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=== East towards [[Zrenjanin]], [[Crnja]], [[Romania]] ===
From the center, take city bus no. 5 (bus stop in front of the Uspenska church, just next to Serbian National Theatre (Srpsko Narodno Pozorište)) and get off at the 4th station. From there keep walking in the same direction the bus went. Turn right at the next big cross-roads (Partizanska). There you will see a petrol station (EKO). You can try from there, but there is still traffic which does not go to Zrenjanin at this spot, lowering your chances to get a lift. A better option is to go with busses no. 22b, 23b or 23a (check on: http://www.gspns.co.rs/mreza) which drive directly across the bridge above the motorway A1 and to the street to Zrenjanin - so a lot further than to Partizanska. You save a lot of time walking and there is no other traffic than the one towards Zrenjanin. Direction of the bus is Budisava and it starts at the train station. You can get of at a stop called "PUT NS - ZR - AUTOSALON KIA" (which means street Novi Sad-Zrenjanin/Autosalon KIA). There's a petrol station close-by. If you get to Kac, you are too far, but can easily walk back to the road to Zrenjanin (called number 12).
However if you keep walking, on the other side of the bridge there is another petrol station (Avia). The distance is less than a kilometre and worth the walk since this is a much better spot (good traffic, safe).
Also be aware that the area near the EKO petrol station is known by locals as a prostitute pick up spot in the evening / night.
'''Important if you want to travel to Romania/Timisoara:''' In Zrenjanin you have two options - heading up North to Sprska crnja or going straight to Jasa Tomic. Sprska crnja is definitely the more active border crossing even if it looks like a bit of a detour. Another option nearby would be Kikinda a few km north of Srpska crnja. In Jasa Tomic there were only 5 cars the whole morning. If you end up there, cross the border and walk to the Romanian village Foen which is about 4 km away. There you should get rides in to three directions that all eventually end up on the road to Timisoara (straight takes a bit longer to stop a car, but is still the quickest option). Alternatively you can turn south in Setchan before Jasa Tomic to Vershats, which is a way bigger border crossing point. Also avoid stopping in Lazarevo. War criminal Ratko Mladic was hiding here for years and people seem to be a bit suspicious about foreigners, more than in a lot of other villages in the Vojvodina.
There is a map on http://www.serbiatravelers.org/en/index.php/hitchhiking/156-novi-sad
