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'''Odessa''' or '''Odesa''' (Ukrainian: Одеса; Russian: Одесса; Romanian: Odesa; Greek: Οδησσός; Yiddish: אדעס ) is located in southern [[Ukraine]]. The city is a major seaport located on the shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,000,000.
On [[789]], 7 August of 2009, the [[789]] Festival took place in '''Odessa'''. A hundred hitchhikers from all over the world gathered in Odessa to promote hitchhiking.
== Hitchhiking out ==
=== North to [[Uman]], [[Kyiv|Kiev]] (M05/E95) === Take trolleybus #8 or small yellow bus #208 in front of the Railway Station (McD's). Take direction to the Central Autostation, exit the trolleybus on station Khimichna (остановка Химическая or зупинка Хiмiчна) and walk right. You'll see main street Grushevskogo (Грушевского). Cross this street and turn left. You will see your spot. Best is to hitchhike from there with sign "КИЕВ" (Kyiv) Take bus 84 from in front of the Central Railway Station. Ask the ticket seller for the stop '''Kievskaya trasa'''. From near the stop you can see a road signposted for Kiev.
Participants of the 789 Festival found this a challenging direction to hitchhike, with waiting times typically around 3-5 hours. The road soon becomes a modern motorway where cars are moving far too quickly to stop, so you cannot be easily dropped off and continue onwards. Try to get a lift all the way to your destination.
A good 'alternative option' seems to hitch from the WOG service station right at the motorway to Kyiv, located about 1 km from Khimichna/Grushevskogo. We caught a ride straight to Kyiv from there in the middle of a summer night. The service station was pretty busy even at that time, offering all kinds of amenities like free wi-fi and toilets.
=== North-West to [[Chişinău|Chisinau]], South-West to [[Romania]] (M15/E87) ===
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