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The '''Budzisko-Kalvarija border checkpoint''' is a border crossing between that connects [[PolandLithuania]] and [[LithuaniaPoland]]. Now that both countries are It lies on the E7 "Via Baltica" highway, which goes fom the Polish city of [[Białystok]] through [[Kaunas]] in SchengenLithuania, cars no longer regularly come to a stop here. However, the parking lot at the border is still popular with truck drivers[[Riga]] in Latvia, and within walking distance on both sides of the border there are petrol stations where one can ask drivers for onward ridesultimately reaches [[Tallinn]] in Estonia.

500m behind Now that both countries are in Schengen, cars no longer regularly come to a stop here. However, the old Lithuanian checkpoint quite some parking lot at the border is still popular with truck drivers seem to stop to buy , and within walking distance on both sides of the border there are petrol stations where one can ask drivers for onward rides. == Hitching out == == Into Lithuania == Stand on the Lithuanian side where the exit from the parking area joins the main road. You may see some vignette police officers stopping cars (they check for people illegally transiting from the highway (or sth like thisRussian exclave of Kaliningrad) so it, but they are used to seeing hitchhikers and won's also easy to ask them for t bother you.  If your destination is Latvia or Estonia, hold a ride; should be easy sign "LV" to get rides a lift all the way across Lithuania to everywhere in Baltics or even further into Russiathe Latvian border. On the Lithuanian side== Into Poland == If you are travelling a long distance, get a lift at least to the E7 "Via Baltica" highway begins, passing by town of [[KaunasAugustów]] in Lithuania, where the road splits towards [[RigaWarsaw]] in Latvia, and ultimately [[Tallinn]] in Estonia. On the Polish side, the nearest large city is [[Białystok|Bialystok]].