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'''Warsaw''' (Polish: ''Warszawa'') is the capital and largest city of [[Poland]]. You can cross city very fast by using public transport. Check public transport lines at bus and tram stations.  == Hitchhiking out Hitching Out ==  === West towards [[Łódź]], [[Poznań]], [[Berlin]], ([[Germany]]) {{National Road Number Poland|A2}} {{National Road Number Poland|S2}} {{National Road Number Poland|92}} === '''Option #1: S8 onramp (busstop) Warszawa-Powązkowska'''  Take bus 103, 122, 180, 186 or 409 and get off at '''Gen. Maczka''' (Note: bus stops only on request here!). Hitch right from the bus stop where bus 186 in final direction ''Szczęśliwice'' stops. Holding a sign A2 makes the difference to get the ride out. The S8 starts here and eventually changes into the A2 to [[Łódź]]. [http://goo.gl/maps/kizfT Streetview here]. Next bigger rest stop on the A2 highway is in Biskupice - MOP Brwinów Południe. '''Option #2: A2 highway service station MOP Brwinów Południe / Mcdonalds'''  (Opposite side of higway are some lakes. Search maps for Wake Family Brwinów)

=== West towards Ride a train to railway station ''Brwinów''. When you walk down the stairs of the platform turn right and walk direction north. The road is first called Rynek, later Biskupica, and the road number is 720. Keep following it until you pass the A2 with a tunnel, then take the first road left and follow it until the service station. The distance to walk is about 3.5 km.Google maps [[Poznań]]https://www.google.lv/maps/place/Lotos/@52.1555185, [[Berlin]]20.6843505, ([[Germany17z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0000000000000000:0x0b81cddde3d7575f link here]]) {{National Road Number Poland|2}} {{E|30}} ===

* '''Option #1Alternative way:''' bus 743 from Cmentarz Wolski till Wolica Plochocina end stop and than walk to Biskupice 5 km (look a bus stop list some buses goes to other final stop)

Take the tram 8, 10, 26 direction ''Os. Górczewska'Option #3: S8 onramp Warszawa Zachód' and get off at ''Ciepłownia Wola''. There you can get in the bus 713 and get off at '''''Mory''''' (The first stop on public transport zone 2 (''strefa II'')). Walk back around 200m in the direction your bus came from, until the on-ramp of the new A2. Most traffic from the city centre will enter the A2 through this on-ramp. There are traffic lights, so cars have go rather slow and there is a small shoulder to stop.

* '''Option #2This option involves the least walking and is quite close to the city centre and the western districts. To get there you have two different possibilities:'''

Especially during rush hour, there is faster way to get to the on-ramp at the A2: A. Take the tram 8, 10, 26 direction ''KM3Os. Górczewska'' (short for ''Kolej Mazowieckie'') train in direction of [[Łowicz]] or [[Sochaczew]] (sometimes only going to [[Błonie]]) and get of off at the station ''GołąbkiCiepłownia Wola''. From the pedestrian crossing over the tracks There you can already spot the highway's noise barrier to the north-west. Follow the road on the northern side of the train station to the north, turn right at get in the next crossing bus 713 and the road should lead you through an under-bridge under the highway after a couple of minutes. After, you cross the road and arrive get off at the on-ramp described in ''Option #1''. You can take the trains from platform #3 at 'Mory'Warszawa Śródmieście'' which is next to the Central Station, but ''(The first stop on public transport zone 2 ('not'strefa II'' the same! It is more East of the Central Station and South to the Palace of Culture and Science)). Have a look at Walk back around 200m in the timetables and different stations direction your bus came from where to take , until the trains on [http://www.mazowieckie.com.pl/site.php5/Show/132.html -ramp of the website], since they run often just one or two times in an hour.Tickets cost probably a few zloty's, make sure you buy one before entering the train (alternatively you can buy one in the train in the first car).A2 snd hitchike there

* B. Especially during rush hour, there is a faster way to get to the on-ramp at the A2: Take the ''KM3''train in direction of [[Łowicz]] or [[Sochaczew]] (sometimes only going to [[Błonie]]) and get of at the station ''Gołąbki''. From the pedestrian crossing over the tracks you can already spot the highway's noise barrier to the north-west. Follow the road on the northern side of the train station to the north, turn right at the next crossing and the road should lead you through an under-bridge under the highway after a couple of minutes. After, you cross the road and arrive at the on-ramp described under ''Option #3:'1'' . The whole walk is around 1,5km.

This option is best when you have to get You can take the trains from the northern districts of the city to a good spot. Take bus 103, 122, 180, 186 or 409 and get off platform #3 at ''Warszawa Śródmieście'Gen. Maczka''' (Note: bus stops only on request here!). Hitch right from the bus stop where bus 186 in direction ''Szczęśliwice'' stops. Holding a sign with A2 might help which is next to avoid inner city traffic. The S8 starts here and eventually changes into the A2 to [[Poznań]].Central Station

* '''Option #4:S2 bus stop on the entry to bypass from southern part of the city'''

Take the bus from metro station Wilanowska to the stop '''Żołny''' (lines 319, 709, 715, 727, 739). Then go back a bit to the direction you arrived under the overpass and turn left. There is a place where a lot of the southern inhabitants of Warsaw go to A2. There is an unused bus stop on the highway entrance. There is enough space to stop a truck. The drivers will come around the bend, but if you stay at the end of the bus stop they will go slow enough and they will have much time to see you and stop. It is a great place to catch direct car to Łódź, to Poznań or even Gdańsk you can change on the service station (MOP) Nowosady (there are Burger King and Shell gas station), if the driver comes to Łódź and you want to go west or north it is important to left before A1 and A2 junction. '''Option #5: National road 92 slower option'''  If you wish to take the old main road S92 DK92 (not advisable if you want to travel fast...) you can use a place which takes a bit more time to reach: Take the ''KM3'' train in direction of [[Łowicz]] or [[Sochaczew]] and get out at ''Ożarów Mazowiecki''.  When you get out at the station in ''Ożarów Mazowiecki'' (make sure you keep an eye out for the correct station, Ożarów Mazowiecki only has one sign at the end of the station) just leave the station to the right (facing away from Warsaw) and follow Marii Konopnickiej Street until you reach a bigger street, Poznańska (about 500m). Another few hundred meters to the East you will find a bus stop with plenty of space to stop (it's across the street from the church). It's just one lane, cars are going quite slow and you avoid a great deal of local traffic out of Warsaw. Even though this is the old main road to the West and some drivers (especially trucks) take it to avoid the highway fees, it will probably take longer than using the highway.

* '''Option 1''' Get tram 7, 9, 35 from the city centre e.g ''Aleje Jerozolimskie'', ''Warszawa Centralna'' (Main Train Station), ''Centrum'' (Warsaw Metro station) going in the direction of '''''OkęcieP+R Aleja Krakowska''''' and get off at the last stop. Once you get thereThen, there is a take bus stop some 50 meters away from the tram terminus further down the road. It is one of the usual hitchhiking spots in Warsaw and many drivers often drive slowly to check if there are hitchhikers waiting. It also has the merit of being located some 50 meters from lights707, 728, which give the drivers some time 807 to see you. This location has the downside of being a popular hitching spot for workers returning home for the weekend''Janki'', usually to Kielce or Radom. It should be noted that for the most partbus N88, these people are not "hitchhikers", but simply individuals wishing 706 or 807 to get ''Plac Szwedzki'' (a ride home, often in exchange for a small fare. As a result, rules commonly accepted amongst hitchhikers (such as waiting in line) may not be respected at this spot. To distinguish yourself from them, place your backpack stop near ''Janki'' and in front of you an IKEA store) and make a sign walk back to look like a professional hitchhiker. * the stop '''Option 2'Janki'' . From the final stop ''Janki'', note that the road splits. The Aleja Krakowska road going left will cointinue on E77 highway. Place next to Aleja Krakowska street 5 has nice place to hitchike. Using a large sign can be very effective. As for 2020, there's new piece of trams 7S8 expressway, 9, 35 which goes around Janki. You can go to '''''OkęcieP+R Aleja Krakowska''''' (the one as mentioned above before. From there take bus 721 in Option 1) look for the 2PLN bus to direction of ''Kosów''or 728 towards 'Centrum Janki'Złotokłos''. You can go out on stop ''Sękocin Las' ([http://www.ikea.com/ms/pl_PL/img/store_images/autobusy/janki.htm timetable]), a large shopping centre some 20 kilometres from the city centre. If you can't find the free bus, take a normal city bus to Janki (Numbers 707,728Second one,807 go up to Janki while Bus N88,Bus 706 and 807 start from Okęcie and go to the IKEA Bus Station which is also the shopping centre stop right after the Janki bus stopcrossing & joining with main road. In case of confusion at Okęcie while boarding the BusThere are two stops with same name, make sure if you ask the Bus Driver whether the Bus get out on first, right one is going to the IKEA Bus Stand or not. The Bus Station at the IKEA Shopping centre is called "Plac Szwedzki" (Swedish Sq.~100m further) which is right after Janki bus stop. CAVEAT: Though most people will at Okęcie tell There's some forest if you that all buses go want to Jankisleep, don't make the mistake but not a lot of taking Bus 715 , since it turns left just before 3 stops of Janki into the Polish country side right lights for after the Bus Stop called Sportowasunlight. Be aware You can also go further to stop ''Wygoda'' and if you take this bus, make sure you get down at Sportowa and take another bus for "Plac Szwedzki"try on road or gas station there.

'''Option 1''' Get to shopping tram 7, 9, 35 from the city centre e.g ''Aleje Jerozolimskie'', ''Warszawa Centralna'' (Main Train Station), ''Centrum '' (Warsaw Metro station) going in the direction of '''''P+R Aleja Krakowska''''' and get off at the last stop. Then, take bus 707, 728, 807 to ''Janki'', or bus N88, 706 or 807 to ''Plac Szwedzki'' (see direction Kraków, option 2 for detailsa stop near ''Janki'' and in front of an IKEA store)and walk back to the stop ''Janki''. Once you From the stop ''Janki''re there, notice note that the road splits into two separate roads. The western one is the national Mszczonowska road nogoing right will cointinue on S8 highway. 8 (E67) which is located between IKEA and shopping mallPlace next to Mszczonowska street 9 has nice place to hitchike. Further down the road there is Using a wide shoulder where you can hitch, however cars go quite fast here. If you find it hard hitchhiking there you large sign can walk about 3km down the road to '''that''' hamburger restaurant . There's also a petrol station, it may be easier to hike from there, as most cars stop there before longer drivesvery effective.

The spot described above works like a charm (May 2013); however, it '''Option 2''' - AMIC Energy gas station / MOP Urzut rest stop ''' There is also possible to take a bus #733 and leave at any AMIC Energy gas station / MOP Urzut rest stop about 5 km after the aforementioned split; it is particularly convenient in either Janki oraz Nadarzyn, as cars have town. Get by bus 733 to drive by more slowly.the bus stop Urzut and walk 1 km forward

A good place to hitch from near the bus stop ''Dzierżoniowska'' (you need to press STOP for that busstop). To get here, either take bus 114 from metro ''Młociny'' in the direction ''Młociny-UKSW'', or take bus 181 from the metro station ''Plac Wilson'' in the direction ''Cmentarz Północny''. Once you get off the bus at ''Dzierżoniowska'', you can see the main road going north and there are several places to stand. Best is trafic lights next to McDonald.  === Northeast towards [[Białystok]], [[Kaunas]] ([[Lithuania]]) {{National Road Number Poland|8S8}} {{E|67}} === Highway S8 in and around Warsaw is now complete and open for traffic '''Option 1''' Go to the metro station Dworzec Wileński and from there take bus 738 bus till stop Cmentarz and walk back and a bit forward on road 8 / 629 towards Bialystok after some disctance this road joins a S8 highway.  First bigger rest stop on S8 highway is MOP Małopole  Also there are some small lakes and nice place to camp overnight '''Option 2''' Roundbout S8 / national road 629 on ramp Bus 412 from Dworzec Wileński till Wolności (3 stops). There is also a Shell fuel station (Piłsudskiego 2) with space next to it. A bit back is Geodezyjna bus stop where you may try to hitchike. Better have sign Bialystok.  '''Option 3''' - A2 highway service station BEFORE Warsaw - MOP Brwinów Południe / Mcdonalds

Take metro from central railway station to metro station ''Ratusz''(note tram 25 has new route) and from there any tram from metro station ''Ratusz'' going east. Get off at '''''Dworzec Wileński''''', walk right down the underground passage, walk out the other Opposite side and turn right onto the bus stop (as of Feb 2012 the crossroads higway are under constructionsome lakes. Search maps for Wake Family Brwinów). This is situated beside the big clock on the commercial building next to Carrefour super market. Catch bus 718 and get off at '''''Struga'''''. With optimal changes the whole trip takes about 60 min, but on weekend mornings the bus 718 runs only about every 30 minutes. Note that this bus goes outside of the city limits and an additional ticket is required. The first stop outside the central fare zone is a place loved by controllers, so beware. You can hitch from the traffic lights, there is a street light, which helps [[hitchhiking at night|at night]].

Also, if all Ride a train to railway station Brwinów. When you walk down the stairs of the above platform turn right and walk direction north. The road is badfirst called Rynek, walk for 30 minutes from the 718 bus stop (see above)later Biskupica, in and the direction of Białystok, and road number is 720. Keep following it until you will come to traffic lights that are better for hitch hiking the A2 highway and where more cars stopbefore it turn left. Note that you will have The distance to walk near the motorway for this one, so be careful. is about 3 km Alternative way: bus 743 from Cmentarz Wolski till Wolica Plochocina end stop and than walk to Biskupice 5 km (look a bus stop list some buses goes to other final stop)

From Central Railway Station ('''''Dworzec Główny'Centralny'''') get on tram 9, 24 direction ''Gocławek'' and get off at '''''Plac Szembeka''''' stop, from there, go trough the street, and bus stop in this same direction (east) is on the second side of the street. Get bus 704, 720, 722, 730 and get off at the '''''Szosa Lubelska'''''. Hitch right from the bus stop at ''Szosa Lubelska'' street. Or from Central Railway Station Dworzec Centralny or from metro station ''Politechnika'', take bus 502 to the last station, ''Stara Miłosna''. From here walk to the intersection ''Szosa Brzeska'', then turn right and walk 500 m to the aforementioned stop ''Szosa Lubelska''. ''Wał Miedzyszynski - Bronowska Street'' intersection is also quite a good spot.  === East towards Siedlce, [[Brest (Belarus)|Brest]] ([[Belarus]]) {{National Road Number Poland|2}} {{E|30}} === Get to the station Szosa Lubelska (see above). Try to hitch right from the bus stop at Szosa Brzeska.  == Money-saving Tips ==

Or from Central Railway Station Internet cafe for free: at the Univerisity of Warsaw main campus ('''''Dworzec Główny'''''adress: Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28) or from metrostation '''''Politechnika''''' take there is situated free of charge internet cafe for students, but none will check your ID. Internet cafe is located in old library building vis a bus #502 to vis main entrance on the last station '''''Stara Miłosna''''', 2nd floor. It is open from here walk 08:15 to the crossroads with ''Szosa Brzeska'', turn right and walk 500m to the aforementioned '''''Szosa Lubelska''''' stop20:45. Please be polite:)

== Public Transport ==Black riding Vysla river ''Wild camping'' with tents not far from Central bus station/railway - go to Świętokrzyski Bridge cross it and turn left on the Metro is quite easyfirst road Wybrzeże Szczecińskie. Walk one minute and you will spot You can jump downhill to side of river with the turnstiles, walk in flat land and small hill with someone who has a ticket (big tree camp on opposite side of the turnstiles are big enough for two people), or if tree. Thats nice place noone see you're feeling brave, you can walk around and open from the emergency exit door and walk throughroad above. None of them are alarmed, and when Also its on the door is open, it stays open and almost '''everyone''' in Warsaw automatically walks in that door instead other side of the turnstile. The trams and bus station Most Świętokrzyski 03 (buses102, including night buses162, are also easy. If you want to avoid any confrontationN14, just enter through one of the back doorsN64 stops here).Also a riverbank there looks promising for tent camping

Much of the regular buses and trams now have more ticket controllers, as prices of tickets have been raised. Compared to other European cities tickets are still cheap and can be bought everywhere. The easiest is a single ticket for 3.60zł, about eur 0.90[[File:W-camping.jpg]]

There is a good [http://jakdojadeare several large '''squats''' in Warsaw.pl/WelcomeYou will find the Skłot Przychodnia on Skorupki 6.jsp?locale=en website] showing you how to get from There's another one point to another by public transport in major Polish cities (in Polish and English)called Serena.