Was trying to get a lift towards Selfoss or Reykjavik was hopeless as cars were approaching too fast to possibly stop and cars turning out from Skogarfoss were totally uninterested in stopping. Had to give up when it started getting dark and thus dangerous to be stood by the side of the road. Had to camp the night at Skogafoss. Would not reccomend this spot.

Got dropped off by my first ride from Hvollsvöllur here at the car park for Seljalandsfoss. Went around to ask cars leaving for a lift to Skogarfoss and literally the first car i asked was happy to take me there. Super friendly tourists - a couple from Costa Rica

Super easy. Stood on the grass verge next to the N1 gas station in Hvolsvöllur. Was headed towards Skogar and was given a lift by a friendly czech couple to Seljalandsfoss

Great spot

Cars coming from both sides so some traffic in a otherwise isolated place.

A good spot.

We waited long. Many tourists probably drove after the attractions, but when we wrote the card Reykjavik we catch in faster than with a thumb

Good spot in direction to RVK and KEF. Here ejst a popular turn to the black beach next to reynisfjara, as if here would beoc iut not ok, then a piece further on is a small aprking on the right side in the direction of RVK.

Good. You don't find anything better than this spot.

super cool spot

really great spot, not to much space for stay but cars ride slowly and its possible to take you fast

No sense to stay here. middle of traffic. Years ago had more sense, now totally nothing.

Good spot. Safety. You can catch cars on both sides. behind the station and right off the road, because there is a large, wide side.

Best spot in direction to Kirk and the east coast.

Still working spot. Cars are going uphill and you have a chance to catch something. There's a wide, safe side path.

Some space to pull over after a speed bump

This was my first hitch ever. First time I put out my thumb the first car that passed me kicked me up. He was a semi-pro Icelandic footballer

The only car to pass me all day passed by, then put it in reverse ~200m to pick me up. Cute old couple going to the hospital.

Not the best spot in the world but the there is quite a lot of cars and they go slowly because of the roundabout. We had to wait for an hour but we got a ride all the way to Reykjavík, our friends got a ride in a few minutes, depends ;)

Good spot, a lot of traffic but still some space to pull over.

Beyond this point the road to thorsmork is impossible without a super jeep, and traffic became very minimal. The handful of superjeeps which did pass all seemed to hate hitchhikers and just laughed. The big all terrain bus service eventually stopped but demanded 60 USD for 3 miles. Maybe I just got a bad day, but this wasn’t ideal and I walked the whole way. (5hrs) It was beautiful, but there are serious rivers to cross and the dust made breathing awful. The rest of Iceland was amazing for hitchiking, so the fact that the superjeeps where so hostile was bluntly weird. Other hitchikers reported not getting a ride, and superjeep hostility, apparently they mostly belong to one company who think we are scum. Hopefully things will be better for you, but don’t bank on getting picked up, don’t set off unless you can hike the whole way in and out or have $60 for a bus.

Single lane road but with a biiiggg hard shoulder. Traffic slowed by bridge good visibility, had a sign saying airport, ride in 5 minutes at 8pm. Thank you Iceland!! 2 minute walk away from the number 1 bus from Iceland centre (~500kr cash, the driver said, "whatever you have"

Each three sides of the roundabout are perfect for thumbing. Northwards and Southwards it will be very quick (usually it was 2-3 minutes tops), but direction Pingvellir and along road 36 it might be a bit slower, as less traffic goes there. From here I managed to hitchhike to Selfoss several times through Pingvellir at 10pm, so everything is possible in Iceland! x) [AdrianB]

5 minutes and got a ride to the airport. Hitching in Iceland is so easy!

Didn't wait at all, the first Icelandic car I waved down stopped :D Hitching in Iceland in October was unbelievably easy - the first day I got 7 rides east on the Ring Road and didn't wait once over 5 minutes. Icelanders pick up so much and so fast. They told me in the summer it gets really crowded with hitch-hikers and they often don't have space, so I was apparently lucking out on hitching in the fall :) Was a bit chilly and dark to camp out though. Hitching up to Höfn couldn't be easier, than I had to wait my time, beacuse a car passed maybe every 20 minutes. From Höfn to Egilsstaðir, and up to Akureyri is the hardest part (waited 2 hours once as so little passed by), then from Akureyri it gets really easy again.

We arrived with the ferry from Iceland. We followed the road and arrived at the point where all the cars of the ferry were going out. In 35 min we had our ride.

We arrived with the ferry from Iceland. We followed the road and arrived at the point where all the cars of the ferry were going out. In 35 min we had our ride.