Towards Kilingi-Nõmme/Pärnu, amazing spot, low speeds, good traffic, wide enough to fit a lorry if needed, almost everyone goes that direction so you don't need to worry about the roundabout, wait times of 5-10 minutes expected

Okayish spot towards Pärnu, first realistic place afer Karksi straight the nearby bus stop is great also, wait times of 20-40 minutes

The hitcher's deadpoint, even though almost everywhere else in Estonia a straight road on a rather decently driven road would mean easy stops, this place seems to be cursed, so far I have yet to meet a person who has been picked up on the Karksi straight including me, best bet is to walk til the curves come by in in couple of kms, best of luck

Most okayish spot around Karksi-Nuia, the town in general sucks for heading towards west towards Pärnu, no good place really, but after the valley there's a small entrance here and cars can stop here, wait times of 20-40 minutes expected

Bus stop towards Karksi-Nuia, good traffic, low speeds due to being in the town, wait times of 10-20 minutes expected

Towards Karksi-Nuia, decent traffic, and locals turning towards there will have 0 speed here so great for them, okay amount of wideness on turns, wait times of 10-20 minutes expected here

Towards Karksi-Nuia, good visibility and wide paved side but for some reason cars just dont stop here no matter what, would rather walk to the other Linna spot, wait times of 60+ minutes to be expected here

A bit of an uncomfy bus stop, not the best visibility and there's turning just after this so make sure the car stops goes the correct direction, still does the job and wait times should be no longer than 20 minutes

Great bus stop towards Linna or Kärstna, good traffic, low speeds, wait times of 5-15 minutes expected

Towards Tõrva, local cars coming from Hummuli or Soe use this road, so low speeds before the turn and kinda okayish amount of cars, bus stop is wide, people friendly, wait times of 20-40 minutes expected mainly due to the lack of the cars, you can try to catch cars on main road also, but there's uncomfortable hill just before and high speeds with no real side of the road there

Towards Tõrva, great spot, low speeds, okay amount of traffic, wide enough, wait times of 10-20 minutes expected

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

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.

Towards Laiküla, rather poor spot, noone from Haeska turns towards east, okayish amount of cars, but generally due to it being on the end of a straight road before bends as well as the speeding lane being barely there, the spot is as good as any other place among the road, personally don't see any point in staying here but rather walking towards Martna cross, wait times of 30-80 minutes expected

Update: there are lights, however they turn them off way too early, also there have been improvements to the road, but still it's rather uncomfortable spot, much luck is needed here, revised wait times of 20-60 minutes expected

Towards Rakvere, ideal spot during the winter, as they plow it very wide due to the turning lorries, great visibility, during the summer also does the job, with a bit less room to play with, loads of traffic, wait times of 5-10 minutes expected, nowadays my go-to spot from leaving Jõhvi

Towards Jõhvi, decent amount of traffic, the spot itself is not the greatest, poorly plowed during the winter. There is a fish stall next to it, not used during winter but during the fishing season, cars stop here frequently, also the side of the road is very wide then, could chat with people by the stall buying fish or hitching by the side of the road, wait times of 20-80 minutes depending on the season.

Towards Kilingi-Nõmme, great visibility, good amount of traffic, wide bus stop, wait times of 5-15 minutes expected

Towards Pärnu, old runaway, during the summer perfect for stopping cars even as the speeds are rather high, during winter depends on the plowing, wait times of 20-40 minutes mostly due to the lack of cars

Towards Pärnu, little traffic, barely any, most cars are locals, speeds are low, but staying here or walking along the road doesnt matter much around here, wait times of 40-80 minutes expected

The hitcher's deadpoint, even though almost everywhere else in Estonia a straight road on a rather decently driven road would mean easy stops, this place seems to be cursed, so far I have yet to meet a person who has been picked up on the Karksi straight including me, best bet is to walk til the curves come by in in couple of kms, best of luck

Truck parking for lorries headed towards Estonia, would recommend coming here early in the morning from Riga and talk with the drivers, other times probably not so great

Fast traffic, but a kind family did manage to stop within the space. They gave me a short intra-city ride to a better spot for rides North to Estonia.

Maybe I was greedy, but finding a car to Estonia was almost impossible. Not really advised, but I believe this is the best place going north from Riga.

Perfect place, just check the ferry arrival times, lots of trucks to Latvia and Estonia.

Towards Strenci, perfect spot, very wide shoulder, one of the first cars will stop, be aware of very low traffic though, always works for me, I'd recommend going to Strenci and then head to Valka if you are going to Estonia, wait times of 5-25 minutes

Maybe i am lucky, but literally first truck took me to latwia-estonia border

Moved here from the other spot next to the Sillaotsa bus stop (waited there 2,5h). From here I got a ride in 10min directly to Ikla (Estonia-Latvia border). Stand next to the motorway at the traffic lights, use a thumb preferably. 16 Jul 2025

Get there by bus no. 57, after hour i get car to estonia. But we had a lot of chances to get to panevezys. Just walk around gas station and ask them where they are going to.

Amazing gas station for either direction, try to find PL cars for going Poland and EST,LV for Latvia/Estonia, a lot of international cars around here, ask around, you'll most likely find someone going your way sooner or later, usually sooner, within 10-20 minutes. You can also hitchhike next to the gas station towards Panevežys if you find no cars going your way (north), still a very good bus stop also

More local traffic, but some people head from Rapla to Tartu, so I was counting on that (as I personally like to take this route with my car to Tartu). Walked from the centre of Rapla to here. A couple stopped and took me from here to all the way to Tartu with a quick stop in a graveyard in the middle of Estonia where they planned on stopping and I had no problem with that as I just wanted to be home by the evening.

This is so far my best, fastest and coolest experience in Estonia! So an undercover/secret service agent who was on a mission to drive towards Ida-Viru, took me, even though he was in a hurry, as they had just captured some criminals that needed to be interrogated there. He had done hitchhiking himself when he was younger and that’s why he had stopped. So he told me that he’d get me to Tartu very fast and that he will speed and he cannot be fined (going waaaay over the speed limit lol) as it’s a work reason, though he was in a normal civilian car (we got to Tartu in less than 45 min instead of an hour). I won’t and can’t get into details but he told me lots about his previous work in the police, chasing criminals, those high-speed chases, loopholes in the law etc. He obviously wasn’t allowed to give me any information on his current job though I tried my best to feed my curiosity. I really felt like I was in an action movie, so I truly loved this experience in my home country with this lovely man working for the safety of our nation! 😎

Welcome to Hiiumaa, the best area for hitching in the whole Estonia in my experience, here go a bit further down from the bus stops, there's 2 lanes for a long time and just wait until a ferry comes, you'll most likely get a ride but be specific where you wanna go, wait time; whenever the next ferry comes

Really great spot if headed to Tartu or Tallinn (lots of summer enjoyers from north estonia in here during that time), not the widest, but reasonable bus stop, waiting time 5-20 minutes

Don't get fooled by the name, but actually it's a mainhub with cars going both directions to Riga or to Estonia, more likely towards Estonia since all the locals from Pärnu county buy their alcohol from here, wait time 20 minutes, good til 10pm

We had no luck on this spot. Cars stop to shop there, which is very confusing. Not a good place to get to Estonia, many locals.

This spot is on a bus stop, where can stop. Traffic is fast. At first we wanted to go to Pärnu in Estonia but after 25 minutes we stopped car to Valga.

Lot of cars from Finland or Estonia. Great spot to get a ride to Tallin. Lower traffic but no trucks, only cars.

Got there from the city centre of Firenze. Took the Regionale 18664 and got off at Pratignone. Didn't buy a ticket although it's not much, 3-4 euros. Then it's a 20min walk from the train stop to the gas station. Italians are really sceptical and most don't speak english as it is the case in most of Italy. Fortunately we got a ride from a Czech family to Brno. Hitching back to Estonia.

Got a lift from the first guy we asked at the gas station. It was a polish guy going to Estonia on a Friday afternoon.