Bus stop towards Valga, a bit more awkward than the bus stop on the other side of the road but loads of locals always going between Tõrva and Valga means you'll catch a car within 5-15 minutes

Towards Põltsamaa, low to medium traffic, loads of locals going to the nearby villages, but you still get odd long distancers, the road is wide, speeds are slow, wait times to be expected of 15-30 minutes

Towards Võhma, excellent spot, you have wide roadside where cars stop after a turn and a stop sign which means everyone has low speeds, medium to low traffic but loads of locals drive between these settlements, possibility for long distances as well, wait times of 5-25 minutes depending on the time of the day

Towards Suure-Jaani, very slow speeds and good visibility, there's no real roadside for the cars to stop but due to the low to medium traffic amount the cars will stop on the road, possibility of long distance rides, wait times of 5-15 minutes expected

Wide side of the road with gravel, direction towards Türi, slow speeds and good visibility, you'll catch a car going further within 10 minutes most likely

Towards Rapla, slightly awkward area. You can ask around in the gas station or thumb by the road, during the working hours of Tõdva store, the cars that will go to store will be stopping by the wide roadside which will be uncomfortable, but due to the density of traffic and wide variety of options you'll find a car within 20 minutes to get you further

Towards Tallinn, great spot, very good visibility and low speeds, the bus stop also has a speeding up lane before it so you can stop anything here, wait times of 5-15 minutes expected

Towards Haapsalu, small road that nobody uses, okay visibility and great to aim for cars that are coming alone, will be a bit further from the Ruila-Laitse crossroads where depending on the time you can have loads of cars turning and blocking visibility, still wouldnt say this is a great spot, but it does the job, wait times of 10-20 minutes expected

Spot speaks for itself. Just after the lights, perfect place for people to pull over. Bus stop for shade and to hide from rain. Sign for Riga

Good spot, people will have done shopping and a stop for fuel before driving south. Had a sign for Pärnu

great spot, so many cars. all cars are headed towards narva. its a bit long, a van stopped a bit far, I almost missed it, cos i didn’t see it. idk how many cars i missed within 10minutes. watch out good luck

its a bus stop, so enough place to stop. i waited almost an hour in raadi before trying this place. got a ride in 20 minutes to jõhvi, i was headed to narva. good visible spot for cars, trucks etc.

Perfect spot to go to Tallinn, we just stayed under the "Tallinn 177km" sign on the road and a car picked up both of us in 15 minutes directly to the city

A lot of place to stop at the gas station exit. Cars going very fast so best to bring a sign.

Good spot with a lot of place for cars to stop at the gas station. Easley to get to from the Laagri Train/Bus Station

really nice spot to riga! got took in 15 min to valga (we were two guy) good luck the spot is really good : full of space and visibility and cars are slow ! 🌞🌞it’ll work 100%

got a ride to tartu in almost 15 min (july) totally recommend that spot : good visibility even if the car get a bit faster get a sign !!! good luck but it’s perfect to go south est 😀

I regularly get rides from here into Tartu. Very easy, sign or no sign.

Very long bus lane for cars and trucks to stop. Lots of varied traffic headed south.

Speeding up lane with a bus stop at the end of it, the only main problem here is not the best visibility, however you'll be able to catch a car within 20-40 minutes still

Great spot for way to Estonia. Bus stop. Got ride in 20 minutes with a sign. I think it is worth to get from Riga, if you want to go to Estonia.

Towards Estonia, really hard road to catch a car, tried since Koni by the side of the road, however it is very uncomfortable road with no roadsides for cars to stop, as well as very little traffic and those that do pass you are either with full cars or lorries with high speeds, wait times of 30-80 minutes expected

Just didnt feel right this spot to go towards Estonia. Most of the traffic goes down to Daugavpils it seems more likely. Also two lanes and the first one is often occupied by trucks

Quite a shit spot. Akward for cars to stop. We got offered two shorter rides to surrounding areas but a guy on his day off offered to take us to the A1 right after Riga. Seems mostly local traffic. Not much people going onwards to Estonia

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