Rybinsk

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Rybinsk (Russian: Рыбинск) is the second largest city in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia.

• The city is located 82 km from the regional center, Yaroslavl.
• It has the status of a city of regional significance and forms the urban district of the city of Rybinsk.
• Located at the confluence of the Volga, Sheksna and Cheremukha rivers.
• The city is relatively rarely visited by hitchhikers (for example, compared to Yaroslavl), but in recent years it has become interesting for weekend trips from Moscow.

Rybinsk
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Information
Country:	Russia
State:	Yaroslavl Oblast
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Contents

Hitchhiking out

North towards Cherepovets and Vologda (Poshekhonsky Trakt)

• At the intersection with Sheksninskoe highway, there is a closed police post. The bus stop is called "7th kilometer". You can get here by bus number 5 from the railway station.

Southeast towards Yaroslavl and Kostroma

• Bus 108 goes to the settlement of Oktyabrsky.
• You can get off earlier at the "Okrugnaya doroga" stop. At the intersection with Okrugnaya there are no traffic lights or streetlights; you have to stand on the acceleration lane under the sign "ZABAVA 1". The roadside has no guardrail. The surroundings are forested.

Southwest towards Myshkin, Uglich, Kalyazin, Tver

• Intersection of Truda Street with the bypass road. There are traffic lights and streetlights. The "Myasokombinat" stop (bus 7) is before the bypass. There are several other suburban buses going further along the highway to villages, but no information about hitchhiking positions there.

Accommodation and Sleep

Free

• Couchsurfing – as of early 2025, there are just under 700 registered couch hosts in the city, but only two have logged in over the past month.
• BeWelcome, Servas, Trustroots, Couchers and other free hospitality exchange systems. Check and add information so that CouchSurfing has competition!
• You can also find a couch host through CouchBot: send your city request in the VK group messages or, if you prefer, via CouchBot in Telegram.
• How and when to write a request so you are likely to be accepted? Read here.
• In your own tent – please add recommendations.

Paid

• Hostels on 2GIS
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Other useful info

• Canteens on 2GIS
• Cheap canteens for workers should be available at Rybinsk factories and plants, 2GIS may not list them! Find out if you can use them as an outsider and add details here.
• Add your cheapest options!

Useful links

Guides and reviews for independent travelers

• Wikivoyage (recommended to check the English version too)
• Subjective guide by Ilya Buyanovsky (Varandej)
• on TravelAsk
• on Travel.ru
• Add links to other internet guides you know!

Useful in Telegram

• What's Happened? Rybinsk Chat
• Overheard in Rybinsk
• GOING - RYBINSK
• Rybinsk road help community
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