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Take the M2 metro in direction of ''Berceni''. Get off at ''Eroi Revolutiei'' Joachim and Ron asked and look waited for 2 hours in the ''City Mall''truck stop mentioned above, they decided to walk towards it and you will see that along the ring road forks. Take the right fork, towards the road will be called ''Giurgiului''E85. Just after the city mallAfter about 4 kilometers and just before a traffic light, 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 Turkish truck stop. ItYou can't miss it's on the right side. We walked in the middle of the road. Take tram #25 to the last stop, showed our sign "Istanbul" and found a ride within 1 minute. Then walk down the road for 5 minutes and you will reach a service station on later drinking tea, they agreed to take us all the right hand. You can ask people here or stop cars passing on the main roadway to Istanbul.
There's a train from ''Gara de Nord'' to [[Giurgiu]] (leaving at 20:00 and 12:00, August 2010), for the equivalent of about 7 euro. [[User:GuakaNyph|guakaNyph]] thought tried it was last in May 2018. She stopped a good option little before the gas station comes and waited for 15min maximum. The driver told her that it would be cleverer and safer to get out of start in the city in . This location was at the eveningedge, but Giurgiuhe wouldn's train station is not even close t recommend it.The driver took her near Ruse, BG; from there she found a truck driver who took her to the city, or the borderof BG/TR (near Edirne), so from there she found a bad option for the night. If you consider this option to save some time it's probably much better to take the train directly ride to [[Ruse]]Istanbul.
=== East towards In October 2019, user [[ConstanţaUser: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, [[Vama Veche]] one that Googlemaps made seem that there might be a stoplight (A2which 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!
Take a tram to Nicoloe Grig.. and continue on the tram to the end of the RATB line and walk to the A2 beginning. Make real sure that the tram is going the correct direction. Jass made a great mess of this last time. It should be a tram going to the left as you exit the station. If you can find someone=== North towards [[Ploiesti]], ask for the tram that goes to the A2 as nonsensical as it may seem or Besatu (Resalka) (words written in an old notebook...may or may not be reliable). Walk on out for for another ten minutes or so until a roundabout. Here seems to be a good place to get rides, even if there's little traffic. Jass got a ride to Constanţa within fifteen minutes in June 2010.[[Brasov]] ===
Now you can take Take bus nr. 783 towards Otopeni Airport (e.g. from Piata Unirii, Piata Romana or Piata Victoriei) and get off at the subway to a perfect stop for Constantacalled 'Aleea Privighetorilor'. Just stop You can hitchhike right at station Anghel Saligny the busstop. Note that this road is an old road towards Ploiesti and some kilometers to the east there you have is a (new) highway, but many people still use it, you don't have to change for the tram anymorego to Ploiesti or further north. There you Plus this road goes through some villages and therefore cars are not driving very fast and have a gas station and also a perfect road for the motorway A2plenty of opportunities to stop.
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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.
== Hitching Hitchhiking out ===== West towards [[Transylvania]], [[Serbia]] {{European Route NumberE|81}} ===
Get the metro to ''Pacii'' (note the metro is a bit crazy - if you're not careful the trains change lines without warning and you can end up at ''Gare Du Nord'' again!).
From ''Pacii'' you have to find the main road going west, and go to the first bus stop. Get the first bus that says ''Carrefour'' and go all the way to ''Carrefour'' shopping centre, this is the start of the motorway. Carrefour also provides free shuttle minibuses leaving from ''Pacii'' and even from further inside the city. There's a part where the fence is broken (it's not broken anymore, if you get to the mall, you have to walk back a little bit, and or a) walk by the side of the entrance of a tunnel (kind of dangerous) or b) get out before the carrefour and walk (and hitch) a kilometer or two) and you can access the motorway here - it's actually a very good spot to hitch, since traffic coming from the big shopping centre stops here. Another easy option to get to the same hitchhiking spot is to go to the metro "Preciziei" and from there walk about 2.1 km or take bus 25 or 35 and then walk 1.2 km.
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.
User Esko says: in April 2016 the fence is still broken. There is a barrier, but if you are able to climb a 180 cm high wall (there is a fence on a side, which makes it easier), you can go to the main road through a hole in the fence. The broken part of the fence is next to the tunnel which the bus arrives into the parking lot. It's maybe better to get out one stop before Carrefour, because otherwise you will spend a lot of time looking for a way to the main road, supposing the fence is repaired or you cannot climb the wall. === South towards [[Giurgiu]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Turkey]] {{European Route NumberE|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. There's a train from ''Gara de Nord'' to [[Giurgiu]] (leaving at 20:00 and 12:00, August 2010), for the equivalent of about 7 euro. ==== Personal experiences ====[[User:Guaka|guaka]] thought it was a good option to get out of the city in the evening, but Giurgiu's train station is not even close to the city, or the border, so a bad option for the night. If you consider this option to save some time it's probably much better to take the train directly to [[Ruse]].
=== Northeast towards Urziceni, [[Buzau]], [[Braila]], [[Galaţi]] {{European Route NumberE|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.
== Public transport ==
* The bus/tram ticket inspectors are not working after 7 pm 19:00 so a ticket check after this hour is highly unlikely* The buses and metro are running between 5 am 05:00 and 11 pm23:00* 1 Ticket is 1.3 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. == Trashwiki & Nomadwiki == [[trash:Bucharest]] [[nomad:Bucharest]]
