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Recommended Way :) below Updated Nov 2014
A very good way to get out of Sofia is taking tram no. 5 ( or Tram 19). It goes all the way on Bulevard Tsar Boris III to the city limits, and you can hitch on that road directly. Get out at the last stop and continue walking on this road until you find yourself a good spot. There is red light right where the Tram turns left for its last stop which is the moment it turns left. Here keep walking on the Tsar Boris III road off which the Tram turned and the second red light is a good place to show sign and get a car in case you are trying to go in direction of South West or North Macedonia Bulgaria border. People near the border are quite helpful and in case you are going to Pernik/Skopje have a sign ready someone may actually be going all the way to Skopje. In winter time try to start really early since it gets dark very quickly and people may be reluctant to pick up single guys.
→Southwest towards Skopje
=== 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, come back on the main road and keep walking the direction of Tram and the first main road that turns left is where there is a bus stand where you can catch bus number 59 that will take you all the way out of the city to nice spots to hitch from along the road that goes towards Pernik.
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.
=== North towards [[Veliko Tarnovo]], [[Bucureşti|Bucharest]], [[Varna]] ===
