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 '''Budapest''' is the capital of [[Hungary]]. It is often abbreviated as BP, which is easier to see for car drivers on a [[signs|sign]]. 

(These directions are for leaving the city centre. See [[Budapest Ferihegy international airport]] for hitching from there.  === Northwest towards [[Bratislava]], [[Vienna]] M1 {{E|60}} & Southwest towards [[Zagreb]] M7 {{E|71}} === ==== Option 1 : OMV petrol station BAH-csomópont ==== Take bus 8E, 110, 112 from ''Keleti pályaudvar'', or 139, 140, 140A from ''Széll Kálmán tér'', in direction of Kelenföld vasútállomás M and get off at ''BAH-csomópont''. Alternatively, trams 17 and 61 stop here. Also, you can walk ≈4.5km west from Keleti train station to the beginning of ''Budaörsi út''.<br/ >This place is relatively close to the center and there is a lot of traffic to the M1 and M7. It appears like this is the only option in the list that nobody has specifically spoken against.  ==== Option 2: Motorway service station M1/M7 (OMV) '''Kelenföld''' ==== 1. Take bus 8E from ''Keleti pályaudvar'' (Keleti train station) in the direction of Kelenföld vasútállomás M, (and change at BAH-csomópont for bus 139), or take bus 139 from ''Széll Kálmán tér'' in the direction of Gazdagréti tér, and get off at ''Nagyszeben út'' (not Nagyszeben tér!). Walk back 100m east in the direction the bus came from along Budaörsi út and you will see the OMV petrol station and McD on the right. 2. Take metro 4 from ''Keleti pályaudvar'' to the last stop ''Kelenföld vasútállomás''. Walk through the underpass and up the steps in northwest direction. Continue along the footpath till you reach the main road Budaörsi út. Cross the main road and turn left and walk west for 250m along Budaörsi út till you reach the OMV petrol station / McD. This petrol station is at the very beginning of the motorway that splits after a few kms into motorways M1 and M7. Many cars stop here also because of the McD (thumbing at the exit works well, as many cars go only to McD and do not tank). Alternatively, there is also an Agip petrol station about 200m further along the road. The construction work is over, and the junction is significantly rebuilt! Do not trust on Google Streetview, it shows the old system. Most traffic heading to the motorway AVOID the McDonalds on new lanes, you can try at the exit of the OMV station, or at the area of the AGIP (will be rebranded to MOL) petrol station. ==== Option 3: Motorway service station M1/M7 (Agip) '''Budaörs''' ==== Take metro 4 from ''Keleti pályaudvar'' to the last stop ''Kelenföld vasútállomás''. Take bus 172 or 173 and get off at stop ''Budaörs, benzinkút'', which is right at the Agip service station. It has a lot of traffic to both motorways and can be a great place if you get a chance to talk to drivers, though the staff of the petrol station may not allow it.  ==== Option 4: Motorway service station M1 '''Biatorbagy''' ====  Take metro 4 from ''Keleti pályaudvar'' to the last stop ''Kelenföld vasútállomás''. Then take a local train to ''Biatorbagy'' (it costs about EUR 1 (HUF 370)). From the station, turn right for 20m, and then right again at the roundabout under the railway tracks along Dózsa György út for ≈350m until you reach a main road. Turn left (northwest) and follow this national road 1 for 2km to a turning on the right. Walk north along this road for ≈750m under the motorway bridge to the service station on the north side of the motorway.If you are ready to invest some time to get to the first petrol station after the motorway splits, you should do so because it is a perfect spot as essentially all the cars there are going towards Vienna/Bratislava. ==== Option 5: Various spots near the city centre ==== Starting from inside the city (between Moszkva tér and Kelenföld) is a possibility worth trying, especially because there are some good spots that are quite popular among local hitchhikers. Pros are that you don't need to spend any money on transport; cons are that there is a lot of local traffic and so waiting times could be very long. (In real nobody will take you, go out to the edge of the city).  === South towards [[Szeged]], [[Serbia]], [[Arad]] ([[Romania]]) (M5){{E|75}} === ==== Option 1: Gyáli út ====

=== West towards [[Bratislava]]Take tram 4 or 6 to ''Boráros tér'', [[Vienna]]then take bus number 54 or 55 to the stop ''Gyáli út''. Walk straight for 75 m and then turn left on the street ''Gyáli út''. After about 150 m there is a curve in the road, [[Zagreb]] turn right there and walk to the motorway (M1it's not yet a motorway officially, M7so you can hitchhike there) {{European Route Number|60}} {{European Route Number|75}} ===. There is no road or pavement leading there, but it's easy to cross. You will see a half complete ramp on your right going on the motorway. It's basicaly a 100 meters long lane with no traffic on it, it's ideal for cars to stop, and you are also visible from a long distance. As of January 2017, there is some construction which leaves no space for stopping except on the exit lane of the petrol station nearby. The spot still worked quite well

Take tram 4 or 6 to ''Boráros tér'Edit July 2015', then take bus 54 or 55 to the stop '': Radnó utca'''Do not go there!''' Motorway under construction = bad place! Much better option . There is to take a petrol station on the other side of the noise barrier wall. You could also thumb at the bus 272 from Moricz zsigmond and stop at Budaörson the bus-only lane. If you want to go any further, benzinkútoption 3 is about 800 meters down the road.

'''Edit August 2015'''==== Option 3: We went there and after the petrol station, there is an other one (like 1 minute walking further), and you can hitchhike directly on the road front Start of it. The construction is actually great because cars aren't going that fast. Got a ride to Vienna in 10 minutes. M5 motorway ====

The best option, tried several times. This petrol station is at Take the very beginning of the motorway that few kms later splits into motorways M1 and M7. Many cars stop here also because of the McDmetro to ''Határ út's (thumbing at the exit works well, as many cars go only to McD's and do not tank). To get there Then take bus no[http://www. 8 (starts at Keleti railway station and stops ebkv.ghu/busz/84e. at Blaha Lujza térhtml #84E], Astoria M, Uránia) or from Buda side bus 139 (starting at Széll Kálmán tér) and get off at Nagyszeben út (not Nagyszeben tér!). From there you should see the OMV and[http://or McDonald's sign, it's 100m awaywww. Alternatively, if you find yourself at the Budapest-Kelenföld train station (Kelenföld vasútállomás), the petrol station is ~8mins of walk from therebkv. At the train station, walk through the underpass and then follow in that direction until you reach the big busy road Budaörsi út. It's the beginning of the motorway, you should see the OMV signhu/busz/89e. html #89E] or [Edit by fidradikojhttp: This spot works great but info about how to reach it by bus is misleading//www. The correct bus to take is 139 (towards Gazdagréti tér), if you want to get there from Keleti then hop onto bus nobkv. 8, and change to 139 at BAH-csomópont. I didn't tried it out, I went for metro ride to Kelenföld and walkedhu/busz/294e.]html #When heading west (M7 to [[Balaton294E]] or M1 to [[Austria]] and [[Slovakia]]), you should take bus 272 from ''Kosztolányi Dezső tér'' or ''Sasadi út'' and get off at the stop ''Budaörs, benzinkútNaszód utca (Használtcikk piac)''. It stops right in the Agip service station with a lot of traffic Here you can start to both motorways. The journey takes 20 minutes. It can be a great place if hitch (you get should see a chance to talk to drivers, though Citroen car lot on the staff other side of the petrol station may not allow itroad. Note: This A sign "Szeged" is a bad spotuseful. If you take bus 84E, even though it looks perfect - it's next to you can continue straight onto the motorway, but most cars come there from the small local road and are driving only in the vicinity. Went from there 4 times, waiting time from 1h to 3.5h.#Starting from inside the city (between Moszkva tér and Kelenföld) is a possibility worth trying, especially because there are some good spots that are quite popular among local hitchhikers.# There is another OMV petrol station which is even closer to the city center. It is situated at the beginning of the street ''Budaörsi út''. You that you can reach it easily by walking across the big white suspension bridge, hitch from Pest towards the Citadel, or by taking tram 61 from the square ''Moszkva tér''. Coming from the Pest side you could also take bus 112. There (This information is a lot of traffic to the M1 and M7.# If you are ready to invest some time to get to the first petrol station after the motorway splits, you should do so because it unconfirmed; maybe this is a perfect spot since essentially all the cars there are going towards Vienna/Bratislava. From Kelenfold just get on a train to the suburb of "Biatorbagy"OMV in option 2. It costs about EUR 1 (HUF 370) and takes less than 20 minutes. Once you get there, just walk out of the train station, direction east, towards the motorway and turn left immediately, following a road parallel to the motorway for about 20 minutes until you get to the petrol station.

=== South towards [[Szeged]], [[Serbia]], [[Arad]] ([[Romania]]) (= Option 4: Motorway service station M5) {{European Route Number|75}} Inárcs ====

There are several possibilities Take the metro 3 to ''Népliget''. Take bus [http://www.volanbusz.hu/en/timetable/lines/line/?menetrend=2204 Volánbusz 608] to ''Inárcsi elág (M5-ös út)''. After approximately 30km, it will leave the motorway and go to Inárcs. Remember the way and get off the bus at the first stop (shortly past where the town starts) and walk back to the OMV petrol station where the bus left the motorway. Take care, because there is no sidewalk and cars/trucks can be quite fast. It is the first big petrol station on M5 after Budapest [http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/47.2750/19.3289] and there will be cars and trucks to all the southerly destinations - just ask around. You can look for leaving foreign plates if you want to leave the city in this directioncountry.

To get out of Budapest, get to the public transportation hub ''Móricz Zsigmond körtér''. You can take Take tram 61 from near the train station ''Déli Pályaudvar'', or tram 6 from ''Blaha Lujza tér.'' , or ''Ferenc krt''. You can also take bus 7 from ''Ferenciek tere''. Once you are at , to ''Móricz Zsigmond körtér''. From here, cross the street, and walk further on for about 20 m and get on 20m. Take bus 33 or 33A. After approximately 27 minutes, you’ll see a big shopping mall called Campona on your left. Get and get off at the next stop, ''Budatétényi Sorompó''(the stop after the big shopping mall Campona on your left). From the bus stop, turn back and walk in the way direction the bus just camefrom. Cross the street at the first crossing to your right(Növény ut. There’s no street sign, so no name). That street has a railway overpass that crosses over it. Walk under the overpass and in a couple of minutes you'll arrive at a busy road. This is road #6 that goes south to Pécs. Turn left on that road and start hitching before the traffic light near the bus stop. There is enough room for cars to pull over there.

For food, bathroom, and buses, get dropped of at the Tesco in Pécs. There's a bus station there where cars can stop.  

#==== Option 1: Junction & Petrol station on M3 bevezető ==== Take trolleybus [http://www.bkvbkk.hu/trolleybusen/timetables/#74.html #74] from the centre ''Károly körút (Astoria M)'' near the Astoria metro station . Get off at ''AstoriaSárrét park''). You can go until Turn back in the direction from where the last stop, but it is better trolleybus came from and walk ≈50m along Ungvár ut. Turn right and walk 200m along Rákosszeg park to get off one stop before the lastend. From there, you should hear the noise of the M3 motorwayTurn right on Kacsóh Pongrác út. Just follow it, and walk back a bit (100m to the opposite direction of the cars)entrance slip road, or turn left on Kacsóh Pongrác út. and you'll find an entrance and also a walk 50m to the OMV petrol station. #From the metro stations ''Astoria'' ==== Option 2: M3 Junction ====  Take bus 7, 7E, 8E, 108E, or 133E from ''Blaha Lujza tér'' take bus [http://www.bkv.hu/english/busz/173evissza.html #173E] and get off at the last stop ''Újpalota, Nyírpalota út''. Walk northwest 1km along Szentmihályi út. to the big street on your left for about 10 minutes, check sliproad at the signs and get onto beginning of the motorwayM3 proper. It's not the best hitchhiking spot, but it works after a while. If you get stuck here, walk 2km along the motorway to the service station. #==== Option 3: M3 Junction Mogyoród ==== Take the metro 2 to the last stop ''Örs Vezér tér''. Cross the big square and then from From the HÉV (regional train station), take a train 8 in the direction ''Gödöllő'' and get off at the station ''Mogyoród''. Five minutes' From the station, walk left 20m on Vasút ut. Turn right and walk ≈400m along Gödöllői ut. Then turn right and walk from here is an ≈500m along Szadai út. until you reach the entrance sliproad to the M3 motorwayon the right. Alternatively, while two kilometres further on, there is also a petrol stationon the motorway.#To get to [http==== Option 4://hitchwiki.org/maps/?placeMotorway service station M3 ====6982 this spot] take the Take bus [http://www.bkv.hu/bus/5.html #5] from somewhere ''Blaha Lujza tér'' in the centre. Quite a long ride as you need to direction of Rákospalota, Kossuth utca and get off in the stop Szentmihályi at ''Juhos utca''. Walk ≈450m northeast along Régi Fóti út. Walk You will see a Lidl supermarket on the [http://mapsright.googleTurn right on the small road and walk southeast for 1km crossing over the motorway bridge.com/maps?saddr=Budapest,+Fogat+utca,+Magyarorsz%C3%A1g&daddr=Szentmih%C3%A1lyi+%C3%BAt&hl=en&ie=UTF8&sll=47(You can see the service station on the left from the bridge).556285,19Take the first road left after the bridge and walk ≈700m until you see the big Praktiker store.127476&sspn=0.008298,0.021136&geocode=FTiy1QIdk8MjASm_8iAXWNpBRzFKKo2vPH0kSQ%3BFYqd1QIdCOwjAQ&mra=dme&mrsp=1&sz=16&dirflg=w&z=16 big Turn left and walk through the car park to the end and jump over the small-ish fence and once past the road], youwill be on the petrol station. There is a McDonalds and KFC here too. ''ll see ''''Option 5:'''''' Kacsóh Pongrác út bus station''''''  Take M1 to Mexikói út metro station and cross the railways in the underpass to the bridge over itRóbert Károly körút where you will find Kacsóh Pongrác út bus station. ThatIt's a very safe place to stop and it is directly before the entrance to the motorwayM3 highway.(Waiting time as a woman 10-15 min, hichhiked many times here) 

#==== Option 1: Agip petrol station on national road 4 ==== Take metro line 3 to the end of the line where you will find a at ''Kőbánya-Kispest''. Walk to the bus stationon the other side of the #4 road. Take the airport bus, it will stop 200E and get off at terminal 1, stay on the bus until the second to last stop before the airport: ''Vecsés-nyugat''. You will notice that Walk back along the city ends quite abruptly. Prior to this road ≈600m and you will see a petrol station, this is reach the last Agip petrol station for at least 10–15 km& McDonalds. From the second to last bus stop you will have to walk back to this <br/ > ==== Option 2: Üllő roundabout & MOL petrol station. There is no good place to hitch after this point for around 10–15 km as the road is motorway. Later on there are more hitching opportunities and it's easy to get dropped off somewhere useful. ==== #Take a regional train from the train station ''Nyugati Pályaudvar'' to the station ''Üllő'' (it costs about 550 HUF 550 and takes 30 minutesmin ride). Walk ≈700m southwest on Deák Ferenc ut. till you reach the main road through the town Pesti út. Turn left (southeast) here and walk 2km along Pesti út to the large roundabout and MOL petrol station at the end of town. You can also hitch 100m past the roundabout on national road 4; although there's no shoulder, there is some space for cars to pull over and stop. 20/09/17 Tried option 1 for 3 hours and then went to option 2, waited maybe 30min. === Option 3: M3 Highway for Debrecen === Take a subway till station Mexicói út after walk through 4 km ( it's pretty far and I saw a bus 25, but didn't check from where is it going ) till you cross Ozman utca( or around it) it will be a gas station OMV, the town road is going among M3 highway, and here some cars are going to a big roundabout where gas station from Highway to this road and back to the highway, and also there is a MOL petrol bus stop after a gas station, where is very convenient to stop the car. 

=== M2 North towards [[Slovakia]], [[Kraków]] ([[Poland]]) M2 {{European Route Number|77}} ===

Get on one of the very frequent ''Vac''-bound trains from ''Nyugati Pályaudvar'' (which is the main train station) and get off at the ''==== Option 1: Motorway Junction Sződliget''-stop which is roughly a half hour train ride(HUF 550/EUR 2) . When you get off the train walk find the road and take a left. Follow it for about 200 meters until you get to the motorway and then just stand on the motorway hitchhiking instead of the onramp as there's a a lot of space to pull over and people don't really drive to fast at that stretch of the road. ====

Alternatively, you can take Take a train from ''Nyugati to "Dunakeszi Gyártelep‎" Pályaudvar'' in the direction of Vac and and get off at ''Sződliget'' (HUF 150550/300EUR 2 and 30 min ride) and walk 3.5 km Walk south along the platform to the petrol station on the E77 road (Hungarians call it Road Number TwoDunai fasor). The Turn left (east) and walk is 40+ minutes but its pretty straight-forward - check this [http://goo≈400m to the entrance sliiproad over the motorway bridge.gl/maps/bCKPV map] From Pipa st. you can see Stand on the sign motorway hitchhiking instead of the petrol station in sliproad as there's a lot of space to pull over and people don't really drive too fast at that stretch of the distance, and it will help you to navigateroad.

==== Option 2: Motorway service station (Shell) ==== Take a train from ''Nyugati Pályaudvar'' to "Dunakeszi Gyártelep‎" (HUF 150/300) and walk 3.5 km to the petrol station on the E77 (Hungarians call it Road Number Two). The walk is 40+ minutes but its pretty straightforward - check this [http://goo.gl/maps/bCKPV map]. From Pipa st. you can see the sign of the petrol station in the distance, and it will help you to navigate. The motorway only has two lanes, and cars are going pretty slow, so it's not a problem to cross it. Once you get there its great spot to catch a long drive! You can be picky, so best wait for someone going straight to Poland because once you get to the Slovak border , the road is getting bad and this is your best shot.  If you're heading to [[Poland]], you'd most likely be better off finding a direct lift to Poland from the Hungarian- Slovak border rather than getting short lifts through Slovakia. Trucks go until the Chyzne border crossing between Slovakia and Poland, where it's easy to get a lift to Krakow or further to Warsaw.

Budapest has an extensive public transportation system consisting of a metro, buses and trams. A single ticket is about 1.15 (a set of 10 tickets is about EUR 9.90). After you buy your ticket, you have to validate it. There are red machines on buses and trams that punch a hole in a different place on your ticket each day, which is how they determine if you validated your ticket that day (or at least not the day before...).

Inspections on buses and trams are rare except for the most popular lines (e.g. buses 7, 7E, 173 and 173E and trams 2 (very frequent), 4, 5 and 6). Rush hours are usually safe when the trams/buses are too crowded for the inspectors to walk through the vehicles. If you want to be safe, hang around the machine and if you see an inspector coming, punch your ticket immediately. You can usually also get off the carriage when you see inspectors getting on as usually at least some of them will wear uniforms.

In Be careful: the metro there are inspectors posted at the entrance to the platforms during all operational hours who will demand to see your ticket. Most of system has changed, and the time they check those who controllers are entering and don't bother often escorted with people a public area inspector who are leaving has the platform (Keleti railway station is one notable exception), so if right to stop you see no conductors at the entrance then you are fine. Either you take and demand for your chance that there will be no checking at the exit, or take the bus/tram, you can get pretty much everywhere without the metroID cards.'

If you get caught without a valid In the metro there are inspectors posted at the entrance to the platforms during all operational hours who will demand to see your ticket, . Most of the official fine on time they check those who are entering and don't bother with people who are leaving the spot platform (Keleti railway station is HUF 8one notable exception),000, which is about EUR 27so if you see no conductors at the entrance then you are fine. Do not let yourself Either you take your chance that there will be fooled with another amountno checking at the exit, it is HUF 8or take the bus/tram,000, and you can get pretty much everywhere without the received paper is valid for travelling that daymetro. But if you are cool enough Oftentimes you can get away also just walk past these inspectors at the entrance or flash them a used ticket without paying stopping. Be careful changing lines at allDeák Ferenc tér, usually there are controllers on stations of Line 2 and 3.

At around 20:30 or laterIf you get caught without a valid ticket, the ticket inspectors that stand at official fine on the entrance to the escalators go homespot is HUF 8,000, which is about EUR 27. Do not let yourself be fooled with another amount, it is HUF 8,000, meaning you can get on and the metro received paper is valid for freetravelling that day. Be aware also that But if they have controls while you exit the station, they announce it as are cool enough you can get off away without paying at all. On the train trams and again every 2 minutes buses the inspectors legally aren't allowed to touch you. Avoid speaking English or so ("Please have your tickets ready for inspection as German to the controllers. Instead, pick the most obscure language you leave know and keep them busy until the stationnext stop.") If this happensWhen the doors open, simply get back on exit the next train tram and get off a stop before walk away. Never give the controllers your ID or passport. Maybe try searching for it or after your chosen ticket until the next stop, then get off the tram/bus then. Do not Some of the controllers will try and run past any inspectors to take you to a cash machine if they you say you have a control no money. Same system applies - they are notoriously aggressive simply walk away from the controller. I've also heard of people stalling the controller for so long that the controller gets bored and will have no problem chasing youwalks away.

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If you want to sleep outside in summer, you can do so anywhere in Buda hills. Other possibilities These places are the two big parksabandoned after dark, Margitsziget (47.528694far from people,19.047618) and Városliget (47.513566,19.085126). Margitsziget is an island in the Danube and it's a popular place to walk and escape from the busy city in the nice weather. Városliget is about the same. In both places you could find hidden places where nobody would bother you at night. Although there are sometimes used by homeless people still awake at nights, especially young ones, but they won't harm you. Homeless people are harmless. In case the weather outside is not very warm nor welcoming, the mall Duna Plaza, in the northern part of the city XIII district, metro stop Gyongyosi utza offer great opportunities to find a shelter and not being discovered by security guards. In a cold night of november ('13) [[User: Fedecicco| Fede]] I found a perfect spot to lay down on his mat and sleep, behind the high bar of a closed (but open..) pub on the 2nd floor, next to the restaurants, emergency exit stairs on the back, at the highest floors are also a good option. Toilets are closed at night and security go around to check when they close the building around 02:00. 

At Örs vezér tere, there's an IKEA with a great food court. Just take a left after you come up the stairs to avoid all the showrooms unless you enjoy playing there to raise your appetite :-)  On the top floor of the central market at Fovam ter, there are many food stalls, popular among tourists, most of whom are ignorant fuckers who order what they want but not what they need, i.e. A LOT of leftovers on the table. There are public tables where these fuckers eat and they are not frequently cleaned by workers, thus easy opportunity for table diving. Please do this, even just once or twice. I have seen big sandwiches and baked potatoes and such being left after a single bite. We should make wasting food a crime.  == Nomadwiki & Trashwiki == {{nomadwiki}}