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Might The sign showing the start of the expressway (and also 50km/h speed limit) is located 1.3km from the original location, on 5.května just before it passes over Vyskočilova, so legally it should be possible to use hitch before it. At this spot there is a similar spot at wide shoulder, lights, 50km/h speed limit. Take metro line C (red) to Budějovická. From exit on Budějovická street, turn left some metres and then turn right (northeast) on Vyskočilova. Walk northeast ≈350m until the exit slip road on the left just before the new beginning of 5.května overpass. Cut across the motorway, accessing it by grass embankment and walk up to 5.května itself and you will see the metro stations Pražského povstání or Pankrácexpressway sign. This spot looks good, but '''it needs to be triedtested.'''
The sign showing the start of the expressway ==== Option 4: Motorway service station Újezd u Průhonic (and also 50km/h speed limitBEST WAY TO WIENNA) is located 1====[[File:ujezdupruhonicprague.3km from the original location, on 5jpg|thumb|right|250px|Hitchhikers at Újezd u Průhonic petrol station.května just before it passes over VyskočilovaRegular local hitchhikers were around, so legally it should be possible to hitch before it. At this spot there is a wide shoulder, lights, 50km/h speed limitas well as hitchhikers doing the race. ]]Take metro line C (red) to Budějovická''Opatov''. Exit straight out of the station and take a left following the winding red ramp up to street level/the road above. From exit the bus-stop next to the Replay shop, take bus X363 for 24kr (not a bus 363) to stop ''K Sukovu'' (buses leave every 15-30 minutes). Continue on Budějovická the main road where Bus went and the street, will turn kind of right into Formanská and then 20 mtrs ahead it splits into left some metres and then turn right (northeast) . Stay on Vyskočilova. Walk northeast ≈350m until the exit slip right hand/main road and cross the bridge over highway and on the left just before right is a pathway going down to the Mc Donalds + Gas Station on the 5higway.května overpassThe best jackpot a hitch hiker can hit. Cut across the grass embankment and walk up to 5, going over motorway bridge.května itself and you will see <br />This is the expressway sign. This first motorway petrol station past Prague, really Best hitchhiking spot looks good, buttakes extra time to get there. Also, as noted above, '''it needs you have to be tested.'''show a valid ticket or buy one from driver for the bus trip!
==== Option 4: Motorway service station Újezd u Průhonic ====- [[FileUser:ujezdupruhonicprague.jpgChillion|thumb|right|250px|Hitchhikers at Újezd u Průhonic petrol station. Regular local hitchhikers were around, as well as hitchhikers doing the race.Chillion]]Take metro line C (red) to ''Opatov''<i>"March 2018. This is one magnificent spot. Exit straight out of Hitched a ride at on Thursday 12:30pm standing by the gas station and take sign; waiting time 30mins. Traffic was awful, so got dropped off on a slip road just outside Brno where I hitched a left following the winding red ramp up to street level/ride into the road abovecity. From Then followed the bus-stop next to the Replay shopBrno hitchhiking page, take bus 363 to stop ''K Sukovu'' option 2 (buses leave every 15-30 minutes6pm, 30min wait with sign)into Vienna. Follow the main road Formanská in the direction the bus came (south) for 400m, going over motorway bridge. Immediately after crossing the bridge, you will see on your right a path going down to the petrol station."<br /i>This is the first motorway petrol station past Prague, really good hitchhiking but takes extra time to get there. Also, you have to show a valid ticket or buy one from driver for the bus trip!
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=== East towards [[Hradec Králové]], [[Pardubice]], [[Wrocław]] {{Dcz|11}}{{E|67}} ===
==== Option 1: Motorway service station on D11 ====
: '''As of June 2018 there is a big construction on the highway, so the gas station is not operating, don't go there. It seems as if it will stay like this for a while...'''
:NOTE it may seem tempting to use the spot just outside Černy Most station, as it has a lot of traffic passing through and an excellent area to stop where people drop off and pick up from the station but this spot did not work well for me. I made a sign for PL as I was heading to wroclaw, I had no luck for more than 4hrs wait, in the end me and another hitchhiker who also came to the spot ended up taking the bus. The spot may work but much earlier in the morning and in small steps. I think it is advisable to make a Hradec Karlove sign then from there head to Poland. There is not much Polish traffic between Prague and Wroclaw. (Antonopa) (07/2016).
Take metro line B (yellow) to the end station ''Černý most''. From here, take bus 221, 303, 304, 344, 353, or 398 to the bus-stop ''Na Kovárně''. Walk east along Náchodská ≈600m to the junction with Bořetická. Turn right on Bořetická and walk 1.2km to just over the motorway bridge. Take the path to the right here into the service station. There usually isn't very much traffic, but waiting times are likely to be short. If you get lost ask anyone for "Hummer Garden" (the place only for Hummers) which is just behind the station.
Take metro line B (yellow) to ''Zličín''. Then take bus 307, 308, 311, 380, or 602 to stop ''Rudná, škola''. (The ticket costs 18 Kč, ≈€0.66; 1 zone out of Prague). Walk 60m back in the direction the bus came from and turn left into Na Přídělu street. You should see the petrol station in the distance. Walk 350m to the end of the street. There will be a footpath towards the petrol station 150m away. You need the opposite direction so get to the other side of motorway by the tunnel under the motorway on the right.
It's a fairly big service station with McD and enough cars.
'''Note: As of May 2018, the petrol station on the side of D5 leading westwards is under construction and the corresponding exit therefore closed. Try catching a lift on the ramp near Horelice.'''
==== Option 3: Motorway junction at Zličín ====
It's good to have a sign at this road and definitely for direction south. Every bigger petrol station on [[D1 (CZ)|D1]] is good for hitchhiking.
==== Option 1: Motorway service station on E65 ====
Take metro line C (red) to ''Chodov''. There is look for the big shopping centre; try not to get lost there and find the road "Roztylská" going through it. Go enter, keeping to the traffic lights at ground floor, locate the northern end exit consisting of this tunnel stairs and continue by following bike path elevators (northwestnot to mention a lift that leads below) ; this exit leads to the bus stops. <i>(yellow signs <b>Note:</b> "this shopping center has excellent wifi, charges with USB/charger ports for phones, toilets on the ground floor, a water fountain outside the toilet! Flippin heck I could live here!"Záběhlice" and</or "Chodovec" writteni>[[User:Chillion|Chillion]]). After 700 m Head on outside and turn right, you will get follow the path and cross to the pedestrian/bike bridge over the motorwaySONY building. Use Now keeping on the staircase at the beginning of the bridge to get down to same road walk for 20mins and you'll reach the SHELL petrol station.<br />
Alternatively, you can stay past the station exit at the end of the left lane, on the left side of the road.
Easily reachable petrol station, not a lot of traffic thoughand is sometimes enforced by a employee in Shell uniform. Good Has cover for in bad-weather or snow conditions. In all honesty this station seems iffy.There isn't much traffic on both gas stations. Both are not advisable.You can try standing at the ramp to the motorway just outside Chodov Mall. First go inside, to floor 0. Walk to the easternmost part of the mall, there use the elevator to floor -2. In the parking house, walk east to the exit. There's the ramp. You might have to wait long for a ride. We gave up after an hour.
==== Option 2: Motorway Junction Opatov====
==== Option 3: 5.května at the beginning of expressway ====
<strike>Take metro line C (red) to Kačerov. Find stairs going down, go over train tracks and then stairs down again. Then walk around the metro tracks and turn right before the motorway. You will see the OMV petrol station but don't walk that far; instead, just cross the grass strip and the 2 lanes of the slip road leading to the station from the main road 5.května to get to the main road itself. Stand on 5.května at the beginning of the motorway on the hard shoulder (there is sign). The police don't make any problems there and for cars, it means the end of the 50 kmph limit so they're still quite slow. The shoulder is wide, safe and lit.Especially good option at night when there is little traffic at spots 1 and 2. <br />
There are not many cars at the OMV petrol station or they have different directions (often [[Pilsen]]).</strike><br>
The beginning of the motorway has been shifted a few hundred meters back into the city center, thus it is now illegal to use this spot (received a fine in June 2016 for it). You can still use the petrol station, but indeed the amount of cars going in the direction of Brno is very small here.
==== Option 5: Beginning of main road 5.kvetna ====
==== Option 2: Motorway junction D6 Jeneč ====
Take a train from ''Prague Masarykovo'' to ''Jeneč'' (15 km out of Prague and very close to Prague Airport). Walk down the embankment onto Průmyslová ulice from the station. Walk north along Průmyslová ulice ≈350m ≈350 m under the railway tracks to the motorway junction from which it is pretty easy to get to [[Karlovy Vary]].
==== Option 3: Motorway service station D6 ====
Take metro line A (green) to ''Hradčanská''. Then take bus [http://www.tram-bus.cz/stredni-cechy/autobusy/linka-310610 310610] or [http://www.tram-bus.cz/stredni-cechy/autobusy/linka-310082 310082 (B82)] from bus-stop ''Praha-Hradčanská'' and get off at ''Velká Dobrá, u skoly''. Follow the direction of the bus and turn first left (Unhošťská street), than second right (Lesní street) and after 200m 200 m you should see the highway and the petrol station on your right.<br/ >
This option is good if you prefer petrol stations although it is quite far (30 km from Prague centre).
