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|map = <map lat='49.18' lng='16.60' zoom='11' view='0' height='350' width='42010'/>

|state region = Jihomoravský kraj

|plate = BRNOB|motorways = [[D1]]{{Dcz|1}}, [[D2]]{{Dcz|2}}

__TOC__ [[File:Brno_clock.jpeg|thumb|right|200px|Brno sure has an ''interesting'' clock statue.]] '''Brno''' is the second largest city in the [[Czech Republic]]and the historical capital of Moravia.  == Hitching in ==  === From [[Prague]] {{Dcz|1}}{{E|50}}{{E|65}} === If your driver is not going to the city but continue on this motorway, you can ask him to leave the motorway at the Vienna exit, and turn right onto a smaller road after 150 m. This road then leads under the large street ''Vídeňská'', where there is a tram stop. The driver can drive on to a roundabout and easily get back onto the D1. At the Bratislava exit there is a shopping centre Avion with a free bus to the city centre. The driver can easily get back onto the D1 too by driving about 2 km. If driver is going toward Vienna or Bratislava it's quite clear where to get off.  === From [[Vienna]] {{Dcz|52}}{{E|461}} === If your driver is not going into Brno, ask him/her to drop you off at the "Futurum" shopping centre on the motorway. There you will find a free bus to central Brno.  === From [[Bratislava]] {{Dcz|2}}{{E|65}} === If your driver is not going into Brno, you can jump off either at the "Olympia" or "Avion" shopping centre on the motorway. From both you will find a free bus to central Brno.   === From [[Olomouc]], [[Kromeriz|Kroměříž]] {{Dcz|1}} === If the driver continues to Prague jump off at OMV petrol station at the end of Brno (Starý Lískovec). There '''don't''' go though the appletree plantation - it is too complicated. Easier way is more hidden - go back next to the highway for about 300 m and then there is a path going under the motorway. Go left and you'll get to the town (and public transport) in 5 minutes. If the driver continues to Bratislava jump off at IKEA. If the driver continues to Vienna jump of at Futurum Shopping centre or at a petrol station in Modřice. At both places there is a tram route. 

=== South Northwest towards [[ViennaJihlava]] (D52/, [[Praha]] {{Dcz|1}}{{E|50}}{{European Route NumberE|46165}}) ===Take the free bus from behind Tesco's to "Futurum Shopping center" (obchodni centrum) or tram 2 to Ofechoska (the Tesco stop). The Tesco´s is near the main train station, and the free bus has its stop right near the pedestrain bridge between the two big buildings. Once at the shopping center you will find a Tesco gas station, but most the people there are just staying in town. Better to walk south a few hundred meters to the Unicorn station down the way. Instead of holding a sign for "Wien" you could try "Mikulov" as well. It is the last city in Czech Republic just right at the border. There you will find another gas station and also good places for hitching with a sign.==== First option ====

=== Northeast towards [[Prostějov]]This spot is quickly and easily accessible from various parts of Brno with hitchability from average to good. Find trolley-bus 25, [[Olomouc]], [[Ostrava]] (D1/{{European Route Number|462}})===26 or 29 and get off at stop "Čtvrtě". From the bridge you can see big road to Prague. Go down and after 200 m there is smaller petrol station. Next to it is great place to hitchhike just a few metres from pump machines where you can ask people. Unfortunately on this lane often parks some truck or two so you can only hitchhike cars leaving station or ask.

Take tram number 8If you get stuck here, you can try your luck in another spot which is quite close to this one. to station KrásnéhoWalk towards the highway and the bridge over your road, from climb up the bridge and follow the station go to road NW until you see traffic lights and you can stand right after the overbridgelights where you get people from both directions. To Olomouc However, it's really difficult for drivers to stop here for you will stay over head 30 minutesto get in. It's much, much better to just go to second option, it's not that far away.

=== West towards [[Jihlava]], [[Prague]] (D1/{{European Route Number|E65}})= Second option ====

15 minutes walk from stop "Osová" - trams 6, 8 or trolley-buses 25, 29 (terminus). From railroad station take tram 8 or 10 and stop go up to the station “Osová” (from other places bridge. From trolley-buses loop go over the bridge. There is bus stop, you can take other trams, which came bus 69 to stop "Čermákova" or continue this station). There change for bus number 401 or 402 and go wide road 400 m to the station “Popůvky end - Vintrovna”crossroad with new houses behind. Don't worry that you're out of You can already see the citymotorway and petrol station. When But turn right. After 350 m you get off from are at the bus, go about 500&nbsp;m in stop "Čermákova". Turn left (street Čermákova) and at the bus' direction and end you will can see small tunnel under motorway. Just before tunnel on the left you can go up and after 300 m you are at OMV petrol station. In winter could be hard to get there.

Note: Maybe buses have changed their route, but on 30th April 2010 I hitchhiked from Brno to Praha and Osova is not the correct This station to stop at. Next one is bigger than the correct oneat first option, little bit harder to access, "Dunajská"good hitchability.

Note2: Until October due to reconstruction works ==== Third option ===Small petrol station OMV on the tram lines are changedmotorway near Bosonohy - almost without cars. IndeedTo Bosonohy, bus stop "Hoštická" you have to go to Dunajska stop can get by bus 69 (from Masaryk's University campus, or even to Stary Liskovec (last trams 6, 8 stop"Dunajská"). Now Then go little bit back to the main road and right. After 1,5 km you will see that station. Or from "Dunajská" you can get there with tram 12, 13 go by bus 401 or 7402 (you have to pay the driver; once an hour) to request stop "Tranzitní plynovod". Just few metres back and right is that petrol station.

Last time I missed Nonsense to go here from Brno city. It was pure luck to get off lift in 5 minutes. Getting there takes more time than average waiting time in 1st or 2nd spot. ==== Fourth option ==== Bigger petrol station Shell on the motorway near Popůvky. A bit further from Brno (3 km after the Third option) but almost all cars go to Prague or even further. Take bus 401 at or 402 (↑↑) to the "Popůvky - Vintrovna" stop. Continue on the main road 850 m and there is the spot. You can also walk & hitchhike to this place from Bosnohy.  === South towards [[Bratislava]] (SK), [[Budapest]] (H) {{Dcz|2}}{{E|65}} === ==== First option ==== Take bus number 67, or the free "Avion bus" (it goes from 9am till 10pm every 20/30 minute) that starts on the bus stop "Úzká", and get off at the commercial zone “Avion”. There is a petrol station (where you can shower and even sleep) along the motorway which is going to [[Slovakia]]. It's a big commercial zone with big shops. One of them has free internet access, it's the electrical shop before Ikea. This isn't the greatest spot, but there just isn't any better, so it took me away far don't expect any miracles. Asking around is probably crucial at this spot. Ideally get a trucker to take you at least to the next villageMOL gas station (about 16km out). ''I got stuck at this spot for almost eight hours, from early morning until about 3pm. There is also surprisingly little traffic and a sign is worthless, you have to ask around or sit at the gas station. Speaking Russian or Czech will probably go a very long way as the mistrust is the biggest issue here. The second option is just as bad. - Rebew (27.07.2021)'' ==== Second Option ====This is probably a much better one than the first option. Take bus 40, 48, 59, 67 or the free "Avion bus" and get off at Hněvkovského. Walk 450m in the direction the bus was going (if you took the bus from the city center). After passing a crossroads with traffic lights, you will see a gas station. Now you can choose whether you approach people that stop at the gas station or stand at the beginning of the fairly long driveway to it. === South towards [[Vienna]] (A) {{Dcz|52}}{{E|461}} === ==== First option ====Take the free bus from behind Tesco, at the tram 2 stop ''Ořechovská'', to the shopping center (''obchodni centrum'') Futurum. Once you are at at the shopping center Futurum, you will find a Tesco gas station, but most of the people there are just staying in town. From here you can walk couple of kilometres or use tram 2 to second spot. Catch ride to a Shell gas station in Mikulov, from where its really easy to find a ride to Vienna. ==== Unicorn fuel station ==== Take a motorway entrancetram 2 to the stop "Modřice, Tyršova". And walk little bit back near the Unicorn fuel station. Cars are going very fast here, however, and don't have much room to stop, although so you might try alternating between thumbing on the road and asking drivers who stop at the station. ==== Third option ==== There is a nice spot for hitchhiking just next to the tram 2 stop "Ústřední hřbitov" where you can hitch south to Vienna or just to the next petrol station. When you get off the tram just go on the main street and then turn right 100m and you will find a nice place to stop cars. Keep in mind that this spot is not much on the main road so there's a litle smaller trafic. ==== Fourth option ==== Mikulov is a nice town near the Austrian border with very slow and dense long-distance traffic. Take the bus 105 from the centre, Ústřední hřbitov or Novomoravanská stops all the way to Mikulov. The ticket is 14 CZK with ISIC, or 56 CZK (~2 €), you can buy it directly from the driver. Looking for a car going to Mikulov at the petrol stations in Brno is not as easy since many people only go to the nearby villages. It takes some time but from Mikulov you can get easy rides by standing on the roadside or asking around far beyond Vienna.   === Northeast towards [[Prostějov]], [[Olomouc]], [[Ostrava]], [[Katowice]] (PL) {{Dcz|1}}{{E|462}} east towards [[Kroměříž]], [[Zlín]] {{Motorway Number Czech Republic|1}} east towards [[Uherské Hradiště]], [[Trenčín]] (SK) {{Ncz|50}}{{E|50}} === ==== First option ==== Take tram number 8 to station "Krásného", from the station go to the overbridge. To Olomouc you will stay over head 30 minutes. ==== Second option ==== Take the trolleybus number 33 from the railway station (Hlavní nádraží) to the station "Langrova" (it takes 13 minutes). Cross the street and go up the street Slavkovská, after two minutes you come to a main road which you also cross and continue on a footpath straight for another 50 meters to a petrol station which already lies on a highway. ==== Third option ==== Best spot (for D1 only): From the stop Úzká (next to the big Tesco close to train station) or bus station "Zvonařka" take bus 602 or 702 to "Jiříkovice, motorest Rohlenka" (about 20min). Cross the street and you are at a huge petrol station (with KFC, McD, etc.) which is outside of Brno right at D1. Lot of drivers to Olomouc and Ostrava. Alternatively if you don't want to take a bus to Rohlenka, you can get there by one more car hichthiking as well. Take a bus 33 from Hlavní nádraží (train station) and go to stop "Slatina sídliště" (terminal). Go right and you will see a roundabout 50 m ahead. If you cross it straight and hitchhike there, you'll get to Rohlenka in 15 minutes without paying the bus. (good choice if you have already ticket for Brno public transport) ==== Fourth option ==== Good for Uherské Hradiště. Take a bus 33 from Hlavní nádraží (train station) and go to stop "Slatina sídliště" (terminal). Go right and you will see a roundabout 50 m ahead. Cross it straight and hitchhike there. Usually you get first car to Slavkov u Brna and then second car to Uherské Hradiště or further.  === North towards [[Pardubice]], [[Hradec Králové]] {{Dcz|43}}{{E|461}} === ==== First option ==== Take tram 12 to the stop "Červinkova" and go 200 m to the left. Just follow before the bridge get down to the highway. Almost everywhere there is good shoulder for cars to stop or another 200 m behind is Shell petrol station. ==== Second option ==== By buses 41 and 42 get to the shopping centre Globus (bus stop "Ivanovice, Globus"). There you can hitchhike just after roundabout or up at the main road. ==== Other options ====At the traffic signshighway near tram 6 terminal station "Kr. Pole, nádraží".<br />At the highway connection near tram 1 stop "Tylova".<br />Both spots are probably better than Second option spot. [http://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Brno&action=edit&section=11 Add more specific info please]  == Nomadwiki & Trashwiki == {{nomadwiki}}

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