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=== East towards [[Zrenjanin]], [[Crnja]], [[Romania]] ===
From the center, take city bus no. 5 (bus stop in front of the Uspenska church, just next to Serbian National Theatre (Srpsko Narodno Pozorište)) and get off at the 4th station. From there keep walking in the same direction the bus went. Turn right at the next big cross-roads (Partizanska). There you will see a petrol station (EKO). You can try from there, but there is still traffic which does not go to Zrenjanin at this spot, lowering your chances to get a lift. Another option is to go with bus no. 23b (check on: http://www.gspns.co.rs/mreza) which goes directly across the bridge above the motorway A1 and to the street to Zrenjanin.
However if you keep walking, on the other side of the bridge there is another petrol station (Avia). The distance is less than a kilometre and worth the walk since this is a much better spot (good traffic, safe).
Also be aware that the area near the EKO petrol station is known by locals as a prostitute pick up spot in the evening / night.
Important if you want to travel to Romania/Timisoara: In Zrenjanin you have two options - heading up North to Sprska crnja or going straight to Jasa Tomic. Sprska crnja is definitely the more active border crossing even if it looks like a bit of a detour. In Jasa Tomic there were only 5 cars the whole morning. If you end up there, cross the border and walk to the Romanian village Foen which is about 4 km away. There you should get rides in to three directions that all eventually end up on the road to Timisoara. Alternatively you can turn south in Setchan before Jasa Tomic to Vershats, which is a way bigger border crossing point. Also avoid stopping in Lazarevo. War criminal Ratko Mladic was hiding here for years and people seem to be a bit suspicious about foreigners, more than in a lot of other villages in the Vojvodina.
There is a map on http://www.serbiatravelers.org/en/index.php/hitchhiking/156-novi-sad
