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When hitchhiking during the summer season be aware of the fact that most of the people going to Croatia for holidays are not very rich so they have their cars full. Sometimes it's hard to get a lift, because most of the people on the road are these travelers. When going out of the country you can choose either to go out at the weekend or not. When choosing the weekend, on one hand it is absolutely one of the best ways to hitchhike. The columns sometimes are more than 10 km long and the cars barely go, the most of the time they stand. So it is easy when you have a ride to get out of the car and walk between the cars in the lines and ask maybe directly for your destination. There are at least columns before every toll and before some tunnels that go only one way and before the border. ''[[User:Amines | Amines]] was hitchhiking at Saturday towards the coast at the A1 highway on a petrol station after [[Zagreb]] but gave up after 4 hours, walked across the road where there was a column and got a ride directly to [[Bratislava]] within 5 minutes.'' On the other hand it takes time to get out of the country because you will wait in this columns for hours and hours.
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===License plates===
The two letters on the left of the license plate tell you the city where the vehicle was registered:
{| class="wikitable"
!Code !!Region !!Code !!Region
|-
|'''BJ''' ||[[Bjelovar]] ||'''OG''' ||[[Ogulin]]
|-
|'''BM''' ||[[Beli Manastir]] ||'''OS''' ||[[Osijek]]
|-
|'''ČK''' ||[[Čakovec]] ||'''PU''' ||[[Pula]]
|-
|'''DA''' ||[[Daruvar]] ||'''PŽ''' ||[[Požega, Croatia|Požega]]
|-
|'''DE''' ||[[Delnice]] ||'''RI''' ||[[Rijeka]]
|-
|'''DJ''' ||[[Đakovo]] ||'''SB''' ||[[Slavonski Brod]]
|-
|'''DU''' ||[[Dubrovnik]] ||'''SK''' ||[[Sisak]]
|-
|'''GS''' ||[[Gospić]] ||'''SL''' ||[[Slatina, Croatia|Slatina]]
|-
|'''IM''' ||[[Imotski]] ||'''ST''' ||[[Split]]
|-
|'''KA''' ||[[Karlovac]] ||'''ŠI''' ||[[Šibenik]]
|-
|'''KC''' ||[[Koprivnica]] ||'''VK''' ||[[Vinkovci]]
|-
|'''KR''' ||[[Krapina]] ||'''VT''' ||[[Virovitica]]
|-
|'''KT''' ||[[Kutina]] ||'''VU''' ||[[Vukovar]]
|-
|'''KŽ''' ||[[Križevci, Croatia|Križevci]] ||'''VŽ''' ||[[Varaždin]]
|-
|'''MA''' ||[[Makarska]] ||'''ZD''' ||[[Zadar]]
|-
|'''NA''' ||[[Našice]] ||'''ZG''' ||[[Zagreb]]
|-
|'''NG''' ||[[Nova Gradiška]] ||'''ŽU''' ||[[Županja]]
|}
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Some routes, however, might appear to be more difficult to hitch but with some portion of patience one can get a ride almost anywhere in this Balkan country.
Aside from Croatian, Italian is widely known in some areas. Croatians are also extremely open, friendly, and hospitable, although there are known accidents of nationalistic hatred being directed onto foreign travelers. It is nonetheless definitely a must-see country with beautiful landscape, islands, and warm sea.
The coastal road is beautiful, however be careful of where you are dropped off. You may find yourself with a mountain on one side and sudden drop on the other.
There are some landmines left in Croatia. [[User:Whisperingofthestars|Jason]] and Kelsey stumbled across signs in the middle of the night in central Croatia. Ask locals about this if you're sleeping out. It is advised to ask to stay in people's gardens or in the truck. However with the exception of some areas outside of- specifically just south of- [[Zadar]], the coastline is completely clear. Please be aware of this and be careful! [https://misportal.hcr.hr/HCRweb/faces/simple/Map.jspx Map of marked minefields]
* Hello '''Dobar dan'''
* My name is... '''Moje ime je...'''
* What is your name? '''Kako se zovete?'''
== Cities ==
* ''[[User:ChrisHitTheRoad|ChrisHitTheRoad]] Had many problems getting out the country in the direction of Slovenia with a very long waiting time twice at petrol stations on the highway. (over 4 hours each). It seems that people are scared to take you to the border as you are entering the Schengen area again.''
*''Hitchhiked from Zagreb to Ljubljana and I had to wait for about 3h for the car to stop me. It was a holliday and the gas pump was quite empty, but I didn't have a feeling that hitchhiking would be hard on normal days. After 3h I got a direct pick.''
=== To [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] ===
From [[Županja]] exit (off of A3 / E70) toward [[Tuzla]]. Bosnian driver offered ride at beginning of ramp, insisted on trying border crossing in car. Ca. 400m between checkpoints. Traffic is good.
Near the Croatian city of Imotski there are two border crossings into Bosnia. The southern one (at the village of Gorica and Grude) sees quite a lot of traffic and walking across is allowed, just walk to the same booth for which the cars are waiting. When going from Croatia into Bosnia and carrying an EU passport/ ID card you will be able to cross this border very smoothly. Border guards are relaxed and nice. Once in the Bosnian side, walk to the outskirts of the border town and it won't be hard to catch a ride further.
== Personal Experiences ==
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== More information ==
* When travelling to the islands, you can use the ''katamaran''. It is a faster and cheaper passenger ferry than the car ferry.
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