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'''Croatia''' is a country in [[Southern Europe]]. It is a member state of the [[European Union]] and is preparing to join the [[Schengen Agreement]] by 20152017.
Croatia can be great for hitchhiking. It is quite easy to hitch along the coast, and waiting time rarely exceeds 20 minutes.
[[File:Croatia_minefields.png|thumb|left|Minefields in Croatia]]
Some routes, however, might appear to be more difficult to hitch but with some portion of patience one can get a ride almost anywhere in this Balkan country.
Aside from Croatian, Italian is widely known in some areas. Croatians are also extremely open, friendly, and hospitable, although there are known accidents of nationalistic hatred being directed onto foreign travelers. It is nonetheless definitely a must-see country with beautiful landscape, islands, and warm sea.
The coastal road is beautiful, however be careful of where you are dropped off. You may find yourself with a mountain on one side and sudden drop on the other.
There are some landmines left in Croatia. [[User:Whisperingofthestars|Jason]] and Kelsey stumbled across signs in the middle of the night in central Croatia. Ask locals about this if you're sleeping out. It is advised to ask to stay in people's gardens or in the truck. However with the exception of some areas outside of- specifically just south of- [[Zadar]], the coastline is completely clear. Please be aware of this and be careful! [https://misportal.hcr.hr/HCRweb/faces/simple/Map.jspx Map of marked minefields]
==Phrasebook==
* Hello '''Dobar dan'''
* Good bye '''Doviđenja'''/'''Bok (casual)'''
* Please '''Molim'''
* Thank you '''Hvala'''
* Direction '''Smjer'''
* Highway '''Autocesta'''
* Are you going to...? '''Idete li do...?'''
* I'm going to... '''Idem do...'''
* Could I get a lift to...? '''Mogu li dobiti prijevoz do...?'''
* Yes '''Da'''
* No '''Ne'''
* To the next petrol station '''Do slijedeće (slijedeche) benzinske stanice'''
* I will get down here '''Ovdje ću izaći'''
* Could you stop here? '''Možete li ovdje stati?'''
* Do you speak... (english)? '''Govorite li... (engleski)?'''
* My name is... '''Moje ime je...'''
* What is your name? '''Kako se zovete?'''
== Cities ==
== Border Crossings ==
* Hungary
** [[Goričan-Letenye border crossing|Goričan-Letenye]]
=== To [[Slovenia]] ===
It can be difficult to get a ride from Zagreb to Slovenia. Some hitchhikers chose to go to Zagreb train station, buy a ticket till Sutla (1.5 Euro), and stay on-board after the train passes Sutla up until the Slovene village of Dobova (these are 5 minutes of a voyage with no ticket check) - from there it's easy to hitch further towards [[Maribor]] or [[Ljubljana]].
* ''[[User:ChrisHitTheRoad|ChrisHitTheRoad]] Had many problems getting out the country in the direction of Slovenia with a very long waiting time twice at petrol stations on the highway. (over 4 hours each). It seems that people are scared to take you to the border as you are entering the Schengen area again.''
*''Hitchhiked from Zagreb to Ljubljana and I had to wait for about 3h for the car to stop me. It was a holliday and the gas pump was quite empty, but I didn't have a feeling that hitchhiking would be hard on normal days. After 3h I got a direct pick.''
=== To [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] ===
From [[Županja]] exit (off of A3 / E70) toward [[Tuzla]]. Bosnian driver offered ride at beginning of ramp, insisted on trying border crossing in car. Ca. 400m between checkpoints. Traffic is good.
Near the Croatian city of Imotski there are two border crossings into Bosnia. The southern one (at the village of Gorica and Grude) sees quite a lot of traffic and walking across is allowed, just walk to the same booth for which the cars are waiting. When going from Croatia into Bosnia and carrying an EU passport/ ID card you will be able to cross this border very smoothly. Border guards are relaxed and nice. Once in the Bosnian side, walk to the outskirts of the border town and it won't be hard to catch a ride further.
== Personal Experiences ==
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* When travelling to the islands, you can use the ''katamaran''. It is a faster and cheaper passenger ferry than the car ferry.
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