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# [[{ edit july '''Edit July 2015 ''': DO NOT GO THERE '''Do not go there!!! highway ''' Motorway under construction = shit bad place ! much Much better option is to take bus 272 from Moricz zsigmond and stop at Budaörs, benzinkút => Got a ride immediately direction bratislava vienna }]].
[EDIT AUGUST '''Edit August 2015] ''': We went there and after the gas petrol station, there is an other one (like 1 minute walking further), and you can hitchhike directly on the road front of it. The construction is actually great because cars aren't going that fast. Got a ride to Vienna in 10 minutes.
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There are several possibilities. It is best to use a sign "M1" or "M7", according if you want go to west or to south.
The best option, tried several times. This gas petrol station is at the very beginning of the highway motorway that few kms later splits into highways motorways M1 and M7. Many cars stop here also because of the McD's (thumbing at the exit works well, as many cars go only to McD's and do not tank). To get there take bus no. 8 (starts at Keleti railway station and stops e.g. at Blaha Lujza tér, 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/or McDonald's sign, it's 100m away. Alternatively, if you find yourself at the Budapest-Kelenföld train station (Kelenföld vasútállomás), the gas petrol station is ~8mins of walk from there. 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 highwaymotorway, you should see the OMV sign. [Edit by fidradikoj: This spot works great but info about how to reach it by bus is misleading. The correct bus to take is 139 (towards Gazdagréti tér), if you want to get there from Keleti then hop onto bus no. 8, and change to 139 at BAH-csomópont. I didn't tried it out, I went for metro ride to Kelenföld and walked.]#When heading west (M7 to [[Balaton]] 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, benzinkút''. It stops right in the Agip service station with a lot of traffic to both motorways. The journey takes 20 minutes. It 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. Note: This is a bad spot, even though it looks perfect - it's next to the highwaymotorway, 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 can reach it easily by walking across the big white suspension bridge, 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 is a lot of traffic to the M1 and M7.
# If you are ready to invest some time to get to the first gas petrol station after the highway motorway splits, you should do so because it 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". It costs about 1€ EUR 1 (HUF 370 HUF) and takes less than 20 minutes. Once you get there, just walk out of the train station, direction east, towards the highway motorway and turn left immediately, following a road parallel to the highway motorway for about 20 minutes until you get to the petrol station.
=== South towards [[Szeged]], [[Serbia]], [[Arad]] ([[Romania]]) (M5) {{European Route Number|75}} ===
#Take tram 4 or 6 to ''Boráros tér'', then take bus 54 or 55 to the stop ''Radnó utca''. There is a petrol station on the other side of the noise barrier wall. You could also thumb at the bus stop on the bus-only lane. Don't go any further, this road will change into a motorway in few hundred meters.
#Take tram 4 or 6 to ''Boráros tér'', 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, turn right there and walk to the motorway (it's not yet a motorway officially, so you can hitchhike there). 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.
#If you have got HUF 1,000 HUF (or a metro ticket and HUF 650 HUF) left you can take the metro (line number #3, HUF 350 HUF as of Sep 2015) to ''Népliget''. At the bus station there you can buy a ticket to ''Inárcsi elág. (M5-ös út)'' (e.g. from one of the domestic ticket machines, HUF 650 HUF as of Sep 2015) and take [http://www.volanbusz.hu/en/timetable/lines/line/?menetrend=2204 Volánbusz #608] out of the city. After approximately 30km it will leave the motorway and go to Inárcs. Remember the way, leave the bus at the first station (shortly behind 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 Southern destinations - just ask around. You can look for foreign plates if you want to leave the country.
=== South towards [[Érd]], [[Pécs]] (6, M6) {{European Route Number|73}} ===
[[File:vacifoti.jpg|thumb|right|220 px| The bus stop at the Váci-Fóti intersection]]
Get on one of the very frequent ''Vac''-bound trains from ''Nyugati Pályaudvar'' (which is the main train station) and get off at the ''Sződliget''-stop which is roughly a half hour train ride(HUF 550/2€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 highway motorway and then just stand on the highway 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 train from Nyugati to "Dunakeszi Gyártelep" (HUF 150/300 HUF) and walk 3.5 km to the Gas Station petrol station on the E77 (Hungarians call it Road Number Two). The walk is 40+ minutes but its pretty straight-forward - check this map: [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 highway 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 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 of 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.
== Public Transport ==
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 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.
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 time they check those who are entering and don't bother with people who are leaving the platform (Keleti railway station is one notable exception), so if you see no conductors at the entrance then you are fine. Either you take your chance that there will be no checking at the exit, or take the bus/tram, you can get pretty much everywhere without the metro.
If you get caught without a valid ticket, the official fine on the spot is HUF 80008,000, which is about EUR 27 €. Do not let yourself be fooled with another amount, it is HUF 80008,000, and the received paper is valid for traveling travelling that day. But if you are cool enough you can get away without paying at all.
At around 20:30 or later, the ticket inspectors that stand at the entrance to the escalators go home, meaning you can get on the metro for free. Be aware also that if they have controls while you exit the station, they announce it as you get off the train and again every 2 minutes or so ("Please have your tickets ready for inspection as you leave the station.") If this happens, simply get back on the next train and get off a stop before or after your chosen stop. Do not try and run past any inspectors if they have a control - they are notoriously aggressive and will have no problem chasing you.
If you want to sleep outside in summer, you can do so anywhere in Buda hills. Other possibilities are the two big parks, Margitsziget (47.528694,19.047618) 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 people still awake at nights, especially young ones, but they won't harm you. Homeless people are harmless.
In case the wheather 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]] 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 uppest highest floors are also a good option. Toilets are closed at night and security go around to check when they close the building around 2 am02:00.
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