Sibiu
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Sibiu
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| County: | Sibiu |
| Population: | 154.892 (2002) |
| Major roads: | None |
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Sibiu is a city in Romania.
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Hitching in and around
From Alba Iulia E 81
If you wish to continue east towards Braşov, you can take bus 11 from the western edge of the city to the eastbound hitchhiking point.
Hitchhiking out
North towards Mediaş, Sighişoara
Take the bus no. 117 direction OBI terminus. Get off at the last stop (you will see the big OBI). From there you can hitchhike, you are on Route 14.
Here's a link for the schedules of bus line 117. i suggest you take a look at it because this bus goes very rarely; 6x/day in the week and 2x/day at the week-end. http://www.tursib.ro/en/traseu/117
East towards Braşov, Bucureşti E 68
Option 1: Take bus 15 from the train station to the last stop, a shopping center with a huge Real supermarket and a large roundabout.
There are 2 common hitch spots, also used by locals. One is closer to the city, the other is right after the last roundabout. The first one is probably more common for locals.
If there are too many locals at the first location it's better to go to the second location.
It's probably good to also take shorter rides that take you to or beyond the point where road #1 to Braşov and the road #7 to Piteşti and Bucureşti split up.
Option 2: Take bus Line 1 to the last station (Opel 2 or Hornbach). There are 2 petrol stations close to the A1, a Petrol and further down the road a Mol (was closed on Sept 15th 2017). Between the two stations there is enough space next to the road to catch a ride in direction of Braşov or Bucureşti. To go to Braşov, you need to be dropped off at a big roundabout, where the A1 ends and continues in multiple directions afterwards. It's easy, as there is a Petrol station, Subway restaurant and a hotel. Go to the street behind the subway restaurant to continue in the direction of Braşov.
=== Northwest/West towards Alba Iulia, Cluj-Napoca, Deva, Hunedoara E 68 E 81 The A1 in Algeria, also known as l'autoroute est ouest (East West highway), is the only highway in Algeria. With a length of 1216 kilometers, it connects Morocco with Tunisia from the extreme east of Algeria to the extreme west.
Hitching the A1
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<map lat="49.851332186892" lng="2.8695913553043" zoom="9" float="right" width="500" height="1200" /> === Near the long distance bus station, is a McDonalds, which the locals also use. it can get pretty crowded here. To get to Alba or Cluj you have to go through Sebes, it is good to try find a lift here first, try using a sign.
Bus 1 stops out the front of the long distance bus station, from here, McDonalds is just around the corner. There are also other buses as well though, not only 1
If the bus stop is too crowded you can pass the train bridge and wak down the road about 150m to reach a second petrol station where the traffic is more calm.
UPDATE: Take bus 12, 14 or 8 from the centre to Strada Henri Coandă, the last stop before the roundabout. The stop is named Sembraz. From the stop, walk to the roundabout at the end of the street. There's an industrial building with an open gate right on the roundabout. You can stand there, and cars coming from the south going on the highway will have good opportunity to pull over. It took me 5 minutes. It's not a very good spot, but hitchhiking west from Sibiu can be difficult.
Since the highway A1 was built people don't seem to use the other road passing the airport, so despite being counterintuitive people will enter the highway (E81) at the eastern part of the city, which later becomes A1 even when they go west. Trust me, don't try to hitchhike from the other spots.
If people are heading north to Cluj Napoca or Alba Lulia ask them to leave you at the first roundabout after they exit A1. It's a good spot to continue east from as they have plenty of space to pull over due to construction work (Oct2020)
I tried using the other spot listed above going on E68 but after two hours in the rain with no luck I had to give up for the day. There's too many cars and it's not good to pull over. The McDonald's mentioned on this page in another entry is not there anymore. Furthermore, the highway ramp with a roundabout between Sibiu and Ocna Sibiulei is a terrible and dangerous place to stand as you have to stand directly on the road, and virtually no cars go towards Deva from here. I waited an hour here in the rain and ended up having to pay a taxi to Sibiu.
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