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'''Belgrade''' ('''Beograd''' in Serbian) is the capital of [[Serbia]], home to around 2 million people.  The main motorway (Autoput in Serbian) runs pretty much close to the centre of the city from the North West to the South East.  Most cars also use this as a normal road so hitching out of Belgrade is quite difficult.
 
'''Belgrade''' ('''Beograd''' in Serbian) is the capital of [[Serbia]], home to around 2 million people.  The main motorway (Autoput in Serbian) runs pretty much close to the centre of the city from the North West to the South East.  Most cars also use this as a normal road so hitching out of Belgrade is quite difficult.
  
==Heading South East towards [[Nis]],[[Sofia]],[[Skopje]]==
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==Hitching Out==
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===Heading South East towards [[Nis]], [[Sofia]], [[Skopje]]===
  
 
First, from Trg Studentski (Students Square) or Trg Slavia (Slavia Square) get bus number 31 all the way eastbound (ie, not to Trg Studentski) to the end of the route (you should see a lot of market people selling fruit on the right side of the bus). The bus closely follows the route of the motorway.  From here, you leave the bus and it's a 10 minute walk straight down hill to the actual motorway.   
 
First, from Trg Studentski (Students Square) or Trg Slavia (Slavia Square) get bus number 31 all the way eastbound (ie, not to Trg Studentski) to the end of the route (you should see a lot of market people selling fruit on the right side of the bus). The bus closely follows the route of the motorway.  From here, you leave the bus and it's a 10 minute walk straight down hill to the actual motorway.   

Revision as of 15:08, 17 August 2007

Belgrade (Beograd in Serbian) is the capital of Serbia, home to around 2 million people. The main motorway (Autoput in Serbian) runs pretty much close to the centre of the city from the North West to the South East. Most cars also use this as a normal road so hitching out of Belgrade is quite difficult.

Hitching Out

Heading South East towards Nis, Sofia, Skopje

First, from Trg Studentski (Students Square) or Trg Slavia (Slavia Square) get bus number 31 all the way eastbound (ie, not to Trg Studentski) to the end of the route (you should see a lot of market people selling fruit on the right side of the bus). The bus closely follows the route of the motorway. From here, you leave the bus and it's a 10 minute walk straight down hill to the actual motorway.

You have 2 choices, you can either go west along the motorway to try to find an entrance ramp, or alternately 2km east is a petrol station, however, you have to either walk along the motorway, or through the grass on the verge, however, this gets very thick at times - it's pretty easy though, just hard work :) And take care, on the way to the petrol station is a police station at the highway. 500m before the petrol station you also find a ramp, but with extremely low traffic. The petrol station is build on a hillside, so don't expect trucks to stop there, Serbian trucks seem to have problems enough to go uphill.

If you're heading for Nis (or beyond) try using a sign (saying Nis) - remember to leave the car *on the motorway* - not in Nis, unless you're a big fan of walking.