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Budzisko-Kalvarija border crossing

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{{Border Crossing one Of|country = Poland|country2 = Lithuania|map = <map lat='54.30691' lng='23.110771' zoom='11' view='0' />|type = Road|motorway = {{E|67}}}}The '''Budzisko-Kalvarija border checkpoint''' is a border crossing between that connects [[Lithuania]] and [[Poland]] . It lies on the E7 "Via Baltica" highway, which goes fom the Polish city of [[Białystok]] through [[Kaunas]] in Lithuania, [[Riga]] in Latvia, and ultimately reaches [[LithuaniaTallinn]]in Estonia.
== Crossing into Lithuania ==Now that both countries are in Schengen, cars no longer regularly come to a stop here. However, the parking lot at the border is still popular with truck drivers, and within walking distance on both sides of the border there are petrol stations where one can ask drivers for onward rides. Because it lies on a major truck route, very long-distance rides are possible here.
On the Lithuanian sideBorder control might occasionally stop buses, the E7 "Via Baltica" highway begins. This ultimately goes to Tallinn in Estoniacars with Belarusian register plates, or cars with dark skinned people for checking passports.
Many truck drivers stop to rest at a parking lot === Hitching out === == Into Lithuania == Stand on the Lithuanian sidewhere the exit from the parking area joins the main road. If You may see some police officers stopping cars (they check for people illegally transiting from the driver leaves Russian exclave of Kaliningrad), but they are used to seeing hitchhikers and won't bother you here.  If your destination is Latvia or Estonia, you can go from truck hold a sign "LV" to get a lift all the way across Lithuania to truck and ask one of the other drivers Latvian border. === Into Poland === The closest town is [[Suwałki]], but it is best to take you on wait for a lift going further to at least the town of [[KaunusAugustów]] or , where the road splits towards [[VilniusWarsaw]]. Stopping cars here are difficult, as they do not park and may think that stopping to pick up hitchhikers is not permitted, so truck drivers are the best bet[[Białystok]][[Category:Poland]][[Category:Lithuania]][[Category:Border crossings]][[Category:E67]]