Hitchhiking in Serbia
Hitchhiking to Serbia
Recent reviews in Serbia
46.17057, 19.97229
First I wait near the gas station, but this spot has many trucks stopping - after leaving the terminal they can easily see you. Entering the terminal is not permitted, but the border guard in the window helped me and asked some driver to take me. So (with his pause to sleep) I drive through all Serbia to Macedonia.
―MateuszPL, June 2026
45.2564, 21.08611
first car picked me up
―Huvelykujj, June 2026
45.12309, 21.27619
small spot to put ur bag down, nothing else tho
―Huvelykujj, June 2026
46.0211, 19.73404
I echo the warnings of other hitchers: low traffic and, it seems, frequent police interference. I was dropped here with high hopes, the spot would be great, but there were police doing a traffic check and they shortly told me I had to leave or when their boss came they would have to ticket me (and that being a foreigner they would have to take me directly to court to pay). The cop rather comically suggested that I jump the fence to walk through the field to the ramp (lmao), but did nothing when I walked down the highway with my thumb out.
The next ramp is absolutely useless, 17 vehicles in an hour, the cars with Serbian plates, the trucks going too fast to stop with very little space there. The traffic on the highway by there is going so fast you’ll be lucky to get a ride, which thankfully I was (all hitcher blessings to Edina who pulled over and took me across the border 🙏🏽), though not without a wait and much stress as the sun dipped to kiss the horizon.
―Movethathoof, June 2026
45.00665, 20.20149
I hate this spot. TONS of traffic, but the much, much greater part is going to Novi Sad. My arm got sore thumbing as I waited; the flow is never ending. Finally got a ride to Subotica after almost two hours, after five offers of rides to Novi Sad (even with my ‘Buda’ sign), and one car of jerks with German plates who dangerously veered toward me as if to tease they’d spot and then zoomed off 🙄
―Movethathoof, June 2026
44.89619, 20.30025
Honestly seemed like the best spot for getting out of Belgrade, and the two times I’ve hitched it has worked. Cars are going fast but they’re all going in your direction. The first time I waited four minutes, the second time forty. Neither time were they going far, but as other comments mention get a ride to the tollbooth not far ahead and you’re set.
―Movethathoof, June 2026
43.34152, 21.92895
Difficult to rate this spot, there is a little traffic at the gas station. A guy who saw me earlier at my other spot stopped and gave me a lift to the border.
―Mick, June 2026
43.37903, 21.81062
Maybe i wasn't lucky but it was 18pm, tried for three hour to get a lift but nobody stopped, tried direct on the highway too with no success. End up sleeping there and someone took me the next morning after 2 hour to nič.
―Mick, June 2026
44.57328, 20.64811
Good spot, a lot of traffic making long distances. A kind millitary guy took me all the way to the gas station just before nič
―Mick, June 2026
44.66216, 20.61407
A lot of traffic but they are rolling fast when the road merge. Should have go closer from the toll station
―Mick, June 2026
44.69274, 20.5834
Hard to say if it is a good spot, it was sunday and a lot of cars were full, it took me a long time just to make a few km to the toll station
―Mick, June 2026
44.77936, 19.60689
Not so good place becasue car has to stop abruptly bvs there are teo direction.
―zivolta, June 2026
43.84781, 19.58461
Lot of place to stop but the people are rolling fast. A nice guy took me direct to cacak after a couple of minutes. Not a lot of traffic going far but I was lucky.
To cacak he helped me to get a simcard and bring me to the bus station
―Mick, June 2026
44.44011, 19.15228
We were trying to get a ride towards Zlatibor. And were picked up by a guy who was going in Bosnia. He dropped us next to a bridge in Mali Zvornik where customs located. Place next to the bridge was absolutely terrible to hitchhike no one stopped in an hour and half.
―anx, June 2026
44.56708, 20.69613
Before that, the guy took me to a place a couple of kilometers away where there's a toll road with a fork to Belgrade and Niš. I had to walk to that place. It's unlikely you'll end up here, but it's a good location. I found a car right to Niš, which is where I needed to go.
―Arcadicano, May 2026
44.69442, 20.58342
Good spot, guys drop me to better place for stop
―Arcadicano, May 2026
46.0211, 19.73404
Maybe because its not a tourist season or what but only like 30% of cars were with foreign plates and there was pretty low amount of traffic in the middle of weekday day. After one hour police showed up to do traffic check here so they said to fuck off but I moved only a bit further away and tried but was unsuccesful to get a ride for 90 more minutes after police called me again to write me a ticket but changed their mind after they saw my EU passport(???) so just said jump the fence to fields and fuck off completely. After that Iwalked to next gas station 15 km down the road because there was no traffic on ramps going down to highway in Hingary direction
―kiausiniuvagis, May 2026
45.00665, 20.20149
Was trying to get to Hungary. Wrote Subotica on sign and got a ride by the guy going there. Asked to drop me off at Subotica toll station. I think its better to write Subotica because from what I saw there was not a lot of people going to Hungary so its better to probably just try to get to Subotica and then try Hungary. There was a looot of traffic but most of it cleared up after Novi Sad
―kiausiniuvagis, May 2026
44.87271, 20.33365
I think this is quite a good spot to get out of belgrade north. Held a novi sad sign and got a ride like in 30 mins. Ofc there is two lanes so a lot of times trucks are blocking for cars to stop but there is no space on ramp to stop and here cars go slowly and there is plenty space to stop for people going up the highway.
―kiausiniuvagis, May 2026
44.8852, 20.30835
Dont think its a good spot to wait. Cars just go too fast. And I was in the morning waiying so there was a lot of traffic on this street so multiple times I got blocked by thevtruck going out. I think is much better to move a bit closer to the city where the traffic lights are
―kiausiniuvagis, May 2026
Recent reviews mentioning Serbia
46.17057, 19.97229
First I wait near the gas station, but this spot has many trucks stopping - after leaving the terminal they can easily see you. Entering the terminal is not permitted, but the border guard in the window helped me and asked some driver to take me. So (with his pause to sleep) I drive through all Serbia to Macedonia.
―MateuszPL, June 2026
45.10805, 18.52216
Low traffic gas station and cars are often full but almost all of them go to Serbia and to Belgrade. You can find a car that is not full. Ask around with Serbian words to be polite and don't use a board. I had actually made some old Serbian friends that wanted to help me find an empty car lol. Thanks Milica and Zora!
―cavalierrustique, May 2026
45.18093, 18.00986
Waited not that long actually but was lucky because very low traffic and cars are full. However you should probably find someone to go in direction of Serbia or to some gas station further where most of them will go to Serbia. Learn some words and phrase in Serbian to be polite. Ask around don't use cardboard. Thanks Alex!
―cavalierrustique, May 2026
42.73763, 23.24293
This place was perfect to go to Serbia. Someone took me to Niš. My last destination was Belgrade, but from Niš to Belgrade was easy as well
―Ana06, April 2026
47.45932, 19.11042
Cars pass slowly and there is some grass to sit. No shade. After 30min I got picked up (after changing my sign to ‚25km M5‘ instead of Serbia). Still got 200km. I‘d recommend this spot over the one below.
―GermanyToIndia, March 2026
42.75888, 20.28908
pretty easy to get lifts, especially with truckers. Just go up to them as they sort their papers. got taken to rožaje then via his mate's car to the service station on the way to serbia
―raff8ty, March 2026
42.74528, 23.2295
You're probably not going to get a ride all the way to where you want to go but there is a nice traffic light with a countdown so you just go in the middle of the road asking everyone and they'll bring you somewhere. I took 3 rides to get to the border to Serbia, crossed on foot and got to Pirot then bus to Nis cause you're not going anywhere if you get stuck in Pirot.
―Anonymous, February 2026
44.83214, 20.36909
I waited a looot, direction Zagreb. At the end finally guy from Serbia helped me and gave me a ride to the next gas station
―lovrec, January 2026
48.08589, 17.09865
big potential
its difficult to get there. you have to hitchhike to this spot
i was lucky and one guy stop immediately. He went to Serbia. unfortunetaly not my destination.
―Olafos, January 2026
46.23255, 20.08726
good for Serbia
―Huvelykujj, December 2025
44.88301, 20.66236
Bit long but I guess that’s what you get when thumbing in Serbia, got a ride to Vršac after an hour
―Arphile, October 2025
45.57086, 21.20431
Not an ideal spot to hitch to Serbia since its the start of the town, but we got dropped off here and we got picked up in 3 minutes
―Milesandtrials, October 2025
43.76026, 19.45962
I misunderstood it and ned to walk to serbia passport control.
―Jurobola, September 2025
44.70469, 20.57487
A lot of Serbians cars going after the work (16-17:00) back home. A lot of traffic. I believe this is a good spot (especially for Serbia, where they don't usually take hitchhikers). You don't even need a sign.
True that you won't get far though.
―IGMartyOnTheMap, September 2025
47.63323, 17.6617
It seems to be a pretty good place to hitchhiking in the direction of Budapest. There is a gas station, a large parking lot for which trucks and passenger cars stand. The station can be reached directly from the E60 road. We tried to catch transport from there to Budapest (from where we wanted to go further towards Belgrade) we were lucky and we came across a driver from Serbia who easily offered us a ride to Belgrade. In general, the traffic is quite high and a lot of locals and tourists. (There is also a Tesla charging station so maybe you can hitchhiking a Tesla)
―Moonhans, September 2025
46.24273, 20.12715
We used this spot to go to the Serbian border. Not many cars going to the highway/to Serbia from here, mostly local traffic. There is a traffic light that’s red very often for the cars, so they stand a lot and can see you well. There is space to pick you up.
―Anonymous, September 2025
44.80577, 19.25974
Good place to catch a ride to Tuzla, traffic is slow and many cars returning from Serbia are passing there
―szymanski, 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
58.91473, 11.25982
Gas station and rest area – a perfect spot for both northbound and southbound directions! Many cars heading to Oslo and Gothenburg, and one was even going all the way back to Serbia. Ask people at the gas station and in the charging area. I got a ride to Oslo.
―denwer, August 2025
45.50585, 16.66036
Decent spot to go on further through the highway diretion Bosnia and Hercegovina or Serbia. A track driver took us to another gas station.
―jchymski, August 2025