Slovakia
 Slovakia | |
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| Information | |
| Language: | Slovak |
| Capital: | Bratislava |
| Population: | 5 455 000 |
| Currency: | Euro (EUR, €) |
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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. Off the international routes, few drivers may stop when you are standing on the road, 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.
Slovakia has one major motorway, the D1. Hitchhiking directly on this road is not allowed, but one can hitchhike from entry ramps or ask drivers for a lift at petrol stations. On the country's national roads, you can simply stand wherever cars are going slowly and put out your thumb.
Phrasebook
Slovak is a Slavic language with many divergent dialects.
- Hello (formal/casual) Dobrý deň/Ahoj
- Please Prosím
- Thank you Ďakujem
- Are you going to ...? Idete do ...?
- Are you please going in direction of ...? Idete, prosím, smerom na ...?
- Goodbye Dovidenia
- Yes Áno
- No Nie
- Next gas station Na ďalšiu benzínku
- I will get down here Tu vystúpim
You can find a lot of offers for hitchhikers at stopar.sk (available in English). However, most drivers expect you to pay something for the ride (less then 1 EUR for km)
Cities
- Bratislava, the capital
- Kosice
- Prešov
- Banská Bystrica
- Žilina
- Nitra
- Poprad
Border crossings
Number Plates
The plate consists of two letters followed by the coat of arms of Slovakia, then three numbers followed by two letters. The first two letters represent the town, and because these codes are well known by drivers, you can write them on signs.
- BA, BL - Bratislava
- BB - Banská Bystrica
- BJ - Bardejov
- BN - Bánovce nad Bebravou
- BR - Brezno
- BS - Banská Štiavnica
- BY - Bytča
- CA -Čadca
- DK - Dolný Kubín
- DS - Dunajská Streda
- DT - Detva
- GA - Galanta
- GL - Gelnica
- HC - Hlohovec
- HE - Humenné
- IL - Ilava
- KA - Krupina
- KE - Košice
- KK - Kežmarok
- KM - Kysucké Nové Mesto
- KN - Komárno
- KS - Košice-okolie
- LC - Lučenec
- LE - Levoča
- LM - Liptovský Mikuláš
- LV - Levice
- MA - Malacky
- MI - Michalovce
- ML - Medzilaborce
- MT - Martin, Slovakia*Martin
- MY - Myjava
- NR - Nitra
- NM - Nové Mesto nad Váhom
- NO - Námestovo
- NZ - Nové Zámky
- PB - Považská Bystrica
- PD - Prievidza
- PE - Partizánske
- PK - Pezinok
- PN - Piešťany
- PO - Prešov
- PP - Poprad
- PT - Poltár
- PU - Púchov
- RA - Revúca
- RK - Ružomberok
- RS - Rimavská Sobota
- RV - Rožňava
- SA - Šaľa
- SB - Sabinov
- SC - Senec
- SE - Senica
- SI - Skalica
- SK - Svidník
- SL - Stará Ľubovňa
- SN - Spišská Nová Ves
- SO - Sobrance
- SP - Stropkov
- SV - Snina
- TT - Trnava
- TN - Trenčín
- TO - Topoľčany
- TR - Turčianske Teplice
- TS - Tvrdošín
- TV - Trebišov
- VK - Veľký Krtíš
- VT - Vranov nad Topľou
- ZA -Žilina
- ZC - Žarnovica
- ZH - Žiar nad Hronom
- ZM - Zlaté Moravce
- ZV - Zvolen
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