Kyiv
Kyiv, or Kiev in Russian, is the capital of Ukraine.
Hitching out
Kyiv is a very big city, however it has a very efficient metro (underground) system, especially if you're hitching west or east.
North (Kharkiv)
Get the metro to Boryspol`s`ka station (the last one on the green line). From here there is a huge roundabout - walk around the outside of the roundabout until you see the turn off to Kharkiv (XAPKIB in Ukrainian). Walk down the road, and you'll probably see a lot of people also hitching there (there was around 40 last time I did it in the middle of winter), walk to the back of the queue and try to look like you're going a long distance - most people will only be going 30 or 40 kilometres (having a conspicuous backpack helps).
- Cost to get there: 50 kopecks (1 metro token)
- Last verified: January 2006
East (Dnepropetrovsk, M04)
Get the metro to ""Vydubychi"(ВИДУБИЧІ)station , after need walk until car market.
- Cost to get there:1 metro token (50 kopecks = 0,10$)
- Last verified: April 2006
West (Rivne, Lviv, M06)
Get the metro to "Zhytomyrs`ka" (ЖИТОМИРСЬКА) station, after you need walk some kilometer. Girls be careful - in evenings their are working prostitutes, so tell to driver that you are hitchhiking immediately.
- Cost to get there: 1 metro token
- Last verified: July 2007
South (Odesa, M05)
Get the metro "Lybids`ka" (ЛИБІДСЬКА) station, after take a trolleybus NR.2 and go till destination stop "Kibcentr" (КІБЦЕНТР).
- Cost to get there: 1 metro token+1 trolleybus token = 1,0 UAH = 0,20$
- Last verified: July 2007
