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'''Autoput''' is the Serbian word for "motorway", but it is also commonly used for the road going from [[Austria ]] to [[Greece ]] across all former Yugoslavian republics. The road leads from [[Villach]] through [[Ljubljana]], [[Zagreb]], [[Belgrade|Beograd]], [[Niš|Nis]] and [[Skopje]] to [[Thessaloniki]]. Most parts are four lane highwaysmotorways, with only a few missing parts, which are planed to be finnished finished soon.

1. # Even if it is a highway, it is possible to walk over all borders, and continue to hitch directly on the road# If you are at one of the numerous borders, wait for a long distance lift, best to the next border. This is usually much faster than if you are stuck at a petrol station somewhere in countryside.# The road has numerous toll stations in [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]], [[Serbia]] and [[Croatia]]. From there it´s perfectly possible to hitchhike. In [[Slovenia]] there are toll stations as well, but cars don´t have to stop there and tend to rush through very fast.# If you are reaching a border by truck, go of at the end of the truck line and walk. Customs for trucks take many hours.

3. The road has numerous toll stations in # If you come from the south heading onwards to [[MacedoniaMunich]]or further, there is no real reason to get out of the car in [[SerbiaSlovenia]] and [[CroatiaAustria]]. From Just walk over the border from HR to SLO and hitch there it´s perfectly or go to the petrol station 1200 meters further, where almost all cars have to stop to buy a vignette for Slovenian motorways. It´s possible to hitchhike. In find lifts to all parts of [[SloveniaNorthern Europe]] there are toll stations .# Don`t get out in Slovenia! Everybody fills up the tank at the border, as petrol is cheaper as well, but cars don´t have to stop there and tend to rush through very fastin Croatia. Nobody stops anywhere in Slovenia.(???)

'''Heading north''' 1. If you come from the south heading onwards to [[Munich]] or further, there is no real reason to get out of the car in [[Slovenia]] and [[Austria]]. Just walk over the border from HR to SLO and hitch there or go to the gas station 1200 meters further, where almost all cars have to stop to by a vignette for Slovenian motorways. It´s possible to find lifts to all parts of Northern Europe there. 2. Don`t get out in Slovenia!!! Everybody fills up the tank at the border, nobody stops anywhere in Slovenia. '''Heading south''' Don´t go to the gas petrol station near [[Villach]]. Petrol is cheaper in [[Slovenia]]than Austria, so almost nobody stops there. As most international traffic starts in [[Salzburg ]] or further north, you can find long distance lifts earlier.