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50.40464, 2.74466

we 3 were trying to get to Calais/Dover. a very nice person from Lille took us to this station from the A1. it was much better than the A1 as all traffic was going the right direction. we met lots of people who were going to England via the ferry. eventually, we were offered a lift onwards to Aire de St Hilaire Cottes, the last fuel stop before the Calais ferry, so we took it.
―Alifeee

50.26211, 2.86593

it's ok. we were trying to go to Calais, but most people were not taking the A26. Most were going to Lille, or Netherlands, or Germany, etc. good pizza.
―Alifeee

49.88829, 2.8402

we got dropped off here instead of Aire de Wancourt to the North. we were 3 people and were waiting for a while, so we took a lift to Aire de Wancourt anyway.
―Alifeee

50.63519, 3.0793

it's an ok spot for cars to stop. we were not waiting long. our lift was not going very far, but took us to a roundabout on the A1. In retrospect, we should have asked them to drive an extra 10 minutes to a service station, as the roundabout (and nearby toll booth) were not good for us to hitch from (3 people)
―Alifeee

51.83668, 4.6165

After something like 5 minutes we got ride through Belgium to the edge of the France from young couple in electromobile.
―Kromcz

50.41389, 2.98736

Juste avant l'A1, beaucoup de voitures la remontent.
Le spot est safe et clair
―Anonymous

50.6111, 1.64949

Juste avant le péage de l'A16 on cherche à aller sur Lille, toutes les destinations s'en rapprochent
―Clebs

50.33272, 2.91975

I agree that it's a really weird spot and it was mostly locals but there's space to stand at the side of the turnaround (if a bit windy, also no shelter, so not a spot for bad weather) and cars can stop too. With a sign to Paris we (2ppl) found a ride to Aulnay within half an hour and from there taking the train into Paris proper was pretty easy (and cheap.)
―Anonymous

50.41373, 2.98093

We (2 people) were there on a Sunday, so everything was closed and we only found a ride that didn't go that far. We did find that pretty quick though and I imagine it's a pretty good spot on business days.
As it was for us, it was a small bunnyhop and we were definitely lucky cause there were not many cars, so I'm not rating it super high.
―Anonymous

50.63164, 3.08102

An acceptable starting point, given it's in a big city and pretty easy to reach. There isn't really a place to stop except the red light, but that worked just fine. It was mostly locals but we did end up getting a ride to a nearby reststop. Not ideal but at least we were on the highway. We were two people with a sign to Paris.
―Anonymous

50.52966, 3.04639

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50.27578, 2.83084

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50.27579, 2.83084

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50.53097, 3.04536

Last (or first!) station on the A1. Only 15 km from Lille.
―Anonymous

50.32522, 2.91224

Excellent!
the first/last peage on A1 Lille-Paris. When exiting Lille wait to get directly to here - you will get a ride till next peage in maximum 5-10 minutes. If heading to Lille, wait for direct trip instead of accepting gas station as there are barely no traffic in gas stations
―Anonymous