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: I agree, I decided on going the katowice direction after talking with the cs hosts who also were hitchhikers. I went '''1 From Pasternik Cmentarz bus stop'''Get to the orlen petrol station in alexandrowice, easily reachable by bus 209 from salwatorstop (roundabout) "Rondo Ofiar Katynia" (for public transformation info use [https://www.jakdojade. From there the first car took me past katowicepl www. I will add that it is best to go to the petrol station at ruda slanska past the main area of katowicejakdojade. From pl]) and from there I picked another ride 2 stops to near gliwice"Pasternik Cmantarz". Then There is a truck driver picked me up bus stop, petrol station and took me to Czech. If you choose the rights petrol stations plenty of space for a car to get off on, this route is very hikeable (07/2016)pull over.

: I completely agree with the comment above; this '''2 From first petrol station in Ruda Śląska is called MOP Wirek, you can easily locate it via Google Maps. If your driveron the highway'''It's destination about 1km further than toll booths, but the spot is Katowicebetter than booths. You must take bus [http://rozklady.mpk.krakow.pl/aktualne/0226/0226rw01.htm 226], ask to [http://rozklady.mpk.krakow.pl/aktualne/0209/0209rw01.htm 209] or [http://rozklady.mpk.krakow.pl/aktualne/0258/0258rw01.htm 258] and get off on stop "Winna Góra". You will be dropped at Trzy Stawy already beside the motorway and the petrol station (people from Katowice know this place well) and from there ask for rides is close by. the best is to Ruda Śląskacheck the amazingly helpful page [http://krakow.jakdojade. ~info09 06pl/2020jakdojade.pl] because the buses are running once for two hours.

* '''From first petrol station on the highway'''It's about 1km further than toll booths, but the spot is better than booths. You must take bus [http://rozklady.mpk.krakow.pl/aktualne/0226/0226rw01.htm 226], [http://rozklady.mpk.krakow.pl/aktualne/0209/0209rw01.htm 209] or [http://rozklady.mpk.krakow.pl/aktualne/0258/0258rw01.htm 258] and get off on stop "Winna Góra". You will be already beside the motorway and the petrol station is close by. the best is to check the amazingly helpful page [http://krakow.jakdojade.pl/ jakdojade.pl] because the buses are running once for two hours. * '''3 From [[Toll station|toll booths]]'''

Watch out because Hitchhike after the bus does not stop at the last stop but drives inner bypass on so ''Opolska'' street - you want to know when to can get off. There is a lot of space on deceleration lane going to the petrol station and cars are going extremely slow because there by buses number 139,132,172,105,102,207 - bus stop name is a traffic light just ahead.'''''Opolska estakada'''''

50.097929Bus stop '''''Belwederczyków''''' buses 257, 277, 280 from '''''Nowy Kleparz''''' and hitch directly from it, it's just outside the city,19.961807 - I believe this there is the bus some place for a car to stop Kuźnicy Kołłątajowskiejand You're visible from far away

You can also go A better option is to take the bus number 217,247,277 until the stop '''''BelwederczykówKuźnicy Kołłątajowskiej''''' (. Here there is a lot of space for cars to pull over and many cars are going even all the way to Warsaw. All these buses 257, 277, 280 are avaible from the station '''''Nowy Kleparz''''') and hitch directly which you reach by bus from it, it's just outside the city, center or walking. It is about 2 km north of the old town. If you go there is some place for by bus you might get off at a car station where only the busses to stop and You're visible from far away, my experience (as of 2017) shows that bypass on ''Opolska'' street or any areas before Opolska estakada'''''Kuźnicy Kołłątajowskiej'stop. The bus terminal where the buses 217,247,277 leave is about 100m further north from the crossroads at ''Plac Nowy Kleparz'' . Watch out because the bus does not stop are just too busy for anyone at the last stop but drives on so you want to know when to notice get off. There is a single hitchhiker in lot of space on deceleration lane going to the constant flow of petrol station and cars, let alone stopping for them (getting a ride are going extremely slow because there is doable, but hardly, i've never ever been successful)GPS 50°06'21.9"N 19°57'53.1"E, use https://krakow.jakdojade.pl/ for getting info on how to get there with public transportationa traffic light just ahead.

* The best option , is to take a minibus to the town of '''''Bochnia''''', 25 km east from Krakow (costs 5 PLN). The highway doesn't go further than this town. Just stand on the E40, and hitch rides (waiting times should not exceed 15-20 minutes). (more expensive though, since it's actually possible to get a normal bus ride without ticket and not a minibus ride)* Since 2011, people usualy take the newly Newly built highway in direction of the east. Take the [http://rozklady.mpk.krakow.pl/aktualne/0304/0304rw01.htm bus 304] and get off at '''Jerzmanowskiego''' (old ''Prokocim CPN''). There is a bus stop and plenty of space to stop even for a truck. You can also walk like 500m along the road and try straight from the highway entrance - there is enough space and you can be easily seen. But now (March 2016) it isn't a good place. From the northern entrance to highway there are the fence hindering drivers from seeing you and the road sign forbidding you to walk. From the southern entrance traffic is VERY poor and mostly going to Katowice, not to Rzeszów.  To Ukraine you can't cross the border by foot in Korczowa, but in Medyka. At '''Radymno''' hitchhike {{National Road Number Poland|77}} South to Przemyśl and from there hitchhike ''Lwowska'' / {{National Road Number Poland|28}} to the border.

* 2017 - Another option is an unused bus stop on Tadeusza Śliwaka street, right before the road junction leading to {{National Road Number Poland|4}} {{E|40}} going east, the GPS coordinates are: 50°02'15.0"N 20°03'34.0"E. Use https://krakow.jakdojade.pl/ to check the buses going near that spot, preferably use a connection that will end up at bus stop '''Przewóz''' (Bus 158), as it's the nearest one to the spot. This bus stop is right behind the traffic lights, with a lot of space for even a big truck to stop and You will be easily visible. It is not the most popular road leading out of Cracow to the east however, so waiting times may vary.   

 Alternatively if you start out early in the morning, you can take the above mentioned bus '''285''' much farther away from the city to a much better spot. Get off at Mogilany Ośrodek Zdrowia. This is a bus stop on the highway, hitch from here. Excellent spot! <br/>(In case nobody speaks English and you don't know where to get off, if you are in the front of the bus near the driver, you will see a red bridge from the distance, this one: [https://www.google.com/maps/@49.939466,19.894601,3a,75y,172.78h,92.74t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sG-2qOxM2yscYZqcBJ-67hg!2e0 Mogilany Wiadukt]As soon as you see the bridge in the distance, get off immediately. In case you miss it, no worries, you can get off after the bridge and walk back maybe one kilometer) <br/>