There is almost no traffic. I took 10min to see first car in this place, they stopped for me and took to Karigasniemi

Great visibility and nice bus stop, I had awesome ride with Latvian truck driver.

Spot is good, but there is almost no traffic, 1h is fine at this place.

I managed to get really long ride from there. My rider was from Pudasjarvi, so I changed my route to Rovaniemi, it worked.

Very good spot, a lot of cars stopping on this abc

Easily get to the next ABC

Doesn't seem like popular spot for HH, but some crazy girl stopped, she asked me if I'm gonna kill her, and then took me to next ABC which was better spot.

One of the longest waits in my hitchhiking live

I was lucky to catch something to next station, but I would not say that this is a great spot.

Not easy to get out of Helsinki but doable.

Not great conditions, but trafic is low enough si people will stop. And it's not like there is any other options nearby. Got a ride to sweden in 5 min.

I really dont know why, but even with a lot of traffic around noone pass by here. Better to walk 25 minutes to the other spot south.

Not an amazing spot, but idk if there is a better one to leave Rovaniemi. I took the first ride after 5min just for 10k, cuz the road get narrow and car go slower so u can hitchike at any bustop.

WRONG SPOT ! the spot people talk about here is on the other side of the road.

Bus stop everywhere on this road. You can hytchike everywhere if there is good visibilty.

Eazy ride to Inari- Monday morning. On this road it's always easy. Just stand at any bustop.

Probably better Spot than Next to crossroad, but there is a High speed of cars

Not the best visibility, but a lot of cars going south

We waited here for four plus hours, starting at 4 pm. A lot of cars passed in the direction of Turku but no one stopped. We had a sign that said “Turku, suunta” The spot itself seemed like a good one. A local dropped us off there and claimed that all Helsinki going to Turku would pass there. I don’t think that was true, but either way it was a safe spot for cars to stop, they’d see us and have a very long stroke to drive on and brake. A lot of cars (and busses) would stop to drop ppl off/ pick ‘em up. The good thing is there is a train station just below with a wide reach and trains until late. We took a train. There also is a shopping centre with supermarket close.

A lot of car, but its illegal for them to stop there

Do you want to go to Finland and have experience of the lifetime? If yes, this is a place for you. Stand by the gate to the pier, there is only one and every boat owner need to come through it. Now just ask if somebody is going to Finland and maybe you will be lucky as I was. Few tips: Good weather helps On Friday and weekend plenty of people are going to Finland and back Summer is prime time Looking clean is useful Absolutely majority of boat owners don't wake up before 10 am. Have your ID/ passport ready.

Good spot to head south from Alta. People can go longer distances to Finland/Sweden. Summer, male traveller

Male, Sunday evening in summer, going south to Sweden. Mostly local traffic, but this is a place where people pass from Norway/Finland driving down to Sweden. Also a gasstation and a store nearby. Didn't need to camp because an elderly couple took me late in the evening to Sweden, but I think there is plenty of opportunities to camp in the forest.

Hitchhiking to Chisinau, Moldova. Perfect spot to Moldova. Write 'Chisinau' to your sign and just wait here👍 I got a ride pretty close to the capital and the border crossing went easily: they just asked one question about declaration. I'm from Finland so I don't know if that has something to do with it. Actually one of my friends had a problem at the border and he recommended to book a hostel or have some proof that you're really staying in Moldova, so I did that just in case. Good luck to everyone.

Fast traffic, some space for cars to stop. Luckily I got a ride with a local man working in Finland heading back home to Kuressaare and he had no problem taking me all the way to Roomassaare sadam to catch a ferry across to Abruka. He even showed me around the city a bit with his car. I managed to arrive to the harbour two hours ahead of my time, but luckily the captain accepted my story of hitchhiking here and took me across with the earlier ferry.

Great spot, both by the road as well as asking around in this parking lot, lots of trucks and mainly getting fuel or food, got a ride offer to Finland within 10 minutes and within 40 minutes got truck going a long distance to south, probably best spot for long distance rides anywhere around here

A wise man once said these words about hitchhiking which have been ringing in my head ever since: "It is not popular in Finland." Anyways, it's technically a nice spot with loads of space for cars to pull over, many of which turn west onto the highway. Maybe you'll have more luck than we did.

Direction: Finland. I stood in the middle of the 2 ramps on the gravel and got a ride very quickly. Amazing views too.

After more than 3 hours I accepted the first ride that took me somewhere between Lakselv and Karasjok. Don't be like me! Only accept rides to at least Karasjok. There is nothing in between. After 2 more hours in the middle of nowhere I hitched a ride back north, and took the route Alta->Kautokeino->Finland Disclaimer: it was a sunday, so you might be more lucky on a weekday.

Towards Finland. Speed limit is 110 but you are visable from a good distance. There's a bus stop, so place to stop for drivers and shelter for you. More traffic than the onramp near the town

Towards Finland. In theory it should be a good spot. In practice there was hardly any traffic. After 1,5 hours I walked to the next onramp (15min walk) and got a ride in 15 mins.

Really hard spot!!!! But one truck give me a 2 day ride to Lahti. Hill, double closing line high curb. I thought I would never get out of here. Yet in less than 30 minutes I was already on my way to Finland. Incredible! Thank you P!

Great spot, a lot of Finns coming back from Sweden with snuff. Cars go cca 30kmh, plenty of time to decide if they wanna take you. Got a ride to Rovaniemi Santa Claus village in 30 minutes, dont forget to change your clock one hour forward once you arrive in Finland :)

Not the best spot to get in direction to Kautokeino, all cars ride to the Nordkapp and people who drove in the direction more to the west (Kautokeino) didn't stop and don't understand hitchhiking. One guy from Switzerland saved us after 6 hours, he took us out of this Saami shithole back to Finland. However some people were offering us to ride with them to the north (Nordkapp) or Alta. - One of the worst experience. At least stuff members on the gas station were nice and helpful. More than half of the cars were German Caravans or Norwegian in Teslas riding alone and no one stops, even during heavy rain, the evening in 8°C and same in the morning.

Lot of cars from Norway which were shopping in the Finland, but no one stops, saved us man from sweden during heavy rain.

Lot of cars from Finland or Estonia. Great spot to get a ride to Tallin. Lower traffic but no trucks, only cars.

Got lucky with an estonian truck going all the way to finland from here but otherwise I would've went to the next splitroad just few meters forward from the busstop. Good visib but high speeds.

Summer/ Dir Hetta Not much traffic, mostly locals going to Finland to buy cheaper Alcohol

As the IKEA next to this spot is the only one in the anywhere around northern Sweden and Finland, this is a very good place to get long distance rides.

This is a good place to hitchhike to Finland since a lot of norwegian are going to shopping in Kilpisjärvi