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* '''From first gas station on the highwayNote:'''ItDon's about 1km further than toll booths, but t go towards Katowice if your destination is the spot is better than boothsCzech Republic. You must take bus [http://rozklady.mpk.krakowrisk getting stuck in Katowice's large urban agglomeration.pl/aktualne/0226/0226rw01.htm 226]Instead, follow the instructions below for [http://rozklady.mpk.krakow.pl/aktualne/0209/0209rw01.htm 209] or [http://rozklady.mpk.krakow.pl/aktualne/0258/0258rw01.htm 258Bielsko-Biała] and get off on stop "Winna Góra". You will be already beside the motorway and the gas station is close by. the best is to check the amazingly helpful page [http://krakow.jakdojade.pl/ jakdojade.pl] because the buses are running once for two hours.(user cyclebear tried it in may 2014 and found it the best current solution for going west on A4 from krakow)
* '''1 From Pasternik Cmentarz bus stop'''Get to the bus stop (roundabout) "Rondo Ofiar Katynia" (for public transformation info use [https://www.jakdojade.pl www.jakdojade.pl]) and from there another 2 stops to "Pasternik Cmantarz". There is a bus stop, petrol station and plenty of space for a car to pull over. '''2 From first petrol station on the highway'''It's about 1km further than toll booths, but the spot is better than booths. You must take bus [http://rozklady.mpk.krakow.pl/aktualne/0226/0226rw01.htm 226], [http://rozklady.mpk.krakow.pl/aktualne/0209/0209rw01.htm 209] or [http://rozklady.mpk.krakow.pl/aktualne/0258/0258rw01.htm 258] and get off on stop "Winna Góra". You will be already beside the motorway and the petrol station is close by. the best is to check the amazingly helpful page [http://krakow.jakdojade.pl/ jakdojade.pl] because the buses are running once for two hours. '''3 From [[Toll station|toll booths]]'''
* '''From bus stop behind junction with traffic lights'''
From city center take tram 4, 8, 13 direction ''Bronowice Małe'' and get off at '''''Balicka Wiadukt''''' (one before the last one). Turn right (north), go down the stairs from the bridge and continue walking for about 700m till you get to the roundabout. Turn left (west) and hitch at the bus stop just behind the roundabout.
You can get to the spot also by many buses e.g 172, 238 and get off at '''''Motel Krak'''''.
There are streetlights which allow to hitchhike at night. It's better to write Katowice on your sign, not Wroclaw, seems to be easier to start. There are [[Toll station|toll booths]] and [[Petrol station hitchhiking|petrol stations]] on the way to continue in the direction Wrocław/Dresden/Cottbus.
* '''4 Take a train for about 40km to a good spot'''For a bit more than 10 Polish Zloty ''złoty'' you can take a train from Krakow to the small town of '''Trzebinia'''. It will be An even cheaper if you take a option is the minibus, from the station is behind the shopping mall next to the train station. Leave the train station, turn left, cross the bridge and follow ''road 79'' direction southwest. Its It's just another 1,.5 km to get to the motorway junction and you can try hitch hiking hitching with a KATOWICE-sign "Katowice" already, because a lot of traffic goes towards the motorway and you are already outside of Trzebinia. [[User:Cyclebear|Cyclebear]] tried this spot in june 2012 and found it a good alternative to the difficult situation that is now at the ''Motel Krak'' spot. It takes about one hour to travel get from Krakow main station to Trzebinia. === North towards [[Warsaw|Warszawa]], [[Gdańsk]] {{National Road Number Poland|7}} {{E|77}} ===
** '''Recent development at Motel Krak'''
It doesnt make sense to hitch hike there anymore.
* '''From [[Petrol station hitchhiking|petrol station]] in city suburbs'''
From bus stop ''Motel Krak'' (see above) you can walk down the road for about 1.5km or take any bus in that direction and get off at the second stop called '''''Pasternik Cmentarz''''' (you have to press the stop button otherwise the bus won't stop). There's petrol station and small parking for trucks.
There are two common placesNewly built highway in direction of the east. Take the [http: Start to hitchhike after the inner bypass on ''Opolska'' street - you can //rozklady.mpk.krakow.pl/aktualne/0304/0304rw01.htm bus 304] and get there by buses number 139,132,172,105,102,207 - bus stop name is off at '''Jerzmanowskiego''Opolska estakada'(old ''Prokocim CPN'', but it ). There is quite a busy spotbus stop and plenty of space to stop even for a truck. Magda You can also walk like 500m along the road and Ron decided to try to hitch while waiting for straight from the bus in Opolska estakada highway entrance - there is enough space and you can be easily seen. But now (March 2016) it worked! They found isn't a ride with a truck driver all good place. From the way northern entrance to Warszawa. Although, Nina_Unexia followed their example twice, highway there are the fence hindering drivers from seeing you and it wasn't the luckiest placeroad sign forbidding you to walk. A better option From the southern entrance traffic is VERY poor and mostly going to take the bus number 217Katowice,247,277 until the stop '''''Kuźnicy Kołłątajowskiej'''''not to Rzeszów.
''This spot is great! There is a lot of space for cars to pull over and many cars are going even all the way to Warsaw. And it is very easy to get to this spot. Highly recommended!''
All these busses are avaible from To Ukraine you can't cross the station '''''Nowy Kleparz''''' which you reach border by bus from the center or walkfoot in Korczowa, it is about 2km north of the old townbut in Medyka. If you go there by bus you might get off at a station where only the busses to At '''Radymno''Opolska estakada'hitchhike {{National Road Number Poland|77}} South to Przemyśl and from there hitchhike ''Lwowska'' stop. The bus terminal where / {{National Road Number Poland|28}} to the busses 217,247,277 leave is about 100m further north from the crossroads at ''Plac Nowy Kleparz''border.
Watch out because the bus does not stop at the last stop but drives on so you want to know when to get off. There is a lot of space on deceleration lane going to the petrol station and cars are going extremely slow because there is a traffic light just ahead.
50.095057,19.961504 - put this to google maps, thatFor '''Sandomierz'''s take tram number 10 or 21 till the location of the petrol stationlast stop ''Pleszow''. From there you can start hitching along national road 79.
50.097929,19.961807 - I believe this is the bus stop Kuźnicy Kołłątajowskiej
=== East towards [[Sandomierz]]Another option is an unused bus stop on Tadeusza Śliwaka street, [[Rzeszów]], [[Przemyśl]], [[Lviv]] ([[Ukraine|UA]]) right before the road junction leading to {{National Road Number Poland|4}} {{E|40}} ===going east, the GPS coordinates are: 50°02'15.0"N 20°03'34.0"E. Use https://krakow.jakdojade.pl/ to check the buses going near that spot, preferably use a connection that will end up at bus stop '''Przewóz''' (Bus 158), as it's the nearest one to the spot. This bus stop is right behind the traffic lights, with a lot of space for even a big truck to stop and You will be easily visible. It is not the most popular road leading out of Cracow to the east however, so waiting times may vary.
* The best option , is to take a minibus to the town of '''''Bochnia''''', 25 km east from Krakow (costs 5 PLN). The highway doesn't go further than this town. Just stand on the E40, and hitch rides (waiting times should not exceed 15-20 minutes). (more expensive though, since it's actually possible to get a normal bus ride without ticket and not a minibus ride)
* Since 2011, people usualy take the newly built highway in direction of the east. Take the [http://rozklady.mpk.krakow.pl/aktualne/0304/0304rw01.htm bus 304] and get off at '''Jerzmanowskiego''' (old ''Prokocim CPN''). There is a bus stop and plenty of space to stop even for a truck. You can also walk like 500m along the road and try straight from the highway entrance - there is enough space and you can be easily seen.
To If You are going to Ukraine you can't cross the border by foot in Korczowa, but bear in Medyka. At '''Radymno''' hitchhike mind that recently finished {{National Road Number Poland|774}} South to Przemyśl and from there hitchhike ''Lwowska'' / {{National Road Number PolandE|2840}} highway leads to '''Korczowa-Krakovets''' border crossing, where You '''cannot''' cross the borderon foot (it is permitted only '''Medyka-Shehyni'''). In Also there are very, very few cars stopping at the gas stations and rest areas on highway east of [[Rzeszów]], so before You pass it, either enter a car going straight to Korczowa you border crossing (and wait a long time in the car queue), or go straight to Przemyśl, where You can wait for 3 hours because easily access Medyka-Shehyni crossing, avoid rides to towns like Łańcut or Przeworsk, as most likely You will get stuck there are a lot of cars!.
For Take tram no. 8, 19, 22, 23, 40 (operating only on Sundays and day offs) from the centre to the last stop ''Borek Fałęcki'Sandomierz'. There is a small bus station here. You can either walk south for a couple of kilometres until you go under the highway overpass, or take bus 175, 235, 245, 255, 275, 285 and get out at the stop '' take tram number 10 or 21 till Opatkowice'' immediately after the last stop PLESZOWhighway overpass. From there you You can start hitching along road number {{National Road Number Poland|79}} hitch from the ''Opatkowice'' bus stop.
=== South and southwest towards [[Rabka Zdrój]], [[Ružomberok]] ([[Slovakia|SK]]) {{National Road Number Poland|7}} {{E|77}}, [[Zakopane]] {{National Road Number Poland|47}} and [[Bielsko-Biała]] {{National Road Number Poland|52}} ===
Take tram no. 8Alternatively if you start out early in the morning, 19, 22, 23, 40(operating only on Sundays and day offs) from center or you can take the above mentioned bus no. 141, 145, 151, 201, 204, 214, 215, 225, 244, 265, 451, 608(night) from suburbs in direction ''Zakopiańska'285''' and get much farther away from the city to a much better spot. Get off at the last stop (''Borek Fałęcki'')Mogilany Ośrodek Zdrowia. There This is a small bus station. Walk south stop on ''Zakopiańska'' street for a few hundred metersthe highway, then you will see a traffic lights after which is a bus stop where you can hitch. Cars drive from here slowly, but you also get too much urban traffic. If Excellent spot! (In case nobody speaks English and you don't know where to get off, if you are in the front of the bus near the driver, you will see a ride in 30 minred bridge from the distance, it's better to take this one of the local buses (175: [https://www.google.com/maps/@49.939466, 23519.894601, 2453a, 25575y, 275172.78h, 28592.74t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sG-2qOxM2yscYZqcBJ-67hg!2e0 Mogilany Wiadukt] As soon as you see the bridge in the distance, get off immediately. In case you miss it, no worries, you can get off after the bridge and walk back maybe one kilometer) till after '''WARNING''': the highway crossing bus operates very rarely (stop and '''doesn't'Opatkowice''go on Sundays!), where so you get much better traffic heading your wayshould check the timetable here:[http://rozklady.mpk.krakow.pl/aktualne/0285/0285t001.htm 285 bus timetable]
If your are heading to Slovakia, the road splits towards SK is Rabka. On the split itself there is a good spot to hitchhike, although still a lot of local traffic. You can also take the bus from the main bus station to Rabka. It is 10PLZ. Make sure you tell the driver exactly where to drop you off.
=== Route to If you are going towards [[PragueBielsko-Biała]] ===, tell your driver immediately so that he knows to leave you at the fork in the road a few kilometres south of Krakow.
Google Maps recommends to go to Prague via Katowice - Gliwice - Chalupki (near the Polish-Czech border) - Bohuman - Ostrava. But: nobody goes from here to Prague, and getting a hitch hike is almost impossible. [[User:Vidhiraj|Vidhi Raj]] was stuck here in Chalupki and then on the Czech border in Bohuman before giving up and heading to Ostrava Central station to catch a train to Prague for 18 Euros.
Instead: Go SouthwardIf your are heading to Slovakia, the road splits towards SK in [[Rabka-Zdrój]]. Take a bus in direction of Myslenice and reach At the bus stop at Glogoczow. There is a split fork in the road and you choose the road towards the right hand side. This itself there is a country road good spot to hitchhike, though there is mainly local traffic and not it may require a highway. The road leads couple of lifts to Wadowice and Bielsko-Biala and further on to Cieszynreach the Slovak border. Remember that Alternatively, if you have don't want to head hitchhike in Krakow or save some time, you can take a bus to Cieszyn this spot for 9 PLN, which is a border town between Czech Republic and Poland on the Polish side and then go via Ostrava or Frydek-Mistek not that pricier from what would you pay for public transport in Czech Republic to PragueKrakow. Bus stop is called ''Skomielna Biała, skrzyżowanie''. Here you will find lots of cars and trucks heading towards Prague via You can use [[Brno]http://www.busy-krk.pl/en/rabka-zdroj-krakow.php this site]to check timetables. The journey takes up You can also take a similar mini-bus to ten hoursJabłonka (which is right at the border) for about 20 PLN. Best of luck! :)
I don't know how old the above information is but from my experience the central station is not a good place to try and sleep. The benches are designed so that you cannot sleep comfortably, the security guards were waking everybody up - even if they were just sleeping while waiting for a train that left hours later - and if you tried to even sit on the floor (much more comfortable) they would come along and make you sit on the benches. Avoid.
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→South and southwest towards Rabka-Zdrój, Ružomberok (SK) {{National Road Number Poland|7}} {{E|77}}, Zakopane {{National Road Number Poland|47}} and Bielsko-Biała {{National Road Number Poland|52}}
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=== West towards [[Katowice]], [[Wrocław]] {{Apl|4}} {{E|40}} ===
From main railway station (Dworzec Główny Wschód) take bus 208 or 292 direction ''Port Lotniczy (Airport)''. If you take bus [http://rozklady.mpk.krakow.pl/aktualne/0208/0208rw01.htm 208] get off at '''''Balice Autostrada (NŻ)''''' (you have to press the stop button otherwise the bus won't stop). Walk back for about 30m and turn left (west). Continue walking, go over the motorway by the bridge from which you will see the toll booths. Here's the [http://www.pkt.pl/finddirections.ds?location=50.08418%2C19.80726&location=50.084%2C19.79184&routeStyle=PEDESTRIAN&tab=directions&locationType=latlng&locationType=latlng route] It's a bout 1.5km walk.
If you take the bus [http://rozklady.mpk.krakow.pl/aktualne/0292/0292rw01.htm 292] you have to walk a bit more (about 3km). Get off at the airport and follow this [http://www.pkt.pl/finddirections.ds?location=50.07193%2C19.80054&location=50.084%2C19.79184&routeStyle=PEDESTRIAN&tab=directions&locationType=latlng&locationType=latlng route].
[[File:Krakow to ukraine.JPG|thumb|left|200px|Hitching from Krakow to Ukraine]]
Hitchhike after the inner bypass on ''Opolska'' street - you can get there by buses number 139,132,172,105,102,207 - bus stop name is '''''Opolska estakada''''' Bus stop '''''Belwederczyków''''' buses 257, 277, 280 from '''''Nowy Kleparz''''' and hitch directly from it, it's just outside the city, there is some place for a car to stop and You're visible from far away A better option is to take the bus number 217,247,277 until the stop '''''Kuźnicy Kołłątajowskiej'''''. Here there is a lot of space for cars to pull over and many cars are going even all the way to Warsaw. All these buses are avaible from the station '''''Nowy Kleparz''''' which you reach by bus from the center or walking. It is about 2 km north of the old town. If you go there by bus you might get off at a station where only the busses to '''''Opolska estakada''''' stop. The bus terminal where the buses 217,247,277 leave is about 100m further north from the crossroads at ''Plac Nowy Kleparz''. Watch out because the bus does not stop at the last stop but drives on so you want to know when to get off. There is a lot of space on deceleration lane going to the petrol station and cars are going extremely slow because there is a traffic light just ahead. === North East towards [[Warsaw|WarszawaSandomierz]], [[Rzeszów]], [[Przemyśl]], [[GdańskLviv]] ([[Ukraine|UA]] ) {{National Road Number Poland|74}} {{E|7740}} ===
=== South and southwest towards [[Rabka-Zdrój]], [[Ružomberok]] ([[Slovakia|SK]]) {{National Road Number Poland|7}} {{E|77}}, [[Zakopane]] {{National Road Number Poland|47}} and [[Bielsko-Biała]] {{National Road Number Poland|52}} ===
== Public Transport ==
There is a good very useful and simple to use [http://krakow.jakdojade.pl/Welcome.jsp?locale=en website] showing you how to get from one point to another by public transport in major Polish cities (in Polish and English).
== Sleeping ==
The central station (Dworzec Główny) is open during the night. Guards will , but guards patrol the station constantly and wake you up quite early around 5am but wonanyone who tries to sleep (even people waiting for trains). Better to find a host from a hospitality exchange service or camp outside the city. You can sleep in "student academic" which is on Czarnowiejska/Reymonta street and there are sleeping students from AGH ( Academy of Science and Technology ). It't bother you at all during the s like 30 zloty ( ~8 euro ) for one night. == Nomadwiki & Trashwiki == {{nomadwiki}}
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