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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 ====

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 petrol 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 This is a tram number 4 in direction of Zlate Piesky, which is big gas station on the name D2 highway south of the last stopcity. From there, you will have Go by bus 93 or 95 to walk along the road around 15 minutes in the following directions: getting off the tram, youbus stop '''''ll see a footbridge, which you need to cross over and continue up the road in the direction the tram was heading. YouVyšehradská'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 station on the other side of the carriageway. There are some offices to your right here. Push on under the bridge and you'll see in the distance the petrol station you're after. When you see (It is 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=13there.12.2012+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].

Personal Experience//Fabio//May 2018I tried to pick a ride to Budapest in that petrol station following the advise above, maybe that days I was unlucky, but nobody picked me.I was alone, only with my backpack. I made a sign and spent an entire day Most cars (since 09am to 5pmsee: virtually all) standing in the exit if the petrol station.The cars and truck are going really fast by the highway therefore is hard either heading into Vienna or back to them stopBratislava from this location.The cars If you're looking at heading into Budapest from here ask people, if they going out in the direction of the petrol station have place for stop but still no one did itHU, Györ is good as well.The good thing There is that petrol a gas station have toiletsfurther along on the M1, a little shop after the first exit for water coffee and some foodGyor, outside there are tables and benches for rest (or sleep)from which you'll be able to catch a lift to Budapest in no time.

====Aupark petrol UPDATE (Dec 2016) : Between the mentioned bus stop and the 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 ([[User:Browncoat|Browncoat]])

Probably the easily reachable way April 2017, [[User:Antonopa|Antonopa]]: ''although most traffic is heading to go Vienna: Take the bus number 50 and it is possible to get off the last station which is named Aupark. There is OMV petrol stationto Budapest, McD and big shopping mall as well. Since this location it is not that too far from the center of Bratislava there are some local people who go to further into Slovakia or city centerand easily reached by walking. But there is a good possibility to find a ride I waited 3hrs for Vienna. In my case ıt took 5 min from OMW to find a lift and ıt to Budapest directly, although I 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 offered many lifts in the first petrol station on direction of Vienna in the motorway named Jarovcemeantime.(I tried this option with a girlfriend. Enough cars, There are a lot of drivers speak English, but nobody is people going to the motorway and everybody has a car filled with groceriesfurther too, 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]]lot of trucks stop here.''

====Tesco Lamac petrol January 2018, [[User:PlumeFabre|PlumeFabre]]: ''to join this OMV gas station====you have to cross Panonska Cesta street, then cross a big field with a train line in the middle and finally cross the highway to be in the right direction (there is a bridge a little bit further on your left). Then, nearly everybody is going to Wien/Vienna but 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!).''

Personal experience- A very bad place for a ride Following highway B9 parallel to the Danube walk towards Vienna. We waited there for 2.5 hours before we got a ride. Truck drivers do NOT stop and standing at the exit with a sign was futileyour thumb out. Use a sign, stand near the pumps The traffic is slow and ask the drivers.Other than light enough that- a very good place to stand: free Wifi, free toilets and a huge and cheap supermarket ("Kaufland") within 5 minutes walking.If you get stuck and have to spend the night there go to the mentioned supermarket, keep on walking down that road people can stop and turn left right after the supermarket ends. Keep on walking that road until pick you get to a big stadium. To your right there will be an old football field where you can pitch a tent (camping on public ground is legal in Slovakia). There are clean toilets at the supermarket (open 7 days a week) and at the stadium if it's openup easily.

The most traffic but it's hard to get there: This is a big petrol station on the D2 highway south of the city. Go by bus 93 or 95 to the ====Einsteinova bus 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://goo.gl/maps/QWXe Here is a map]. Stefan (June '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 (see: virtually all) cars are either heading into Vienna or back Walk south over the UFO bridge and follow the pedestrian/cycle path to Bratislava from this locationthe right. If you're looking You will arrive at heading into Budapest from here ask peoplea bus stop on Einsteinova, if they going in standing at the direction front of HUthe marked off lane will give drivers a place to pull over. The road splits shortly after, but both ways lead towards Vienna, Györ is good so to catch all possible rides it's best to wait before the fork. It's not ideal as wellthree lanes of traffic are moving quickly by. There is a petrol station further along on If you are unsuccessful, two bus companies operating between Bratislava and Vienna pick up right at that bus stop about every 15 minutes during the M1day. Also, a little after there's an on-ramp from the first exit for Gyorbridge onto Einsteinova, from which you'll be able where cars have space to catch pull over, [[User:Zenit|Zenit]] got a lift to Budapest in no timeride there within 15-20 minutes.

* 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. 90 from the '''''Nové SND''''' stop (near Eurovea, but this one is right in front of the National Theater - [Userhttp:Antonopa|Antonopa]//imhd.sk/ba/schedule-timetable/route-line/91 schedule] (April 2017) Although most traffic to '''''Čunovské jazerá''''' - this is heading a "request stop", so you'll need to Vienna it is possible push a button to get let the driver know you're getting out. From '''''Čunovské jazerá''''' walk further down along the road, where to Budapestyour right, across the field, it is not too far from Bratislava and easily reached by walkingyou can already see the highway. I waited 3hrs for After about one kilometer, you will reach a lift farm track leading to Budapest directlythe right, although I was offered many lifts in across the railway tracks towards a bridge over the direction of Vienna in highway, where you can already spot the meantimeformer border infrastructure. There are Depending on the season, you might have to fight your way through a lot of people going further toocorn field, though, but that's our deal, as a lot of trucks stop here.right?

January 2018 - PlumeFabre April 2019, [[user:suburbandrifter]]: ''The motorway border crossing certainly is the best spot to join this OMV petrol station you have to cross Panonska Cesta streetcatch rides towards pretty much anywhere in Hungary, Romania, Serbia, then cross a big field with a train line etc. Worked for me countless times. During summer even many Turkish people living in Germany pass through on their route through Southeastern Europe. You can approach drivers directly at the middle and finally cross spot where most buy motorway toll stickers for Hungary (the highway to be in shop is located right at the right direction (there is a bridge a little bit further on your leftformer border infrastructure). Then, nearly everybody is going to Wien/Vienna but with patienceWhat's more, you can even find a driver for Gyor (to lead you until gyor’s petrol station vast truck stop area just a bit further, where you find a second driver to Budapest in less than 5 minutes!)many have their night or weekend breaks.

June 2019: [[user:uncle_sam01|uncle_sam01]] ''thinks this by far the best spot in Bratislava for Hungary, the Balkans and even Turkey. He got a direct ride to Bulgaria here (with a BG sign) in around 25 minutes at 5am. Lots of cars from everywhere.'' ====Walking towards Zlaté Piesky gas station==== From the city centre take a tram number 4 in direction of Zlate Piesky, which 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 gas station on the other side of the carriageway. There are some offices to your right here. Push on under the bridge and you'll see in the distance the gas station you're after. When you see the beginning of the motorway with a sign Győr, Wien, the gas station is located on the right hand side. Go a few metres through bushes, following the tracks in the field, and you'll find a hole in the fence through to the station forecourt and truck stop. Jump over it (its just one metre or something) and you are at the gas 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 Viennato take you to the next gas station on the same highway ([[Bratislava#Vy.C5.A1ehradsk.C3.A1_gas_station|Vyšehradská]]).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=13.12.2012+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 Here is the map]. Here is the map [[http://hitchwiki.org/maps/?place=10688]]--[[User:Looking for Stu|Looking for Stu]] ([[User talk:Looking for Stu|talk]]) 17:38, 4 December 2012 (CET) ]

Following highway B9 parallel May 2018, [[User:Fabio|Fabio]]:''I tried to pick a ride to Budapest in that gas station following the Danube walk towards Vienna advise above, maybe that days I was unlucky, but nobody picked me. I was alone, only with your thumb my backpack. I made a sign and spent an entire day (since 09am to 5pm) standing in the exit if the gas station. The cars and truck are going really fast by the highway therefore is hard to them stop. The cars going outof the gas station have place for stop but still no one did it. The traffic good thing is slow and light enough that people can stop gas station have toilets, a little shop for water coffee and pick you up easily. (2012.01.24 I took this route some food, outside there are tables and only ended up walking about 6km between two people who gave me rides. Probably better than waiting in town benches for a ride. -lexrest (or sleep)y''

Involves slightly less walking than the Vysehradska gas station. Take bus no. 91 from the SNP Bridge(Most SNP) stop to "MiU Čunovo"[https[User://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=enMF|MF]] - it is a "request" stop, so you'll need to push a button to let the driver know you're getting out. Alternatively, take bus no. 90 from the Nové SND stop (near Eurovea, but this one is right in front of the National Theater) 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 in Čunovo, but a little closer to the border and also a request stop) - I tried this is a less frequent bus route (once an hour, more frequent during rush hour) - '''however''', the bus will go Schengenska only if there is option with a "d" next to the departure time(iegirlfriend. 10:30d - most will). Once in ČunovoEnough cars, walk down the street (back towards where the bus came) until you reach a pub called "Čunovská csárda" - on your right will be a multi-directional sign with street names - walk along Schengenska street. You'll reach the end lot of the village and a crossroads - this is the Schengenska bus stopdrivers speak English, so if you took bus no. 90 this but nobody is where you'd get off. There will be a large wooden sign saying "ACTION PARK - Paintball - Off road" - follow this sign (ie. go straight ahead). As soon you pass going to the "action park", you'll be in Hungary - take motorway and everybody has a right on the Hungarian side onto a dirt road through the field - this will lead to you to a small crossing and right behind it (behind the rail) will be the large highway crossing car filled with a service area. Signs will be useful here and unlike in Vysehradskagroceries, all traffic will be headed to Hungary (duh!) - getting a ride to Budapest will be kids or a piece of cakewife. You can also approach people on either side of the border as they're getting the Hungarian vigniette (highway toll) - the shops are located in the old customs buildings. [https://www.google.com/maps/dir/48.028717,17.1980773/48.0139888,17.1807876/@48.014496,17.1766486,14.33z/data=!4m9!4m8!1m5!3m4!1m2!1d17.1967488!2d48.0269525!3s0x476c7daa9258a2fb:0xf71afb22cc0ba4a9!1m0!3e2 Google Maps directions.]'

June 2019Personal experience: [[user:uncle_sam01|uncle_sam01]] ''thinks this by far A very bad place for a ride to Vienna. We waited there for 2.5 hours before we got a ride. Truck drivers do NOT stop and standing at the best spot in Bratislava for Hungaryexit with a sign was futile. Use a sign, stand near the Balkans pumps and even Turkeyask the drivers. He got Other than that- a very good place to stand: free Wifi, free toilets and a direct ride huge and cheap supermarket ("Kaufland") within 5 minutes walking. If you get stuck and have to spend the night there go to the mentioned supermarket, keep on walking down that road and turn left right after the supermarket ends. Keep on walking that road until you get to Bulgaria here a big stadium. To your right there will be an old football field where you can pitch a tent (camping on public ground is legal in Slovakia). There are clean toilets at the supermarket (with open 7 days a BG signweek) in around 25 minutes and at 5am. Lots of cars from everywherethe stadium if it's open.''

Bratislava has pretty cheap and fast (except rush hours) network of trams, buses and trolleybuses. In Slovakia , city public transport is referred to as abbreviation ''MHD''. The 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 of EUR 0.70 for 15 minute one trip ticket is minutes, EUR 0.70€ 90 for 30 minutes and EUR 1.20 for 60 minute ticket (90 minutes on weekend) is 0.90€. When using night lines you Students can buy tickets at half-price, '''but only''' if they're an EU citizen and have to buy night ticket which costs 1an ISIC card from an EU school.70€Drivers don't sell tickets. It's not possible to buy ticket from driver, Beware that you have to 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=com.casperise.urbi.online.bid Google Play]) to purchase tickets using a smartphone - beware that the tickets become valid 30 seconds after purchase. Blackriding is not advised, ticket inspectors don't wear any uniforms and the penalty is very high compared to ticket price (EUR 50 until if paid within 5 business days, EUR 70 afterwards). They always come in three, two of them are ticket inspectors and one is from securityguard. However, if you're from outside the EU(within the EU, there are ways to get you to pay), say you don't want to pay and give them your passport , if they ask for it because the most that they can do is to write you a fine. They will try to intimidate you and make up all kinds of bullshit, but again, all they can do is take down your personal details.