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===Droga krajowa 7 (E77)===
* '''Where to''': [[Radom]], [[Kielce]], [[Kraków]]* '''Where not''': [[Kraków]] (E75 through Katowice is faster)
* '''Cost from PKP (Polish State Railways)''':
* '''Last verified''': January of 20062007
* '''Directions''': There are generally two good places to hitchhike, one just outside the city centre and the other one in a the commercial suburb of Janki.
** '''Option 1''': Get any tramway from the city centre (Aleje Jerozolimskie, Main Train Station, Centrum (Warsaw Metro)) going towards the final stop of {{wiki|Okęcie}} (9, 15, 25). Once you get there, there is a bus stop some 50 metres away from the tramway 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 metres from lights, which give the drivers some time to see you. There is also a kiosk and a filling station located within a minute's walk should you need anything. This location has the downside of being a popular hitching spot for workers returning home for the weekend, usually to Kielce or Radom. It should be noted that for the most part, these people are not "hitchhikers", but simply individuals wishing to get 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. Furthermore, drivers stopping to pick up passengers at this particular location are aware that it is used by migrant workers, not hitchhikers, and will often expect a small payment of about 5PLN. This can be avoided by making it clear that one is in fact a hitchhiker (for instance, by displaying a sign with the name of the destination, and by wearing a rucksack). You can get to Janki (described in the following option) by taking a public bus that stops a short way down the road.
** '''Option 2''': From the city centre (same spots as above) take a the free bus to Centrum Janki([http://www.ikea.com/ms/pl_PL/img/store_images/autobusy/janki.htm timetable]), a large shopping mall area district some 20 kilometres from the city centre. Once you're there, there might be some confusion as notice that the road from Warsaw splits there onto into two separate roads. The earlier , eastern one (right in front of closer to the bus stop at IKEA shop) is ''droga krajowa 7'' (E77) to Kielce, Radom, Kraków and the border with [[Slovakia]] in [[Chyżne]]. The other, ''droga krajowa 8'' (E67) is located between IKEA and the Geant shopping centrescentre, see below for more details. * [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=pl&z=13&ll=52.135279,20.896339&spn=0.077549,0.181274&om=1&msid=113011033065220192664.00000111c8e4caa15aaf3&msa=0| Centrum Janki] on Google Maps
=== Droga krajowa 8 (E67) ("Gierkówka") ===* '''Where to''': [[Łódź]], [[Częstochowa]], [[Katowice]], [[Sosnowiec]], [[Kraków]], [[Wrocław]]
* '''Where not''':
* '''Cost from PKP''':
* '''Last verified''': January of 2006
Follow either path mentioned above. In Okęcie there is a risk that the driver would only get you to Janki. In Janki itself however the road is easy to reach. The ''droga krajowa 8'' (E67) is located between IKEA and Geant shopping centres, at most some 10 minutes walk from the free bus stop. If you wish to go down E67 towards [[Katowice]], it is best to get off at the stop ''after'' IKEA, that is Geant. Further down the road there is a nice and wide shoulder so there should not be a problem with finding a decent place. The road itself leads to [[Piotrków Trybunalski]], where it joins the pan-European ''droga krajowa 1'' ([[E75]]). The latter connects Warsaw with [[Łódź]], [[Katowice]], [[Sosnowiec]], [[Wrocław]] and all other major towns in the south. For Łódź leave the highway at [[Rawa Mazowiecka]], for Wrocław leave the road at Piotrków Trybunalski.
The E75 is also a good possible connection to Kraków. While longer than E77 through Radom and Kielce (see above), it is in much better condition and much faster. In Katowice-Sosnowiec area the road ends, but there also starts the [[A4]] highway linking Silesia with Kraków to the east and with [[Wrocław]] and then the German border to the west. However, many hitchhikers going to Kraków take the straight route, often making the trip in one or two cars (switching at the roundabout in Radom), as many trucks going south from Warsaw to Kraków follow E77, rather than the detour through Katowice.
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