FAQ about hitch-hiking in Romania

Written by Gede Matyas (saman(a)sch.bme.hu)

Hitch is very-very good. The public transportation is rather poor, so a lot of local people use hitch-hikeing to go to work etc. The usual car is "Dacia". On the plates there's a sign of the county it belongs to.
The only problem is, that sometimes drivers ask for money. You do better to ask it before you get in. If you say you have no money, maybe he'lizingo lift you for free. But if you wait a little more, you surely will get a free ride.
From the major cities, where the public lighting is good you can hitch in the late evening, and at night as well.
In Transylvania, where live a lot of Hungarians (1.5 millions or more), you can pay with hungarian Forint almost everywhere.
If you go to Turkey through Bulgaria, the best thing you can do: at the Giurgiu border station (Romanian-Bulgarian border) ask the drivers to bring you to Turkey. (You can't cross the border on foot). Do not enter to a car goes only to Bulgaria. It's not good hitch-hiking in Bulgaria. (I think the only chances are the Turkish trucks...)