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<map lat='48.309231' lng='25.937233' zoom='11' view='3' float='right' />'''Chernivtsi''' (Ukranian: Чернівці, Russian: Черновцы, Romanian: ''Cernăuţi'') is a city in [[Ukraine]], just north of the border with [[Romania]] and close to [[Moldova]] as well. It is on the way from route between Moldova in direction of and [[Lviv]] or [[Poland]] or the other way around, and between [[Kyiv]] and Romania.

Chernivtsi has no real bypass == Hitching in and around == If you're coming from the West, East or North and want to proceed in one of these directions, there is a complicated main road that connects two roundabouts in the West and the East of the center which are great jump-off points. It's possible to hitch on this road networkeven though it's within the city. For more details, but if see below. If you get dropped off in the centre and wish to hitchhike onward, there are plenty of buses and trolleybuses and local people can tell you which to take. Besides Russian and Ukrainian, Romanian and German are widely spoken.

From the central train station (''vokzalu stantsia'') you have to follow the street to the northwest, cross for about 2km. Turn left at the roundabout after crossing the river and at . Directly after the next roundabout turn there is a small bus terminal on your right, and that's your way (plenty of local people trying to get a lift or maybe take just waiting for a ''marshrutka'', as it .  The road splits into the H10 towards Ivano-Frankivsk and the M19 towards Ternopil' at the village Mamaivtsi which is about 10km from the train station)8km further. There is Here you can find a great spot for going further northto Ternopil': a huge roundabout after which you can stand right before a railroad crossing where all drivers have to slow down if they don't want to wreck their car. Street lighting for dark nights inclusive.  [[User:n0id|n0id]] and M. first tried to hitch next to the locals at the bus station, but soon walked a bit further and got a lift to Mamaivtsi. Here they also had the company of a few locals coming and leaving by flagging down a ride. At around 10pm there was not too much traffic, but trucks passed by once in a while and finally one, going all the way to Poland, stopped. === East towards [[Moldova]] ===

The road splits into If you're coming from the H10 towards Ivano-Frankivsk West or North and transiting, don't go into the M19 towards Ternopil' city. Have yourself dropped off at the village Mamaivtsifirst roundabout described below.

[[User:n0id|n0id]] and MFrom the central train station (''vokzalu stantsia''), follow the street to the northwest for about 2km. had After crossing the company of different locals coming and leaving by flagging down river, you'll get to a rideroundabout. At around 10pm not too much trafficFollow the signs saying Chisinau, but and you'll get onto a truck once in a while very long straight boulevard that after 9km and finally one did stop (going all the way bend leads to another roundabout which is a perfect spot for finding a lift to Warsaw via Ternopol Novoselica and [[Luts'k]] - they were unfortunate onto Moldova. The recommended thing to do is to have a transit for hitch on the beginning of the long straight boulevard. A sign would help greatly. [[Hrebenne-Rava_Ruska_border_crossingUser:Zenit|Rava-RuskaZenit]] marked walked 3.5km in their passports)August 2011 until the train crossing and got a lift to the roundabout from there.

[[User:CRCulver|Christopher Culver]] vaguely remembers hitchhiking south out of To leave Chernivtsi by taking towards Romania, find a trolleybus stop of the trolley bus #3 (ask any bus driver). From the center (Ulica Rosskaja), you could for example take bus #202 and ask your driver to advise you. Get off trolley bus #3 at the last stop, which is on and walk down the street that becomes the M19, and then walking road a few hundred metres down the roadmeters. There were plenty 's not a lot of trucks passing bytraffic, and [[User:Zenit|Zenit]] got two local lifts before a petrol station where he successfully asked drivers for liftsRussian truck headed to Greece picked him up. The road enters Romania at the [[Siret-Porubnoe border crossing]]. ==Sleep== Very close to the university building (the most beautiful and famous touristic attraction of the city) there is a very calm and nice neighbourhood with parks and lots of spots for wild camping. Walk on the right of the university and follow its fence for around 4-500m to find your spot.    == Nomadwiki & Trashwiki == {{nomadwiki}} {{IsIn|Ukraine}}