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{{Infobox Location|country = Slovakia|map = <map lat='48.14' lng='17.10'zoom='Bratislava10'view='0' is the capital of [[Slovakia]]. The city has one [[Bratislava Airport />|pop = 419,678 (31 December 2014)|roads = {{European Route Number|65}} {{European Route Number|75}} {{European Route Number|58}} {{European Route Number| airport]].571}} }}__TOC__

'''Bratislava''' is the capital of [[Slovakia]].   == Hitchhiking out Hitching in ==<map lat === From [[Žilina]] === 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 gas station in ''Zlaté Piesky'' before the airport and the city centre. Jump over the fence in the southwest part of the 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. Alternatively, you can ask your driver to drop you near ''Aupark shopping centre'', but they need to exit highway right after crossing ''Prístavný most''48.131348836914204Getting back on highway is very easy for them. This place is much more closer to centre than previous one, you can get to ''Hodžovo námestie'' lngin 5 minutes with public transport. === From [[Brno]] === Whatever you do, '17''do NOT get dropped off at Bory Mall'''. It is a big shopping mall with (at most) local traffic and the gas stations are incredibly hard to reach, it is also incredibly far from the city centre.14141845703125There is a lot of construction work going on here and most sidewalks aren't finished yet, there are no signs and it' zooms easy to get lost. Some drivers will offer to drop you off here, thinking that there is a lot of traffic because of the nearby Volkswagen factory. This is wrong. If you're on the [[E65]], it might be a better idea to jump out somewhere close to the zoo. == Hitching around == If you are just passing by the city (e.g. going from Prague to Budapest) avoid at all costs being dropped at a 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 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.  == Hitching out ==  === North towards [[Brno]], [[Prague]] (D2) {{European Route Number|65}} === [[File:hhtobrno.jpg|right|thumb|334px|Hitchhiking in direction to Brno.'11' view]] ==== Lamač gas station ==== In the north of the city there is a small service station at the motorway going north to Brno. It's not a great spot, but it gets the job done. If it's been a while and you still haven't found a ride, try asking people for "Sekule" - this is the last gas station before the Czech border, so everyone stops here to get vignettes (highway stickers). There are two options how to get there: Get off at bus stop called '0' floatHúščavova''. 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. 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'rights 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.

In the north of the city there is a small service station at the motorway going north to Brno. Take bus #34 or #83 from the old town=== East towards [[Žilina]] {{European Route Number|75}}, eg. from next to the Presidential Palace[[Banská Bystrica]], to the bus stop ''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.{{European Route Number|58}} {{European Route Number|571}} (D1) ===

Another option of arriving at the service ====Zlaté Piesky gas station is bus #30 (goes from Novy Most) - the stop name is Pridánky and it's just behind the service station. You need to indicate that you want to get off the bus so pay attention to the announcements.====

=== Second Option ===(proven more successful than previous, over time) - Go to There is a bus stop called Mokrohájska‎ - buses 21,22,30,34gas station directly on the D1 highway in Bratislava,38,83 - near the AVION shopping centre. Take bus 61 in the direction of the airport and get off at the stop is on the road to Brno but it's not yet a highway'Fatruny''. You can try hitch hiking directly 'behind' either hitchhiking on the on-ramp or asking drivers at the gas station 750 m from the bus stop, there. It's enough place for a hitch hiker bit harder to get in to gas station, you have to stand and walk past highway for a car to stopwhile. '''OR''' continue walking to the same direction the bus was There are a lot of trucks goingby this on-ramp, about 300 meters forward there's a large popular gas stationbecause this is one of the industrial parts of Bratislava.

=== East towards [[Žilina]] {{European Route Number|75}}, [[Banská Bystrica]], {{European Route Number|58}} {{European Route Number|571}} =Zlaté Piesky bus stop====

Take a tram 2 or 4 or 2 east to the end of the line going east, the last stop is called ''Zlaté Piesky''. Cross over the big road to your right and walk down past the Porsche dealership. Hitchhike on the highway just beyond the bus stop. Its not the greatest spot, but there isn't any other. The road splits into the E75 and the E58/E571 approximately 30 km east from here.

# ====Vyšehradská gas station==== The most traffic but it's hard to get there: This is a big gas station on the D2 highway south of the city. Go by bus 93 or 95 to the bus stop Vyšehradská (It is the last stop of the bus 93), Cross the big road called Panonská Cesta and walk to the gas station. It's a quite walk to get there. [http://goo.gl/maps/QWXe Here is a map]. Stefan (June 'Probably the best 16) is not sure if that walking path is correct in that map. He walked an other (longer) way :[https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1vgETn-PcvwwOun3yBK4CHTaTTa4].  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'' From the city centre take ll be able to catch a tram number 2 or 4 lift to Budapest in direction of Zlate Pieskyno time. With patience, get off at 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! ====Walking towards Vienna==== Following highway B9 parallel to the last Danube walk towards Vienna with your thumb out. The traffic is slow and light enough that people can stopand pick you up easily.  ====Einsteinova bus station==== Walk south over the UFO bridge and follow the pedestrian/cycle path to the right. Then walk along You will arrive at a bus stop on Einsteinova, standing at the front of the marked off lane will give drivers a place to pull over. The road around splits shortly after, but both ways lead towards Vienna, so 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 are unsuccessful, two bus companies operating between Bratislava and Vienna pick up right at that bus stop about every 15 minutesduring the day. Also, there's an on-ramp from the bridge onto Einsteinova, where cars have space to pull over,  ====Hungarian Border==== Involves slightly less walking than the Vysehradska gas station. Take bus no. 91 from the SNP Bridge(Most SNP) stop ([http://imhd.sk/ba/schedule-timetable/route-line/90 schedule]) or bus no. When you see 90 from the beginning Nové SND stop (near Eurovea, but this one is right in front of the motorway with National Theater - [http://imhd.sk/ba/schedule-timetable/route-line/91 schedule]) to Čunovské jazerá - this is a sign Győr"request stop", Wienso 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, on where to your righthand side right, across the field, you can already see the highway. After about one kilometer, you will notice reach a petrol station. Go farm track leading to the right, across the railway tracks towards a few metres through bushesbridge over the highway, and once where you get to can already spot the former border infrastructure. Depending on the fenceseason, there is you might have to fight your way through a hole corn field, though, but that's our deal, right? Signs will be useful here and, unlike in fenceVysehradska, all traffic will be headed to Hungary (duh!) - getting a ride to Budapest will be a piece of cake. Jump over it You can also approach people on either side of the border as they're getting the Hungarian vignette (its just one metre or somethinghighway toll) and you - the shops are at located in the petrol station directly on the motorwayold customs buildings. From there its  ''My experience was that not many people stop to get the vignette here, only truck drivers and they are skeptical of hitchhikers. Surprisingly, many of them don'veryt go to Budapest at all and I got offered a couple of weird rides, like Croatia. I found a ride to Budapest after an hour. - Rebew (28.07.2021)''' easy  ====Aupark gas station==== 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 lift good possibility to Wien, find a bit harder ride for Vienna. In my case ıt took 5 min from OMW to Hungaryfind a lift and ıt was at around 18h, December 2013. Some For local people you can ask like that " Idete do Viedne?" You can also go try to Italy using this way get a lift to avoid paying for vignets for Austria, which are expensivethe first gas station on the motorway named Jarovce.# '''A very good way :''' ====Tesco Lamac gas station==== Motorway-petrol gas station in the northeast 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]# == Public Transport == 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, ''A very good way but it's hard to get there :not by''' There is a big gas station on the D2 highway south number of the cityrides 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. It's a quite walk to get there20 for 60 minutes. Go by bus 93 or 95 to the bus stop Students can buy tickets at half-price, '''but only''Vyšehradská'if they're an EU citizen and have an ISIC card from an EU school. Drivers don'''(It is the last stop of the bus 93), Cross the big road called Panonská Cesta and walk to the gas staiont sell tickets. It a bit farBeware that you must mark your ticket instantly after entering vehicle.To plan your journey you can use [http://gooimhd.zoznam.glsk/ba/maps.html maps of lines], [http://imhd.zoznam.sk/QWXe Here is a mapba/journey-planner.html online route planner]#walk towards Viennaor [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.circlegate.tt. Following highway B9 parallel to the Danube walk towards Vienna with your thumb outtransit. The traffic is slow and light enough that people can stop and pick you up easilyandroid offline Android route planner] (1 month trial). You may use an app (2012[https://apps.01apple.24 I took this route com/sk/app/ids-bk-cestovn%C3%A9-l%C3%ADstky/id1360894243?l=sk AppStore] and only ended up walking about 6km between two people who gave me rides[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.casperise.urbi. Probably better than waiting in town for a rideonline. -lexbid Google Play])# get to purchase tickets using a bus ticket to Budapest for EUR 3(?) from smartphone - beware that the Student Agency on Obchodna Ulicatickets become valid 30 seconds after purchase. The place  Blackriding isnot advised, if facing towards the old town, on the left hand side of the street just before Postova Ulica, near the McD's/KFC and Slovak Pub. If you're under 26 ticket inspectors don't forget to ask for the 10% discount.# Walk south over the UFO bridge wear any uniforms and follow the pedestrian/cycle path penalty is very high compared to the right. You will arrive at a bus stop on Einsteinovaticket price (EUR 50 if paid within 5 business days, standing at the front of the marked off lane will give drivers a place to pull overEUR 70 afterwards). The road splits shortly afterThey always come in three, but both ways lead towards Vienna, so to catch all possible rides it's best to wait before the fork. It's not ideal as three lanes two of traffic them are moving quickly by. If you are unsuccessful, two bus companies operating between Bratislava ticket inspectors and Vienna pick up right at that bus stop about every 15 minutes during the dayone is security guard. AlsoHowever, thereif you's an on-ramp re from outside the bridge onto EinsteinovaEU(within the EU, where cars have space to pull over, [[User:Zenit|Zenit]] got a ride there within 15-20 minutes.# OMV petrol station near shopping centre AUPARK. Try are ways to get a lift you to pay), say you don't want to pay and give them your passport, if they ask for it because the first petrol station on the motorway named Jarovce.(I tried this option with most that they can do is to write you a girlfriendfine. Enough cars, a lot They will try to intimidate you and make up all kinds of drivers speak Englishbullshit, but nobody again, all they can do is going to the motorway and everybody has a car filled with groceries, kids or a wife (MF))take down your personal details. 

It is 's not possible to sleep in many places around in Bratislava. You can try to sleep at the railway station but there is a chance that the guards , you will ask you either be asked to leave or to show them a , valid ticket by which won't help you are going . Better option is to travel so just tell them that you are going sleep in sleeping bag or set up a tent in one of many forest areas, it's absolutely normal to Vienna tommorow but wild camp in Slovakia, you havenwon't bought have any problems. One of the ticket yet best options are ''Koliba'', just use trolleybus 203, get out at final stop and you will buy it yesterdaywalk on the top of hill. That You should workfind nice place to sleep. You can also try sleeping in the Sad Janka Kráľa which is located ''Pečniansky les'' on the south right side of the Danube river. It's also possible to sleep around ''Draždiak'' lakes in Petržalka or in forests near ''Železná studienka''. If you are willing to spend more time in public transport, you can take a quite big park so that you should be able ride to ''Čuňovo'' and sleep there without any problemsclose to local lake. Another option   == Other useful info == There is sleeping no problem in the Pečianky lesfinding free or unsecured Wi-Fi. Which is just a bit west from the Sad Janka Kráľa City offers free hotspots at Main Square, along Danube and is a forest where is a lot in many other places. There's also possibility to connect in many of place to hide and you can camp there without being noticed McDonald's, railway station, or disturbed[http://www.kcdunaj.sk/ KC Dunaj] also has very good connection.   == Nomadwiki & Trashwiki == {{nomadwiki}}

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