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== Hitching out ==
=== Southeast towards [[Niš]], [[Sofia]], [[Skopje]] {{European Route Number|75}} ===
There are several possibilities.
==== Bus 29 493 ====Alternative (worked very well, a number This bus leaves the Central Bus Station of times, requires very little walking/riding on busses): If Belgrade for Mladenovac and passes through the new toll station at Vrčin. Ask the bus driver to drop you are in the downtown area, past Slaviaoff right there, near user [[Jungma]] observed two locals doing the big market very same thing. Bus 461 leaves from Šumice and Mackenzia (sp?) streetgoes to Vrčin, however this means you can take bus 29 out until it comes will have to walk for about 1.5km from the stop at 'Vrčin Ivo Lola Ribar (врчин иво лола рибар)'. You will travel a long bridge with blue railings. This bridge crosses way down the highway (among many other things)without stopping, don't worry. If After you get out before , cross over the bridge highway and cross to take the side where traffic is coming in first right turn down the opposite direction street 'Moše Pijade (donмоше пијаде)'t go all the way across the length of the bridge), there are stairs going down that lead . Keep following this road next to the highway, from and after about 1.5km you will see the toll station which, you can walk just a few meters and find a shoulder with enough space for cars to pull over, perfect for hitchhiking!start hitching from.
==== Bus 31 ====
==== Tram 7 ====
This option involves less walking amongst along the motorway. From the city centre, take tram 7 in the direction south-east until the last stop (takes about 15 minutes, depending on the traffic). From there take bus 308, direction Veliki Mokri Lug (sometimes written as V.M.L.). After about ten minutes you will cross a bridge going over the motorway; get out at the next stop 100 meters later. From the bridge you will already see the petrol station where you want to go, which is about 200 meters walking. This petrol station is also located uphill. (This info is not entirely correct, I spent 4 hours while trying to get out of Belgrade. There is no way to reach the stop of 308 with Tram 7. You have to get off at Vukadin memorial or shortly Vuk and from there on, walk to a nearby kiosk and catch bus 6A, then go to the last stop Ustanicka and walk down the street. There you can catch 308 to VML. The petrol station is a pretty good place to hitchhike, just don't be in it, cause there's just a few cars stopping and you'll be waiting quite a lot)(well, info is good - but from time to time officials do some tram-track repair, so tram 7 doesn't go further then Vukov spomenik (also, not Vukadin, his name was Vuk). In that case bus 6a runs. Otherwise, going to last stop Ustanička and going down stairs through this big mall and crossing the street will bring you to bus 308 stop).
A sign saying "10 K.M." might be helpful in catching a local car which can take you to the first toll stop (a hitchhiking stop regularly used by locals) and out of the intense exhaust fumes.
If you're heading for Nis Niš (or beyond) try using a sign (saying NisNiš). If going beyond Nis Niš remember to leave the car *on the motorway* - not in NisNiš, unless you're a big fan of walking. About two hundred meters before the motorway split Nis Niš and Sofia ([[Bulgaria]]) is an abandoned working toll area station where traffic is going slow and there's place for the cars to stopyou can easily find a long distance ride.
To hitchhike towards Niš, you should first reach paytollthe toll station, which can be a bit tricky, since you have to hitchhike while you are still in the city.
=== Heading South West = Bus 26 ====This option is easy and works well if you like hitching from service stations and asking people instead of tolls/signs on the side of the road.From the city center bus station "Trg Republike" take bus 26 towards "Nazelje Brace Jerkovic" until "Peke Pavlovika" (11 stops, 25minutes, costs 150 Serbia Dinars) which is the second stop after the bus crosses over the highway. From the bus stop it is only 10 minutes walking towards the East to reach the highway at a place where you get to a service station from the company "MOL" and there is no fence!Some local people will tell you to go to another place nearby where you can stand by the road - it is used by locals but way more dangerous than the fuel station! * [[User:MartinJ888|MartinJ888]] August 2022: Hitched there with a friend (two men), it took us about 1 hour to get a ride towards Nis. === Southwest towards [[Sarajevo]] and [[Montenegro]] ===[[File:Donraspunicum.jpeg|right|thumb|150px|[[User:Kristian|Kristian]] hitchhiking towards [[Čačak]] in Belgrade (2013)]]There are 2 ways to Sarajevo, one through Čačak-Uzice, a bit south, the other one more direct but not written on online maps... The one through Čačak worked well for us. Take the bus 53 from south of the train stationgreen open market called "Zelena pijaca" (the stop is called ''Zeleni venac'') in the center, to the end last station(''Vidikovac''). Then just follow the street for one minute, turn right, here is the exit to the motorway, climb up the bridge and try to hitchhike there, there s is some place for cars to pull over, but in Serbia when they want to stop the car the dont really need a good spot just after the bridgeproper place ;). It seems that buses 531, 532, 533 go further, but it's not really needed, and they might be regional buses.Use signs ČA and/or UE (ČaČak-Uzice). [[User:P40fA|Jan]] hitched a ride to Čačak in Sep 2018 here in ten minutes. This way through Čačak-Uzice is not the fastest but in t0ma5´s opinion very interesting, it will take you 6-7 hours to reach Sarajevo and before leaving Serbia you will pass near by GuČa, where a crazy Balkan music festival takes place every summer and just before the Bosnian border is Mokra Gora, the ethno village that the filmmaker Kusturica made for his movie, Life is a Miracle, you can visit it in few hours if you have the times but there is entrance fee. After Uzice there is not much traffic going to Bosnia since after the border and before Sarajevo there is not any big city, so if you get a ride the driver will probably take u all the way to Sarajevo :)
=== North towards [[Novi Sad]] and [[Budapest]] {{European Route Number|75}} ===It's best to take bus number 706 from Zeleni Venac station (big bus station in the city center)or 73 from New Belgrade. If you wish to hitchhike Batajnica, around 15 kilometers away and 40 minutes by bus (depending on the highway, you should exit at overpass at Batajnicatraffic jams). The same bus goes through Zemun. If you wish to take the old roadYou also have 706E, which is probably the better option if you travel only to Novi Sadan express bus, faster than 706, then you should go further with that bus and starts from Zemun (Kej Oslobodjenja - Zemun center) going to the end of Batajnica suburb, until the . You can also take bus turns number 73 from that road, at New Belgrade. Ask the church. Just go back driver to the same road let you were previously off at, and hitchhike from there. Batajnica is around 15 kilometers far from Zeleni Venac station, and where the highway crosses the bus takes around 40 minutes, depending on traffic jamsroad.
There is a map on http://www.serbiatravelers.org/en/index.php/hitchhiking/145-beograd
=== Northeast towards [[Timișoara]] ([[Romania]]) {{European Route Number|70}} ===Take a bus from the center (25/25-P will work) to the base of the ''Pančevački most'' (the bridge over Dunav/Danube -- not any of the ones over the Sava). Take another bus (e.g. 101, 102, 103...) over the bridge, and get off at the first stop after the bridge. Turn around and walk to the elevated motorway back in the direction the bus came (< 100 m). This is the E-70. Coming from the bus stop, the direction East is on the far side of the motorway, so you need to walk under it and then climb up to the level of the highway. Walk right along it (there is a guardrail, so it's not too scary) until you come to a traffic light with a place for buses/cars to pull over immediately afterwards. This is the perfect hitch spot. Continue on the E70 towards Pančevo and Vršač and eventually the [[Stamora Moravița-Vatin border crossing]] into Romania. Be aware that Romanian drivers may expect money, so if a car with a Romanian number plate stops, explain that you will not pay. '''MARCH 2017''': I recommend you to take the bus that goes right away from Belgrade to Pančevo (I think number 95, but check it). Once you are in that village it goes super fast. It takes longer to go first to that spot after the bridge and find a straight ride to Timișoara than going first to Pančevo, because most of the cars go to small villages around, and normally the ones that leave from that village go to Timișoara. === West towards [[Zagreb]] {{European Route Number|70}} ===Take bus no. 16 or 17 from the upper part of Zeleni Venac station towards Novi Beograd, and exit after you pass traffic circle. Cross the street, and take bus no. 611. To check bus connections: [http://www.eway.rs/en/cities/beograd/routes] . That bus will take you to the highwaymotorway, some 20 kilometers from Belgrade. Get off as soon as the bus turns from the highhwaymotorway, and then return to the highwaymotorway. Start hitchhiking there. Paytoll The toll station is around 7-8 kilometers far, but there's no need to go there on foot. When cars stop, ask them to take you at least until the toll station. If they leave the last exit before, they can drop you off there. (There is a gas station, what can be reached from behind). You can walk from there to the toll station (ca. 1 km).Once you get to the paytolltoll station, we recommend using a sign for the direction you want to go, it is a good opportunity to get a direct ride, even all the way to Zagreb. From Belgrade to Zagreb advice is good you take bus 611 to end of town. Better not try to hitchhike on first petrol station Zmaj after Novi Belgrade, you can really stuck there for few hours. Hundreds of cars coming on that place but almost all of them were going back to Belgrade or to Novi Sad and just few of them to Croatia. Take 611 and go out just near road to air port than you just walk few minute on high way and come to petrol station. That is last petrol station in direction to Croatia and there also people can turn to Novi Sad and not in direction to Croatia. You just need to catch ride to pay tolls. When you at pay tolls, there is much easier to catch ride to Zagreb or any part of Croatia.(June 2013) Just to write some more info, (June 2014). This time it was much easier to catch ride even on petrols station Zmaj outside of Novi Belgrade and without going more further with bus 616 to last petrol station near airport and pay tolls. It was same as last year a lot of cars where there on Zmaj petrol station and a lot of them were going back to Belgrade(It was mistake last year to ask drivers if they go to Croatia, just ask everyone to get you to pay tolls in Šimanovci) . Speak with people that work on petrol station an they will help you to catch ride, ask every driver just to drive you to Šimanovci-name of place where pay tolls are and from there is much easier to move forward Croatia. On Zmaj petrol station is forbidden to stop for trucks(specially for foreign trucks, trucks can not drive through Belgrade), only trucks with special license can stop there and they will be local Serbian trucks but they can go to pay tolls, try to ask them. On second petrol station after airport is allowed for all trucks. There are also helpful people that work on petrols station or girls that cleans cars to catch some money for summer , they could help you if you ask them. Serbian registration that could go to pay tolls are ŠI, RU, SM ask them or any other foreign driver, they will all go to pay tolls or Croatia. If you want to hitchhiking directly from the toll station, it is also possible, but quite a long way. You are sure to get a ride pretty far though, it might be useful if you want to have a long ride. In April 2018, I`ve waited 1min and got a ride direct to Munich.How to get there : find a bus that goes to Novi Beograd and take the bus 711 in direction of Simanovci, the village where there is the toll station. You can take for example bus 65 from Zeleni Venac (the bus passes in the street, not in the bus station ; the street is Zeleni Venac and it goes across the bridge towards Zemun, Novi Beograd, etc.) and get out at stop Pariske Komune after a big round about. From there, come back to the round about and take a left on Bulevar Mihajla Pupina. Stay on the side of the road where cars go towards the round about, not from the round about! And walk a minute to the next bus stop and take the 711 til the last stop named Simanovci Centar. This is a 50min ride and you can easily blackride the bus.for info about the 711 bus https://www.busevi.com/mapa-linije-711-novi-beograd-paviljoni-ugrinovci-izlaz-simanovci/From Simanovci Centar, continue straight on the main road for about 20min. Take a left on Dositejeva ulica for about 5min and you`re there!
== Blackriding ==
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