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'''Dabas-Soroksár''' It's is the exit from the M5 to country the local road number 5. If you get from the highway on onto the 5 go , walk or ask the driver to bring you 2km inside in direction of the city center (direction to towards the M51). After you got over pass the M51 there will be a MOL petrol station. Behind the petrol station is the bus number 66. This one will go inside the city and will bring you to the nex setro next metro station, too.
'''Edit July 2015'''However, people using this spot say: '''Do not go there!''' Motorway under construction = bad place! Much better option is to take bus 272 from Moricz zsigmond and stop at Budaörs, benzinkút.
'''Edit August 2015''': We went there (The construction work is over, and after the petrol stationjunction is significantly rebuilt! Do not trust on Google Streetview, there is an other one (like 1 minute walking further)it shows the old system. Most traffic heading to the motorway AVOID the McDonalds on new lanes, and you can hitchhike directly on try at the exit of the OMV station, or at the road front area of it. The construction is actually great because cars aren't going that fast. Got a ride the AGIP (will be rebranded to Vienna in 10 minutesMOL) petrol station. )
In the metro there Inspections on buses and trams are inspectors posted at rare except for the entrance to the platforms during all operational hours who will demand to see your ticketmost popular lines (e.g. Most of the time they check those who are entering buses 7, 7E, 173 and 173E and don't bother with people who are leaving the platform trams 2 (Keleti railway station is one notable exceptionvery frequent), so if you see no conductors at 4 and 6). Rush hours are usually safe when the entrance then you trams/buses are finetoo crowded for the inspectors to walk through the vehicles. Either If you take your chance that there will want to be no checking at the exitsafe, or take hang around the bus/trammachine and if you see an inspector coming, you punch your ticket immediately. You can usually also get pretty much everywhere without off the metrocarriage when you see inspectors getting on as usually at least some of them will wear uniforms.
If you get caught without a valid ticket'''Be careful: the system has changed, and the official fine on controllers are often escorted with a public area inspector who has the spot is HUF 8,000, which is about EUR 27. Do not let yourself be fooled with another amount, it is HUF 8,000, right to stop you and the received paper is valid demand for travelling that your ID cards.''' Its better to buy a day. But if you are cool enough you can get away without paying at allticket for such EUR 3.
At around 20:30 or later, In the ticket metro there are inspectors that stand posted at the entrance to the escalators go homeplatforms 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), meaning so if you can get on see no conductors at the metro for freeentrance then you are fine. Be aware also Either you take your chance that if they have controls while you there will be no checking at the 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 take the station.") If this happensbus/tram, simply you can get back on pretty much everywhere without the next train and get off a stop before or after your chosen stopmetro. Do not try and run Oftentimes you can also just walk past any these inspectors if they have at the entrance or flash them a control - they used ticket without stopping. Be careful changing lines at Deák Ferenc tér, usually there are notoriously aggressive controllers on stations of Line 2 and will have no problem chasing you3.
Some of At around 20:30 or later, the controllers will try ticket inspectors that stand at the entrance to take the metro go home, meaning you to a cash machine can get on the metro for free. Be aware also that if they have controls while you say exit the station, they announce it as you get off the train and again every 2 minutes or so ("Please have no moneyyour tickets ready for inspection as you leave the station. Same system applies - ") If this happens, simply walk away from get back on the controllernext train and get off a stop before or after your chosen stop. I've also heard of people stalling the controller for so long that the controller gets bored Do not try and run past any inspectors if they have a control -- they are notoriously aggressive and walks awaywill have no problem chasing you.
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== Hitching in ==
If your driver is only going around Budapest on the ring road, and not entering the city, the best exit points are '''Dabas-Soroksár ''' (close to M5, south-east) from which you can take a bus to Népliget, and '''Dunakeszi-Újpest ''' (close to M2, north) from which you can take bus 104.
== Hitching out ==
(These directions are for leaving the city centre. See [[Budapest Ferihegy international airport]] for hitching from there.)
'''Take care! Due to increasing popularity of car-sharing services and the risks of the refugee crisis drivers are less wiling to pick-up hitchhikers. If you are not a european face your chances are minimal."
=== 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. *''Great place to hitchhike. It took us half an hour to get a ride all the way to Prague.' -- September, 2017 [[User:Kossabossa|Kossabossa]] ==== 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.
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.
*''Do not go there! Motorway under construction = bad place! Much better option is to take bus 272 from Moricz zsigmond and stop at Budaörs, benzinkút. [See Option 3]''Edit -- July 20162015*''We went there and after the petrol station, there is another 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.'' -- August 2015*'': Definitely don't go here, it's a really bad spot. Car's Cars coming around the corner, driving fast and they have no time to see you. Got picked up after 3 hours luckily because the guy knew there were a lot of hitchhikers on this spot. ==== Option 2 : OMV petrol station BAH-csomópont ====Take bus 8E, 110, 112 from ''Keleti pályaudvar'', or 139, 140, 140A from ''Széll Kálmán tér'', as in Option 1 but get off closer to the city centre at stop ''BAH-csomópont''. Alternatively, trams 17 and 61 stop here. Also, you can walk ≈4.5km west from Keleti train stationto the beginning of ''Budaörsi út''.<br/ >This place is closer to the centre than in Option 1, but there is a lot of traffic to the M1 and M7.- July 2016
==== 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.<br/ >
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. NoteOne person using this spot cautions: ''"This is a bad spot, even though it looks perfect -- it's next to 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."''
==== Option 4: Motorway service station M1 '''Biatorbagy''' ====
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.
However, one person says: *'''Edit January 2017''' : I tried this option and it is not working. There is not local train nor bus going to "Biatorbagy".'' -- January 2017**As of July 2017, both S10/G10 (direction Győr) and S12 (direction Oroszlány or Komárom in the late evening) go from Budapest-Déli via Kelenföld to Biatorbágy - check https://www.mavcsoport.hu/en for timetable and price (still HUF 370) -- [[User:Ans|Ans]] ([[User talk:Ans|talk]])This option works super good in June 2019
==== 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}} ===
These spots are ordered by their proximity to the city center. ==== Option 1: Start of M5 motorway Gyáli út ====Take the metro tram 4 or 6 to ''Határ útBoráros tér''. Then , then take bus [http://www.bkv.hu/busz/84e.html #84E], [http://www.bkv.hu/busz/89e.html #89E] number 54 or [http://www.bkv.hu/busz/294e.html #294E] 55 to the stop ''Naszód utca (Használtcikk piac)Gyáli út''. Walk straight for 75 m and then turn left on the street ''Gyáli út''. Here 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 start hitchhike there). There is no road or pavement leading there, but it's easy to hitch (you should cross. You will see a Citroen car lot half complete ramp on your right going on the other side of the roadmotorway. A sign "Szeged" is usefulIt'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 take bus 84EAs of January 2017, you can continue straight onto there is some construction which leaves no space for stopping except on the exit lane of the motorway to a OMV petrol station that you can hitch fromnearby. The spot still worked quite well, but [[User:Zenit|Zenit]] would recommend options 2 or 3 instead.
==== Option 2: Petrol Station OMV on Nagykőrösi út ====
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 If you want to go any further, this option 3 is about 800 meters down the road will change into . Edit from other hitchhikers: Petrol station seemed to be a good spot. However we (2 guys) waited almost 2 hours. It's a good idea to bring a motorway Hungarian flag. * [[User:justgettingaround|Justgettingaround]] we (2 girls) got on this in few hundred metersAugust 2019. Didn´t have much luck at the petrol station - most people just staying around town - so we walked up to the other side of the noise barrier and got a ride within 15-20 mins.Took us all the way to Belgrade (although the border was about a 2 hour wait) in just one day :)
==== Option 3: Gyáli út Start of M5 motorway ====Take tram 4 or 6 the metro to ''Boráros térHatár út'', then . Then take bus number 54 [http://www.bkv.hu/busz/84e.html #84E], [http://www.bkv.hu/busz/89e.html #89E] or 55 [http://www.bkv.hu/busz/294e.html #294E] to the stop ''Gyáli útNaszód utca (Használtcikk piac)''. Walk straight for 75 m and then turn left Here you can start to hitch (you should see a Citroen car lot on the street ''Gyáli út''other side of the road. After about 150 m there A sign "Szeged" is a curve in the roaduseful. If you take bus 84E, turn right there and walk to you can continue straight onto the motorway (it's not yet to a motorway officially, so OMV petrol station that you can hitchhike there)hitch from. There (This information is unconfirmed; maybe this 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 distanceOMV in option 2.)
==== Option 4: Motorway service station M5 Inárcs ====
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 foreign plates if you want to leave the country.<br/ >
Transport will cost 350 HUF for a metro ticket and HUF 650 for the bus (Sep 2015November 2019) *[[User:Movethathoof|Movethathoof]] made the trek out here in November 2019 (be sure you find the right bus buy at the terminal!) and had a ride to Timisoara in Romania with the very first car that passed him (and the station looked like it would have been an excellent spot even if he hadn't had such luck).
=== South towards [[Érd]], [[Pécs]] (6, M6) {{European Route Number|73}} ===
==== Option 4: Motorway service station M3 ====
Take bus 5 from ''Blaha Lujza tér'' in the direction of Rákospalota, Kossuth utca and get off at ''Juhos utca''. Walk ≈450m northeast along Régi Fóti út. You will see a Lidl supermarket on the right. Turn right on the small road and walk southeast for 1km crossing over the motorway bridge. (You can see the service station on the left from the bridge). Take the first road left after the bridge and walk ≈700m until you see the big Praktiker store. Turn left and walk through the car park to the end and jump over the small-ish fence and once past the road, you will be on the petrol station. There is a McDonalds and KFC here too.
''''''Option 5:'''''' Kacsóh Pongrác út bus station''''''
Take M1 to Mexikói út metro station and cross the railways in the underpass to the Róbert Károly körút where you will find Kacsóh Pongrác út bus station. It's a very safe place to stop and it is directly before the entrance to the M3 highway. (Waiting time as a woman 10-15 min, hichhiked many times here)
=== East towards [[Szolnok]], [[Debrecen]], [[Oradea]] ([[Romania]]) {{European Route Number|60}}, (4) ===
==== Option 2: Üllő roundabout & MOL petrol station ====
Take a regional train from train station ''Nyugati Pályaudvar'' to ''Üllő'' (550 HUF and 30 min 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 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 road is going among M3 highway, and here some cars are going to a gas station from Highway to this road and back to the highway, and also there is a bus stop after a gas station, where is very convenient to stop the car. I spent 10 mins and caught a straight car to Debrecen. ( dec 2017) *July,2018 I used the google map to go to this OMV station, got off at metro station Mxicoi Ut and took the bus 25,price 350Huf, you cannot blackride because the driver only open the front door, got off after 8 stops, walked 300m aross the bridge. There is little traffic comes to the petrol station, so I stood on the petrol station roadside, and it took me 5 minutes to get a lift.
=== North towards [[Slovakia]], [[Kraków]] ([[Poland]]) M2 {{European Route Number|77}} ===
== 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.
If you get caught without a valid ticket, the official fine on the spot is HUF 8,000, which is about EUR 27. Do not let yourself be fooled with another amount, it is HUF 8,000, and the received paper is valid for travelling that day. But if you are cool enough you can get away without paying at all. On the trams and buses the inspectors legally aren't allowed to touch you. Avoid speaking English or German to the controllers. Instead, pick the most obscure language you know and keep them busy until the next stop. When the doors open, simply exit the tram and walk away. Never give the controllers your ID or passport. Maybe try searching for it or your ticket until the next stop, then get off the tram/bus then. Some of the controllers will try to take you to a cash machine if you say you have no money. Same system applies - simply walk away from the controller. I've also heard of people stalling the controller for so long that the controller gets bored and walks away.
On the green line there are security guards stationed on the platforms, but don't worry, they won't check your tickets. They're just a security precaution. The same thing applies on tram 4 or 6 at night (they run 24 hours). They will stand at some entrances to the tram and check peoples' tickets as they enter the tram (They'll be wearing either a yellow vest or a green armband.) Choose a different entrance and you'll be fine, because the controllers stand at one door and don't move through the tram.
For finding connections between two points in the city, there's a very good route planner available also in English: [http://www.bkk.hu/en/timetables/ http://www.bkk.hu/en ]
There is a [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0373981/ very good Hungarian movie] about the controllers on Budapest's public transportation. Finding English subtitles is easy, too.
== Sleeping ==
If you want to sleep outside in summer, you can do so anywhere in Buda hills. ''(Double check the place at daytime: these places are abandoned after dark, far from people, and sometimes used by homeless people. Its much better and safer to find some other alternative).'' 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. ''(Margitsziget: strong police control, they will not leave you to sleep there. At the Városliget there are construction works with plenty of security guards, also not an ideal place).''
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]] 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.
Try the market at Újbuda Központ (Vásárlócsarnok) and you can maybe get some free vegetables from the sellers there.
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.
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