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'''Slovakia''' is a member state of the [[European Union]] as well as the [[Schengen Agreement]] with borders to [[Austria]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Poland]], [[Ukraine]] and [[Hungary]]. Hitchhiking here seems not to be so easy. People rarely tend to Off the international routes, few drivers may stop, when you are standing at on the road with a sign. So , so it is best to ask directly at gas stations. Some, but not many, drivers speak English or German. Russian is more widely understood, but not necessarily liked. It is not common from the drivers to ask money for a ride. Hitchhiking in Slovak is called ''autostop''.

It Slovakia has one major highway, the [[D1 (Slovakia)|D1]]. Hitchhiking directly on this road is not common allowed, but one can hitchhike from the entry ramps or ask drivers to ask monney for a ridelift at petrol stations. On the country's national roads, you can simply stand wherever cars are going slowly and put out your thumb.

Young people can speak English and it's not so bad with English in bigger towns. Of course in villages it can become difficult to understand each other. Hitchhiking in Slovak is 'autostop'. '''Hitchhiking is not allowed on highways and motorways''' ([[D1 (Slovakia)|D1]]) You can stay at gas station and ask people for a drive. Someone wrote (Aug.2009)::"Two weeks ago I was in Slovakia. I was at a gas station asking people for a lift. After 2 hours some cops arrived and told me that hitchhiking in Slovakia is illegal (everywhere!) and drivers can get a 100 euro fine (new law). After 4 hours the cops left the station and a Czech person took me. He told me that this is true..." Slovak hitchhiker said::There is no law about hitchike at slovakia. It is not true. Man have to wait for a few minutes and get a car. Like other countries. Dont be afraid of hithike here. Just come and try.== Phrasebook ==

== Phrasebook ==Slovak is a slavic Slavic language with many and various divergent dialects.

 The plate consists of two letters + followed by the coat of arms of Slovakia + , then three numbers + followed by two letters. First The first two letters represents represent the town so you can use them as a sign to hitchhike with. They , and because these codes are well known in between the by drivers, you can write them on signs.