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'''Serbia''' (Serbian: ''Србија / Srbija''), is a country in [[Southern Europe]], located in former ''Yugoslavia''. It contains two autonomous provinces: [[Vojvodina]] and [[Kosovo]] & Metohija. However, Kosovo declared independence in 2008.
It is pretty not easy to hitchhike in '''Serbia''' . The avarage time of waiting is big (2-3h+).It is neither easy during the day, but at night it gets very hard. Street lights 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 away from the nearest place and find yourself having to walk to the next decent junction.
Hitchhiking on the motorway is frowned upon, but you won't get into any trouble. Police will only ask you to go off at the next ramp. If you hitchhike on the motorway, it is better to get out at the toll stations, where it is considered normal to hitchhike.
The driving skills of Serbs let you wait almost everywhere, even there where it is pretty dangerous to be picked up (p.e. at the intersection of roads, at the corners, at the very road with no safety spot). They also doesn't see any problem stoping anywhere is possible to drop you. So, basically there is no "bad spot" for hitchhiking in Serbia, however Serbs themselves doesn't really take you easily.
* ''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''
