A lot of space for cars to stop, traffic lights help a lot, got a ride to Riga in 10 minutes with a sign ”Latvia”

Very nice spot to talk with drivers and request a ride

Not much traffic, possible to get a ride towards Lihula.

Classic spot right behind a roundabout. Lots of cars going towards Pärnu.

Got a ride to Tartu immediately. A sign helps.

Got a ride almost immediately, cars are slow because they are leaving Liiva.

One of my favourite spots to get towards Pärnu. Long straight road with a speed limit and a long edge on the road for cars to stop.

Okay, but cars are driving pretty fast. As good as any bus stop.

Average spot, speed limit is 70km/h so the cars aren't going too fast.

Not a good spot, cars are driving pretty fast and might not notice you early enough.

Usually a good spot but there were police there at the same time so people were wary of me. One of the best spots to get a ride towards Viljandi from Tartu, expect to wait 30-45 minutes.

you can get here by bus, lots of space and good visibility

not much space

To Valga-Pärnu road's roundabout, barely any traffic and all of the cars are locals, moreover mostly headed to the bakery down the road, you'll probably end up walking to the roundabout and whilst it's not impossible to find someone to drop you off, it is highly unlikely, wait times of 60+ minutes expected

Towards Kilingi-Nõmme, not ideal but in my opinion the best bet to get out of Kõpu, here you'll catch all the locals and long distance drivers (locals from Soomaa use Tipu road), slightly uncomfy as there's a hill just before but due to low speeds there's enough time for cars to decide and stop, wait times of 15-30 minutes expected

Towards Kilingi-Nõmme, not the greatest bus stops in my idea, as it honestly is very small, would rather wait either by the start of Kõpu by the park or just at the end of the town, little traffic, visibility is great enough and speeds low, but unlikely to get a ride fast, wait times of 30-50 minutes expected

Towards Kilingi-Nõmme, small bus stop with okay visibility, high speeds, but due to it being just wide enough and just middle of nowhere enough you'll stop a car rather fast than later, locals more likely to give u a ride from here, wait times of 5-25 minutes expected

Slightly uncomfortable but surprisingly wide road immediately after the roundabout, great to stop small cars going towards Viljandi, safe enough and relatively fast, wait times of 5-15 minutes expected here

Alternative bus stop towards Viljandi, would use it if the other Märja bus stop has too many people in there, this here will do the job as well, just a tad bit more walking, barely any busses use this bus stop so that's a positive, decent visibility, okay speeds, wait times of 10-25 minutes expected

there is a bus stop a bit further, but this little turn also works. got a ride straight to riga.

brilliant spot to get to Ivangorod and cross the border to Estonia. to get here, take metro to "prospect Veteranov", then get on the bus 145/145Э.

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.