Hitchhiking from Valea Lupului

Hitchhiking to Valea Lupului

Recent reviews mentioning Valea Lupului

47.17744, 27.48854

One male 40+, no sign, one big backpack, a bit cloudy. On my way from Iaşi to Suceava (successful).
I was hitchhiking a few hundreds meters farther from the centre for one hour. Then I moved to this spot. It was too urban for me, but I was proved wrong, coz after 20 minutes I got a lift to Târgu Frumos.
The place is after a bus stop. There is a small parking with enough space to stop. Good visibility. Double lane. The cars go a bit slower than in my previous place.
―Gural

47.17917, 27.48083

One male 40+, no sign, one big backpack, a cloudy day. On my way from Iaşi to Suceava. In the end successful, but not this spot.
The city didn't want to finish. Before I saw a couple of places, but there were too urban for me, so I kept walking until here. It's a wide entry into a field road, enough space to stop. A bit of bushes before, but not blocking visibility. The cars go fast. The traffic is busy. The road a few hundred metres before goes from double lane into a single one.
This place was a proof for me that picking a spot has a crucial meaning if you get a ride or not. After one hour when nobody stopped I moved a few hundred metres back towards the Iaşi to a spot which before I considered too urban and there I got a ride after 20 minutes. You can go as well a bit more west. When in a car I saw a good spot after a roundabout. But this spot is NO use. To be avoided. I don't know what is wrong with this spot, but it doesn't work.
―Gural

47.46637, 27.63383

One male 40+, no sign, one big backpack, a cloudy evening. On my way from Bălți to Iaşi (successful).
The place looks really good. Two tarmac bays (an entry and an exit of the petrol station), so loads of place to stop. Very good visibility. No shade, but it was very cloudy evening. The cars were going pretty fast. And there were very few of them.
The whole hitchhiking from Bălți was going much slower than I expected. I started to think that I'd get stuck here (getting dark, very few cars etc.). But after half an hour a car stopped. And it was going all the way to Iaşi. But the ride was a bit stressful. The guy asked for money. Then he said he had been only joking. But during the ride he was "joking" like that a few more times. At the border he was shouting at the border gards. And generally he was a bit weird. So, I was relieved when I got off in Iaşi.
The traffic on this road seems to be not very busy. So reserve guys a bit more time to get to Iaşi from Bălți.
―Gural

47.17847, 27.58496

Going to Chișinău with an MD sign, the first guys that stopped didn’t want to take me with my french passport but then I got a ride directly to Chișinău
―Arphile

46.94002, 26.40089

Nice runoff and side road for cars to stop, best spot for Iaşi in my opinion
―Arphile

47.17252, 27.51953

Solid spot in the bus stop. If you make yourself visible then shouldn't be too hard to catch a ride.
―matt

47.1236, 27.62231

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47.16824, 27.59371

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47.17335, 27.53561

I'd rate this place as average. You can get shelter from the elements under the canopy of the gas station. The downside is that this gas station is used by locals a lot, so a small amount of them go outside the city. Still, Petrom is the most popular gas chain, and most cars travelling long distances will fuel here.
―AndreiP