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{{Infobox Czech Location
|map = <map lat='50.08' lng='14.46' zoom='11' view='3' height='350' width='420'/>
|country = Czech Republic
|state =
|motorways = [[D1]], [[D5]], [[D8]], [[D11]]
}}
'''Prague''' (''Praha'') is the capital of the [[Czech Republic]].
==Hitching out=====North-East, towards [[Mlada Boleslav]], [[Liberec]], [[Goerlic]]===
Take the metro line B (yellow) to the last station, Cerny Most, then continue in the same direction. About 10 minutes down the road there is a motorway bridge. Pass under it and turn right to get on the motorway. Continue until you reach the railway bridge and hitch just before it. The problem is, that people don't usually go that way if they are going north.
You can also get to an easily reachable petrol station on the motorway getting north walking.
You must go to Letňanská (e.g. bus 186 or 233 from Palmovka). Then going down from the bus, you can see the entrance of the motorway straight ahead. Put yourself so you have the motorway on your right, then cross the street (going north then), and then the parkings, and go behing the buildings, looking for a small bridge ("most" “most” in czech), going above the motorway. From there you will see the petrol station. There are not so many people stopping there, but they all are (almost) going in the good direction. Just ask if they are going north ("sever"“sever”) or if they can just let you on the next petrol station ("příští pumpa"“příští pumpa”/"prschieschtee pumpa"“prschieschtee pumpa”), where there will be normally more cars.
'''WARNINGWarning''': If you are passing through Dresden, take a look on [[Dresden]] hitchwiki page.
===West, towards [[Plzen]], [[Nürnberg]]===
From metro Zlicin (line B, yellow), take bus nr 380 or 308 to Rudna. From the village it's about 5-10 min walking to the petrol station. Avoid going into Plzen or getting dropped off on the bypass. It's better to try to find a direct ride to [[Germany]] from the last petrol station before Plzen.
===East, towards [[Brno]], [[Bratislava]], [[Budapest]], [[Vienna]], [[Kraków]]===From metro Opatov (line C, red) follow noise to the motorway. Walk along the road about 5 minminutes, keep going over the crossroad and the bridge over the motorway (see second map). Now you might see other hitchhikers on the sliproad. Be careful and stay on the slip road, not on the motorway (sometimes police passes by). Average waiting time is less than 1 one hour. From the bridge you can see the petrol station 'Újezd u Průhonic' - – it's about 1.5 km by motorway, but it isn't a good place.
[[Image:ujezdupruhonicprague.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Hitchhikers at Újezd u Průhonic petrol station. Regular local hitchers were about, as well as hitchers doing the race.]]
[[user:tmoon|Tom]] shared this spot with about 20 other hitchhikers during a race in April 2007 (most started at the sliproad spot described above, but just got dumped at this petrol station). While his teammates fell asleep on the grass for 3 hours (!), he was able to chat with other hitchhikers and drivers, and get ride offers towards [[Brno]], [[Bratislava]], [[Budapest]], [[Vienna]] and [[Kraków]]. The average waiting time was 20–30 minutes, plus there were several truck drivers promising longer lifts after a few hours' rest. <!-- ==External links==
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