Took a series of rides to get from here to the Turkish border, worked well. However, I strongly recommend against taking the bus to Analipsi as others have said; I would recommend to take the 83 bus from Thessaloniki, and then there is a stop that is right next to the highway. From there, I would say just climb up onto the highway and stick your thumb out, then get a ride to this gas station/rest stop. The second bus (91A) to Analipsi does not run very often and will require you to go much further north than the highway, when you can just stop and get out right next to the highway instead.

Took a series of rides to get from here to the Turkish border, worked well. However, I strongly recommend against taking the bus to Analipsi as others have said; I would recommend to take the 83 bus from Thessaloniki, and then there is a stop that is right next to the highway. From there, I would say just climb up onto the highway and stick your thumb out, then get a ride to this gas station/rest stop. The second bus (91A) to Analipsi does not run very often and will require you to go much further north than the highway, when you can just stop and get out right next to the highway instead.

Took a series of rides to get from here to the Turkish border, worked well. However, I strongly recommend against taking the bus to Analipsi as others have said; I would recommend to take the 83 bus from Thessaloniki, and then there is a stop that is right next to the highway. From there, I would say just climb up onto the highway and stick your thumb out, then get a ride to this gas station/rest stop. The second bus (91A) to Analipsi does not run very often and will require you to go much further north than the highway, when you can just stop and get out right next to the highway instead.

Asked a albanian truck driver if he could take me to turkey. First he refused, but after his break he came back and offered to drop me off in front of the border near Alexandroupoli. Didnt even need to jump the fence like another reviewer mentioned, theres a big hole nowadays.

Asked a albanian truck driver if he could take me to turkey. First he refused, but after his break he came back and offered to drop me off in front of the border near Alexandroupoli. Didnt even need to jump the fence like another reviewer mentioned, theres a big hole nowadays.

I was lucky to have a car to Albania here, there is no much cars but you can speak to people and I think it's better in Greece because they're afraid of hitchhiking. The two girl form the gas station are so nice, they offered me a bottle of water :)

Not the best spot but it's better than in the city

Asking around definitely is the way to go in Greece. Had option for Serres and Kavala as well!

No luck. Sign with Thessaloniki. Ended up taking the bus at 20:00 for 22,70€ after a long day in the sun

I would recommend this spot over the gas station close by, I tried them both. Here cars move around slower, and are able to see you when waiting for their light. Had a sign with Trikala, got picked up quickly

Had a sign with Metsovo, was laying on ground when this guy honked, waved at me to come and he stopped. Had a tanker with 20kg of pork fat!! This spot isn’t great tho. Lots of cars but no one really wants to stop seems like. There’s a bus stop that goes to center nearby if you don’t get anything

Lots of room to stop in the emergency lane, but 2 different police cars pulled over and told me off for standing on the highway, but eventually I got taken all the way to Thessaloniki. Just hope no police come past.

the spot on the left has some good comments that apply here

looks decent but absolutely no chance of people stopping quickly lol

not a good spot because its in front of a city, but possibly the best spot if trying to go north from under thessa!

Stand on the Path between the Bike lane and the street and leave some room for Cars to stop

Waited after turnoff up to Vikos, was a €2 bus from Ioannina. Low traffic from 8-9am but got busier as time went on. Was just about to give up and get a taxi (€30) but just then someone took us to Vitsa. If you are willing to wait, I think people will be open to hitch hiking here, if they have space.

Got a ride all the way to Haskovo after waiting for a long time here, not a very good spot, but people can pull over which is good.

Thumbing and walking on side ride into Albania

Took longer than expected ride to some village before Albanian border

I stood pretty close to the ramp with a sign that had VELES written in the latin alphabet on it. A man stopped and was even able to bring me further than Veles, since I was trying to get to the greece border.

A german couple took me to the greece border in their camper van. I talked to them on the parking slot and asked for a ride. Thanks Nadine & Jan!

I was lucky to have a car to Albania here, there is no much cars but you can speak to people and I think it's better in Greece because they're afraid of hitchhiking. The two girl form the gas station are so nice, they offered me a bottle of water :)

Asking around definitely is the way to go in Greece. Had option for Serres and Kavala as well!

Border area has lots of spots, but as I remember, truck and bus/car traffic is separated. I waited near barracks-shops, but some people paid more attention to me than I needed ("wana buy something"). Car drove to Scopie and took me to the highway junction near Petrovec (my target was Greece).

One Macedonian took me here from the Serbian border, but I strongly not recommend this place if you are going to Greece. Cars are simply too fast here. Walk out to Petrovec.

I recommend this place. Truck driver takes me to his house and then we switch to his son's car until Greece border (thanks Oliver!). Spot has a lot of place, a shop, some benches, and grass. In my case, I take a bus from the Sub-Scopie town Petrovce to the village Katlanovo, then I walk 10-15 min in the direction of this gas station, but I have to find a hole in the net between Higthway and the local road.

Got dropped off here by a local saying I could walk to Greece, which was not true, so I had to wait for a guy to drive me to the other side. I was very lucky to be picked up by a very sweet German guy travelling all the way to Gernany, although I had a intention to go to Bulgaria, so we spent two days together in Greece and Samothrace, after which he dropped me off at a road going to Bulgaria.

propably got really lucky but an albanian guy took me all the way to veroia, maybe should've waited for a ride straight to where i needed to go (or geeting out at the border) because once i was in greece there were almost no cars and not a single good hitchhiking spot to the south on the way

Spot was not really good. Few cars. Cars go as fast as if they were on the German Autobahn. I had a big sign. Nobody stoped. Maybe I was a bit unlucky. After three hours I decided to take the bus for three Euro to the Greece border (in the village) the people are very friendly and know when the bus arrives + there is icecream;)

I got pickep up super fast by some guys in a van, they were going to Greece to so it was super convenient, they invite me to dinner and even paid a hotel for me in the destination. I got so lucky

Perfect spot to go to the border (Guevgueliya). Once there, walk one hour, don't wait another lift to the border crossing. Most people are afraid to bring strangers to the checkpoint and by walking you're almost faster than the queue to enter Greece. Just hitchhike after the checkpoint. Thanks to our Turkish Macedonian driver!

after about 30 mins a guy going into the McDonalds said he was going to Greece and could drop me off in Bolzano… twenty minutes later he came out saying he had just gotten a call that he needed to go back to Munich! I was absolutely devastated but just a few minutes later a trucker saved me and dropped me in Bolzano

The best Place then you want to go to Greece

Hitch to Dojran lake on the border with Greece

There is some place for cars to stop, good spot for going Greece, but i dont suggest, i did mistake with it.

Stood with a sign saying SRB, an Estonian guy driving to Greece took me all the way to Novi Sad and gave me 20€ and an apple

Many cars passing by, nobody stopped for hours. One guy stopped and wanted to give me 50€ for the bus. Then a local guy who saw me 1,5h earlier stopped and took me even though he didn't even needed to go my direction. Friendly people in Greece but they just don't get the concept of hitchhiking.

If you're heading towards Sofia/Istanbul, this is an average spot for hitchhiking; more drivers head towards Greece/Macedonia. We tried to hitchhike at a gas station for 2.5 hours, then moved directly onto the highway. After 45 minutes, a driver heading to Pirot stopped us. I don't know if we were unlucky or if it's actually a bad spot. It's hard to say. (Perhaps we should ask the drivers at the Nais Hotel on the other side.) Overall, it's a good place for a wild camping trip – there's a quiet meadow behind the fence, and if you need one, there's a shop and a toilet.

Was given a lift by two Albanian dudes heading toward Greece.