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|motorways = {{Apl|2}}
|expressways = {{Spl|5}}, {{Spl|11}} (under construction)
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From there walk for about 2km south and then just jump over the fence (before the police station) to get on the parking after the toll. Here's the [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=52.353718,16.717973&spn=0.012739,0.027637&t=h&z=15&msid=112760156584939739161.000469d4924c2bad2c929 route].
 
Alternatively you can get to the toll plaza with a local train and a walk of 4 km. Take a local train (KM/REG) from Poznań Główny (central station) to [[Zbąszynek]] or [[Zielona Góra]] and get out after 12 or 14 minutes in [[Palędzie]]. From the station walk along the railway on Kolejowa street (going west). At the end of the street turn left on Pocztowa. At the end of this street turn right on Ojca Mariana Zelazka. 250 meter after the last houses you turn left on an unpaved fieldroad with willow trees. This fieldroad brings you to the toll plaza.
 
THIS METHOD DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE!.THERE IS A HIGH FENCE BETWEEN THE ROAD AND THE FIELD , AND THERE IS A POLICE STATION NEAR THE TOLL PLAZA. DON'T TRY IT ANYMORE!.
 
* '''''MOP Dopiewiec'' Rest Services'''
 
Start like above - from Ogrody catch the (infrequent, ticket inspected) bus 729 for about an hour to Dopiewiec. Walk back East along the road for 100m or so, then South along a road (turn right (along Szkolna?) for less than a km. You'll come to the A2 motorway - before the crossing and just over a meter high fence to the West (on your right) you'll find a rest station. There are only toilets and so little traffic, but I got a ride by asking in under 10 minutes. Did this in July 2018 on the advice if a local.
* '''Bus stop on ''Głogowska'' street'''
Get to '''''Górczyn''''' (last stop of trams 5, 8, 14 and many buses). From there walk over the rail tracks by bridge and go straight for about 800m. Behind the second traffic lights there's a bus stop where you can hitch. There's no point of going further as expressway starts just a few hundred meters behind the bus stop. This expressway is a main road linking city center with motorway A2 from the west. There are also two petrol stations nearby where you can ask drivers. From the same spot you can hitch towards Wrocław so make a sign.
A lot of local people will go to Komorniki, the first suburb of Poznań in that direction, where there are a lot of shops like Auchan (supermarket) and a shop of a Mc DonaldsMcD. Often you will hear the recommendation that from there you will easily find a lift to the A2, but actually this is not true. Most traffic is coming from the A2 and is going to the center of Poznan.
If you happen to be stranded on that McDonalds, you can also walk towards Głogowska road, just under the bridge, there's a lane in direction of Świecko, that some locals take. You can either take this and go to Berlin directly or hitchhike until the toll plaza, which will be a much easier option.
* '''Roundabout ''Rataje'''''
Get to '''''Rondo Rataje''''' (roundabout). There are plenty of trams and buses going there. You can hitch just behind it, on a dual carriegeway (the one without tram tracks). There's no emergency lane or bus stop, but drivers generally stop there, and you may even expect some competition there, as it's popular spot for students hitching back from school. From the same spot you can hitch southeast towards [[Katowice]], so make a sign.
 
:This spot is not good, I got stuck here for several hours with another hitchhiker until I gave up and took the bus. The stop appears like it should be a very good one but no one will stop. Not recommended. (08/2016).
 
* <b>Junction <i>Poznań Luboń</i></b>
* '''Petrol station on ''Warszawska'' street'''
From city center take trams 6 or 8 to '''''Miłostowo''''' and get out at the last stop. From there walk along the road about 100 m and you will see Orlen petrol station. You can either ask drivers at the station or hitch at the end of it where is a place for cars to pull over.
 
:This spot at the road is ok, but traffic is going a bit fast (70km/u). Stood there for more than an hour. After that I moved to the petrol station and asked people, then I got a lift within 15 minutes to a gas station at the highway (04/2019).
 
Optionally you can walk along the same road and after 200-300m you will see a bridge and Volkswagen factory. Hitch straight after the bridge on the bus stop (there is plenty of cars and trucks who are going by inner bypass around Poznan, so many of them are going for a longer distances, and you may avoid local traffic like it's possible at the first place mentioned).
Take bus no. 73 direction ''Janikowo/Ogrodnicza'' from place called ''Rondo Sródka'' and get out after 11 stops (about 15-18 minutes) at bus stop called '''''Bogucin Bałtycka'''''. Hitch on this bus stop, it's on the road to Gniezno, Bydgoszcz and Gdańsk just after junction with Poznań bypass. You should notice railways nearby and crossed Poznań sign (end of the city zone). Notice that if your driver goes to [[Gnizeno]], make sure you exit before the city, since the road becomes a motorway inside the city and there is no good spot to be found.
UPDATE: If going north, e.g. to Gdańsk and your driver continues straight ahead to Gnizeno, ask to be let out just before the big new highway crossing to the west of Gnizeno. There is a bus stop where even trucks can stop, whereas the crossing itself is not very busy and the cars go much to fast. Morsch, August 2018.
=== North towards [[Piła]], [[Koszalin]] {{National Road Number Poland|11}} ===
See direction Berlin by motorway A2, from ''Głogowska'' street as it's the same spot.
* '''From the village of ''Szreniawa'''''
Get to ''Górczyn'' (last stop of trams 5, 8, 14 and many buses). Then take a bus 103 703 to the station AFTER '''''Szreniawa''''' (aproximatelly 15-20 25 min by bus from Górczyn). After getting off you can easily catch a car in the direction of Leszno, Wrocław. Get off the bus, walk back a few meters, turn right and walk down the path for about 200m to a bus stop where you can hitch.
=== Southeast towards [[Ostrów Wielkopolski]], [[Katowice]] {{National Road Number Poland|11}} ===
* Apetyt - Ul. Szkolna
* Przysmak - Ul. Podgórna 2
Normally they are open till 18.00 or 19.00. 'Apetyt' is open until 10 pm22:00.
* '''Vegetarian'''
There is "a chain" of 3 Vegetarian Bars (Bar Wegetariański) called Green Way where you can get really good food at very reasonable prices (big meals for about 2 Euro).
* '''Spaghetti'''
Bar Piccolo on Ratajczaka Str., Garbary Str. and Wroclawska Str. Small portion for about 4 PLN
 
=== Links ===
* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/autostoppoznan/ Facebook group] for Poznan hitchhikers
[[Category:Poland]]

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