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'''Kaunas''' is a the second largest city in [[Lithuania]].

==To VilniusHitching in and around ==When going coming from Poland (or actually everywhere), ask your driver to [[Vilnius]] let you take a bus out at the "Mega" supermarket next to the highwaymotorway in the north of town. There is a are buses from the bus stop on the highway where it's possible : 1) 38 which goes to get rides, but it might also be a good idea to not deal with the hitchhiking competition bus/railway station and place yourself at 2) 21 which goes to the entrance of the highwayold town (to Kaunas castle (Kauno pilis)).

Quite far away If you are coming from the north and your driver is going into Kaunas or onto Vilnius there is a huge ''hypermarket'' next , and you want to continue onto Marijampole or Poland, asked to be dropped off at the highway with a free bus to -stop (Devintas fortas) on the A1 just before the A1/A5 intersection. From here, you can walk 1.3kms along the A1 onto the A5 until the centreStatoil petrol station where you can continue hitching.

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==To Poland, Latvia or Klaipeda ==When going to [[Poland]] you take a bus <!-- http://www.marsrutai.. which lt/ - the best tool to go from one I forgot --> place (A) to the end of the routeanother (B). Make sure You can enter an address or a bus stop, also you can choose time when you make it want to the Polish borderleave or arrive. From there you will easily find a long rideAbove this is 'Tvarkaraščiai' - schedules of trolleybuses, buses and minibuses, and disstrict's buses and minibuses.

Alternatively get a bus from the centre to IX Fortas (I think its bus 23 or 29, but I'm not sure, look on the maps at every bus stop) , this is the main road where the motorway to Vilnius joins up with the E67 (Via Baltica north and south) - with a PL sign you should easily get a lift from a truck to the borderhttp://www.stops. Note that this border lt/kaunas is *very* slow for trucks to cross and theres always about also a 2 hour delay, so when the truck stopsgreat journey planner, get out and walk (or try to hitch a normal car) to the border, just after the polish side theres plenty of room includes timetables for anyone to stopall public transport. Also has translation in 11 languages.

Heading http://www.maps.lt/ - this is useful when you look for Latvia a bus stop. Enter an adress and you can see all bus stops around. Also, this is very useful to look where exactly is the right house with it's number.  === East towards [[Vilnius]] {{European Route Number|85}} ===[[File:Kns_to_vln.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Along the road also towards [[Vilnius]]]]When going to Vilnius the best way is to take buses 10, 16 or 28 and get out at the bus stop 'Parduotuvė'. Cross the street, there's a path to the motorway where is a bus stop. Another way is to take bus 37 or trolleybuses 7, 10, 15 or 16, get out at the bus stop 'Kauno saulėtekis'.Then cross the park, street and you'll reach Partizanų street and see the same bus stop called 'Parduotuvė'.             === South towards [[Marijampolė]] & [[Poland]] {{E|67}} === The best way to get to [[Poland]] is to get to the petrol station on the A5 (E67) after Garliava (8km south of Kaunas). There are two ways to get to this hitching spot with public transport: 1. Mini-bus 105 goes from the train station to Klaipeda, this petrol station so if you just don't need to walk. 2. Take bus 6 (on weekdays) or 6A (on weekends) and get out at the stop 'Garliavos vidurinė mokykla'. Start walking in the direction the bus came from (west) for 1.5km until you reach the petrol station.  [[File:kaunas-hitchingpointsouth.jpg|400px|thumb|left|Hitching point for [[Marijampolė]] and [[Poland]]]] You can either hitch signless from the entrance or exit roads of the petrol station (there are advantages and disadvantages to both).Hitching from the entrance road: place for vehicles to stop by the bus-stop in front of the station, or on the entrance road itself (or turning into the station). Hitching on the exit road (as shown in the photo): there is room for a truck to stop, but usually by the time they see you, they are going quite fast.This is not a busy petrol station but you can also catch the slow moving station traffic, most of which is only going to Marijampole - be brave and turn these lifts down and hold out for one going directly to Poland if that branches is your destination. If you've ever tried to hitch from Marijampole or its bypass, you will understand perfectly. You might want to have a PL sign handy. You can ask your driver to let you off right at the border. If you walk back towards Lithuania from the border and make a left, you will get to a very large parking area where loads of trucks are parked up. You may be able to get a ride to nearly any country in Western Europe.  Alternatively, you can get to the Statoil petrol station on the A5 (E67) north of Kaunas, where the highway from Vilnius joins up with the E67 (Baltic Way). Take minibus 57 from the centre and get off at the terminus: '9-ojo Forto gatve'. From here, walk northwest in the direction of the A5 (E67) highway for 350m. Cross under the highway and then immediately turn left and climb up the grass embankment to the highway itself. There you will see the Statoil petrol station 100m ahead. You can hitch here or walk 1km or so further along the highway to find good spots to hitch. With a PL or Warsaw sign, you should easily get a lift from a truck to the [[Budzisko-Kalvarija border checkpoint]] or further. Be aware that the border is now virtually non-existent, except for an occasional random check, so try to get a ride to at least [[Suwałki|Suwalki]] or [[Augustów|Augustow]]. === West towards [[Klaipėda|Klaipeda ]], north towards [[Latvia]] === The best option to reach [[Klaipėda|Klaipeda]] is about 20km to take buses 38 or 21 and get out at the last bus stop next to the MEGA mall in the north part of the city. When you get out of the bus, go straight along the highway A1 (in the direction Klaipeda/Riga). After you pass the mall parking and cross some side roads, climb up the hill a bit and you will find a bus stop right on the highway. It's relatively easy to get a ride from herethere. (Alternatively, to get to the same place as above, so youcan take bus 23 or 35 and get out at the stop '9-ojo forto muziejus're not sure where . Walk a little bit back to the motorway and the bus-stop). Also, when you arrive at MEGA, you can go directly on motorway and start hitchhiking, going towards Klaipėda, and you'll end uppass under the bridge, where you can hide from rain or intensive sun.Note* Heading for [[Latvia]] you want to get on the [[Klaipėda|Klaipeda]] road (the A1) and then turn onto the Via Baltica (the A8). You can accept rides going to where the roads split (20 km) and then hitch past that point. From there it should not take you more than 10 minutes to get a ride. Whatever you do, that this spot try not to get dropped off on the [[Panevėžys]] ring. [[Garthelgard]] got stuck there for more than 4 hours. (There is usually quite busy for hitching a great petrol station a few hundred meters north from the northern junction of the [[Panevėžys]] ring and a lot of space on the side of the road). === North- last time I was here there was 16east towards [[Jonava]], [[Ukmergė|Ukmerge]], [[Utena]], [[Zarasai]], [[Daugavpils]]===Take the bus 29 and get out at the bus stop 'Biruliškės'. It's a great spot to hitchhike! people also hitchingAlso, sometimes there's lots of cars on the road next to nursey garden so holding it's hard to catch a sign car. Then is better option to your destination will make things fasterget out at the further stop 'Narėpai' and walk a little towards petrolum station. ==Resources=={{nomadwiki}}