Odessa

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Odessa
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Information
Country:
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Ukraine
State: Odessa Oblast
Population: 1,000,000
Licence plate: -
Major roads: M05,M14,M15,M16
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Odessa or Odesa (Ukrainian: Одеса; Russian: Одесса; Romanian: Odesa; Greek: Οδησσός; Yiddish: אדעס ) is located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major seaport located on the shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,000,000.

On 789, 7 August of 2009, the 789 Festival took place in Odessa. A hundred hitchhikers from all over the world gathered in Odessa to promote hitchhiking.

Hitching out

North to Uman', Kiev (M05/E95)

Take trolleybus 8 from in front of the Central Railway Station. Ask the ticket seller for the stop Kievskaya trasa. From near the stop you can see a road signposted for Kiev.

Participants of the 789 Festival found this a challenging direction to hitchhike, with waiting times typically around 3-5 hours. The road soon becomes a modern motorway where cars are moving far too quickly to stop, so you cannot be easily dropped off and continue onwards. Try to get a lift all the way to your destination.

North-West to Chisinau, South-West to Romania (M15/E87)

Take bus #201 from the main tram stop next between the central station and the big market. Get of at the bus stop РОСТ ДАЇ (rost daji). [remark: This should be "ПОСТ ДАЇ" (post daji) and not "РОСТ ДАЇ"] It is easy to recognize, because it is directly before a huge roundabout with a monument in the middle. [remark: the name of the roundabout is "dva stolba". Everybody knows it, so you can ask the busdriver to drop you off there. Or if you get a lift directly from the centre of Odessa, you may ask people if they drive to "dva stolba" ]

For Chisinau or Romania you should take the M15, it is the 2nd from the left (there is a sign). You have bus stop for Marszrutkas where locals hitch rides as well or you can go up the road a few meters if you don't like to many people standing around you.

n0id got a direct lift to Chsinau after five minutes.

You can also take M16 to Chisnau, but be aware that you will pass through Transnistria.