Not much traffic off season. Mostly Turkish cars with 34 area code. Many trucks with 16. I needed to go to Sofia so i tried to go east with sign Bulgaria and west with Sign Thessaloniki. Sometimes both while standing in the middle and turning for cars/trucks. Going to Turkey should be possible since i got offered rides by truck drivers. The police were really chill only checked my Passport and told me they have to kick me out if someone reports me and chatted with me about traveling while doing their checks. The checkpoint and police presence probably made the drivers not stop for me. 1 male

Was okay spot, not too much traffic but some Bulgarian guys took me all the way to Sofia

Had no luck here going towards Sofia, went to the toll station where I was able to leave quickly

Went here with bus 84A and a 15 minute walk including a climb over a ditch holding no water late September (I hope it’s always like this) and a small fence after failing to leave Thessaloniki from the ramp at the bp. Many cars with Bulgarian plates and got a lift after 30 minutes (with a sign saying Sofia).

Got a ride to Sofia. This is the spot for the wwoofers I think?

God spot for Kumanovo but don't expect to be as lucky as I was. First car that stopped for me had Bułgarian license plates and took me straight to Sofia, except for my driver I didn't saw any Bulgarian license plates so don't expect to much but still nice spot

Walked through the boarder at 20:00 at night but we still got a lift. Every car passing pretty much goes to Sofia. Stood by the pedestrian crossing. Boy and girl + Sofia sign. Granted we did get pulled over 30 mins later and our guy was 3x over the legal limit blood alcohol percentage. Still made it B)

only a few Cars came by. But we could hike a trip until Sofia Bulgaria for two men. Amazing guy that took us!

There is WiFi and shade. Alot of traffic from cars trucks and busses. Sign to Sofia. Alot of busses leaving the parking looked and gestured me like they would have taken me but couldn't stop again so maybe be visible to them or directly ask them. Just before i wanted to call it a night in the nearby field on my last round of asking people a trucker took me all the way to Sofia:) The walk across the border to BG is longer than usual if you get there by truck since they get separated a few hundred meters earlier 1 male

Sign Nis/Sofia Literally the first car stopped. (Fancy BMW 7 series Limousine) Not much space for stopping tho so need to be fast. They only needed to go half way to Niš but drove me all the way. Helped diagnose their car and fix it at the gas station before Niš with a nice ice cream:) 1 male Friday

Good Shade, Market and WiFi. Sign Nis/Sofia It can be a good spot to hitchhike but i think i just got quite unlucky since most cars were full. People were really nice and brought me water, energy drinks and good conversation so the wait was nice. I feel like sticking to tolls/rampas is more efficient in Serbia tho. (And dont get off at the station i got to) 1 Male

Took the Bus 493 from Sava Centre and asked the driver to drop me off here and he kindly did.(If they dont you can try at the on Ramp where the bus goes off the highway, its a good distance already and currently all public transport is free) There is no shade at this place. With Sign to Niš/Sofia a guy stopped after 10 Minutes and said 100km but went to another highway and dropped me off at the next gas station. Staying here to get a ride to Niš would have been easier. He shared his smoke with me tho so the rest was more fun:) 1 male

Good spot for sofia but a lit of poeple juste stop by for gaz before going back to serbia so i guess u could always find a ways to everywere

I think this is an awesome spot. If you have the energy to ask, there are a lot of people stopping here for a quick bite, if not, just thumbing with a sign worked pretty decently for me. I really cool dude stopped for me and brought me all the way to Sofia. The cars are slow, and there is a place to stop easily.

The first guy I asked brought me all the way to Obnova on his way to Montana. Looks like a decent gas station with nice traffic. With a bit of luck, you can find a ride here all the way to Sofia.

A decent spot for directions to Pleven and Sofia. I found a car in a while. The staff was really friendly and cool with me asking around the gas pumps.

good spot before A1 enter to Sofia sign, one man gave me a ride, wanted to continue to highway to Serbia, he thought he knows a better spot but left me on a very very wrong place on the other side of Sofia city

I mean its not a bad spot for Belgrade, but for Sofia there is not many cars going to Pirot, we waited mby 4 hours and then we took a break, became friends with the toll gate staff, got coffee from them, had a proper hour-long cig break and magically at around 9 pm when it was already dark the first car we tried to stop after the break stops and gets us to Pirot, so if I shall give a recommendation, ask for some of that magical coffee stuff theyve got at the gate

Not the best, the gate was almost empty so we decided to move to this spot and got a ride along the old road ro Sofia

asking around the cars waiting in the line didn't really get us many positive reactions, BUT just talking to a nearby smoking person for a while and THEN asking for a ride worked. got a ride directly to Sofia's centre