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'''Prague''' (''Praha'') is the capital of the [[Czech Republic]].<br/ >Writing a sign "PHA" clearly informs a driver that you are going to Prague, but a sign '''PRAHA''' works better.

A lot of Czech people don't speak English. The Czech word for petrol === East towards [[Hradec Králové]], [[Pardubice]], [[Wrocław]] {{Dcz|11}}{{E|67}} ======= Option 1: Motorway service station is "Benzinka". This might come in handy. (MF)on D11 ====

=== North-East, towards [[Mlada Boleslav]], [[Liberec]], [[Goerlic]] ===You can hitch from : '''As of June 2018 there is a gas station big construction on the E65. Take highway, so the metro line B (yellow) to the last gas stationis not operating, Cerny Most. From don't go there catch bus number 220 to the stop called Do Certous. When you get off the bus the gas station is behind the big orange building with "H1" on It seems as if itwill stay like this for a while...'''

=== North:NOTE it may seem tempting to use the spot just outside Černy Most station, North-West, towards [[Dresden]], [[Berlin]] ===You can also get as it has a lot of traffic passing through and an excellent area to an easily reachable petrol stop where people drop off and pick up from the station on the motorway getting north walkingbut this spot did not work well for me.You must go I made a sign for PL as I was heading to Letňanská (e.g. bus 186 or 233 from Palmovka). Then going down from the buswroclaw, you can see the entrance of the motorway straight ahead. Put yourself so you have the motorway on your rightI had no luck for more than 4hrs wait, then cross in the street (going north then), end me and then another hitchhiker who also came to the parking, and go behind spot ended up taking the buildings, looking for a small bridge (“most” bus. The spot may work but much earlier in Czech), going above the motorwaymorning and in small steps. From I think it is advisable to make a Hradec Karlove sign then from there you will see the petrol stationhead to Poland. There are is not so many people stopping there, but they all are (almost) going in the good directionmuch Polish traffic between Prague and Wroclaw. Just ask if they are going north (“sever”Antonopa) or if they can just let you on the next petrol station (“příští pumpa”07/“prschieschtee pumpa”2016), where there will be normally more cars.

==== Second option ====You need to get Take metro line B (yellow) to the first big petrol end station OMV with McDonalds on D8(E55)''Černý most''. From “metro Letňany” here, take bus (166221, 303, 304, 233344, 140353, 210) or 398 to the bus-stop “Obchodní centrum Čakovice”''Na Kovárně''. Then Walk east along Náchodská ≈600m to the junction with Bořetická. Turn right on the other side of the road take bus (202) Bořetická and ride one stop to “Na Lukách”. Bus goes once in an hour, so it's better to walk there for 10 minutes1. The bus stop “Na Lukách” is very close 2km to D8(E55) just over the motorwaybridge. If you took bus or walked, then go towards Take the path to the bridge and from there you can see right here into the petrol service station at left. From that petrol station There usually isn't very much traffic, but waiting times are likely to be short. If you can either hitch-hike to Dresden directly or to get lost ask anyone for "Hummer Garden" (the last petrol station OMV before Lovosice or to place only for Hummers) which is just behind the Agip petrol station after Usti. The hitch-hiking position there is also good.

==== Option 2: K+R (Parking Area) Černý Most ====Take metro line B (yellow) to the end station ''Černý most'Warning'. There is the K+R (Park & Ride) to the right (east) of the station which is popular with hitchhikers and possibly a better choice than option 1. It'': If you s necessary to use a sign because the road splits in many directions, e.g. "HK" (Hradec Králové) or "PL" (if going to Náchod and Poland).The disadvantage of this option is that there are passing through Dresdenonly cars traveling out of Prague and not those coming from Prague ring road. However, take there is no non-freeway solution to get a look on [[Dresden]] hitchwiki pagelift for those cars.

===Northeast towards [[Mladá Boleslav]], [[Liberec]], [[Görlitz]] {{Dcz|10}}{{E|65}} ===[[File:Stop_hk.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Dj-bobr at the beginning of D11 Highway.]]= Third option === Option 1: Motorway service station on E65 ====Use the third option, if you don't want to go with so many buses. Just take the red Take metro line B (Cyellow) to the terminal last station Letňany and then walk from ''Černý Most''. From there catch bus number 220 to the spot marked by Fatidikstop ''Do Čertous''. It is 300m walking from there. Walk to When you get off the street Tupolevova and at the first crossing left into the Beranovych until the endbus, then right and straight until you see a small walking path leading you to the service petrol station. There are not so many cars and you may wait a little long if you are two male hitchersis behind the big orange building with "H1" on it.

==== Fourth - BEST Option 2: K+R (Parking) Černý Most ====From Take metro line B (yellow) to the petrol end station point described above simply walk 2km in ''Černý most''. There is the K+R (Park & Ride) to the direction right (east) of the highway station. Lots of hitchhikers use this place. Use a sign "MB" (Mladá Boleslav) or "LB" (Dresden/BerlinLiberec) and you will reach another OMV petrol station which has . It's necessary to use a McDonaldssign because the road splits in many directions. This Due to the construction of sections of the Prague Ring (R1), long-distance traffic is way more populated lower each day; however, this spot, I only waited less than an hour to be picked up to be driven to Berlinis still usable.

=== WestNorthwest towards [[Ústí nad Labem]], [[Teplice]], towards [[PlzenDresden]], [[NürnbergBerlin]] {{Dcz|8}}{{E|55}} ===From metro Zlicin (line B, yellow)'''Warning''': If you are passing through Dresden, take bus nr 380 or 308 to Rudna. The village main road goes straight through it. Stop around a look at the center of the village, busstop Rudna Horelice[[Dresden]] hitchwiki page. Ticket costs approximately 14 Koruna. You'll see the motorway passing on the bridge on your right. Go under the bridge and walk on the Horelicka. Take the third road on your right (Ke Hristi). Take the small path at the end From either of the street, spots you'll arrive at the gas can take rides to OMV petrol station. It's a 5-10 min walk. Avoid going into Plzen before Lovosice or getting dropped off on the bypass. It's better to try to find a direct ride to [[Germany]] from the last Agip petrol station before Plzenafter Ústí nad Labem. The hitchhiking positions there are also good.

Another option is ==== Option 1: D8 ====Take metro line C (red) to ''Holešovice''. From here, take a tram bus 201 to ''MotolVychovatelna'', that's where the motorway link starts(3 stops). Not a perfect place, but cars are not too fast and there are quite You will find a lot great spot with lots of Germans passingtraffic still going slow right at the bus station.

:('''Another option'Tried'':From metro "Zlicin" (line B, yellow) go the the crossroad The author had not noted that there are three lanes on traffic lightsthis road, there's a bridge before (under and the bridge are railways), so walk on two inside lanes take the traffic light cars to Dresden. The bus lane of course is great and stand right on the triangle, you can catch cars from both ways, they are not going slowly theretoo fast, and there's also but anyone going to Dresden on this road would need to cut across a place few car lanes to stopcome pick you up. Wee been waiting for 10 minutes Quite possible but thereare better options than this. look on the picture for details: [http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/7165/topilsen.jpg nice spot]

=== East, towards [[Hradec Králové]], [[Pardubice]], [[Wroclaw]] = Option 2: OMV petrol station on D8====From Cerny most, the last station of B-Take metro line metroC (yellowred) take to ''Letňany''. Take any bus to station Na Kovárně(221heading north one stop, 303or walk 500 m north, 304, 344, 353, 398)to ''Výstaviště Letňany''. Keep walking northwest along Tupolevova for 500 m, it is about 10 minutes ride and probably you are going crossing over Beranovych to pay few crounds, but not muchthe pedestrian crossing at the traffic lights. Hundred metres behind Cross Tupolevova here and keep heading southwest on the stop turn left pathway leading onto Opocenska. Walk ≈250 m along Opocenska and go along Tlustého street, after last house keep you will see a small footpath to the right(bigger) road, than around before the cemetery. Afterwards turn left and than go across pedestrian/cycle bridge over the bridge highway) heading straight to the OMV petrol station. It is about 1,5 km, but I think it is the best hitch spot on this direction. There usuall isn´t too many cars, but I´v never been there more than half an hour(≈150 m walk).

=== East, towards [[Brno]], [[Bratislava]], [[Budapest]], [[Vienna]], [[Kraków]] = Option 3: Bigger OMV petrol station on D8 ====From Take metro Opatov (line C, (red) follow noise to ''Letňany''. Take bus 195, 140, 158, 110, or 269 to the motorwaystop ''Obchodní centrum Čakovice''. Walk along Turn back in the road about 5 minutes, keep going over direction the crossroad bus came from and walk ≈1km along Kostelecká (past the bridge over the motorway (see second maproundabout). Now until you might see other hitchhikers on reach the sliproad coming off the slip-roadD8. Be careful and stay on This is just before the slip road, not on bridge over the motorway (sometimes police passes by). Average waiting time is less than one hourD8. From Turn left into the bridge sliproad and after walking ≈100m, you can see will come to the petrol station 'Újezd u Průhonic' – (with a McDonalds behind it's about 1.5&nbsp;km by motorway, but it isn't a good place).

=== West towards [[File:ujezdupruhonicprague.jpgPlzeň]], [[Klatovy]], [[Nürnberg]], [[München]] {{Dcz|thumb5}}{{E|right|350px|Hitchhikers at Újezd u Průhonic petrol station50}}===Most drivers go directly to Plzeň. Regular local hitchers were aboutHowever, as well as hitchers doing getting a direct lift to Germany or even further is not unusual. All petrol stations on the race{{Dcz|5}} are fine for hitchhiking although often with little traffic.]]

==== Second option Option 1: Rozvadovská spojka ====Use #Take metro line B (yellow) to ''Hůrka''. Turn left (west) out of the petrol stationand then turn north towards the Albert supermarket. Walk around the left side of Albert supermarket heading up and then over a small bridge until you reach a school. Walk around the school on the left side, heading north, until you reach Běhounkova. Walk ≈ 30m north along Běhounkova until you see the gap in the wall on the left - cut through the parking place and take the path through the gap and you will reach the large bus stop on Nárožní. Cross it and continue to the intersection with Bucharova. Turn left on Bucharova - you will see signs to "Plzeň". Go over the bridge and turn left down the entry slip road to Rozvadovská spojka. After the bend, there is a good great placefor hitchhiking: lights, easier straight, hard shoulder with lots of space to reach and youstop. Although it's not allowed to stay there, the police don'll get rides quicklyt make any problems here. From #Take metro Opatov line B (line C, redyellow) to ''Nové Butovice''. Then take bus 184 (direction Hradčanská) or bus 174 (direction Vypich) climb and get off at the steps second stop: "Šafránkova". (The stop is a request stop, so it means that you have to push the motorway. Look on button in the bus to stop timetables for it). Cross over the stop “K Sukovu” on route 324, 363 or 385 road (you are going Bucharova) and walk south, 200m to the buses should leave every 15 minutesslip road, and you can use continue to the same ticket that you got hitching point on the Rozvadovská spojka as described above.#Take metroline A (green). Get to K Sukovu – youend station ''Nemocnice Motol'll know you're there when you see . Turn right out of the petrol station to your rightthe bus-stop. Then take bus 184 (direction Velká Ohrada) or bus 174 (direction Luka) and get off at the second stop: "Šafránkova". From K Sukovu walk (The stop is a request stop, so it means that you have to push the button in the direction the bus is going for about 500mto stop it). After you cross Walk south ≈150m to the motorway bridgeslip road, and continue to the petrol station is hitching point on your rightRozvadovská spojka as descibed above. This is a perfect spot! (MF)

[[User:tmoon|Tom]] shared (Edit by Moskewskaja, 21st may, 2016)<br/ >The bus stop "Šafránkova" is much much closer to the highway (than in the directions for 1). I use this spot with about 20 other hitchhikers during a race option frequently to go home. And there I was also asked for the documents by police, and when I asked them if it is allowed to hitchhike there, they told me yes, so don´t worry! It is not really highway, you are still in the city. If you are travelling west, do not enter Beroun or Plzeň because it is hard to hitchhike out. So many hours I spent in April 2007 (most started at Plzeň... On this highway you can meet all the cars going west. Just stay on the slip-road spot described abovehighway, but just got dumped stop at this some petrol station). While his teammates fell asleep on the grass for 3 hours There is one Shell close to Rokycany, before Plzeň, maybe with little bit expensive petrol. Or you can go just to Rudná petrol station, which is close (!15 km)to Prague, he was able to chat but it is quite big with other hitchhikers many cars and driverstrucks. You travellers to the West (Germany, and get ride offers towards [[Brno]]France, [[Bratislava]]England, [[Budapest]]Spain), [[Vienna]] your goal should be to arrive to Svatá Kateřina petrol station. It lies just before czech/german border and [[Kraków]]. The average waiting time was 20–30 minutes, plus many czech drivers-especially trucks- they stop there were several truck drivers promising longer lifts after a few hours' restto tank or buy something.

==== Third option Option 2: Motorway service station Rudná ====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.'''

If you==== Option 3: Motorway junction at Zličín ====Take metro line B (yellow) to the terminal station ''Zličín''re lazy walking long ways till . Go under the road Řevnická and turn immediately left. Continue south along Řevnická for 150m to the crossroads with traffic lights. You can stand right at the triangle down on Rozvadovská spojka (police can kick you reach out) or ask people at the hitch-spotnearby petrol station, KFC, you should try option three:or parking lots. None of these places are good (Options 1 and 2 are better).

* === Southeast towards [[Brno]], [[Ostrava]], [[Bratislava]], [[Vienna]], [[Kraków]] {{Dcz|1}}{{E|50}}{{E|59}}{{E|65}} <br />& South towards [[České Budějovice]], [[Linz]] {{Dcz|3}}{{E|55}} ===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 metro line C till '(red) to ''Chodov'''* leaving . look for the metro entry turn right into road '''Roztylska''' until you reach big shopping centre and enter, keeping to the roundabout* ground floor, locate the 2nd exit consisting of the roundabout is yours, then again turn the first right into road '''Kloknetova'''* walk straight through the path in the bush, cross the street, enter the gas station stairs and hitch elevators (not to mention a ride =lift that leads below); this exit leads to the bus stops.

The gas-station is a smaller one right <i>(<b>Note:</b> "this shopping center has excellent wifi, charges with USB/charger ports for phones, toilets on the motorwayground floor, but even if you won't find a long-distance ride in the first 10 minutes you can ask drivers to bring you to water fountain outside the next gas-stations which is 10 minutes away by car.at this bigger gas station lots of people stop to refill and are going direction [[Brno]], [[Vienna]] and Ceske Budejovice toilet! Flippin heck I could live here!"</i>[[BudweisUser:Chillion|Chillion]].)

On Head on outside and turn right, follow the path and cross to the SONY building. Now keeping on the 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 Viva con Agua Hitchhike Race road.Easily reachable petrol station, not a lot of traffic though and is sometimes enforced by a employee in 2009 one team chose that spot and it worked our pretty good!Shell uniform. 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====Take metro line C (red) to "Opatov". Walk south ≈800m along Chilská past the crossroads and over the motorway bridge to the beginning of the entrance slip road. Instead of walking, you can take bus number 177 from metro "Opatov" to next (request) stop "U Dálnice" and then walk 100m east to the beginning of the slip road. Now you might see other hitchhikers on the slip-road.Be careful and stay on the slip road, not on the motorway (sometimes police passes by).<br />Very common spot but, in fact, not so good. Average waiting time is less than one hour. If you get stuck there, you can walk 2 km along the motorway to 'option 4' (see below). Again, if police come around, they'll tell you to walk on the field beside motorway. ==== 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. 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 hitch before it. At this spot there is a 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 5.května overpass. Cut across the grass embankment and walk up to 5.května itself and you will see the expressway sign. This spot looks good, but '''it needs to be tested.''' ==== Option 4: Motorway service station Újezd u Průhonic (BEST WAY TO VIENNA) ==== '''2019: this service station is temporarily closed due to roadworks until 19th October. No traffic at all.'''You can check up-to-date info at [https://restaurace.mcdonalds.cz/d1-ujezd the McDonald's web]. - [[User:Duffajfka|Duffajfka]] found this out in August 2019. Walked some 2 km to the next petrol station AGP which is by far not as large, but an alternative for both drivers and hitchhikers. After 20 mins of asking got a straight ride to Brno. [[File:ujezdupruhonicprague.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Hitchhikers at Újezd u Průhonic petrol station. Regular local hitchhikers were around, as well as hitchhikers doing the race.]]Take metro line C (red) to ''Opatov''. Exit straight out of the station and take a lift following the winding red ramp up to street level/the road above. From the bus-stop next to the Replay shop, take the bus X122 to the final stop ''K Sukovu'' (buses leave every 15-30 minutes). As it is in the "P" zone, usual fares and SMS-tickets apply. Continue along the main street which will turn kind of right into Formanská and 20 m ahead it splits into left and right. Stay on the right hand/main road, cross the bridge over the highway and on the right there is a pathway going down to the McDonald's + gas station on the higway. The best jackpot a hitch hiker can hit. <br />This is the first motorway petrol station past Prague, the best hitchhiking spot but takes some time to get there. Also, you have to have a valid ticket for the bus trip! - [[User:Chillion|Chillion]] <i>"March 2018. This is one magnificent spot. Hitched a ride at on Thursday 12:30pm standing by the gas station sign; waiting time 30mins. Traffic was awful, so got dropped off on a slip road just outside Brno where I hitched a ride into the city. Then followed the Brno hitchhiking page, option 2 (6pm, 30min wait with sign) into Vienna."</i> ==== Option 5: Beginning of main road 5.kvetna ====Take metro line C (red) to ''Vyšehrad''. Head south using the sidewalk for about 300m. After the small bridge, continue left to the main road 5. kvetna. There are 3 lanes and one parking lane and usually some place to stop.<br/ >This spot quite near the city centre and cars are going slow, high traffic density, and nobody expects hitchhikers there but you can be lucky. ==== Option 6 ====Take metro line C (red) to ''Roztyly'' and cross all the parking places to the motorway. Hard shoulder there is good and lit at night; however, it's not allowed to stay there and cars are already moving quite fast. === South towards [[Příbram]], [[Písek]], [[České Budějovice]] {{Dcz|4}} ===Take metro line B (yellow) to ''Smíchovské nádraží''. Then take bus 129, 241, 243, 244, 314, or 318 to the stop ''Malá Chuchle''. (It's a request stop so press the button). There you can easily hitchhike. Usually very short waiting on Friday afternoons when many people go out from Prague. === West towards [[Karlovy Vary]], [[Cheb]] {{Dcz|6}}{{E|48}} ======= Option 1: Karlovarská street ====Take tram 22 to ''Bílá Hora''. Walk 50 m west along Karlovarská street to past the red/white railings and there is a quite good place to hitch-hike. ==== 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 ≈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 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). === Northwest towards [[Kladno]], [[Chomutov]], [[Chemnitz]] {{Dcz|7}} ===Take metro line A (green) to ''Dejvická''. Then take bus 119 from bus-stop ''Dejvická'' to ''Dědina''. You can hitchhike at the bus-stop. You can also try another bus stop on Evropská road, e.g. ''Divoká Šárka'', but probably further out is better. == Public transport ==Public transport network in Prague is really good, you can get in reasonable time almost anywhere at any time. Ticket costs: 30 minutes - 24 Kč (eur 1), 90 minutes - 32 Kč (~eur 1.30). If you plan to stay longer, you can buy a ticket for one day - 110 Kč (~eur 4.50) or three days - 310 Kč (~eur 12.60). You have to validate ticket when entering metro station, tram or bus. The fine for fare dodging is 800 Kč (~eur 32) if you pay it at that place or till15 days. Blackriding in the subway is not advised, as ticket inspectors are more common than in years past. They will ask you to show a passport, and if you refuse, they are very likely to take you to the police, who can demand immediate payment before they will let you go. At metro stations you can find maps of Prague with public transport, this can be useful, because the lines are changing (especially bus lines). You can easily find a connection online at [http://jizdnirady.idnes.cz/pid/spojeni/?lng=E IDOS] - works for the entire CR or alternatively for Prague only: [http://spojeni.dpp.cz/ConnForm.aspx?cl=E5 DPP]. [[:wikitravelwikivoyage:Prague]]

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