Pretty easy for cars to stop here and go to Beauvechain/Jodoigne.

Easy spot to join Ottignies/Brussels from Namur. Easy to join by bus or feet from the center.

We tried to join the ring of Brussels without success :( to avoid imo

Quickly found a ride going all the way to Spain

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Precisely this curb in front of a semi abandoned hairdresser(?) is probably the best way to get out of this godforsaken city. Finding cardboard is hell because of competition with local homeless, but the convenient double-storey ikea-style Lidl right across the street has an excellent array of un morceau de carton en rab for any down on their luck traveler.

I Always use this spot to leave Bruxelles and reach Paris. 30 minuts waiting.

we walked out of our ride and found new people pretty much immediately!

Mostly local traffic, one guy took us to border because of that

Not a lot of traffic but people were very kind. Two Romanian brothers drove us towards Germany because they watched Asia Express before xd

We rejected a ride 15 minutes in to the next gas station before Gent because this one is so big. This was a mistake, next one was much easier to get a long distance ride

Quite a lot of German cars, few French as well

Wanted to go to Calais, had to ask a lot of people but ended up going to Le Touquet-Paris-Plage.

We were probably lucky, but after a few minutes a kind lady took us to the next gas station on the highway.

Good spot to leave Brussels and go to Paris/Lille. Often people that stop to a gaz station near Brussels.

Hitchhiked here twice after two different Rammstein concerts in the King Baudouin Stadium. Sign saying Lummen, a town known for its highway intersection, the he'Klaverblad' as they say.

500 meters from metro terminus Roi Baudouin on Line 6. Directions Ghent, Mons, France, Charleroi... Cars drive slowly and can easily pullover. Sign saying gas station symbol ⛽. First car stopped in less than a minute, but was driving towards Ghent. Second car to Mons.

I asked around to get towards Brussels, but since I was going to Paris, I searched for a ride to the ring of Brussels, to a suitable motorway entrance. Most people went to Leuven or the next exit.

Sign showing handdrawn gas station pictogram ⛽

Got picked up immediately and brought to past Antwerp

There is big traffic to Paris, some cars go to Belgium and Netherlands, but nobody wanted to take us long distance for long time. It was bad luck for sure… In the end, the driver took a chance and let us ride in the back of his van.

Lots of folks. Got offered a ride pretty quickly to Hasselt, which was halfway to the French Ardennes we were heading to. Still rejected it, figured we gotta stay on the Brussels-Luxembourg corridor to get to the Ardennes. As always when here, we considered accepting a ride to Eindhoven Airport to luck into a ride to Belgium there. One day we’ll try it!

I drove away from the Ikea and saw at the traffic lights a guy waiting to cross the road with a sign Hannover in his hands. I honked, pulled over and brought him close to Maastricht while I was on my way to Belgium.

2 people, Sunday morning - someone in the way to Belgium picked us up.

Heading to Belgium. Arrived here at 13.30 on a Friday, left at 8.45 the next morning. Spent the first 3 hours thumbing at the exit on the side of the road, then started doing laps of the car park and asking people. No luck, no-one even going towards Europe. More European plates earlier in the afternoon but by early evening it was mostly UK cars. Lots of Polish vans and European trucks but none of them seemed at all willing. Had about 6-7 offers of lifts to Ashford/Folkestone/Dover, but held out for the channel crossing. Lost hope by 7pm, so put up my tent in the woods before it got too dark. Started again at 6.45 the next morning. On my 3rd lap of the car park I found a German couple who took me all the way to my destination in Belgium! My sense is that asking people directly is much more likely to pay out with a lift over the channel, but thumbing by the exit can get you to Dover pretty quickly.

Great people, very nice vibe here! But almost exclusively local trafic to Breda and Tilburg, so we had to wait quite a bit to find a ride to Belgium.

People were nice but no one really wanted to take us. At some point we were lucky to find someone who was on his way to the airport. He was so nice to drive a bit further to „Aire de Vémars Est“ from where you find maaanyyy cars that go to belgium and the netherlands :)

A guy let us out here and before he even left we found our next ride. There are many cars from belgium and netherlands!!!

Before the recording of Lubach starts, the 250-person audience is allowed to ask questions. So, I asked for a ride towards Belgium and got one to a gas station near Utrecht. There were also people who offered a ride further, but I couldn't find them in the crowd.

Good spot to head west out of Halle. Good traffic and a bit of space for cars to pull over. Was waiting for about 10 minutes with a sign for Kassel, but given that I just wanted to go in the direction of Belgium, I decided to take a ride all the way to Frankfurt.

Got drop of here. Not that good place. There is small traffic. But I got lucky and some good spontanisu people from belgium made a trip for me. Btw asiking around is your only option here and it is easyer to go to denmark then north

Good for rides to Frankfurt, Belgium and Netherlands, we could stop drivers going both from the gas station and mcdonalds, theres also a lot of people just resting and truck drivers. We waited for a long time tho.

Perfect spot for getting farther South on the Continent. LOTS of European long-distance traffic. You can stand at the exit onto the highway, but I would recommend asking around. We quickly found a ride with a Swede going all the way to Belgium, who dropped us off in Hamburg.

third belgian car i asked took me to belgium, quitw a few dutch and belgium cars, somw germans as well. good spot

Maidstone...the chaos. As you may well know, it's two sides for traffic with a lot that is local. I chose this spot as cars can pull into the petrol station afterwards. Asking cars is a possibility at the restaurant but it's too overwhelming for me...far too many, with a bunch of rude Brits :-) I've done this dozens of times and never really know the best tactic. I actually prefer Clacket Lane on the M25 if I'm alone as there's a lot of trucks/ vans...but I ended up going from there to here. Hot day. Finally a Belg car stopped and once on theptorwat announced they were returning their rented car and taking the foot passenger across. Curses. I broke my hitch to pay for the ticket - they had a friend taking them back to Belgium on the other side and I could continue with. Not too bad...but £30 is still £30 and I was tempted to remain in Dover. Still, energy preservation and knowing I was in at least Belgium by night, and the grape harvest waiting for me in a few days that would pay it back. Maidstone is the spot in UK to go across...but you could be waiting several hours. I looked at the way coming into Dover and think there are some possibilities at the begining...but you should see with time how you're doing and of course you can't speak to most people like that. Good luck!

Heading to the UK. Had a sign saying Belgium. 3rd car I asked took me to Liège.

I definitely got lucky. The sports not bad at all but idk about traffic. First car got me. I originally got picked up at Maidstone by some Belgium guys, they said they were heading across but when we got into Dover they mentioned it was 9pm that night. I jumped out and thanked them but realised I either had to go back up the m20 and find someone going for the tunnel, or I was kinda screwed. This guy just happened to be really eccentric and scooped me up IF YOU WANT THE TUNNEL MAKE SURE YOUR RIDE FROM MAIDSTONE CAN GET YOU THROUGH

Got a direct ride to Paris a lot of people going up north to Belgium and Netherlands

Got dropped here and went round asking the drivers if they were taking the ferry, with a sign saying France/Belgium. On my second round one agreed to take me with him to Belgium. He was going with Irish ferries and it was no problem to add a passenger, no-one even asked about it. He drove me until 2am, let me sleep in the van, then took me to a further junction the next morning.

I think I got big luck. I was dropped but my previous car when a couple of Belgium came to me asking me where I was heading. There didn't seem to be a lot of traffic at that moment of the day.