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{{Infobox Czech Location
|map = <map lat="'50.0751" ' lng="'14.4347" ' zoom="10" view='39' height='350' widthview='4200'/>
|country = Czech Republic
|pop = 1.218.644
|plate = ?A? ???? old: A?? ????
|motorways = [[D1 (CZ)|D1]], [[D5 (CZ)|D5]], [[D8 (CZ)|D8]], [[D11 (CZ)|D11]]
}}
'''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.
== Hitching out ==
=== East towards [[Hradec Králové]], [[Pardubice]], [[Wrocław]] {{Motorway Number Czech RepublicDcz|11}}{{E|67}} ======= Option 1: Motorway service station on D11 ====
=== Northeast towards [[Mladá Boleslav]], [[Liberec]], [[Görlitz]] {{rczDcz|10}}{{E|65}} ===
[[File:Stop_hk.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Dj-bobr at the beginning of D11 Highway.]]
==== Option 1: Motorway service station on E65 ====
Take metro line B (yellow) to the last station ''Černý Most''. From there catch bus number 220 to the stop ''Do Čertous''. When you get off the bus, the petrol station is behind the big orange building with "H1" on it.
==== Second option =Northwest towards [[Ústí nad Labem]], [[Teplice]], [[Dresden]], [[Berlin]] {{Dcz|8}}{{E|55}} ==='''Warning''': If you are passing through Dresden, take a look at the [[Dresden]] hitchwiki page. From either of the spots you can take rides to OMV petrol station before Lovosice or to the Agip petrol station after Ústí nad Labem. The hitchhiking positions there are also good.
==== First option Option 2: OMV petrol station on D8====Easily reachable OMV petrol station, not so many cars but almost anybody can take you 2 km to the second spot. From Take metro terminal station "Letňany" line C (red line C) take to ''Letňany''. Take any bus heading north one stop, or walk 500 m north, to the bus stop "''Výstaviště Letňany"''. Behind bus stop Keep walking northwest along Tupolevova for 500 m, crossing over Beranovych to the pedestrian crossing at the crossroad turn left to traffic lights. Cross Tupolevova here and keep heading southwest on the footway pathway leading onto Opocenska. Walk ≈250 m along Opocenska and after 300 m turn right to the you will see a small footpath going straight to the petrol station. The turn is just right (before the pedestrian/cycle bridge over the highway) heading straight to the OMV petrol station (≈150 m walk).
==== Second option Option 3: Bigger OMV petrol station on D8 ====First bigger petrol station (OMV) at D8. From Take metro terminal station ”Letňany” line C (red line C) take to ''Letňany''. Take bus (195, 140, 158, 110, or 269) to the stop “Obchodní ''Obchodní centrum Čakovice”Čakovice''. Turn back (from bus in the direction), cross the roundabout bus came from and walk still straight another 800 m ≈1km along Kostelecká (past the roundabout) until you'll see reach the sliproad coming off the D8. This is just before the bridge over the D8. Turn left into the highway sliproad and after walking ≈100m, you will come to the petrol station will be on your left(with a McDonalds behind it).
=== West towards [[Plzeň]], [[Klatovy]], [[Nürnberg]], [[München]] {{Dcz|5}}{{E|50}}===
Most of drivers goes go directly to PilsenPlzeň. But However, getting a direct lift to Germany or even further is not unusual. All petrol stations at on the {{Dcz|5}} are fine for hitchhiking although often with little traffic.
==== First option Option 1: Rozvadovská spojka ====#Take metro line B (yellow line) to "''Hůrka", walk ''. Turn left (west) out of the station and then turn north towards the Albert supermarket. Walk around the left side of Albert shop, upstairs supermarket heading up and then over a small bridgeuntil you reach a school. Walk around the school maintaining on the same directionleft side, heading north, until you reach Běhounkova. You will Walk ≈ 30m north along Běhounkova until you see a the gap in the wall that hides on the left - cut through the road we need to parking place and take, so go behind it. There is a the path through the gap and you will reach the large bus stop and a big roadon Nárožní. Cross it and continue right to the crossroads, there go intersection with Bucharova. Turn left. You on Bucharova - you will see signs to "Plzeň". Go over the bridge and turn left down the entry slip road to the leftRozvadovská spojka. After the turn bend, there is a great place for hitchhiking. Alight: lights, straight, long and lot hard shoulder with lots of space to stop. Although it's not allowed to stay there, the police don't make troubles thereany problems here.#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.#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.
==== Third option Option 2: Motorway service station Rudná ====From Take metro terminal station "line B (yellow) to ''Zličín" ''. Then take bus 307, 308, 311, 380, or 602 to stop ''Rudná, škola''. (yellow line BThe ticket costs 18 Kč, ≈€0.66; 1 zone out of Prague) go under . Walk 60m back in the direction the road bus came from and immediately turn leftinto Na Přídělu street. Continue along You should see the road for 150 m petrol station in the distance. Walk 350m to crossroad with traffic lightsthe end of the street. There will be a footpath towards the petrol station 150m away. You can stand right need the opposite direction so get to the other side of motorway by the tunnel under the motorway on the triangleright.It's a fairly big service station with McD and enough cars.'''Note: As of May 2018, down at the highway (police can kick you out) or ask people at the nearby petrol station, KFC or parking lots. None on the side of the places D5 leading westwards is good (1st under construction and 2nd option are recommended)the corresponding exit therefore closed. Try catching a lift on the ramp near Horelice.'''
=== Southeast towards [[Brno]], [[Ostrava]], [[Bratislava]], [[Vienna]], [[Kraków]] {{Motorway Number Czech Republic|1}}{{E|50}}{{E|59}}{{E|65}} <br />+ south towards [[České Budějovice]], [[Linz]] {{National Road Number Czech Republic|= Option 3}}{{: Motorway Number Czech Republic|3}}{{E|55}} ===It's good to have a sign at this road and definitely for south direction. Every bigger petrol station junction at [[D1 (CZ)|D1]] is good for hitchhiking.==== First option Zličín ====Easily reachable petrol station, not a lot of traffic though. Good in bad-weather or snow conditions. Go to the Take metro station "Chodov" line B (red line Cyellow), there is big shopping centre, try to not get lost there and find the road "Roztylská" going through itterminal station ''Zličín''. Go to under the traffic lights at the end of this tunnel road Řevnická and continue by following cyclopath - yellow signs with "Záběhlice" and/or "Chodovec" writtenturn immediately left. After 700 m you will get Continue south along Řevnická for 150m to the bridge over the motorwaycrossroads with traffic lights. Use the staircase You can stand right at the beggining of the bridge to get triangle down to on Rozvadovská spojka (police can kick you out) or ask people at the nearby petrol station, KFC, or parking lots.<br />Alternatively you can stay behind the station exit at the end None of left lane, at the left side of the roadthese 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.= Second option === Option 1: Motorway service station on E65 ====From Take metro station "Opatov" line C (red line C) follow the main road upto ''Chodov''. Walk along look for the road about 5 minutes, keep going over the crossroad big shopping centre and the bridge over the motorway. Now you might see other hitchhikers on the slip-road. Alternativelyenter, you can take bus number 177 from metro "Opatov" keeping to next (request) stop "U Dálnice". Be careful and stay on the slip roadground floor, not on locate the motorway exit consisting of stairs and elevators (sometimes police passes by).<br />Very common spot, not so good in fact. Average waiting time is less than one hour. If you stuck there, you can walk 2 km to the spot 4 (again, if police goes around, they'll tell you mention a lift that leads below); this exit leads to walk on the field beside motorway)bus stops.
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 road.Easily reachable petrol station, not a lot of traffic though and is sometimes enforced by a employee in 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= Fourth ===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 ====[[File:ujezdupruhonicprague<strike>Take metro line C (red) to Kačerov. Find stairs going down, go over train tracks and then stairs down again.jpg|thumb|Then walk around the metro tracks and turn right|250px|Hitchhikers at Újezd u Průhonic before the motorway. You will see the OMV petrol stationbut 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). Regular local hitchhikers were aroundThe police don't make any problems there and for cars, as well as hitchhikers doing it means the end of the race50 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.
==== Sixth option Option 5: Beginning of main road 5.kvetna ====Go up from Take metro station "Roztyly" line C (red line C) and cross all to ''Vyšehrad''. Head south using the sidewalk for about 300m. After the parking places small bridge, continue left to the motorwaymain road 5. Hard shoulder there is good kvetna. There are 3 lanes and one parking lane and alight at night but it's not allowed usually some place to stay therestop. And <br/ >This spot quite near the city centre and cars are already a bit fastgoing slow, high traffic density, and nobody expects hitchhikers there but you can be lucky.
=== South towards [[Příbram]], [[Písek]], [[České Budějovice]] {{rcz|4}} = 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.
=== West towards [[Karlovy Vary]], [[Cheb]] {{rczDcz|6}}{{E|48}} ===This is good option for Karlovy Vary direction. ==== Option 1: Karlovarská street ====Take tram 22 to ''Bílá Hora''. Go straight in Walk 50 m west along Karlovarská street to past the street Karlovarská red/white railings and there is a quite good place to hitch-hike behind the red-white banister.
==== Second option Option 2: Motorway junction D6 Jeneč ====If you want to start a bit further outside, take Take a train (www.idos.cz) from ''Prague Masarykovo Station'', to ''Jeneč'', which (15 km outside out of Prague and very close to Prague Airport). Just 200 m Walk down the embankment onto Průmyslová ulice from ''Jeneč'' train the station - on . Walk north along Průmyslová ulice ≈350 m under the other side of railway tracks to the train tracks - is a motorway junction from which it is pretty easy to get to [[Karlovy Vary]].
==== Third option Option 3: Motorway service station D6 ====If you prefer gas stations, try this option. The first one is quite far though Take metro line A (30 km from Prague centergreen) to ''Hradčanská''. Then take bus [http://www.tram-bus.cz/stredni-cechy/autobusy/linka-310610 310610] or [http://www.tram- take a bus .cz/stredni-cechy/autobusy/linka-310082 310082 (B82)] from bus-stop ''Praha-Hradčanská (Metro ''Dejvická'') to and get off at ''Velká Dobrá, u skoly''. Once there follow 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 gas 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]] {{rczDcz|7}} ===From Dejvická (subway Take metro line A(green) to ''Dejvická''. Then take bus 119 from bus-stop ''Dejvická'' to ''Dědina''. There you You can hitchhikeat 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 ==