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It is pretty easy to hitchhike in '''Serbia''' during the day, but at night it gets very hard. Street lightings are rare outside of the cities, and even the smaller cities are not so easy to hitch beside.In '''Serbia''' most of the main roads have junctions off towards the cities, so you could be dropped 4 or 5 km 5 km away from the nearest place and find yourself having to walk to the next decent junction.
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'''Serbia''' (Serbian: ''Србија / Srbija''), is a country in [[Southern Europe]], located in former ''Yugoslavia''. It contained contains two autonomous provinces – : [[Vojvodina]] and [[Kosovo]] & Metohija. However, Kosovo declared independence in 2008.
The province avarage time of waiting in '''Serbia'Kosovo & Metohija'' declared itself as independent in 2008is big (2-3h+).It is not easy to hitchhike during the night. For more background information check [[wikipedia:2008 Kosovo declaration Street lights are rare outside of independence|this Wikipedia article]]the cities, and even the smaller cities are not so easy to hitch beside.
Roads have are generally an of excellent quality when compared to other countries in the region (e.g. [[Romania]] or [[Bulgaria]]).
Hitchhiking on the motorway is frowned upon, but you won't get into any trouble. Police will only please ask you to go off at the next ramp. It seems If you hitchhike on the motorway, it is better to be common that some truck drivers pay get out at the police with cigarettes or chocolate for not checking their goods. Haven't heard of any police trouble with hitchhikerstoll stations, but where it should be wise to keep calm and is considered normal to avoid issues. [[Image:Serbia_platschihitchhike.jpg|thumb|300px|right|[[User:platschi|platschi]] hitching towards [[Serbia]]]]
* ''According to [[User:Rozwal|Rozwal]]'s experience (October 2011) it is very hard to get a ride in the Serbian countryside of Vojvodina. The waiting time is long and the distance covered very little. However, when people are approached directly at small fuel stations at the end of a village they take hitchhikers very eagerly. When hitchhiking in Serbia, according to my experience - it is even more important to try to talk to the drivers than in other countries. Unfortunately, not always is there a place where drivers can be approached personally'' [[File:Serbia_platschi.jpg|thumb|300px|right|[[User:platschi|platschi]] hitching towards [[Serbia]]]] == Safety == Hitchhiking along the motorways seems to be no problem during the day. Serbian drivers tend to be friendly. When it's getting dark it is recommended to search for a safe place to stay. While riding through the night, vicious attacks to cars and people on parking areas or along the road seem to happen from time to time. Make sure that you get out at a 24h petrol station or motel along the way. == Cities ===
* [[Belgrade]]
* [[Kragujevac]]
* [[Krusevac]]* [[Niš|Nis]]
* [[Novi Sad]]
* [[Subotica]]
* [[Uzice]]
* [[Zrenjanin]]
== Border crossing ==
* [[Bulgaria]]
** [[Kalotina-Dimitrovgrad border crossing]]
* [[Hungary]]
** [[Horgos-Röszke_border_crossing]]
** [[Kelebia-Tompa border crossing|Kelebia-Tompa]]
* [[Kosovo]]
** [[Merdare border crossing|Merdare]]
* [[Romania]]
** [[Iron Gates]]
**[[Stamora Moravița-Vatin border crossing|Stamora Moravița]]
=== Money ===
When only hitchhiking through '''Serbia''' to get to [[Hungary]], [[Bulgaria]] or wherever, you can pay at most service stations along the motorway with the Euroeuro notes or bank card. Sometimes they also offer cash machines to withdraw Euro euro notes. The country itself is quite cheap compared to [[Hungary]] or other Western European countries. Drivers will not ask you to pay for the ride.
=== Phrasebook ===
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== Personal Experiences ==
''Summer 2022: Long waiting time, don't think that you will pass Serbia by rapidly. '' ''
''I was crossing Serbia from the North Makedonia going to Slovakia. I did not plan to stay in Serbia, just to pass it by.'' ''I was lucky 2 times: I was picked up by a guy in Makedonia with whom we passed some distance in Serbia, after I was picked up by Spanish woman only because her GPS was not working and I should use mine to help her find the way to Italy. She took me when I was just walking forward the highway desperate waiting in vain for 2h. Afterwards, I was stopping cars for 2h in the gas station - no one stoped. Overthinking that gas station could be a "bad spot" I found another one in a highway where I was waiting for 2h more in vain. It seems that neither stopping with sing, nor without has the same effect. It was getting dark, so I thought that in the morning will be better. Mistake: I waited for 3h more in the morning, and some guy took me for 10(!) km! It's a joke, right? '' ''After waiting another 1h I was taken and this time for 100+ km. Afterwards, 2h of waiting in vain, breakfast, 2h more. 2 guys stopped during that time, but they were going other direction. So, I decided to take a short bus ride between the small cities to change the spot. Was taken till another border-city, and final 15km I did due to taxi-driver who took me "because I look like a stranger", I was not even asking him to stop.
''So, I did not like hitchhiking in Serbia, and I measure it as a 2nd worse hitchhiking experience in Europe after Turkey''. -
[[User:HHer-Vert|HHer-Vert]]
''I hitchhiked through the entirety of Serbia (North to South) in a single summer day, but had some trouble too. There was fairly low traffic on the highway and even at the border on that day, so stopping at service stations meant that I could approach at most thirty cars an hour and they were rarely going the right direction. I could see that traffic was much higher towards the other direction, so it was probably seasonal. It is probably advisable to stop at the toll stations instead. In the end I got lucky and found a direct ride to Skopje just short of Belgrad.'' - [[User:Rebew|Rebew]] ([[User talk:Rebew|talk]]) 19:12, 18 August 2022 (CEST)
== Links ==
[http://www.serbiatravelers.org/en/index.php/hitchhiking Hitchhiker's guide to Serbia]
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