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{{Infobox Country
|country = Bulgaria
|map = <map lat='42.5' lng='25.5' zoom='6' view='0' float='right' />
|language = Bulgarian
|capital = [[Sofia]]
Hitchhiking is particularly popular in the summer, and is so common along the seaside that you can find yourself competing with other hitchhikers. This makes it easier as well - drivers expect it.
Hitchhiking is also popular activity in the mountain areas, especially in the Rhodopes (Rodopi, Rodopa), where the cars are less but almost everyone of them is stopping.
[http://stopbg.com The site of BG hitch-hikers (forum , tips and etc.)] ===Cities===
* [[Burgas]]
* [[Hisarya]]
[http://bgmaps.com/ Map of Bulgaria]
==Safety==
[[Image:Dangerzone.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Danger!]]
As friendly as they can be, Bulgarian drivers tend not to care too much about road regulations and speed limits. Be careful and avoid standing in areas with a yellow triangle sign, with a filled black circle in the middle - these indicate places with increased concentration of road accidents and are a part of a campaign of the government to improve travel safety.
Be wary of thieves - particularly in rural areas, there are many people who see a lone hitchhiker as an opportunity to gain by foul means
===Border crossing===* Towards [[Turkey]], the most-used checkpoint is [[Edirne|Capitan Andrevo]]. Check the [[Edirne]] article for more information. The checkpoint near [[Malko Tarnovo]] can also be used if you're coming from [[Burgas]], but it's not that good frequented with vehicles.
* Towards [[Romania]], a highly frequented checkpoint is at [[Ruse]]. Many trucks here, try to hitch over the border by car, otherwise you need to take a walk for around 40min over the Danube towards the next passport checkpoint. That sucks!
==Phrasebook== 
'''Vocabulary'''
* Hitchhiking - автостоп [av-to-stop]
* Map - карта [kar-ta]
* Bus stop - (автобусна) спирка [(av-to-bus-na) speer-ka]
 
'''Greetings'''
* Thank you - Благодаря [Bla-go-da-rya]
* Thanks - Мерси - ''merci'' (as in French)
 
'''Directions'''
* A bit further - Малко по-напред [Mal-ko po na-pred]
==Reading or writing signs in Cyrillic==
* Благоевград - Blagoevgrad
* Бургас - Bourgas
* Русе - Russe
==License plates==
You can use the cars' license plates to help you figure out where a driver might be heading.
The registration code consists of two letters, followed by four digits and then two more letters. The first two letters indicate the region where the car is registered. By recent law, the letters have been limited only to those that the Cyrillic and Latin alphabet have in common, so this should make it easier for foreigners, not reading Cyrillic.
It should be noted also that this is not a 100% reliable method, it's just for orientation. It is common that cars registered in Sofia belong to people living in Burgas for example - because they bought the car and are still paying leasing, or because they moved to live somewhere else.
 
== External links ==
* [http://stopbg.com/ stopbg.comThe site of BG hitch-hikers] – The site of BG hitch-hikers (forum , tips and etc.)

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