Serbia

Serbia
Information
Language:	Serbian
Capital:	Belgrade
Population:	10,350,265
Currency:	Serbian Dinar ( RSD )
Hitchability:	(average) (average) to (good) (good)
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Serbia is a country in Southern Europe, located in former Yugoslavia. It contains two provinces – Vojvodina and Kosovo and Metohija.

It is pretty easy to hitchhike during the day, but during the night it gets very hard. Street lighting 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.

Roads have generally an 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 you to go off at the next ramp. It seems to be common that some truck drivers pay the police with cigarettes or chocolate for not checking their goods. Haven't heard of any police trouble with hitchhikers, but it should be wise to keep calm and to avoid issues.

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 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 on a 24h tankstation or some motels along the way.

Cities

• Belgrade
• Kragujevac
• Nis
• Novi Sad
• Subotica
• Pristina

Money

When only hitchhiking through Serbia to get to Hungary, Bulgaria or whereever, you can pay at most service stations along the highway with the Euro. Sometimes they also offer cash machines to withdraw Euro notes. The country itself is quite cheap compared to Hungary or other Western European countries.