Changes

|map = <map lat="'50.0751" ' lng="'14.4347" ' zoom="10" view='39' height='350' widthview='4200'/>

|plate = old: ?A?? ???? newold: A?A? ????

An abbreviation '''PHA''' written ==== Option 1: Motorway service station on your sign clearly informs a driver that you go to Prague.D11 ====

== Hitchhiking out ===== East towards [[Hradec Králové]], [[Pardubice]], [[Wrocław]] {{Motorway Number Czech Republic|11}}{{E|67}} ===From "Černý most", the last station of Take metro line B-line metro (yellow) to the end station ''Černý most''. From here, take bus to station "Na Kovárně" (221, 303, 304, 344, 353, or 398), it is about 10 minutes ride and probably you are going to pay few crowns, but not much. Hundred metres behind the bus-stop turn right and go ''Na Kovárně''. Walk east along Tlustého street, after last house keep Náchodská ≈600m to the junction with Bořetická. Turn right (bigger) road, then left before on Bořetická and walk 1.2km to just over the cemeterymotorway bridge. Go across Take the bridge path to the petrol right here into the service station. It is about 1,5 km, but I think it is the best hitch spot on this direction. There usually arenisn't too many carsvery much traffic, but I've never been there more than half an hourwaiting times are likely to be short. If you get lost ask anyone about for "Hummer Garden" (the place only for Hummers) which is just behind the station.

==== Second option Option 2: K+R (Parking Area) Černý Most ====Maybe better Take metro line B (yellow) to the end station ''Černý most''. There is to use the K+R place near "Černý Most" metro (Park & Ride) to the right (east) of the station, lots of which is popular with hitchhikers and possibly a better choice than option 1. It's necessary to use this placea sign because the road splits in many directions, e.g. Use sign "HK " (Hradec Králové) or "PL " (if you want going to Náchod and Poland). It's necessary to use the sign, because cars there are going to many directions.Disadvantage The disadvantage of this option is that there are only cars traveling out of Prague - and not those going coming from Prague ring road. But However, there is no non-freeway solution how to pick up get a lift for those cars. My personal experience (dj-bobr) for east way (Hradec Králove, Poland) is that you can try to hitchhike at the beginning of D11 Highway (50.098664 N, 14.597708 E). It's a motorway, but police doesn't care, if you stand safe at the shoulder.

 === Northeast towards [[Mladá Boleslav]], [[Liberec]], [[Görlitz]] {{Dcz|10}}{{E|65}} ===

==== Second option Option 1: Motorway service station on E65 ====Another option Take metro line B (yellow) to the last station ''Černý Most''. From there catch bus number 220 to the stop ''Do Čertous''. When you get off the bus, the petrol station is to use behind the big orange building with "H1" on it. ==== Option 2: K+R place near "(Parking) Černý Most" ====Take metro line B (yellow) to the end station ''Černý most''. There is the K+R (Park & Ride) to the same for going to Hradec Královéright (east), lots of the station. Lots of hitchhikers use this place. Use a sign "MB " (Mladá Boleslav), or "LB " (Liberec). It's necessary to use the a sign, because cars are there going to the road splits in many directions. Because Due to the construction of building sections of the Prague Ring (R1) sub-parts, long-distance traffic is lower each day; however, but this spot is still usable. For Hradec Králové   === Northwest towards [[Ústí nad Labem]], [[Teplice]], [[Dresden]], [[Berlin]] {{Dcz|8}}{{E|55}} === If you are passing through Dresden, take a look at the [[Dresden]] hitchwiki page. From either of the spots you can take rides to OMV petrol station before Lovosice or to the Agip petrol station after Ústí nad Labem. The hitchhiking positions there are also good. ==== Option 1: D8 ==== Take metro line C (red) to ''Holešovice''. From here, take bus 201 to ''Vychovatelna'' (3 stops). You will find a great spot with lots of traffic still going slow right at the bus station.  The author had not noted that there are three lanes on this road, and Poland the two inside lanes take the cars to Dresden. The bus lane of course is great and the cars are not going too fast, but anyone going to Dresden on this road would need to cut across a few car lanes to come pick you up. Quite possible but there are better options than this. ==== Option 2: OMV petrol station / Mcdonalds on D8==== Option 1 walking Take metro line C (red) to ''Letňany''. Keep walking northwest along Tupolevova for 500 m, crossing over Beranovych to the pedestrian crossing at the traffic lights. Cross Tupolevova here and keep heading southwest on the pathway leading onto Opocenska. Walk ≈250 m along Opocenska and you will see a small footpath to the right (before the pedestrian/cycle bridge over the highway) heading straight to the OMV petrol station (≈150 m walk). Option 2 metro + bus Take metro line C (red) to ''Letňany''. Take bus 195, 140, 158, 110, or 269 to the stop ''Obchodní centrum Čakovice''. Turn back in the directionthe bus came from and walk ≈1km along Kostelecká (past the roundabout) until you reach the sliproad coming off the D8. This is just before the bridge over the D8. Turn left into the sliproad and after walking ≈100m, you will come to the petrol station (with a McDonalds behind it).  === West towards [[Plzeň]], [[Klatovy]], [[Nürnberg]], [[München]] {{Dcz|5}}{{E|50}}=== Most drivers go directly to Plzeň. However, getting a direct lift to Germany or even further is not unusual. All petrol stations on the {{Dcz|5}} are fine for hitchhiking although often with little traffic. ==== Option 1: Rozvadovská spojka ==== Take metro line B (yellow) to ''Hůrka''. Turn left (west) out of the station and then turn north towards the Albert supermarket. Walk around the left side of Albert supermarket heading up and then over a small bridge until you reach a school. Walk around the school on the left side, heading north, use spot until you reach Běhounkova. Walk ≈ 30m north along Běhounkova until you see the gap in the wall on the left - cut through the parking place and take the path through the gap and you will reach the large bus stop on Nárožní. Cross it and continue to the intersection with Bucharova. Turn left on Bucharova - you will see signs to "Plzeň". Go over the bridge and turn left down the entry slip road to Rozvadovská spojka. After the bend, there is a great place for hitchhiking: lights, straight, hard shoulder with lots of space to stop. Although it's not allowed to stay there, the police don't make any problems here. Take metro line B (yellow) to ''Nové Butovice''. Then take bus 184 (direction Hradčanská) or bus 174 (direction Vypich) and get off at the beginning second stop: "Šafránkova". (The stop is a request stop, so it means that you have to push the button in the bus to stop it). Cross over the road (Bucharova) and walk south 200m to the slip road, and continue to the hitching point on Rozvadovská spojka as described above. Take metro line A (green) to end station ''Nemocnice Motol''. Turn right out of D11 highwaythe station to the bus-stop. Then take bus 184 (direction Velká Ohrada) or bus 174 (direction Luka) and get off at the second stop: "Šafránkova" (the stop is a request stop, so it means that you have to push the button in the bus to stop it). Walk south ≈150m to the slip road, and continue to the hitching point on Rozvadovská spojka as descibed above. ==== Option 2: Motorway service station Rudná ====

=== NorthTake metro line B (yellow) to ''Zličín''. Then take bus 307, 308, 311, Northwest towards [[Dresden]]380, [[Berlin]] {{Motorway Number Czech Republic|8}}{{E|55}}===You can also get or 602 to an easily reachable petrol station on the motorway getting north walkingstop ''Rudná, škola''.You must go to "Letňanská" (eThe ticket costs 18 Kč, ≈€0.g66; 1 zone out of Prague). Walk 60m back in the direction the bus 195, 140, 158 came from metro "Prosek")and turn left into Na Přídělu street. Then going down from the bus, you can You should see the entrance of petrol station in the motorway straight aheaddistance. Put yourself so you have Walk 350m to the motorway on your right, then cross end of the street (going north then), and then the parking, and go behind the buildings, looking for a small bridge (“most” in Czech), going above the motorway. From there you There will see be a footpath towards the petrol station150m away. There are not You need the opposite direction so many people stopping there, but they all are (almost) going in get to the other side of motorway by the tunnel under the good direction. Just ask if they are going north (“sever”) or if they can just let you motorway on the next petrol right.It's a fairly big service station (“příští pumpa”/“prschieschtee pumpa”), where there will be normally more with McD and enough cars.

==== Second option Option 3: Motorway junction at Zličín ====You need to get to the first big petrol station OMV with McDonalds on D8(E55). From metro station ”Letňany” take bus (195, 140, 158, 110, 269) to the stop “Obchodní centrum Čakovice”. Then on the other side of the road take bus (202) and ride one stop to “Na Lukách”. Bus goes once in an hour, so it's better to walk there for 10 minutes. The bus stop “Na Lukách” is very close to D8(E55) motorway. If you took bus or walked, then go towards the bridge and from there you can see the petrol station at left. From that petrol station you can either hitch-hike to Dresden directly or to the last petrol station OMV before Lovosice or to the Agip petrol station after [[Ústí nad Labem]]. The hitch-hiking position there is also good.

Take metro line B (yellow) to the terminal station ''Zličín'Warning''': If . Go under the road Řevnická and turn immediately left. Continue south along Řevnická for 150m to the crossroads with traffic lights. You can stand right at the triangle down on Rozvadovská spojka (police can kick you out) or ask people at the nearby petrol station, KFC, or parking lots. None of these places are good (Options 1 and 2 are passing through Dresden, take a look on [[Dresden]] hitchwiki pagebetter).

==== Fourth option ====From the petrol station point described above walk about 2km at the side of the highway (in the direction Dresden/Berlin) and you will reach another OMV petrol station which has a McDonalds. This is way more populated spotSoutheast towards [[Brno]], [[Ostrava]], I only waited less than an hour to be picked up to be driven to Berlin.Thaddl was there on a sunday evening[[Bratislava]], when seemingly nearly only people from Prague came to have some McD-food and go back again[[Vienna]], and had to wait several hours. And it is not so easy to walk there anymore[[Kraków]] {{Dcz|1}}{{E|50}}{{E|59}}{{E|65}} <br />& South towards [[České Budějovice]], as after half the way a new exit ramp is blocking the way a little.[[Linz]] {{Dcz|3}}{{E|55}} ===

=== West towards [[Plzeň]], [[Nürnberg]] {{Motorway Number Czech Republic|5}}{{E|50}}===From metro "Zličín" (line B, yellow), take bus nr 380 or 308 It's good to Rudná. The village main have a sign at this road goes straight through it. Stop around the center of the village, busstop "Rudná Hořelice" which is the 13th stop. Ticket costs approximately 18 Koruna. You'll see the motorway passing on the bridge on your right. Go under the bridge and walk on the main road until the 3rd right turn which is called Hořelickádefinitely for direction south. Take the third road , go straight until the end and you will see (Ke hřisti). Take the small path at the end of the street, you'll arrive at the gas Every bigger petrol station. It's a 5-10 min walk. Avoid going into Plzeň or getting dropped off on the bypass. It's better to try to find a direct ride to [[GermanyD1 (CZ)|D1]] from the last petrol station before Plzeň. ( ** We 2 guys waited here is good for 45 minutes before getting a hitch hike upto the border of Germany post which going to [[Paris]] was easyhitchhiking. Verified on 6th September 2011)

==== Second option Option 1: Motorway service station on E65 ====Take a tram (9, 10) to "Motol", that's where the motorway link starts. Not a perfect place, but cars are not too fast and there are quite a lot of Germans passing.

==== Third option ====From Take metro "Zličín" line C (line B, yellowred) go to ''Chodov''. look for the the crossroad on traffic lightsbig shopping centre and enter, there's a bridge before (under keeping to the bridge are railways)ground floor, so walk on the traffic light and stand right on locate the triangle, you can catch cars from both ways, they are going slowly there, exit consisting of stairs and there's also a place to stop. We have been waiting there for 10 minutes. elevators ( This OPTION Does not work - Don't Waste Time. verified on 6th Sep 2011 to mention a lift that leads below) Look at ; this exit leads to the picture for details: [http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/7165/topilsenbus stops.jpg nice spot]

==== Fourth option ====I go quite often Prague<->Pilsen Head on outside and this is turn right, follow the best spot for me. Take metro B (yellow line) path and cross to "Hůrka", walk around Albert shop, upstairs and over the small bridgeSONY building. Walk around the school maintaining Now keeping on the same direction. You will see a wall that hides the road we need to take, so go behind it. There is a bus stop walk for 20mins and a big road. Go right to you'll reach the crossroads, there go left. You will se signs "Plzeň". Go over the bridge and down to the left just around the corner and there is a great place. Quite long and lot of space to stop. Police stopped only once but after 2 minutes talking they went out and let me thereSHELL petrol station.

Without sign (or with sign "PLZ" or "Plzeň") Alternatively, you can easily get to Plzeň (donstay past the station exit at the end of the left lane, on the left side of the road.Easily reachable petrol station, not a lot of traffic though and is sometimes enforced by a employee in Shell uniform. Has cover for in bad-weather or snow conditions. In all honesty this station seems iffy.There isn't take cars before Plzeň)much traffic on both gas stations. Both are not advisable. For Germany is better You can try standing at the ramp to the motorway just outside Chodov Mall. First go inside, to floor 0. Walk to the easternmost part of the mall, there use sign ("D") (and againthe elevator to floor -2. In the parking house, take only cars going to Germany or at least walk east to the border where is good petrol station)exit. There's the ramp.

=== Southeast towards [[Brno]], [[Bratislava]], [[Budapest]], [[Vienna]], [[Kraków]] {{= Option 2: Motorway Number Czech Republic|1}}{{E|50}}{{E|59}}{{E|65}} <br />+ south towards [[České Budějovice]], [[Linz]] {{National Road Number Czech Republic|3}}{{Motorway Number Czech Republic|3}}{{E|55}} ===It's important to write sign!==== First option Junction Opatov====From metro Opatov (line C, red) follow noise to the motorway. Walk along the road about 5 minutes, keep going over the crossroad and the bridge over the motorway (see second map). Now you might see other hitchhikers on the slip-road. Alternatively, you can take bus number 177 from metro Opatov to next station called "U Dálnice". (It's request stop, so press the stop-button after the bus starts moving.) Be careful and stay on the slip road, not on the motorway (sometimes police passes by). Average waiting time is less than one hour. From the bridge you can see the petrol station 'Újezd u Průhonic' – it's about 1.5&nbsp;km by motorway, but it isn't a good place.

[[File:ujezdupruhonicpragueTake metro line C (red) to "Opatov".jpg|thumb|right|350px|Hitchhikers at Újezd u Průhonic petrol stationWalk south ≈800m along Chilská past the crossroads and over the motorway bridge to the beginning of the entrance slip road. Regular local hitchers were aboutInstead of walking, you can take bus number 177 from metro "Opatov" to next (request) stop "U Dálnice" and then walk 100m east to the beginning of the slip road. Now you might see other hitchhikers on the slip-road.Be careful and stay on the slip road, as well as hitchers doing not on the racemotorway (sometimes police passes by).]]<br />

==== Second option Option 3: 5.května at the beginning of expressway ====Use the petrol station, it is a good place, easier to reach and you'll get rides quickly. From metro "Opatov" (line C, red) climb the steps to the motorway. Look on the bus stop timetables for the stop "K Sukovu" on route 363 (you are going south, the buses should leave every 15 minutes, and you can use the same ticket that you got on the metro). Get to "K Sukovu" – you'll know you're there when you see the petrol station to your right. From "K Sukovu" walk in the direction the bus is going for about 500m. After you cross the motorway bridge, the petrol station is on your right. This is a perfect spot! (MF)

[[User:tmoon|Tom]] shared this spot with about 20 other hitchhikers during The beginning of the motorway has been shifted a race in April 2007 (most started at few hundred meters back into the slip-road spot described abovecity center, but just got dumped at thus it is now illegal to use 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' restspot.

:'''August 2012''' Hitchhiking to India leg 3: Heading to Brno. Perfect spot just next to You can still use the McDonald's. I waited maybe ten minutes before someone could take me to a service petrol station within striking distance , but indeed the amount of my destination. About half an hour there before I was picked up again and taken cars going in the whole way. Great spot, just a bit direction of a trek to reach itBrno is very small here. Lookingforstu

* Take Metro C till '''Chodov'''* leaving the metro entry turn right into road '''Roztylska''' until you reach the roundabout* the 2nd exit of the roundabout is yours, then again turn the first right into road '''Kloknetova'''* walk straight through the path in the bush (to the left of the bridge==== Option 4: Motorway service station Újezd u Průhonic), cross the street, step over the small fence, and you are in the gas station====

The gas-[[File:ujezdupruhonicprague.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Hitchhikers at Újezd u Průhonic petrol station is a smaller one right on the motorway. If you won't find a long-distance ride you can ask drivers to bring you to Regular local hitchhikers were around, as well as hitchhikers doing the next gas-stations as described in other optionsrace. At this bigger gas station lots of people stop to refill and are going direction [[Brno]], [[Vienna]] and [[České Budějovice]].

On Take metro line C (red) to ''Opatov''. Exit straight out of the Viva con Agua Hitchhike Race in 2009 one team chose that spot station and it worked our pretty good!:''I got take a little lost trying lift following the winding red ramp up to get therestreet level/the road above. From the bus-stop next to the Replay shop, dontake the bus X122 to the final stop ''t get confused at K Sukovu'' (buses leave every 15-30 minutes). As it is in the round about or go to weird onramp behind "P" zone, usual fares and SMS-tickets apply. Continue along the mallmain street which will turn kind of right into Formanská and 20 m ahead it splits into left and right. Once I got Stay on the right hand/main road, cross the bridge over the highway and on the right there I got is a ride pathway going down to Bratislava in 1minute -lex'the McDonald's + gas station on the higway. The best jackpot a hitch hiker can hit. <br />This is the first motorway petrol station past Prague, the best hitchhiking spot but takes some time to get there. Also, you have to have a valid ticket for the bus trip!

=== South towards [[Příbram]]Take metro line C (red) to ''Vyšehrad''. Head south using the sidewalk for about 300m. After the small bridge, [[Písek]]continue left to the main road 5. kvetna. There are 3 lanes and one parking lane and usually some place to stop.<br/ >This spot quite near the city centre and cars are going slow, [[České Budějovice]] {{National Road Number Czech Republic|4}} ===high traffic density, and nobody expects hitchhikers there but you can be lucky.

=== West towards [[Kladno]], [[Karlovy Vary]] {{E|48}} ===From Dejvická Take metro line C (subway line Ared) take bus 119 to Dědina. There you can hitchhike. You can also try another bus stop on Evropská road e''Roztyly'' and cross all the parking places to the motorway.g. Divoká Šárka but probably further Hard shoulder there is better. Good spot but most good and lit at night; however, it's not allowed to stay there and cars going towards Kladno or Slanýare already moving quite fast.

==== Option 7: Uhříněveská Highway Entrance and Gas Station in Průhonice ==== The below is more written in warning than recommendation, as a spot that is possible but hardly ideal. Where Uhříněveská crosses beneath the highway in Průhonice there is a gas station, Čerpací Stanice AGP in Googlemaps. [[User:movethathoof|Movethathoof]] went there looking for a ride while Option 4 above was closed, and found it //very// quiet: little traffic, and the entrance to the gas station is from lanes that are separate from the highway, for cars that are otherwise exiting there onto Uhříněveská. That said, there is a regular trickle of trucks that pass through, many heading to Nuremburg and Wrocław (though not Vienna, where they were). Still, by asking everyone who stopped they before long did find a ride with two Germans who were headed to Vienna. They also tried at the highway entrance there from Uhříněveská, which was useless. While the spot has good space to stop, and the traffic is not moving fast, 90 minutes there only taught them that the traffic is mostly local and the area must be //very// well off, to judge by the number of expensive sports cars there entering the highway and driving past. As well, if planning to be there once autumn really begins to bite, there is a large retaining wall right where you'll stand, casting a very deep shadow, making it feel much, much colder after some time waiting! To get there, the instructions are similar to option 4 above: take metro line C (red) to Opatov, exit to the street level bus stop directly above, and then instead take either the 363 or 385 buses (the bus driver may ask you to pay the 12 crown add-fare for where you're going). At least the bus Movethathoof took was nice and new, announcing (by voice and on a nice screen showing the coming stops, no less) the stop: you get off at the Průhonice roundabout (stop name Průhonice), and then walk five minutes up Uhříněveská (which is the street that makes the T-intersection at the round about, a left turn from the road and in the direction the bus travelled on from Opatov). The onramp will be right there on your right, and there is either a little path to the gas station, or stairs at the underpass (there were also truckers stopping simply to make purchases at the Lidl that is right there, the stairs being the more direct route between the two).  === South towards [[Příbram]], [[Písek]], [[České Budějovice]] {{Dcz|4}} === Take metro line B (yellow) to ''Second Option Smíchovské nádraží''. Then take bus 129, 241, 243, 244, 314, or 318 to Karlovy Varythe stop ''Malá Chuchle''. (It's a request stop so press the button). There you can easily hitchhike. Usually very short waiting on Friday afternoons when many people go out from Prague.  This is better option for === West towards [[Karlovy Vary direction. ]], [[Cheb]] {{Dcz|6}}{{E|48}} === ==== Option 1: Karlovarská street ==== Take tram 22 to ''Bílá Hora''. Go straight in Walk 50 m west along Karlovarská street to past the street Karlovarská red/white railings and there is a quite good place to hitch-hike behind . ==== Option 2: Motorway junction D6 Jeneč ==== Take a train from ''Prague Masarykovo'' to ''Jeneč'' (15 km out of Prague and very close to Prague Airport). Walk down the embankment onto Průmyslová ulice from the station. Walk north along Průmyslová ulice ≈350 m under the redrailway tracks to the motorway junction from which it is pretty easy to get to [[Karlovy Vary]]. ==== Option 3: Motorway service station D6 ==== Take metro line A (green) to ''Hradčanská''. Then take bus [http://www.tram-bus.cz/stredni-cechy/autobusy/linka-310610 310610] or [http://www.tram-bus.cz/stredni-cechy/autobusy/linka-310082 310082 (B82)] from bus-stop ''Praha-Hradčanská'' and get off at ''Velká Dobrá, u skoly''. Follow the direction of the bus and turn first left (Unhošťská street), than second right (Lesní street) and after 200 m you should see the highway and the petrol station on your right.<br/ >This option is good if you prefer petrol stations although it is quite far (30 km from Prague centre).  === Northwest towards [[Kladno]], [[Chomutov]], [[Chemnitz]] {{Dcz|7}} ===Take metro line A (green) to ''Dejvická''. Then take bus 119 from bus-stop ''Dejvická'' to ''Dědina''. You can hitchhike at the bus-white banisterstop. You can also try another bus stop on Evropská road, e.g. ''Divoká Šárka'', but probably further out is better.

The most dangerous stations are "Muzeum"Public transport network in Prague is really good, "Florenc"you can get in reasonable time almost anywhere at any time. Ticket costs: 30 minutes - 24 Kč (eur 1), "Můstek" and "I90 minutes - 32 Kč (~eur 1.P30). Pavlova"If you plan to stay longer, you can buy a ticket for one day - 110 Kč (~eur 4.50) or three days - 310 Kč (~eur 12.60). You have to validate ticket when entering metro station, tram or bus. The fine for fare dodging is 800 Kč (~eur 32) if you pay it at that place or till15 days. At metro stations you can usually find where maps of Prague with public transport, this can be useful, because the lines are the controllers changing (especially bus lines). You can easily find a connection online at [http://twitterjizdnirady.comidnes.cz/#!pid/spojeni/?lng=E IDOS] - works for the entire CR or alternatively for Prague only: [http:/search/realtimespojeni.dpp.cz/%23Revizori twitterConnForm.aspx?cl=E5 DPP], sure not all of them (especially these in buses are hardly locatable).