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Hitchhiking to Sofia

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42.63232, 23.45266

First person I asked, could bring me to Plovdiv
―Anonymous

42.632, 23.45718

great spot, cool shade underneath the tree. Only waited 10 minutes if you count walking to the otherside of the highway from the busstation.
―Anonymous

42.63232, 23.45266

Really nice after traveling trough serbia:) really good spot
―Anonymous

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

42.63042, 23.46608

Stayed at the end of the gas station. A guy stopped after not a long time and took me all the way to burgas.
―Mick

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

42.16982, 24.71951

We were hitchhiking as a couple an made a sign in Cyrillic with Sofia. Most drivers that go from Plowdiw to Sofia take that road to get to the highway. Took us 15 min to get a ride. Cars slow down due to the roundabout and can stop in the bus lane afterwards
―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

42.63049, 23.46486

Very good place to find a car to Plovdiv
―Arcadicano

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

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

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