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A lot of Czech people don't speak English. (You can try German.) The Czech word for petrol ==== Option 1: Motorway service station is "Benzinka". This might come in handy. (MF)on D11 ====

An abbreviation Take metro line B (yellow) to the end station ''Černý most'PHA'. From here, take bus 221, 303, 304, 344, 353, or 398 to the bus-stop '' written Na Kovárně''. Walk east along Náchodská ≈600m to the junction with Bořetická. Turn right on your sign clearly informs a driver that Bořetická and walk 1.2km to just over the motorway bridge. Take the path to the right here into the service station. There usually isn't very much traffic, but waiting times are likely to be short. If you go to Pragueget lost ask anyone for "Hummer Garden" (the place only for Hummers) which is just behind the station.

== Hitchhiking out ==Option 2: K+R (Parking Area) Černý Most === 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) take bus to the end station "Na Kovárně" ''Černý most''. There is the K+R (221, 303, 304, 344, 353, 398Park & Ride), it is about 10 minutes ride and probably you are going to pay few crowns, but not much. Hundred metres behind the stop turn right and go along Tlustého street, after last house keep the right (biggereast) road, then left before of the cemetery. Go across the bridge to the petrol station. It which is about popular with hitchhikers and possibly a better choice than option 1,5 km, but I think it is the best hitch spot on this direction. There usually arenIt't too s necessary to use a sign because the road splits in many carsdirections, but I've never been there more than half an houre.g. If you get lost ask anyone about "HK" (Hradec Králové) or "Hummer GardenPL" (the place if going to Náchod and Poland).The disadvantage of this option is that there are only cars traveling out of Prague and not those coming from Prague ring road. However, there is no non-freeway solution to get a lift for Hummers) which is just behind the stationthose cars.

=== 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 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 direction the 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, 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 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 Poland 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 the station to the bus-stop. Then take bus 184 (direction Velká Ohrada) or bus 174 (directionLuka) 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 ==== Take metro line B (yellow) to ''Zličín''. Then take bus 307, 308, 311, 380, or 602 to stop ''Rudná, škola''. (The ticket costs 18 Kč, ≈€0.66; 1 zone out of Prague). Walk 60m back in the direction the bus came from and turn left into Na Přídělu street. You should see the petrol station in the distance. Walk 350m to the end of the street. There will be a footpath towards the petrol station 150m away. You need the opposite direction so get to the other side of motorway by the tunnel under the motorway on the right.It's a fairly big service station with McD and enough cars. ==== Option 3: Motorway junction at Zličín ==== Take metro line B (yellow) to the terminal station ''Zličín''. 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 better).  === Southeast towards [[Brno]], [[Ostrava]], [[Bratislava]], [[Vienna]], [[Kraków]] {{Dcz|1}}{{E|50}}{{E|59}}{{E|65}} <br />& South towards [[České Budějovice]], [[Linz]] {{Dcz|3}}{{E|55}} === It's good to have a sign at this road and definitely for direction south. Every bigger petrol station on [[D1 (CZ)|D1]] is good for hitchhiking. ==== Option 1: Motorway service station on E65 ==== Take metro line C (red) to ''Chodov''. look for the big shopping centre and enter, keeping to the ground floor, locate the exit consisting of stairs and elevators (not to mention a lift that leads below); this exit leads to the bus stops.  Head on outside and turn right, follow the path and cross to the SONY building. Now keeping on the same road walk for 20mins and you'll reach the SHELL petrol station. Alternatively, you can stay 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 much traffic on both gas stations. Both are not advisable.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 spot the elevator to floor -2. In the parking house, walk east to the exit. There's the ramp. ==== Option 2: Motorway Junction Opatov==== Take metro line C (red) to "Opatov". Walk south ≈800m along Chilská past the crossroads and over the motorway bridge to the beginning of the entrance slip road. Instead 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, not on the motorway (sometimes police passes by).<br /> ==== Option 3: 5.května at the beginning of D11 highwayexpressway ==== The beginning of the motorway has been shifted a few hundred meters back into the city center, thus it is now illegal to use this spot.  You can still use the petrol station, but indeed the amount of cars going in the direction of Brno is very small here.

=== NorthThe sign showing the start of the expressway (and also 50km/h speed limit) is located 1.3km from the original location, Northwest towards [[Dresden]], [[Berlin]] {{Motorway Number Czech Republic|8}}{{E|55}}===You can also get to an easily reachable petrol station on the motorway getting north walking5.You must go května just before it passes over Vyskočilova, so legally it should be possible to "Letňanská" (ehitch before it.g. bus 195At this spot there is a wide shoulder, 140lights, 158 from 50km/h speed limit. Take metro "Prosek"line C (red)to Budějovická. Then going down from the bus, you can see the entrance of the motorway straight ahead. Put yourself so you have the motorway From exit on your rightBudějovická street, turn left some metres and then cross the street turn right (going north thennortheast), and then on Vyskočilova. Walk northeast ≈350m until the exit slip road on the parking, and go behind left just before the buildings, looking for a small bridge (“most” in Czech), going above 5.května overpass. Cut across the motorwaygrass embankment and walk up to 5. From there května itself and you will see the petrol stationexpressway sign. There are not so many people stopping thereThis spot looks good, but they all are (almost) going in the good direction. Just ask if they are going north (“sever”) or if they can just let you on the next petrol station (“příští pumpa”/“prschieschtee pumpa”), where there will '''it needs to be normally more carstested.'''

==== Second option Option 4: Motorway service station Újezd u Průhonic) ====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.

'''Warning'''[[File: If you are passing through Dresdenujezdupruhonicprague.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Hitchhikers at Újezd u Průhonic petrol station. Regular local hitchhikers were around, take a look on [[Dresdenas well as hitchhikers doing the race.]] hitchwiki page.

==== Third option ====Use the third option, if you don't want to go with so many buses. Just take the red Take metro line C (Cred) to ''Opatov''. Exit straight out of the terminal station Letňany and then walk from there take a lift following the winding red ramp up to street level/the spot marked by Fatidikroad above. It is 300m walking from there. Walk along From the bus-stop next to the street Tupolevova (big bend roadReplay shop, where take the metro exits and bus stations are onX122 to the final stop ''K Sukovu'' (buses leave every 15-30 minutes) . As it is in the direction the buses go (starting northwards"P" zone, then bending westwards) usual fares and at SMS-tickets apply. Continue along the second crossing main street which will turn kind of right into Formanská and 20 m ahead it splits into left into and right. Stay on the right hand/main road, cross the bridge over the Beranových until highway and on the end, then right and straight until you see there is a small walking path leading you pathway going down to the service McDonald's + gas stationon the higway. There are not so many cars and you may wait The best jackpot a little longer 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!

==== Fourth option Option 5: Beginning of main road 5.kvetna ====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 spot, I only waited less than an hour to be picked up to be driven to Berlin.Thaddl was there on a sunday evening, when seemingly nearly only people from Prague came to have some McD-food and go back again, and had to wait several hours. And it is not so easy to walk there anymore, as after half the way a new exit ramp is blocking the way a little.

=== West towards [[Plzeň]], [[Klatovy]], [[Nürnberg]] {{Motorway Number Czech Republic|5}}{{E|50}}===This option is on a fairly big gas station with McDonald's and enough cars. From Take metro "Zličín" line C (line B, yellowred), take a bus nr 307, 308, 311, 380 or 602 to "Rudná, škola" stop''Vyšehrad''. The ticket costs 18 CZKHead south using the sidewalk for about 300m. Once you get offAfter the small bridge, walk couple of meters in the direction the bus came from and turn continue left onto a street called "Na Přídělu". You should see the gas station in the distance. Walk to the end of the street, there will be a path towards the gas station there, it's a main road 5-10 minute walk in total. If you don't want kvetna. There are 3 lanes and one parking lane and usually some place to hitch back to Prague, you need to go under the bridge in the gas station area (it's located in the Prague direction)stop. Sometimes <br/ >This spot quite near the gas station attendants city centre and cars are not nice going slow, high traffic density, and force nobody expects hitchhikers there but you to move out of the station area but there is still plenty of spacecan be lucky.

==== Second option ====Take a tram metro line C (9, 10red) to "Motol", that's where 'Roztyly'' and cross all the parking places to the motorway link starts. Not a perfect placeHard shoulder there is good and lit at night; however, but cars are it's not too fast allowed to stay there and there cars are already moving quite a lot of Germans passingfast.

==== Third option Option 7: Uhříněveská Highway Entrance and Gas Station in Průhonice ====From metro "Zličín" (line B, yellow) go the the crossroad on traffic lights, there's a bridge before (under the bridge are railways), so walk on the traffic light and stand right on the triangle, you can catch cars from both ways, they are going slowly there, and there's also a place to stop. We have been waiting there for 10 minutes. ( This OPTION Does not work - Don't Waste Time. verified on 6th Sep 2011 ) Look at the picture for details: [http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/7165/topilsen.jpg nice spot]

==== Fourth option ====I go quite often Prague<->Pilsen and this The below is the best more written in warning than recommendation, as a spot for methat is possible but hardly ideal. Take metro B (yellow line) to "Hůrka", walk around Albert shopWhere Uhříněveská crosses beneath the highway in Průhonice there is a gas station, upstairs and over the small bridgeČerpací Stanice AGP in Googlemaps. Walk around the school maintaining the same direction. You will see [[User:movethathoof|Movethathoof]] went there looking for a wall that hides the road we need to takeride while Option 4 above was closed, so go behind and found it. There is a bus stop //very// quiet: little traffic, and a big road. Go right the entrance to the crossroadsgas station is from lanes that are separate from the highway, for cars that are otherwise exiting there go leftonto Uhříněveská. You will se signs "Plzeň". Go over the bridge and down to the left just around the corner and That said, there is a great place. Quite long and lot regular trickle of space trucks that pass through, many heading to stopNuremburg and Wrocław (though not Vienna, where they were). Police Still, by asking everyone who stopped only once but after 2 minutes talking they went out and let me therebefore long did find a ride with two Germans who were headed to Vienna.

Without sign (or with sign "PLZ" or "Plzeň") you can easily get to Plzeň (don't take cars before Plzeň)They also tried at the highway entrance there from Uhříněveská, which was useless. For Germany is better While the spot has good space to use sign ("D") (stop, and againthe traffic is not moving fast, take 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 going there entering the highway and driving past. As well, if planning to Germany or at least be there once autumn really begins to the border bite, there is a large retaining wall right where is good petrol station).you'll stand, casting a very deep shadow, making it feel much, much colder after some time waiting!

=== Southeast towards [[Brno]]To get there, [[Bratislava]], [[Budapest]], [[Vienna]], [[Kraków]] {{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 the instructions are similar to write sign!==== First option ====Use the petrol station, it is a good place, easier to reach than the other options and you'll get rides quickly. From 4 above: take metro "Opatov" (line C, (red) to Opatov, exit straight out of to the station and take a left following the winding red ramp up to street level/the road bus stop directly above. Look on , and then instead take either the bus stop timetables 363 or 385 buses (the bus stop next driver may ask you to pay the Replay shop) 12 crown add-fare for the stop "K Sukovu" on route 363 (where you are 're going south). At least the bus Movethathoof took was nice and new, the buses should leave every 15 minutes announcing (less frequent by voice and on a nice screen showing the weekendcoming stops, no less), and you can use the same ticket that stop: you got on the metro). ''Because of a reconstruction get off at the bus now leaves from next Průhonice roundabout (last) metro stop '''Háje'''! (summer 2013name Průhonice)''Get to "K Sukovu" , and then walk five minutes up Uhříněveská (takes roughly 10 minutes) – you'll know you're there when you see which is the street that makes the petrol station in T-intersection at the distance to your right after getting off round about, a left turn from the bus. From "K Sukovu" walk road and in the direction the bus is going for about 500m round to the travelled on from Opatov). The onramp will be right of the road. Cross the motorway bridge and the petrol station is there on your right. This , and there is either a perfect spot! little path to the gas station, or stairs at the underpass (MF)[[File:ujezdupruhonicprague.jpg|thumb|there were also truckers stopping simply to make purchases at the Lidl that is right|350px|Hitchhikers at Újezd u Průhonic petrol station. Regular local hitchers were aboutthere, as well as hitchers doing the racestairs being the more direct route between the two).]]

'''User Dante1919:''' I tried this option and it was the hardest ride of my trip. First of all you "have to" pay for bus number 363. Although I convinced the driver I didn't have money and he let me get in. Petrol station was a hard place to hitch=== South towards [[Příbram]], and most of the drivers didn't even care for my sign. You can try truck drivers as the place is a resting stop for them. Just be careful with the Romanian ones. They might ask for money.[[Písek]], [[České Budějovice]] {{Dcz|4}} ===

==== Second option ====From Take metro Opatov line B (line C, redyellow) follow noise to the motorway''Smíchovské nádraží''. Walk along the road about 5 minutesThen take bus 129, 241, 243, 244, keep going over the crossroad and the bridge over the motorway (see second map). Now you might see other hitchhikers on the slip-road. Alternatively314, you can take bus number 177 from metro Opatov or 318 to next station called "U Dálnice"the stop ''Malá Chuchle''. (It's a 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 There you can see the petrol station 'Újezd u Průhonic' – it's about 1easily hitchhike.5&nbsp;km by motorway, but it isn't a good place.[[User:tmoon|Tom]] shared this spot with about 20 other hitchhikers during a race in April 2007 (most started at the slip-road spot described above, but just got dumped at this petrol station). While his teammates fell asleep Usually very short waiting 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' restFriday afternoons when many people go out from Prague.

==== Third option =West towards [[Karlovy Vary]], [[Cheb]] {{Dcz|6}}{{E|48}} ===

* 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), cross the ==== Option 1: Karlovarská street, step over the small fence, and you are in the gas station====

The gas-station Take tram 22 to ''Bílá Hora''. Walk 50 m west along Karlovarská street to past the red/white railings and there is a smaller one right on the motorway. If you won't find a long-distance ride you can ask drivers to bring you quite good place to the next gashitch-stations as described in other options. At this bigger gas station lots of people stop to refill and are going direction [[Brno]], [[Vienna]] and [[České Budějovice]]hike.

On the Viva con Agua Hitchhike Race in 2009 one team chose that spot and it worked our pretty good!==== Option 2:''I got a little lost trying to get there, don't get confused at the round about or go to weird onramp behind the mall. Once I got there I got a ride to Bratislava in 1minute -lex''Motorway junction D6 Jeneč ====

=== South towards [[Příbram]], [[Písek]], [[České Budějovice]] {{National Road Number Czech Republic|4}} = Option 3: Motorway service station D6 ====

From Smíchovské nádraží Take metro line A (subway line Bgreen) to ''Hradčanská''. Then take bus 129[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, 241u skoly''. Follow the direction of the bus and turn first left (Unhošťská street), 243, 244, 314 or 318 to than second right (Lesní street) and after 200 m you should see the stop Malá Chuchle. It's a request stop so press highway and the buttonpetrol station on your right. There <br/ >This option is good if you can easily hitchhike. Usually very short waiting on Friday afternoons when many people go out prefer petrol stations although it is quite far (30 km from Praguecentre).

=== Northwest towards [[Kladno]], [[Chomutov]], [[Chemnitz]] {{Dcz|7}} ===Take metro line A (green) to ''Dejvická''. Then take bus 119 from bus-stop ''Dejvická''Second Option to Karlovy Vary''Dědina''This is better option for Karlovy Vary direction. Take tram 22 to Bílá HoraYou can hitchhike at the bus-stop. You can also try another bus stop on Evropská road, e.g. Go straight in the street Karlovarská and there ''Divoká Šárka'', but probably further out is quite good place to hitch-hike behind the red-white banisterbetter.

'''Always have a valid ticket when travelling by metro!''', unless you look like a Czech! Tourists are the biggest source of income for DPP (Public transport network in Prague public trans.), so the controllers are first to check thoseis really good, who do not look like Czech citizens. They don't wear uniforms. The fine is 800 Kč (~eur 32) if you will pay it on that place or till 15 dayscan get in reasonable time almost anywhere at any time. Ticket for costs: 30 minutes - 24 Kč (eur 1), 90 minutes - 32 Kč (~eur 1.30). 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.

The most dangerous At metro stations are "Muzeum"you can find maps of Prague with public transport, "Florenc"this can be useful, "Můstek" and "I.P. Pavlova"because the lines are changing (especially bus lines). You can usually easily find where are the controllers a connection online at [http://twitterjizdnirady.idnes.comcz/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).