Ufa

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<map lat='54.77217736682661' lng='56.02752685546875' zoom='10' view='3' float='right' height='400' width='400'/> Ufa (Russian: Уфа́; Bashkir/Tatar: Өфө) is the capital of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia.

It's an important motorway hub when hitchhiking east-west (or vice versa). The M7 motorway links the city to Kazan and Moscow and the M5 motorway links Ufa to Moscow and to the asian part of Russia.

It seems to be pretty difficult to hitch rides from the M5 onto the M7 (and vice versa), so if considering hitchhiking to Moscow (coming from the east) one should consider if it's worth the time to go through the whole city or hitch further along the M5, which might be some 200 km more to travel.

There's lot's of traffic passing the DPS police post along the M5 south-west of Dema, but most traffic seems to drive only towards nearby settlements.

Hitching Out

West towards Moscow, Kazan

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East towards Chelyabinsk, Ural mountains

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Experiences

  • Platschi hitchhiked along Ufa in July 2009 and found it extremely difficult to catch rides, incl. 7 hours waiting (2 people, from 7am-2pm) at a TIR-Parking south of Ufa along the M5.