there is quite tricky.
When coming from, the south, heading to north or east, you should take the A1 until ''Kamener Kreuz'', and then follow the A1 for north or transfer to the A2 for east. Close before ''Kamener Kreuz'', there is one of the few service areas (''Lichtendorf''), which is great to get a ride in direction of [[Bremen]], [[Hamburg]], [[Hannover]] and [[Berlin]] (but also for [[Cologne]]).
When coming from the east East (on the A2) and having a ride that goes to somewhere into the Ruhr Area, it's recommended to get dropped at ''Rhynern'', a big service area close before the Ruhr Area. From there you can get a ride to south (direction [[Cologne]]), or maybe to the [[Netherlands]].
When coming from the westWest, it will be quite difficult to cross the Area. A good place could be the service area ''Ohligser Heide'', close to [[Düsseldorf]], which is difficult to reach by hitching, but easy to reach by public transport.
==Public transport==
The public transport in this area is coordinated in a transport network (called ''VRR''), which means that you can take any bus/tram/subway/supension railway/train (execpt IC and ICE) with one ticket. For about 9 euros, you can get a ticket to get from anywhere to anywhere.<br />
Tickets for only one city are about 2,20 eurosEuros. [[Category:Germany]]