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(user cyclebear tried it in may 2014 and found it the best current solution for going west on A4 from krakow)
* '''From bus stop behind junction with traffic lights'''
From city center 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 station|toll booths]] and [[Petrol station hitchhiking|petrol stations]] on the way to continue in the direction Wrocław/Dresden/Cottbus.
For a bit more than 10 Polish Zloty you can take a train from Krakow to the small town of '''Trzebinia'''. It will be cheaper if you take a minibus, the station is behind the shopping mall next to the train station. Leave the train station, turn left, cross the bridge and follow ''road 79'' direction southwest. Its just another 1,5 km to get to the motorway junction and you can try hitch hiking with a KATOWICE-sign already, because a lot of traffic goes towards the motorway and you are already outside of Trzebinia. [[User:Cyclebear|Cyclebear]] tried this spot in june 2012 and found it a good alternative to the difficult situation that is now at the ''Motel Krak'' spot. It takes about one hour to travel from Krakow main station to Trzebinia.
** For a bit more than 10 ''złoty'Recent development at Motel Krak' you can take a train from Krakow to the small town of '''It doesnt make sense to hitch hike there anymore. * Trzebinia'''From [[Petrol . An even cheaper option is the minibus from the station behind the shopping mall next to the train station hitchhiking|petrol . Leave the train station]] in city suburbs, turn left, cross the bridge and follow ''road 79'From bus stop 'direction southwest. It'Motel Krak'' (see above) you can walk down the road for about s just another 1.5km or take any bus in that direction and 5 km to get off at to the second stop called '''''Pasternik Cmentarz''''' (motorway junction and you have to press can try hitching with a sign "Katowice" already, because a lot of traffic goes towards the stop button otherwise the bus won't stop)motorway and you are already outside of Trzebinia. There's petrol It takes about one hour to get from Krakow main station and small parking for trucksto Trzebinia.
''This spot is great! There is a lot of space for cars to pull over and many cars are going even all the way to Warsaw. And it is very easy to get to this spot. Highly recommended!'' All these busses buses are avaible from the station '''''Nowy Kleparz''''' which you reach by bus from the center or walk, it walking. It is about 2km 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 busses buses 217,247,277 leave is about 100m further north from the crossroads at ''Plac Nowy Kleparz''.
=== Route to [[Prague]] ===
Google Maps recommends to go to Prague via Katowice - Gliwice - Chalupki (near the Polish-Czech border) - Bohuman - Ostrava. But: nobody goes from here to Prague, and getting a hitch hike is almost impossible. [[User:Vidhiraj|Vidhi Raj]] was stuck here in Chalupki and then on the Czech border in Bohuman before giving up and heading to Ostrava Central station to catch a train to Prague for 18 Euros.
Instead: Go Southward. Take a bus in direction of Myslenice and reach the bus stop at Glogoczow. There is a split in the road and you choose the road towards the right hand side. This is a country road and not a highway. The road leads to Wadowice and Bielsko-Biala and further on to Cieszyn. Remember that you have to head to Cieszyn which is a border town between Czech Republic and Poland on the Polish side and then go via Ostrava or Frydek-Mistek in Czech Republic to Prague. Here you will find lots of cars and trucks heading towards Prague via [[Brno]]. The journey takes up to ten hours. Best of luck! :)
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=== West towards [[Katowice]], [[Wrocław]] {{Apl|4}} {{E|40}} ===
'''Note:''' Don't go towards Katowice if your destination is the Czech Republic. You risk getting stuck in Katowice's large urban agglomeration. Instead, follow the instructions below for [[Bielsko-Biała]].
* '''From first gas 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 gas 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.
* '''From [[Toll station|toll booths]]'''
There is also local train going to the airport from main railway station.
[[File:Krakow to ukraine.JPG|thumb|left|200px|Hitching from Krakow to Ukraine]]
* '''Take a train for about 40km to a good spot'''
=== North towards [[Warsaw|Warszawa]], [[Gdańsk]] {{National Road Number Poland|7}} {{E|77}} ===
There are two common places: Start to 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''''', but it is quite a busy spot. Magda and Ron decided to try to hitch while waiting for the bus in Opolska estakada and it worked! They found a ride with a truck driver all the way to Warszawa. Although, Nina_Unexia followed their example twice, and it wasn't the luckiest place.
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.
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.
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. In Korczowa you can wait for 3 hours because there are a lot of cars!
For '''Sandomierz''' take tram number 10 or 21 till the last stop PLESZOW''Pleszow''. From there you can start hitching along national road number {{National Road Number Poland|79}} .
=== 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}} ===
If your are heading to Slovakia, the road splits towards SK is Rabka. On the split itself there is a good spot to hitchhike, although still a lot of local traffic. You can also take the bus from the main bus station to Rabka. It is 10PLZ. Make sure you tell the driver exactly where to drop you off.
== Public Transport ==
== Sleeping ==
The central station (Dworzec Główny) is open during the night. Guards will wake you up quite early around 5am , but won't bother you at all during the night. I don't know how old the above information is but from my experience guards patrol the central station is not a good place constantly and wake up anyone who tries to try and sleep. The benches are designed so that you cannot sleep comfortably, the security guards were waking everybody up - (even if they were just sleeping while people waiting for trains). Better to find a host from a train that left hours later - and if you tried to even sit on the floor (much more comfortable) they would come along and make you sit on hospitality exchange service or camp outside the benches. Avoidcity. __NOTOC__
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