Heading to Europe. Had a sign saying London, got a lift in 15 minutes with a Bulgarian guy who dropped me at Reading services.

Pretty chill, couple people stopped took me as far as they could (reading services) as was trying to get to London. Waited using a sign first then just used thumb and that was better maybe

Was waiting in the rain this time. Was picked up by some married couple. They were reading iltalehti and listening to 80's radio the whole way. The radio channel had some anti immigrant stuff being said in between the music, and I felt slightly judged for not being in a school or work currently so i was feeling a little bit tense the whole way.

Probably the best spot in all of Kosice. All the traffic is funneled through this single lane road and people are driving slowly. Lots of traffic as well. My piece of advice, DO NOT ACCEPT A RIDE TO THE BORDER. Multiple people will stop and offer you a ride there. I accepted one and was stuck hitchhiking around there for an entire day. There is no traffic around the border town or the rest stops around there. I even tried hitchhiking on the highway and it didn’t work. I eventually had to get a ride back to Kosice by night time, and camped in the fields behind the small town. I was able to charge my batteries in the hotel near this spot, they were super nice. Next morning, I hitchhiked and waited around an hour for then a family offering to take me halfway to Budapest since they were going to Hungary for a little day trip vacay. So yeah moral of the story is just be patient. The locals and everyone around there is super nice and you’ll eventually get picked up. Make sure that you choose a decent rest stop or city as your drop-off point because beginning part of Hungary is pretty rural. Thanks for reading my ted talk and happy hitchhiking y’all :D

Waited for close to two hours there with and without a sign reading ‘Kutaisi’ in both languages. Not much room for cars to pull over but many do (to pick up their relatives etc) and buses as well. Not much traffic but Matshukas come every 30min or so in the worst case. Eventually got a dude to take me to Khashuri

A pretty decent spot, and the ride was pretty fast by Seden standards. I stood here with a ride reading Helsingborg and got off at a gas station in front of the city.

As a solo woman, a two hours waiting time is really bad. I made a mistake while reading the map and hitchhiked there to go to Clermont-Ferrand / Lyon. There were many cars going to Bordeaux but almost none was going North. I think it is not worth taking the motorway to go to Clermont-Ferrand when starting there. This is why the cars do not use the motorway there (too expensive) and why I waited so long. I was lucky to have old friends going in the direction of Paris on that day, otherwise I think I might have stayed 4 hours there. It might be a good spot for Bordeaux / Spain. Please comment if this works.

Started hitchhiking in the afternoon with a sign reading Split and a Slovenian guy took us all the way to Zadar where he offered us that he'll drive us to Zagreb the next day (it was late when we got to Zadar) which we happily accepted

We had a sign reading "SEA" as we wanted to get to the seaside and a young lady took us almost immediately

We had a sign reading Opuzen and a young lady took us (M+F) there after ca 10 min

Do not go here along the highway - the cars go slow but there is not enough space for pedestrians. We got there thanks to a local who saw us standing with a sign reading Sarajevo on the branching from the main road a took us here, before the toll booth. Then we waited some 10 minutes before a car stopped so overall a good spot

We put up a sign reading Sarajevo and a guy stopped immediately and offered to take us half the way to Zenica (which we accepted of course)

Strolled around a bit to find a good spot, then just stood at the gas station exit to the motorway with a Praha sign for 30 minutes. Very few cars going through the gas station, but in my opinion still the best bet going West from Brno since all cars go in the direction of Prague. Eventually got picked up by an extremely nice Slovakian/Ukrainian couple and got dropped off exactly where I wanted to go in Prague. About reaching the gas station: like the hitchhiker before me, I drove to the station with the train (two stops, S4/S41), then went along the street to the bridge under the motorway. Climbed up the steep hill next to the bridge and walked 500 m alongside the motorway (outside the railing!!) to the gas station. Not the best spot to reach, but very doable and a lot easier than I imagined after reading the other comments

After reading the comments idk I guess this place is just a hit or miss. Got here around 6 PM and tried asking around a bit, stood by the exit, and stood in front of the gas station for about 3 1/2 hours and had no luck. The place is beautiful though so I camped by the lake and tried again next morning. Next morning I waited another 3 hours until someone offered to take me near Wien/Vienna. There was a good amount of people in the morning but idk they didn’t really care to see or look at me lol. So yeah I think my luck was dwindling and you might have a better experience than me. I think it’s still worth to hitchhike here as one of the primary spots people stop at and head towards east potentially.

At a border checkpoint, I arrived late in the day and was asking around at the nearby truck stop. You can definitely find somebody there, but I had no luck. After that, I stood at the beginning of the highway with a sign reading "Arad," just to move to a better station, and after about 20 minutes, a very nice guy brought me there.

Waited right before the gas station so that cars could pull over easily. Had a sign reading “Elbasan/North Macedonia”. Took me a while (an hour and a half) to find a driver to Elbasan. I also tried the second roundabout right before the highway but turned back because the cars were driving too fast. Also, easily accessible from the airport so it’s possible to rest and use the restrooms.

Ideally placed to get out of Podgorica, towards Albania. I stood right after the roundabout, there was room for the cars to pull over and even some shade from the road sign. I had a sign reading “Albania”. Had to wait quite a bit but going to Tirane that was worth the wait.

All London spots are a bit naff, this one got me out to reading somewhat quickly

Heading to Europe, had a sign saying London. Good spot opposite the gas station, lots of traffic, very visible, space to stop. Got a lift in 15 minutes with a car heading into London. Got off in Slough - bad decision! Should have got off at Reading services.

Heading to Europe, got a lift in 30 minutes with a sign saying London. Car was leaving the M4 before Reading services so I got off at Membury. Good spot, extra lane for cars to pull over safely.