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If you are departing from Nis and want to arrive in Istanbul, be aware that this route is 750 km long, with only 400km highway. If you get a ride towards [[Sofia]], you are likely to be dropped of at the city-border at the West side of that city, with all traffic going to other directions then East (mostly towards [[Bucharest]]. You need to be at the other side of the citySofia, try to make a stop on a petrol-station ''before '' you enter [[Sofia]], try to hitch through the South side or use public transport within [[Sofia]] to arrive at the other side, where the A1 starts.