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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.
== Hitching Out 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. 1) and take the metro to Tsarigradsko shose, the Slivnitsa Inter Expo Center. You have Metro (Сливницаshop, mall) stop (direction: Obelya - Обеля). When you get outon your right, keep walking 1 km, you will see reach a big crossroad - follow the direction out of the citytraffic light that is perfect to hitch, you might not even wait more than 5 minutes. Perfect stop. There are roadsigns that say [[Belgrade]] - 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 right directioncity. You Also, waiting times can try to get a lift there but there be longer than five minutes. Shorter rides are still too many local commuters passing. It is much better easier to take a bus nocatch. 54 towards ''Bozhurishe'' ===== Second option ===== Take metro and get off at the Republika to stop called Младост 1 (when Mladost 1). Walk north along Yerusalim street until you get to the main road Tsarigradsko Shose. You should see Metro hypermarket)Carrefour shopping centre around. There is Then take bus number 5 direction Lozen and go with it until it leaves main road on a petrol station cloverleaf junction. Get off on the next stop and traffic lights so go back to the traffic is pretty slowjunction. (Take the north exit from the subway, the bus makes You will stand on a left turn at the motorway junctionwith directions north, before heading into east to [[Plovdiv]] and west to [[Sofia]]. Go down the right ramp to direction, it doesn't [[Plovdiv]] and you will see some shops and bars where people stop at next to the motorway. Try standing on the spot you would expect it hard shoulder to stopget a lift or ask people there.)Nearly all traffic there goes to [[Plovdiv]] or even further east
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 [[Nis]] 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. == Nomadwiki & Trashwiki == {{nomadwiki}}
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