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'''Zagreb''' is the capital of [[Croatia]].
 
'''Zagreb''' is the capital of [[Croatia]].
  
 
== Hitchhiking out ==
 
== Hitchhiking out ==
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=== Direction Karlovac, [[Rijeka]], [[Pula]], [[Zadar]], Šibenik and [[Split]], Dalmatia ===
 
=== Direction Karlovac, [[Rijeka]], [[Pula]], [[Zadar]], Šibenik and [[Split]], Dalmatia ===
  
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Also if you walk a bit highway forward you get on the Crodux petrol station. There is less traffic than on tolls.
 
Also if you walk a bit highway forward you get on the Crodux petrol station. There is less traffic than on tolls.
 
If you are going to ''Dalmatia'' (Zadar, Split, etc.) don't take rides to Rijeka because it is a bit out of your way. Car plates for each city: Pula and Istria (PU), Rijeka (RI) Zadar (ZD) Šibenik (ŠI) Split (ST).
 
  
 
* July 2015: spot worked well. There's a lot of police around, but they seemed not to care at all. Be careful of getting dropped on one of the rest areas though, there are quite many so traffic isn't very heavy on each one, and in the summertime almost all traffic is fully loaded vacation cars heading for the coast. The best rest stop before the highway split at Bosiljevo is probably Draganic, as it has both a Burger King and a Marche Bistro. We were stuck at Vukova Gorica rest area for hours.
 
 
* Even though the ticket inspectors are more common now and the bus drivers control if you have the ticket, these buses  are almost always crowded so you can still sneak in without buying a ticket. April 2014, Nina_Unexia
 
  
 
=== Direction [[Osijek, Slavonski Brod]], [[Belgrade]] and [[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia]] ===
 
=== Direction [[Osijek, Slavonski Brod]], [[Belgrade]] and [[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia]] ===
  
  
'''INA Lučko fuel station / rest stop on highway'''
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'''Optioon 1''' INA Lučko fuel station / rest stop on highway
  
 
Bus 112 till Lučko (final stop) and walk 500 metres
 
Bus 112 till Lučko (final stop) and walk 500 metres
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'''Optioon 2''' From city
  
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Bus 279, 281, 282 till Lj.Posav.-Rimski Put and walk back to Slavonska Avenija
  
'''From city'''
 
 
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=== Direction [[Budapest]], [[Varazdin]] and [[Cakovec]] ===
 
=== Direction [[Budapest]], [[Varazdin]] and [[Cakovec]] ===
(Read below, this one doesn't exist anymore! The best option is on the bottom - to HH on Slavonska avenija ) Take bus number 216 from Kvaternikov trg to the last stop in Ivanja Reka or bus 276 till 2 stations before the final station. Ask for the church in Ivanja Reka, people will know it, you should get out there. There will be a small road which leads to the on ramp, ask people for which one it is. You should walk till the traffic lights, the turn right and you already see the place. After the lights you should walk about 300 meters and you can start hitching there with a sign VZ for example. Works like a charm, someone waited there for less than 10 minutes.<br />
 
[[User:NixyJungle|NixyJungle]] edit: No need to walk 300 meters after traffic lights. You can ask people on the traffic light. It's easier and more safe, plus, if the police comes, you are legal, because sign for the beginning of the highway and forbidden hitchhiking is 200 meters after the traffic light.
 
 
'''Update''': This place doesn't exist anymore, as the new road was built and there's no stopping lane, so cars can't stop to pick you up. Don't hitchhike here.
 
 
'''Update - april 2012''': There is able to hitchhike there, last year I was there, but it is '''very hard to get out of there'''. You need reach ''petrol station'' and the exit from station has got long shoulder where U can safely try to cach someone.
 
 
Three problems:
 
#90% of cars which stop are those which leave the station.
 
#From those who stops almost everyone was local people.
 
#It was my one of the longest stops (no less than 3 houers).
 
 
'''Update''': The main problem with direction towards Hungary is that pay tolls are quite far away from Zagreb, so it would be easier if you first get to the pay tolls. The best starting point is the "Tifon" petrol station as it's the furthest hitchhiking spot on the way to Varaždin and Budapest you can get to by public transportation (directions to there are already described in the directions to Belgrade section on the top of this topic - bus 216 or 176 from Kvaternikov trg...) and hold a sign "ZELINA" (the closest town to the pay tolls) or "SV. HELENA" (the exact name of that pay tolls). Many drivers get off the highway just before the pay tolls, so maybe you'll have to walk a few kilometers. But once you're there, you can easily get a ride straight to Budapest.
 
  
Second option is to hitchhike on Slavonska avenija, this way you dont have to take any public transportation. You can stand after the crossroad of Slavonska avenija and Ulica Josipa Marohnića. Many people go towards the highway on this road. We hitchhiked with the sign "Sesvete", got a ride in 15 mins and got dropped at the petrol station right in front of highway ramps in Ivanja Reka. From here we hitchhiked with sign "Varazdin" and got a ride in 15-20 mins and got dropped at the pay tolls towards north.
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Crodux fuel station / rest stop on highway. Bus 273 till last stop Lužan-Zeleni Vijenac (someone entered this bus from the middle door as well).Walk 3 km forward  Ul. Augusta Šenoe. There is a gravel road after you cross over the highway which you can easily reach by going a couple hundred meters past the highway (no need to try and cross the ditch to reach it.) As you approach the gas station fence and the road turns to lead around the back you will see a gap where you can easily hop the fence and follow a well formed path directly to the parking lot. It should be just a handful of meters after the curve and very easy to notice. There are also plenty of good places where one can pitch a tent
  
Note: this (the crossing of Slavonska avenija and Ul. Ulica Josipa Marohnića) seems to be the best and easiest option. Many cars in the direction, there're traffic lights + lot of space for cars to stop. From the central square (Trg bana Josipa Jelačića) you can either walk (southwards, 3km) or take trams 14 (direction ZAPRUĐE) or 17 (direction BORONGAJ)  for 15mins till the stop Vjesnik. The stop is near the crossing of Savska cesta and Slavonska avenija, so you have to walk 10min till the spot where Ul. Ulica Josipa Marohnića is. You can hold sign VŽ (Varaždin). Once you get a ride and are on the highway, be sure to get off at the first petrol station (OMV, some 20kms from the starting point), because it's also the last one before Varaždin!
 
 
[[User:Gallar|Gallar]] hitch-hiked (with girlfriend) from crossroad of Slavonska avenija and Ulica Josipa Marohnića and he waited 9 hours just for a single lift to mentioned OMV station. It might be bad luck, but be aware there is no better place to hike and yet this one might be not so perfect.
 
 
Note: This can't be a good hitchhiking spot by any reason as it's too much inside the town and there's too much of local traffic, also there are more cars coming to Zagreb from the west than those departing to the east. However, it's not impossible, but getting a lift there in a normal time is more about the luck...
 
 
Update: I think the best spot to hitchhike from is the gas station on Slavonska avenija 110, you can get there by taking 286 bus and walking for like 15 mins, even though it's like 40 mins from the city centre but there is plenty of room to stop, also I dont recommend going to Varazdin and hoping to get a ride at the toll booth going to the highway because the traffic is pretty small there and mainly not towards budapest. There is a gas station before Varazdin(like 10 km) and we got a ride from there in like 5 mins.
 
 
June 2019
 
 
Another good option is to take the tram until Dubec.  At least 3 different lines end there.  Once you get there look for a bus going to Sesvete.  There will most likely be many people trying to board and you should be able to enter from any door.  The ride shouldn’t take more then 10 minutes and you will find it makes a left turn followed by two right turns soon after.  This is where you want to get off and cross the street. (Veraždinska cesta; bus stop Selčina) The bus stop on this side is slightly further up the road. You will then want bus 273 going to Lužan. (Someone entered this bus from the middle door as well.)  Take bus 273 to the end of the line.  From here it is just a 3.2 kilometer walk to the first gas station directly on the highway.  There is a gravel road after you cross over the highway which you can easily reach by going a couple hundred meters past the highway.  (No need to try and cross the ditch to reach it.) As you approach the gas station fence and the road turns to lead around the back you will see a gap where you can easily hop the fence and follow a well formed path directly to the parking lot.  It should be just a handful of meters after the curve and very easy to notice.
 
 
There are also plenty of good places where one can pitch a tent for the night if one wants to come out here in the evening and get a nice and early start the following morning.
 
  
 
=== Direction [[Ljubljana]], [[Austria]], [[Novo Mesto]] ===
 
=== Direction [[Ljubljana]], [[Austria]], [[Novo Mesto]] ===
  
 
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'''Optioon 1''' INA Lučko fuel station / rest stop on highway'
 
 
'''INA Lučko fuel station / rest stop on highway'''
 
  
 
Bus 112 till Lučko (final stop) and walk 500 metres
 
Bus 112 till Lučko (final stop) and walk 500 metres
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Bus 164 or 168 till Puškarićeva-škola and walk Lucko street 1.5 km
 
Bus 164 or 168 till Puškarićeva-škola and walk Lucko street 1.5 km
  
 
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'''Optioon 2''' From town
 
 
 
 
 
 
'''From town'''
 
  
 
Get to the Ljubljanska avenija  and find a bus stop to hitchike. Best with a Slovenia sign. Don't take rides that don't take you at least to the border - There is no good places to hitchhike further down the road.
 
Get to the Ljubljanska avenija  and find a bus stop to hitchike. Best with a Slovenia sign. Don't take rides that don't take you at least to the border - There is no good places to hitchhike further down the road.
  
 
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'''Optioon 3''' Take a bus to the highway
 
 
 
 
'''Take a bus to the highway'''
 
  
 
This option takes you a bit longer to get started with (nearly an hour), it takes you directly to the highway though.
 
This option takes you a bit longer to get started with (nearly an hour), it takes you directly to the highway though.
 
  
  
 
=== North, direction [[Maribor]], [[Graz]], [[Vienna]] ===
 
=== North, direction [[Maribor]], [[Graz]], [[Vienna]] ===
  
==== First option ====
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'''Optioon 1''' Zaprešić toll station
From the Črnomerec and Ljubljanica bus terminal there's a free bus (red or white colour) to West Gate shopping centre which is adjacent to toll station [http://westgate-shopping.com/en/westgate-autobus/], see also [http://maps.google.com/?q=zagreb&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=City+of+Zagreb,+Croatia&ll=45.874518,15.829003&spn=0.009815,0.02459&t=h&z=16 Google Maps], the toll station is very close to the shopping center, you can see it from the parking lot where the bus arrives. But you will have to cross a bit of water. Don't try this in the dark. Look for one of the areas with stones covered by metal or just walk about 300 metre in opposite direction of the shopping mall and you will find a little bridge, handy! then come back to the toll station.
 
 
 
If you're heading to [[Slovenia]] or further you'll have to make it to the [[Macelj-Kozminci border crossing]], from where you can easily get rides far into [[Germany]].
 
  
You better forget about trying the Precko option (towards Ljubljana), Erga and [[User:Guaka|guaka]] waited for about 2 hours, asking people, with signs (''Macelj'', ''Maribor'', SLO) and without sign. Fortunately the free bus to the West Gate center also goes from this above spot.
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From the Črnomerec and Ljubljanica bus terminal there's a free bus (red or white colour) to West Gate shopping centre which is adjacent to  Zaprešić toll station. The toll station is very close to the shopping center, you can see it from the parking lot where the bus arrives. But you will have to cross a bit of water. Don't try this in the dark. Look for one of the areas with stones covered by metal or just walk about 300 metre in opposite direction of the shopping mall and you will find a little bridge, handy! then come back to the toll station.
  
[[User:T0ma5|t0ma5]] was hitchhiking here in January 2011 and he got a ride all the way to Vienna in about 20min.
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If you're heading to Slovenia or further you'll have to make it to the [[Macelj-Kozminci border crossing]], from where you can easily get rides far into Germany.
  
[[User:Cro_gavran|Cro_gavran]] tried to hitchhike here in September 2014 but was in just few minutes forced to leave by highway guards. They said that same day they moved out from highway already 5 hitchhikers and called police to arrest two who didnt wanted to leave the highway. If someone else had same experience, please share.
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'''Optioon 2''' INA Jakovlje fuel station
  
[[User:Uncle sam01|uncle_sam01]] hitched a direct ride to Bratislava in about 20 minutes in August 2015. Definitely wouldn't recommend going over the bridge, since the right side is virtually impossible to walk towards the highway (bushes, trees, water, weeds, etc.). In August 2015 there was only a relatively short fence, which was easy to climb over but you must cross the highway, which is obviously not the safest thing to do, but cars go slow and there are no barriers in the middle. No one bothered us, except some maintenance guy in a pick up who was driving by, but we couldn't make out what he was saying and no one from the toll booths told us anything even though they clearly saw us hitching.
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Train till Kupljenovo and get on  Kolodvorska ulica after big highway turn right road. Total walk is 2 km
  
--[[User:Yeguaerrante|Yeguaerrante]] ([[User talk:Yeguaerrante|talk]]) 13:05, 18 November 2015 (CET) You can't get to the toll station, it's all fenced, i waited on the road after going for the blue small bridge, you will see a bridge that crosses the highway, a car pick me up after 20 min and took me to small town area, was really hard to get into the highway this way because there was a lot of locals not going too far away.
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'''Optioon 3''' Ljubljanska avenue upramp
  
--[[User:Duffajfka|Duffajfka]] walked from the shopping centre along D1 in the direction back to Zagreb until the highway ramp to the north. As it's a two lane one with not too dense traffic, he tried to hitchhike from the guardrail with a sign "Odmorište" (service area), probably "Naplatna Postaja" (toll booth) would be easier. As he has already been inside the fence, he walked to the toll booth. It was quite a hard walk, but probably worth it. Tried to hitch right from the gates but was expelled by the staff few tens of meters behind the booth, where a car to Graz easily stopped in 20 mins. (May 2019)
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Bus to King Cross shopping center or simply walk along Ljubljanska avenija until you reach the on-ramp of the highway. The spot is an approach road of a nearby, not very frequented truck park and offers great visibility and space to pull over for bypassing drivers.  
 
As alternative, try to get Plitvice petrol station (not to confuse with famous National park!). It is reachable from Lučko trough the village. It is around 3 km walk.
 
  
==== Second option ====
 
  
Instead of the seemingly risky toll station, you can also get a bus to King Cross shopping center or simply walk along Ljubljanska avenija until you reach the on-ramp of the highway. The spot is an approach road of a nearby, not very frequented truck park and offers great visibility and space to pull over for bypassing drivers. [[User:Vapaakulkuri|vapaakulkuri]] however still had to wait about two hours to get a ride to the first gas station that is located about 20km down the road.
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Zagreb
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State: City of Zagreb
Population: 804,200
Licence plate: ZG
Major roads: A1, A2, A3, A4, A11
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Zagreb is the capital of Croatia.

Hitchhiking out

Direction Karlovac, Rijeka, Pula, Zadar, Šibenik and Split, Dalmatia

File:Zagreb t0ma5.jpg
Street that leads to the Lučko toll station

To get to the Lučko ramp (toll station) on the motorway you have to catch tram #4 or #7 and get out at stop Savski most, or #5, #14,or #17 and get out at stop "St. dom Stjepan Radić". Savski most a bus terminal where you can catch buses #111 or #132. These buses pass by the pay tolls "Lučko". Get off after 15 minutes of ride at bus stop Put Za Leskovac . You can recognise a big restaurant "Calypso". Once you get off you will see that one road goes over the bridge - take the other road that doesn't go over the bridge, take first left and go through the parking lot and voila! you're there.

Also if you walk a bit highway forward you get on the Crodux petrol station. There is less traffic than on tolls.


Direction Osijek, Slavonski Brod, Belgrade and Bosnia

Optioon 1 INA Lučko fuel station / rest stop on highway

Bus 112 till Lučko (final stop) and walk 500 metres

Bus 164 or 168 till Puškarićeva-škola and walk Lucko street 1.5 km


Optioon 2 From city

Bus 279, 281, 282 till Lj.Posav.-Rimski Put and walk back to Slavonska Avenija


Direction Budapest, Varazdin and Cakovec

Crodux fuel station / rest stop on highway. Bus 273 till last stop Lužan-Zeleni Vijenac (someone entered this bus from the middle door as well).Walk 3 km forward Ul. Augusta Šenoe. There is a gravel road after you cross over the highway which you can easily reach by going a couple hundred meters past the highway (no need to try and cross the ditch to reach it.) As you approach the gas station fence and the road turns to lead around the back you will see a gap where you can easily hop the fence and follow a well formed path directly to the parking lot. It should be just a handful of meters after the curve and very easy to notice. There are also plenty of good places where one can pitch a tent


Direction Ljubljana, Austria, Novo Mesto

Optioon 1 INA Lučko fuel station / rest stop on highway'

Bus 112 till Lučko (final stop) and walk 500 metres

Bus 164 or 168 till Puškarićeva-škola and walk Lucko street 1.5 km

Optioon 2 From town

Get to the Ljubljanska avenija and find a bus stop to hitchike. Best with a Slovenia sign. Don't take rides that don't take you at least to the border - There is no good places to hitchhike further down the road.

Optioon 3 Take a bus to the highway

This option takes you a bit longer to get started with (nearly an hour), it takes you directly to the highway though.


North, direction Maribor, Graz, Vienna

Optioon 1 Zaprešić toll station

From the Črnomerec and Ljubljanica bus terminal there's a free bus (red or white colour) to West Gate shopping centre which is adjacent to Zaprešić toll station. The toll station is very close to the shopping center, you can see it from the parking lot where the bus arrives. But you will have to cross a bit of water. Don't try this in the dark. Look for one of the areas with stones covered by metal or just walk about 300 metre in opposite direction of the shopping mall and you will find a little bridge, handy! then come back to the toll station.

If you're heading to Slovenia or further you'll have to make it to the Macelj-Kozminci border crossing, from where you can easily get rides far into Germany.

Optioon 2 INA Jakovlje fuel station

Train till Kupljenovo and get on Kolodvorska ulica after big highway turn right road. Total walk is 2 km

Optioon 3 Ljubljanska avenue upramp

Bus to King Cross shopping center or simply walk along Ljubljanska avenija until you reach the on-ramp of the highway. The spot is an approach road of a nearby, not very frequented truck park and offers great visibility and space to pull over for bypassing drivers.


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