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'''Lviv''' (Ukrainian: Львів, Polish: ''Lwów'', Russian: ''L'vov'' Львов, German: Lemberg) is a city in Western [[Ukraine]], about 70 km away from the [[Poland|Polish]] border.
== Hitchhiking out ==
If heading towards [[Poland]], choose carefully which of the several border crossings you want to take. Waiting times tend to be long at all crossings. The [[Medyka-Shehyni border crossing]] is the only one open to pedestrians.
=== Northwest towards [[Rava-Ruska]], [[Zamość]] (PL), [[Lublin]] (PL) {{E|372}} M09 ===
Take bus #45 from near the Shevchenko monument in the city center. Ask the driver to let you out at the stop for ''Avtostantsiya Nomer Dva'' '''(АС-2 - Автостанція №2)''', a bus station in the northern suburbs of Lviv. The driver will drop you off on a busy, wide road, where you just continue walking in the same direction for about 1 km until the beginning of road M-09 (E372) going to [[Rava-Ruska]] (Рава-Руська) and the border with [[Poland]]. This road is clearly signposted and once you turn off onto it, it's easy to find room to stop a car.
You can also take a minibus from behind the Opera. There are a few lines going to AC-2 and some even further. If they turn left at the roundabout next to the big bus station stay, because then you don't have to walk. Best is to take a bus going to ''Мурованое'', then you can stay until the very beginning of the road M09 (you can recognize it easily, because there is a bridge). It is also possible to take the busses 31, 51, 53 and some others to Rynok Galickij Perekrestok ("рынок галицкий перекресток") to arrive at the same spot.
This direction leads to the [[Hrebenne-Rava Ruska border crossing]].
=== Northeast toward West towards [[RivneRzeszów]], [[Kyiv|KievKraków]], [[Germany]] {{E|40}} M06 ===
=== East towards [[Ternopil]], [[Vinnytsia]] (H-02) ===
Take marshrutka (mini bus) #3624 on Local railway station, it goes to Mytna square (Площа Митна). Then take mini bus #68 or #75 105 to ''Vynnyky'' '''(Винники)'''. This mini bus goes just to the circle road. You can hitch within the city limits or walk east along the main road for about 1 0.5 km and start hitching after the bypassbig billboard which stand over the road. There is free place for cars to stop, nd visibility is also very good.
=== South towards [[MukacheveMukachevo]], [[Uzhgorod]], [[Ivano-Frankivsk]], [[Slovakia]], [[Hungary]], [[Transylvania]] (RO[[Romania]]) {{E|50}} M9 ===
Take a bus from the city centre to the shopping mall ''King's Cross–Leopolis''. (As of May 2014, this is bus number 10 and its starting point is the railway station) The mall is located just a few hundred metres north of the Lviv ring road. Walk south, cross the ring road, and hitch from alongside the first petrol station on the leftyour right; you can also ask drivers at the petrol station if you see a truck or car with a Czech or Slovak number plate. Only accept lifts that will take you as far as [[Striy ]] (Стрий); writing [[Стрий]] might get you a lift quickly.
Also this direction is OK if go you are going to [[Ivano-Frankivsk]] (Івано-Франківськ). In that case just reach Stryi and then hitchhike through [[Dolyna]] (Долина) and [[Kalush]] (Калуш) to Ivano-Frankivsk.
=== Southeast towards [[Zvenyhorod]], [[Stare Selo]], [[Ivano-Frankivsk]] (H-09) ===
Take marshrutka (minibus) №160 or trolley №11 from ploshcha Petrushevycha to Kiltseva (Ring road). Start to hitchhike behind the Ring road. (marshrutka (minibus) №160 does not go)
But because of bad quality of this road there are not many cars with far destination point. A lot of people going to Ivano-Frankivsk (Івано-Франківськ) by car use E50/M9 reaching Mykolayiv (Миколаїв) or Stryi (Стрий) and then turning directly to Ivano-Frankivsk. For more details see Southern direction.
==Minibus to Polish border = Mini bus = You can get a marshrutka (minibus) from Western Bus Station to the closest Polish border point, the [[Medyka-Shehyni border crossing]], which is not far from [[Przemyśl]] in Poland and it is allowed to cross on foot. This minibus costs around 80 UAH (no credit card, year 2020). Look or ask for one that says to 'Shegyni' (Шегині). ==Accommodation and Sleep ==There are some good places to pitch a tent in Lviv. If you look for a calm and safe place you may choose Vynnyky forest. To reach it take bus №50 from the Puppet Theatre (Lyalkovyi Teatr) and go by it to vul. George Washington. Then go out and move a little bit back to vul. Pasichna. Turn right (to the south) and go around 500 metres along the street looking to the left for an entrance to the forest. Then just find a place you like. The forest is a popular place for picnics at weekends and holidays, but further from the main trails it's not so typical to meet people and especially police. If you prefer a place close to the city center, there are few big parks in Lviv where it's possible to pitch a tent, like Vysokyi Zamok, Shevchenkivskyi Hay (not the museum but its "wild" part known in Lviv as Kaiserwald) or Pohulyanka. Sure this options provide some risks but if you'll find a relatively hidden place there's not much probability someone will bother you.
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