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{{Infobox Polish Location
|country = Poland
|state = Masovian (Voivodeship)
|map = <map lat='52.232005085482086' lng='21.085853576660156' zoom='9' view='0' float='right' />
|pop = 1 709 781
|plate = WA, WB, WD, WE, WF, WH, WI, 
'''WJ, WK, WN, WT, WU, WW, WX, WY''
|motorways = {{Apl|2}}
|expressways = S8, S2, S79
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'''Warsaw''' (Polish: ''Warszawa'') is the capital and largest city of [[Poland]]. 
You can cross city very fast by using public transport. Check public transport lines at bus and tram stations.


== Hitching Out ==


=== West towards [[Łódź]], [[Poznań]], [[Berlin]], ([[Germany]]) {{National Road Number Poland|A2}} {{National Road Number Poland|S2}}   {{National Road Number Poland|92}} ===

'''Option #1: S8 onramp (busstop) Warszawa-Powązkowska''' 

Take bus 103, 122, 180, 186 or 409 and get off at '''Gen. Maczka''' (Note: bus stops only on request here!). Hitch right from the bus stop where bus 186 in final direction ''Szczęśliwice'' stops. Holding a sign A2 makes the difference to get the ride out. The S8 starts here and eventually changes into the A2 to [[Łódź]]. [http://goo.gl/maps/kizfT Streetview here].

Next bigger rest stop on the A2 highway is in Biskupice - MOP Brwinów Południe.

'''Option #2: A2 highway service station MOP Brwinów Południe / Mcdonalds''' 

(Opposite side of higway are some lakes. Search maps for Wake Family Brwinów)

Ride a train to railway station ''Brwinów''. When you walk down the stairs of the platform turn right and walk direction north. The road is first called Rynek, later Biskupica, and the road number is 720. Keep following it until you pass the A2 with a tunnel, then take the first road left and follow it until the service station. The distance to walk is about 3.5 km.Google maps [https://www.google.lv/maps/place/Lotos/@52.1555185,20.6843505,17z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0000000000000000:0x0b81cddde3d7575f link here]

Alternative way: bus 743 from Cmentarz Wolski  till Wolica Plochocina end stop and than walk to Biskupice 5 km (look a bus stop list some buses goes to other final stop)

'''Option #3: S8 onramp Warszawa Zachód''' 

This option involves the least walking and is quite close to the city centre and the western districts. To get there you have two different possibilities:

A. Take the tram 8, 10, 26 direction ''Os. Górczewska'' and get off at ''Ciepłownia Wola''. There you can get in the bus 713 and get off at '''''Mory''''' (The first stop on public transport zone 2 (''strefa II'')). Walk back around 200m in the direction your bus came from, until the on-ramp of the A2 snd hitchike there

B.  Especially during rush hour, there is a faster way to get to the on-ramp at the A2: Take the ''KM3'' train in direction of [[Łowicz]] or [[Sochaczew]] (sometimes only going to [[Błonie]]) and get of at the station ''Gołąbki''. From the pedestrian crossing over the tracks you can already spot the highway's noise barrier to the north-west. Follow the road on the northern side of the train station to the north, turn right at the next crossing and the road should lead you through an under-bridge under the highway after a couple of minutes. After, you cross the road and arrive at the on-ramp described under ''#1''. The whole walk is around 1,5km.

You can take the trains from platform #3 at ''Warszawa Śródmieście'' which is next to the Central Station

'''Option #4: S2 bus stop on the entry to bypass from southern part of the city''' 

Take the bus from metro station Wilanowska to the stop '''Żołny''' (lines 319, 709, 715, 727, 739). Then go back a bit to the direction you arrived under the overpass and turn left. There is a place where a lot of the southern inhabitants of Warsaw go to A2. There is an unused bus stop on the highway entrance. There is enough space to stop a truck. The drivers will come around the bend, but if you stay at the end of the bus stop they will go slow enough and they will have much time to see you and stop. It is a great place to catch direct car to Łódź, to Poznań or even Gdańsk you can change on the service station (MOP) Nowosady (there are Burger King and Shell gas station), if the driver comes to Łódź and you want to go west or north it is important to left before A1 and A2 junction.

'''Option #5:  National road 92 slower option''' 

If you wish to take the old main road DK92 (not advisable if you want to travel fast...) you can use a place which takes a bit more time to reach:

Take the ''KM3'' train in direction of [[Łowicz]] or [[Sochaczew]] and get out at ''Ożarów Mazowiecki''. 

When you get out at the station in ''Ożarów Mazowiecki'' (make sure you keep an eye out for the correct station, Ożarów Mazowiecki only has one sign at the end of the station) just leave the station to the right (facing away from Warsaw) and follow Marii Konopnickiej Street until you reach a bigger street, Poznańska (about 500m). Another few hundred meters to the East you will find a bus stop with plenty of space to stop (it's across the street from the church). It's just one lane, cars are going quite slow and you avoid a great deal of local traffic out of Warsaw. Even though this is the old main road to the West and some drivers (especially trucks) take it to avoid the highway fees, it will probably take longer than using the highway.


=== South towards [[Radom]], [[Kielce]], [[Kraków]] {{National Road Number Poland|7}} {{E|77}} ===

Get tram 7, 9, 35 from the city centre e.g ''Aleje Jerozolimskie'', ''Warszawa Centralna'' (Main Train Station), ''Centrum'' (Warsaw Metro station) going in the direction of '''''P+R Aleja Krakowska''''' and get off at the last stop. Then, take bus 707, 728, 807  to ''Janki'', or bus N88, 706 or 807 to ''Plac Szwedzki'' (a stop near ''Janki'' and in front of an IKEA store) and walk back to the stop ''Janki''.

From the stop ''Janki'', note that the road splits. The Aleja Krakowska road going left will cointinue on E77 highway. Place next to Aleja Krakowska street 5 has nice place to hitchike. Using a large sign can be very effective.

As for 2020, there's new piece of S8 expressway, which goes around Janki. You can go to '''''P+R Aleja Krakowska''''' as mentioned before. From there take bus 721 in direction of ''Kosów'' or 728 towards ''Złotokłos''. You can go out on stop ''Sękocin Las'' (Second one, after the crossing & joining with main road. There are two stops with same name, if you get out on first, right one is ~100m further). There's some forest if you want to sleep, but not a lot of lights for after sunlight. You can also go further to stop ''Wygoda'' and try on road or gas station there.


=== Southwest towards [[Wrocław]] {{National Road Number Poland|8}} {{E|67}}, [[Łódź]] {{National Road Number Poland|72}}, [[Katowice]] {{National Road Number Poland|1}} {{E|75}} ===

'''Option 1'''

Get tram 7, 9, 35 from the city centre e.g ''Aleje Jerozolimskie'', ''Warszawa Centralna'' (Main Train Station), ''Centrum'' (Warsaw Metro station) going in the direction of '''''P+R Aleja Krakowska''''' and get off at the last stop. Then, take bus 707, 728, 807  to ''Janki'', or bus N88, 706 or 807 to ''Plac Szwedzki'' (a stop near ''Janki'' and in front of an IKEA store) and walk back to the stop ''Janki''.

From the stop ''Janki'', note that the road splits. The Mszczonowska road going right will cointinue on S8 highway. Place next to Mszczonowska street 9 has nice place to hitchike. Using a large sign can be very effective.

'''Option 2'''  - AMIC Energy gas station / MOP Urzut rest stop 
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There is a AMIC Energy gas station / MOP Urzut rest stop about 5 km after Nadarzyn town.  Get by bus 733 to the bus stop Urzut and walk 1 km forward

=== North and northwest towards [[Gdańsk]] {{National Road Number Poland|7}} {{E|77}}, [[Olsztyn]] {{National Road Number Poland|51}} and [[Toruń]], [[Bydgoszcz]] {{National Road Number Poland|10}} ===

A good place to hitch from near the bus stop ''Dzierżoniowska'' (you need to press STOP for that busstop). To get here, either take bus 114 from metro ''Młociny'' in the direction ''Młociny-UKSW'', or take bus 181 from the metro station ''Plac Wilson'' in the direction ''Cmentarz Północny''. Once you get off the bus at ''Dzierżoniowska'', you can see the main road going north and there are several places to stand. Best is trafic lights next to McDonald.


=== Northeast towards [[Białystok]], [[Kaunas]] ([[Lithuania]]) {{National Road Number Poland|S8}} {{E|67}} ===

Highway S8 in and around Warsaw is now complete and open for traffic

'''Option 1'''

Go to the metro station Dworzec Wileński and from there take bus 738 bus till stop Cmentarz and walk back and a bit forward on road 8 / 629 towards Bialystok after some disctance this road joins a S8 highway. 

First bigger rest stop on S8 highway is MOP Małopole 

Also there are some small lakes and nice place to camp overnight

'''Option 2'''  Roundbout S8 / national road 629 on ramp

Bus 412 from Dworzec Wileński till Wolności (3 stops). There is also a Shell fuel station (Piłsudskiego 2) with space next to it. A bit back is  Geodezyjna bus stop where you may try to hitchike. Better have sign Bialystok. 

'''Option 3''' - A2 highway service station BEFORE Warsaw - MOP Brwinów Południe / Mcdonalds

(Opposite side of higway are some lakes. Search maps for Wake Family Brwinów)

Ride a train to railway station Brwinów. When you walk down the stairs of the platform turn right and walk direction north. The road is first called Rynek, later Biskupica, and the road number is 720. Keep following it until you come the A2 highway and before it turn left. The distance to walk is about 3 km

Alternative way: bus 743 from Cmentarz Wolski  till Wolica Plochocina end stop and than walk to Biskupice 5 km (look a bus stop list some buses goes to other final stop)


=== Southeast towards [[Lublin]], [[Lviv]] ([[Ukraine]]) {{National Road Number Poland|17}} {{E|372}} ===

From Central Railway Station ''''Dworzec Centralny'''' get on tram 9, 24 direction ''Gocławek'' and get off at '''''Plac Szembeka''''' stop, from there, go trough the street, and bus stop in this same direction (east) is on the second side of the street. Get bus 704, 720, 722, 730 and get off at the '''''Szosa Lubelska'''''. Hitch right from the bus stop at ''Szosa Lubelska'' street.

Or from Central Railway Station Dworzec Centralny or from metro station ''Politechnika'', take bus 502 to the last station, ''Stara Miłosna''. From here walk to the intersection ''Szosa Brzeska'', then turn right and walk 500 m to the aforementioned stop ''Szosa Lubelska''.

''Wał Miedzyszynski - Bronowska Street'' intersection is also quite a good spot.


=== East towards Siedlce, [[Brest (Belarus)|Brest]] ([[Belarus]]) {{National Road Number Poland|2}} {{E|30}} ===

Get to the station Szosa Lubelska (see above). Try to hitch right from the bus stop at Szosa Brzeska.


== Money-saving Tips ==

Internet cafe for free: at the Univerisity of Warsaw main campus (adress: Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28) there is situated free of charge internet cafe for students, but none will check your ID. Internet cafe is located in old library building vis a vis main entrance on the 2nd floor. It is open from 08:15 to 20:45. Please be polite:)


== Wild Camping ==

Vysla river ''Wild camping'' with tents not far from Central bus station/railway - go to Świętokrzyski Bridge cross it and turn left on the first road Wybrzeże Szczecińskie. Walk one minute and you will spot  downhill to side of river with the flat land and small hill with big tree camp on opposite side  of the tree. Thats nice place noone see you from the road above. Also its on the other side of bus station Most Świętokrzyski 03 (buses 102, 162, N14, N64 stops here). Also a riverbank there looks promising for tent camping

[[File:W-camping.jpg]]


There are several large '''squats''' in Warsaw. You will find the Skłot Przychodnia on Skorupki 6. There's another one called Serena.

You can swim in Lake Czerniakowskie, Dziekanowskie Lake, Zegrzyńskie Lake


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