Towards Tartu, amazing spot, probably won't catch a car coming from Saula, however now most cars head quite a distance on the highway and due to great visibility and the obscurity of this spot, you'll get a car within 5-10 minutes going long distance

Towards Aruvalla or Jägala, okay amount of cars, speeds are still slow and here you can catch cars coming from either direction from Vaida, wouldnt try around here during the dark, but otherwise great spot, wait times of couple minutes up to 15 minutes expected mainly due to the lack of cars

Towards Vaida, pros of this road and spot is that 100% of the cars taking this road will go to the least to Vaida, its low speeds and lovely road, however it barely gets any traffic as most of the cars that take the Patika exit on highway go to the Golf's road. Still due to the road being so clearly understandable and no other roads til Vaida, everyone knows where you are going and locals are friendly so therefore most likely first car will stop for you, wait times of 5-20 minutes expected

Towards Patika, Vaida, local smaller road, but decent enough traffic to hitch quite succesfully, 50 km/h and good visibility, okay roadside for stopping, nothing spectacular, wait times of 5-15 minutes expected

Towards Patika, Vaida, small local road next to the highway, decent amount of traffic, you can hitch anywhere alongside the road in Jüri, just the further you go the less Jüri cars and more cars going to the further villages, would avoid at dark, wait times of 5-20 minutes

Wide roadside, basically a gamblers spot as you can catch a car coing towards Lasnamäe, Maardu or to the Tallinn roundabout direction- Narva/Tartu/Pärnu, or even to Muuga (less likely due to the next turn being of the cars for that). Would recommend taking any car that takes you further. Seems like a spot where noone would stop and you will have loads of cars go by you, but never say never, as somehow I have managed to get always a car here before the rarely seen busses, if you feel lucky, definitely try this here, just make sure to be not too close to the bus stops as there's almost always someone waiting for a bus, ruining your chances of getting a car, wait times of 5-30 minutes expected

To Tallinn, aim for the cars coming from Jüri, basically everyone that uses Viadukti road heads at the least to Mõigu, where you can catch the Tallinn's city bus, though most cars head even further in to the city. Loads of traffic, and small but good enough space to stop a car, wait times of 5-15 minutes expected

Roadside towards Puurmani, not the most of the space, but due to low traffic on the road you can stop a car or a lorry anywhere along the road, in Koogi the speeds are a bit lower, i believe 70km/h so a bit better, possible to get long distance cars, avoid this road at dark, wait times of 5-15 minutes expected

Towards Puurmani, very low traffic, but locals are friendly, you can hitch basically anywhere along the road, walk along the road, wouldn't recommend being here very late or very early, otherwise good road with chance of getting cars or lorries going all the way to Tallinn for example, due to factories around Tabivere, wait times of 5-20 minutes expected

Towards Pärnu, great spot, good visibility in 50 km/h area, wouldnt go any closer to the junction tho, uncomfortable bollards further up, low traffic, but those who drive here are most likely long distance drivers, wait times of 5-20 minutes expected

Towards Vatla, amazing spot, all the cars have to turn from the main road and therefore barely have any speed, mainly locals, wait times of 5-10 minutes expected

Only 30 minutes, straight ride to Riga

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

Ask around from the truckers stopping here to take you further, if you get lucky you can find a direct ride to Estonia, all of the lorries here go distance, but you have to be lucky in timing because this parking next to the petrol station only can have about 2-3 trucks at once stopping.

Ask around from the truckers stopping here to take you further, if you get lucky you can find a direct ride to Estonia, all of the lorries here go distance, but you have to be lucky in timing because this parking next to the petrol station only can have about 2-3 trucks at once stopping.

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.