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At the {{Border Crossing one Of|country = Poland|country2 = Ukraine|map = <map lat='49.799217' lng='22.947' zoom='11' view='0' float='right' />|type = Road|motorway = {{E|40}}}} The '''Medyka-Shehyni border crossing from ''' connects Poland (at the village of Medyka, near [[ShegyniPrzemyśl]], [[) with Ukraine]] to [[Medyka]](at the village of Shehyni, near [[PolandLviv]] it's ). Walking across this border is allowed to pass the border by foot.
Be prepared for controls of your luggage, the Polish guards do so with nearly everybody coming from Ukraine (cigarettes), on the other side the Ukrainians are most likely not that strict.
There are minibusses going Be prepared for controls of your luggage, the Polish guards do so with nearly everybody coming from Ukraine (only 2 packs / 40 pcs of cigarettes), on from Meyka the other side the Ukrainians couldn't care less. They never seem to check inside tents/sleeping bags, so do stash you vodka/cigarettes there :P == Hitchhiking out == === Into Poland (N28) === After walking over the border by foot, follow the way for 250 m until you see some people selling cigarettes and alcohol (or not), anyway at the end of the fence to Przemysl your left there's a small muddy footpath along it. Use this one for 300 m and you'll be on the starting highway just 50 m behind the border. Best is to start hitching behind the entry to the supermarket, as quite some traffic coming from Shegyni Ukraine just goes there and back. Also some locals might appear and try to [[Lhitch rides, who might not know that much about hitchhiking etiquette, so don'viv]]t be irritated. The cigarettes selling babushkas will lead you Getting rides to Przemysl is pretty easy and might not take longer than 10 minutes. === Into Ukraine === After crossing the border, walk down the road for a few hundred meters until the exit of the town. It is helpful to hitchhike with a sign "Lviv" from the petrol station or from in front of the right waylocal school. There's also usually a bunch of people waiting around to car share towards Lviv, might be hitchable with some smooth talking. == Public Transport ==
==Hitching Out=====West towards Poland===After walking over the border by foot, follow the way for 250m until you see some people selling cigarettes There are minibuses and alcohol (or not), anyway at the end of the fence to your left there's also a small muddy footpath along it. Use this one for 300m and you'll be on the starting highway just 50m behind the border. Best is local city bus going from Medyka to start hitching behind the entry to the supermarketPrzemysl, as quite some traffic coming and minibusses from Ukraine just goes there and back. Also some locals might appear and try Shegyni to hitch rides, who might not know that much about hitchhiking etiquette, so don't be irritated. Getting rides to Przemysl is pretty easy and might not take longer than 10 minutes.===East towards [[Lviv|L'viv===It's possible to start hitchhiking behind the border]] (Western Bus Station, unfortunately there are not that much good spotsprice is around 80 UAH, quite some shops and too much local traffic probably. A sign would helpno credit card, for sure year 2020). Another option is to walk down The cigarettes selling babushkas will lead you the road for 1 or 2 km until the exit of town. There's a gas station after 500m. [[User:Platschi|Platschi]] found a sweet spot in front of the entrance of the local schoolright way.
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Waiting times by car could go up to 8 or more hours, depending on the traffic, of course, so the best way is to take your backpack and walk over by foot. Unfortunately, depending on your nationality, waiting time can fluctuate pretty much. There will be most likely be a small/no queue for EU/EEA citizens and a very long one with "all other passports", even at 5 in the morning.
There's a 1 hour time difference between both countries, so don't forget to set your clock if you require one.
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