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'''Suwałki''' is a city in northeast [[Poland]] along the [[E67]] "Via Baltica"highway. It is a major transit point between the Baltic countries and Poland and the last major settlement before the [[Lithuania]]n border.
== Hitchhiking out ==
=== North towards [[Lithuania]] {{European Route Number|67}} ===
From the PKS bus station, walk north about 1km along Utrata street (highway 8 (E67)) till the roundabout. The highway 8 turns right here on Gen. Kazimierza Pułaskiego, so take the right turn and continue straight for 2kms until you are almost out of town. You can hitch at the junction of Knuta Olafa Falka street (opposite the Oil Transfer petrol station). There is a hard shoulder here just wide enough for cars but not trucks; however, traffic is moving reasonably slowly to make it a good enough place to hitch.
=== South towards [[Augustów|Augustow]], [[WarszawaWarsaw]] {{European Route Number|67}} === At From the PKS bus station, walk south on highway 8 (E67) along Utrata street for about 4.3kms until you reach the roundabout at the end southern edge of town, at . Hitch on the highway about 60m after the exit from the roundabout described above. Otherwise, there's some space to stop cars going south, but little light available, depending on is a large Orlens petrol station at the spot/visibility roundabout if you want to choose when hitchhiking ask drivers (or if you get caught in the rain/ at night).
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