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'''Budapest''' is the capital of [[Hungary]]. It is often abbreviated as BP, which is easier to see for car drivers on a [[signs|sign]].
== Hitching in ==
If your driver is only going around Budapest on the ring road, and not entering the city, the best exit points are Dabas-Soroksár (close to M5, south-east) from which you can take a bus to Népliget, and Dunakeszi-Újpest (close to M2, north) from which you can take bus 104.
Dabas-Soroksár is the exit from the M5 to the local road number 5. If you get from the highway onto the 5, walk or ask the driver to bring you 2km in direction of the city center (towards the M51). After you pass the M51 there will be a MOL petrol station. Behind the petrol station is the bus number 66. This one will go inside the city and will bring you to the next metro station, too.
== Hitching out ==
There are several possibilities for leaving is another petrol station around 200m down the city in this directionroad, but it gets so little traffic that it is not worth going there.
Ways to get there: #Take bus 8E from ''Keleti pályaudvar'' (Keleti train station) in the direction of Kelenföld vasútállomás M, (and change at BAH-csomópont for bus 139), or take bus 139 from ''Széll Kálmán tér'' in the direction of Gazdagréti tér, and get off at ''Nagyszeben út'' (not Nagyszeben tér!). Walk back 100m east in the direction the bus came from along Budaörsi út and you will see the OMV petrol station and McD on the right. # Take metro 4 from ''Keleti pályaudvar'' to the last stop ''Határ útKelenföld vasútállomás''. Then take bus [http:Walk through the underpass and up the steps in northwest direction. Continue along the footpath till you reach the main road Budaörsi út. Cross the main road and turn left and walk west for 250m along Budaörsi út till you reach the OMV petrol station //wwwMcD. '''Personal experiences''' ''A friend and I wanted to hitchhike to Vienna from here.bkvUpon arriving, we encountered a couple of other hitchhikers going to Balaton.hu/busz/84eWe found a single seat going to Vienna within 30 mins.html #84E]Upon speaking to the other hitchhikers, I found them a ride within five minutes by asking at the gas station. Another hitchhiker arrived and together we found a ride to the Austrian border within an hour. - [http[User://wwwRebew|Rebew]] (Aug. 2021)'' ''I was able to get a ride in under an hour going to directly to Vienna. It was early morning so there wasn't that much traffic (1 car every 2-3 minutes) but seems like a good spot.bkvI think it's worth holding out for a ride across the border if you don't want to end up in Western Hungary somewhere.hu/busz/89eI had a sign saying "Wien" but the ride was from a Hungarian.html #89E- [[User:AloysiusDente|AloysiusDente]] (March 2024)'' ==== Option 2: OMV petrol station BAH-csomópont ==== Take bus 8E, 110, 112 from ''Keleti pályaudvar'', or [http://www139, 140, 140A from ''Széll Kálmán tér'', in direction of Kelenföld vasútállomás M and get off at ''BAH-csomópont''.bkvAlternatively, trams 17 and 61 stop here.hu/busz/294eAlso, you can walk ≈4.html #294E] 5km west from Keleti train station to the stop beginning of ''Naszód utca (Használtcikk piac)Budaörsi út''. You should see <br/ >This place is relatively close to the center and there is a Citroen car lot on of traffic to the M1 and M7. It appears like this is the other side of only option in the roadlist that nobody has specifically spoken against. Here you can start ==== Option 3: Motorway service station M1/M7 (Agip) '''Budaörs''' ==== Take metro 4 from ''Keleti pályaudvar'' to hitchthe last stop ''Kelenföld vasútállomás''. A sign "Szeged" Take bus 172 or 173 and get off at stop ''Budaörs, benzinkút'', which is usefulright at the Agip service station. If It has a lot of traffic to both motorways and can be a great place if you take bus 84Eget a chance to talk to drivers, you can continue straight onto though the staff of the motorway to a OMV petrol station that you can hitch frommay not allow it.#==== Option 4: Motorway service station M1 '''Biatorbagy''' ==== Take tram metro 4 or 6 from ''Keleti pályaudvar'' to the last stop ''Boráros térKelenföld vasútállomás'', then . Then take bus 54 or 55 a local train to the stop ''Radnó utcaBiatorbagy''(it costs about EUR 1 (HUF 370)). There is From the station, turn right for 20m, and then right again at the roundabout under the railway tracks along Dózsa György út for ≈350m until you reach a main road. Turn left (northwest) and follow this national road 1 for 2km to a petrol turning on the right. Walk north along this road for ≈750m under the motorway bridge to the service station on the other north side of the noise barrier wallmotorway.If you are ready to invest some time to get to the first petrol station after the motorway splits, you should do so because it is a perfect spot as essentially all the cars there are going towards Vienna/Bratislava. You could also thumb at ==== Option 5: Various spots near the bus stop on city centre ==== Starting from inside the bus-only lanecity (between Moszkva tér and Kelenföld) is a possibility worth trying, especially because there are some good spots that are quite popular among local hitchhikers. DonPros are that you don't go need to spend any furthermoney on transport; cons are that there is a lot of local traffic and so waiting times could be very long. (In real nobody will take you, this road will change into a motorway in few hundred metersgo out to the edge of the city).#=== South towards [[Szeged]], [[Serbia]], [[Arad]] ([[Romania]]) (M5) {{E|75}} === ==== Option 1: Gyáli út ==== Take tram 4 or 6 to ''Boráros tér'', then take bus number 54 or 55 to the stop ''Gyáli út''. Walk straight for 75 m and then turn left on the street ''Gyáli út''. After about 150 m there is a curve in the road, turn right there and walk to the motorway (it's not yet a motorway officially, so you can hitchhike there). There is no road or pavement leading there, but it's easy to cross. You will see a half complete ramp on your right going on the motorway. It's basicaly a 100 meters long lane with no traffic on it, it's ideal for cars to stop, and you are also visible from a long distance. As of January 2017, there is some construction which leaves no space for stopping except on the exit lane of the petrol station nearby. The spot still worked quite well ==== Option 2: Petrol Station OMV on Nagykőrösi út ==== Take tram 4 or 6 to ''Boráros tér'', then take bus 54 or 55 to the stop ''Radnó utca''. There is a petrol station on the other side of the noise barrier wall. You could also thumb at the bus stop on the bus-only lane. If you want to go any further, option 3 is about 800 meters down the road. ''I got a ride to a rest station near Kecskemét within 30 minutes. My driver told me that thumbing at the bus station would've been a better idea. Kecskemét was good to hitchhike, but the tourists are annoying. This is also a perfect route to go to Kosovo, as 90% of drivers will be going there. - Rebew (30/07/2021)'' ==== Option 3: Start of M5 motorway ==== Take the metro to ''Határ út''. Then take bus [http://www.bkv.hu/busz/84e.html #84E], [http://www.bkv.hu/busz/89e.html #89E] or [http://www.bkv.hu/busz/294e.html #294E] to the stop ''Naszód utca (Használtcikk piac)''. Here you can start to hitch (you should see a Citroen car lot on the other side of the road. A sign "Szeged" is useful. If you take bus 84E, you can continue straight onto the motorway to a OMV petrol station that you can hitch from. (This information is unconfirmed; maybe this is the OMV in option 2.) ==== Option 4: Motorway service station M5 Inárcs ==== Take the metro 3 to ''Népliget''. Take bus [http://www.volanbusz.hu/en/timetable/lines/line/?menetrend=2204 Volánbusz 608] to ''Inárcsi elág (M5-ös út)''. After approximately 30km, it will leave the motorway and go to Inárcs. Remember the way and get off the bus at the first stop (shortly past where the town starts) and walk back to the OMV petrol station where the bus left the motorway. Take care, because there is no sidewalk and cars/trucks can be quite fast. It is the first big petrol station on M5 after Budapest [http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/47.2750/19.3289] and there will be cars and trucks to all the southerly destinations - just ask around. You can look for foreign plates if you want to leave the country.
=== South towards [[Érd]], [[Pécs]] (6, M6) {{European Route Number|73}} ===
If you take bus 33, you can go until the last stop (''Nagytétény, Chinoin''). Walk forward (east) for 200 m and then turn left to the ramp which leads you to a roundabout. There is an entry to the M6 here where you can thumb.
For food, bathroom, and buses, get dropped of at the Tesco in Pécs. There's a bus station there where cars can stop.
=== East towards [[Miskolc]], [[Košice]] ([[Slovakia]]), [[Ukraine]] (M3) {{European Route Number|71}} ===
=== East towards [[Szolnok]], [[Debrecen]], [[Oradea]] ([[Romania]]) {{European Route Number|60}}, (4) ===
Take metro 3 to the end of the line at ''Kőbánya-Kispest''. Walk to the bus station on the other side of the #4 road. Take the airport bus 200E and get off at the second to last stop before the airport: ''Vecsés-nyugat''. Walk back along the road ≈600m and you will reach the Agip petrol station & McDonalds.<br/ > ==== Option 2: Üllő roundabout & MOL petrol station ==== Take a regional train from train station ''Nyugati Pályaudvar'' to ''Üllő'' (550 HUF and 30 min ride). Walk ≈700m southwest on Deák Ferenc ut. till you reach the main road through the town Pesti út. Turn left (southeast) here and walk 2km along Pesti út to the large roundabout and MOL petrol station at the end of town. You can also hitch 100m past the roundabout on national road 4; although there's no shoulder, there is some space for cars to pull over and stop. 20/09/17 Tried option 1 for 3 hours and then went to option 2, waited maybe 30min. === Option 3: M3 Highway for Debrecen === Take a subway till station Mexicói út after walk 4 km ( it's pretty far and I saw a bus 25, but didn't check from where is it going ) till you cross Ozman utca( or around it) it will be a gas station OMV, the road is going among M3 highway, and here some cars are going to a gas station from Highway to this road and back to the highway, and also there is a bus stop after a gas station, where is very convenient to stop the car. === M2 North towards [[Slovakia]], [[Kraków]] ([[Poland]]) M2 {{European Route Number|77}} ===
[[File:vacifoti.jpg|thumb|right|220 px| The bus stop at the Váci-Fóti intersection]]
== Public Transport ==
Budapest has an extensive public transportation system consisting of a metro, buses and trams. A single ticket is about 1.10€ 15 (a set of 10 tickets is about 7€EUR 9.90). After you buy your ticket, you have to validate it. There are red machines on buses and trams that punch a hole in a different place on your ticket each day, which is how they determine if you validated your ticket that day (or at least not the day before...). Inspections on buses and trams are rare except for the most popular lines (e.g. buses 7, 7E, 173 and 173E and trams 2 (very frequent), 4 and 6). Rush hours are usually safe when the trams/buses are too crowded for the inspectors to walk through the vehicles. If you want to be safe, hang around the machine and if you see an inspector coming, punch your ticket immediately. You can usually also get off the carriage when you see inspectors getting on as usually at least some of them will wear uniforms. Be careful: the system has changed, and the controllers are often escorted with a public area inspector who has the right to stop you and demand for your ID cards.'
== Sleeping ==
If you want to sleep outside in summer, you can do so anywhere in Buda hills. Other possibilities These places are abandoned after dark, far from people, and sometimes used by homeless people. In case the weather outside is not very warm nor welcoming, the two big parksmall Duna Plaza, in the northern part of the city XIII district, metro stop Gyongyosi utza offer great opportunities to find a shelter and not being discovered by security guards. In a cold night of november I found a perfect spot to lay down on his mat and sleep, Margitsziget behind the high bar of a closed (47but open..528694) pub on the 2nd floor,19next to the restaurants, emergency exit stairs on the back, at the highest floors are also a good option.047618Toilets are closed at night and security go around to check when they close the building around 02:00. Another safe option for the winter time would be the '''airport''' - unfortunately you can’t blackride the bus that goes there since the driver checks everyone, but the combined ticket for the Metro and the bus is 530 HUF (~1,15€) . If you buy the ticket from the driver instad of the vending machine, it’s 600 HUF. The staff doesn’t care about the people sleeping there and Városliget no one checks if you have a flight ticket. Might also be a good option if you’re planning on hitchhiking from there in the morning. == Food == At Allee shopping centre (47.513566metro stop Újbuda Központ,19green line.085126Tram 4 and 6 too)on the top floor there is a large food court where it's possible to table dive. Margitsziget Also at Kőbánya Kispest (last stop on the M3 blue line) there is an island a large shopping centre beside the train station. There's a large food court on the top floor also where you can table dive. Also in the Danube and itCorvin Plaza there's a popular place food court on the top floor to walk table dive. Try the market at Újbuda Központ (Vásárlócsarnok) and escape you can maybe get some free vegetables from the busy city in the nice weathersellers there. Városliget is about the same At Örs vezér tere, there's an IKEA with a great food court. In both places Just take a left after you could find hidden places where nobody would bother come up the stairs to avoid all the showrooms unless you enjoy playing there to raise your appetite :-) On the top floor of the central market at night. Although Fovam ter, there are sometimes people still awake at nightsmany food stalls, especially young onespopular among tourists, most of whom are ignorant fuckers who order what they want but not what they won't harm youneed, i.e. A LOT of leftovers on the table. Homeless people There are public tables where these fuckers eat and they are harmlessnot frequently cleaned by workers, thus easy opportunity for table diving.Please do this, even just once or twice. I have seen big sandwiches and baked potatoes and such being left after a single bite. We should make wasting food a crime. == Nomadwiki & Trashwiki == {{nomadwiki}}
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