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

I drank a coffee at the gas station and got picked up immediately to Varna

I drank a coffee at the gas station and got picked up immediately to Varna

Had really bad luck! Had a sign with Bucharest first hour no luck. Then tried with 5km sign and in the end someone helped me! He brought me to Bucharest to a metro station what a here

Big sign with Karlovo. Got picked up fast ! Cars go slow because of the roundabout. No shade tho but no issue 4 me cuz im just like that

Sign with 5 km just to get to highway. Great idea from guy who logged this spot! Thx

A nice rest area for cars to stop, held a sign for Plovdiv but the first car that stopped for me ended up being on the way to Burgas so I got a ride there.

I put out my thumb and a tow truck pulled over. He gave me a ride to Malko Tarnovo but once I was there it was a 8km walk to the border and no cars stopped for me. I ended up crossing the border checkpoint after sunset and slept on the side of the road. It's worth waiting here for a car that will take you into Turkey directly if you can.

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.

there was a guy standing, who called his friends and they picked us up to the MKD border.

abandoned bus stop, place to stop. could be a bit to the left or to the right because there's no marks on the map

very little traffic, but it all goes in one direction and there is a good place to stop. we didn't mind switching cars on the way to border.

even with roadworks right at the spot cars were going SO slow that they had a lot of time to think and a place to stop. this place is amazing! thumb + sign "МКД"

Really quiet place with not a lot of traffic. I think people are afraid to pick you up in direction turkey because they are afraid of the border. Got a ride to istambul at 19p.m but i was very lucky. People are rolling fast and no place to stop but i had no other choice.

Really good spot because people can see you from far and they are kind. But in large majority they are locals, you need to be lucky to find a ride toward malko talvorno.

Got a ride really fast by a guy going further on the coast, safe place to stay and for them to stop. Right after the gas station they can see you from far

Got a ride to primorsko after 20 min. Good spot with a lot of place to stop but people are rolling fast.

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

there is often a long cue of trucks waiting for the toll (since bulgaria is not a schengen country) and you can walk along the cue with your sign and find a pretty long ride