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'''Warsaw''' ([[Poland|Polish]]:''Warszawa'', [[Germany|German]]: ''Warschau'', [[France|French]]: ''Varsovie'') is the capital of [[Poland]].
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==Hitching Out== ===South towards [[Radom]], [[Kielce]], [[Kraków]]===
<map lat='52.232005085482086' lng='21.085853576660156' zoom='9' view='0' float='right' />
* <b>By national road (droga krajowa) 7 (E77)</b>
* [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=pl&z=13&ll=52.135279,20.896339&spn=0.077549,0.181274&om=1&msid=113011033065220192664.00000111c8e4caa15aaf3&msa=0| Centrum Janki] on Google Maps
===Southwest towards [[Łódź]], [[Częstochowa]], [[Katowice]], [[Wrocław]] ===
* <b>By national road (droga krajowa) 8 (E67) (dubbed "Katowicka" or "Gierkówka")</b>
* '''Last verified''': August 2007
The road no. 1 (E75) is also a possible connection to Kraków. While longer than road no. 7 (E77) through Radom and Kielce (see above), it is in much better condition and much faster. In Katowice-Sosnowiec area the road ends, but there also starts the [[A4]] motorway linking Katowice with Kraków to the east and with [[Wrocław]] and then the German border to the west. However, many hitchhikers going to Kraków take the straight route, often making the trip in one or two cars (switching at the roundabout in Radom), as many trucks going south from Warsaw to Kraków follow road no. 7 (E77), rather than the detour through Katowice.
===North and northwest towards [[Gdańsk]], [[Toruń]], [[Bydgoszcz]], [[Płock]], [[Olsztyn]]===
* '''Last verified''': July 2006
[[Image:Warsaw-poznan.JPG|right|thumb|234px|Hitching place to [[Poznan]] and [[Germany]]]]
===West towards [[Poznan]], [[Berlin]], [[Germany]]===
Take the tram 26 and get off at <b><i>Fort Wola</i></b>. There you can get in the bus 713 and get off at the last but one stop. The stop is just around the corner, you can stand at the street, there's a bus stop where cars can stop and a street lantern so you can also stand there in the dark.
A better option is to get off the bus some kilometers before (forgot to write down the bus stop) where there is an Orlen petrol station on the right-hand side of the road (forgot the name of it but it is reddish). Do not hitch rides at the petrol station as mostly local people stop there, but there is a lot of space for cars and trucks to stop in front of the petrol station. Holding a Poznań sign could help.
===Northeast towards [[Białystok]] and [[Lithuania]]===
* '''Last verified''': August 2008
There is a series of petrol stations and car parks before and after the ex-[[Budzisko-Kalvarija border checkpoint]]. If you are heading to Estonia, Finland or Russia, you might want to stop at the busiest one and get a trucker from there.
===Southeast towards [[Lublin]] and [[Ukraine]]===
From Central Station get on tram 9, 22, 24 and get off at <b><i>Rondo Wiatraczna</i></b> station, from there get bus 704, 720, 722, 730 and get off at the <b><i>Szosa Lubelska</i></b> station. Try to hitchhike right from the bus-station at Szosa Lubelska.
===East towards [[Brest]] and [[Belarus]]===
Get to the <b><i>Szosa Lubelska</i></b> station (see above). Try to hitch right from the bus stop at Szosa Brzeska.
