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== Hitching in ==
If your driver is only going around Budapest on the ring road, and not entering the city, the best exit points are '''Dabas-Soroksár ''' (close to M5, south-east) from which you can take a bus to Népliget, and '''Dunakeszi-Újpest ''' (close to M2, north) from which you can take bus 104. Dabas-Soroksár is the exit from the M5 to the local road number 5. If you get from the highway onto the 5, walk or ask the driver to bring you 2km in direction of the city center (towards the M51). After you pass the M51 there will be a MOL petrol station. Behind the petrol station is the bus number 66. This one will go inside the city and will bring you to the next metro station, too.
== Hitching out ==
(These directions are for leaving the city centre. See [[Budapest Ferihegy international airport]] for hitching from there.)
'''Take care! Due to increasing popularity of car-sharing services and the risks of the refugee crisis drivers are less wiling to pick-up hitchhikers. If you are not a european face your chances are minimal."
=== Northwest towards [[Bratislava]], [[Vienna]] M1 {{E|60}} & Southwest towards [[Zagreb]] M7 {{E|71}} ===
==== Option 1 : OMV petrol station BAH-csomópont ====Take bus 8E, 110, 112 from ''Keleti pályaudvar'', or 139, 140, 140A from ''Széll Kálmán tér'', in direction of Kelenföld vasútállomás M and get off at ''BAH-csomópont''. Alternatively, trams 17 and 61 stop here. Also, you can walk ≈4.5km west from Keleti train station to the beginning of ''Budaörsi út''.<br/ >This place is relatively close to the center and there is a lot of traffic to the M1 and M7. It appears like this is the only option in the list that nobody has specifically spoken against. *''Great place to hitchhike. It took us half an hour to get a ride all the way to Prague.' -- September, 2017 [[User:Kossabossa|Kossabossa]] ==== Option 2: Motorway service station M1/M7 (OMV) '''Kelenföld''' ====1. Take bus 8E from ''Keleti pályaudvar'' (Keleti train station) in the direction of Kelenföld vasútállomás M, (and change at BAH-csomópont for bus 139), or take bus 139 from ''Széll Kálmán tér'' in the direction of Gazdagréti tér, and get off at ''Nagyszeben út'' (not Nagyszeben tér!). Walk back 100m east in the direction the bus came from along Budaörsi út and you will see the OMV petrol station and McD on the right. 2. Take metro 4 from ''Keleti pályaudvar'' to the last stop ''Kelenföld vasútállomás''. Walk through the underpass and up the steps in northwest direction. Continue along the footpath till you reach the main road Budaörsi út. Cross the main road and turn left and walk west for 250m along Budaörsi út till you reach the OMV petrol station / McDonaldsMcD.
This petrol station is at the very beginning of the motorway that splits after a few kms into motorways M1 and M7. Many cars stop here also because of the McD's (thumbing at the exit works well, as many cars go only to McD's and do not tank). Alternatively, there is also an Agip petrol station about 200m further along the road.
*''Do not go there! Motorway under construction ==== Option 2 : OMV petrol station BAH-csomópont ====Take bad place! Much better option is to take bus 8E, 110, 112 272 from ''Keleti pályaudvar''Moricz zsigmond and stop at Budaörs, or 139, 140, 140A from benzinkút. [See Option 3]''Széll Kálmán tér-- July 2015*''We went there and after the petrol station, as in Option there is another one (like 1 but get off closer to the city centre at stop ''BAH-csomópont''. Alternativelyminute walking further), trams 17 and 61 stop here. Also, you can walk ≈4hitchhike directly on the road front of it.5km west from Keleti train stationThe construction is actually great because cars aren't going that fast. Got a ride to Vienna in 10 minutes.'' -- August 2015to the beginning of *''Budaörsi útDefinitely don't go here, it's a really bad spot.<br/ >This place is closer Cars coming around the corner, driving fast and they have no time to see you. Got picked up after 3 hours luckily because the centre than in Option 1, but guy knew there is were a lot of traffic to the M1 and M7hitchhikers on this spot.'' -- July 2016
==== Option 3: Motorway service station M1/M7 (Agip) '''Budaörs''' ====
Take metro 4 from ''Keleti pályaudvar'' to the last stop ''Kelenföld vasútállomás''. Take bus 172 or 173 and get off at stop ''Budaörs, benzinkút'', which is right at the Agip service station.<br/ >
It has a lot of traffic to both motorways and can be a great place if you get a chance to talk to drivers, though the staff of the petrol station may not allow it. NoteOne person using this spot cautions: ''"This is a bad spot, even though it looks perfect -- it's next to the motorway, but most cars come there from the small local road and are driving only in the vicinity. Went from there 4 times, waiting time from 1h to 3.5h."''
==== Option 4: Motorway service station M1 '''Biatorbagy''' ====
Take metro 4 from ''Keleti pályaudvar'' to the last stop ''Kelenföld vasútállomás''. Then take a local train to ''Biatorbagy'' (it costs about EUR 1 (HUF 370)). From the station, turn right for 20m, and then right again at the roundabout under the railway tracks along Dózsa György út for ≈350m until you reach a main road. Turn left (northwest) and follow this national road 1 for 2km to a turning on the right. Walk north along this road for ≈750m under the motorway bridge to the service station on the north side of the motorway.<br/ >
If you are ready to invest some time to get to the first petrol station after the motorway splits, you should do so because it is a perfect spot because as essentially all the cars there are going towards Vienna/Bratislava. However, one person says: *''I tried this option and it is not working. There is not local train nor bus going to "Biatorbagy".'' -- January 2017**As of July 2017, both S10/G10 (direction Győr) and S12 (direction Oroszlány or Komárom in the late evening) go from Budapest-Déli via Kelenföld to Biatorbágy - check https://www.mavcsoport.hu/en for timetable and price (still HUF 370) -- [[User:Ans|Ans]] ([[User talk:Ans|talk]])This option works super good in June 2019
==== Option 5: Various spots near the city centre ====
Starting from inside the city (between Moszkva tér and Kelenföld) is a possibility worth trying, especially because there are some good spots that are quite popular among local hitchhikers. Pros are that you don't need to spend any money on transport; cons are that there is a lot of local traffic and so waiting times could be very long. (In real nobody will take you, go out to the edge of the city).
=== South towards [[Szeged]], [[Serbia]], [[Arad]] ([[Romania]]) (M5) {{E|75}} ===
These spots are ordered by their proximity to the city center. ==== Option 1: Start of M5 motorway Gyáli út ====Take the metro tram 4 or 6 to ''Határ útBoráros tér''. Then , then take bus [http://www.bkv.hu/busz/84e.html #84E], [http://www.bkv.hu/busz/89e.html #89E] number 54 or [http://www.bkv.hu/busz/294e.html #294E] 55 to the stop ''Naszód utca (Használtcikk piac)Gyáli út''. Walk straight for 75 m and then turn left on the street ''Gyáli út''. Here After about 150 m there is a curve in the road, turn right there and walk to the motorway (it's not yet a motorway officially, so you can start hitchhike there). There is no road or pavement leading there, but it's easy to hitch (you should cross. You will see a Citroen car lot half complete ramp on your right going on the other side of the roadmotorway. A sign "Szeged" is usefulIt's basicaly a 100 meters long lane with no traffic on it, it's ideal for cars to stop, and you are also visible from a long distance. If you take bus 84EAs of January 2017, you can continue straight onto there is some construction which leaves no space for stopping except on the exit lane of the motorway to a OMV petrol station that you can hitch fromnearby. The spot still worked quite well, but [[User:Zenit|Zenit]] would recommend options 2 or 3 instead.
==== Option 2: Petrol Station OMV on Nagykőrösi út ====
Take tram 4 or 6 to ''Boráros tér'', then take bus 54 or 55 to the stop ''Radnó utca''. There is a petrol station on the other side of the noise barrier wall. You could also thumb at the bus stop on the bus-only lane. Don't If you want to go any further, this option 3 is about 800 meters down the road will change into a motorway in few hundred meters.
Edit from other hitchhikers: Petrol station seemed to be a good spot. However we (2 guys) waited almost 2 hours. It's a good idea to bring a Hungarian flag. * [[User:justgettingaround|Justgettingaround]] we (2 girls) got on this in August 2019. Didn´t have much luck at the petrol station - most people just staying around town - so we walked up to the other side of the noise barrier and got a ride within 15-20 mins. Took us all the way to Belgrade (although the border was about a 2 hour wait) in just one day :) ==== Option 3: Gyáli út Start of M5 motorway ====Take tram 4 or 6 the metro to ''Boráros térHatár út'', then . Then take bus number 54 [http://www.bkv.hu/busz/84e.html #84E], [http://www.bkv.hu/busz/89e.html #89E] or 55 [http://www.bkv.hu/busz/294e.html #294E] to the stop ''Gyáli útNaszód utca (Használtcikk piac)''. Walk straight for 75 m and then turn left Here you can start to hitch (you should see a Citroen car lot on the street ''Gyáli út''other side of the road. After about 150 m there A sign "Szeged" is a curve in the roaduseful. If you take bus 84E, turn right there and walk to you can continue straight onto the motorway (it's not yet to a motorway officially, so OMV petrol station that you can hitchhike there)hitch from. There (This information is unconfirmed; maybe this is no road or pavement leading there, but it's easy to cross. You will see a half complete ramp on your right going on the motorway. It's basicaly a 100 meters long lane with no traffic on it, it's ideal for cars to stop, and you are also visible from a long distanceOMV in option 2.)
==== Option 4: Motorway service station M5 Inárcs ====
Take the metro 3 to ''Népliget''.'' Take bus [http://www.volanbusz.hu/en/timetable/lines/line/?menetrend=2204 Volánbusz 608] to ''Inárcsi elág. (M5-ös út)''. After approximately 30km, it will leave the motorway and go to Inárcs. Remember the way and get off the bus at the first stop (shortly past where the town starts) and walk back to the OMV petrol station where the bus left the motorway. Take care, because there is no sidewalk and cars/trucks can be quite fast. It is the first big petrol station on M5 after Budapest [http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/47.2750/19.3289] and there will be cars and trucks to all the southerly destinations - just ask around. You can look for foreign plates if you want to leave the country.<br/ >Transport will cost 350 HUF for a metro ticket and HUF 650 for the bus (Sep 2015November 2019) *[[User:Movethathoof|Movethathoof]] made the trek out here in November 2019 (be sure you find the right bus buy at the terminal!) and had a ride to Timisoara in Romania with the very first car that passed him (and the station looked like it would have been an excellent spot even if he hadn't had such luck).
=== South towards [[Érd]], [[Pécs]] (6, M6) {{European Route Number|73}} ===
If you take bus 33, you can go until the last stop (''Nagytétény, Chinoin''). Walk forward (east) for 200 m and then turn left to the ramp which leads you to a roundabout. There is an entry to the M6 here where you can thumb.
For food, bathroom, and buses, get dropped of at the Tesco in Pécs. There's a bus station there where cars can stop.
=== East towards [[Miskolc]], [[Košice]] ([[Slovakia]]), [[Ukraine]] (M3) {{European Route Number|71}} ===
==== Option 1: Junction & Petrol station on M3 bevezető ====
Take trolleybus [http://www.bkk.hu/en/timetables/#74 74] from ''Károly körút (Astoria M)'' near Astoria metro station. Get off at ''Sárrét park''. Turn back in the direction from where the trolleybus came from and walk ≈50m along Ungvár ut. Turn right and walk 200m along Rákosszeg park to the end. Turn right on Kacsóh Pongrác út. and walk 100m to the entrance slip road, or turn left on Kacsóh Pongrác út. and walk 50m to the OMV petrol station.
==== Option 2: M3 Junction ====
Take bus 7, 7E, 8E, 108E, or 133E from ''Blaha Lujza tér'' and get off at the last stop ''Újpalota, Nyírpalota út''. Walk northwest 1km along Szentmihályi út. to the sliproad at the beginning of the M3 proper. It's not the best hitchhiking spot, but it works after a while. If you get stuck here, walk 2km along the motorway to the service station.
==== Option 3: M3 Junction Mogyoród ====
Take metro 2 to the last stop ''Örs Vezér tér''. From the HÉV (regional train station), take train 8 in the direction 'Gödöllő' and get off at ''Mogyoród''. From the station, walk left 20m on Vasút ut. Turn right and walk ≈400m along Gödöllői ut. Then turn right and walk ≈500m along Szadai út. until you reach the entrance sliproad to the M3 motorway on the right. Alternatively, two kilometres further on, there is also a petrol station on the motorway.
==== Option 4: Motorway service station M3 ====
Take bus 5 from ''Blaha Lujza tér'' in the direction of Rákospalota, Kossuth utca and get off at ''Juhos utca''. Walk ≈450m northeast along Régi Fóti út. You will see a Lidl supermarket on the right. Turn right on the small road and walk southeast for 1km crossing over the motorway bridge. (You can see the service station on the left from the bridge). Take the first road left after the bridge and walk ≈700m until you see the big Praktiker store. Turn left and walk through the car park to the end and jump over the small-ish fence and once past the road, you will be on the petrol station. There is a McDonalds and KFC here too.
=== East towards [[Szolnok]], [[Debrecen]], [[Oradea]] ([[Romania]]) {{European Route Number|60}}, (4) ===
=== M2 North towards [[Slovakia]], [[Kraków]] ([[Poland]]) M2 {{European Route Number|77}} ===
[[File:vacifoti.jpg|thumb|right|220 px| The bus stop at the Váci-Fóti intersection]]
==== Option 1: Motorway Junction Sződliget ====
Take a train from ''Nyugati Pályaudvar'' in the direction of Vac and and get off at ''Sződliget'' (HUF 550/EUR 2 and 30 min ride). Walk south along the platform to the road (Dunai fasor). Turn left (east) and walk ≈400m to the entrance sliiproad over the motorway bridge. Stand on the motorway hitchhiking instead of the sliproad as there's a lot of space to pull over and people don't really drive too fast at that stretch of the road.
The motorway only has two lanes, and cars are going pretty slow, so it's not a problem to cross it. Once you get there its great spot to catch a long drive! You can be picky, so best wait for someone going straight to Poland because once you get to the Slovak border , the road is getting bad and this is your best shot.
If you're heading to [[Poland]] , you'd most likely be better of off finding a direct lift to Poland from the Hungarian- Slovak border rather than getting short lifts through Slovakia. Trucks go until the Chyzne border crossing between Slovakia and Poland, where it's easy to get a lift to Krakow or further to Warsaw.
== Public Transport ==
Budapest has an extensive public transportation system consisting of a metro, buses and trams. A single ticket is about 1.15 (a set of 10 tickets is about EUR 9.90). After you buy your ticket, you have to validate it. There are red machines on buses and trams that punch a hole in a different place on your ticket each day, which is how they determine if you validated your ticket that day (or at least not the day before...).
Inspections on buses and trams are rare except for the most popular lines (e.g. buses 7, 7E, 173 and 173E and trams 2 (very frequent), 4, 5 and 6). Rush hours are usually safe when the trams/buses are too crowded for the inspectors to walk through the vehicles. If you want to be safe, hang around the machine and if you see an inspector coming, punch your ticket immediately. You can usually also get off the carriage when you see inspectors getting on as usually at least some of them will wear uniforms.
== Sleeping ==
If you want to sleep outside in summer, you can do so anywhere in Buda hills. ''(Double check the place at daytime: these places are abandoned after dark, far from people, and sometimes used by homeless people. Its much better and safer to find some other alternative).'' Other possibilities are the two big parks, Margitsziget (47.528694,19.047618) and Városliget (47.513566,19.085126). Margitsziget is an island in the Danube and it's a popular place to walk and escape from the busy city in the nice weather. Városliget is about the same. In both places you could find hidden places where nobody would bother you at night. Although there are sometimes people still awake at nights, especially young ones, but they won't harm you. Homeless people are harmless. ''(Margitsziget: strong police control, they will not leave you to sleep there. At the Városliget there are construction works with plenty of security guards, also not an ideal place).''
In case the weather outside is not very warm nor welcoming, the mall Duna Plaza, in the northern part of the city XIII district, metro stop Gyongyosi utza offer great opportunities to find a shelter and not being discovered by security guards. In a cold night of november ('13) [[User: Fedecicco| Fede]] found a perfect spot to lay down on his mat and sleep, behind the high bar of a closed (but open..) pub on the 2nd floor, next to the restaurants, emergency exit stairs on the back, at the highest floors are also a good option. Toilets are closed at night and security go around to check when they close the building around 02:00.
Try the market at Újbuda Központ (Vásárlócsarnok) and you can maybe get some free vegetables from the sellers there.
At Örs vezér tere, there's an IKEA with a great food court. Just take a left after you come up the stairs to avoid all the showrooms unless you enjoy playing there to raise your appetite :-)
On the top floor of the central market at Fovam ter, there are many food stalls, popular among tourists, most of whom are ignorant fuckers who order what they want but not what they need, i.e. A LOT of leftovers on the table. There are public tables where these fuckers eat and they are not frequently cleaned by workers, thus easy opportunity for table diving. Please do this, even just once or twice. I have seen big sandwiches and baked potatoes and such being left after a single bite. We should make wasting food a crime.
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