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== Hitching Out Hitchhiking out == Despite the fact that hitchhiking works great in Poland, getting out of a city can be a pain and Poznań is the best example for this. It is much more recommended to go to the toll plaza, but of course it can take some minutes longer than going to Głogowska street.

<font size="+1">{{Motorway Number PolandApl|2}} {{European Route NumberE|30}}</font>* <b>From bus stop on <i>Głogowska</i> street</b>'''Toll plaza Gołuski'''Get Go to <b><i>Górczyn</i></b> ''Ogrody'' (last stop of trams 52, 87, 14 17, 18 and many buses)and take suburban bus no. '''718''' ([http://www.ztm.poznan.pl/assets/Uploads/linie/Linia718s.pdf route], [http://ztm.poznan. pl/network/timetables/#/kierunki/PUK/linia/719 timetables]) or '''719''' ([http://www.ztm.poznan.pl/assets/Uploads/linie/Linia719s.pdf route], [http://ztm.poznan.pl/network/timetables/#/kierunki/ZUK/linia/719 timetables]). The bus stop in ''Ogrody'' is on the other side of the street when you get off the tram. Get out in '''''Dopiewiec'''''. The ride takes about 40 minutes. You can also take a mini bus of private company [http://www.skorzewo.pl/forum/sprawy-lokalne/bis-trans-rozklad-jazdy Bis Trans] which goes from the same spot in ''Ogrody'' to ''Dopiewo'' which is next village after '''''Dopiewiec'''''. Ask the driver to stop in '''''Dopiewiec'''''. From there walk for about 2km south and then just jump over the rail tracks by bridge and go straight for about 800mfence (before the police station) to get on the parking after the toll. Behind the second traffic lights thereHere's a bus stop where 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 hitch. There's no point get to the toll plaza with a local train and a walk of going further as expressway starts just a few hundred metres behind the bus stop4 km. This expressway is Take a main road linking city centre with motorway A2 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). There are also two petrol stations nearby where 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 can ask driversturn left on an unpaved fieldroad with willow trees. From This fieldroad brings you to the same spot you can hitch towards Wrocław so make a signtoll plaza.

Comment by a local: I wouldn't advice 'To get in to hihway territory you need to HH from there, the gas station mostly serve local drivers, cross a lot of people who are going west avoid taking this route bacause of the traffic jams which are frequent there. highway fance!!!''

* <b>From toll booths</b>'''''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'''Go Get to <i>Ogrody</i> '''''Górczyn''''' (last stop of trams 2, 75, 178, 18 14 and many buses) . From there walk over the rail tracks by bridge and take suburban bus nogo straight for about 800m. 108 to <i>Dopiewo/Lisówki</i>. The Behind the second traffic lights there's a bus stop in <i>Ogrody</i> is in front of Savoy Restaurant. Get out in <b><i>Dopiewiec</i></b> (don't mess it up as names are very similar). The ticket costs about 3 PLN and where you can buy it at the bus driverhitch. The ride takes about 40 minutes. HereThere's suburban no point of going further as expressway starts just a few hundred meters behind the bus network [http://wwwstop.zukkomornikiThis expressway is a main road linking city center with motorway A2 from the west.comThere are also two petrol stations nearby where you can ask drivers.pl/rozklad/mapaFrom the same spot you can hitch towards Wrocław so make a sign.htm map] 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 [http://wwwa McD.zukkomornikiOften you will hear the recommendation that from there you will easily find a lift to the A2, but actually this is not true.comMost traffic is coming from the A2 and is going to the center of Poznan.pl/rozklad/100-01.htm timetable]. From there  If you happen to be stranded on that McDonalds, you can also walk for about 2km and after that towards Głogowska road, just jump over under the fence 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.  If you're plan to go to Germany, it is also a good possibility to catch a ride to Warszawa, get out at the spottoll box and change the side. Here's Once on the motorway it will be very very easy to catch a ride to Germany because there is no big city inbetween Poznan and the [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=52.353718border and if a car here stops for you,16.717973&spn=0.012739,0.027637&t=h&z=15&msid=112760156584939739161.000469d4924c2bad2c929 route]you can be quite sure it crosses the border.

Go to <i>''Ogrody</i> '' (last stop of trams 2, 7, 17, 18 and many buses) and take bus no. 61 direction <i>''Krzyżowniki</i>''. Get out at the ninth stop called <b><i>'''''Ul. Wichrowa</i></b> ''''' and walk along the road for about 300 m then you will see petrol station and McD's. Ask drivers there or stay on the road with sign or thumb. Also about 100 m after this place is a bus stop so it's more convenient for drivers to stop their car. ''Comment by a local: It's more convenient to get off at a stop named '''''Smochowice'''''. You can hitch hike from there or (what i usually do) hitch until the bus 01 (going through '''''Sady''''', don't mess it up!) arrives. Get on the bus, buy a ticket to Tarnowo and get off after you pass Sady. It's probably the 2nd stop after Sady, as far as i know the name is ''Marianowo'' (i'm not 100% sure about it though). You will notice it since it's a perfect place to hitch-hike: there are 2 lanes instead of 3, you are visible from a far distance and there is a lot of space for a car to stop. On your left side there will be a forest, on the right side there are few houses, in front of you there will be a board which indicates, that it's the road towards the Pl - D boarder.'' "''Comment by J.N.: Just ride bus 01 to Tarnowo Podgorne instead of confusing yourself over which bus goes through Sady. Ride/walk along the main road through Tarnowo Podgorne until the end of the village where there is a roundabout on which the local road joins road 92 going to Pniewy and Swiebodzin. You can hitchhike on the roundabout. The businessman who picked me up told me he and his colleagues prefer using this road over the highway as there are much less traffic jams due to roadworks and trucks" (10.8.2011)''. === East towards [[Łódź]], [[Warsaw|Warszawa]] ===<font size="+1">{{Apl|2}} {{E|30}}</font>* '''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).

=== East towards [[Łódź]], [[Warszawa]] ===<font size="+1">{{Motorway Number Poland|2}} {{European Route Number|30}}</font>* <b>From behind roundabout Junction <i>RatajePoznań Luboń</i></b>Get to In the city centre, just in front of the castle there's a bus stop called '''Zamek'''. From there take a bus 71 in the direction <b><i>Rondo RatajeOsiedle Dębina</i></b> (roundabout)and get off at the end. There are plenty of trams and buses going thereGo along the main road till you get to the motorway junction. You can hitch just behind it, ask at the red lights for a lift to the nearest petrol station on a dual carriegeway A2 (MOP Krzyżowniki), which is just before the one without tram tracksjunction Poznań Wschód (exit for S5 towards Gniezno). ThereAsk: ''stacja benzynowa A2'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(pronounce statsya benzenova ah dva).

* <b>From toll booths</b>'''Toll plaza Gołuski'''

* <b>From petrol '''Petrol station on <i>''Warszawska</i> '' street</b>'''From city center take trams 6 or 8 to <b><i>'''''Miłostowo</i></b> ''''' 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. 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).

* <b>From :This spot at the town of <i>Swarzędz</i></b> From city center go to tram stop <i>Rondo Śródka</i> road is ok, but traffic is going a bit fast (trams 4, 17 direction <i>Starołęka</i>, 6, 8 direction <i>Miłostowo<70km/i>) and then take bus no S-1 from bus station behind Lotos petrol station, direction <b><i>Swarzędz</i></b>u). [[User:Worldhitchhiker|Worldhitchhiker]] stood there for more than an hour. After about 20 minutes bus will turn left (near Lidl shop) then go out, turn back that he moved to the main road and hitch some meters after junction with traffic lights. About 300 m further from this place there's Shell petrol station and huge parking for truckers. If you are not lucky there try also asked people, then I got a lift within 15 minutes to a gas station at the traffic lights across the petrol stationhighway (04/2019).

=== Northeast towards [[Bydgoszcz]]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, [[Toruń]]so many of them are going for a longer distances, [[Gdańsk]] {{National Road Number Poland|5}} {{European Route Number|261}}===and you may avoid local traffic like it's possible at the first place mentioned).

Take bus no. 73 direction <i>Janikowo/Ogrodnicza</i> from place called <i>Rondo Sródka</i> and get out after 11 stops (about 15-18 minutes) at bus stop called <b><i>Bogucin Bałtycka</i></b>. Hitch on this bus stop=== Northeast towards [[Bydgoszcz]], it's on the road to Gniezno[[Toruń]], 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 [[GnizenoGdańsk]], 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.{{National Road Number Poland|5}} {{E|261}} ===

From city centre e.g. <i>''Rondo Kaponiera</i> '' take tram 9, 11 to <b><i>'''''Piątkowska</i></b> ''''' and get out at the last stop. From there go north along <i>''Piątkowska</i> '' street to the first junction, then turn west (left) and go to roundabout <i>''Rondo Obornicka</i>''. On roundabout turn north again (right) and enter national road no. 11 (you will see hipermarket Carrefour next to you). You can hitch after roundabout or anywhere along <i>''Obornicka</i> '' street where is a place to pull over. There's almost always traffic jam, so cars go slowly, which helps hitchhikers.

=== South and southwest towards [[Wrocław]] {{National Road Number Poland|5}} {{European Route NumberE|261}} and [[Zielona Góra]] {{National Road Number Poland|32}} ===* <b>'''From bus stop on <i>''Głogowska</i> '' street</b>'''

* <b>'''From the village of <i>''Szreniawa</i></b> ''''' 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.

The city has efficient public transport system with daytime trams and buses operating from 5.00 till 23.00 and nighttime buses and one tram running every half an hour. In Poznań you can not buy tickets at the driver, you can get them in newsagents (kiosk) and grocery shops, and there is more and more ticket machines on the stops. Some buses and most of the trams has ticket machines inside the vehicle and you can buy ticket there, but prepare coins. 15 minutes ticket costs 2 ,6 PLN (May 2009November 2012). Drivers don't care if you have a ticket and all the doors are open on stops, but there are controllers checking tickets from time to time. HereThey can be tricky. Use casual dress and wait when bus or tram start its way and check ticket when you don's an interactive t have chance to go out. Sometimes they are waiting to see someone not buying validating ticket to start their control trying to get at least one person on surprise.There is a good [http://www.info.poznanjakdojade.pl/Map/frametestWelcome.htmljsp?Idlocale=0 mapen website] of showing you how to get from one point to another by public transport. Click T for tram (tramwaj) lines and A for bus (autobus) lines. To see timetables click tram/bus stopsin major Polish cities.

* <b>'''Traditional</b>'''In Poland you can find many places called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dairy_bar Milky Barmilk bars] or Dairy Bar dairy bars (Bar Mlecznybar mleczny) where meals of the traditional Polish and Eastern European cuisine are sold. They are subsidized by the state and city authorities, so the prices are very low.

Normally they are open till 18.00 or 19.00. 'Apetyt' is open until 22:00.* <b>'''Vegetarian</b>'''There is "a chain" of 3 Vegetarian Bars (Bar Wegetariański) called Green Way where you can get really good food in at very reasonable price prices (big meals for about 2 Euro).

* <b>'''Spaghetti</b>'''