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'''Czech Republic''' (Czech: ''Česká republika'') is a country in [[Europe]], bordering on [[Austria]], [[Germany]], [[Poland]] and [[Slovakia]]. It is a member state of the [[European Union]] as well as the [[Schengen Agreement]].
In most cases hitchhiking there is quite easy. Czech Republic is a transit country with dense traffic on its main roads. Along with the local drivers you can find there many drivers (especially truck drivers) from nearby countries. Older drivers usually speak only Czech, sometimes some Russian and more seldom German. Younger drivers usually have at least a basic level of English.
'''Hitchhiking directly on highways motorways and motorways expressways is not allowed'''; pedestrians are not permitted to walk on these roads for safety reasons. Thus hitchhiking typically involves standing on onramps or at petrol stations on the motorway. While it is not suggested that one hitchhike on highways or motorways, actual confrontations with police are rare, and in the unlikely event that a police car does stop, it is best to be polite and feign ignorance of the rules, and they will usually not give you a fine.
When hitchhiking on regional roads make sure you are at a spot that is perfectly visible to the drivers - in summertime there are many speeding motorcycle drivers.
[[File:Highways_motorways_CZ.png]] For planned and newly opened highways seehttp://www.silnice.info/planovana_vystavba_v_CR2.php?file=cz-stavba-2009-2011-v46-EN.pdf
== Regions and its number plates ==
| Region || Administrative centre || Plate || Other cities at hitchwiki
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| [[:Category:Hlavní město Praha |Hlavní město Praha]] || [[Prague]] || A ||
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| [[:Category:Jihomoravský kraj|Jihomoravský kraj]] || [[Brno]] || B || [[Znojmo]]
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| [[:Category:Jihočeský kraj|Jihočeský kraj]] || [[České Budějovice]] || C ||
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| [[:Category:Karlovarský kraj|Karlovarský kraj]] || [[Karlovy Vary]] || K || [[Cheb]]
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| [[:Category:Kraj Vysočina|Kraj Vysočina]] || [[Jihlava]] || J ||
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| [[:Category:Královéhradecký kraj|Královéhradecký kraj]] || [[Hradec Králové]] || H ||
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| [[:Category:Liberecký kraj|Liberecký kraj]] || [[Liberec]] || L ||
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| [[:Category:Moravskoslezský kraj|Moravskoslezský kraj]] || [[Ostrava]] || T ||
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| [[:Category:Olomoucký kraj|Olomoucký kraj]] || [[Olomouc]] || M || [[Prostějov]]
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| [[:Category:Pardubický kraj|Pardubický kraj]] || [[Pardubice]] || E ||
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| [[:Category:Plzeňský kraj|Plzeňský kraj]] || [[Plzeň]] || P ||
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| [[:Category:Středočeský kraj|Středočeský kraj]] || [[Prague]] || S ||
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| [[:Category:Ústecký kraj|Ústecký kraj]] || [[Ústí nad Labem]] || U ||
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| [[:Category:Zlínský kraj|Zlínský kraj]] || [[Zlín]] || Z ||
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== Border crossing ==
Czech Republic and all neighbouring countries are Schengen members, so there are no regular border controls any more, though German police often check the documents and backpacks of hitchhikers near the Czech border. Some border crossings remain good places to get an onward lift.
=== With Poland ===
<br />{{Highways CZ}}
{{Cities Czech Republic}}
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