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}}__TOC__'''Czechia''', officially ''Czech Republic''' (czechCzech: ''Česká republika'' or ''Česko'') is a country in [[Europe]], with borders to bordering on [[GermanyAustria]], [[AustriaGermany]], [[Poland]] and [[Slovakia]]. It is a member state of the [[European Union]] as well as the [[Schengen Agreement]].

In most cases hitchhiking there is quite easy. Czech Republic is a transit country with dense traffic on its main roads. Along with the local drivers you can find there many drivers (especially truck drivers) from nearby countries. Local truck drivers are really friendly; young private car drivers often take two hitchhikers at a time, and many experiences show that Czechs understand hitchhiking excellently and often take hitchhikers several kms out of their route just to bring them closer to a better hitchhiking spot or their final destination. That works both for good and bad weather conditions. Older drivers usually speak only Czech, sometimes some Russian and more seldom German. Younger drivers usually have at least a basic level of English. There is an assumption that for a young couple or two girls hitchhiking might go easier.

In past many people used to hitchhike so you get a lift usually quite fast. Hitchhiking on normal roads works very well so if possible try to avoid going by highways. In Czechia there is very many gas stations on the highway which means that there aren'''Hitchhiking t that many cars on any of them which can make gas station hitchhiking bit annoying. If you wanna just pass Prague it is not allowed very easy as most people on the highways go only there and motorways due no further so instead of getting stuck on a gas station before Prague it can be faster and less frustrating to safety of traffic get droped in Prague and hitchhikers - see get to a highway and motorway signs belowon which you wanna continue. There is also forbidden entry for pedestriansFor driving on a highway one needs to have a vignette. Person Most people have it but some people who leave vehicle (eg due don't drive often far don't have one so you can get sometimes a longer lift by those people also on small roads parallel to car failure) must be wearing a reflective vesthighway but as mentioned before most people have it. '''. When using Hitchhiking directly on motorways and expressways is not allowed'''; pedestrians are not permitted to walk on these roads for safety reasons. Thus hitchhiking please use gas typically involves standing on onramps or at petrol stations (service stations) where one can ask for a ride. Hitchhikers aren't protected by on the driver's [[insurance]]motorway. While it is not suggested that one hitchhike on highways or motorways, '''actual confrontations with police are rare'''. In , and in the unlikely event that a police car does stop, it's more likely they will explain that hitchhiking is not allowed, and let you go on your way--ticketing is rare. In many of these situations, the best way to cope is to be polite and feign ignorance of the rules, and apologize when they say will usually not give you have broken thema fine.

Thumb up is the common way to hitchhike in Czech Republic. Thumb pointing down or waving the hand as to slow down is especially in the border areas used by the prostitutes along the road to attract their potential customers. [[File:Highways_motorways_CZ.png]]  For planned and newly opened highways seehttp://www.silnice.info/planovana_vystavba_v_CR2.php?file=cz-stavba-2009-2011-v46-EN.pdf

== Regions and its number plates Border crossing ==Czech Republic and all neighbouring countries are Schengen members, so there are no regular border controls any more, though German police often check the documents and backpacks of hitchhikers near the Czech border. Some border crossings remain good places to get an onward lift.

{| class="wikitable"|-| region || capital || plate || important cities|-| Hlavní město Praha || [[Prague]] || A || |-| [[Jihomoravský kraj]] || [[Brno]] || B || == With Poland ===|-| *[[Jihočeský kraj]] || [[České Budějovice]] || C || |Chotěbuz-| [[Karlovarský kraj]] || [[Karlovy Vary]] || K || |Cieszyn-| [[Kraj Vysočina]] || [[Jihlava]] || J || Boguszowice border crossing|Chotěbuz-| [[Královéhradecký kraj]] || [[Hradec Králové]] || H || |Cieszyn-| [[Liberecký krajBoguszowice]] || [[Liberec]] || L || |-| [[Moravskoslezský kraj]] || [[Ostrava]] || T || |-| [[Olomoucký kraj]] || [[Olomouc]] || M || |-| [[Pardubický kraj]] || [[Pardubice]] || E || |-| [[Plzeňský kraj]] || [[Plzeň]] || P || |-| [[Středočeský kraj]] || [[Prague]] || S || |-| [[Ústecký kraj]] || [[Ústí nad Labem]] || U || |-| [[Zlínský kraj]] || [[Zlín]] || Z || |}

Public transport is generally not too expensive with buses being faster and cheaper than trains. Use this very convenient [[http://jizdnirady.idnes.cz/vlakyautobusymhdvse/spojeni/ ?lng=E search engine]] for public transport in the entire CR.

Czech is a slavic Slavic language.

*Next gas petrol station '''Na dalsi benzinku''' == Links ==* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/stopari.czsk/ FB group for Czech and Slovak hitchhikers] == Personal Experiences == On normal roads I get usually lift in about ten minutes even though I look male and crusty. On highways entries and gas stations it takes usually more time. For me one of the most hitch-friendly country in Europe. == Nomadwiki & Trashwiki ==

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