A lot of cars passed and didn't stop

Second or third car

First car

wasnt the worst, 2.5/5, but you need to get very lucky to get a lift at least to the roundabout

possible to stop a car, but not ideal, no shade and romanians don't want to stop for you

romanians are scared to take you to the border, because there is a light check

after gas station exit lane there's an extra one, where everyone can stop. was surprised to get a ride from a brit here.

bad place, people drive pretty fast and unreachable. i asked to drop me here to not go into the village and stay on the highway

great place

go to the next one, it's so good

took me to shumen, then to varna. grear place with toilets

enormous place to stop, traffic lights before, reference place for HH honestly

right after customs, 5 meters maybe. just make contact with every car that passes you. piece of cake.

Many german Cars and very friendly workers on the Station the best Stop in my life

Not great, hard to get to, but all the traffic going to Turkey (if you don't go along the coast) goes here. I only went here because it was a sunny Saturday in summer and everyone on the highway at the petrol station (a little north) went to Sozopol for the beach. Eventually got picked up by gypsies who asked for money (€20), but they were very hospitable and even gave me something to eat and drink.

Quickly got picked up by a truck. Make sure to have a sign in both the Latin and Cyrillic alphabet.

I was there in the morning and the third car passing by stopped and took me to Burgas

Quick ride to Burgas

Be aware, in the summer everybody goes through the city center as it is faster, I didn’t catch a ride there

Got picked up very quickly to a place on the way to Burgas

Good spot to get a ride, but if you want to go to the E80 (for Bulgaria) make sure you don't go to Çorlu from here.

A fair number of cars coming through and a spot near the end of the onramp for cars to pull off but a car just stopped right in the middle of the road for me. He was going to one of the last towns along the coast in Bulgaria so I had him drop me at the gas station spot just before the road going south.

This is the exact spot I used to get out of Istanbul towards Bulgaria, there isn’t much room to stop, but drivers merge onto the highway slowly, and theres a steady flow of cars

Got dropped off here by a local saying I could walk to Greece, which was not true, so I had to wait for a guy to drive me to the other side. I was very lucky to be picked up by a very sweet German guy travelling all the way to Gernany, although I had a intention to go to Bulgaria, so we spent two days together in Greece and Samothrace, after which he dropped me off at a road going to Bulgaria.

Not that much space for cars but somehow it works. Guy from Bulgaria picked me up after 5-10 minutes of waiting.

All the traffic at this point is crossing the border, now that both Romania and Bulgaria are in Schengen, no border checks either, and the cars are going pretty slow and do stop to ask where you're going. Be aware that at the time of my crossing, the bridge was getting renovated, and only one way was open, might be difficult to cross on foot if you wanted to, and might make the waiting times longer. But you can walk up to people and ask to take you!

Lol didn't even had the time to write my sign (used the thumb while few cars were passing by) that a car with two Macedonians asked me where I go : "South, North Macedonia...Bulgaria?" "Come in!". Indirect ride to Skopje because they invited me at a generous grill restaurant! Had no problem to pass me trough the border, even though I was heavily controlled

Lots of space to pull over, definitely possible to get a ride directly to Bulgaria as many cars have Bulgarian plates. With my BG sign I got taken to Giurgiu, the driver offered to take me to the bridge toll booth but I got off at the Kaufland because I needed food instead.

Unbelievably bad, not traffic towards Bulgaria but if you have to it’s doable, don’t try to go farther than KP. Stand all the way on the highway that way there is a chance for the highway people to stop. Eventually a guy stopped on the curve for me. Only saw like 20 cars over 45 mins

Do not recommend, cars are going fast and not wanting to stop to go towards Bulgaria, that being said there isn’t a better spot so I agree with the other commenter saying eventually you will be picked up. Use a sign that says KP

Easy to get to kumanov and closer to the Bulgaria border

Good spot by the poll station to get a ride to Sofia/Bulgaria. There were a few policemen doing controls but they weren’t interested in us and didn’t stop us. You can even reach this spot by foot (that’s what we did) from Dimitrovgrad by hitchhiking to a spot on the local road nearby and then there’s a path to the toll station. (check out the map) There was a fence around the station but it had big holes you could claim through and toll station employees and police didn’t mind.

Good spot, found a ride to Bulgaria in seconds (he was going all the way to Burgas).

Good spot because a lot of traffic was at the start (5pm) but then dropped very fast (6pm). Was standing with a sign bulgaria/k.palanka. Maybe a bit far saying signs but there is no other place kinda to go there on that road. Also maybe i was not that lucky because i was trying kinda late in the evening. But eventually very nice truck driver who was paying a toll(stramge because all others had the autamic one) took me all the way to sofia.

A lot of space, not a lot of traffic, but seems easy. Got taken by a guy that used to hitchhike in the socialist times of Bulgaria. He got me to Kjustendil to a petrol station and immediately found me a ride to Sofia.

Kind of the only decent spot towards Bulgaria, police spend a lot of time here just as locals for coffee. I've been trying for 3h until night with the little traffic from the petrol station (police was there) and 4h straight on the highway the next morning with a sign BG - СРФИЯ. Most cars were completely full, I left with a big beer box under my legs and my backpack on my knees, that was the only room available in the car, but I made it to Sofia.

Still possible to walk bridge from Romania to Bulgaria as of december '23, but I hitched a lift to Ruse here.

only 4 cars stopped none went to the bulgaria direction

Realy good Spot to get a Ride outside of the City to califat (Border of bulgaria). 2 other locals Guys also tryed to hitchhike but 2 young Guys took us. They drove like crazy and IT was realy funny.

A lot of space for hitchhiking just after the toll booth. Lot of trucks go to Bulgaria, I got the ride to Niš after 5-6 mins