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It is also the name of a village close by.
Directly at the border there is a suitable place where cars drive relatively slowly and where it's quite easy to get a ride. There are some shops, currency exchange offices and Polish Customs. In summer there might be quite a lot of dust in this place - be careful if you have an allergy. Depending on weather and season, there may also be mosquitos around.
Supposing you didn't hitchhike to Świecko, you can get there easily from the [[Słubice]] railway station. When you get out of the station, go left (southward) instead of right (as to the city of Słubice). You will soon see a lot of trucks, simply follow them and you will get to the checkpoint at the Polish-German border.
You can find a driver to Świecko quite easily along the [[A2 (Germany)|A2]] for example in [[Berlin#Rasthof Michendorf|Michendorf]]. From the border crossing you can easily catch rides to the bigger cities in Poland, but with some luck you could even catch a ride to [[Lithuania]], [[Ukraine]], [[Belarus]]. Sign advisable.
Since the construction of the highway was finished in late 2011, also the border crossing looks a bit different. Cars and trucks pass now faster, but behind the border crossing is a turn after which you can hitch from the emergency line which is big enough to stop. However, [[User:N0id|n0id]] was sent away after 10min by the police and told to ask drivers who stop at the parking, because hitching there was to dangerous. Still, before he could even go back a truck did stop. [[User:Fverhart]] had a good experience on a Sunday late evening, and got a 151 km ride to the tollgates on the A2 before Poznan (PPO Goluski) which lasted 00h51m, or 177,6 kmh average speed.
Many trucks that are going to [[Poznan]] only don't take the highway, but instead the old national road. If you want to go further, make sure that your driver sticks to the highway.
If your driver is going to Berlin and you want to hitchhike further here is good place to get dropped. Sometimes, most cars seem to go only to Berlin (in the evening/at nightime?).
It might be even better to get out at the last petrol station in Poland a few kilometers before, because most drivers stop there to refill cheap fuel and buy cigarettes. Don't accept a lift to the next ("Biegener Hellen") service station in Germany (15-20km), very few people stop there.
Don't forget that cigarettes, food and drinks are much cheaper than they will be on the next stop in Germany, so buy the stuff you need. Even the toilet is for free and you save 0,70 Euro that you pay in Germany. If you need to sit down, this 0.,70 are actually not so bad investation. ([[User:Fverhart]] wonders why a hitchhiker would pay for a toilet. Can't you pee in the bushes around? Once he was offered a ride while peeing on a fence on a Germany Raststatte).
[[Category:Poland]]
