Towards Muuga/Viimsi/Pirita, nice bus stop which truth be told isn't the largest but does the job, place has streetlights and due to it being basically in Tallinn would have 24/7 traffic, try to make sure the car stopping goes the direction you want, wait times of 10-20 minutes expected

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

Towards Narva, people coming from datchas head almost certainly to Narva, good enough density of cars and friendly people which almost guarantees you a ride, wait times of 5-20 minutes expected

Towards Narva, okay amount of traffic, we were able to catch a car whilst walking down the road, would expect wait times of 15-30 minutes

Very crappy dirtroad(!) with very low traffic, but people do visit their datchas at the end of the road and if you happen to walk back when they happen to drive by, since their speed is at around 20km/h it is almost guaranteed they would stop and pick you up so therefore you would have a guaranteed ride to either towards Sillamäe or towards Narva, wait times of 20-40 minutes

Towards Auvere, railroad crossing so people slow down, good visibility, wait times of 10-20 minutes here

Towards Auvere, there is a wide shoulder here after turn where cars can easily stop, but the road doesn't get the most amount of traffic so you can also try to walk and thumb the cars, half of the traffic here is made by lorries as well which are unlikely to stop, that head to Auvere, wait times of 30-40 minutes expected

Towards Jõhvi, very good spot with long speeding up lane for the cars from Sillamäe, lots of traffic and 70km/h area, try to aim for the cars turning, has street lights, wait times of 5-10 minutes expected

Towards Narva, good traffic density, bus stop still in 70km/h area and good visibility, wait times of 10-20 minutes expected

Towards Narva, bus stop with decent size, cars go also in average motorway speeds, no cars from Toila turn here so concentrate on cars from highway, wait times of 10-20 minutes expected

Another very good bus stop towards Tartu, decent traffic, has street lights and wide enough, wait times of 20-40 minutes expected

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

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

Towards Jõhvi, rather poor bus stop, pretty small and cars tend to speed on this straight part of the road, road itself has annoyingly little sides before the ditch so your best bet is to just get lucky, I would recommend staying a bit before the bus stop so people can see you hitch and then see the bus stop and go there, would recommend not coming to here, wait times of 30-70 minutes expected

Towards Jõhvi, not the most amount of space but speeds are low enough for cars to stop, can try both - cars on highway and cars turning, wait times of 5-20 minutes expected

Indeed a pretty good spot for going any of the directions past Aovere (Jõhvi/Kallaste), loads of traffic and good visibility, the bus stop is pretty wide also, place has street lights but during low traffic hours might take some time, wait times of 10-40 minutes expected

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

Towards Rõngu, not the ideal bus stop but 70km/h area and wide enough for cars to stop, as well as good visibility, wait times of 10-25 minutes expected

Convenient speeding up lane and bus stop for Tõrva direction, decent traffic, try to aim for the cars coming from Kuigatsi road, wait times of 5-20 minutes expected

Towards Rõngu/Valga, loads of traffic but due to the build of this road you have to hitch on the turning lane before the actual turn so you can't hitch local cars, but as a positive there is very good visibility for the cars that are already on the highway and as the lane is very long it's comfortable for them to stop, wait times of 5-15 minutes expected

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.

Excellent position for hitchhiking! Immediately after the traffic light, a lot of traffic at low speed. You can catch the car in the direction of Estonia.