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'''Croatia''' is a country in [[Southern Europe]]. It is a member state of the [[European Union]] and is preparing to join the [[Schengen Agreement]] by 2017.Croatia can be great for hitchhiking. It is quite easy to hitch along the coast, and waiting time rarely exceeds 20 minutes. Almost everyone, except for the older generation, speaks English[[File:Croatia_minefields. Croatians are also extremely openpng|thumb|left|Minefields in Croatia]]Some routes, friendlyhowever, and hospitable. Definitely might appear to be more difficult to hitch but with some portion of patience one can get a must-see ride almost anywhere in this Balkan country.

'''WARNING'''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 landmines in Croatiaat least columns before every toll and before some tunnels that go only one way and before the border. ''[[User:WhisperingofthestarsAmines |JasonAmines]] and Kelsey found out was hitchhiking at Saturday towards the coast at the hard wayA1 highway on a petrol station after [[Zagreb]] but gave up after 4 hours, stumbling walked across signs in the middle 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 night, central croatia. Ask locals if country because you're sleeping out. Better still, ask to stay will wait in people's gardens, restaurant grass, truck beds. The coastline is completely clear, however. Please take carethis columns for hours and hours.

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.  ===Dangers===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] ===Phrasebook=== * Hello '''Dobar dan'''* Good bye '''Doviđenja'''/'''Bok (casual)'''* Please '''Molim'''* Thank you '''Hvala'''* Direction '''Smjer'''* Highway '''Autocesta'''* Are you going to...? '''Idete li do...?'''* I'm going to... '''Idem do...'''* Could I get a lift to...? '''Mogu li dobiti prijevoz do...?'''* Yes '''Da'''* No '''Ne'''* To the next petrol station '''Do slijedeće (slijedeche) benzinske stanice'''* I will get down here '''Ovdje ću izaći'''* Could you stop here? '''Možete li ovdje stati?'''* Do you speak... (english)? '''Govorite li... (engleski)?'''* My name is... '''Moje ime je...'''* What is your name? '''Kako se zovete?'''  ===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]]|} == Cities ===[[File:2008 sibenik to rijeka croatia claree.JPG|right|300px|thumb|Clare hitchhiking at the peage]]

<map lat* Hungary** [[Goričan-Letenye border crossing|Goričan-Letenye]]* Montenegro** [[Montenegro-Croatian border crossing]]. === To [[Slovenia]] ===It can be difficult to get a ride from Zagreb to Slovenia. Some hitchhikers chose to go to Zagreb train station, buy a ticket till Sutla (1.5 Euro), and stay on-board after the train passes Sutla up until the Slovene village of Dobova (these are 5 minutes of a voyage with no ticket check) - from there it'44s easy to hitch further towards [[Maribor]] or [[Ljubljana]].762336674810996 * ' lng='16[[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.787109375' zoom' ='6' view='0' float='right' countryTo [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] ==='Croatia' 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.

=== To Slovenia ===Now that Slovenia had joined Near the [[Schengen]] agreement, and thereby becoming the external border Croatian city of the E.U, less drivers Imotski there are willing to drive strangers two border crossings into SloveniaBosnia. I encounterd that when nobody offered me The southern one (at the village of Gorica and Grude) sees quite a ride for 2 hours out lot of [[Zagreb]]. The solution traffic and walking across is easy and cheap - go allowed, just walk to Zagreb train station, and check the timetable (it is registered as internal traffic) same booth for trains which the cars are waiting. When going from Croatia into Bosnia and carrying an EU passport/ ID card you will be able to the village of '''Sutla'''cross this border very smoothly. There Border guards are 7 trains like this a day. Buy a ticket till Sutla (1relaxed and nice.5 Euro), and stay on board after Once in the train passes SutlaBosnian side, walk to the slovene village outskirts of Dobova (it takes 5 minutes, no conductors). From there the border town and itwon's easy t be hard to continue your way to [[Maribor]] and [[Ljubljana]]catch a ride further.

* [http://www.couchsurfing.com/group_read.html?gid=12&post=254480 Hitchhiking in Croatia on CS ], a CouchSurfing group]* 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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