Towards the ring road and Strenci/Valka direction, good for dark times as this spot has great street lights, got offers for any of the Rujiena and Mazsalaca directions as well as cars going towards Valka but definitely lesser of them than the other two. Still the wait times are not so bad as people will understand you want to skip Valmiera, wait times of 20-40 minutes to be expected

Great towards Ragana or Inciems direction, loads of cars with not so high speeds, decent visibility as well as actual bus stop so good for cars to stop, wouldnt try during the dark tho, as didnt seem to have much street lights around here, wait times of 5-20 minutes expected

Would agree, awful spot, wouldn't even try this unless during some low traffic hours, got some locals pissed off rather soon here, would recommend a bus stop a bit further which is safer for both, you and the driver, but can see this spot working also

Towards Malpils/Sigulda, made the mistake (?) of walking from Suntaži, awful road as noone even seem to be willing to stop, okay amount of traffic, wait times of 60+ minutes to be expected anywhere along the road

Towards Glažškunis, fine bus stop, good visibility, loads of locals so don't expect a long distance ride, speeds are high but people willing to stop, wait times of 15-30 minutes expected

Towards Glažškunis, decent amount of traffic, around here city limits end so cars would speed up after that, wait times of 10-30 minutes expected, a lot of locals

Towards Kegums, dirtroad (!) so beware, as well as very crap internet around these forests, but some traffic from Vecumnieki take this shortcut road towards Kegums/Ogre etc, has more cars than you would imagine, but this road is definitely to be avoided during the dark, wait times of 20-40 minutes expected

Towards Kegums/Linde, beware dirtroad(!), but still gets a bit of traffic, wouldn't advise trying it, but you can get a ride within 20 minutes from Vecumnieki to further, would avoid anytime it is getting darker, but locals and others do take this shortcut road towards Kegums so you can get lucky

Towards Vecumnieki, little traffic, but slow speeds, you can hitch anywhere in Skaistkalne, wait times of 5-25 minutes expected

Indeed ideal spot for going basically anywhere towards Riga or major cities in Latvia, as well as even further south, wide enough bus stop to have a lorry stop, decent street lights for the darker times, okay amount of traffic, wait times of 10-25 minutes expected

Got a ride to the border with an "EST" sign. Pretty high speeds do trucks won't stop for sure but still works. Getting to here by bus from Riga very easy.

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.

One male 40+, with a sign "VILNIUS" , one big and one small backpacks, dry but cloudy day. Going to Vilnius. A very good space. A bus stop, with enough space even for a truck to squeeze in. Just before 9 in the morning. A perfect traffic, a car every 20-30 seconds. A van stopped after 15-20 minutes of waiting and took me all the way to Vilnius. I got to this spot walking from the centre of Bauska.

One male 40+, with a sign "VILNIUS" , one big and one small backpacks, dry but cloudy day. Going to Vilnius. A very good space. A bus stop, with enough space even for a truck, just after the entrance/exit to a petrol station. 8:45 in the morning. A perfect traffic, a car every 20-30 seconds. I barely started hitchhiking and a car stopped and took me to Bauska, where after 15 minutes I got another ride, all the way to Vilnius. The only problem with this place is getting there. Before, from Riga, there is a highway, plus it's 20 kms from the centre. So no chance to walk there. I got a ride from my friend. But I guess there must be a bus from Riga, stopping there.

A lot of cars (most of them to Bauska and riga) and trucks (frequently to Tallin and poland). I caught a nice man who went to Ukraine, and left me in warsaw. One of the best spot Nearby riga

good place for going to south. a lot of german/polish/lithuanian car numbers. also a lot of place to stop for a car, since it s a bus stop

Towards Valka, anywhere along the road here will work, 50km/h and good visibility, lots of long distance cars, wait times of 5-20 minutes expected

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

Towards Smiltene, the map is incorrect as they moved the bus stop further and put there a speed camera, so it's 50km/h and a speed camera, therefore high likelyhood of getting a car. Also the sideroads from either direction get cars going to Smiltene/Riga etc so good chance to stop them also, wait times of 10-30 minutes expected

During low traffic times of the day you can just stand by the exit to the road to get probably one of the first cars to stop towards Smiltene, wait times of 5-15 minutes

Indeed ideal spot for going basically anywhere towards Riga or major cities in Latvia, as well as even further south, wide enough bus stop to have a lorry stop, decent street lights for the darker times, okay amount of traffic, wait times of 10-25 minutes expected

Tough spot. Not a busy gas station but you can hitch the road from the gas station exit. Didn't have any luck to Latvia from here, only found a ride to the next village. If you wait long enough, getting to Riga shouldn't be a problem though.

Stood at the end of the gas station to catch the road + people leaving the station and quickly found a ride a bit forwards. Probably better to get a ride to Latvia from here though, than to get shorter ones.

Fast speeds but a lot of traffic. Good for Klaipeda but also north towards Latvia. Have a big sign. I had "LV" written and it took me on the right road but not too far.

Perfect place, just check the ferry arrival times, lots of trucks to Latvia and Estonia.

Good spot to catch cars/trucks out of the ferry, there's space to stop and entrance to a parking. If you come in the Viking Line you will have time to catch at least the last half of the vehicles heading out. Got a truck almost all the way to Riga. Solo female, in the middle of a storm, sign Latvia.

Great spot towards Latvia, got taken to the border, easy to continue from there.

very convenient spot to get to Klaipeda/Latvia. to conveniently get to the place take bus 32 until "9-ojo forto muziejus" bus stop from the city centre. costs 1 Euro but you can not pay if you're greedy, no one checks anyway.

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

Many cars that go to the Latvia. We talked to 3 drivers and found a drive almost to Riga

We tried different signs, but only a few cars stopped. Most went to Klaipeda. Not the best spot to go to Latvia. Very much very fast traffic, but the spot itself is alright.

Wild camping at the water side, and started early in the morning, a man from Latvia picked me up when he was going to work in Bogen

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

Not a single good spot in Misso to go towards Latvia, I just kept walking on the road since really little traffic, you'll be better off at the straight parts of the road than here

After the closure of the Russian border the traffic has dried up, will take quite some time to get a car towards Latvia, waiting time of 20-30 minutes

Even though it doesn't look that promising the spot just keeps delivering, lots of traffic to Latvia and Lithuania and somehow they always stop here within 10-20 minutes, in itself it's just a bus stop and not many cars turning from Linnavere road

before the nightfall (around 20h in the summer, meaning actually no real night), some cars in two hours, most of the cars going the other direction, it is mostly a road for tourist, because it is on the coast. probably tourist from central Europa come this way north and go south in central of Latvia, still possible to hitchhike and have more luck on daytime

remeber, you only need a ride 10km till the crossing of the via baltica if you want to go towards latvia. ditch the sign and only thumb, its a bit frustrating but it will work! from the crossing its stupidly easy to go north

Best spot in direction to Latvia, Riga as there is a bus stop so cars have space to stop.

To Latvia. Great spot, high speeds but tons of room for them to see you and stop.