Towards Haapsalu, you can try to hitch cars turning from Kooli tee, Hansuküla tee etc when you are walking towards the Linnamäe bus station spot , as most locals around here are very friendly as well as they would anyways head to Haapsalu, uncomfortable for cars to stop but the town has speeds of 50km/h all through it and not that much traffic so cars could end up stopping anywhere, wait times of 5-30 minutes

Towards Linnamäe/Haapsalu, fine bus stop, but little traffic, good visibility, and first sensible spot since Jalukse, wait times of 15-40 minutes

Towards Linnamäe/Haapsalu, very low traffic as well as most cars already on the Keila-Haapsalu road would speed, but there's some traffic turning from Risti road headed towards Linnamäe or Nõva which you should aim for, bus stop is okay, not the largest but will fit a lorry if needed, wait times of 20-50 minutes

Towards Viljandi, kinda okay spot, but has a bit annoying stone bollards before the bus stop that are rather annoying for drivers, not the best visibility as well as cars tend to speed through here, bus stop itself is very wide, try to aim for cars turning either from Tusti or from Uusna, wait times of 30-70 minutes expected

Towards Tartu, pretty good bus stop, try to aim for cars coming from Osula, quite some of them go long distance, wait times of 5-20 minutes expected

Towards Väimela/Võru, rather uncomfortable area as speeds are at 90km/h and there is no real spot around here to stop but due to just about the right amount of density of the traffic, cars are likely to stop, loads of locals going between Põlva and Võru, wait times of 10-25 minutes expected

Towards Värska or Võru, if you have a ride that only takes you to the trainstation area etc, you can try your luck at catching a car on the Põlva roundway, ask for Rosma, if the car is headed to other direction than you, as you would skip Põlva then, decent amount of traffic, a bit uncomfortable for drivers to stop, you can just walk along the road, beware a lot of cars turn to Põlva or to the factories so don't be hesitated by that, i'd only try this at daytime, wait times of 20-60 minutes expected

Towards Põlva, quite some traffic and due to the turn the speeds are very low, wouldnt recommend at dark but otherwise a very good spot, loads of locals take this road to Põlva, wait times of 5-20 minutes

Towards Mooste, decent amount of traffic, city limits so slow speeds, good visibility, expected wait times of 10-30 minutes

Towards Rasina (but the same goes to Ahja direction also), barely any traffic, very little cars, you can just hitch anywhere along the road, you'll have a car pass you once in half a hour etc, wait times of 20-60 minutes

Towards Tartu, long straight road with good visibility, possible to stop small cars during the day time, wait times of 30-80 minutes

Towards Tartu, don't know why, since the spot looks ideal (low speeds, speeding up lane, as well as good visibility) but for some reason can't ever get cars here, my Estonian antirecord of wait times has been here, even has great street lights for the darker times, but seems like mission impossible, genuinely wait times are 100-250 minutes in here, would probably recommend going to Tartu through Ahja or Mooste road, good luck

Towards Rõngu/Valga, very good speeding up lane, loads of room and good visibility, would rather be here than in the bus stop, wait times of 5-15 minutes expected

Wide shoulder and two lanes with the latter being a speeding up lane, in theory should be ideal, but in reality noone wants to stop, the bus stop a bit further is way better, here you'd get 60+ minutes of waiting

I stood just before the bus stop/gas station. Perfect spot for Tallinn. Sign highly recommended though. Fairly slow speeds for such a big road and good visibility.

Many spots along the road at the border you can stand and get cars. I stood right after the border before the first building. Plenty od space to pull over.

Tried hitchhiking from more the city side and that was nice as well, the lady was very nice and took me to Kehtna manor where I wanted to do geocaching hehe.

This bus stop is doable for pretty much any direction going out from Viljandi; Holstre/Mustla; Karksi/Karksi-Nuia; Kilingi-Nõmme/Pärnu. Quite some long distance drivers try to avoid Viljandi and thus will go around it, so pretty good odds of getting a car longer distance, if you head towards Pärnu or Karksi, ask for Laidu tee and hitch from there if they go towards Holstre. Bus stop itself has pretty decent visibility, and wide enough, wait times of 5-20 minutes expected

Towards Puhja/Viljandi, been here in Märja bus stop quite some times, usually you'll get a rather local going car but there's quite some long distance drivers here as well. Bus stop itself is decent, large enough for cars to stop, you can get here with the bus nr 11(Õssu). Wait times of 10-30 minutes expected

Towards Puhja/Tartu, more likely to stop a car going to Tartu, an alternative and a good spot for my liking when it's already very dark outside, as Elva has very good street lighting, as well as cars go in slow speeds, before turning to the highway, wait times of 10-30 minutes expected, most cars here go to Tartu so ideal for that

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.

Great spot. Trying to hitch on the bus stop before the traffic lights was pointless, but once we went to the other side of the traffic lights, it only took us about 20 minutes to get an awesome ride all the way to Tartu, Estonia.

Someone working for the Valmiera municipality dropped me there. There is an intercity bus stop direction Valka. There wasn't so much traffic so taking the bus could be a last solution. It's like 2 € but it is very slow (more than 1 hour for less than 50 km) and you are dropped at some kilometers from Valga in Estonia.