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* '''Option #1: On-ramp S8 onramp Warszawa-Zachód on the S8'''
* '''Option #2: On-Ramp S8 onramp (busstop) Warszawa-Powązkowska'''
* '''Option #3: The A2 service station Brwinów (unfinishedvery good option) toll plaza Pruszków on A2'''
If you're close to the main From Warszawa Śródmieście railway line station take a "KM1" in the city direction of [[Grodzisk Mazowiecki]] and donget out after 30 minutes at ''Brwinów''t mind a bit . When you walk down the stairs of walking if that gives 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 100% perfect spottunnel, then you should choose this optiontake the first road left and follow it until the service station. The distance to walk is about 3.5 km. Google maps [https://www.google.lv/maps/place/Lotos/@52.1555185,20.6843505,17z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0000000000000000:0x0b81cddde3d7575f link here]
From the '''Central Station''' or one of the other stations on the main line (Wschodnia, Śródmieście, Zachodnia, Ochota, etc.), take train ''KM1'' towards '''Skierniewice''' or '''Żyrardów''' (both are good). Occasionally also ''KM7'' goes there. Get off at station '''Brwinów''' after around 30min.
Now you have to walk for around 3km to reach the toll plaza. From the station, walk in northern direction to the square. Make sure to take the right road from here, you have to take the northeastern road called ''Powstańców Warszawy''. Follow that one all Option #4: S2 bus stop on the way out entry to bypass from southern part of the city. At some point you'll be able to see the highway and toll plaza on your left. Keep walking just a bit more, then when the road bends slightly right you'll see a crossing and a dead-end street going left straight towards the highway. When arriving from Brwinow, you'll be on the side of the highway in the direction of Warsaw. There is a bridge if you continue following the road after which the service street starts which brings you to the toll plaza
* '''Option #45: The old road/ longer traveling time since you cross many villages'''
Like in ''Option #1.2'' take Take the ''KM3'' (short for ''Kolej Mazowieckie'') train in direction of [[Łowicz]] or [[Sochaczew]], but and get out one station further at ''Ożarów Mazowiecki''.
Once 718 turns left there and you have to walk back to the main road where Also you can hitch get out from bus 738 at the bus stop. The suburbs of the city end here Cmentarz and walk back and it’s a perfect place for hitchhiking: bit forward on road 8 / 629 towards Bialystok after some disctance this road joins a bus stop behind traffic lightsS8 highway. Also you can go 20 minutes forward there are some small lakes and there is better spots.nice place to camp overnight
Bus 738 can take you further out of the city, once bus turns out of highroad get off at the stop Ceglana and walk back a couple of hundred meters and turn left Stara street . You will get The on E67 highroad (see picture). Also there is a small but rather busy petrol station. -ramp [[Userhttps:ronaldsnb|Ron//goo.gl/maps/A8a8cEvTZez in front of the Ikea]] has used this place instead of thumbing a few times and never waited more than 30 minutes.also looks promising
→Northeast towards Białystok, Kaunas (Lithuania) {{National Road Number Poland|S8}} {{E|67}}
== Hitching out ==
=== West towards [[Łódź]], [[Poznań]], [[Berlin]], ([[Germany]]) {{National Road Number Poland|2A2}} {{National Road Number Poland|S2}} {{E|30}} ===
There are several options to hitch out of Warsaw in western direction, and the option you choose depends on your location in the city and your personal preferences.
This 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:
[[File:E77.jpg|thumb|alt=E77 road ''[[E77]]''.]]
'''#1:'''Take the tram 8, 10, 26 direction ''Os. Górczewska'' 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. Go Or go up by the ramp to highway E77 , little bit further there wil be separate zone where cars can stop. Highroad patrol won’t disturb you because here the bahn A2 doesn’t start yet.Better hold big sign with your destination!
'''#2:''' Especially during rush hour, there is a faster way to get to the on-ramp at the A2: Take the ''KM3'' (short for ''Kolej Mazowieckie'') 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 ''#1''. The whole walk is around 1,5km.
You can take the trains from platform #3 at ''Warszawa Śródmieście'' which is next to the Central Station, but '''not''' the same! It is more East of the Central Station and South to the Palace of Culture and Science. Have a look at the timetables and different stations from where to take the trains on [http://www.mazowieckie.com.pl/site.php5/Show/132.html the website], since they run often just one or two times in an hour.
Tickets cost probably a few zlotys, make sure you buy one before entering the train (alternatively you can buy one in the train in the first car).
This option is best when you have to get from the northern districts of the city to a good spot. There's no walking involved, you'll be able to get out of the bus and start hitching right away!
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 direction ''Szczęśliwice'' stops. Holding a sign with A2 might help makes the difference to avoid inner city trafficget the ride out. The S8 starts here and eventually changes into the A2 to [[Poznań]]. [http://goo.gl/maps/kizfT Streetview here].(I used this spot in July 2018 and absolutely the best spot it is for Poznan. just waited 3 min and even the driver told me how convenient spot it was.)
Take the bus from metro station Wilanowska to the stop '''Update 2014.04.21:Żołny''' at (lines 319, 709, 715, 727, 739). Then go back a bit to the direction you arrived under the moment there overpass and turn left. There is a fence which can not be crossed between place where a lot of the service road and highway, it's not possible to get southern inhabitants of Warsaw go to A2. There is an unused bus stop on the toll plaza '''Update 2014highway entrance.04There is enough space to stop a truck.21 #2:''' The drivers will come around the parking bend, but if you stay at which cars would be able the end of the bus stop they will go slow enough and they will have much time to see you and stop . It is blocked by concrete blocks it is not possible for cars a great place to catch direct car to Łódź, to stop there at Poznań or even Gdańsk you can change on the moment service station (MOP) Nowosady (ie until the removal of these blocksthere are Burger King and Shell gas station), if the toll plaza driver comes to Łódź and you want to go west or north it is not usable as a place important to start hitchhiking)left before A1 and A2 junction.
If you wish to take the old main road DK92 (not advisable if you want to travel fast...) you can use a place which takes a bit more time to reach:
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.
[[File:Warsaw-Wroclaw.JPG|right|thumb|250px|Spot to [[Wrocław]] (in front of Festo building) ]]
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 standBest is traficlights next to McDonald).Best stops betwen Warsaw - Olsztyn :(dont agree for Płońsk) Glinojeck (on roundbound), Mława, Nidzica (on trafic lights cross),
=== Northeast towards [[Białystok]], [[Kaunas]] ([[Lithuania]]) {{National Road Number Poland|8S8}} {{E|67}} ===
[[File:Warsaw-lt.jpg|thumb|alt=Warsaw out ''[[W]]''.]]
'''Update 26th July 2018: Highway S8 in and around Warsaw is now complete and open for traffic''' Go to the metro station Ratusz Arsenał Dworzec Wileński and from there take bus 738 towards Os. Victoria Get off at the bus stop Wolności or bus 718 towards Czarna Strugastop [https://goo.gl/maps/oWUbRM317Pp Wiejska]. The buses also Walk north from bus stop at Dworzec Wileński at the Wolności (or south from bus stop beside Wiejska) towards the big clock on junction of Piłsudskiego and the commercial building next to S8. At the Carrefour super market. You can also take both buses from Dw. Wilenska (next to start of the shopping center) on -ramp for the other side of the river. The ride takes about one hourS8 is a bus stop where cars can pull into.
=== Southeast towards [[Lublin]], [[Lviv]] ([[Ukraine]]) {{National Road Number Poland|17}} {{E|372}} ===
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}} ===
== Money-saving Tips ==
* Internet cafe for free: at the Univerisity of Warsaw main campus (adress: Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28) 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 vis main entrance on the 2nd floor. Printing up to 10 pages is for free. It is open from 08:15 to 20:45. Please be polite:)Now it is downstairs in the old history building of the university, and printing costs 0,10 zloty per sheet. == Sleeping == '''Wild camping''' with tents next to Vysla river and not far from Central bus station/railway - go to Świętokrzyski Bridge cross it to direction Bialystok/Lithuania and after crossing turn left on the first road Wybrzeże Szczecińskie. Walk one minute and you will spot downhill to side of river with the flat land and big tree down there. Thats nice place noone see you from the road above. Also its on the other side of bus station Most Świętokrzyski 03 (buses 102, 162, N14, N64 stops here) Also a Vistula riverbank there looks promising for tent camping [[File:W-camping.jpg]] There are several large '''squats''' in Warsaw. You will find the Skłot Przychodnia on Skorupki 6. There's another one called Serena.
