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'''Murmansk''' (Russian: Мурманск) is a port city, located in the extreme northwest of [[Russia]]. It is the largest city within the Arctic Circle.
 
'''Murmansk''' (Russian: Мурманск) is a port city, located in the extreme northwest of [[Russia]]. It is the largest city within the Arctic Circle.
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There's a very useful info about Murmansk on Russian page [http://hitchwiki.org/ru/%D0%9C%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA]]. Use a translator.
  
 
== Hitching out ==
 
== Hitching out ==
=== North-East towards [[Norway]] / South towards [[Petrozavodsk]] ===
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=== North-East towards [[Norway]] ===
Take bus #18 or trolleybus #4 from the train/busstation and get out at Dostoevskogo - one of the last stops before the buses return to the city centre. A ticket will cost you 19,- RUB ({{To EUR|RUB|19}} €) and you can buy it in the bus.  
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Take bus #18 or trolleybus #4 from the train/busstation and get out at Dostoevskogo - one of the last stops before the buses return to the city centre. A ticket will cost you 25,- RUB ({{To EUR|RUB|25}} €) and you can buy it in the bus.  
 
[[File:1375715 10200771621719366 48294282 n.jpg|right|thumb|266px|A girl waiting for a ride toward Norway, close to the Russian mining town of Nikel'.]]
 
[[File:1375715 10200771621719366 48294282 n.jpg|right|thumb|266px|A girl waiting for a ride toward Norway, close to the Russian mining town of Nikel'.]]
  
 
Although the Dostoevskogo stop will be announced via the speakers, it is recognizable from three small streetshops on the right side. Go out here. Walk a few meters down the road and you will see a recently built church on your right hand sight. Behind that church, you can see the Kola Bay and a huge bridge crossing that bay. This is the only in bridge around Murmansk over the Kola Bay and forms, therefore, the connection between the M18 highway with Murmansk.  
 
Although the Dostoevskogo stop will be announced via the speakers, it is recognizable from three small streetshops on the right side. Go out here. Walk a few meters down the road and you will see a recently built church on your right hand sight. Behind that church, you can see the Kola Bay and a huge bridge crossing that bay. This is the only in bridge around Murmansk over the Kola Bay and forms, therefore, the connection between the M18 highway with Murmansk.  
  
Before entering the bridge, you will see traffic lights. This is a good place to put your thumbs in the air to get a ride either southwards towards Petrozavodsk and Saint Petersburg, or northwards towards the Norwegian border.
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Before entering the bridge, you will see traffic lights. This is a good place to put your thumbs in the air to get a ride towards the Norwegian border.
  
 
{{Subdivisions of Russia}}
 
{{Subdivisions of Russia}}

Revision as of 19:53, 29 May 2016

Murmansk
Мурманск
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Country:
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Russia
Region (oblast):
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Murmansk Oblast
Population: 299,148
Licence plate: 51
Major roads: M 18 E 105
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Murmansk (Russian: Мурманск) is a port city, located in the extreme northwest of Russia. It is the largest city within the Arctic Circle.

There's a very useful info about Murmansk on Russian page [1]]. Use a translator.

Hitching out

North-East towards Norway

Take bus #18 or trolleybus #4 from the train/busstation and get out at Dostoevskogo - one of the last stops before the buses return to the city centre. A ticket will cost you 25,- RUB (Expression error: Unexpected < operator. €) and you can buy it in the bus.

A girl waiting for a ride toward Norway, close to the Russian mining town of Nikel'.

Although the Dostoevskogo stop will be announced via the speakers, it is recognizable from three small streetshops on the right side. Go out here. Walk a few meters down the road and you will see a recently built church on your right hand sight. Behind that church, you can see the Kola Bay and a huge bridge crossing that bay. This is the only in bridge around Murmansk over the Kola Bay and forms, therefore, the connection between the M18 highway with Murmansk.

Before entering the bridge, you will see traffic lights. This is a good place to put your thumbs in the air to get a ride towards the Norwegian border.

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