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* '''Directions''': There are generally two good places to hitchhike, one just outside the city centre and the other one in a 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). One may continue down the road You can get to the spots 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 free bus to Centrum Janki([http://www.ikea.com/ms/pl_PL/img/store_images/autobusy/janki.htm timetable]), a large shopping mall area some 20 kilometres from the city centre. Once you're there, there might be some confusion as the road from Warsaw splits there onto two separate roads. The earlier (right in front of the 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 Geant shopping centres, see below for more details.
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