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'''Vilnius Hitch-hiking Club''' ('''VHHC''', ''Vilniaus autostopo klubas (VAK)'' in Lith.) is was one of the leading [[hitchhiking]] organizations in [[Europe]], and a a member of the International Hitch-hiking Association. It was founded in October 2nd, 1996, and is was based in [[Vilnius]], [[Lithuania]]. Some of the most prominent club's hitchhikers are were [[Vladas Sapranavičius]], [[Dainius Kinderis]] , [http://prino.neocities.org Robert Prins], [[Katja and Augustas|Augustas Kligys]], [[Andrius Jankaitis]], [[Andrius Sytas]], [[Audronė Rukšaitė]], [[Egidijus Surma]], [[Lina Ratkevičiūtė]], [[Inga Garnytė]], [[Vilmantas Trumpickas]], [[Katja and Augustas Kligys|Katja Lachmann]], [[Asta Gulijeva]], [[Laurynas Ivinskis]], [[Aistė Kesminaitė]], [[Domas Dumšė]], [[Lina Jokubauskaitė]], [[Giedrė Matačiūnaitė]], [[Marija Karpickaja]], [[Vita Vadoklytė]], [[Andžej Miloš]], [[Irma Urbonavičiūtė]], [[Marius Sugentaitis]].

The club organizes organized local and international hitchhiking expeditions and , competitions, conferences, gatherings, lectures and prepares used to prepare various publications for Internet internet and mass media while very often collaborating with foreign hitch-hiking organizations. It has regular member meetings and a governing board.The club existed till the year 2013.The most famous events organized by the club were four International Hitch-hiking Conferences, organized in 1997 - 2000 in Vilnius and Warsaw, annual public hitch-hiking race "Baltics", organized every year, Baltic Hitch-hiking Gathering in Ventspils.

Club members used to wear a special yellow -red VHHC uniform when traveling (see [http://autostop.lt/photos/index.php?year=2007# pictures]).

==WebsitesHistory ==* http://wwwFounding day - October 2nd, 1996* Official registration in the Municipality of Vilnius - December 16, 1996* The first hitchhiking race with 11 participants - 8 February, 1997* The first organized group hitchhiking trip. 13 hitchhikers travelled to Riga and Tallinn on 8-11 March, 1997* Club's delegation visits some other hitchhiking club for the first time.It was [[Saint Petersburg Autostop League]] visited on 27 March, 1997* The first international hitchhiking race together with members of Saint Petersburg Autostop League in mixed teams on 29-30 March, 1997* The first club's hitch-hiking gathering on 27-28 June, 1997* The first selection stage (3000 km in Lithuania, Latvia, Poland and Czechia) to The World Hitch-hiking Trophy (Hitch-hiking race around the World) on 21-27 July 1997* 3 members of VHHC participated in the 4th Russian hitchhikers gathering "Elba" in Pustoshka, Russia on 14-16 February, 1998* Two pairs from VHHC participated in the second selection stage (11000 km, 15 countries) to The World Hitch-hiking Trophy (Hitch-hiking race around the World) on 15 March - 1 April, 1998* The first foreigner joins VHHC - Portuguese Carlos Sequeira-Jose on 24 April, 1998* VHHC joins Association of Youth NGOs of Vilnius "Round Table" on 28 November, 1998* VHHC gets funding from state for the 3rd International Hitch-hiking Conference on 24 February, 1999* Domain name autostop.lt/main.php activated for the website of VHHC on April 1, 1999* The last (the 5th) internal (Englishfor VHHC's members only)professional hitchhiking race organized on 11 September, 1999* The only Baltic Hitch-hikers gathering has been organized on 28-29 June, 2003 in Ventspils, Latvia. 42 hitch-hikers from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland and Norway took part* Three members of VHHC participated in the 5th International Hitch-hiking Conference in Riga, Latvia, organized by Latvian hitch-hiking club "E67" on 5-7 December, 2003* http10th anniversary of the club has been celebrated on October 5, 2006 in Vilnius and on October 6-8, 2006 in Kupiškis district. 70 participants took part in celebration in Vilnius and 64 participants from 9 countries came to Kupiškis district. Three members of the club were awarded with the awards of the decade://wwwAugustas Kligys for the largest distance hitch-hiked while being member of the club, Dainius Kinderis for the largest amount of countries hitch-hiked while being a member of VHHC and Vladas Sapranavičius for the largest amount of time hitch-hiked while being a member of VHHC.autostop* Members of the club Augustas Kligys and Katja Lachmann got a lift in a plane in Peru on March 18, 2008.* Facebook page of the club launched on July 5, 2009.* Traditional 15th annual public hitch-hiking competition "Baltics" attracted the largest amount of participants - 44 pairs on 24-25 April, 2010.* Members of VHHC participated in the first [[Hitchgathering]] organized in Lithuania on 3-6 August, 2012.lt/pirmasAbout 150 hitch-hikers took part in the event.php (Lithuanian)