Hitchhiking from Bankya
Hitchhiking to Bankya
Recent reviews mentioning Bankya
42.73763, 23.24293
Pretty good! Traffic was chill but someone saw me and came back to pick me up. Apparently they had seen hitchhikers there before as well. Good stop!!!―Anonymous
42.99343, 22.8445
Asked to the first truck that i saw for a lift to sofia, he said yes. Kind gentlemen―Mick
42.60359, 23.0842
Probably a bad spot at the gas station on the highway, cars can't slow down and almost no traffic at the gas station. After 10 min a guy going to Kjustendil gave us a lift and drove us to the border to North Macedonia―Clemimens
42.66515, 23.25952
Good spot as you catch the traffic of three directions. Made a sign with Pernik and Macedonia on it. Got a lift within 10 min towards Pernik―Clemimens
41.72546, 26.32405
Bad spot. Very few cars which go to gas station, most of them are not friendly tbh. Quite all of the cars are full with people or with their stuff. Right after gas station sometimes there chill border police, we got lucky to be with them the whole day. They tell not to go to the exit of gas station because it’s dangerous. Fortunately after around 5-6 hours of waiting time at around 10 pm we got a lift to Sofia.―ptulish
42.65089, 23.21785
We got around 4 cars which stopped to take us (to Skopje to Parnik), but we were three people so got a car to Kustendil―ptulish
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
42.65089, 23.21843
Had a sign for MKD, not a lot of Macedonian cars but I got a ride to close to the border next to Blagoevgrad―Arphile
43.81467, 25.92853
Despite it being dark and me standing with a sign I got picked up all the way to Sofia quickly. The lights are good enough for nighttime hitchhiking, otherwise there’s always the gas station.―Arphile
43.27548, 24.09655
Preskaŭ ĉe la elirejo de la urbo estas rapidbremso kun zebrokruco. Ĝi ŝajnas perfekta, sed plej multaj homoj venantaj el ĉi tiu urbo estas plejparte timemaj, embarasitaj aŭ ksenofobiaj. Malgranda kamiono bonŝance prenis min rekte al Sofio. Mi provis 10-kilometran ŝildon, sed ĝi estis senefika.―Jurobola
43.19235, 22.56316
It's hard to say how good this place is. We were heading towards Sofia/Istanbul -> the driver heading to Pirot left us there saying it was a good place. Generally, cars don't drive very fast there – they see you and your sign, but there's no gas station or anything like that. After about half an hour, we managed to catch a truck heading to Sofia. There are often queues of trucks at the border, so there's a chance you'll cross the border and ask drivers one by one if they can take you to Istanbul. We finally made it to Sofia that day, but I think there's a chance you'll catch a driver going further.―Moonhans
44.34362, 21.0789
Good spot, found a ride to Bulgaria in seconds (he was going all the way to Burgas).―anettlee17
42.72213, 23.23784
It’s a shit place. We were trying to go to North Macedonia. We got recommended to go to the border town Kjustendil first. After we changed the sign from City names to 10km we got picky up after 5min.―Anonymous
42.10729, 21.6985
Good spot because a lot of traffic was at the start (5pm) but then dropped very fast (6pm). Was standing with a sign bulgaria/k.palanka. Maybe a bit far saying signs but there is no other place kinda to go there on that road. Also maybe i was not that lucky because i was trying kinda late in the evening. But eventually very nice truck driver who was paying a toll(stramge because all others had the autamic one) took me all the way to sofia.―kiausiniuvagis
42.19958, 24.65264
Very shit spot. After an hour we moved a bit and eventually caught a ride at McDonald's―sisiamigomio
42.99343, 22.8445
Good traffic, but some waiting. Had a sign Sofia and some Turkish guys coming from Antwerp going to Fethiye gave me a lift to Sofia.―Anonymous
42.73784, 23.2722
My ride from the day before had invited me to stay the night and took me to the other side of Sofia to a great spot towards Plovdiv early in the morning.―Suip
42.71409, 23.23224
I first tried to take the road south of Sofia towards Plovdiv, but people to Plovdiv are actually using the highway north of Sofia. Not very good place, seems like only local people stop. I got invited to spend the night in the Apartment of a couple as it was getting late. In the morning the woman took me to the other side of Sofia to a much better spot towards Plovdiv.―Suip
42.28131, 22.72283
My previous ride asked a guy that was filling his car at the petrol station and he took me to Sofia. He said it's easier to go to Sofia through the Highway west of Dupniza than through Pernik.―Suip
42.58602, 23.30496
late at night we got a ride to the ring road so we can get a bus there―sisiamigomio