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'''Vilnius Hitch-hiking Club''' ('''VHHC''', ''Vilniaus autostopo klubas (VAK)'' in Lith.) was one of the leading [[hitchhiking]] organizations in [[Europe]], and a a member of International Hitch-hiking Association. It was founded in October 2nd, 1996, and was based in [[Vilnius]], [[Lithuania]]. Some of the most prominent club's hitchhikers were [[Vladas Sapranavičius]], [[Dainius Kinderis]], [[Robert Prins]], [[Katja and Augustas|Augustas Kligys]], [[Andrius Jankaitis]], [[Andrius Sytas]], [[Audronė Rukšaitė]], [[Egidijus Surma]], [[Lina Ratkevičiūtė]], [[Inga Garnytė]], [[Vilmantas Trumpickas]], [[Katja Lachman]], [[Asta Gulijeva]], [[Laurynas Ivinskis]], [[Aistė Kesminaitė]], [[Domas Dumšė]].
The club organized local and international hitchhiking expeditions, competitions, conferences, gatherings, lectures and used to prepare various publications for Internet and mass media. It has regular member meetings and a governing board.
== Presidents ==
* Vladas Sapranavičius (from 1996 to 2000)
* Aistė Kesminaitė (from 2000)
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== Main Events Organized by the Club ==
* The second International Hitch-hiking Conference in Warsaw, Poland on 7 March, 1998
* The third International Hitch-hiking Conference in Vilnius, Lithuania on 6-7 March, 1999
* The fourth International Hitch-hiking Conference in Vilnius, Lithuania on 4-5 March, 2000
== Hitch-hikers of The Year ==
* 1998 - Augustas Kligys (30500 km) and Audronė Rukšaitė (20000 km)
* 1999 - Vladas Sapranavičius (27000 km) and Inga Garnytė
* 2000 - Andrius Sytas and Asta Gulijeva
* 2001 - Mindaugas Budrys and Asta Gulijeva
== Websites ==
