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'''Slovakia''' is a member state of the [[European Union]] as well as the [[Schengen Agreement]] with borders to [[Austria]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Poland]], [[Ukraine]] and [[Hungary]]. Off the international routes, few drivers may stop when you are standing on the road, so it is best to ask directly at gas stations. Some, but not many drivers speak English or German, especially younger ones. Russian is more widely understoodamong older people, but not necessarily liked. It is not common from the drivers to ask money for a ride. Hitchhiking in Slovak is called ''autostop''.

Slovakia has one major motorway, the [[D1 Hitchhiking (Slovakiaand indeed all pedestrian access)|D1]]. Hitchhiking directly on this road is not allowedon motorways, but one can hitchhike from entry ramps or ask drivers for a lift at petrol stations. On the country's national roads, you can simply stand wherever cars are going slowly and put out your thumb. Use a card displaying a two-letter code of your destination town (see below in section "Number plates"), if your intended destination cannot be obvious to the drivers. It is not advised to hitch on an older national road which runs parallel to a newer motorway, because all longer-distance traffic uses the motorway (unless of course you only want to get to the nearest village). Hitchhiking in pairs of a man and a woman is the best bet: most successful and also secure.