Hitchhiking in Romania
Hitchhiking to Romania
Recent reviews in Romania
45.80801, 21.57036
This is either a really good spot or a terrible one, depending on your luck. A truck dropped me here, and I found a Turkish truck, which got me further almost immediately, but if I went around all the trucks and nobody would take me, I would have been screwed.
―martih, February 2026
45.2615, 24.3286
I just switched to a different truck while mine was having a break. Do I think this is a good spot? Not really, but I was lucky enough to get a good ride from here, and you might as well.
―martih, February 2026
44.83262, 24.925
Not a bad spot, I asked around and found a guy going to Sibiu. It was kinda funny because he spoke no languages I speak, and it was truly a spiritual experience, but he was nice and got me to a place where I changed cars.
―martih, February 2026
44.43477, 25.98826
I thought this would be a good spot, but, to be honest, it wasn't. I spent nearly two hours here to get from here to Pitesti. I tried traditional hitchhiking and asking around at nearby McDonald's, but neither worked very well. You might be luckier than I; it was morning.
―martih, February 2026
44.53851, 26.1269
I found a guy willing to take me to the western part of the city almost immediately, from where I hitchhiked further.
―martih, February 2026
44.42214, 26.33002
This is likely a good spot, during the working week, when the trucks are on the road, but during the weekend, it is mid. The traffic was relatively infrequent, and people told me they weren't going to Constanta; I'm not sure if I should believe them. I unpacked my lunch here and ate it in the shade, so it did not bother me that much. After that, a car picked me up, got me to Vama Veche, and helped me find a summer job, so that was nice.
―martih, February 2026
44.33633, 26.09823
I got lucky here and convinced a guy to bring me near an exit for Constanta. I didn't spend much time here, but I think the traffic was decent.
―martih, February 2026
44.34235, 26.08452
This was a really bad place, and I would advise you to avoid it, if possible. After more than an hour and a half, I walked to a gas station, showed as a destination, and there I found a guy willing to take me to the exit towards Constanta. If you are stranded around here, I would advise walking rather than just waiting here. The traffic was low, and the heat was unbearable.
―martih, February 2026
44.29538, 26.06133
This was my solution to my screw up, and it kinda worked, but it was not great. Although the spot is great, especially if you need to reach Bucharest, getting to the east of the capital was no fun, but this place was not a bad start.
―martih, February 2026
44.30986, 26.06263
If you want to go south, this is likely not a bad spot. If you need to go east, you are screwed, just as I was. My solution was to go a bit south, cross the road, and try to head back north. I worked, but I didn't have any fun doing it.
―martih, February 2026
44.60816, 25.45216
I just switched cars here. Quite a lot of tourists are going to the black sea. This is not a large gas station, but you can find a car easily. Just be aware to check if they are going in your direction, or you might end up like me. Getting around Bucharest isn't easy if you want to reach the coast.
―martih, February 2026
45.70297, 21.18398
Two other cars stopped that could have taken me part way, after about an hour got a ride all the way to the border
―Anonymous, January 2026
46.44777, 24.24163
good spot with gas station to targu mures
―biuropodrozyalternatywnejpl, December 2025
47.03137, 21.99075
good place to take a ride but there were suspect guys from middle east and they started coming to us, someone stopped in last minute before fight
―biuropodrozyalternatywnejpl, December 2025
45.85615, 22.95471
If you survive deadly romanian summer heat and ignore all marshutkas you can hitchhike on this bus station towards Deva or even Timisoara
―johnni, November 2025
45.77597, 22.91405
I believe best spot from.Hunedoara to Deva
―johnni, November 2025
45.48466, 22.83361
On this wanabe parking is relatively easy to hitchhike towards Hateg od even Dinopark on the other crossroad. May take some minutes thought, bcs low traffic
―johnni, November 2025
45.42082, 22.7804
If you go alongside this road you can with some luck hitchhike friendly lads who are willing to take smelly hikermans towards Hateg
―johnni, November 2025
45.61359, 22.94517
Immediately after we started hitchhiking lovely chap stopped and took us directly to Hunedoara's castle through beautiful hilly countryside. Note - this route is perhaps significantly slower then via Calan if u wanted go to highway in Deva. Plus in this point is not much room for cars to stop.
―johnni, November 2025
44.18588, 26.00228
Lots of space to pull over, definitely possible to get a ride directly to Bulgaria as many cars have Bulgarian plates. With my BG sign I got taken to Giurgiu, the driver offered to take me to the bridge toll booth but I got off at the Kaufland because I needed food instead.
―Arphile, November 2025
Recent reviews mentioning Romania
48.67962, 16.98586
I was in no rush, so take my waiting time with a grain of salt. This is a good place. A lot of trucks are going through this place, most of them heading toward Budapest, but after asking for a while, I got a ride directly to Romania.
―martih, February 2026
45.77445, 24.17452
Went here because the roundabout was being used by local hitchhikers. Took quite a while for some reason but a polish guy on a roadtrip through Romania picked me up for Brașov/Brassó
―Arphile, November 2025
44.48714, 26.07911
Waited there half hour, pointless. Cars from Bucarest or the periphery. Even going to Ploiesti you won't find a lot of cars going there. Better to take the bus to the airport!! Way easier especially for Ploiesti, can bé lucky for Brašov top. Actually someone was going there but asked for money like often in Romania.
―cavalierrustique, October 2025
43.86375, 26.01536
No one wanted to give me a ride at the truck stop, so I got frustrated and was going to walk across the border to Romania. But as I was walking past a gas station, I saw a car and asked if he can take me across the border. It turned out that he was going to Bucharest.
―Okubobrakurbober, August 2025
47.23473, 21.53341
Busy Petrol station, but no one was going towards Romania. Many people to Budapest though. We ended up going to the other side of the roundabout which seems to be very good if you want to go east
―princessescharming, August 2025
47.41533, 21.62442
We stood in front of the bus station, there is enough space to stop and the cars don't go super fast. Took us 15 minutes to get a ride to the next town on our way to romania
―princessescharming, August 2025
47.37925, 19.05277
We arrived at 20:00 and didnt get a ride that day. Next day we also didnt get away, we were trying to get to northern romania. Good Infrastructure but no lifts. Might be good for other directions
―Anonymous, August 2025
46.54577, 19.88455
Don't accept rides to Csengele if you want to go to Serbia, you may eventually get lucky and get out of this godforsaken place but you'll lose a lot of time trying, mostly tourists with packed cars or truck drivers heading towards Romania stop there
―szymanski, August 2025
48.08544, 17.09877
Got ride straight to Romania after standing there with i sign saying HU/ROM. It wasn't exactly busy here tho, we were lucky.
―Alenicevopice, July 2025
48.01091, 17.17682
Managed to hitch a ride straight to Romania. Plenty of traffic towards Hungary, Romania and Serbia, especially on fridays and saturdays. Great spot certainly worth the walk from the nearest Bratislava bus stop ("Čunovské jazerá").
―suburbandrifter, June 2025
49.67766, 13.32696
Amazing spot. We have asked the truck driver from Romania and he took me and my boyfriend :)
―Anonymous, June 2025
46.30324, 20.07162
restaurant visited by many travellers coming from and going to Romania, it's open 24/7, so always people there to ask, food is great too :)
―Anonymous, May 2025
47.23276, 21.53839
Was quickly picked up by locals, and dropped off at the border. A lot of cars passing by to Romania
―Anonymous, May 2025
46.3722, 19.99715
Great spot if you're travelling to Romania, not so great for Serbia. There's a city bus stop 10 minutes walk west the station from where you can get to Szeged and then the next OMV station by bus, which is 3km from the border. A driver told us you can only cross the border on foot on the crossing Horgos 2, but not on the highway one, so be aware of that.
―JuanPabloSegundo, April 2025
47.41995, 18.92221
We reached late at night and decided to wait for the morning to continue hitchhiking. The restaurant is cheap, the food is good and it's open 24h. There's also a 24h service station with cozy sofas to sleep in and power sockets. Buy water at the service station rather than the restaurant, it's 5 times cheaper for the same amount. In the morning a truck driver gave us a lift to Lugoj in Romania, although we could have gone further to Sibiu.
There are many Romanians passing by, go talk to the people rather than showing your sign. If you're heading to Serbia ask for Szeged, sometimes that's as far as they can take you before the border.
―Anonymous, February 2025
43.89788, 25.99694
Still possible to walk bridge from Romania to Bulgaria as of december '23, but I hitched a lift to Ruse here.
―pixelatedcrab, November 2024
47.92176, 17.11406
Big amount of cars to Romania. You can very easily aim Szeged in one
I tried at the gas station onAustrian side and then restaurant on Hungarian side.
Side note: slept near the gas station and got woken up at 4am by Austrian military
―Anonymous, September 2024
46.37216, 19.99735
Gas station with traffic. Mode of it goes to Romania but you have to be lucky and keep asking. I asked to the Serbian border and they ended taking me to Sofia (BG). You won’t have a better spot anyways
―Anonymous, September 2024
49.43831, 21.69016
A big station where all trucks stop when they're going to Slovakia, Hungary, Moldova, Romania and further. Once even the driver asked me first where I'm traveling when I arrived at the station, so it's really very easy. The best time is on Sunday evening because often the road to Slovakia is closed till 10pm and a lot of trucks are waiting for it to be open. There's a nice restaurant and you can exchange currency.
―umpalumpa1312, September 2024
47.89918, 21.55901
Small station, majority of cars drive to Ukraine, but I was trying to get to Romania, so probably it's easier if you are going to UA. The trucks stop only when they have to take a long 12h break to sleep.
―umpalumpa1312, September 2024