Direction: Aksaray, Ankara.
Seems like a perfect spot with plenty of space to pull over right after the traffic lights, but it took us quite a while to get a ride.
Direction: Nevşehir, Ankara, North.
It's on the motorway, technically illegal, but the police doesn't care. Lots of truck drivers going long distance, plenty of space to pull over.
Direction: Adana, Tarsus.
We had to wait quite a bit, even though it seems like you can hitch with people going both on the motorway and the free road.
Direction: Adıyaman, Siverek.
Very easy to get a ride down the mountain from anywhere on this road. Some times of the day the traffic is scarce, but sunset and sunrise are very popular.
They also allow you to camp next to visitor centre (or even sleep on a sofa on their cafe terrace, which is open all night.)
Direction: Kars, Erzurum, Van. Very easy to get a ride with one of the Turkish/Kurdish truck drivers. In our case they just chatted us up and took to Kars (could've gone with him all the way to Gaziantep, but wanted to explore the area).
Took us about 10 rides to get from Batumi to Akhaltsikhe. Lots of cars stop, but rides tend to be short. Also further towards Akhaltsikhe the road gets very empty (around Goderdzi Pass).
Direction: Gori, Kutaisi. We got lucky right after the gas station here. Cars getting out of it are slow, it seems to be a much better tactic then thumbing by the side of the highway (lots of cars then, but way too fast).
Surprisingly had to wait for some time here. Just too much tourism around, I think. Lots of people ask for money. Finally Saudi Arabian tourists took us to Stepantsminda.
Direction: Stepantsminda, Gori. Plenty of place to pullover, so much traffic, but we had to wait very long.
It's a motorway, technically illegal, but police doesn't care.
You can hike down to this spot from Jvari Monastery.
Very easy to get a ride to the airport. In general hitchhiking in the Azores is very easy, the only issue is some places might be quite empty, so choose your route having that in mind.
A public bus gets you here. Very easy to get a ride, although most likely a short one. We got invited to stay for the night in Koda, which was amazing.
Lots of cars, but it took a while to get a ride.
As you keep walking down the road, the sidewalk will at some point finish and a shoulder with good pull over space open up.
Direction: Eskişehir
Cars go a bit fast, but the traffic shouldn't be local anymore.
To get there, take metro to Koru, then one of the buses suggested by Google Maps, they can get you right to the spot. As of 2025 you have to have a special card for Ankara public transportation. The two tickets cost 50TL, the card 100TL, but you can use one for more than one person.
Direction: Akhaltsihke (east)
Mostly local rides, it might take a while to cover substantial distance (took us almost 10 rides to Akhaltsihke.
Public bus number 12 can get you there for cents (tap your card, Yandex Maps app can show the route).
The other marked spot is right in the city.
Direction: Şanlıurfa, Mount Nemrut.
You can get there from the minibus station right in the city centre (Balıkçılarbaşı Münibüs Durağı) for around €0.50 paid in cash (currently 25TL) (the minibus has a sign for "500 Evler Cd".
The end of the city, you can get there with public bus M6 (and possibly others) for €0.50.
Super easy to get a ride and high chances of getting invited for a tea or breakfast :)
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.
Started at 7 am in mid September, maybe that's why had to wait quite a bit. First a couple going just 10 km or so stopped, I didn't go, then after hour and a half I got a ride to Banff (with tourist stopping in all nice places - awesome!).
In September (after the tourist season) waited half an hour to get a ride to Kenny Lake. After that it was much harder for me. 3 hours waiting to get a ride to McCarthy. But earlier with all the tourists you may get lucky.
First time trying to hitch to Valdez, after an hour succeeded. It was after a long weekend, so everybody was going back to Anchorage or Fairbanks - some people would take me there.
Second time trying to hitch to Paxson (on the way to Delta Junction) in the evening of Septemeber. Tourist season shut down, so there weren't that many cars, but after 40 minutes I got my ride.
Wasn't sure where I'm going, just south. Got a ride to Whittier in 5 minutes! :) And a free of charge 6 hour glacier and marine wildlife viewing boat cruise with food :D
A long 2,5 hour wait for a ride just a few miles west. 90% of traffic just local. Got driven out of the city fortunately and got a next ride to Denali within 15 minutes.
Surreal and wonderful experience for me. Got dropped of here going from Fox, asked the first driver I saw, and within 2 minutes had a ride all the way to Prudhoe! So easy, and the drive - so much worth it. As wild as it gets on highways, and beautiful, as though you enter a different world.
Waited an hour in the evening, then camped in the woods nearby, woke up, waited 4 hours (!) and finally got a ride to Beaver Creek. One of my few worst hitchhiking spots in North America.
Got dropped off here. Was expecting a really bad time, since the spot is not the best, but there's a lot of traffic and that's a plus. After 45 minutes a guy actually went back to get me as he didn't stop at first.
Got dropped off here by friends. Going to Edmonton, after 15 minutes I had a ride for 10 km, then after 15 minutes a ride to Lloydminster, and from there after 15 minutes a ride to Edmonton. Seems these parts of the world are really friendly :)
The spot looks really good hitching wise, but I would probably recommend waiting here until you get a really long ride, since in other places on the highway cars go much faster. After 15 minutes I took a short ride for a few miles, and then hitching the Yellowhead turned into a nightmare. Don't know why, but "Friendly Manitoba" was really unfriendly. There's not a lot of cars farther on.
Really good. Easy to get close with $2 bus fare from the centre of Winnipeg. Waited 50 min with an "Alaska" sign and got a ride to the highway 1 and 16 split near Portage la Prairie.
The spot seems perfect and probably relatively is. I waited quite a bit though with a sign to Alaska :) After 1,5 h a great guy going to Calgary stopped (actually drove back to get me after passing me and then reconsidering) and brought me in 2 days to Winnipeg.
Quite a neat spot, though I had to wait a bit over an hour, which is longer than Quebec average for me. Maybe beacuse I started on the morning of Canada Day.
Easy to get to, $3 bus ride from the centre of Montreal. Great place to pull over, long straight stretch to get noticed from far, as though it was meant for hitching. Not so much traffic though.
When hitching here, I got a ride straight to Montreal after 10 minutes of waiting, so it worked out great for me. May have been just luck. There is some traffic, maybe not fluent, but you always see something going. Stand just before "no pedestrians" sign.
Got a ride to Saint John's on the ferry. People really kind, mostly older couples, every second person wanted to pick me up, but they were all going to Deer Lake, Corner Brooke or somewhere else. So I kept asking and found a guy going all the way to Saint John's.
Got a ride to Saint John's on the ferry. People really kind, mostly older couples, every second person wanted to pick me up, but they were all going to Deer Lake, Corner Brooke or somewhere else. So I kept asking and found a guy going all the way to Saint John's.
Not so much traffic, there's some place to pull-over. Stood for around 40 minutes just before the sign "no pedestrians" and got a nice ride for 2 hours east.
I tried to hitch before the gates, had no luck, than 20 minutes before scheduled departed started asking people waiting for the ferry and got a ride pretty quickly. Ask and you're gonna get it. Staff didn't mind me.
Again 2 of us, we waited quite long, 45 minutes, but I guess it's just random. Good place to pull over, right after traffic lights, so people have loads of time to notice you. Direction east.
2 of us waited about 45 minutes. Cars are fast, there's no much place to stop, but still after enough time someone will pull over. Whole Trans-Canada traffic goes here.