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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

Within a few minutes I found a friendly trucker who took me a good 1,5 h to a gas station on the highway.
The spot is a bit weird because basically all the traffic on the road is leaving the highway. So you only really have a chance with people coming out of the gas station.
―Kartenhouse

42.99343, 22.8445

Asked to the first truck that i saw for a lift to sofia, he said yes. Kind gentlemen
―Mick

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

42.73763, 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

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

42.70711, 23.45781

I stood there with a sign saying "Ruse." The problem was that it was already late for such a long journey (8 p.m.). However, one guy offered to take me to Pleven. There is a lot of traffic at the gas station and at the exit.
―Okubobrakurbober

42.63802, 23.44972

I just wanted to drive a couple of kilometers north to the next intersection. But I was unlucky. I stood there for almost 90 minutes in the sun. My thumb didn't work. The "2 km" sign worked. Stand where the turning lane almost connects to the highway.
―Okubobrakurbober

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

42.70684, 23.45726

―nelabais

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

42.68944, 23.33857

―Anonymous