Hitchhiking in Latvia
Hitchhiking to Latvia
Recent reviews in Latvia
57.86156, 24.36786
A lot of cars and truck, good spotrating: 4/5, wait: 45 min, ride: 127 km ↓
―Skrzypo, September 2025
57.86156, 24.36786
Perfect spot to get direct ride to Parnu/Tallin. Just ask around as there are a lot of Estonians - the second guy I asked gave me a lift to Parnu.rating: 5/5, wait: 1 min 💬+🪧, ride: 74 km ↑
―Argeros, Wed 10 Sep 2025, 17:30
57.39067, 24.42892
Got a ride to Ainazi within 40 minutes with Parnu sign.Altough I waited a bit more than I expected, I still consider it as a perfect spot - drivers can easily see you from decent distance, there is enough space for them to stop and there is even "official hitchhiking spot" sticker. Even if you have bad luck and cannot get any ride, you can wait for bus to Ainazi as a last resort.
rating: 5/5, wait: 40 min 🪧, ride: 66 km ↑
―Argeros, Wed 10 Sep 2025, 16:40
57.3879, 24.42936
Mostly locals stop here, after asking around for 60 minutes I still didn't get any ride. Moved to the bus stop nearby, which is much better spotrating: 2/5, wait: 60 min 💬+🪧
―Argeros, Wed 10 Sep 2025, 16:00
57.09903, 24.31202
IMPORTANT UPDATE: Now there is a normally functioning gas station, so cars no longer can stop at the exit ramp.You can still try your luck and ask around at the gas station but it seems like mostly locals use this one and traffic is a bit small. After asking around for 45 minutes got ride to gas station near Varzas.
rating: 3/5, wait: 45 min 💬+🪧, ride: 41 km ↑
―Argeros, Wed 10 Sep 2025, 14:30
57.01938, 24.31319
Seems like a good spot but didn't work for me. After waiting almost 1 hour with sign Parnu, I got eventually a short ride to gas station nearby Adazi.rating: 3/5, wait: 50 min 🪧, ride: 10 km ↑
―Argeros, Wed 10 Sep 2025, 13:00
56.40403, 24.21242
Here is a good spot because drivers have space for stopping. I stayed there with the sign : PANEVEZYS that vice-versa was VILNIUS, after 20 minutes of waiting one truck driver stopped when I showed sign PANEVEZYS, after he saw another side of my paperboard, he said that he could move me to Vilnius, and we go nice.rating: 5/5, wait: 20 min 🪧, ride: 257 km ↓
―Roman21, Wed 10 Sep 2025, 11:30
56.89732, 24.13859
There is a bus stop: "Neilandi", the bus 26 go there from city and across the road is the sign of RIGA.Firstly I try to hitchhiking with the sign Vilnius but after 30 min with no result, I change the sing to Bauska. After this in 5 min one driver stopped and bring me to Bauska
rating: 5/5, wait: 5 min 🪧, ride: 69 km ↓
―Roman21, Wed 10 Sep 2025, 09:30
57.74364, 24.35982
very good spotcars have a lot of space to stop
also a lot of cars going straight to tallinn/pärnu
rating: 5/5, wait: 20 min, ride: 236 km ↑
―alkomulaator, September 2025
57.49806, 24.431
such a big luck herewaited for literally 10 seconds
rating: 5/5, wait: 1 min, ride: 37 km ↑
―alkomulaator, September 2025
57.01938, 24.31319
very good very nice spothighly recommend
rating: 4/5, wait: 10 min, ride: 67 km ↑
―alkomulaator, September 2025
57.2268, 24.41835
A lot of cars going both directions. Waited with 2 fellow Polish hitchhikers, they had an "EST" sign. We got a direct ride to Tallinn in approximately 20 minutes.rating: 5/5, wait: 20 min, ride: 308 km ↑
―Toukotolpo, September 2025
57.27285, 24.41581
Not that good spot towards the Estonian border. Although, I got picked up by a family and helped them to tidy up a family grave at Saulkrasti cemetery.rating: 2/5, wait: 15 min, ride: 6 km ↓
―Toukotolpo, September 2025
56.8845, 24.15204
the bus stations does not exist anymore😭 The highway is not available, so you have to Hitch on the district roads where everyone heading to Riga.rating: 1/5
―Anonymous, September 2025
56.47673, 21.00871
Very safe and easy to reach spot. Many cars going to LT direction Klaipēda and Palangarating: 5/5, wait: 2 min 👍, ride: 79 km ↓
―estasbien, Tue 02 Sep 2025, 07:08
57.06958, 24.31838
Not the best spot, lots of locals, but there is space to stop on the side and gas station nearby (Circle K) if you want to ask. Ended up taking the bus into Riga 2€ after 15 minutes.rating: 3/5
―friki, Sat 23 Aug 2025, 18:35
56.07283, 26.73221
Not a lot of cars but it was also getting darker since it was already 20:45. generally not a bad spot. Bus station with roof, right after the town so the cars are not so fast.rating: 4/5, wait: 20 min 🪧, ride: 33 km ↙
―Anonymous, Sun 24 Aug 2025, 21:10
56.4491, 27.26363
Direction Daugavpils. Cars all ~2 minutes but the road is more straight to the direction of vilnius so i assume some cars will go. My ride only takes me a few kilometers ahead. But stop is right bevore a turn so some cars even slow down a bit but there is no roof at the bus station.rating: 4/5, wait: 10 min 🪧
―Anonymous, Sun 24 Aug 2025, 20:12
57.41163, 27.04276
Direction Rēzekne. But I think i was lucky bc it realy is still in the city and it was about to rain but next to it is a abandoned fabric and woker houses to stay dry.rating: 3/5, wait: 5 min 🪧
―Anonymous, Sun 24 Aug 2025, 18:20
56.40553, 24.20121
Long strip of gravel on the side of the road, even unsure drivers can take their time to think and stop (mines stopped a couple of hundred meters forward, almost didn't see them). Sign Kaunas, got ride to Kaunas. Solo female, Sunday morning.rating: 5/5, wait: 5 min 🪧, ride: 206 km ↓
―friki, Sun 24 Aug 2025, 12:30
Recent reviews mentioning Latvia
59.44461, 24.75832
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.rating: 5/5, wait: 5 min 🪧, ride: 330 km ↓
―friki, Sat 23 Aug 2025, 13:15
55.93763, 21.08346
Great spot towards Latvia, got taken to the border, easy to continue from there.rating: 5/5, wait: 2 min 🪧
―Anonymous, August 2025
54.94504, 23.87687
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.
rating: 5/5, wait: 5 min 👍, ride: 239 km ↖
―AleksP, Sun 03 Aug 2025, 21:00
59.34976, 24.62654
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
rating: 5/5, wait: 10 min 👍, ride: 205 km ↓
―Toukotolpo, July 2025
58.92109, 24.45728
Many cars that go to the Latvia. We talked to 3 drivers and found a drive almost to Rigarating: 5/5, ride: 230 km ↓
―kepker, Mon 21 Jul 2025, 19:40
54.94504, 23.87687
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.rating: 3/5, wait: 75 min 🪧, ride: 117 km ↑
―matt, Fri 18 Jul 2025, 16:56
68.55086, 17.54564
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 Bogenrating: 5/5, wait: 15 min 👍, ride: 28 km ←
―momo, Wed 18 Jun 2025, 07:20
55.29706, 24.07715
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 alsorating: 5/5
―estohiker, June 2025
57.59907, 27.22208
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 hererating: 2/5
―estohiker, January 2025
57.6215, 27.27405
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 minutesrating: 4/5
―estohiker, January 2025
58.3397, 26.65406
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 roadrating: 5/5
―estohiker, January 2025
57.70991, 22.44542
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 daytimerating: 3/5, wait: 120 min 👍
―saunagshitch, August 2024
54.94504, 23.87687
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 northrating: 4/5, wait: 120 min 👍, ride: 3 km →
―Leomagdich, July 2024
55.21793, 24.03132
Best spot in direction to Latvia, Riga as there is a bus stop so cars have space to stop.rating: 5/5, wait: 2 min, ride: 222 km ↑
―Markon, July 2023
58.24052, 26.40063
To Latvia. Great spot, high speeds but tons of room for them to see you and stop.rating: 4/5, wait: 10 min
―VeikkaK, May 2023
58.35589, 26.68012
Ok spot to hitch to Latvia, loads of cars but also includes local traffic. Some space for the cars to stop before the bus stop and enough time for them to see you. Took the bus number 2 to get here.rating: 3/5, wait: 60 min
―VeikkaK, May 2023
52.37085, 21.14505
Couldn't get a ride in a couple boy-girl. First, tried for 40 min with a sign LT (going to Lithuania), yet later changed to BI to go to Bialystok, but could not get a ride for another hour. Returned to the city and took bus to Vilnius. Technically, it's a good spot with lots of cars (both local and international, especially Lithuania and Latvia). In our case nobody stopped, so I guess bad luck :)―Martinio, July 2016
50.07543, 18.66434
BP gas station with a parking lot for trucks. Lots of opportunities - Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus...―Anonymous, March 2016
53.17772, 7.21756
The worst one so far ( im Ctualy in latvia already done all the way from london to her ) 10h waiting only few cars alot of bus and truck , most of them dont car ! To finaly have a truck driver who toke me but wass leaving nest days at 4am , so he let me spend the night in the cabin ! Really nice guy !―Anonymous, March 2016
54.75756, 25.27243
The very good place to go to Latvia and Russia. Used it for three times. Safety: there is a bus stop there. Traffic light helps you to stop cars. To reach this spot you need to take 1G bus from the city centre. It costs 1 euro.―Anonymous, January 2016