Czech Republic

Czech Republic (Czech: Česká republika) is a country in Europe, bordering on Austria, Germany, Poland and Slovakia. It is a member state of the European Union as well as the Schengen Agreement.

In most cases hitchhiking there is quite easy. Czech Republic is a transit country with dense traffic on its main roads. Along with the local drivers you can find there many drivers (especially truck drivers) from nearby countries. Older drivers usually speak only Czech, sometimes some Russian and more seldom German. Younger drivers usually have at least a basic level of English.

Hitchhiking directly on highways and motorways is not allowed; pedestrians are not permitted to walk on these roads for safety reasons. Thus hitchhiking typically involves standing on onramps or at petrol stations on the motorway. While it is not suggested that one hitchhike on highways or motorways, actual confrontations with police are rare, and in the unlikely event that a police car does stop, it is best to be polite and feign ignorance of the rules, and they will usually not give you a fine.

When hitchhiking on regional roads make sure you are at a spot that is perfectly visible to the drivers - in summertime there are many speeding motorcycle drivers.



For planned and newly opened highways see http://www.silnice.info/planovana_vystavba_v_CR2.php?file=cz-stavba-2009-2011-v46-EN.pdf

With Poland

 * Chotěbuz-Cieszyn-Boguszowice

Public transport
Public transport is generally not too expensive with buses being faster and cheaper than trains. Use this very convenient [search engine] for public transport in the entire CR.

Phrasebook
Czech is a Slavic language. Phrasebook with recorded sounds Phrases with trans-scripted pronounciation
 * Hello (formal/casual) Dobry den/Ahoj
 * Are you going to ...? Jedete do ...?
 * Are you please going in direction of ...? Jedete smerem na ...?
 * Thank you Dekuji
 * Goodbye Nashledanou
 * Yes Ano
 * No Ne
 * Next gas station Na dalsi benzinku

Links

 * FB group for Czech and Slovak hitchhikers

isin: Eastern Europe

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