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This route is widely perceived to be difficult. If you are lucky it can be easy if you get to a Turkish truck. Take bus #27 from the centre (e.g. Kamara) until the very end of the line. [UPDATE: bus #83 no longer starts where bus #27 finishes. Instead ask your #27 bus driver where to get off for bus #83] Switch to bus #83 and go a few stops until you see the motorway. Get off when you see a JetOil rest area on the other side of the motorway. Just follow the bus and go under the motorway to reach the other side. Once you are there, rally the petrol station personnel to help you (they are very nice!). Show them your Istanbul (or Kavala or whatever) sign and ask them to tell you if they notice someone going to Turkey. Be prepared to convince the paranoid drivers that you are not wanted by the police and show them your passport. Getting a ride can take anything between one minute and five hours. If it just does not work at the petrol station see the options below (thumbing up on the road etc). Also, there should be a toll station (peage) about [http://hitchwiki.org/maps/?place=6374 15 km east of Lagynas], near Analipsi (where bus #83a is supposed to go). When you get to the border you might want to switch to a passenger car because the truck could be stuck in customs for a while.
Attention: The Jetoil rest area is now rebranded to 'BP Oil' in green colour. They told me (July 2016) that they changed the name last year.
I met a spanish hitchhiker who was asking me for the Jetoil, by the time we both didn't know that we were already in the right place.
Another option: Bus #83 goes all the way to Lagkadas. If you stay on the bus until it reaches this small town, you can try hitching out in the direction of Kavala, Istanbul, etc.
*"I've also followed the intructions and waited several hundred meters after JetOil. It wasn't railly easy to hitchike in a freezing weather and nobody has stoped for about 2 hours than a turkish truck driver stopped and we've driven to the direction of Malaka.
So what I can highly recommend you is: Go to the truck station in Thessaloniki, where you can also drive by 83. There is certainly some Turkish trucks who drives to the direction of Turkey, but on the border because of the strikes or controls you might have to wait more than 7 hours. There I'd advice you to pass the bridge with a truck from the front of the queue. If it is evening mostly the drivers would sleep in Keşan. So just try to speak to car drivers on the Turkish border. 2012 Arsen
*''I followed the instructions and went to JetOil and got the personnel to help, but it turned out to be quite hard to get a ride going east. Even though a lot of cars and trucks do stop there, the cars appeared to be going local and the trucks were heading towards Athens. After half an hour, I decided to move on and got a short ride to the highway. After 5 minutes a trucker, who was on his way to Iran, stopped for me. So even though I do not recommend thumbing up on the highway, it does work some time. December 2010, Lana''
*''I tried the recommended way of asking around at the JetOil trying to get out of Thessaloniki, with no luck. It seemed all the truckers were either sleeping, local, or going to Athens. Also, they were not that keen on taking hitchhikers anyway. After a few hours, I went to the highway right next to the station (there is an opening in the fence, you just have to look for it), and got a ride halfway to Istanbul within 10 minutes. It surprises me how closed-minded the original post is, being that it is entirely possible, and quite easy to get a ride on the highway. Just a lesson that you should never take anyone's recommendation as absolute truth. I would personally recommend getting the personnel at the station to ask around for you (they were incredibly friendly), and stay within clear sight on the highway in case they get you a ride before you do. February 2011, Jon''
*''First of all: it's not easy at all to hitchhike in Greece btw Thessaloniki. We spent one day and two hours the next day in that area to get a hike in the direction to Turkey. If you take the bus #83 from town be prepared that it '''doesn't''' stop on the highway. We drove to the next station and waited for the bus #86 to drive back. The whole in the fence is an option but a bad one because the cars are driving fast and they have almost no space to stop. We got a hitch at the drive-up, direction Kavala. It is wide and the cars are driving slow. If you come with the bus and go under the highway you'll find it on your left hand side. 250m to walk from the JetOil. Good Luck! July 2011, Timo''
*''In Thessaloniki Kamara This route is widely perceived to be difficult. If you are lucky it can take be easy if you get to a Turkish truck. Take bus #27 from the centre (e.g. Kamara) until the very end of the line. [UPDATE: bus #83. There is no need to take longer starts where bus #27 finishes. Instead ask your #27 and change bus driver where to get off for bus #83. The ride towards the HH point takes about 20 ] Switch to 30 minutes. The bus will drive on the highway. Stay on the bus #83 and go a few stops until it leaves the highway and continue for about 5 minutes on you see the local roadmotorway . Leave the bus Get off at Filothei (Φιλοθέη) when you see a petrol station BP Oil in green colour rest area on your rightthe other side of the motorway. Walk for 100 metres until Just follow the traffic light where you will find some shade from trees. It is so hot between 12 bus and 4. 500 metres further from go under the traffic light is motorway to reach the highwayother side. I first tried Once you are there but all , rally the traffic was heading for Thessalonikipetrol station personnel to help you . So I went back Show them your Istanbul (or Kavala or whatever) sign and ask them to the traffic light. The cars are local but there are several trucks tell you if they notice someone going to Turkey. They take the national road Be prepared to avoid convince the toll from paranoid drivers that you are not wanted by the highwaypolice and show them your passport. Getting a ride can take anything between one minute and five hours. Try to get If it just does not work at the petrol station see the attention of options below (thumbing up on the trucksroad etc). I used Also, there should be a cardboard written Kavala-Turkeytoll station (peage) about [http://hitchwiki. The truck took me org/maps/?place=6374 15 km east of Lagynas], near Analipsi (where bus #83a is supposed to the border and there I slept in the truck with the drivergo). At When you get to the border change you might want to switch to a passenger car. The waiting time for because the truck was about 40 minutes. The waiting time could be stuck in customs for the car was 5 minutes. May 2012a while. Len''
*''Spent a full day trying to get a ride from Bus #83 goes all the area where bus 27 stops before going over the motorway. Greeks do not stop, slept on top of a derelict building of which there's plenty there. Go way to Jetoil as described above, guy with ponytail Lagkadas (late 30ties I thinkΛαγκαδάς) speaks English and has been helping hitchers out for 20+ years. He knows a substantial amount of If you stay on the traffic because bus until it reaches this petrol station apparently has very loyal customerssmall town, meaning he knows which people to ask. Hole you can try hitching out in the fence was still there but the police use the cafe as their coffee stakeout and they were there in number all daydirection of Kavala, Istanbul, so hitching beyond the fence might not be advised. Might still take a substantial amount of time at the Jetoil but I got a ride all the way to Georgia. August 2014etc. Wouter''
*I took bus 83 all the way to the last station Update (A small villageJuly 2022). From there there is a bus going towards Rentina. Tell : the bus driver or the person working at the bus station that you want to get off next to the toll on the highwayoptions listed above are extremely outdated and not very helpful. (The man at the bus sation was super helpful) The toll This route is only 15 minutes from the busstation. Jump the fence and stand just afte the toll on the highway. From the toll it took 5 minutes to get a ride to the Turkish border. August 2015still difficult, but there are better options. Liron
* I took 1) with bus like other guys, number 83 you can get to Laguna from Kamara Square, in Thessaloniki where there's about 20 minutes walk to Lagkadas. Actually I couldnt catch the gas station in below. But I went to last point (a bus station) at Lagkadas knot that ties local road 2 and used a bus which were going to Rentina. You have to buy a ticket for this bushighway 2. It was aroun 1-1,5 euro. And Here you can explain get directly to the situation to entrance of the man who sells this bus ticket. He will translated it to greek highway for the bus driver. Because Kavala where you have to get off at tolls, near the lakefilter out any cars not going your way. You can continue hitchiking at this point. I know you won't remember me, The traffic is very slow but I waited less than 2 mins. I get off from Rentina bus, walked 1 min to the tolls cars can stop and a trucked stopped near me. By the way, I am a Turkish. MAybe he could understand it from my face :) Anyway we went together to border gate. There was a huge truck population for some bordes process. I they get off from first truck and started to walk to gate. Greek police men asked something and I answered. They were so cute to me. After passport control you will see duty free and Everest (like resting area) . You cant walk from Greek gate to Turkish gate. You have to use a car. And good look at you can ask to drivers who resting in this area. I could find There's a MAcedonian deriver who were going to Çorlu, Tekirdağ. And I get off at Çorlu. Samet, November 2015gas station about 30km down before Evangelios
* "We took bus 27 and go 2) The highway entrance after BP near Megalohare kantina is still very local, but there's enough traffic so it's possible to KTEL Macedoniahitch longer rides. And walked few minutes Since Greeks don't stop often we opted to go for the first ride which brought us to Motorway. We waited 2 or 3 hours under the rain. Two Turkish truck gave up. But They said "You should wait at JetOil, Turkish trucks waiting this station." Turkish Truck Drivers are very good and truthful guys. Dont worry, go and ask them" Ahmet, May 20163rd option
* We (1 girl3) 40,7214723, 1 guy) went to the BP station22, had to change from 9740939 or the 27 to spot right after the 83 bus along Lagkada Streetexit for Laguna is risky. The manager at cars drive fast so be careful and there's a high probability the station was very friendly and spoke highway patrol tells you to us when get off. However we first arrived; he said that many hitchhikers use this site and come here almost every day to hitch hitched a ride and that someone always ends up giving you within 5 minutes with a lift. At the BP station Kavala sign as there is are a seating area and a little market - the place is open 24/7. We put our stuff down and went around asking turkish lot of Turkish truck drivers if they were headed going from Athens to Istanbul, we would also ask normal drivers walking into the market. The manager helped us out a lot here, he taught us how to spot Turkish vs Greek trucks, and even asked drivers if they were headed our way. We ended up with a ride to Kavala with a random Greek guy driving a mercedes. We waited around for approximately 4 hours (Ryan C, Sep 2017).
=== NorthNone of these options are perfect, but they seem way more likely than the BP station since 4-West 5 hours of hitchhiking there yielded only 2 rides going to [[Skopje]] (FYROM) ===Kilkis. Since we changed strategy we only needed about an hour and a half in total. Good luck!
"Don't bother === North-West to hitch hike to the border!!![[Skopje]] ([[North Macedonia]]) ===
*''If you are traveling with a lot of baggage, the driver will probably refuse to take you (which happened to me and my girlfriend, we had one big and one small backpack, two sleeping bags and a tent), as he needs to be informed by the hotel/casino in advance, that there will be some passengers with big bags. What you can do is call one of the casinos/hotels some time before you go and ask them to inform the driver, you might have to lie about going to spend a night at the hotel.'' [http://hitchwiki.org/en/User:DuriTraktorista DuriTraktorista]
*''My girlfriend and me stood at the junction just next to the old paytoll, which seemed to be the best place since cars were going rather slowly. After 10-15 minutes we were picked up by a Macedonian woman who brought us to the border. A week later I hitchhiked alone from the same spot and was picked up after 40 minutes and got to the junction with Polykastro before which the highway goes into one line for 500 metres. On that spot I thumbed and got to the border after another 40 minutes. December 2011, [[User:Rozwal|Rozwal]]''
*''My friend and I (two guys) stood here for 4 hours and despite many cars passing only one Macedonian guy stopped but he asked for moneyBus 81A from KTEL busstation to Agios Athanasios. Then we put up our tent in Got off when it turns from the nearby field highway. From there hitched to Polykastro and tried our luck another ride got me to the next dayborder. After another 2 hours we At the border asked the car in front of me for a ride, which got picked up by Albanian workers that took us me to PolykastroSkopje. There are no petrol stations or shops nearby, so bring food and water just in case! August 2012Standing on the highway there, [[User:Chaba|Chaba]]''it was very quiet
Alternatively, you can get off [http://goo.gl/maps/aLQTM here] which is reported to be a better place for cars to stop. But there you have a lot of cars going to the West, while if you come the previous stop you will have cars going only towards Polykastro or the border.
*''I took bus 81A from KTEL busstation to Agios Athanasios. Got off when it turns from the highway. From there hitched to Polykastro and another ride got me to the border. At the border asked the car in front of me for a ride, which got me to Skopje. Standing on the highway there, it was very quiet, but I was very lucky as an Austrian car passed and got me straight to Belgrade. January 2011, Lana''
[edit] First of all, it appears greek bus stops do have several names. "25 Martiou" is written on the roadsign but on the bus, it's announced differently. I messed up because of that various times so always be sure to ask the driver to signal your stop. Finding the canteen is a bit of trial and error, but still easily possible. In case you don't find the toll station, from the canteen go right (following the "Athen" roadsign) for about 1,5km to find a small (but picturesque) side stop (August 2017).
[Update: getting off at Assirus has not proved Also, I wasn't so lucky there. I waited a good idea, total of 4 hours before I gave up.I think it's quite difficult better to go to reach the new motorway from thereShell gas station at 40°41′01.72″N 22°56′28. A kind local took me there on unpaved roads, 28″E and after I had to climb over a fence and descend ask people. Thumbing on a rough path.ramps is pretty difficult in Greece.You can take bus 53 until Strophe Oraiokastrou to get to the gas station.]
[Update: watch out! the ''21o chiliometro'' and probably Assirus spots are not anymore the right spots to go towards Serres and Sofia. There is now the Egnatia highway and nobody drives this way and if he does it takes several hours to arrive to Serres. Also, in the point where the bus stops used to be a petrol station, also no more in use. ]
* This way is faster as you don't need to stay on bus #27 so long. Take bus #27 or #27a and get off at Minerva stop in Oreokastrou suburb. If you walk some hundreds of meters from the bus stop where you get off, in the direction the bus was going, you will reach a crossroads and on your left you will see another bus stop. From there you can take bus #84.* This way is easier because you don't need to change bus stops, it is the way mentioned in the Northeast to Sofia section. Take the bus #27 or #27a from the centre the the final s top ''Platia Stavroupolis'' (Stavroupolis square). Then at the same place take bus #84 / #84a and you're already on your way.
There are many hospitality network members in the city, so try your luck there. [[User:Liva|Livas]] had luck once at sleeping in the train station. She asked the people on the train station if she could sleep there even though they where closed at night, and she could!
If you find yourself at === Camping === ====The university campus ==== The university campus in Thessaloniki is just in the train station at night beware that it is closed at 01:00 city centre and the guard will kick you outside (where it's safe seems to be a perfect place to sleep if it's warm) if he sees you. However it is possible to hide in the main yellow café while he checks for peopleyour van/tent/sleeping bag, then after he locks the terminal you can go and sleep on the seats. There are other homeless people around but they won't give you any trouble. IT IS NOT!
=== Camping ===It's '''NOT SAFE THERE''' ''(upd.2022)''. The university campus drug business moved there, as unbelievable as it sounds. People selling drugs and fighting over things related to them, passerbys get attacked. If someone has a van maybe it's okay. But sleeping in Thessaloniki a tent or sleeping bag is just in the city centre and itan invitation to get robbed. It's the perfect worst place to sleep in your van/tent/sleeping bag, really. Plus, starting from 2019 it is a place where a lot of immigrants sleep. Police has no right to enter that area because of some tragic past, i.e. it's ideal place for drug sellers and crime. ====Forest Recreational Center==== Forest Recreational Center near the Zoo (''Neapoli-Sykies, 554 38'') which is located on the only green place in hills above the city and because can be a solution. However, depending on your choice of the police "height" of that forest (after highway it becomes more wild, before highway it more like a park) there can be pack of stray dogs which is not a good gift. Homeless animals are not allowed a big problem in the big cities as Thessaloniki or Athens, so you better have something to enter protect yourself from them during the university! There night (get some long sticks near you). Normally they are few guards but don't have scared of "throwing a rock gesture" because some greeks do that against dogs. So, if you see an unfriendly dog try to pretend taking a rock from the right ground - it should work for lonely dog. ====Airport==== Place to touch youstay for a short term. It's generally safe, though perhaps is not suitable closing for a single femalethe night, so you can always overnight there.
It's not so safe anymore. The drug business moved there, as unbelievable as it sounds. People selling drugs and fighting over things related to them, passerbys get attacked.. If someone has a van maybe it's okay. But sleeping in a tent or sleeping bag is an invitation to get robbed. It's the worst place to sleep, really. Try Seih Sou, the forest on the hills above the city. Or any crowded place in the center.====Other====
The tickets for the Google maps doesn't really know how buses work, so they are unable to get you directions from point A to B in the city cost 0.80€ and sometimes 0.90€. Blackriding is possible. If So, if you speak want to move inside the controller in city using a foreign language public transport download special application (showing that you're a tourist, not 'in 2022 there is an illegal immigrantapplication called "Moovit") they'll just leave you alone. If not, they first ask 30 euro for the tax, you say you don't have. Then they ask your id card, you say you don't have it with you and then they'll just give you a paper to note your name and address, where you can write any fake name. Or even simpler you can give your real passport and they are supposed to send you the bill to your country. It's 100% SURE that they will not.
There were big movements The tickets for the buses in this the city about not paying for public transportcost 0. Many people don't pay 80€ and controls are raresometimes 0.90€ (0. Spent a whole month in this city taking buses daily and never got checked40€ for students). 2€ for airport route.
* ''On 'Blackriding''' is possible. It's risky because there is no chance of recognising controllers before they enter the bus #85 , however the very control is rare. Controllers are using civil clothes (they doesn't use a special clothes, they just unzip theirs jackets with controllers badges in the driver asked middle of the road, so they already know if you didn't validate your ticket). If you speak to the controller in a foreign language (showing that you're a tourist, not an illegal immigrant) they'll just leave you alone. If not, they first ask 30 euro for tickets before leaving the stationtax, I simply said (in English) that I had no money case you can say you don't have one. Then they ask your an ID card, you say that you don't have it with you and then they'll just give you a paper to note your name and address, where I was going, you can write any fake name. Or even simpler you can give your real passport and he let me ride they are supposed to send you the bus anywaybill to your country. September 2012, AlnairIt's 100% SURE that they will not. There were big movements in this city about not paying for public transport. Many people don't pay and controls are rare. [[User: HHer-Vert|HHer-Vert]] was living in that very city 5 years, and got controlled only 2-3 times.
I took one shower in one hospital 500 metres from One even safer option is the television broadcast antennastudent residence. There are three hospitals close to each other Noone here checks who enters. Ever. Even if they see you like a complete stranger with a tons of baggage and I ask you anything, just tried onetell them that you are visiting a friend or whatever. After walking around in the hospital and talking friendly to some nurses I was able you enter, go upstairs to take a shower any floor and shaveyou'll find common baths everywhere. It is located near the swimming pool at the city center. You can enter 24h. May 2012Location on map: https://goo. Lengl/maps/H8WZU
There is also the "national swimming pool" which is open to the public for some hours during the day. Swimmers have to take a shower before entering the pool and nobody checks who enters them, so you might grab the chance for a bath there. It is located in the center of the city, near the University. Location on map: https://goo.gl/maps/q9XRl (Jan 2015)== Free food ==
One even safer option Thessaloniki is perhaps the student residence. Noone here checks who enters. Ever. Even if they see you like a complete stranger with a tons of baggage and ask you anything, just tell them that you are visiting a friend or whatever. After only place in the world where you enter, go upstairs to any floor and you'll find common baths everywhere. It is located near the swimming pool at the city center. You can enter 24h. Location on map: https://gooeat everyday for free easily.gl/maps/H8WZU (jan 2015)
Alternative entrance : when you - They are there look to your right. At the end of the grass there is a stair casecontroling IDs only during day time and evening time, you can go up directly to the dining hall.I don't think you really need this because so it's very is easy to enter trough get there in the morning (8 a.m - 10 a.m). In the main doormorning there are almost no people eating, so staff is really bored of checking IDs or is even absent.
This might not - Take the trey with food and go eat as all do at the table. Don't be true any moresuspicious, have heard that this year they started checking for you are a student passnow. Many students doesn't really eat there, they are taking food away which they can physically take out and leave the dorms. You can do the same.
* You're right, since September 2010 they started checking- Normally control-staff are crossing out the numbers on the paper. Each student has his own number on ID-card and he tells it in the moment of entering. But donIt't s another strategy of pretending to be scareda student: you tell random number in greek language (p.e. 103 = ekato tria, 25 - ikosi pende, 207 = diakosa epta, just ignore themetc), so they donwill cross it out. Don't insist! Myselfworry, although I have a student cardstudents rarely take morning breakfast, I refuse to show it, many students do so out of solidarity. Tidy looks always helpyou are not "eating someone's food in his place".
* Actually - In the end, if you did not get any food, you are desperate and frustrated, you can try to tell staff that you are an adventurer, they donare pretty understanding. They will give you food anyway if you came in the restaurant't check any mores closing time (10 a.m; 2. Barely anyone was showing their IDs when they started checking so they gave up30 p. Nobody cares nowm & 9 p. Go early if you want choice of foodsm). Sometimes they run out of the nicest meal or of the dessert and There are always extra food, which they give you the other one and an orange instead of the baklava or rice puddingto random people. You can easily Just ask for seconds and thirds.
* They don't even look at you, so there is no such thing as "checking". You can just go there and eat. (April, 2012)== Trashwiki & Nomadwiki ==
* '''My friends were there (1st week of September 2012) and they were asked about student cards, so they replied that "we are from Erasmus and still waiting for Greek ones, but of course we have our normal"... OK! OK! com'on, there is no problem, so you only have to say "I am a student" if any doubtful problem occur'''[[nomad:Thessaloniki]] [[trash:Thessaloniki]]
• SEPTEMBER 2015: there was a guy at the entrance that check some of the people for student card but he don't care much. I just walked after a couple so we look like we are a group, he asked them something in Greek and we entered without showing ID.
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'''Thessaloniki''' is a city in [[Greece]].
== Hitchhiking out ==
=== East towards Kavala and [[Istanbul]] ([[Turkey|TR]]) {{E|90}} ===
Don't bother to hitch hike to the border!!! There is a free bus from the city centre to the border! These buses belong to the casinos you can find at the border just before Gevgelija. You can find theses buses on Tsimiski street. They are easy to recognize (the name of the casino is printed on the bus, and it is written "free shuttle"). The buses leave at 17:00 and 21:00 though, so it might be quicker to hit the road directly, but more comfortable taking the bus. I didn't take it but I was picked up by a guy working at a casino who gave me the information. Another nice information: you can eat and drink for free at the casino!! Apparently you can just show up at the reception, they will give you a card and you can enjoy food and drinks for free!! I did! Anne-laure, may 2013"
Take a bus #8 (or #31?) from Egnatias street in the centre to KTEL (last stop). You can also take bus #45 which goes between KTEL Makedonia and KTEL Halkidiki (you want to go to ''Makedonia''). Then switch to bus #81 which you can find on the upper platform. Afterwards, you can do different things. You can get off at a first bus stop after you drive over the highway Athens-Skopje - [http://g.co/maps/3qj6m here]. Be careful, the first big crossing you going to come to is the crossing with the ring road (you are going to driver underneath it) while only the next on is the one you need (you are going to drive above it). Then you have to walk almost 2km backwards (if you walk fast it takes 20 minutes) and you can hitch on the junction to the highway to Skopje. However, if the bus goes into Agios Athanasios you can better get off and find your way from there (it seems that this bus goes differently depending whether it is #81 or #81A and depending on some external stuff; you can talk to the driver to make sure).
=== South to [[Athens]] ===
Take Buses #31, #12, #8 or #78 to the bus station called KTEL. From there take bus #80 or #80A to the village called ''Malgara''(some of these buses don't go all the way to Malgar). You can go down out on the station stop "''25 Martiou''" which is the closest to the tolls but on the bus, it's announced differently (in Greek ''ikostis pemptis martiouIkostis Pmptis Martiou'' if you want to ask the driver). There you can ask and find the Malgara Toll Station toll station (in Greek ''diodia'') on E75 easily. You'll have to walk about 2 km to find it, but then there is a possibility to get a ride even straight to Athens. Before you enter the motorway where the toll station is, you will have to go through some fields. If it's night be careful, just before the motorway there is a small ridge that is a bit steep and there is water flowing down, you need to find your way around it. If it's day, from the fields you can see a small canteen on the motorway, head to that direction, you can bypass the ridge there very easily and also you don't need to jump the fence (easy to jump though) because there is an entrance/exit for the canteen. From the canteen you will see the tolls, they are less than 50 m away.
For those not wanting to take a bus or want to hitch closer to the city (and aren't scared to walk), go to the the A1 motorway going towards Athens. It runs right beside the city centre. Starting from near the train station after walking 2kms 2 km you will arrive at the international bus station. From there it's a 6km walk along the motorway to where the E90 highway joins on to the A1 road to Athens. This is a good spot due to the high amount of Turkish trucks coming straight from the border and bypassing the city as well as any traffic coming from the north. Stand at the end of the onramp where there is a shoulder for traffic to pull over and you can get a ride to Larissa or even Athens.
=== West to [[Igoumenitsa]] {{E|90}} ===
Go to the train station, which is also the inner-city bus station. From here, take bus 8 KTEL (the KTEL are the blue and white buses) to Makedonia bus station. From there, you can catch the bus #80 to the end of the line, then follow motorway signs walking (approx. 2km) to the [[toll station]]. Or rather than taking bus #80, just walk across the road (roundabout) till you come to an [[on-ramp]] where, according to [[User:Liva|Liva]], is a a pretty good spot to stop cars.
In [[Igoumenitsa]] you can get a ride with trucks over the sea to [[Italy]].
=== North-East to [[Sofia]] ([[Bulgaria|BG]]) ===
Take the bus #27 from the centre to it's final stop, where also other buses stop(you need #85). Then take bus #8583 (A, B or M) and you're already on your way. Almost any stop of this bus leaves them will get you at a good hitchhiking pointthere, but even the nineteenth express) from Aristotellous Square stop ''21o chiliometro'' (21st kilometreon Egnatia Street) is on the way . You want to Serres and get off at the Bulgarian border Kombo Gerokomeiou exit (to SandanskyGoogle maps doesnt show the bus stops this far north, Blagoevgrad, Sofiabut on the opposite side of the highway is a gas station called Derveni Gas S.A.). If MAKE SURE you can't explain all this to the bus driver just ask him you want to get off at Assirusthis exit. It's a village near Otherwise, he might not get off the highway here and the motorwaynext stop is too far to walk back from. When you ask Stand on the locals for shoulder of the motorway use the german word "autobahn" instead of "motorway" or "highway"ramp. The road There is E79 and it's not a motorwaylot of traffic here, especially after the border. These city bus tickets for 2 rides cost 90 cents (that so it might take you don't even have up to an hour to pay) and take you quite some kilometres out get a ride, but I think its worth it because most of the city towards all destinationscars going as far as Bulgaria will get on the highway here.Good luck!
Update: If you want to get to ''21o chiliometro(August '' make sure to make that really clear to the busdriver since the bus doesn't stop at every stop nor says the stops out loud. 22)Try to <b>not</b> end up in Assirus. Hitchhiking out of this village is a pain. And if you are unlucky enough to end up there: Don't ask locals for the highway because they will take you bus 83! You have to the old highway. If you want take bus 83B to get to the new highway to Sofia ask right place! Taking bus 83 will make you walk for "autobahn"a long time until teaching the ramp.
=== North to [[Kilkis]] ([[Greece]]) ===
Basically you need to take 2 buses. Very similar to the above direction to Sofia. But this time it is bus #27 / #27a and bus #84 / # 84a. You can change buses in two different places.
This way is easier because you don't need to change bus stops, it is the way mentioned in the Northeast to Sofia section. Take the bus #27 or #27a from the centre the the final s top ''Platia Stavroupolis'' (Stavroupolis square). Then at the same place take bus #84 / #84a and you're already on your way. Stay on bus #84 whilst it passes through 2 villages, Liti and Melissochiori. When it is out of Melissochiori, at one point the bus will cross the road going to Kilkis and you will see signs for Kilkis. When you are at the cross roads you can press the stop button on the bus and it will stop just after the cross. There is a bus stop there. Then you are at a great spot for hitching a ride to Kilkis, Gallikos or even North Macedonia (but not the most common way to Skopje. it is a different border).
== Sleep ==
Some have had luck asking the good people at Mikropolis/Micropolis Social Space, (see [http://wikimapia.org/#lat=40.6360852&lon=22.939539&z=17&l=0&m=s&v=9&show=/13098671/Mikropolis]). They were very friendly and could advise on where to squat for the night.
We slept at a deserted camping space by the beach in Ag. Triada, which is really worth a visit. We even made a big fire at night and it didn't disturb anybody. This place is about 30km south of Saloniki Thessaloniki and you can reach it within 1,5h by bus. From the famous ottoman tower take the bus to ikea. At the last stop ask for the bus to Perea and Ag. Triada. The last bus will pass by the airport and enter a cupple of villages before you get to Triada. Ask for the old camping at the beach, locals will guide you.
== Public Transport ==
== Shower ==
== Free food =Fititiki Leshi (Φοιτητική Λέσχη) upd:2022===Thessaloniki is perhaps the only place in the world where you can eat everyday for free easily. Next to the campus of Aristotles universityAristotle University, Egnatia street, after the crossroad with 3rd September street there is the university canteen. (''Address: Egnatia, Thessaloniki 546 36, Greece''). Ask anybody for ''fititiki leschi''/φοιτητική λέσχη. There you can find a free full meal twice a three times per day: 8. 00-10.00, 12.00-15.00 and 18.00-20.00. These free meals are provided for the university students, but even if you're not one, you don't have to pay and you don't have to show a student ID or any document(but due to cobtrol re-enforcement you could be asked for your ID). To avoid control you need to be a part of a big crowd which is hard to control, therefore try to be there during the most crowded time (normally the beginning of opening) and you won't be controlled. Another 'life-hack' that you can use if you have been asked for your ID is to tell that you just started to study greek language for university and you don't own by now any proof of that (there are a lot of foreign students who really study greek for that reason, and yes - they don't have any proof in the beginning). It is harder during the weekends (or holidays) because there are less people and have no crowd, so if you look suspicious you can be asked for an ID. Just follow the queue, take the food and eat it. There's never any checks. There's nothing to be afraid of, just try to look more or less like a student. Only disadvantage is that it is closed on weekends, summer holidays and not-working days for the university in general. Picture of the building [http://www.makthes.gr/filestore/modules/news/68918/lesxi.jpg here]. Alternative entrance: when you are there look to your right. At the end of the grass there is a stair case, you can go up directly to the dining hall (if it's opened, if it's not you can knock or wave through the door to another student, normally they will let you in). ''There is another option (easy in the morning, otherwise is more difficult):'' ===Alfa foititiki estia (Α' φοιτητική εστία):===Your aim is the same - free student food from student canteen, however now you are going to search it directly in canteen of student's dorms. There is no control at the entrance of student's dorms. The restaurant is located on the first floor, at the left side from the big marble stairs. The doors are opened at the meal time. You can find it by following ''address: Stilponos Kiriakidi 17, Thessaloniki 546 36, Greece'' The best way is to be hosted there by any student through hosting application or ask some students living there to help you get the dinner (regularly even if you cannot get main dish they provide you orangers or apples which no one takes). If you cannot find a student helping you, you can try get some food by your own, follow this instruction:
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