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*alternate info* I'm not much of a wiki'er or a hitch'er, but this hitch was too good not to share. The U.S. embassy is a short walk uphill from the centre of town. There's a traffic light in front of it on the main road out of town to Kosovo. Just flash your sign and a smile to anyone with foreign plates - it took me seconds. Roma kids will bug you for money there, but they're friendly.
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'''Skopje''' (North Macedonian Cyrillic: Скопје) is the capital of [[North Macedonia]]. It's home to around 500,000 people.
== Hitchhiking out ==
=== North towards [[Kosovo]] ===
==== Option 1: American Embassy ====
The U.S. embassy is a short walk uphill from the centre of town. There's a traffic light in front of it on the main road out of town towards the Kosovar border. Just flash your sign and smile at anyone with foreign plates - it takes seconds.
* [[User:Rebew|Rebew]] (Aug. 2022) Hitchhiked from here to Pristina (two guys), took us ten minutes and a truck driver took us to the border, where we were able to flag down an informal taxi. We explained that we weren't going to pay and he said that he would take us anyway. Be careful about those however - there were several stopping for us but not all of them were as nice.
==== Option 2 ====
From the main bus station located next to the train station, take a bus #18 and get off on the stop just before a little bridge situated above the road to Prishtina. This stop is shortly after the bus goes through a very industrial district of Skopje (the bus is still on a dirt road but it has come up against a newer asphalt road, the stop is not visibly marked so just press the button to get off when you are coming up on a bridge that crosses the road to your right). From there on you can walk to a petrol station located around 200m forward with the road (to it leads a small road parallel to the road to Prishtina; from the ride side of it). This petrol station is around 5km from the Ring road over which you have to pass. There are some cars going straight to Kosovo but it would be best if you find a ride to the Ring road and then cross to the other side. From there there will be only cars going to Kosovo as the border is only 12km away and there is only one village on the way.
You can check the schedule of the buses on the website: http://www.jsp.com.mk/VozenRed.aspx Be sure to to go to the second tab with 'Prigradski linii'. It is not sure if the schedule of the bus 64A on the website is the schedule of the bus 64 going to Orman. However, when you reach the bus station you can get all the information about bus schedules in one of the booths - the one situated closest to the city centre.
=== West towards [[Tetovo]] ===
== Sleeping ==
Free option is going up to Vodno mountain or Matka canyon and camp there. Vodno you can reach also by foot if not there is a bus taking you until the funicular (pretty expensive) and after you continue by foot. Matka by foot is a bit further (10 km) but easy to hitch to and also there's public transportation leading you there. If you are without tent on Vodno top there are also some empty wooden houses perfect to sleep inside with a mat. == Nomadwiki & Trashwiki == [[Fedecicco|Fedecicconomad:Skopje]] [[trash:Skopje]]If you're looking for a Hostel, check the Internet. There is a big choice of good places meanwhile.To take a taxi is around 1 euro at most.If you don't mind burning the midnight oil, there's an all night game/internet café at the train station called "Insomnia gaming club". 40 dinars an hour. Exchange office can also be found, downstairs.
