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== Hitching in and around ==
Sofia has a ring road. Drivers transiting between Serbia and points further east in Bulgaria will go around the north of the city. If you are dropped off on the ring road, you can walk a few hundred metres to a bus stop and tale a bus to the city centre.== Hitching out ==
== Hitching out ==
Take the metro to the stop ''Slivnitsa'Option 1''' (Сливница). Lukoil petrol station Take metro to Slivnitsa and than bus 54 towards three stops till Magazin Metro 2. Or walk from metro Slivnitsa up E80/8 highway 3.5 km to same bus stop.There is Lukoil fuel station and a bus stop on the highway ''Bozhurishe'Option 2' or walk northwest along the avenue ''Slivnitsa'' for 2 km until you meet Bus 54 towards Kalotina all the way to the Sofia ring roadend. You can hitch 200 metres after It ends on the intersection highway to Belgrade on a very good hitchhiking spot. But bring some cardboard with you from the ring city center since there aren't any trash cans. This roadenters Serbia at the [[Kalotina-Dimitrovgrad border crossing]].
This road enters Serbia at Update 2022: It is by far the [[Kalotina-Dimitrovgrad border crossing]]. Try best to get take a lift straight bus out to the borderhighway, like the 54, as otherwise instead of standing in near the city on the nr 8 highway. If you are near the city you may be stuck for wait hours, if you even get a while at inconvenient spotsride. Not recommended.
For the first nice spot along this direction heed the following: Or After getting out of tram catch bus number 59 after about 8 minutes on the bus be on the look get out for a gas station on the left side of the roadat Ul. Get off as soon as you see this gas station as there is a nice place about 400 meters up the road where cars Mala Koriya bus stop and lorries can safely pull off look for you.Lukoil fuel station
It is possible to ride on a bit farther if you miss this stop. The bus pulls off the main road about 3km later and goes into rural neighborhood where you must get off less you wish to be lost in the countryside. If you find yourself here walk in the same direction as you are destined on a small road that runs parallel with the highway until you cross under it. On the left just after the bridge is a small foot path that will lead you up onto the bridge, over the railway, and onto the highway where right here you can find another space for cars to pull off the road safely for you.
If you just want to get through the city as hitching from the direction of the Serbian [[Niš|Nis]] to [[Greece]] to the south or opposite there's a quite useful bus to take. The number is 111 and goes around the ring on the west outskirts of the city. On the north, the end stop is just around some DIY shopping center, need to cross these to get to the ring. On the south the end is not the road to [[Greece]], so be aware to get off in time.
== Public transport ==* Inspectors on If you just want to get through the busses may ask for a ticket for bigger baggages.* Ticket costs 1 lev (0.50 EUR)* You can easily find tickets to use on city as hitching from the buses and trams if you look in direction of the bins next Serbian Niš to Greece to the south or opposite there's a quite useful bus stopto take. The tickets get validated by hole punching number is 111 and it's really easy to find tickets with goes around the ring on the same holes that west outskirts of the bus you will takecity. Just stamp a normal piece of paper and compare On the north, the holes on it with end stop is just around some DIY shopping center, need to cross these to get to the ones on tickets which you findring. Blackriding On the south the end is also doable as controllers are not SO frequent. They do happen thoughthe road to Greece, so be aware to get off in time. == Nomadwiki & Trashwiki == {{nomadwiki}}
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→West towards Serbia {{E|80}}
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'''Sofia''' ([[Bulgaria]]n: ''София'') is the capital and largest city of [[Bulgaria]], lying in the west of the country.
=== East towards [[Plovdiv]], [[Edirne]] and [[Istanbul]] ===
===== First option ===== Take the metro (blue line) to Tsarigradsko shose, the Inter Expo Center. You have Metro (shop, mall) on your right, keep walking 1 km, you will reach a traffic light that is perfect to hitch, you might not even wait more than 5 minutes. Perfect stop. Some experiences suggest that it is difficult to get a direct ride to Istanbul from here unless you start as early in the morning as possible when the relevant traffic for Istanbul leaves the city. Also, waiting times can be longer than five minutes. Shorter rides are easier to catch. ===== Second option ===== Take metro and get to last stop called Младост 1 (Mladost 1). Walk north along Yerusalim street until you get to the main road Tsarigradsko Shose. You should see Carrefour shopping centre around. Then take bus number 5 direction Lozen and go with it until it leaves main road on a cloverleaf junction. Get off on the next stop and go back to the junction. You will stand on a motorway junction with directions north, east to [[Plovdiv]] and west to [[Sofia]]. Go down the ramp to direction [[Plovdiv]] and you will see some shops and bars where people stop next to the motorway. Try standing on the hard shoulder to get a lift or ask people there. Nearly all traffic there goes to [[Plovdiv]] or even further east.
=== West towards [[Serbia]] {{E|80}} ===
=== Southwest towards [[Skopje]] ===
Take tram number 19 in the direction ''Knyazhevo'' all the way to the last stop. You will recognize the last stop because it turns off the road to make a tight loop and doubles back on its route. As you hop off the tram, to come back on the left of main road and keep walking the water fountains in front direction of you is a short staircase that leads into a small park. 50 m from the stairs, directly through the park, you will find a bus station where you can catch bus number 59 that will take you all the way tram To get out of the city you need to nice spots to hitch from along the road that goes towards Pernik. walk 2 km till Lukoil fuel station
=== North towards [[Veliko Tarnovo]], [[Bucureşti|Bucharest]], [[Varna]] ===
Take tram 22 in direction east, get off at the last stop. The road parallel to the tramline runs directly out of the city, its possible to hitch anywhere from here but I would suggest a better place after the ring road which isolates only the traffic running to the A2 motorway. 7 km up the road is a Shell petrol station, the last stop for gas before the motorway, you can either walk the 7 km straight up the road or if you look to the left you will see a carpark in front of a car dealership. This is the bus station, take either the 117, 90 or 12, all will run directly up the road and stop more or less in front of the Shell petrol station. You can choose either the petrol station or just up the road is also ideal for hitching. An even better option is to take the 90 and persist with it until you reach the end of a road village called Gorni Bogrov (Bulgarian: Горни Богров), where you can hitch-hike from the bus station directly with great success since it has a lot of room for stopping and cars drive slow.
=== South towards [[Blagoevgrad]], [[Thessaloniki]] ===
Take tram 5 to the last stop - the tram originates behind the court building (Съдебна палата) in the center of Sofia. Walk another 5-10 minutes in the same direction of the tram until it is clear you are out of that neighborhood where all the traffic is heading out of the city. A good place to stop is at or just after the last stop light so the drivers are already stopped and have time to see you. Or don't mess with the walking, take the bus #58 and go till it leaves the road for the village of Vladaya/Владая. If you are lucky a trucker will pick you up going all the way to [[Thessaloniki]] and on to [[Italy]], otherwise the first 20 km are tricky (lot or cars going short distances) but after you pass [[Pernik]] you'll get a ride all the way to [[Blagoevgrad]] in no time.
== Hitching In ==
=== West from [[Plovdiv]], [[Edirne]] and [[Istanbul]] ===
If you're in a car continuing in the direction of Belgrade you can get off where they turn right, where it says something like "transit Belgrado". If you walk a bit further you will find a bus stop for bus #5.
== Transport between north and south ==
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