Hitchhiking from Tartu
Hitchhiking to Tartu
Recent reviews mentioning Tartu
58.35662, 24.57457
Got a ride to Tartu immediately. A sign helps.
―Simonaator1, June 2026
58.36175, 26.65714
Usually a good spot but there were police there at the same time so people were wary of me. One of the best spots to get a ride towards Viljandi from Tartu, expect to wait 30-45 minutes.
―Simonaator1, June 2026
59.21421, 25.03662
Towards Tartu, amazing spot, probably won't catch a car coming from Saula, however now most cars head quite a distance on the highway and due to great visibility and the obscurity of this spot, you'll get a car within 5-10 minutes going long distance
―estohiker, May 2026
59.4732, 24.89792
Wide roadside, basically a gamblers spot as you can catch a car coing towards Lasnamäe, Maardu or to the Tallinn roundabout direction- Narva/Tartu/Pärnu, or even to Muuga (less likely due to the next turn being of the cars for that). Would recommend taking any car that takes you further. Seems like a spot where noone would stop and you will have loads of cars go by you, but never say never, as somehow I have managed to get always a car here before the rarely seen busses, if you feel lucky, definitely try this here, just make sure to be not too close to the bus stops as there's almost always someone waiting for a bus, ruining your chances of getting a car, wait times of 5-30 minutes expected
―estohiker, May 2026
58.25218, 26.4566
Towards Tartu, great visibility, very wide and long speeding ramp and loads of traffic, what else could you wish for? wait times of 5-15 minutes expected
―estohiker, March 2026
57.79197, 26.054
Towards Tartu, only use during winter with loads of snow cuz the main Valga spot by then is covered by snow and for some reason they dont plow it well enough, however more towards the little river the sides are done wide and you can stop personal cars there way better, wait times of 10-30 minutes expected, low traffic as usual for Valga.
―estohiker, March 2026
58.36811, 26.88397
Towards Aovere, but a lot of the cars taking this exit actually usually go quite some long distance (Mustvee/Jõhvi/Jõgeva/Tallinn etc). The turn itself isn't the best, not the most amount of room but you will be able to stop anything due to the low speeds, don't be hesitated about most cars staying on Tartu-Räpina highway, try to aim cars coming from Räpina direction - those are the long distance ones, wait times of 15-45 minutes expected
―estohiker, December 2025
59.32913, 27.40138
Another very good bus stop towards Tartu, decent traffic, has street lights and wide enough, wait times of 20-40 minutes expected
―estohiker, December 2025
58.60011, 27.13342
Towards Tartu, great spot, low speeds due to roundabout, a lot of cars headed towards Tartu especially in the mornings, has street lights and the bus stop is huge, you can stop anything there, wait times of 5-30 minutes expected depending on the time of the day
―estohiker, December 2025
58.8472, 26.914
Towards Tartu, quite uncomfy for the cars to stop but there's not much options around here, try to aim for those rare cars turning from Jõgeva, locals though usually go the other directions, good visibility and does have street lights as positives, wait times of 20-45 minutes expected
―estohiker, December 2025
58.4116, 26.72047
Towards Kõrveküla/Aovere, okay amount of traffic, has street lights and wide bus stop, a good way to skip Tartu and try to get a car further on the Jõhvi highway, wait times of 10-30 minutes
―estohiker, December 2025
58.24608, 26.96242
Either direction this dirt road barely gets any traffic til Uniküla-Vastse-Kuuste road or til Tartu-Räpina highway , had a single car pass on this section and they turned away to the villages before, about a car maximum in a hour, unless you get extremely lucky be prepared to walk all the way towards your destination, wait times of 100+ minutes
―estohiker, December 2025
58.33124, 26.1882
Towards Tartu, uncomfortable spot as its on the turn but cars on the highway don't speed as it still is 70km/h area or just about ended as well as some cars from Sangla would turn, with no speed, so all in all you'll get a car within 10-30 minutes, wouldn't recommend at night time
―estohiker, December 2025
58.28944, 24.60081
Excellent spot. Small roundabout, cars exit very slowly. Good shoulder to wait on for cars going East or South (Viljandi or Tartu).
―daniellorell, November 2025
58.10112, 27.44755
Sunday evening got a straight ride to Tartu. A nice shoulder for cars to stop.
―anettlee17, November 2025
57.89185, 26.84894
Towards Tartu, pretty good bus stop, try to aim for cars coming from Osula, quite some of them go long distance, wait times of 5-20 minutes expected
―estohiker, November 2025
58.07796, 27.03971
Towards Tartu, long straight road with good visibility, possible to stop small cars during the day time, wait times of 30-80 minutes
―estohiker, November 2025
58.06043, 27.04879
Towards Tartu, don't know why, since the spot looks ideal (low speeds, speeding up lane, as well as good visibility) but for some reason can't ever get cars here, my Estonian antirecord of wait times has been here, even has great street lights for the darker times, but seems like mission impossible, genuinely wait times are 100-250 minutes in here, would probably recommend going to Tartu through Ahja or Mooste road, good luck
―estohiker, November 2025
58.23955, 26.4091
Towards Puhja/Tartu, more likely to stop a car going to Tartu, an alternative and a good spot for my liking when it's already very dark outside, as Elva has very good street lighting, as well as cars go in slow speeds, before turning to the highway, wait times of 10-30 minutes expected, most cars here go to Tartu so ideal for that
―estohiker, October 2025
58.14292, 26.24846
Towards Elva/Tartu. Like said before, the spot itself is very small, just barely enough to have a car stop there, but due to just the right amount of traffic and very slow speeds, you will catch a car within 20 minutes, as well as it has good street lights for the dark
―estohiker, October 2025