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__TOC__   '''Bratislava''' is the capital of [[Slovakia]]. The city has one [[Bratislava Airport | airport]]. 

If you are coming on the motorway from the north-east but your driver is continuing to Hungary or Austria, ask him to leave you at the Slovnaft petrol gas station in ''Zlaté Piesky'' before the airport and the city centre. Jump over the fence in the southwest part of the petrol gas station area (there is a hole), walk across the field to the other road, follow the sign "Center" and after one or two kilometers you will reach the last stop of tram 2 and 4.

If you are just passing by the city (e.g. going from Prague to Budapest) avoid at all costs being dropped at a petrol gas station in the city by a driver going into Bratislava. The road splits inside the city, the motorway is in the middle and the local traffic goes on a side road. Because of a wall there is no direct access from the city streets and the petrol gas stations are not on the motorway. If you end up being dropped inside the city somewhere, you must follow the Hitchwiki advice to reach another spot or spend the night in Bratislava. 

==== Lamač petrol gas station ==== 

There are two options how to get there:* Get off at bus stop called ''Húščavova''. The bus stop is directly after the bus turns left and crosses the highway over a bridge. You need to indicate that you want to get off the bus at this station. In the worst case though, you can get off at the next stop ''Lipského'' and walk a bit more. When you leave the bus just walk back over the bridge and turn left and walk to the next traffic light to the station.* Get Or get off at bus stop called ''Pridánky''. You need to indicate that you want to get off the bus. Once you leave the bus, the service station is very close but not visible. Follow the direction in which the bus continues for 100 meters and you will see the exit of the highway and the service station on your left. ==== Mokrohájska ==== Go to a bus stop called ''Mokrohájska'', the bus stop is on city road in Brno direction but it's not yet a highway. You can try hitch hiking directly 'behind' the bus stop, there's enough for car to stop or continue walking in the same direction the bus was going, about 300 meters further there's a large OMV gas station, McDonald's and non-stop Tesco shopping mall. You also can try to hitchhike on traffic lights nearby.

====Zlaté Piesky petrol gas station====

There is a petrol gas station directly on the D1 highway in Bratislava, near the AVION shopping centre. Take bus 61 in the direction of the airport and get off at the stop ''Fatruny''. You can try either hitchhiking on the on-ramp or asking drivers at the petrol gas station 750 m from the bus stop. It's bit harder to get in to petrol gas station, you have to walk past highway for a while. There are a lot of trucks going by this on-ramp, because this is one of the industrial parts of Bratislava.

====Zlaté Piesky petrol Vyšehradská gas station====

Probably the best wayThe most traffic but it's hard to get there: From the city centre take a tram number 4 in direction of Zlate Piesky, which This is the name of the last stop. From there, you will have to walk along the road around 15 minutes in the following directions: getting off the tram, you'll see a footbridge, which you need to cross over and continue up the road in the direction the tram was heading. You'll be walking along a grass verge so be careful along the road. Have some faith, keep moving and you'll pass a lake on your right hand side. Continue on and you'll see a bridge up ahead with a petrol big gas station on the other side D2 highway south of the carriagewaycity. There are some offices Go by bus 93 or 95 to your right here. Push on under the bridge and you'll see in bus stop Vyšehradská (It is the distance the petrol station you're after. When you see the beginning last stop of the motorway with a sign Győr, Wienbus 93), Cross the petrol station is located on the right hand side. Go a few metres through bushes, following the tracks in the field, big road called Panonská Cesta and you'll find a hole in the fence through walk to the gas station forecourt and truck stop. Jump over it (its just one metre or something) and you are at the petrol station directly on the motorway. From there its very easy to get a lift to Wien, a bit harder to Hungary. Some people also go to Italy using this way to avoid paying for vignets for Austria, which are expensive. If you want to go to Budapest, you can also ask someone who is going to Vienna to take you to the next petrol station on the same highway. It's the last one before the border, there are a lot more cars that stop there and it is really easy quite walk to find someone who goes to Hungary.You can get here also by buses 53, 56, 65 , 514. [http://imhd.zoznam.sk/ba/journey-planner.html?z1x=Hod%C5%BEovo+n%C3%A1m.&z1k=575&z2x=Kon-Rad&z2k=3670&odpr=0&datum=13.12there.2012+ZAJTRA%2C+%C5%A1tvrtok&cas=12%3A48&mnp=2&np=5&ptyp=0&rch=1#spojenie1 This is how you can get here] [http://goo.gl/maps/hHTw3 QWXe Here is the a map]. Here Stefan (June '16) is not sure if that walking path is the correct in that map [. He walked an other (longer) way: [httphttps://hitchwikiwww.orggoogle.com/maps/d/edit?placemid=10688]]1vgETn--[[User:Looking for Stu|Looking for Stu]] ([[User talk:Looking for Stu|talk]]) 17:38, 4 December 2012 (CET) PcvwwOun3yBK4CHTaTTa4].

====Aupark petrol Most cars cars are either heading into Vienna or back to Bratislava from this location. If you're looking at heading into Budapest from here ask people, if they going in the direction of HU, Györ is good as well. There is a gas station====further along on the M1, a little after the first exit for Gyor, from which you'll be able to catch a lift to Budapest in no time. With patience, you can find a driver for Gyor to lead you until Gyor’s gas station where you find a second driver to Budapest in less than 5 minutes!

Probably the easily reachable way to go ====Walking towards Vienna: Take the bus number 50 and get off the last station which is named Aupark. There is OMV petrol station, McD and big shopping mall as well. Since this location is not that far from the center of Bratislava there are some local people who go to further into Slovakia or city center. But there is a good possibility to find a ride for Vienna. In my case ıt took 5 min from OMW to find a lift and ıt was at around 18h, December 2013. For local people you can ask like that " Idete do Viedne?" You can also try to get a lift to the first petrol station on the motorway named Jarovce.(I tried this option with a girlfriend. Enough cars, a lot of drivers speak English, but nobody is going to the motorway and everybody has a car filled with groceries, kids or a wife (MF))July 2016: I tried this option with a grirlfriend and anouther couple as well. The other couple got a ride to [[Linz]] in 15 minutes. It took us another 25 minutes to get a ride to a petrol station right before [[Vienna]].====

A very good way : Motorway-petrol station in the north-east of the city. Take Bus 63 (crosses the whole town) and get out at Tesco Lamac (next to a shopping centre). Walk 1 km northwards and you get to a bridge that crosses the motorway. Go down the steps at the bridge and another 100m north and you're there. Or you can get there also by bus 83, 34, 22 and 20 or even 30. When taking the buses 83, 34, 22 and 20 you have to get off at the bus stop '''''Húščavova''''', walk back few meter to the bridge, go under it, and walk 50m to the petrol station. When taking the bus 30. Get off at '''''Pridánky''''', cross the bridge over the highway, go under it, and walk 50m to the petrol station. Both bus stops require you to give the driver a signal it's a button in the ====Einsteinova bus (When there's only one button that is it. When there are two buttons it's not the one that opens the door, it's the one that says STOP.) Most of the cars will be locals but there are also some trucks passing by here. If nobody is going far ask people also if they aren't going along the D2 to Jarovce and passing by the big petrol station located there. [http://goo.gl/maps/ij3D Here is the map]====

Personal experience- A very bad place for a ride Walk south over the UFO bridge and follow the pedestrian/cycle path to Viennathe right. We waited there for 2.5 hours before we got You will arrive at a ride. Truck drivers do NOT bus stop and on Einsteinova, standing at the exit with a sign was futile. Use a sign, stand near the pumps and ask front of the marked off lane will give drivers.Other than that- a very good place to stand: free Wifipull over. The road splits shortly after, but both ways lead towards Vienna, free toilets and a huge and cheap supermarket ("Kaufland") within 5 minutes walkingso to catch all possible rides it's best to wait before the fork. It's not ideal as three lanes of traffic are moving quickly by.If you get stuck and have to spend the night there go to the mentioned supermarketare unsuccessful, keep on walking down that road two bus companies operating between Bratislava and turn left Vienna pick up right after at that bus stop about every 15 minutes during the supermarket endsday. Keep on walking that road until you get to a big stadium. To your right Also, there will be 's an old football field where you can pitch a tent (camping on public ground is legal in Slovakia). There are clean toilets at -ramp from the supermarket (open 7 days a week) and at the stadium if it's open.bridge onto Einsteinova, where cars have space to pull over,

====Vyšehradská petrol stationHungarian Border====

The most traffic but it's hard to get there: This is a big petrol Involves slightly less walking than the Vysehradska gas station on the D2 highway south of the city. Go by Take bus 93 or 95 to no. 91 from the bus SNP Bridge(Most SNP) stop '''''Vyšehradská'''''(It is the last stop of the bus 93), Cross the big road called Panonská Cesta and walk to the petrol station. It's a quite walk to get there. [http://gooimhd.glsk/mapsba/QWXe Here is a mapschedule-timetable/route-line/90 schedule]) or bus no. Stefan 90 from the Nové SND stop (June '16) near Eurovea, but this one is not sure if that walking path is correct right in that map. He walked an other (longer) way: front of the National Theater - [httpshttp://www.googleimhd.comsk/mapsba/dschedule-timetable/edit?mid=1vgETnroute-PcvwwOun3yBK4CHTaTTa4line/91 schedule]) to Čunovské jazerá - this is a "request stop", so you'll need to push a button to let the driver know you're getting out. From Čunovské jazerá walk further down along the road, where to your right, across the field, you can already see the highway. After about one kilometer, you will reach a farm track leading to the right, across the railway tracks towards a bridge over the highway, where you can already spot the former border infrastructure. Depending on the season, you might have to fight your way through a corn field, though, but that's our deal, right?

Most cars Signs will be useful here and, unlike in Vysehradska, all traffic will be headed to Hungary (see: virtually allduh!) cars are either heading into Vienna or back - getting a ride to Bratislava from this locationBudapest will be a piece of cake. If you're looking at heading into Budapest from here ask You can also approach people, if they going in on either side of the direction of HU, Györ is good border as well. There is a petrol station further along on they're getting the M1, a little after Hungarian vignette (highway toll) - the first exit for Gyor, from which you'll be able to catch a lift to Budapest shops are located in no timethe old customs buildings.

UPDATE (Dec 2016) : Between the mentioned bus stop and the petrol ====Aupark gas station there's a field and you would likely to get muddy when crossing it. Also I can confirm that this location is very good for Vienna but almost no one goes towards Budapest (Browncoat)====

====Walking towards Probably the easily reachable way to go Vienna====: Take the bus number 50 and get off the last station which is named Aupark. There is OMV gas station, McD and big shopping mall as well. Since this location is not that far from the center of Bratislava there are some local people who go to further into Slovakia or city center. But there is a good possibility to find a ride for Vienna. In my case ıt took 5 min from OMW to find a lift and ıt was at around 18h, December 2013. For local people you can ask like that " Idete do Viedne?" You can also try to get a lift to the first gas station on the motorway named Jarovce.

====Einsteinova Motorway-gas station in the north-east of the city. Take Bus 63 (crosses the whole town) and get out at Tesco Lamac (next to a shopping centre). Walk 1 km northwards and you get to a bridge that crosses the motorway. Go down the steps at the bridge and another 100m north and you're there. Or you can get there also by bus 83, 34, 22 and 20 or even 30. When taking the buses 83, 34, 22 and 20 you have to get off at the bus stop '''''Húščavova''''', walk back few meter to the bridge, go under it, and walk 50m to the gas station. When taking the bus 30. Get off at '''''Pridánky''''', cross the bridge over the highway, go under it, and walk 50m to the gas station. Both bus stops require you to give the driver a signal it's a button in the bus (When there's only one button that is it. When there are two buttons it's not the one that opens the door, it's the one that says STOP.) Most of the cars will be locals but there are also some trucks passing by here. If nobody is going far ask people also if they aren't going along the D2 to Jarovce and passing by the big gas station====located there ([[Bratislava#Vy.C5.A1ehradsk.C3.A1_gas_station|Vyšehradská]]). [http://goo.gl/maps/ij3D Here is the map]

Bratislava has pretty cheap and fast (except rush hours) network of trams, buses and trolleybuses. In Slovakia, city public transport is referred to as ''MHD''. Tickets in Bratislava are sold by travel time, '''not by''' the number of rides or directions or zones (within Bratislava proper). Thus, all tickets are transfer tickets. They cost EUR 0.70 for 15 minutes, EUR 0.90 for 30 minutes and EUR 1.20 for 60 minutes. Students can buy tickets at half-price, '''but only''' if they're an EU citizen and have an ISIC card from an EU school. Drivers don't sell tickets. Beware that you must mark your ticket instantly after entering vehicle. To plan your journey you can use [http://imhd.zoznam.sk/ba/maps.html maps of lines], [http://imhd.zoznam.sk/ba/journey-planner.html online route planner] or [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.circlegate.tt.transit.android offline Android route planner] (1 month trial). You may use an app ([https://apps.apple.com/sk/app/ids-bk-cestovn%C3%A9-l%C3%ADstky/id1360894243?l=sk AppStore] and [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id==Hungarian Border====com.casperise.urbi.online.bid Google Play]) to purchase tickets using a smartphone - beware that the tickets become valid 30 seconds after purchase.

Involves slightly less walking than the Vysehradska gas station. Take bus no. 91 from the SNP Bridge(Most SNP) stop to "MiU Čunovo"[https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/MiÚ+Čunovo/@48.0303402,17.1979731,16.34z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x476c7daa1f77ab95:0x643fb51304d6cf4f!8m2!3d48.0299978!4d17.1988499?hl=en] - it Blackriding is a "request" stopnot advised, so youticket inspectors don'll need t wear any uniforms and the penalty is very high compared to push a button to let the driver know you're getting out. Alternatively, take bus no. 90 from the Nové SND stop ticket price (near EuroveaEUR 50 if paid within 5 business days, but this one is right in front of the National TheaterEUR 70 afterwards) to "Schengenská"[https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/48%C2%B001'21.4%22N+17%C2%B011'36.6%22E/@48.022606,17.1927698,18z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d48.022606!4d17.193503] (also They always come in Čunovothree, but a little closer to the border two of them are ticket inspectors and also a request stop) - this is a less frequent bus route (once an hour, more frequent during rush hour) - '''however''', the bus will go Schengenska only if there one is a "d" next to the departure time(iesecurity guard. 10:30d - most will). Once in ČunovoHowever, walk down the street in the opposite direction of the bus ride until you reach a pub with a green "Zlaty Bazant" sign on your left - keep walking in the same direction (ie. straight ahead) along Schengenska street for approx. 600 meters(if you feel like you're getting lost just ask locals from outside the EU(within the EU, there are ways to direct get you to Schengenskapay). You, say you don'll reach the end of the village t want to pay and a crossroads - this is the Schengenska bus stopgive them your passport, so if you took bus no. 90 this they ask for it because the most that they can do is where to write you'd get off. There will be a large wooden sign saying "ACTION PARK - Paintball - Off road" - follow this sign (ie. go straight ahead)fine. As soon you pass the "action park" on your left, you'll be in Hungary - take a right on the Hungarian side onto a dirt road through the field - this They will lead try to intimidate you to a small crossing and right behind it (behind the rail) will be the large highway crossing with a service area. Signs will be useful here and unlike in Vysehradskamake up all kinds of bullshit, but again, all traffic will be headed to Hungary (duh!) - getting a ride to Budapest will be a piece of cakethey can do is take down your personal details.