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Hitchhiking to Sofia

Recent reviews mentioning Sofia

42.6383, 23.41242

We were a couple, 20 years old, and we neeed to get to Pazardzhik. After about 30 minutes of hitchhiking near a bus stop, we got a ride to a McDonald's very close to Pazardzhik.
―smajlosuf

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

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

42.63049, 23.46504

We tried to hitchhike to Istanbul. Overall, the location seemed quite good, but we had significant difficulties – few drivers were heading to Istanbul; most were heading towards Burgas, and the Turks heading to Istanbul were reluctant to pick up additional passengers. Eventually, we managed to hitchhike to a gas station outside Plovdiv.
―Moonhans

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

42.21434, 24.73031

An excellent location under the highway to catch a ride from Plovdiv to Sofia. This is where the ramp to the highway begins, and vehicles have sufficient time and space to stop.
―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

42.14795, 26.55743

No shade but pretty good spot because it’s mostly long distance drivers either truckers or Germans coming back (those usually have full cars though)
―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