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Reach the [[Ruse-Giurgiu border crossing]] by foot or via a local bus and get a car at least over the bridge. | Reach the [[Ruse-Giurgiu border crossing]] by foot or via a local bus and get a car at least over the bridge. | ||
| − | August 2016 - | + | ''August 2016'' - Several city buses run from the centre (near bus/train station) along Tutrakan road to the Bulgarian end of the bridge. I successfully crossed the bridge by foot: approx 30 minute walk. Border guards recommended that you notify the border police before walking. There is a footpath on both sides of the bridge, but in some places this is blocked with construction materials, so you must walk on the road. Be careful and I would advise against doing this at night. |
I successfully hitched a ride on the Romanian side of the border, immediately after passport control, as many cars are stopped here. | I successfully hitched a ride on the Romanian side of the border, immediately after passport control, as many cars are stopped here. | ||
Revision as of 21:24, 22 August 2016
Ruse is a city in northern Bulgaria, located along the Danube across from Romania. On the east side, there's a bridge which forms the border point with Romania, the Ruse-Giurgiu border crossing.
Hitching out
North towards Bucharest (Romania) E 85
Reach the Ruse-Giurgiu border crossing by foot or via a local bus and get a car at least over the bridge.
August 2016 - Several city buses run from the centre (near bus/train station) along Tutrakan road to the Bulgarian end of the bridge. I successfully crossed the bridge by foot: approx 30 minute walk. Border guards recommended that you notify the border police before walking. There is a footpath on both sides of the bridge, but in some places this is blocked with construction materials, so you must walk on the road. Be careful and I would advise against doing this at night.
I successfully hitched a ride on the Romanian side of the border, immediately after passport control, as many cars are stopped here.
South towards Veliko Tarnovo
If you are hitchhiking with a sign, write "В. Търново", as that is what the Bulgarians and their road signs shorten the name of Veliko Tarnovo to.
