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== Money ==There is an ATM on July and August can be a frustrating time to hitchhike into Bulgaria from this border crossing. Most of the Turkish sidesmall cars are expatriate Turks returning to Europe from holidays, and their cars are always full. It only gives out Turkish Lira (Also trucks cannot move in [[Istanbul]] there are a couple Bulgaria if the temperature is over 35 degrees. At this time of ATMs that give out EUR and USD).You can change money on both sides, but the Turkish side seems slightly more reliableyear, and if you want it is best to try to change Turkish money hitch into euro you should probably walk back to Halkbank at Bulgaria early in the Turkish entry side morning (500m from the huge buildingstart at sunrise).
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This border checkpoint in the north of [[Edirne]] is the most-used spot for cross-border trade between the [[European Union|EU]] and [[Turkey]], [[Syria]] and [[Iran]] and tourists going to [[Turkey]] by car.
Expect a high rate of traffic there. If you arrive here with a truck, it should be no problem to walk over the border by foot! At the end of both sides you can try to hitch a truck towards [[Istanbul]] or [[Svilengrad]], it's very easy!into Bulgaria.
When you cross the border by car expect to be checked 6 times, which costs you a lot of time especially in summer season. Waiting time between 2-8 hours can be seen as normal at this border checkpoint. [[User:Zenit|Zenit]] crossed this checkpoint without waiting at all in January 2012Therefore, it is better to get out of the car, walk across, and stop another car on the other side.
== Where to sleep Sleeping == If you cross want to overnight at the border at night you might find yourself stranded. Just past the Shell petrol station (, it is better to sleep on the Turkish side) . 500 metres from the border, there's, are large fields where one can pitch a what it seems to be, an abandoned moteltent and sleep undisturbed. Beside On the building Bulgarian side, on the left side there are some stairs going down. To other hand, the right there was a door and inside there area is a couch and a mattress (March 2011)heavily populated by strange people.
== Experiences ==
[[User:Platschi|Platschi]] traveled along this checkpoint four times, summer 2007 and 2008. Both times he had no problems with border guards or anything else.
== Other useful info ==
There is an ATM on the Turkish side. It only gives out Turkish lira (in [[Istanbul]] there are a couple of ATMs that give out euro and US dollars). You can change money on both sides, but the Turkish side seems slightly more reliable, and if you want to change Turkish money into euro you should probably walk back to Halkbank at the Turkish entry side (500 m from the huge building).
There is free wi-fi at the Shell station on the Bulgarian side.
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