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An abbreviation ''Take metro line B (yellow) to the end station 'PHA'Černý most'' written on your sign clearly informs a driver that you go . From here, take bus 221, 303, 304, 344, 353, or 398 to Prague but sign the bus-stop ''Na Kovárně'PRAHA'. Walk east along Náchodská ≈600m to the junction with Bořetická. Turn right on 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'' works bettert very much traffic, but waiting times are likely to be short. If you get lost ask anyone for "Hummer Garden" (the place only for Hummers) which is just behind the station.
==== Second option ====
Maybe better is to use K+R place near "Černý Most" metro station, lots of hitchhikers use this place. Use sign HK (Hradec Králové) or PL (if you want to Náchod and Poland). It's necessary to use the sign, because cars there are going to many directions.
Disadvantage is that there are only cars traveling out of Prague - not those going from Prague ring road. But there is no non-freeway solution how to pick up 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.
You can hitch from a gas station on the E65. Take the metro line B (yellow) to the last station, Černý Most. From there catch bus number 220 to the stop called "Do Čertous". When you get off the bus the gas station is behind the big orange building with "H1" on it.
=== North, Northwest towards [[Ústí nad Labem]], [[Teplice]], [[Dresden]], [[Berlin]] {{Motorway Number Czech Republic|8}}{{E|55}}===Take metro line B (yellow) to ''Hůrka'Warning''': If . 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 are passing see the gap in the wall on the left - cut through Dresden, the parking place and take a look the path through the gap and you will reach the large bus stop on [[Dresden]] hitchwiki pageNárožní. From either of Cross it and continue to the spots intersection with Bucharova. Turn left on Bucharova - you can take rides will see signs to OMV petrol station before Lovosice or "Plzeň". Go over the bridge and turn left down the entry slip road to Rozvadovská spojka. After the Agip petrol station after Ústí nad Labembend, there is a great place for hitchhiking: lights, straight, hard shoulder with lots of space to stop. The hitchhiking positions Although it's not allowed to stay there are also good, the police don't make any problems here.
==== First option ====Easily reachable OMV petrol station, not so many cars but almost anybody can take you 2 km to the second spot. From Take metro terminal station "Letňany" line B (red line Cyellow) to ''Nové Butovice''. Then take any bus 184 (direction Hradčanská) or walk 500 m to bus 174 (direction Vypich) and get off at the bus second stop : "Výstaviště LetňanyŠafránkova". Behind bus (The stop is a request stop at , so it means that you have to push the button in the crossroad turn left bus to stop it). Cross over the footway road (Bucharova) and after 300 m turn right walk south 200m to the small footpath going straight slip road, and continue to the petrol station. The turn is just before the bridge over the highwayhitching point on Rozvadovská spojka as described above.
==== Second option ====First bigger petrol station Take metro line A (OMVgreen) at D8to end station ''Nemocnice Motol''. From metro terminal Turn right out of the station ”Letňany” to the bus-stop. Then take bus 184 (red line Cdirection Velká Ohrada) take or bus 174 (195, 140, 158, 110, 269direction Luka) to and get off at the second stop “Obchodní centrum Čakovice”. Turn back : "Šafránkova" (from the stop is a request stop, so it means that you have to push the button in the bus directionto stop it). Walk south ≈150m to the slip road, cross the roundabout and walk still straight another 800 m until you'll see continue to the highway and petrol station will be hitching point on your leftRozvadovská spojka as descibed above.
Avoid going 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 Plzeň or getting dropped off on Na Přídělu street. You should see the petrol station in the bypassdistance. It's better Walk 350m to try to find the end of the street. There will be a direct ride to [[Germany]] from footpath towards the last petrol station before Plzeň150m away. (* We 2 guys waited here for 45 minutes before getting a hitch hike upto You need the opposite direction so get to the border other side of Germany post which going to [[Paris]] was easymotorway by the tunnel under the motorway on the right. Verified on 6th September 2011)It's a fairly big service station with McD and enough cars.
==== Third option ====From Take metro "Zličín" (line B, (yellow) go to the the crossroad on traffic lights, thereterminal station ''Zličín''s a bridge before (. Go under the bridge are railways), so walk on road Řevnická and turn immediately left. Continue south along Řevnická for 150m to the crossroads with traffic light and lights. You can stand right on at the triangle, down on Rozvadovská spojka (police can kick you can catch cars from both waysout) or ask people at the nearby petrol station, they are going slowly thereKFC, and there's also a place to stop. We have been waiting there for 10 minutesor parking lots. None of these places are good ( This OPTION Does not work - Don't Waste Time. verified on 6th Sep 2011 Options 1 and 2 are better) 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 is the best spot for me. Take metro B (yellow line) to "Hůrka", walk around Albert shop, upstairs and over the small bridge. Walk around the school maintaining 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 and a big road. Go right to 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 there.
Without sign (or with sign "PLZ" or "Plzeň") you can easily get to Plzeň (don't take cars before Plzeň). For Germany is better to use sign ("D") (and again=== Southeast towards [[Brno]], take only cars going to Germany or at least to the border where is good petrol station).[[Ostrava]], [[Bratislava]], [[Vienna]], [[Kraków]] {{Dcz|1}}{{E|50}}{{E|59}}{{E|65}} <br />& South towards [[České Budějovice]], [[Linz]] {{Dcz|3}}{{E|55}} ===
=== Southeast towards [[Brno]], [[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 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 metro "Opatov" (line C, red) exit straight out of the station and take have a left following the winding red ramp up to street level/the sign at this road above. Look on the bus stop timetables (bus stop next to the Replay shop) and definitely for the stop "K Sukovu" on route 363 (you are going direction south, the buses should leave every 15 minutes (less frequent on the weekend), and you can use the same ticket that you got on the metro). ''Because of a reconstruction the bus now leaves from next (last) metro stop '''Háje'''! (summer 2013)''Get to "K Sukovu" (takes roughly 10 minutes) – you'll know you're there when you see the Every bigger petrol station in the distance to your right after getting off the bus. From "K Sukovu" walk in the direction the bus is going for about 500m round to the right of the road. Cross the motorway bridge and the petrol station is on your right. This is a perfect spot! [[D1 (MFCZ)[[File:ujezdupruhonicprague.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Hitchhikers at Újezd u Průhonic petrol station. Regular local hitchers were about, as well as hitchers doing the race.D1]]is good for hitchhiking.
==== Second option ====From metro Opatov (line CHead on outside and turn right, red) follow noise to the motorway. Walk along the road about 5 minutes, keep going over the crossroad path and cross to the bridge over the motorway (see second map)SONY building. Now you might see other hitchhikers keeping on the slip-same 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 walk for 20mins 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 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 ll reach the slip-road spot described above, but just got dumped at this SHELL 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' rest.
: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'''August 2012''' Hitchhiking t much traffic on both gas stations. Both are not advisable.You can try standing at the ramp to India leg 3: Heading the motorway just outside Chodov Mall. First go inside, to Brnofloor 0. Perfect spot just next Walk to the McDonald's. I waited maybe ten minutes before someone could take me to a service station within striking distance easternmost part of my destination. About half an hour the mall, there before I was picked up again and taken use the whole wayelevator to floor -2. Great spotIn the parking house, just a bit of a trek walk east to reach itthe exit. There's the ramp. Lookingforstu
* Take Metro metro line C till '''Chodov'''* leaving (red) to "Opatov". Walk south ≈800m along Chilská past the metro entry turn right into road '''Roztylska''' until you reach crossroads and over the roundabout* motorway bridge to the 2nd exit beginning of the roundabout is yoursentrance slip road. Instead of walking, you can take bus number 177 from metro "Opatov" to next (request) stop "U Dálnice" and then again turn the first right into road '''Kloknetova'''* walk straight through the path in the bush (100m east to the left beginning of the bridge), cross slip road. Now you might see other hitchhikers on the street, step over slip-road.Be careful and stay on the small fenceslip road, and you are in not on the gas stationmotorway (sometimes police passes by).<br />
The gas-station is a smaller one right on the motorway==== Option 3: 5. If you won't find a long-distance ride you can ask drivers to bring you to května at the next gas-stations as described in other options. At this bigger gas station lots beginning of people stop to refill and are going direction [[Brno]], [[Vienna]] and [[České Budějovice]].expressway ====
On The beginning of the Viva con Agua Hitchhike Race in 2009 one team chose that spot and it worked our pretty good!:''I got motorway has been shifted a little lost trying to get therefew hundred meters back into the city center, don't get confused at the round about or go thus it is now illegal to weird onramp behind the malluse this spot. Once I got there I got a ride to Bratislava in 1minute -lex''
=== South towards [[Příbram]]The sign showing the start of the expressway (and also 50km/h speed limit) is located 1.3km from the original location, [[Písek]]on 5.května just before it passes over Vyskočilova, [[České Budějovice]] {{National Road Number Czech Republic|4}} ===so legally it should be possible to hitch before it. At this spot there is a wide shoulder, lights, 50km/h speed limit. Take metro line C (red) to Budějovická. From exit on Budějovická street, turn left some metres and then turn right (northeast) on Vyskočilova. Walk northeast ≈350m until the exit slip road on the left just before the 5.května overpass. Cut across the grass embankment and walk up to 5.května itself and you will see the expressway sign. This spot looks good, but '''it needs to be tested.'''
From Smíchovské nádraží (subway line B==== Option 4: Motorway service station Újezd u Průhonic) take bus 129, 241, 243, 244, 314 or 318 to the 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.====
=== West towards [[Kladno]]File:ujezdupruhonicprague.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Hitchhikers at Újezd u Průhonic petrol station. Regular local hitchhikers were around, [[Karlovy Varyas well as hitchhikers doing the race.]] {{E|48}} ===From Dejvická (subway line A) take bus 119 to Dědina. There you can hitchhike. You can also try another bus stop on Evropská road e.g. Divoká Šárka but probably further is better. Good spot but most cars going towards Kladno or Slaný.
'''Third Option to Karlovy Vary'''
If you prefer gas stations, try this option. The first one is quite far though (30 km from Prague center) - take a bus from Praha,,Hradčanská to Velká Dobrá,,u školy. Once there 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 gas station on your right.
Traveling without ticket in At metro stations you can find maps of Prague is easy and worth with public transport, this can be useful, because the risk lines are changing (much cheaperespecially bus lines). You can easily find controllers easily a connection online at[http://jizdnirady.idnes.cz/pid/spojeni/?lng=E IDOS] - works for the entire CR or alternatively for Prague only: [http://wwwspojeni.farebanditdpp.netcz/ConnForm.aspx?city_idcl=1 FarebanditE5 DPP] .
In subway contollers usually (not always) wear dark blue uniforms. If you see one or more of them getting in the wagon, get out immediately. But they also stay in big groups (with city police) in stations' corridors or at the end of escalators. Do wide turns to see behind the corner and use classic stairs or elevator if possible. If they ocuppy one exit, carefully try next one or go to the next station. The most controlled stations are "I.P. Pavlova", "Florenc", "Muzeum" and "Můstek". In buses and trams they rarely wear uniforms but they don't check them often.
If you get caught it depends on your acting skills and the controller. Being honest is another good way. Be polite but refuse to give him ID/passport (left in a hostel etc., acting as foreigner from non-EU country could help too). If he is solo or max. two of them, they often let you go, it's not worth the time. If not they will call police or you have to go with them to the nearest police department to identify yourself. That can be just another try to scare you off to show ID. Consider running out when they least expect it (fine could be higher then, up to 1500 czk/60 €).== Nomadwiki & Trashwiki ==
'''User Dante1919:''' "I travelled with metro three days in Prague with my backpack and etc. Never saw any kind of control and never had troubles with it. Mostly I was getting to central so called dangerous stations and nothing happened. As a master of black riding :) I can say, if you get caught just tell the controller that you are travelling without money and they will leave you alone. It worked for me in 5 different countries." At metro stations you can find maps of Prague with public transport, this can be useful, because the lines are changing (especially bus lines). You can easily find a connection online at [http://jizdnirady.idnes.cz/pid/spojeni/?lng=E IDOS] - works for the entire CR or alternatively for Prague only: [http://spojeni.dpp.cz/ConnForm.aspx?cl=E5 DPP].{{nomadwiki}}
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'''Prague''' (''Praha'') is the capital of the [[Czech Republic]].
Writing a sign "PRAHA" clearly informs a driver that you are going to Prague
== Hitching out ==
=== East towards [[Hradec Králové]], [[Pardubice]], [[Wrocław]] {{Dcz|11}}{{E|67}} ===
==== Option 1: Motorway service station on D11 ====
== 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}} ===
[[File:Stop_hk.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Dj-bobr at the beginning of D11 Highway.]]
==== 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 and Poland direction === 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, use take bus 201 to ''Vychovatelna'' (3 stops). You will find a great spot with lots of traffic still going slow right at the beginning 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 D11 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 ====
=== West towards [[Plzeň]], [[Klatovy]], [[Nürnberg]] {{= Option 2: Motorway Number Czech Republic|5}}{{E|50}}service station Rudná ====This option is on a fairly big gas station with McDonald's and enough cars. From metro "Zličín" (line B, yellow), take a bus nr 307, 308, 311, 380 or 602 to "Rudná, škola" stop. The ticket costs 18 CZK. Once you get off, walk couple of meters in the direction the bus came from and turn 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 5-10 minute walk in total. If you don't want to hitch back to Prague, you need to go under the bridge in the gas station area (it's located in the Prague direction). Sometimes the gas station attendants are not nice and force you to move out of the station area but there is still plenty of space.
==== Second option Option 3: Motorway junction at Zličín ====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.
==== Option 1: Motorway service station on E65 ====
Take metro line C (red) to ''Chodov'User Dante1919:''' I tried this option and it was the hardest ride of my trip. First of all you "have to" pay look for bus number 363. Although I convinced the big shopping centre the driver I didn't have money and he let me get in. Petrol station was a hard place enter, keeping to hitchthe ground floor, locate the exit consisting of stairs and most of the drivers didn't even care for my sign. You can try truck drivers as the place is elevators (not to mention a resting stop for them. Just be careful with lift that leads below); this exit leads to the Romanian ones. They might ask for moneybus stops.
==== Third option Option 2: Motorway Junction Opatov====
You can still use the petrol station, but indeed the amount of cars going in the direction of Brno is very small here.
Take metro line C (red) to ''Opatov''. Exit straight out of the station and take a lift following the winding red ramp up to street level/the road above. From the bus-stop next to the Replay shop, take the bus X122 to the final stop ''K Sukovu'Second ' (buses leave every 15-30 minutes). As it is in the "P" zone, usual fares and SMS-tickets apply. Continue along the main street which will turn kind of right into Formanská and 20 m ahead it splits into left and right. Stay on the right hand/main road, cross the bridge over the highway and on the right there is a pathway going down to 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! ==== Option 5: Beginning of main road 5.kvetna ==== Take metro line C (red) to Karlovy Vary''Vyšehrad''. Head south using the sidewalk for about 300m. After the small bridge, 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, high traffic density, and nobody expects hitchhikers there but you can be lucky. ==== Option 6 ==== Take metro line C (red) to ''Roztyly'' and cross all the parking places to the motorway. Hard shoulder there is good and lit at night; however, it's not allowed to stay there and cars are 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 better 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 ''Smíchovské nádraží''. Then take bus 129, 241, 243, 244, 314, or 318 to the 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. === 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.
== Public transport ==
Public transport network in Prague is really good, you can get in reasonable time almost anywhere at any time. Ticket 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.
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