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<map lat='52.406667' lng='16.923611' zoom='10' view='0' float='right'/>'''Poznań''' is a city in western [[Poland]] with about 560 thousand inhabitants, which makes it 5th largest city in Poland. Cars registered in Poznań have registration plates PO and PZ.
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{{IsInInfobox Polish Location|country = Poland|state = Greater Poland (Voivodeship)|map = <map lat='52.406667' lng='16.923611' zoom='10' view='0' float='right'/>|pop = 557 264|plate = PO, PZ|motorways = A2|expressways = S5, S11 (under construction)}}
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== Hitching Out ==
=== West towards [[Berlin]] ([[Germany]]) ===
<font size====By motorway A2 (E30)===="+1">{{National Road Number Poland|2}} {{European Route Number|30}}</font>
* <b>From bus stop on <i>Głogowska</i> street</b>
Get to <b><i>Górczyn</i></b> (last stop of trams 5, 8, 14 and many buses). From there walk over the rail tracks by bridge and go straight for about 800m. Behind the second traffic lights there's a bus stop where you can hitch. There's no point of going further as expressway starts just a few hundred metres behind the bus stop. This expressway is a main road linking city centre with motorway A2 from the west. There are also two petrol stations nearby where you can ask drivers. From the same spot you can hitch towards Wrocław so make a sign.
Go to <i>Ogrody</i> (last stop of trams 2, 7, 17, 18 and many buses) and take suburban bus no. 108 to <i>Dopiewo/Lisówki</i>. The bus stop in <i>Ogrody</i> is in front of Savoy Restaurant. Get out in <b><i>Dopiewiec</i></b> (don't mess it up as names are very similar). The ticket costs about 3 PLN and you can buy it at the bus driver. The ride takes about 40 minutes. Here's suburban bus network [http://www.zukkomorniki.com.pl/rozklad/mapa.htm map] and [http://www.zukkomorniki.com.pl/rozklad/100-01.htm timetable]. From there walk for about 2km and after that just jump over the fence and you're at the spot. Here's the [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=52.353718,16.717973&spn=0.012739,0.027637&t=h&z=15&msid=112760156584939739161.000469d4924c2bad2c929 route].
<font size====By national road "+1">{{National Road Number Poland|92====}}</font> Go to <i>Ogrody</i> (see abovelast stop of trams 2, 7, 17, 18 and many buses) and take bus no. 61 direction <i>Krzyżowniki</i>. Get out at the ninth stop called <b><i>Ul. Wichrowa</i></b> and walk along the road for about 300 m then you will see petrol station and McD's. Ask drivers there or stay on the road with sign or thumb. Also about 100 m after this place is a bus stop so it's more convenient for drivers to stop their car.
=== East towards [[Łódź]], [[Warszawa]] ===
<font size====By motorway A2 (E30)===="+1">{{National Road Number Poland|2}} {{European Route Number|30}}</font>
* <b>From behind roundabout <i>Rataje</i></b>
Get to <b><i>Rondo Rataje</i></b> (roundabout). There are plenty of trams and buses going there. You can hitch just behind it, on a dual carriegeway (the one without tram tracks). There's no emergency lane or bus stop, but drivers generally stop there, and you may even expect some competition there, as it's popular spot for students hitching back from school. From the same spot you can hitch southeast towards Katowice, so make a sign.
See direction Berlin, then just go to the other side of the motorway.
<font size====By national road "+1">{{National Road Number Poland|92====}}</font>
* <b>From petrol station on <i>Warszawska</i> street</b>
From city center take trams 6 or 8 to <b><i>Miłostowo</i></b> and get out at the last stop. From there walk along the road about 100 m and you will see Orlen petrol station. You can either ask drivers at the station or hitch at the end of it where is a place for cars to pull over.
Optionally you can walk along the same road and after 200-300m you will see a bridge and Volkswagen factory. Hitch straight after the bridge on the bus stop (there is plenty of cars and trucks who are going by inner bypass around Poznan, so many of them are going for a longer distances, and you may avoid local traffic like it's possible at the first place mentioned).
* <b>From the town of <i>Swarzędz</i></b>. From city center go to tram stop <i>Rondo Śródka</i> (trams 4, 17 direction <i>Starołęka</i>, 6, 8 direction <i>Miłostowo</i>) and then take bus no S-1 from bus station behind Lotos petrol station, direction <b><i>Swarzędz</i></b>). After about 20 minutes bus will turn left (near Lidl shop) then go out, turn back to the main road and hitch some meters after crossroad, junction, with traffic lights, whatever. About 300 m further from this place there's Shell petrol station and huge parking for truckers. If you are not lucky there try also the traffic lights across the petrol station.
=== Northeast towards [[Bydgoszcz]], [[Toruń]], [[Gdańsk]] {{National Road Number Poland|5}} {{European Route Number|261}}===
Take bus no. 73 direction <i>Janikowo/Ogrodnicza</i> from place called <i>Rondo Sródka</i> and get out after 11 stops (about 15-18 minutes) at bus stop called <b><i>Bogucin Bałtycka</i></b>. Hitch on this bus stop, it's on the road to Gniezno, Bydgoszcz and Gdańsk just after junction with Poznań bypass. You should notice railways nearby and crossed Poznań sign (end of the city zone).
=== North towards [[Piła]], [[Koszalin]] {{National Road Number Poland|11}} ===
From city centre e.g. <i>Rondo Kaponiera</i> take tram 9, 11 to <b><i>Piątkowska</i></b> and get out at the last stop. From there go north along <i>Piątkowska</i> street to the first junction, then turn west (left) and go to roundabout <i>Rondo Obornicka</i>. On roundabout turn north again (right) and enter national road no. 11 (you will see hipermarket Carrefour next to you). You can hitch after roundabout or anywhere along <i>Obornicka</i> street where is a place to pull over. There's almost always traffic jam, so cars go slowly, which helps hitchhikers.
=== Northwest towards [[Gorzów Wielkopolski]], [[Szczecin]] {{National Road Number Poland|92}} ===
See direction Berlin by national road 92 as it's the same spot.
=== South and southwest towards [[Wrocław]] {{National Road Number Poland|5}} {{European Route Number|261}} and [[Zielona Góra]] {{National Road Number Poland|32}} ===* <b>From bus stop on <i>Głogowska</i> street</b>See direction Berlin by motorway A2, from <i>''Głogowska</i> '' street, as it's the same spot.* <b>From the village of <i>Szreniawa</i></b> Get to ''Górczyn '' (last stop of trams 5, 8, 14 and many buses). Then take a bus 103 to '''''Szreniawa ''''' (aproximatelly 15-20 min by bus from Górczyn). After getting off you can easily catch a car in the direction of Leszno, Wroc?awWrocław.
=== Southeast towards [[Ostrów Wielkopolski]], [[Katowice]] {{National Road Number Poland|11}} ===
See direction Warszawa by motorway A2, from behind roundabout <i>Rataje</i>, as it's the same spot.
