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'''Gliwice''' is a city in southern [[Poland]] inhabited by more than 180 thousand people. It's one of the cities of Katowice Urban Area - the largest conurbation in Poland populated by about 2.7 million people. Conurbation consists of 19 cities. Beside Gliwice there are eight cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants in this area: [[Katowice]],[[Sosnowiec]], [[Zabrze]], [[Bytom]], [[Ruda Śląska]], [[Tychy]], [[Dąbrowa Górnicza]], [[Chorzów]]. All of them are connected with joint public transport system.
== Hitching Out ==
=== Northwest West towards [[Wrocław]], [[OpoleBerlin]], [[BerlinDresden]] ([[Germany]]) ===<map lat='50.2981125512805' lng='18.676071166992188' zoom='11' view='0' float='right' />*<b>By motorway (autostrada) A4 (E40)</b>From the city center e.g. from bus stop <i>Plac Piastów</i> (close to Gliwice railway station) take either bus 59 direction <i>Żernica Pętla</i>[http://rozklady.kzkgop.pl/index.php?co=rozklady&submenu=tabliczka&nr_linii=59&nr_przyst=10&id_trasy=1674 (timetable)], 194 direction <i>Leszczyny Czereśniowa</i> [http://rozklady.kzkgop.pl/index.php?co=rozklady&submenu=tabliczka&nr_linii=194&nr_przyst=6&id_trasy=2655 (timetable)] or 710 direction <i>Szczygłowice Kopalnia</i> [http://rozklady.kzkgop.pl/index.php?co=rozklady&submenu=tabliczka&nr_linii=710&nr_przyst=12&id_trasy=1496 (timetable)]. Get off at the fifth bus stop called <b><i>Trynek Oczyszczalnia</i></b>. The stop is situated just at the entrance to the motorway A4 (Junction <i>BOJKÓW</i>). It's a junction with a national road (droga krajowa) 78, and it's about 4 km away from the city centre. It's a pretty good hitch-hiking spot at the entrance to the motorway as there is a parking lot allowing the drivers to stop easily. You may hitch here at nighttime too as there are street lights. It's open area so it's a bit chilly & windy during winter. The only shelter against rain is the bus stop. The only disadvantage of this place is that the directions to West ([[Wrocław]]) and East ([[Kraków]]) go together at this point and separate some 100 m further after the parking lot & motorway sign. It's impossible to hitch after the parking lot (unless you will continue to walk along the entrance road and get down to the motorway, which is illegal), as the separated roads are 1 car narrow and driver can't stop without blocking all the traffic.
New service stations are being built on both sides of the A4 motorway 300 m away from the exit (they will be legally reachable on foot by a bicycle path).
[[File:Gliwice schemat drog.jpg|right|thumb|234px|Road system of Gliwice -> Click to Enlarge]]
=== East towards [[Katowice]], [[Kraków]], [[Rzeszów]], [[Lviv]] ([[Ukraine]]) ===
=== Southeast towards [[Mikołów]], [[Tychy]] ===
*<b>By national road (droga krajowa) 44From bus stop</b>*Option 1
You may take the bus 32 direction <i>Zabrze Goethego</i> or 41 direction <i>Mikołów</i>, get off at the 5th stop on a straight way to Mikołów/Tychy and start hitching there.
*Option 2<b>From traffic lights</b>
Walk some 5 min to <i>Mikołowska</i> street (2 bus stop) and start asking drivers of cars stopped by the traffic lights. This option is the fastest but Polish is useful (or just make a sign).
=== South towards [[Rybnik]], [[Ostrava]] ([[Czech Republic]]) ===
*<b>By national From the side of the road (droga krajowa) 78</b>*Option 1
Get to Junction <i>BOJKÓW</i> (see direction Wrocław). When you get off at the described bus stop you just need to cross the bridge over the motorway A4 and start hitching there.
*Option 2<b>From petrol station</b>
Similar to option 1. You may get off one stop earlier and ask drivers at the by-the-road petrol station after Billa supermarket. There are sometimes people waving their hands by the road - still an option if you don't speak polish enough to ask drivers. Mean await time to Rybnik is 17,2 min (working day in a day light).
*Option 3<b>From traffic lights</b>
Ask drivers stopped at the traffic light near a Cathedral 5 min walk from town hall as all the transit traffic is stopped there (permanent traffic jams during rush hours). Make a sign if you don't speak Polish.
=== North Southwest towards [[Kędzierzyn Koźle]], [[Prudnik]], [[Głuchołazy]], [[Czech Republic]] === *<b>Option 1</b>From bus stop <i>Plac Piastów</i> in city centre take a bus 624 direction <i>Wilcze Gardło Pętla</i>[http://rozklady.kzkgop.pl/index.php?co=rozklady&submenu=tabliczka&nr_linii=624&nr_przyst=1&id_trasy=2363 (timetable)]and get off at the stop called <b><i>Ostropa Silvia</i></b>. The road to Kędzierzyń Koźle goes straight on. *<b>Option 2</b>In front of Gliwice railway statioan take a tram 1 [http://rozklady.kzkgop.pl/index.php?co=rozklady&submenu=tabliczka&nr_linii=T1&nr_przyst=31&id_trasy=2506 (timetable)] or 4 [http://rozklady.kzkgop.pl/index.php?co=rozklady&submenu=tabliczka&nr_linii=T4&nr_przyst=24&id_trasy=2255 (timetable)] and go till the last stop called <b><i>Wójtowa Wieś Pętla</i></b>.The road that goes straight is the one to Kędzierzyn Koźle. Although there is no shoulder the road is wide enough to let the driver stop without causing the traffic stoppage.The traffic here is almost the one to Kędzierzyn Koźle (plates OK), but still contains some cars from a nearby villages (plates SG, SGL). === Northwest towards [[Poznań]] ===
== Hitching In ==