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Because it's easier for them to stay in the EU truckers will usually go South towards [[Szeged]] and then go into Romania towards [[Arad]].
There are several options. Since there is a decent highway motorway going through Serbia will probably be faster but at night you will mostly find Romanians in German cars (recognizable by the red part on the right of the number plate, with a date). [[User:Guaka|guaka]] was really tired and took a ride to [[Oradea]], and found a ride to [[Sibiu]] at the border, which was already on the trucker route to Istanbul.
=== From [[Belgrade]], [[Nis]] ===
If you are departing from [[Nis]] and want to arrive in [[Istanbul]], be aware that this route is 750 km long, with only 400 km highwaymotorway. If you are coming from [[Belgrade]] and you don't want to stay over in [[Nis]] you can hitch straight to [[Sofia]] from the last toll-stop just before arriving in [[Nis]] (stand after the toll-stop with your sign up).
The border between Serbia and Bulgaria does not have a lot of traffic. There are many trucks though but they are taking a separate border. You can walk into [[Bulgaria]] and stand where all traffic converges again.
* make a stop on a petrol-station ''before'' you enter [[Sofia]]
* hitch towards the west side (where the A1 starts), by using the road ''south''. Cars and trucks going over the road ''north'' mainly go to [[Romania]].
* take public transport to the other side of the city (Bus #5 until it enters the highway motorway at the junction (going south on the E79). Ask the driver to get out and walk down the ramp on the E80.)
=== From [[Sofia]] ===
===From [[Antalya]]===
There are two possible routes up towards [[Istanbul]], one via [[Isparta]] or via [[Burdur]]. The roads meet later again on their way to [[Uşak]]. Take care, until both cities the landscape is quite rural with only small settlements along the way. Normally, it's possible to get rides from [[Antalya]] directly towards [[Isparta]]. You can now choose if going via Uşak, but it's better (and shorter) to go towards [[Kütahya]]. Now it's an easy game, hitchhiking via Kütahya and [[Bilecik]] towards the highway motorway O-4, and from the highway motorway westwards towards [[Gebze]] and [[Istanbul]]. Along the whole route it's possible to stand along the streets anywhere you want, but take care especially in the mountains, where roads are extremely windy and dangerous. At least in summer it's possible to hitch the ~700km in 1 day.
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