Normally a small village, Kaustinen balloons from 4k to over 50k during the week-long folk music festival. As a result, I had no trouble in finding a ride all the way tn Helsinki in under 5 minutes.

Had to wait a little but got ride to border

Quite a shitty spot. Almost no one stopping. I'm lucky that I've managed to get to Nordkapp junction

Good further north

Not too much traffic but best for Inari

Normally I would recommend hh from spots further down the road but my previous driver told me that she will be driving to Ivalo next hour and that she will take me if I don't catch anything different

2 people hitchhiking with backpacks. We ended up asking the stopping cars for rides and eventually got one to Porvoo, did not take long!

You have to wait a little but it works

I definitely had a lot of luck

Bus stop just after photo radar which slows traffic a little bit

Great for Jyvaskyla direction

Great to Heinola

Best spot for me in Finland by far

Two people. Good spot, although a lot of families with a cars full. Recommend traveling light through here and solo to increase chances

Two people. Phenomenal luck. Semi retired cab driver took us further without any fees and even took the scenic rout.

Two people. Spot seems good, but less smiles from drivers than usual, so the wait times may vary.

Two people. Spot seems pretty good. Nice shade in the summer

Not ideal but you will eventually find ride to lahti. I was taken by a taxi for free after less than hour

Good amount of traffic but better not many people stops. From positive sides there is a bus bay which gives you perfect space for car to stop. I recommend to don't accept shorter rides than those to Mantsala

Not much traffic but easy to get further north towards better highway entrances

Best spot for me in Finland by far

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.