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=== South towards [[Alba Iulia]], [[Sibiu]], [[Bucharest]] / [[Târgu Mureş]], [[Braşov]], [[Bucharest]] ===
=== Waiting time ===
*Going North to [[Baia Mare]]: generally under 30 minutes, may vary
*Going South to [[Sibiu]]: generally under 15 minutes, may vary
*Going West to [[Oradea]]: generally under 30 minutes, may vary
Please note that waiting times generally increase by 50% on Saturdays, and can double on Sundays.
For hitchhiker who want to base themselves in Cluj for at least a few days, the city has a nomad base called the You could also try contacting Hitchwiki contributor [[httpUser://www.christopherculver.com/en/cc.php Cluj CaravanseraiTruckThor|TruckThor]. === Hostels ===* Retro Youth Hostel – Address: Potaissa 13, Tel: 0040/264/450452 – [http://www.retro.ro/index.html Official site]* Heltai Pension - Address: Clinicilor 18, Tel: 0040/264/590096 who lives in Cluj- Napoca. ([http://www.romanianaccommodationcouchsurfing.rocom/Cluj2.html Further informationpeople/truckthor CouchSurfing profile])
=== CouchSurfing ===
* [http://www.couchsurfing.com/mapsurf.html?form=basic Search for a couch] (402 users in Cluj-Napoca, as of February 2009)
* You could try contacting [[User:TruckThor | TruckThor]], who lives in Cluj-Napoca. ([http://www.couchsurfing.com/people/truckthor CouchSurfing profile])
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[[Cluj-Napoca]] (pronunciation in Romanian: /'kluʒ na'poka/; German: Klausenburg; Hungarian: Kolozsvár) is a city in north-western [[Romania]] and the seat of [[Cluj]] county. The city, one of the most important academic, cultural and industrial centers in the country, is located in the historic province of Transylvania, being also its historic capital, and is approximately 440 km north-west of [[Bucureşti|Bucharest]], in the valley of the Someşul Mic river. It concentrates about 310,000 people, but a high rise in metropolitan population is expected within the next 10 years.
== Hitching out ==
At Cluj-Napoca intersect some several main internal routes of [[Romania]]intersect:
* North: [[Baia Mare]], [[Ukraine]] (E576)
* South: [[Alba Iulia]], [[Sibiu]], [[Bucureşti]] (E60/E81)
* West: [[Oradea]], [[Hungary]] (E60)
Each one of these routes have specific places for hitchhiking, usually on the outskirts of the city. You can normally tell where these are, because you'll see a bunch of people hitchhiking, as it's very popular in Romania.<br />It's recommended that you take a bus from one exit to another. A bus ticket (including 2 rides) costs 3.0Lei (about 75 Eurocents). Tickets have to be validated by using the punchers on the bus.
It's recommended that you take a bus from one exit to another. A bus ticket allowing two rides costs 4 lei (about 0.90€). Tickets must be validated in the machine or ticket-puncher on the bus. === North towards [[Baia Mare]], [[UkraineDej]] {{European Route Number|576}} ===* You need to get to This direction is good for northern Transylvania and going northeast into the ''IRA'' / ''Atlas'' province of Moldavia. Taking bus station, in the ''Mărăşti'' neighborhood. You can do this by taking any of the buses '''8, 30 or 46B''', or trolley-buses '''trolleybus 4, 6 or 7east to the stop ''IRA'' / ''Atlas'' (these cover most of in the city, but if you can't find a stop for one of them, ask around). It's best to ask someone how to get to ''Mărăşti'', so you know in which direction to get on the bus.* neighbourhood) After you get off the bus, you should see a bridge going up over the railroadtracks. You can hitchhike North just at from the start of itthe bridge (near where some taxi drivers are typically hanging around).'''Related map'''* [http[User:justgettingaround|Justgettingaround]] headed north to a campsite at Apuseni natural park in June 2019. Took the train from Cluj to Baciu and started walking out about 20min in the general direction of the lake at Belis (3 girls). Hitched into the lak e, out of the lake, up the mountain to two campsites in Apuseni, and got a roof to sleep under the rain all before dark - 10pm-ish in the summertime. Took all day but we were also taking our time to see the lake/have lunch/wwwetc.liftershalteLeaving Apuseni, we weren´t so lucky and were stranded 150km from Cluj in the dark.infoStill, got picked up and given a feast/?lat=46warm bed to sleep in for the night by some good people about 30 minutes east of Vartop.78205534645891&lng=23Speaking Italian and Spanish was helpful.637492656707764&zoom =17&trip=0&view=2 Exiting NorthSouth towards [[Alba Iulia]], [[Sibiu]], [[Bucureşti|Bucharest]] / [[Târgu Mureş]], [[Braşov]], [[Bucureşti|Bucharest]]===
* You need to get to Sigma Center, in the ''Zorilor'' neighborhood, you can also look for the universitat techina.
(the bus station is called ''Observatorului''). You can do this by taking any of the buses '''35, 43, 43B, 46, 46B or 50''' (these cover most of the city, but if you can't find a stop for one of them, ask around). It's best to ask someone how to get to ''Zorilor'', so you know in which direction to get on the bus.
* After you get off the bus, you should see a large round-about, close to the Sigma Center buildings. The hichhiking hitchhiking spot is a bit uphill from that.
'''Related map'''
* [http://www.liftershalte.info/?lat=46.75538337689141&lng=23.596047163009644&zoom=18&trip=0&view=2 Exiting South]
Option 2: Take f.e. bus 40, 40S or M16 to the station "Drum Faget". There is a roundabout with directions Bucureşti or Făget right after the bu's stop, so you can easily find a ride south from the bus stop. It took me 4 minutes to find a ride to sebeş on Sept. 20th 2017, 10:30am. === West towards [[Oradea]], [[Hungary]] (E60) {{European Route Number|60}} ===
You need to get to ''Node N'', a large clover-leaf intersection in the ''Mănăştur'' neighborhood. You can do this by taking any of the buses/trolley-buses '''9, 24, 29, 52 (to the ''Bucium'' stop)''' or '''1, 6, 25, 43, 43B (to the ''Clãbucet'' stop)''' (these cover most of the city, but if you can't find a stop for one of them, ask around). It's best to ask someone how to get to ''Mănăştur'', so you know in which direction to get on the bus. If you got off at ''Clãbucet'', follow the road, make a right, and you'll be at the ''Bucium'' stop. From the ''Bucium'' stop, follow the road for about 100m. The large clover-leaf intersection should be visible. Make a left at the intersection. Right after it, there's a good hitchhiking spot, and there may be others hitching there.
'''Related map'''
* [http://www.liftershalte.info/?lat=46.756577816930374&lng=23.540353775024414&zoom=16&trip=0&view=2 Exiting West]
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