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See Take metro line B (yellow) to the end station ''Černý most''. There is the directions for Option 2 K+R (Park & Ride) to Hradec Královéthe right (east) of the station. Lots of hitchhikers use this place. Use a sign "MB" (Mladá Boleslav) or "LB" (Liberec). It's necessary to use a sign because the road splits in many directions. Due to the construction of sections of the Prague Ring (R1), long-distance traffic is lower each day; however, this spot is still usable.
1. #Take metro line B (yellow) to ''Hůrka''. Turn left (west) out of the station and 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 great place for hitchhiking: lights, straight, hard shoulder with lots of space to stop. Although it's not allowed to stay there, the police don't make any problems here. 2. #Take metro line B (yellow) to ''Nové Butovice''. Then take bus 184 (direction Hradčanská) or bus 174 (direction Vypich) and get off at the second stop: "Šafránkova". (The stop is a request stop, so it means that you have to push the button in the bus to stop it). Cross over the road (Bucharova) and walk south 200m to the slip road, and continue to the hitching point on Rozvadovská spojka as described above. 3. #Take metro line A (green) to end station ''Nemocnice Motol''. Turn right out of the station to the bus-stop. Then take bus 184 (direction Velká Ohrada) or bus 174 (direction Luka) and get off at the second stop: "Šafránkova". (The stop is a request stop, so it means that you have to push the button in the bus to stop it). Walk south ≈150m to the slip road, and continue to the hitching point on Rozvadovská spojka as descibed above.
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 VIENNA) ==== '''2019: this service station is located 1temporarily closed due to roadworks until 19th October.3km from the original location, on 5No traffic at all.května just before it passes over Vyskočilova, so legally it should be possible '''You can check up-to hitch before it. At this spot there is a wide shoulder, lights, 50km-date info at [https://h speed limitrestaurace. Take metro line C (red) to Budějovickámcdonalds. From exit on Budějovická street, turn left some metres and then turn right (northeast) on Vyskočilova. Walk northeast ≈350m until cz/d1-ujezd the exit slip road on the left just before the 5McDonald's web].května overpass - [[User:Duffajfka|Duffajfka]] found this out in August 2019. Cut across the grass embankment and walk up Walked some 2 km to 5.května itself and you will see the expressway sign. This spot looks goodnext petrol station AGP which is by far not as large, but, as noted above, '''it needs an alternative for both drivers and hitchhikers. After 20 mins of asking got a straight ride to be testedBrno.'''
==== Option 4: Motorway service station Újezd u Průhonic ====
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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.
==== Option 2: K+R (Parking) Černý Most ====
=== Northwest towards [[Ústí nad Labem]], [[Teplice]], [[Dresden]], [[Berlin]] {{Dcz|8}}{{E|55}} ===
Take metro line C (red) to ''Holešovice''. From here, take bus 201 to ''Vychovatelna'' (3 stops). You will find a great spot with lots of traffic still going slow right at the bus station.
:(''Tried'':) The author had not noted that there are three lanes on this road, and the two inside lanes take the cars to Dresden. The bus lane of course is great and the cars are not going too fast, but anyone going to Dresden on this road would need to cut across a few car lanes to come pick you up. Quite possible but there are better options than this.
==== Option 2: OMV petrol station on D8====
Take metro line C (red) to ''Letňany''. Take any bus heading north one stop, or walk 500m 500 m north, to ''Výstaviště Letňany''. Keep walking northwest along Tupolevova for 500m500 m, crossing over Beranovych to the pedestrian crossing at the traffic lights. Cross Tupolevova here and keep heading southwest on the pathway leading onto Opocenska. Walk ≈250m ≈250 m along Opocenska and you will see a small footpath to the right (before the pedestrian/cycle bridge over the highway) heading straight to the OMV petrol station (≈150m ≈150 m walk).
==== Option 3: Bigger OMV petrol station on D8 ====
==== Option 1: Rozvadovská spojka ====
(Edit by Moskewskaja, 21th 21st may, 2016)<br/ >
The bus stop "Šafránkova" is much much closer to the highway (than in the directions for 1). I use this 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 Plzeň... On this highway you can meet all the cars going west. Just stay on the highway, stop at some petrol station. 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, but it is quite big with many cars and trucks.
==== 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 McDonalds 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 ====
Take metro line B (yellow) to the terminal station "''Zličín"''. 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 out) or ask people at the nearby petrol station, KFC, 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 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 700m 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.
[[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 left 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 363 X122 to the final stop ''K Sukovu'' (buses leave every 15-30 minutes). Follow As it is in the "P" zone, usual fares and SMS-tickets apply. Continue along the main road street which will turn kind of right into Formanská in and 20 m ahead it splits into left and right. Stay on the direction right hand/main road, cross the bus came (south) for 400m, going bridge over motorway bridge. Immediately after crossing the bridge, you will see highway and on your the right there is a path pathway going down to the petrol McDonald's + gas stationon the higway. The best jackpot a hitch hiker can hit.<br />This is the first motorway petrol station past Prague, really good the best hitchhiking spot but takes extra some time to get there. Also, you have to show have a valid ticket or buy one from driver 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 ====
=== West towards [[Karlovy Vary]], [[Cheb]] {{Dcz|6}}{{E|48}} ===
==== Option 1: Karlovarská street ====
Take tram 22 to ''Bílá Hora''. Walk 50m 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 ≈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).
