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|pop = 1,400,000
|plate = C, CA, CO
|motorways = [[A1 (Bulgaria)|A1]], [[A2 (Bulgaria)|A2]], [[A5 (Bulgaria)|A5]]
|hitchbase = 205
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'''Sofia''' ([[Bulgaria]]n: ''София'') is the capital and largest city of [[Bulgaria]], lying in the west of the country.
== Hitchhiking Hitching out ==
=== East towards [[Plovdiv]], [[Edirne]] and [[Istanbul]] ===
=== West towards [[Nis]], [[Belgrade]] and [[Budapest]] == First option =====Find any underground/Take the metro station (Blue blue line no) to Tsarigradsko shose, the Inter Expo Center. You have Metro (shop, mall) on your right, keep walking 1) and take km, you will reach a traffic light that is perfect to hitch, you might not even wait more than 5 minutes. Perfect stop. Some experiences suggest that it is difficult to get a direct ride to Istanbul from here unless you start as early in the morning as possible when the relevant traffic for Istanbul leaves the city. Also, waiting times can be longer than five minutes. Shorter rides are easier to catch. ===== Second option ===== Take metro and get to the Slivnitsa (Сливница) stop called Младост 1 (direction: Obelya - ОбеляMladost 1). When Walk north along Yerusalim street until you get out, you will to the main road Tsarigradsko Shose. You should see Carrefour shopping centre around. Then take bus number 5 direction Lozen and go with it until it leaves main road on a big crossroad - follow cloverleaf junction. Get off on the direction out of next stop and go back to the cityjunction. There are roadsigns that say You will stand on a motorway junction with directions north, east to [[Plovdiv]] and west to [[BelgradeSofia]] - that is . Go down the right ramp to direction[[Plovdiv]] and you will see some shops and bars where people stop next to the motorway. You can try Try standing on the hard shoulder to get a lift or ask people there but . Nearly all traffic there are still too many local commuters passing. It is much better goes to take a bus no. 54 [[Plovdiv]] or even further east === West towards [[Serbia]] {{E|80}} === ''Bozhurishe'Option 1' '' Lukoil petrol station Take metro to Slivnitsa and get off at the Republika than bus 54 three stops till Magazin Metro 2. Or walk from metro Slivnitsa up E80/8 highway 3.5 km to same bus stop (when you see Metro hypermarket). There is a petrol Lukoil fuel station and traffic lights so the traffic is pretty slow. (Take the north exit from the subway, the a bus makes a left turn at the junction, before heading into the right direction, it doesn't stop at on the spot you would expect it to stop.)highway
=== South West Southwest towards [[Skopje]], [[Tirana]] ===
Take tram number 19 in the direction ''Knyazhevo '' all the way to the last stop. You will recognize the last stop because it turns off the road to make a tight loop and doubles back on it's its route. As you hop off the tram, to come back on the left of main road and keep walking the spring water fountains in front direction of you is a short stair case that leads into a small park. 50 meters from the stairs directly through the park you will find a bus station where you can catch bus number 59 that will take you all the way out of the city to nice spots to hitch from along the road that goes towards Pernik. tram
Take tram 22 in direction east, get off at the last stop. The road parallel to the tramline runs directly out of the city, its possible to hitch anywhere from here but I would suggest a better place after the ring road which isolates only the traffic running to the A2 motorway. 7 km up the road is a Shell petrol station, the last stop for gas before the motorway, you can either walk the 7 km straight up the road or if you look to the left you will see a carpark in front of a car dealership. This is the bus station, take either the 117, 90 or 12, all will run directly up the road and stop more or less in front of the Shell petrol station. You can choose either the petrol station or just up the road is also ideal for hitching. An even better option is to take the 90 and persist with it until you reach the end of a road village called Gorni Bogrov (Bulgarian: Горни Богров), where you can hitch-hike from the bus station directly with great success since it has a lot of room for stopping and cars drive slow.
=== South towards [[Blagoevgrad]] and , [[Thessaloniki]] === Take tram 5 to the last stop - the tram originates behind the court building (Съдебна палата) in the center of Sofia. Walk another 5-10 minutes in the same direction of the tram until it is clear you are out of that neighborhood where all the traffic is heading out of the city. A good place to stop is at or just after the last stop light so the drivers are already stopped and have time to see you. Or don't mess with the walking, take the bus #58 and go till it leaves the road for the village of Vladaya/Владая. If you are lucky a trucker will pick you up going all the way to [[Thessaloniki]] and on to [[Italy]], otherwise the first 20 km are tricky (lot or cars going short distances) but after you pass [[Pernik]] you'll get a ride all the way to [[Blagoevgrad]] in no time.
== Hitching In ==
=== West from [[Plovdiv]], [[Edirne]] and [[Istanbul]] ===
If you're in a car continuing in the direction of Belgrade you can get off where they turn right, where it says something like "transit Belgrado". If you walk a bit further you will find a bus stop for bus #5.
== Transport between north and south ==
If you just want to get through the city as hitching from the direction of the Serbian Niš to Greece to the south or opposite there's a quite useful bus to take. The number is 111 and goes around the ring on the west outskirts of the city. On the north, the end stop is just around some DIY shopping center, need to cross these to get to the ring. On the south the end is not the road to Greece, so be aware to get off in time. == Public transport Nomadwiki & Trashwiki ==* Inspectors on the busses may ask for a ticket for bigger baggages.* Ticket costs 1 lev (0.50 EUR){{nomadwiki}}
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