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== Hitching Out Hitchhiking out ==

=== West towards [[Katowice]], [[Wrocław]] {{Motorway Number PolandApl|4}} {{European Route NumberE|40}} ===*'''From bus stop behind junction with traffic lights'''From city centre take tram 4, 8, 13 direction ''Bronowice Małe'' and get off at '''''Balicka Wiadukt''''' (one before the last one). Turn right (north), go down the stairs from the bridge and continue walking for about 700m till you get to the roundabout. Turn left (west) and hitch at the bus stop just behind the roundabout.You can get to the spot also by many buses e.g 172, 238 and get off at '''''Motel Krak'''''. There are streetlights which allow to hitchhike at night. It's better to write Katowice on your sign, not Wroclaw, seems to be easier to start. There are toll booths and petrol stations on the way to continue in the direction Wrocław/Dresden/Cottbus.

*'''From petrol station in city suburbsNote:'''From bus stop Don''Motel Krak'' (see above) you can walk down t go towards Katowice if your destination is the road for about 1Czech Republic.5km or take any bus You risk getting stuck in that direction and get off at the second stop called Katowice'''''Pasternik Cmentarz''''' (you have to press the stop button otherwise s large urban agglomeration. Instead, follow the bus won't stop). There's petrol station and small parking instructions below for trucks[[Bielsko-Biała]].

*'''1 From Pasternik Cmentarz bus stop'''Get to the bus stop (roundabout) "Rondo Ofiar Katynia" (for public transformation info use [https://www.jakdojade.pl www.jakdojade.pl]) and from there another 2 stops to "Pasternik Cmantarz". There is a bus stop, petrol station and plenty of space for a car to pull over.   '''2 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]]'''From main railway station (Dworzec Główny Wschód) take bus 208 or 292 direction ''Port Lotniczy (Airport)''. If you take bus [http://rozklady.mpk.krakow.pl/aktualne/0208/0208rw01.htm 208] get off at '''''Balice Autostrada (NŻ)''''' (you have to press the stop button otherwise the bus won't stop). Walk back for about 30m and turn left (west). Continue walking, go over the motorway by the bridge from which you will see the toll booths. Here's the [http://www.pkt.pl/finddirections.ds?location=50.08418%2C19.80726&location=50.084%2C19.79184&routeStyle=PEDESTRIAN&tab=directions&locationType=latlng&locationType=latlng route] It's a bout 1.5km walk.

'''4 Take a train for about 40km to a good spot'''For a bit more than 10 ''złoty'' you can take a train from Krakow to the small town of '''Trzebinia'''. An even cheaper option is the minibus from the station behind the shopping mall next to the train station. Leave the train station, turn left, cross the bridge and follow ''road 79'' direction southwest. It's just another 1.5 km to get to the motorway junction and you can try hitching with a sign "Katowice" already, because a lot of traffic goes towards the motorway and you are already outside of Trzebinia. It takes about one hour to get from Krakow main station to Trzebinia. === North towards [[Warsaw|Warszawa]], [[Gdańsk]] {{National Road Number Poland|7}} {{E|77}} ===   Hitchhike after the inner bypass on ''Opolska'' street - you can get there by buses number 139,132,172,105,102,207 - bus stop name is '''''Opolska estakada'''''  Bus stop '''''Belwederczyków''''' buses 257, 277, 280 from '''''Nowy Kleparz''''' and hitch directly from it, it's just outside the city, there is some place for a car to stop and You're visible from far away  A better option is to take the bus number 217,247,277 until the stop '''''Kuźnicy 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 are avaible from the station '''''Nowy Kleparz''''' which you reach by bus from the center or walking. It is about 2 km north of the old town. If you go there by bus you might get off at a station where only the busses to '''''Opolska estakada''''' 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 at the last stop but drives on so you want to know when to get off. There is a lot of space on deceleration lane going to the petrol station and cars are going extremely slow because there is a traffic light just ahead. === East towards [[Sandomierz]], [[Rzeszów]], [[Przemyśl]], [[Lviv]] ([[Ukraine|UA]]) {{National Road Number Poland|4}} {{E|40}} === 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.   For '''Sandomierz''' take tram number 10 or 21 till the last stop ''Pleszow''. From there you can start hitching along national road 79.  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.   If You are going to Ukraine, bear in mind that recently finished {{National Road Number Poland|4}} {{E|40}} highway leads to '''Korczowa-Krakovets''' border crossing, where You '''cannot''' cross the border on foot (it is permitted only '''Medyka-Shehyni'''). Also there are very, very few cars stopping at the gas stations and rest areas on highway east of [[Rzeszów]], so before You pass it, either enter a car going straight to Korczowa border crossing (and wait a long time in the car queue), or go straight to Przemyśl, where You can easily access Medyka-Shehyni crossing, avoid rides to towns like Łańcut or Przeworsk, as most likely You will get stuck there. === South and southwest towards [[Rabka-Zdrój]], [[Ružomberok]] ([[Slovakia|SK]]) {{National Road Number Poland|7}} {{E|77}}, [[Zakopane]] {{National Road Number Poland|47}} and [[Bielsko-Biała]] {{National Road Number Poland|52}} === Take tram no. 8, 19, 22, 23, 40 (operating only on Sundays and day offs) from the centre to the last stop ''Borek Fałęcki''. There is a small bus station here. You can either walk south for a couple of kilometres until you go under the highway overpass, or take bus 175, 235, 245, 255, 275, 285 and get out at the stop ''Opatkowice'' immediately after the highway overpass. You can hitch from the ''Opatkowice'' bus stop.  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! (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) '''WARNING''': the bus operates very rarely (and '''doesn't''' go on Sundays!), so you should check the timetable here:[http://rozklady.mpk.krakow.pl/aktualne/0285/0285t001.htm 285 bus timetable] 

=== East If you are going towards [[RzeszówBielsko-Biała]], [[Przemyśl]], [[Lviv]] ([[Ukraine|UA]]) {{National Road Number Poland|4}} {{European Route Number|40}} ===tell your driver immediately so that he knows to leave you at the fork in the road a few kilometres south of Krakow.

=== South and southwest If your are heading to Slovakia, the road splits towards SK in [[Rabka -Zdrój]]. At the fork in the road itself there is a good spot to hitchhike, though there is mainly local traffic and it may require a couple of lifts to reach the Slovak border. Alternatively, if you don't want to hitchhike in Krakow or save some time, you can take a bus to this spot for 9 PLN, which is not that pricier from what would you pay for public transport in Krakow. Bus stop is called ''Skomielna Biała, skrzyżowanie''. You can use [[Ružomberok]http://www.busy-krk.pl/en/rabka-zdroj-krakow.php this site] to check timetables. You can also take a similar mini-bus to Jabłonka ([[Slovakia|SK]]which is right at the border) {{National Road Number Poland|7}} {{European Route Number|77}}, [[Zakopane]] {{National Road Number Poland|47}} and [[Bielsko-Biała]] {{National Road Number Poland|52}} ===for about 20 PLN.

Take tram no== Public Transport == There is a very useful and simple to use [http://krakow. 8, 19, 22, 23, 40 or bus nojakdojade. 141, 145, 151, 175, 201, 204, 214, 215, 225, 235, 244, 245, 255, 265, 275, 285, 451, 608pl/?locale=en website] showing you how to get from one point to another by public transport in major Polish cities (nightin Polish and English) direction ''Zakopiańska'' and get off at the last stop . == Sleeping ==  The central station (''Borek Fałęcki''Dworzec Główny). There is a small bus open during the night, but guards patrol the stationconstantly and wake up anyone who tries to sleep (even people waiting for trains). Walk south on ''Zakopiańska'' street for Better to find a few hundred meters, then you will see host from a traffic lights after hospitality exchange service or camp outside the city. You can sleep in "student academic" which is a bus stop where you can hitchon Czarnowiejska/Reymonta street and there are sleeping students from AGH ( Academy of Science and Technology ). Cars drive here slowly, but you also get too much urban traffic. If you donIt't get a ride in s like 30 min, it's better to take one of the local buses zloty (175, 235, 245, 255, 275~8 euro ) till after the highway crossing (stop ''Opatkowice''), where you get much better traffic heading your wayfor one night.  == Nomadwiki & Trashwiki == {{nomadwiki}}