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'''Update Bus 273 till last stop Lužan- april 2012''': There is able to hitchhike there, last year I was there, but Zeleni Vijenac (someone entered this bus from the middle door as well.) From here it is '''very hard just a 3.2 kilometer walk to get out of there'''the first gas station directly on the highway. You There is a gravel road after you cross over the highway which you can easily reach by going a couple hundred meters past the highway (no need to try and cross the ditch to reach ''petrol it.) As you approach the gas station'' fence and the exit from station has got long shoulder road turns to lead around the back you will see a gap where U you can safely try easily hop the fence and follow a well formed path directly to the parking lot. It should be just a handful of meters after the curve and very easy to cach someonenotice.

Three problems:#90% of cars which stop are those which leave the station.#From those who stops almost everyone was local people.#It was my one of the longest stops (no less than 3 houers). '''Update''': The main problem with direction towards Hungary is that pay tolls are quite far away from Zagreb, so it would be easier if you first get to the pay tolls. The best starting point is the "Tifon" petrol station as it's the furthest hitchhiking spot on the way to Varaždin and Budapest you can get to by public transportation (directions to there are already described in the directions to Belgrade section on the top of this topic - bus 216 or 176 from Kvaternikov trg...) and hold a sign "ZELINA" (the closest town to the pay tolls) or "SV. HELENA" (the exact name of that pay tolls). Many drivers get off the highway just before the pay tolls, so maybe you'll have to walk a few kilometers. But once you're there, you can easily get a ride straight to Budapest. Second option is to hitchhike on Slavonska avenija, this way you dont have to take any public transportation. You can stand after the crossroad of Slavonska avenija and Ulica Josipa Marohnića. Many people go towards the highway on this road. We hitchhiked with the sign "Sesvete", got a ride in 15 mins and got dropped at the petrol station right in front of highway ramps in Ivanja Reka. From here we hitchhiked with sign "Varazdin" and got a ride in 15-20 mins and got dropped at the pay tolls towards north. Note: this (the crossing of Slavonska avenija and Ul. Ulica Josipa Marohnića) seems to be the best and easiest option. Many cars in the direction, there're traffic lights + lot of space for cars to stop. From the central square (Trg bana Josipa Jelačića) you can either walk (southwards, 3km) or take trams 14 (direction ZAPRUĐE) or 17 (direction BORONGAJ) for 15mins till the stop Vjesnik. The stop is near the crossing of Savska cesta and Slavonska avenija, so you have to walk 10min till the spot where Ul. Ulica Josipa Marohnića is. You can hold sign VŽ (Varaždin). Once you get a ride and are on the highway, be sure to get off at the first petrol station (OMV, some 20kms from the starting point), because it's also the last one before Varaždin! [[User:Gallar|Gallar]] hitch-hiked (with girlfriend) from crossroad of Slavonska avenija and Ulica Josipa Marohnića and he waited 9 hours just for a single lift to mentioned OMV station. It might be bad luck, but be aware there is no better place to hike and yet this one might be not so perfect. Note: This can't be a good hitchhiking spot by any reason as it's too much inside the town and there's too much of local traffic, also there are more cars coming to Zagreb from the west than those departing to the east. However, it's not impossible, but getting a lift there in a normal time is more about the luck... Update: I think the best spot to hitchhike from is the gas station on Slavonska avenija 110, you can get there by taking 286 bus and walking for like 15 mins, even though it's like 40 mins from the city centre but there is plenty of room to stop, also I dont recommend going to Varazdin and hoping to get a ride at the toll booth going to the highway because the traffic is pretty small there and mainly not towards budapest. There is a gas station before Varazdin(like 10 km) and we got a ride from there in like 5 mins. June 2019 Another good option is to take the tram until Dubec. At least 3 different lines end there. Once you get there look for a bus going to Sesvete. There will most likely be many people trying to board and you should be able to enter from any door. The ride shouldn’t take more then 10 minutes and you will find it makes a left turn followed by two right turns soon after. This is where you want to get off and cross the street. (Veraždinska cesta; bus stop Selčina) The bus stop on this side is slightly further up the road. You will then want bus 273 going to Lužan. (Someone entered this bus from the middle door as well.) Take bus 273 to the end of the line. From here it is just a 3.2 kilometer walk to the first gas station directly on the highway. There is a gravel road after you cross over the highway which you can easily reach by going a couple hundred meters past the highway. (No need to try and cross the ditch to reach it.) As you approach the gas station fence and the road turns to lead around the back you will see a gap where you can easily hop the fence and follow a well formed path directly to the parking lot. It should be just a handful of meters after the curve and very easy to notice. There are also plenty of good places where one can pitch a tent for the night if one wants to come out here in the evening and get a nice and early start the following morning.