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In October 2019, user [[User:Movethathoof|MovethatHoof]] was hitching this way to Turkey via Constanţa and had a very easy time getting a ride. Just beyond the Metro station a good deal of the approaching traffic exited onto a road that peels off the highway into the adjoining neighbourbood, and beyond that there is a roundabout taking a further chunk. He thus walked 500 meters to a second roundabout, one that Googlemaps made seem that there might be a stoplight (which is there, but does not function). Still, most of the traffic by that point continues farther on the highway, and within fifteen minutes he had a ride to Constanţa!
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'''Bucharest''' (Romanian: '''Bucureşti''') is the capital of [[Romania]].
== Hitching in and around ==
Bucharest has a ring road completely surrounding the city, which means that hitchhikers can accept a lift to Bucharest and then go further without having to enter the city center and then hitch out again. However, hitching from the ring road in some places can be very difficult, Especially in the north near Otopeni and motorway 1 where they are constructing a new road and it is a very bad area full of prostitutes, stray dogs, gypsies and really no good places for cars to stop. In such cases it is better to just hitch into town and avoid the ring road. Then take a metro or a bus to the side of Bucharest you need to exit from.
Southbound travelers headed for [[Bulgaria]] or [[Istanbul]] might want to stop at a truck rest stop [http://maps.google.com/?q=bucuresti&ie=UTF8&ll=44.435718,25.964658&spn=0.002896,0.006191&t=h&z=17&iwloc=addr close to where the E70 takes a right turn], where one can possibly find a lift straight there. Even if there are few drivers stopped in the parking lot that you can ask directly, you can thumb trucks driving by, preferably with a sign reading BG or TR. Traffic moves very slowly here so drivers have plenty of time to see you.
== Hitchhiking out ==
=== West towards [[Transylvania]], [[Serbia]] {{E|81}} ===
The Transylvanian road runs through [[Sibiu]] and [[Cluj-Napoca]]. This is the standard route for central and western Transylvania, the other route through Brasov is a "scenic" journey that takes longer.
=== South towards [[Giurgiu]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Turkey]] {{E|85}} ===
[[File:Romania-erga on the way out of bucharest.JPG|thumb|250px|right|Erga hitchhiking to Bucharest]]
Take the M2 metro in direction of ''Berceni''. Get off at ''Eroi Revolutiei'' and look for the ''City Mall'', walk towards it and you will see that the road forks. Take the right fork, the road will be called ''Giurgiului''. Just after the city mall, there's a tram ticket office. Get a ticket (1.3 Lei as of October 2009), and walk a bit more on the road to get to the tram stop. It's right in the middle of the road. Take tram #7 or #25 to the last stop. Then walk down the road for 5 minutes and you will reach a service station on the right hand. You can ask people here or stop cars passing on the main road.
=== Northeast towards Urziceni, [[Buzau]], [[Braila]], [[Galaţi]] {{E|85}} ===
Take the metro to Piaţa Obor, then from there take tram #21 north to the last stop. The tram will turn off the main road into its terminus station, but after getting out of the tram continue walking straight on the main road. You will come to a bridge after a large market called ''Europa''. Hitchhiking here is possible, but you will have to compete with other people who are standing alongside the road to flag down minibuses. A better option is to continue walking north for about three kilometers until after the Bucharest ring road, where all cars going northeast are isolated.Note: Tram #21 also can be taken just in the historical centre [https://goo.gl/maps/9Z7BX near Piata Sf. Gheorghe]
=== East towards [[Constanţa]], [[Vama Veche]] {{Aro|2}} ===
Take the red metro line to Anghel Saligny, the last stop in direction east. If you leave the station, you are right at the beginning of the motorway A2 in direction Constanţa.
=== North towards [[Ploiesti]], [[Brasov]] ===
Take bus nr. 783 towards Otopeni Airport (e.g. from Piata Unirii, Piata Romana or Piata Victoriei) and get off at the stop called 'Aleea Privighetorilor'. You can hitchhike right at the busstop. Note that this road is an old road towards Ploiesti and some kilometers to the east there is a (new) highway, but many people still use it to go to Ploiesti or further north. Plus this road goes through some villages and therefore cars are not driving very fast and have plenty of opportunities to stop.
== Public transport Nomadwiki & Trashwiki ==* The bus/tram ticket inspectors are not working after 19:00 so a ticket check after this hour is highly unlikely* The buses and metro are running between 05:00 and 23:00* 1 Ticket is 1.5 Lei (0.30 EUR)* Controllers in Romania are very sneaky. They don't get on at bus stops but instead they go on at traffic lights. So that way no one can get out of the bus and they can catch people easier. They usually go in near the front so if you want a chance of escaping then sit right next to the front door and dash out really quickly when the door is open for them to get on. Otherwise, if you get caught try saying you have no money and that you are traveling by autostop (romanian word for hitchhiking) around the world with no money. Having a hitchhiking sign and backpack would help your story :) This worked once for Luke and Sma. Controllers just gave back our passports and left us alone whereas a few minutes earlier they were threatening to call the police.* Buses have a special program for night also. They start their route from "Piata Unirii" between 23:00 and 06:00. The buses start the routes at sharp hours.
