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49.29606, 3.99989

Very isolated spot, 4 cars coming in 15 minutes on a Saturday. But we did get picked up by the 4th car. We were 2 people.
―Anonymous

I think it might be the best spot to get out of Lille towards Dunkerque/Calais. There's an obscene amount of going onto the highway, there's a pedestrian crossing, so a perfect place to stop and it's very easy to get to by train (just ask someone to let you through with their ticket, if they say no, ask someone else. They're very nice in Lille). I stood with a "CALAIS" sign and got picked up by someone going to Dunkerque, but they liked me so much that they changed their mind and took me all the way to Calais beach. So I mean it that the people are nice in Lille. Highly recommend this spot too.
―B5Scheuert

50.79967, 3.25018

Seems like the perfect spot, has quite some traffic, but absolutely no one seemed to go to Lille, which genuinely baffled me. I think I just had bad luck maybe. Inside the gas station its very nice though, it was recently re-built as I was told and there's a fair amount of outlets and seating, as well as food and toilets etc. etc.
―B5Scheuert

50.52975, 3.04504

Good spot for going South from Lille. It was slowish traffic but a Dutch couple picked us up and took us to Vierzon. Not to bad to get from Lille, about an hour
―Anonymous

50.52965, 3.0448

Single male with a huge smile. It had a lot of traffic on the morning. I waited at the very end of the station to be able to see all the cars exiting. Luckily Naim took me to the north of Paris. I was holding a cardboard " A1 Paris"
―whiterabbit

50.63184, 3.08083

Single male, July 2026. I started waiting around 09.15. Lots of cars, and a small place to stop. Actually good stop specially in the morning. I waited 30 mins with a sign "Aire de Phalempin - A1". Thank you Anna!!
―whiterabbit

50.53099, 3.04539

2nd car that drove past took us to Paris ! Good spot, lots of traffic. Stood there with thumb.
―Manero

51.1847, 4.28896

Got one ride to next town in a minute, walked to the exit with signs and thumbs and in 2min found a car to France, A1 highway. Incredibly busy here !
―Manero

50.64791, 3.09891

Driver going to Haarlem, I could drive along until Antwerp
―Karelpietertje

50.6346, 3.08665

―Karelpietertje

50.63458, 3.08666

―Anonymous

50.63459, 3.08668

Hitched a ride to the first gas station
―Karelpietertje

50.63011, 3.08118

Was heading towards Bruxelles but after 1 hour trying under the heatwave I was close to let it go when a super nice guy stopped and offer me a lift till Amsterdam! I changed my plan and voilà!
I think the spot under the bridge is better than thé previous one because you can get shelter from the sun, and people can see where to stop... Don't know if a good spot for Bruxelles in the end...
―Adrien44

48.63555, 2.14949

Was heading towards Belgium and didn't want to enter Paris. Had a pannel "Vers Bruxelles" which was quite ambitious but in the end it worked, a ddrievr took me all the way until Lille, avoiding crossing Paris with public transportation under the heatwave. I put myself at the end of the pétrole station and waited. Good traffic on the station
―Adrien44

48.58487, -1.32698

Great spot. Just ask to the people, some are going west and some east, even some of them north Normandy to Granville.
I waited for 45mn and then found two cars at the same time for Lille.
I had a sign Rouen.
―Kweps

51.12552, 1.3197

moved here after waiting closer to the Ferry Port roundabout for a bit. Got a lift after an hour or so with someone. They'd bought the wrong ticket and had no leftover money so we paid for some of the new car ticket. c'est la vie.

While on the ferry we asked for lifts to Paris, but nobody was going (nor did it seem like anyone else but our lift would have picked us up from the street - maybe lucky!), so we went to Lille to stay the night. Successfully asked someone on the street to stay at their place.
―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