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There are several possibilities. It is best to use a sign "M1" or "M7", according if you want go to west or to south.
# [[{ edit july 2015 : DO NOT GO THERE !!! highway under construction = shit place !much better option is to take bus 272 from Moricz zsigmond and stop at Budaörs, benzinkút => Got a ride immediately direction bratislava vienna }]]The best option, tried several times. This gas station is at the very beginning of the highway that few kms later splits into highways M1 and M7. Many cars stop here also because of the McD's (thumbing at the exit works well, as many cars go only to McD's and do not tank). To get there take bus no. 8 (starts at Keleti railway station and stops e.g. at Blaha Lujza tér, Astoria M, Uránia) or from Buda side bus 139 (starting at Széll Kálmán tér) and get off at Nagyszeben út (not Nagyszeben tér!). From there you should see the OMV and/or McDonald's sign, it's 100m away. Alternatively, if you find yourself at the Budapest-Kelenföld train station (Kelenföld vasútállomás), the gas station is ~8mins of walk from there. At the train station, walk through the underpass and then follow in that direction until you reach the big busy road Budaörsi út. It's the beginning of the highway, you should see the OMV sign. [Edit by fidradikoj: This spot works great but info about how to reach it by bus is misleading. The correct bus to take is 139 (towards Gazdagréti tér), if you want to get there from Keleti then hop onto bus no. 8, and change to 139 at BAH-csomópont. I didn't tried it out, I went for metro ride to Kelenföld and walked.]
#When heading west (M7 to [[Balaton]] or M1 to [[Austria]] and [[Slovakia]]), you should take bus 272 from ''Kosztolányi Dezső tér'' or ''Sasadi út'' and get off at the stop ''Budaörs, benzinkút''. It stops right in the Agip service station with a lot of traffic to both motorways. The journey takes 20 minutes. It can be a great place if you get a chance to talk to drivers, though the staff of the petrol station may not allow it. Note: This is a bad spot, even though it looks perfect - it's next to the highway, but most cars come there from the small local road and are driving only in the vicinity. Went from there 4 times, waiting time from 1h to 3.5h.
#Starting from inside the city (between Moszkva tér and Kelenföld) is a possibility worth trying, especially because there are some good spots that are quite popular among local hitchhikers.
