Hitchspots: Sweden

Södertälje
Hitchability: Good
Average Waiting time: Unknown
Description:
“Near Pendeltagstation Södertälje Hamn. The best place for getting south from Stockholm. Se www.hitchbase.com for detailed description.”
―Anonymous

Karlskoga
Hitchability: Good
Average Waiting time: Unknown
Description:
“Big road, some place near the traffic lights where you get all the drivers.. Not too bad”
―Anonymous

Stockholm
Hitchability: Medium
Average Waiting time: Unknown
Comments:
“busstop, better to hitch from statiol that is really close..”
―Tulipalo, 16 Jan 2011

Eskilstuna
Hitchability: Bad
Average Waiting time: 45min
Description:
“Not too much space, difficult to get all the cars, even though a lot of traffic passes by..”
―Anonymous
Comments:
“august 2008: i waited with a friend 100 meters before the roundabout starts if you're coming from the city center of Eskilstuna. we were two guys, waiting 45minutes to get a lift to the center of Stockholm”
―Anonymous, 15 Oct 2012

Halmstad
Hitchability: Bad
Average Waiting time: 3h 3min
“Take the bus to Eurostop. Best place is to go to the corner at the Max Restaurant with a sign. We got a lift in about 5 minutes to Goteborg. Don't try it at the petrol station, most people there are heading south.”
Comments:
“it took me one hour to get northbound. the propblem was that it was raining and i dont think the people were very keen on having some dripping wet person in their car!^^ ”
―Johnjomowfen, 19 Oct 2012
“shit spot, was standing for an hour to get to göteborg, walked a bit further up to the onroad, got a ride within 5 min from a car that was already on the onroad. ”
―Xhikerx, 29 Apr 2013
“Worked well for me, got a ride to Goteborg in some 20 mins. Not much space to pull over, though.”

Helsingborg
Hitchability: Medium
“No best, high traffic from every direction and you can't stand further than the light even if there is plenty of place for a car to pull, because the highway is starting”
“I stood here and got a ride after 20 minutes. There's only a stop sign and no space to pull over to the side. Not everyone are willing to stop at the sign and pick you up.”
―Fynkis, 15 Apr 2015
“The police said me that I couldn't stay there after 5 minutes trying to hitchike
”
―Anonymous, 06 Jun 2016

Varberg
Hitchability: Bad
“2 roundabouts there but not good if you are trying to go south ”

Varberg
“roundabout at the on-ramp. looks a great place, but waiting a long time is possible. Mostly when heading south!”

Köping
Hitchability: Very Bad
“Really... no traffic”

Stockholm
Hitchability: Medium
“The slip road to E4 south going is at the moment, 140806, not accessible since the construction of hospital Karolinska sjukhuset nearby. Go somewhere else if you are heading south, p.e. Kungens Kurva.”
―Maxlandegren, 06 Aug 2014

Landskrona
Hitchability: Good
Average Waiting time: 1h 8min
“Glumslöv
Motorwaystop, good both for heading north or south. If trying to go south to Denmark, this might be the place to change car before you end up inside the big cities of Malmö or Lund.”
“quiet good point... if we can say that for the Swedish community...
I had the opportunity after 30 min to get on Gothenburg but I didnt accept it because I was toward Stockholm E 4.
Good point anyway... just don't wait at the exit... go an talk with the ppl on the gas station.”
―John Valentino, 14 Jul 2013
“i've used this spot 3-4 times for going malmö to stockholm. from what i know it is the easiest way to get out of malmö. I ask to go to växsjö or all the way to stockholm. waiting time is 30min to 1h30min. When longer waiting time it is often because i'm selective so i get the whole way to stockholm in one ride. ”
―Anonymous, 22 Jun 2014
“* should say värnamo instead of växsjö above. there is a good spot in värnamo with burger king, mcdonalds etc. to get the last ride to stockholm.”
“Lots of trucks. Got a ride with one within 45 min to Copenhagen. ”
―Pletter, 23 Jun 2014
“Also got ride to Norrköping from here within 45 min (Sign saying "Norrköping"). I'd say it's the best place to jump off and switch cars if you're heading north on the E4. ”
“On the way to Stockholm, with no effort at all, we got a ride to Jonkoping and an offer to stay at the driver´s place for the night :)”
―Ewelinalucy, 27 Dec 2014
“If going south, you should try to get somebody past Malmö or even Kobenhagen, because otherwise it could get difficult for you. Nice spot.”
―Santa klaus, 18 Jan 2016

Malmö
Average Waiting time: 15min
“Got dropped off here. A lot of traffic, but nobody going north toward Helsingborg or Gotenborg. Avoid it if possible in favor of service station a few kms north on E6.”
“Couple. We got here lift from "prime" spot in Malmo. Got a ride to next station in ~20 minutes. Low traffic.”
―Iansowinski, 25 Nov 2016
“We (two guys and a girl) got a lift from here all the way to Narvik, about 2000 km away (the longest lift i have ever had)! We stood right after the roundabout where cars can stop easily. It took us around 15 minutes to get a ride.”
―Arno Nuem, 13 Apr 2017

Tromsø
“Direction Easth. Bus Stop. But in the Summer, this village is dead. A car every 15 minutes...”

Göteborg
Average Waiting time: 1h 23min
“Stigs Center -- big service station where international truck drivers stop and rest. Going north and south on E6. Should be possible to talk somebody into taking you.
It has a long history, but it doesn't look like this anymore: http://www.stigscenter.se/img/historia/tappen62.jpg .
Get here by taking bus 47 from Hjalmar Brantingsplatsen towards Tuve.
Hjalmar Brantingsplatsen (on Hisingen Island, just across the bridge (Götaälvbron) from the central train station) is reached by tram 5, 6 or 10.
”
―Anonymous, 29 Nov 2007

Malmö
Hitchability: Very Good
Average Waiting time: 51min
“Perfect spot for heading north (Both Göteborg (E6) and Stockholm (E4). Make a sign from McDonald's or Statoil just next to the spot. Only take rides past Helsingborg (Where E4-E6 splits)”
“i waited 2mins to go to helsingborg”
―Shirley, 03 Apr 2011
“too bad there's no other choice but standing on the street with a sign. I'd prefer asking people at gas stations, but wasn't allowed to stand at the nearby statoil station.”
―Anonymous, 15 Aug 2011
“Also I waited 2 min to get my ass to Helsingborg. And a year before, on the same spot, whit an additional friend; 5 min to get to Göteborg.
Like this spot, you have free toilet at McDonald an there is "tracks" after other hitchhikers in the area that gives this greeting feeling in the atmosphere!”
―Anonymous, 26 Aug 2011
“Two guys with a sign for Göteburg and got picked up within 15 minutes despite that it was raining. Straight ride to Gothenburg! Excellent spot with LOTS of room for cars to pull over. ”
―F.arbolino, 21 Jul 2012
“Seems like a perfect spot but as a solo guy hitching from here I waited over 2 hours and got nothing but strange looks and middle fingers...”
―Taggster, 26 Aug 2012
“To Helsingborg 20 min waiting, but great spot and a lot of place for cars to stop ”
―Anonymous, 17 Nov 2012
“a good spot did this the second time! this i had to wait for more than an hour - was north to gothenburg and only got a ride to helsingborg! which can't be recommended as also said here! Still a good spot!”
―Mikef, 17 May 2013
“Well, it is a good spot, but if you don't go for the long ride - STHLM, but need shorter destinations. I was suggested by other hitchhiker who has used this spot for years, and years, that better is to stand before traffic lights, before you get to this spot next to mc/statiol. Has worked for me when I need short distance..”
―Theeleina, 21 Jul 2013
“Heaps of cars drive past, but easier to get ride just asking people in petrol station or McD parking lots.”
―Anonymous, 22 Aug 2015
“Seems like a perfect place for shorter rides like Lund or Helsingborg. Standing with a sign saying "Göteborg" didn't get me anywhere in two hours. Eventually I changed to "Helsingborg" and got a ride within 20 minutes (to Gothenburg..)”
―Pletter, 19 Sep 2015
“Waited 20 minutes to get to Helsingborg. Very visible and a lot of traffic, easy for cars to stop. The workers in Statoil were only too happy to give me some card to make a sign”
“In Malmö this is still the best choice if you're heading towards north (Helsingborg, Göteborg, Stockholm if you're lucky), don't try any other places in this city. Waited about 15 mins for a ride to Helsingborg! (Aug 2016)”
―Saaaky, 06 Sep 2016
“1 hour waiting for Jönköping lift [with STOCKHOLM signal...]”
―Kovacspetyesz, 06 Nov 2016
“Arrived here around 4pm on a Tuesday. Held a sign for Helsingborg and got a ride very quickly. ”
―Anonymous, 02 Jun 2017

Jönköping
Hitchability: Very Bad
“Great location on this on-ramp... but no traffic going north”

Nyköping
“most of the cars heading to Stockholm but it´s also possible to travel south”
“Got a ride to Stockholm here.
The guy even gave me 100 crowns so that I can afford the train fare from Stockholm to Uppsala! :)”
―Anonymous, 12 Jan 2011
“Got a ride in about 10 mins, standing next to the road leading from the airport to the highway, just after the last carpark (next to the connect(?) hotel) so everyone drives by you.”
―Ilmer, 04 Sep 2011
“Got a ride in 20 minutes directly to Stockholm, standing next to Connect Hotel entrance.”
―Anonymous, 15 Apr 2012
“The Google map is a bit old, I think. There is a small roundabout with a gas station between the Connect Hotel and the long-term parking lot (långtidsparkering). I stood for two minutes by the gas station, hoping to catch traffic from the long term parking lot, when a lady passing by on foot offered me a ride to Stockholm. Otherwise, a better spot might be after the roundabout in the direction Stockholm (Nyköping).”
―Teeshirt, 23 May 2012
“I arrived at 18.30 and it was almost dark on that time. I waited one hour and some guys from Morocco pick me up to Stockholm. You can walk around 10 minutes to the bigger road. It's not a big airport and that might be a problem to catch a car. ”
―Carletes, 09 Oct 2015

Malmö
“im not exactly sure about the location, but somewhere here there is a Mc Donalds and a gas staion where many ppl stop. Try to find a local who can give you a lift there in case you got strandet at Innre Ringen like i did. From the gas station I got a lift to my destination (in the middle of nowhere on the countrysite in sweden) by just asking ppl. Pls only ask ppl at the gas station, otherwise in sweden you dont have much chance for a lift. ”
“Misplaced marker.”
―Quitelost, 21 Jul 2011

Stockholm
“i will find out soon! theres a petrol station, ill try it in a couple of days and will let you know”
“I was waiting there and asking for a lift to Link owing direction, but there were people at the local traffic, going to jobs mostly.”

Göteborg
“This is one spot for going south on E6/E20. Perhaps a bit too close to the center -- many cars are probably not leaving the city. Though a friend got a ride straight to Malmö. There are indeed red lights, so you can get contact with people.
You can get here by taking a tram to stop called Stampen, and walking Gullbergsvassgatan.
”

Varberg
“Many cars take a quick stop at the gasstation/McDonalds. I have never had any problems getting a longride south. North should work too.”
“Waited a long time but allot of traffic going south. Many locals going east aswell.”
―Benworm, 20 Sep 2013

Malmö
“The McDonalds/Statoil may be good for asking rides, but waiting in the very large pull-out lane before the entrance with a sign did me no good. All the traffic was speeding by, or the ones who did stop are NOT going to Stockholm. It might be better to go to Lund and start again if your in it for the long-haul. ill try again and post another one.”
“Despite the above opinion, I would recommend this place to be best for going Northbound. The experience of ca. 50 odd hikes caught there, waiting time is ca. 2-10 min. Good luck!”
―Anonymous, 21 Apr 2011

Sundsvall
“A lot of cars goes northwards on a weekday afternoon after work.
Waiting time: 15-60 min.”

Kalmar
“To Stockholm. I got a ride directly to Stockholm there, but had to wait for an hour. Theres no really good spot as all traffic is coming from Oland on number 137 and turning right there. No busstops or anything, just plain motorway. Ask somebody to bring you to IKEA or RASTA )or use a bus), which is on the other side of the highway, then walk across it, dont worry theres a bridge and you can walk. I then put myself between the 2 roads, one lane heading south and one turning right heading north. Not the safest place, but theres no other before on 137. use a very big sign”

Motala
Hitchability: Very Good
“it took me just 5 minuts to get a ride noth. There´s a bus stop good to stop and with good visibility”

Ljungby
Hitchability: Very Good
“There is a petrol station here with lots of trucks. Ask the drivers, forget about the swedish ppl in the cars, they dont usually bother picking/up somebody. I got a lift to Orebro from there”

Kristinehamn
“Somewhere (not entirely sure where exactly) on this road there is a gas station where losts of cars from BOTH directions stop. Also trucks, but most traffic going to Oslo when i was there (morning at 10am). You can ask the ppl at the gas station and as well stand next to the road, as visibility is ok (on top of a hill and speed is not that high (70). I waited about 30min until somebody picked me up and by coincidence he drove all the way to Stockholm. ”
“the place is Ölme, and is indeed very usable for hiking east. ”
―Anonymous, 26 Jul 2013

Ljungby
“Its amazing, but its possible to get a lift there. I stood there too late in the morning, maybe try at 8am in the morning, as many ppl drive to work. It took me only about 20min to get a lift to the motorway. Theres enough space, and cars are not that fast yet if you stand close to the roundabout”

Kalmar
“To Oland. It only took me 5 to 10 mins and i was using this spot several times. Use a sign. You can walk there to the bus stop Ango or catch a bus. Its within walking distance from the city and quite much traffic, no trucks though.”

Härnösand
“On the morning of a workday, this was a good spot to head southwards to Sundsvall or Uppsala.
Waiting time: 15-? min.”
“Waited 15 minutes about on a thursday midday, then got a ride south to Sundsvall from a cool painter that loved Sundsvall.”
―Gnyrfta, 16 Oct 2015
“Stood at the busstop in front of the gas station.”

Luleå
Hitchability: Unknown
“This city is very spread out. From bus station to E4 S take Varvsleden or Storgatan towards Bergnasbron? Cross over the bridge. City traffic takes this route South. i didnt try it, but an experienced local gave me the tip. r3353”

Skellefteå
“Heading South from center over bridge past the roundabout to bus stop. Room for them to stop, all E4 traffic going south goes past here.”

Göteborg
“Many cars passing for going S or E. But it's at the big amusement parc Liseberg; there is constantly taxi's stopping here, and then cars can't stop.
Anyone a good spot for going south or east?”
“Got a ride in 15 min to Halmstad with sign saying "E6 south". No taxis blocking pullover space, but it was in the morning at 10 am, before Liseberg opens. ”
―Pletter, 23 Jun 2014

Helsingborg
“On the ferry you can ask people in the cars, got at once a ride to rodby. Many people (swedens) go to germany to buy as much beer as there is any space in their cars!”

Norrköping
“direction Norrkoping. Nice big busstop.
Some minutes walking up north there at the next big crossroads there is a little gasstation, might be an option too.”

Helsingborg
“trafikplats berga”

Vänersborg
Hitchability: Unknown

“Cars have a high speed and depending on time of day they may not be many. I waited for 20 min.
Get here by train or bus to Malmö Syd Svångertorp station and walk the last 300 m.”

Tumba
“maybe the best place for getting south. Petrolstation(statoil) and a truckstop. very easy to find a car fast and if you have patience its quite easy to find ride very long for example gothenburg or malmö.”
“The place is easy to find as all you have to do is get to Ikea and then go through the tunnel towards the t-bana. As it's the only place I started hitchiking from to get out of Stockholm I can't compare it to anything. Waited 3 hours as I declined some short rides but then ended up in a car driving me directly to the ferry to Denmark :)”
―Anonymous, 13 Oct 2010
“If you're going south or west I suppose this is one of the best places to hitch from. Getting here is very easy (you just get to ikea and then walk 5 minutes) it's easy for cars to stop, there's alot of trucks and cars drive relatively slow (although not slow enough for a sign to be efficient). I waited 40 minutes until I got a ride to Oslo.”
―Anonymous, 07 May 2011
“Take the Ikea bus (for free!) from Vasagatan 13 in Stockholm. Cross the Highway and you are there. Easy to go south! Very busy Statiol station. Good luck!”
―Pastinaak, 20 May 2011
“Easily reacheable by Ikea bus or public transportation. As soon as I arrived people offered me rides, but all were for short distances. It took me some 2 hours to find a ride which took me to Norrskoping.”
―Ilmer, 19 Sep 2011
“The first truck that we asked was going to Helsinborg and picked us. So far, it was the fastest HH experience in Sweden that I had. Great place! ”
―Helekhith, 06 Dec 2011
“Around 700m walk from Skärholmen T-bana (red line to Norsborg). We stood all the way at the end of the station, where we could also catch traffic from the on-ramp.”
―Koendev, 16 Jun 2013
“Not a lot of cars coming from the petrol station, though they are driving very slow. However lots of cars coming on the on-ramp, though driving pretty fast.
―Pletter, 07 Aug 2014
“I highly recommend this place. It took me just 14 minutes to stop car which took me to Gothenburg. I was waiting cca 50 meters before gas station Statoil - left line goes to gas station and right line goes to highway. Place is safe. Bus to IKEA leaves from Vasagatan 12, not 13 how it is written above. It is big difference!”
―Robeno, 07 Sep 2014
“First off the Ikea bus is now in front of some.pizza shop. But don't even bother. They tore down the gas station and after in the process of building a new one 500 metera down the road. It will not be done until 2021. I could not find a sensible place to hitch because of the traffic. Please do no go to this spot. ”
―Bowlthizar, 08 Aug 2016

Örebro
“very small petrolstation without a store and stuff. hard to find hitch longer than some kilometers...”

Linköping
“theres a spot for cars to stop but i took over 3 hours to get ride from here.. and theres many cars going on this road..”

Östersund
“bus stop, quite a good place to get a ride northwest towards E14. ”

“Wait just before the bus stop, as the cars can stop...anyway they aren't fast because of the traffic light. I waited 20 minutes for a ride to Uppsala”
“amazing, i have wait for only 5 min, some stockholmare who go to uppsala pick me up!”
―Mipplor, 20 Feb 2011
“Found a lift to Uppsala really easily!”
“Cars can easily take you to Uppsala, not usually longer distances.
―Laia.cazorla, 28 Jul 2014

Lund
“Good spot towards Kristianstad”
“we (two guys) arrived here at 6pm and waited 'till dark. tried again next morning with no luck. We eventually left around lunch. ”
―Anonymous, 15 Apr 2014

Umeå
“Good spot for rides direction north and not so far from the center as the spot where E12 and E4 meet.”

Norrköping
“two petrolstations, statoil and OKQ8. Alot of cars, many of them heading north for example Stockholm. Hitched from here twice with no problems. Close walk from central Norrköping and the centralstation is always positive.”

Trelleborg
“best opportunity to get a ride to malmö and further. stand alongside the road. if you were not lucky to directly get a ride from the ferry just walk along the road westwards, there's a small petrol station as well but doesn't work well. usually in the morning there is much traffic to malmö - tourists from the ferry and working people. sometimes needs some patience.”
“A friend and me were waiting on a Sunday evening for less than 5 minutes to get a ride to Malmö.”
―Anonymous, 22 Nov 2012
“3 people less than 30 mins to get a ride to Malmo..”
―RomanSmoll, 18 Aug 2015

Sundsvall
“This is a gasstation just after a speedcamera which ensures that the cars drive slowly and there is plenty of space for them to stop.
Waiting time: ~45 min //Denizo”

Arvika
Hitchability: Unknown
“The bus stop here gives cars enough place to stop.Towards Karlstad.20100604”

Uddevalla
“there is a parking space on this spot which is not shown on the map.A good spot to Åmål,Karlstad.”

Average Waiting time: 24h
“Go by bus from Nils Ericsson-terminalen/Göteborg Central to Delsjömotet and position yourself along the side of the road leading out of town with a JÖNKÖPING-sign. This is generally a faster way than E20 for eastern destinations such as Stockholm, with a stopover in Jönköping if needed.”

Skellefteå
“Going south from city center cross over bridge past the roundabout to a bus stop. Room to stop, all S E4 traffic passes here.
-r3353”

Södertälje
“Jarna is a small town, so not that much traffic, but the spot is good. Ytterjarna (on the other side of the highway) has a big anthroposofic centre, a bit of a hippie place; maybe a chance to be brought here or to get a ride. At the other side of the highway is a gasstation, 5 minutes walk.”
“Got a ride to Kopenhagen from here in 10 minutes!”
―Anonymous, 04 Mar 2013
“Always works! Less than 10min and off I am down to the South!”
―Theeleina, 21 Jul 2013
“Got a ride to Norrköping before we even stopped and finished writing the sign. Seemed to be a nice on ramp with medium traffic. ”
―Pletter, 07 Aug 2014

Linköping
Average Waiting time: 5h
“Good spot for direction Jonkoping. They drive quite fast here though. Take bus to 'Gamla Linkoping', and walk under the roundabout. You could also try the gasstation if you prefer that.”
“This should be a nice spot, but most cars are heading towards Stockholm, so it's hard to use it for Jönköping
―Marsop, 16 Jul 2012
“Spot looks nice with a big right shoulder but cars accelerate to 90 km/h here. Make sure you have a big sign and people see you early.
I waited for 10 minutes till the police came and told me to go away. Seems they dont have anything better to do than ruining hitch-hiking trips.
I had to move to the other spot near the IKEA.
Still not <3 police ...”
―Anonymous, 22 Sep 2012

“Me and my buddy hitched from this spot twice, once to Oslo and once to Stockholm...didn't wait longer than 30mins...lots of traffic and a bus stop to pull into. ”
“Waited there for three hours, lot of people waving but no one picking us up to go to Oslo”
―Anonymous, 03 Jul 2013

Hitchability: Very Bad
“made a mistake standing here for Jonkoping, cars are led over highway E20 and then directly to road 40. So senseless to stand here.”

Värnamo
“Big service point with gasstaion, hamburgerplaces hotel etc, but not a good spot to stand at the exit. Gasstion is not so big, and was not so busy when i was there. Walk to the highway and try the ramp instead.”
“tried in summer 2011, and find a direct ride to stockholm here!”
“Asked people at the gasstations and found a nice couple that brought me to the ferry in Malmö.
Probably luck though. ”
―Anonymous, 22 Sep 2012
“Got here in rainy October looking for place south for three. Found one heading for Malmö in just 30 minutes just by asking people coming to get gas.”
―Quispiam, 17 Oct 2013

Östersund
Average Waiting time: 8h
“tried to hh to eskilstuna/stockholm from here. no chance! it was winter, extremely cold and nobody wanted to stop or to take us from the petrol station. they looked very suspicious and unpleasant towards us. got only 40 km far from G. finally went back and took the train on the 2nd day :-( ”
“hi. please put your point more acuraltey. it looks as if you tried to hitch from in the middle of the forrest which explains the red spot.

“Avoid this ramp, walk to a bus stop which is about 800m from here.”
“200 meter before the ramp is a sidestreet (next to the Statoil petrol station) where drivers stop. Not too busy, but enough for a ride to the service station on the E20 southbound. Not a great spot nonetheless.”
―Fverhart, 15 Jun 2015

“Took 45 mins to get a ride. Good spot though, with plenty of room for cars to stop safely.”

Västervik
“This busstop is good for directions Norrkoping, Jonkoping or Kalmar. Forgot the name of the busstop.. but most busses going out of the town will pass here. Vastervik is a bit of a holidaytown, so you might have more chance in summer on days that people go back home. Between this spot and the town are a lot of cheap supermarkets along the road where a lot of traffic out of the town goes, so i wouldnt try a busstop closer to the town.”

Tumba
“Basically a nice starting point (easy to reach, right at the highway) but unfortunately NOT a lot of long distance travellers. Most ppl went back into town. Took me 50 minutes to find a ride to Örebro.”
“Waited maybe 30 min to Linköping.”
―Anonymous, 25 Jul 2011
“Asked 3 cardrivers, the 3rd one took us with him after a short discussion with his wife... (It was the first ride for their brand new car). ”
“waited 1 hour in saturday midday”
―Oscypek, 27 Nov 2011

Jönköping
“pull-off, rest area with a petrolstation and a small foodplace. was dropped here and found a new ride faster than 5minutes.”

Lindome
“A very good spot for hitching to South. Got a ride in 10 mins. There´s a big drive in for the cars to pull into.”
“Not the best spot! The cars are driving very fast here because they're the highway. And that place where cars is supposed to be able to pull in, isn't very good - though it is possible. I ended up giving it up after 2 hours”
―Mikef, 17 May 2013
“Make a sign and hold it up! It is important to write "Kungsbacka" on it, as well as your final destination. As described in the other review's description - there is a great resting place along the highway a few miles before Kungsbacka that you wanna go to. The name is "Rastplats Sandsjöbacka väster" just so you know. But "Kungsbacka" is better on a sign since more people are familiar with that. Got a ride in ten minutes at noon a sunny day in november. Cars can stop easily, the road is definitely broad enough. I'd stand here again! ”
―Amarant, 30 Nov 2014

Umeå
“It is a good spot but not many cars that go long-distance will actually pick you up.”
“This spot is also good to go north despite other spots in the north of Umeå might be more convenients
It is worth walking down to the A4 roundabout 1 km further south, Many lorry drivers coming from South will stop at this petrol station despite the fact that there is another petrol station northbound. Those were heading to Russia. the reason is that the other petrol station is considered to be rubbish!”
―Minguccio, 16 May 2013
“Good spot, but not how Podz is writing, not many long-distance drivers will actually stop. But it's good spot to get ride to E4.”
―Skokan, 14 Oct 2014

Karlstad
“No real place for the cars to stop, but a huge ramp onto the highwas(s). Two gas stations and a McDonalds nearby, regular traffic and apparantly quite some long distance drivers. Found a ride all the way to Stockholm in about 20 minutes despite aweful weather.”
“Stood here for about an hour before we got a ride to Örebro. Stood at the roundabout with a sign and asked people at the gas station. In the end it seems like not a great spot, as people cannot stop at the roundabout...”
―Mistersunfield, 29 Jul 2015

Norrköping
“rest area, pull-off with a Mcdonalds, petrolstation(statoil) and a truckstop. Non walkable from norrköping, but really good if you get droped here. Cars are heading in both directions, south and north. Very easy to get ride from here :)”
“Got dropped off here by a truck and as there were several other trucks standing there I approached them. One of them immediately agreed to take me to Jonkoping.”
―Ilmer, 19 Sep 2011
“I approached all trucks and some cars, however most were going north. Found a ride to Jönköping after about 20 minutes. ”
―Orsejl, 19 Jul 2014
“I arrived here on a monday on January the 5th. The sun was shining and there was no snow outside. Stood here between 8 am and noon. But do not be alarmed by that! There needn't be that much waiting!
The day I was here it was a bridge day, and the cars who would make the long journey from Stockholm to, say, Malmö, probably left the day after my visit.
I asked a lot of cars, every car that pulled in to be more exact, except the ones who were going north for sure that pulled of the E4's (i.e. the highway) northern lane. Asked a handful or more of truckers also. Everyone that I asked were heading north, most of them to Norrköping, a few to Stockholm and some just in a north-direction.
At about 11 am more cars were coming in, and I turned down a ride to Jönköping that I didn't feel safe about. At noon I managed to, at the same time (magical powers), find two separate cars that were going to Jönköping. Since my ability to split myself in two hasn't been fully developed I kindly went along with one of the rides, but I must say that I felt very safe with both of the companies from the smaller conversations we had.
This is a good spot to stand at. I'd stand here again if I'm in Norrköping. A driver told me that he usually pulled over here when he was going from Stockholm to Malmö and recommended it as the best place to be standing at. Recommended by the drivers themselves in other words!
P.S.
If you are in Norrköping and want to head out here, a sign reading "Klinga" would suffice, I think. The interchange is named Trafikplats Klinga, which translates Interchange Klinga. The person who gave me a ride here grew up in Norrköping and was talking to a friend trying to figure out where this place was and then said "Oh. Aha. It's Klinga" with a tone that gave me the impression that you know what I'm talking about if I say (or have written) Klinga if you are from Norrköping.
D.S.
P.S.2.
Ask people! This is in general a much easier way to find rides in Sweden. People are usually very friendly here if you are just polite, say "Sorry to bother you, but I'm trying to find a ride to..." or something like that, with a smile.
D.S.2.
P.S.3.
The journey from Stockholm takes approx. 2 hours with car to Norrköping. That is good to have in mind if you are trying to find rides that are heading to Jönköping or longer. Jönköping is good place to be dropped at if you have a more southern destination. Accept rides to Jönköping if you can! And be dropped off at Motell Vätterleden (with a Preem petrol-station) if possible. This is before Jönköping, but there is more traffic, you stand along the highway, trucks pull in here, etc. etc. etc. In Jönköping it's quite hard to hitchhike if you are going further.
D.S.3.”
―Amarant, 07 Jan 2015
“Was standing by the onramp, got a long ride twice. Cars drive very slow since they need to cross the road, hence you got lots of time to wave at them.
―Pletter, 28 Sep 2015

Östersund
“direction east/sollefteå. well it's basically at the sideways and there's not much traffic on this road. there's a bus that takes you nearby. did it once and took me only 10 minutes for a ride - so i guess it's allright.”
“Summer, weekday, female single traveller. I stood there by chance, first car stopped after ca 15mins. 8am in morning, weekday!!! It is possible to get rides there. ”

Mariestad
“pull-off, restarea and petrolstation. sounds like the perfect place to find hitch but i took over 20 minutes to get ride from here to örebro. ”

Örnsköldsvik

Trollhättan
“Got a lift after just a few minutes. There are places like this all along the E45 so do take shorter rides as well.”

Uddevalla
“Really nice spot, because of the open-every-day mall, which attracts customers all the way from Norway. Found a ride north in minutes. You might actually be (in my case should be) picky about the hitch, so you get some safe distance.”
“I´ve also hitched from this place and it is indeed good. Just a few minutes for me too. A good thing is to use a sign because the spot I was using met cars heading both north, south and east..”
―Sigis, 14 Sep 2012
“The spot is very good indeed, we wait one hour because we went in the direction of the coast. But if you want to go south or north, I guess it's a good solution !”
―Ukino-e, 19 Aug 2013

Örebro
“petrolstation without store and staff. hard to find hitch for longer than some kilometers..”

Sundsvall

Härnösand
“A gasstation with a lot of cars heading north on the E4 towards Ö-vik-Umeå.”

Linköping
“If you're going southwards this is a really good place..
I have used it several times”
“Cars are fast and most of them that go to Jönköping/Helsingborg drive on the left side. The right shoulder isn't very long and wide.
Use Jönköping for your sign and make sure it's good to read.”
―Anonymous, 22 Sep 2012
“Tried to go south. Lots of cars but few that stops. High speeds and we didn't seem appreciated here, lots of honking. It was evening time, and a lot seemed to take the highway to other parts of Linköping or closeby towns. Two cars stopped in two hours, both of them heading to nearby towns.”
―Quispiam, 17 Oct 2013

“The best place for getting north towards Stockholm”
“Misplaced marker.
―Quitelost, 21 Jul 2011

“The best way for getting to Stockholm.
Don't mind the other random one.. how do you delete them?”

Borlänge
“Not the best place but this is your last chance getting traffic out of Mora”

“Havent tried yet, but looks like an excellent bus stop southwards. Please tell us if anyone tried it.”
“easily accessible with red metro line (14). 1st car stopped after 1 hour but only went 2 exits further. Found a ride to Järna after 2 hours”
―Fraughtwithsounds, 04 Sep 2016
“I was waiting there for about three hours when some driver at the parking behind me told, that he will buy me a train ticket to Linkoping from the next city whichas is placed at sanction of highway.”

Jönköping
“Have waited for a few hours here without success in 2006. However I think I was unlucky - it looks like a good spot for going south.
http://hitchwiki.org/en/J%C3%B6nk%C3%B6ping”
“Hitched from here twice, once going north, the other west. There is also a possiblility to go south from here. Had quite long waiting-time and only got shorter rides. ”
―Orsejl, 19 Jul 2014
“ThereÂ´s no point going further than the next roundabout. We stood just before it, got a short ride after one hour. (08.2014)”
―Ewelinalucy, 29 Dec 2014
“Waited in the morning to go to Goteborg from 5-8 am. Did not get a ride.”

Växjö
“2 minutes to get a ride to lammhult on my way to stockholm :-D
nice place, if its raining, go to cafe drinking a bear :-D”
“I agree on this spot. Its called "Örs Lantcafé", take a bus from central Växjö. Its really, really difficult to hitch out north from Växjö because the motorway goes right through, and people are unwilling to pick up people.
Hopefully you will catch a car to get you to Lammhult, next on this map, and there are many trucks that will pick you.”
―Anonymous, 08 Jan 2011

Borlänge
“Despite the high speed traffic it was easy to get a lift to Rättvik on the Market Sunday 3 Okt 2010”

Märsta
“Have had no luck hitching directly from anywhere on this airport. Any ideas?”

Växjö
“nice place for going north to motorway.
petrol station + slow traffic going out direction jÃ¶nkoping.”

“Seems to be the place to go to Malmö Airport (Sturup) or eastward towards Ystad. Picked up within 10 mins.”
“Really good place to hitchhike. We spent about 1 hours. We stopped 6 cars, only one was going to right direction – Malmo airport. :)”
―Elmonas, 21 Sep 2015

“All traffic towards Stockholm passes here. Excellent bus stop just after roundabout. Cars accelerating quite fast, so high visibility is the key. ”
“This is a good spot, I was offered rides to Norrköping before I got one to STHLM. 10 minutes on a weekday noon.”
―Anonymous, 08 Jan 2011
“I had an A3paper with the text STHLM and got a ride in less than five minutes by a serbian croatian taxidriver free of charge. Monday ~11 am.

Tumba
“waited maybe 45 min to Norrköping.”

Trelleborg
“This is were the cars approach the ferries to Germany and Poland. They go slow and can easily stop. Ferries cost per car, not per person.”
“I've been here, the third car I asked went my way and haven't booked the ticket so they took me. As we were waiting for the ferry I asked a guy and he took me further to Prague ;)”
―Amines, 13 Aug 2012
“When cruising with TT-Line and Scandlines/Stena Line the driver can add additional passengers at the check-in free of charge, but most of them don't know that.”
―Suomee, 09 Mar 2013
“Tried to hitch to Rostock with the 08.00 ferry, was at the spot at 06.45 and left at 07.30 without any luck. I recommend trying to hitch the 15.00 ferry instead. ”
―Exchange, 28 Mar 2013
“I hitchhiked a car going on the ferry to Sassnitz. I had to pay 195 Swedish crowns (€20). Aparently, Stena Lines introduced a fee for changing the amount of passengers on the car. The fee is more than what you pay to just take the ferry. ”
―Fraughtwithsounds, 09 Sep 2016

“Départ de Linköping”
―Candide, 11 Dec 2010
“Use the next one instead, here you'll find no cars at all.”
―Marsop, 11 Jul 2012

“maybe one of the best places I ever tryed out. slow traffic, directly coming from the petrol station and enough place for carstop...
2 minutes until a direct ride to stockholm.”
“i've been standing there for 4hours and noone stopped. guess it depends on the time guess it would have been better in summer (i was lifting there in oktober...)”
―Anonymous, 22 Oct 2012
“we sat at the petrol station,1 car in 20minutes, it was already dark, thinking about a night in the forest (which had been really cold in february) and then a car stopped. he just said "stockholm?" and we were fell into his arms and hugged each other”
―Anninassi, 19 Mar 2013
“camping in the woods near the lake is very nice, but there was nearly no traffic at the petrol station, so i had to walk down to the highway.. but cars are mostly too fast to stop (and it's illegal to stand there), after a hour i got a ride to jÃ¶nkÃ¶ping.”
―Ilovefahrtwind, 09 Jun 2014

Borlänge
“Please get me outa here! stood here for more than two hours for a simple ride to Orsa.”

Kungsbacka
“no place to stop for cars, there is a bus stop on Varlavagen before the roundabout, but it didnt work out either...”

“Physically perfect for cars to stop, but no one going E4 northbound. Maybe useful for getting to the shopping centre just across the roundabout, where you can eat for under SEK 20 in IKEA. ”
“We wanted to go south. In theory it should work here, the spot is perfect (bus stop) and our sign (E4 S) was clear. In reality nobody stopped during 2,5hrs and we got lots of shitty immature reactions. We walked south to the spot after the junction Göteborg/Malmö in the end.”
―Koendev, 16 Jun 2013
“I once stayed there for over two hours, no one stopped except for some teenagers who just wanted to tease.
On another occasion, a man picked me up after some 20 minutes of waiting and drove me some 15km south where I could easily get a ride all the way to Copenhagen.”
―Lukstier, 30 Jan 2016

Gothenburg
“Gas station. While most cars go back to Gothenburg, this is still the best spot to talk to cars going south.”
“Not overly busy, but easy to reach from Gothenburg. Some people going south. Everybody able to leave you at the next gas station ~10 km south is helping.”
―Santa klaus, 18 Jan 2016

“There s a busstation there, you should stand there with a linköpingsign if you go west. I waited for 2 hours approx, but it was late at night.”
“Not bad place but you need waittttt sometimes a lot time :)”
―Ripys, 11 Aug 2012
“spot is good, but waiting time isn't ;)”
―Anonymous, 02 May 2013

Karlstad
“A lot of Cars but no one who wanted to stop over 2 hours...
not the best way to go to oslo...”

“no traffic at all, no one is driving this road, was trying to get to østersund but had to turn back and go around to get there...”

Gävle
“Great place to hitch in Gävle.”
“This place is so-so, I was unlucky here. was standing for 4 hours before getting a decent ride.”
“Excellent place for hitchhiking in Gävle. It's a service area with restaurants and gas stations. Got a ride to Stockholm in five minutes,”
―OCCASVS, 01 Jun 2011
“Hitched north from here in October 2013, asked a couple of people filling their tanks and within 20 minutes had a ride to Sundsvall!”
―Anonymous, 06 Dec 2013
“Late in the evening got a ride from a driver speaking just Swedish and only later we figured out he was turning in a few km later. We walked back to the station, but with no more success in hitching, so we camped in the nearby woods. The following day we got a direct ride to Umea.”
―Ewelinalucy, 27 Dec 2014
“Trying to get 'north'. Took about one hour. Finally a truckdriver was willing to take us. He only had one seat - but a lot of extra space - so we both fitted. Got a ride until the end of his working day aka Härnösand.
―Evelyne, 19 Aug 2015
“Waited about 20 mins before getting a ride to Hudiksvall.”
―Gnyrfta, 16 Oct 2015

“Nice bus stop southbound, traffic is fast but due to the bend you can be seen from many hundred meters. ”

Skellefteå
“Caught a ride over to Norway from here in about 30-40 min. There is space here for cars to pull over safely. I could not find a better place closer to the city to hitch from.”

“Hitched from here in summer 2010, in daylight, it took around 25 min. to get a car quite far north - good place, although not much traffic. ”

Uppsala
“Cars going north (from Stockholm) stop here to get fuel.
Waiting time ~5-10 min.
/Denizo”

Kumla
“People going North or south on the motor way can access this gas station. The first car I asked took me all the way to Gothenburg.”
“Since the gas station is not one of the mayor ones, most people going here are locals from Marieberg or Adolfsberg. Crazy bad spot which after 3 hr of waiting rendered me having to pick up the bus back into town.”
“Bad place to go. Most traffic seems to be local. I went over the motorway to the other side and stood directly at the beginning of the motorway, but I still waited for four hours or so.”
―Lemjok, 02 Sep 2012

Uppsala
“Lots of cars going south but none going north.
Waiting time midday appr. 10 min
/Denizo”
“I tried this place for direction north (southern exit was closed in summer 2010) and it was quite hard to get a lift somewhere else. I was stucked in Uppsala at this place fot the whole afternoon. It's also with no chance at the on-ramp to the highway.”
“I agree that It's difficult, I was offered a ride to Gävle (north) after 40 minutes, before that only rides to STHLM.”
“Excellent place to get a lift to south direction. It took around 3-4 minutes. And in the meanwhile, I was even offered a ride to Gävle.”
―OCCASVS, 01 Jun 2011
“Whatever you do, do NOT allow your driver to let you off here. This spot is senseless. No one even took the time to stop, even with a sign saying STH everyone looked at me as if I was an idiot. First time I had to give up hitchhiking and take a train. ”
“Lot of space to stop the car, but it´s still before the road splits. Much safer though than the very entrance to the highway, if you´re heading north. (09.2014)”

Luleå
“Hitched here in summer 2010, waited around 5 min in daylight, with a sign GVE, got a straight ride to GÃ¤llivare.”
“(Winter) Direction South. Good spot even in Winter at night, got a ride to Piteå in about an hour, there is the petrol station and a restaurant where you may ask people but our ride came out of the road.”
―Warlo, 15 Jan 2013
“Car density is pretty low, but even though we got a ride in just half an hour, but we were lucky. I can imagine, that we could spent here a lot of time.”
―Skokan, 14 Oct 2014

Luleå
“There is enough space for the cars to stop by the side of the road. They are also going slower from the round-about. You can either go to E4 or north towards Jokkmokk. Many gas stations in the surroundings. Got a ride to Finland in 15 min. but we were lucky.”
“I felt unconfortable in this place, cars going very fast and no way they stop. Just try from the bus stop”
―Phidias81, 07 Apr 2011

Örnsköldsvik
“Hitched from here in summer 2010, waited no more than 15 min. in daylight, got a long ride up north.”

“Nice bay to stop for cars coming from the shoping centre, but most of them will be going home in Mora. ”

Uppsala
“This spot worked well in 2006, but I have the feeling I was lucky. Difficult to reach.
http://hitchwiki.org/en/Uppsala”
“Got a ride to Märsta here. But access difficult...”

“It might be a little tight for some drivers to stop.. BUt it's an alright place to hitch.. though many are going to trelleborg and not to denmark. Use a sign with DK written on it or something”
“Waited for 1 hour to get a ride. It was a little late (17:00 when I got there) and the there wasn't much traffic headed for Denmark anymore. A danish fruit van picked me up at last. Get there in rush-hour and you might have a good chance.”
“I got a ride before I'd finished my first cigarette. It was early in the morning, and I was picked up by a Swede who works in Denmark. I suspect there are a few of those.”
―Lemjok, 02 Sep 2012
“VERY GOOD SPOT for going to Denmark! All times waited only 10min or less! Amazing!!!”
―Theeleina, 21 Jul 2013
“At 21.00 in the evening in November it took me 1,5 hours to get to CPH. I'm sure it would be much faster if earlier and light. There is an ok side lane for cars to stop. ”
―Pletter, 15 Nov 2014
“Rush hours works great for me here. ”
―Pletter, 12 Mar 2015
“Lots of Space for the cars to pull over after the rafic lights. Unfortunately, we met with very immature reactions of the drivers, 3 times they were stopping and driving away as soon as we started walking towads the car until one of te prankers came back and gave us a ride to the last exit before Denmak, a much better spot.”
―Ewelinalucy, 16 Sep 2015
“Tried hitching here with a friend (we were a guy and a girl). Dropped off around noon on a Tuesday. Trying to get to Gothenberg. We held multiple different signs but could not get a ride after waiting almost 2 hours. We finally went to the nearby Burger King to use wifi and went to a spot north of the city. We rode the bus for free to get to the other spot which was MUCH better than here. ”

Lerum
“We had a first-car-stop... Nice busstop and cars driving up the hill slowly...”

Spot 7144
“Rest area directly attached to the motorway for cars going both ways. Much traffic.”

Umeå
“Cars are moving quick here but they can see you from a ways off. This is a separated lane so they can pull of safely. Also there is a small hotel just behind. I caught a ride in 20 min.”
“It a bit remote from the city, but the spot is perfect. Also on the way you shouldn't miss the opportunity to take a free shower in Nydalabadet. :)”
―Skokan, 14 Oct 2014

“Possible spot for going north. havent tried yet.”

Borås
“We tried lots of ways to get out from this city... was really not simple! We went outside the highway, in the near fuel stations and so on. Finally we didn´t taken the bus but we stayed more then 7hours before find a generous foreigner who accepted to bring us in the first fuel station of the highway. If a car wants to stop u in this city... please say "NO". ”

“Seemingly good place for catching traffic coming from Orsa. No luck in 20mins at night. ”

Upplands-Väsby
“Hitched here together with my girlfriend in summer 2010, waited no more than half an hour - pleasant waiting, good enough traffic, we stopped 3 cars in a very short time (2 of them were going not too far away, so we rejected).”
“Asked people filling their tanks here in October 2013, got a lift with the second guy I asked to GÃ¤vle.”
―Anonymous, 06 Dec 2013
“Waited about 10 mins at the exit from the drivethru / gas stop. Got a lift to GÃ¤vle.”
―Gnyrfta, 16 Oct 2015

Borås
“We had difficulties about going out from Borås. Our direction was Gothenborg. There is also a bus but we decide about don´t take it.”

“Cars go very slow, everyone is smiling at you, so also waiting you have a good time, and eventually an Iraqui guy took me and brought me to the highway despite he was supposed to go in the city!”
―Phidias81, 07 Apr 2011
“Awesome place, there is a bus stop so cars got enough space to pick up. 3 cars stops in 20 minutes to help me until highway, I refuse with the smile each time, the 4th was a guy who bring me until Haparanda. I never expect it could be so easy.”
―Anonymous, 18 May 2012

Spot 7570
“East: from here you can easily take a ride to jukkasjarvi or further east on the E10”
―Phidias81, 07 Apr 2011

Spot 7219
“rest area with gasstation and foodplaces close to nyköping, called nyköpings bro. Its easy to hitch in both directions. south and north. Good place to be dropped on if you want to find a new ride, not the best starting place from nyköping beacaus its like 1 hours walk to this spot.”
―Tulipalo, 16 Jan 2011
“Mid-October 2013. 1 hour walk from Nykopping. Rest area seemed to be promissing. First I stood at the exit so that it would be possible to catch all cars - from gas station and restaurant visitors. People simply pretended not to see me. There was only 1 truck...and it had to rest till next morning. Running between the cars asking people for any possible ride towards south - hopeless. Asked "7-eleven" shop assisnants - they said that sometimes people don't catch a car the whole day...Optimistic, huh??? Then finally 2 men from Montenegro agreed to give a lift to Norkopping. They invited me for dinner at "Rasta Grill"! and once we arrived to Norkopping, gave 500 sek so that I could afford a ticket to Malmo. Good end. But over 2 hours freezing!”
―Ovelha, 17 Nov 2013
“Late july 2014. Great spot, a lot of trucks passing by, though many stay here overnight. Found a ride with a truck going south to Linköping within 45 min.”
―Maxlandegren, 06 Aug 2014

“Really good spot for getting south. I had to get of before the highway split (my driver was going to Oslo) so I walked 500 meter and then waited 10+ minutes before I was picked up.”

“Well, before the round-about? Obviously senseless.”
―Quitelost, 04 Aug 2011

“on ramp at road, catch a lift to Stockholm within 5 min”
―Mipplor, 20 Feb 2011

“Lots of people from Norway go to do grocery shopping to Abisko because is much cheaper. You can try your luck at the parking of the market”

“Here is a Statiol Gasstation and place to eat. Alot of trucks are staying here and ordinary cars, going both direction to E4 North and opposite direction against Gothenburg and Helsingborg. ”
―Eransahr, 21 Feb 2011
“i used on-ramp to Stockholm, good position.”
―Oscypek, 27 Nov 2011

“august 2008: we were 2guys and a girl, we were in front of the bridge when coming from direction Eskilstuna with a Orebro sign and waited 1h15min for a direct lift to Orebro ”

“it was magnificent, after 5 minutes!”
―Sipmester, 28 Oct 2013
“We were three guys hitchhiking to Malmö, there's a lot of cars passing by after plane arrivals, so I would say it's good spot to hitchhike. A DHL guy picked up us after 40 minutes and took us to center of Malmö.”
―RazorSK, 03 Feb 2015

“Here is a busstation and alot of people that are going south are passing here to the E4 road. it is not hard to get a hitch here because of cars doesn't drive that fast and it alot of space for the car to stop. ”
―Eransahr, 21 Feb 2011
“Hitchhiked there in 2015, it is indeed a very good spot.”
―Cigale, 14 Jun 2015

Gothenburg
“Waited for a couple of hours at different areas around Liseberg. Granted there is a lot of traffic, but most of it is local. If you go towards the onramp, there is no good place for cars to stop. ”
“The place itself seems really good, there's space for cars to pullover. However we waited for a long time to get a ride anywhere south (even to Sandsjöbacka gas station). After more than two hours we got a ride to Denmark, though then we had moved closer to the onramp (less space to pull over but higher percentage of cars turning towards the E6. ”
―Pletter, 19 Sep 2015

“towards copenhagen or stockholm/göteborg, big gasstation.”
“waited 20 minutes on a weekday around noon....not much trafic, therefore easy for cars to stop
“we waited 5 minutes, good luck, good point!
“got droped of here in the night, camped for the night and hitched a ride half way to göteborg in the morning within 5 min.”
―Xhikerx, 29 Apr 2013
“We were three guys hitchhiking to Copenhagen, we came here right after sunrise, it was Saturday, not a lot of cars were passing by, but we managed to take a hike in 40 minutes. We used sign "DK". Cars can easily stop here.”
―RazorSK, 03 Feb 2015
“Waited about 1.5 hours in the late evening, but finally got a ride from a nice danish couple.”
―Gnyrfta, 26 Jul 2015
“Got there from Rastplats Lockarp located more eastern. Not a good spot towards north. Cars are mostly going to Copenhagen and if going north, they're filled with baggage thus unable to take you.”
―Saaaky, 06 Sep 2016

“best place to HH out of bjorkliden both directions, despite lot of people are going just to Abisko”

Lund

“To go back to Kiruna just stay at the bus stop, or try to ask at the parking of the Ice Hotel”

Gothenburg
“Take lijne 1 or 17 and walk 300m. There is a bus station, safe place for the drivers who want to park, so perfect spot ! Don't forget to smile and see you in Stockholm !”
“Very good spot to catch a lift out of Gothenburg, we managed to get to Alingsås from where we found a lift to Stockholm.”

Alingsås

“Bus stop east of The Tocksfors shopping centre. Plenty of space for cars to stop. I waited half an hour in the rain and got a lift to Stockholm.”
―Paulgato, 13 Mar 2011

“Towards E6/E20/E4. Big roundabout where cars go quite fast, do have place to stop though.”
“I been dropped off here. In my opinion its a bad spot, Cars movin to fast, no good place to stand on; its dangerous!, but there is place where the cars can stop so there is plausibly some Hitchability... I walked north to Väla Centrum(about 20min/2km) and ask a guy in the parking to drive me to a better location. You should try at Väla centrum instead.”

Mjölby
“I was so f--king annoying! Only local traffic.”
“I was so f--king annoying! Only local traffic and truck on the pause.”
―Oscypek, 27 Nov 2011
“I had very good luck here! Got a local driver who took me to Linköping and drove me for the next good spot! Its all about attitude :)”
“Were dropped here from Linköping, going south. Big mistake. Few cars, even fewer who would take us. Almost everyone was local, going to shop dinner at one of the hamburger places. Finally got a ride after maybe 3-4 hours of desperate searches.”
―Quispiam, 17 Oct 2013

Nätra församling

“Not really any spot for cars to stop when going South/ West. Further West there's space at the roundabout but less cars ”
“Cars has to slow down at this crossroad and there is some space one the road where the cars can stop. You do also have an hamburger restaurant close where you can eat, shit or talk to drivers. I did not get any ride to far from here but to an other good locaion, but i also ride the first hitching got...”

“Eurostop - Seem like a resonable place to get a long ride in most directions. Lots of trucks standing here and also normal cars coming and going. Personally I wasn't lucky as most trucks had just arrived for a long rest. Due to bad weather and a deadline I decided to take the bus to Gothenburg instead.”
“Got a ride to Göteborg with foreign truck driver next morning, wanted to leave earlier so left this spot to a walk up to the slip road onto E4 S next to Ikea and A6 center.”
―Maxlandegren, 06 Aug 2014
“Not a very good place. Don't go here if not desperate.”
“I feel very sorry for you if you get there...”

“After two hours a truck driver offered me to take me to gas stations further since there's a McDonalds and Pizza Hut it should work out better. But since the gas stations are allways for both lanes it's quite difficult. Better try at the ramp if there is enough space. Also I've been there in the evening.”
―Phoeni.x ger, 31 Jul 2014
“if you get here during the day just ask people we got a ride from here to karlskrona”
“if you are going NORTH this is a VERY BAD place. Got stuck here in the evening for two hours. Very few cars here overall. There is a park nearby where you can pitch a tent with no problems. Next morning also no luck towards North so i got a lift to Malmo and hitched at a highway entrence in the north of the city near Mcdonalds, much better place there. ”

“Great place for both going west to Kopenhavn as well as north towards Helsingborg.
Dont forget to talk to truckdrivers who can take you long distances!”
“Me and my girlfriend hithc a car to Copenhagen easily.”
“A truckdriver picked me up and brought me to a nice spot right before Helsingborg.”
“we wanted to go north, asked people for about 2 hours and decided to drive back to copenhagen airport because the point there was much better”
―Anninassi, 19 Mar 2013
“We got a ride instantly after getting out of the last car.”
―Median, 19 Oct 2013
“Wanted to get a hitch direction Stockholm so I asked for lifts to Helsingborg first. Almost giving up I asked some Porsche Cayenne driver. Surprisingly he took my to Stockholm. Well I have to say he was awake almost 40 h and wanted me to keep him awake. Anyways I felt save and even got the oppertunity to drive his Porsche for about 150 km when he was to exhausted. :D Drove throuh all the night and saw a beautifull sunrise :)”
―Phoeni.x ger, 31 Jul 2014
“Easy to get a ride to Kopenhagen. Lots of cars.”
―Mistersunfield, 29 Jul 2015
“It depends where you want to go and also time you're trying it here. I was asking for a ride north, towards Helsingborg, there were just lot of German / Austrian cars going north, but filled with baggage thus unable to take me, lot of unfriendly locals, but lot of people going towards Copenhagen. So if you're heading to Denmark, this could be a quite good spot. Up to north not at all.”
―Saaaky, 06 Sep 2016
“Couple. Tried to get a ride to Stockholm, on in direction to Stockholm. Pointless, waited forever (over 3h). We decided to try luck in Malmo.”
―Iansowinski, 25 Nov 2016

“Good place to Stockholm just after the roundabout.”

“Going south is difficult as cars are few and rush by. Still, there are hard shoulders on both sides. However, it's a great place to go on a mushroom foray around September ;)”
―Joschi, 28 Sep 2011

“Very good to Malmo etc. A lot of slow cars after the lights.”
“People can pull over very easily here, best place in Halmstad I would say.”
“Wide ramp and lots of space to pull off. ”
―Pletter, 23 Jun 2014
“I was here and I don't consider this a great place. As far as I am concerned the cars are not allowed to stop on the ramp before the highway. A lot of cars seem to want to go onto the highway and therefore are speeding up. I stood alongside Laholmsvägen instead and got a ride to Snapparp in 15 minutes.”
―Amarant, 30 Nov 2014

“Good position, but cars to south were rare on sunday morning.”

Växjö

“I was there in midday without a sign, so I suspect I didn't hitch appropriately ... and at this time of day, there weren't many cars. McDonald's has free wifi, so I checked bus schedules and took a bus to Boras.”
―Incogitatus, 29 Nov 2011
“Was waiting in the rain with a sign for 1hour Before i took the train to Vaberg. Might be good in better wheater.”
―Ulrik, 20 Jun 2013

“Little gas station and on-ramp to south. Average on weekands, maybe good on weekdays.”

Oskarshamn
“Nothing special, just a road junction - stay off the marked highways.”
―Wonderboy, 23 Oct 2011

Lindome
“Good spot towards Oslo. Found a direct ride with a truck for less than 15 minutes. Be aware that the gas station closes at 12:00 AM, so don't get stuck there during the winter time :) ”
―Helekhith, 14 Feb 2012

Ullångers församling
“Right where the road from Ullånger reaches the main road. A lot of cars going straight to Uppsala or Stockholm from here. ”

Falun

Staffanstorp
“A busstop to Malmo. Waited here 2 hours to go to Götenborg(and eventually anywhere better than this place). I tried different signes and no signs, it didn't helped. Take with you some Swedish Kronas so you could take the bus.”

Själevads församling

“not so much cars, hard to find a ride”
“Not many cars, even though close proximity to gas station. 20-30 minutes to find a ride up North to Gävle.
―Nazgadron, 18 Oct 2015

“Going south, this is the last gas station before Helsingborg, but actually a crappy place. Too far from the motorway, shop closing at 6PM already, few traffic.”

Kalix
“A little shopping mall and 2-3 little petrol stations in the centre of Kalix, but if you're going to Finland, better option is just to stand near the road (wide roadside).”
“One of the worst places I've ever tried to hitchhike from. When I stood near the road, I saw 3 middle fingers and even one plastic bottle was thrown at me. Terrible place, before Kalix I thought Scandinavian people are kind and civilized...”

Gränna
“there is a petrol station here. we were standing there with just a sign 'north', and after 10min we got a lift till falun (360km, almost all the way!)”
“After 1 hour we (2 guys) got a lift to Stockholm (we made a sign for it with "STHLM").

“There is enough pace for the cars to stop on the ramp on the way to Göteborg. I waited there for something like half an hour on Saturday morning.”
―PavietranySzar, 23 Jul 2012

Sundsvalls Gustav Adolfs församling
“truck parking:possible to get a ride both to south and north.”

Karlstad

Örebro

“Very good spot to get a lift to any direction in Sweden, Norway or Denmark. We just arrived with ferry from Riga and tried to stop the cars, which were driving down from the ferry, right at the terminal. Got a lift to Kongsberg (Oslo) in Norway in 2 min. It is worth to try before you go to find a gas station to hitchhike on the way out of the city. ”
“Really good spot! ”

“Stand here for heading east to Stockholm. Room for cars to pull over, but traffic was light. One car every minute or two.”
―F.arbolino, 26 Jul 2012
“Waited 45 minutes for a ride 40km towards Stockholm. (two guys hitchhiking)”
“waited one hour for a ride to Örebro, 2guys and a girl hitch hiking

“Stand here to go to Stockholm. ”
―F.arbolino, 26 Jul 2012

Oskarshamn

“Prime Spot. Lots of space for them to stop and and spot you. Make sure to have a sign stating where you are going as the highway splits into 3 directions.”
“the best spot to go north. There ist al long parking Line for cars to stop, and the drivers see you from some distance.”
“there is not only a parking a line, there is also a tree which gives you a shadow.
“Good spot to go up North. Right after some traffic lights, so cars see you standing, and lots of space to stop on the shoulder of the road!”
―Nazgadron, 18 Oct 2015
“Good spot, but I had to wait about two hours to get a ride. I got a drive directly to Jönköping, though!”
―Lukstier, 30 Jan 2016
“It's a great spot, but it seemed most drivers are local, so if you go far it might be preferable to write Helsingborg and get of at Glumslöv petrol station. Waited 1 hour to get a ride to Gothenburg in the afternoon. ”
―Plettelr, 04 Sep 2016
“Stod with a sign saying "E22" for 40 min. Then ditched the sign and got a lift to Lund in 5-10 min. Maybe the sign just confuses people”
“Couple. We had bad luck, because there was some accident. But it looks like really good spot.
―Iansowinski, 25 Nov 2016

Södertälje
“Spend 3 hours but find a car to nörrkoping”
―Ripys, 11 Aug 2012

Karlskrona

“Polce take us from there to next gas station on hi way”
―Ripys, 11 Aug 2012

Nyköping
“Together with my girlfriend, we got a ride to Stockholm. We stayed very close to the entrance of Connect Hotel. Took us about 30min.”
―Agril Szanak, 16 Aug 2012
“I was standing next to Connect Hotel, preparing "Malmo" sign, when a lady came to me and asked where did I want to go. So nice! Though they gave me a ride only to Nykopping.”
―Ovelha, 17 Nov 2013

“Great spot, the first time the second car stopped (for a 10km-ride), the second time we got a lift to our destination nyköping!
good place for going towards the e4 from markaryd (near the tourist information boards), all the way to markaryd there are bus stops at the street”
―Sundsvall, 26 Feb 2013

“not great! i was standing here for 5 hours but in the night.
at night there is noone going south everyone stays in gothenburg!”
―Johnjomowfen, 19 Oct 2012
“talked to all the drivers but almost nobody going on the highway.. decided to walk south two more exits and found a ride quickly!”
―Mrchris, 08 Aug 2015

“this sucks going southbound!”
―Johnjomowfen, 19 Oct 2012

“Good spot to get out of the city, but don't expect people to take you very far.”
“We, 2 guys heading for Trelleborg. Two nice Iraqi guys took us. Waiting time ~15min.”
“Towards Trelleborg, 1 hour”
―Kovacspetyesz, 06 Nov 2016

“Near the road, just after the border. I didn't try that place in winter (there is some skiing facilities), but in summer it's almost senseless - I waited three hours near the road, finally, I ended in my tent few hundred meters from the road (which was really cold option even in the summer).”
“ I didn't try that place in winter (there is some skiing facilities), but in summer it's almost senseless - I waited three hours near the road, finally, I ended in my tent few hundred meters from the road (which was really cold option even in the summer).”

“(Winter / Daytime / Direction E4 South) Not a great spot, there is a restaurant and a petrol station, not many cars stop there and most cars by the road passed us by, you can stand right before the bridge, by the petrol station entrance and hope someone will see you and get in the station. took us around 4 hours to get a ride to Skelefteå.”
―Warlo, 15 Jan 2013
“If you want to go long distances with trucks then this is a good spot. Truckers stop by, fill up on gas or use the restaurant and the supermarket next to the petrol station and many stay for the night in the parking lots.”
―Speckmade, 23 Jan 2014

Hudiksvall
“(Winter / Daytime / Direction E4 South) Somewhat busy petrol station, also there is a chance to stand somewhere by the road but got a ride to Stockholm before trying that.”
―Warlo, 15 Jan 2013

“(Winter Direction E4 South) great spot, lots of cars converging into the E4 in the desired direction, it took us about 15 minutes to get a ride.”

Halmstad
“We were hitchhiking on a bus stop and got a lift in less than 5 minutes to Malmö.”
―Kikush, 28 Feb 2013
“Second time on this spot we gave up after almost 1 hour”
―Kikush, 04 Jan 2014

“I cheekily tried simply to go on the highway / road, not to the ramp, and hitchhiked on those white stripes here, just after the roundabout. After 45 mins I got a 1000 kms lift with Ukrainian mountaineers through Ystad to Katowice, Poland :-D ”

Lund
“15 min ... ”

“Direction: Norway
Enough place to stop and cars are slow from the junction ...”
―Keramadohal, 03 Apr 2013
“I was hitching from here back to Norway and it went pretty good. But that depends on when you are travelling. I had lot of people going back home from Easter holidays who has cabins around here. Otherwise there are probably mainly locals ...”

Sundsvalls Gustav Adolfs församling
“(Winter / Daytime / Direction E4 South) There is a Shell petrol station with somewhat good traffic, behind the petrol station there are some industrial spots with parking places where trucks take breaks, good place to ask for a ride, if not the petrol station should be good enough, but standing in the road next to the train station is a great idea as there cars can see your sign and park at the train station or petrol station, also there is a traffic light that forces them to stop from time to time. It took us about an hour and a half of standing by the road to get a ride to Hudiskvall. ”

“second exit is like in the middle of nowhere. Try to use the first or 3rd exit. Its still ok to get a lift though. but just less traffic
“We were about to hitch there, but there were already some hitchhikers there, so we moved to the other nearby spot. Not enough space for the cars to stop at the entrance unfortunately. Some time later we saw a policeman tell the couple to leave the place.”
“Not so many cars here. We got a ride after about 10min for only one stop. We hoped for better luck in the next spot...”
―Evelyne, 19 Aug 2015

“Nice spot by the supermarket to get picked up. One road in and out, busy during tourist seasons.”
―Tchib, 11 Mar 2013

“Statoil petrol station and a rest place (also for trucks) nearby ... Norwegians are stopping here :-)”
―Keramadohal, 09 May 2013
“Seems like a great location although after five hours no one who were going north towards Norway had stopped (got ride to Stenungssund and took train from there). Though some people going south did stop.”
“Very bad spot. Many norwegian plate but none took me! Had to take a ride near Uddevalla after 4 hours of waiting. Worst spot of my trip. ”

Helsingborgs kommun
“i found this to be the only spot to get out of helsingborg, twice within half an hour, not far rides but better than being stuck in hsb”
―Xhikerx, 29 Apr 2013
“Difficult to get a car because there is no spot for them to pick you up, but you can try. I didn't get a ride to Gothenburg so I went to other spot”

“Direction: almost everywhere
There are several bus stops just behind the roundabout so the cars are slow and have a lot of space to stop ...”
―Keramadohal, 09 May 2013
“I hitchhiked north from here ... though there are probably mainly locals, they can take you at least to one gas station and rest place (also for trucks) near Stenungsund - that was my case :-)”
“Me and a friend (guy and girl) took the bus from the STIGS center here trying to hitch north. Waited for about 30 minutes without a ride. Eventually got on another city bus and rode north (without paying).”

“Örkelljunga, E4 to Stockholm. There's a big petrol station here, so standing at the on-ramp you can catch a ride quite far to for example Jönköping.”
―Koendev, 08 Jun 2013
“I just changed the ride with another one very fast. very pleasant ladies but not very far ... until the cross with Halmstad which is a BIG point for hitch hiking there!”
―John Valentino, 14 Jul 2013

“towards south (Malmö, Helsingborg etc). There's some space to stop on the on ramp to the highway.”
―Äntti, 27 May 2013
“got a ride straight to Malmö after 30min of waiting. not too much space to pull over but cars go slowly and you will be visible.”
“Could be more traffic, but at least all the cars here head in the right direction. Imo lots of space for cars to stop.”

Malmö kommun
“There's a long bus lane for cars to stop. Didn't try the spot on the other side of the traffic light. Waited 50 min., but it was a Sunday at 4.30-5.30, so not that many heading towards Denmark.”
―JeppeTT, 19 May 2013
“Me and a friend waited 10 minutes for a lift.”
“me and my wife stood 200 m north of here, at another busstop. slow cars with good sight of you, and good possibilities to stop in.”
“Couple. Waited about 15 minutes for ride to Trelleborg. Good place.

Nyköping
“Got a ride to Hässleholm after 1 hours waiting in summer 2013. Nice bus driver drove me here from Skavsta airport for free. There is a bus stop 100 m before the roundabout.”
―Adamiksen, 12 May 2014

“hitched from here a cople of times, once waited for 5 min and once for 45 min.”
“Tried this spot at 21 a Saturday in November. Not a good idea.. It's a very random place to stand in the dark but I think I'll work good at daytime. ”
―Pletter, 26 Nov 2014
“All the cars tuning here are going to Denmak. Lots of Space to pull over after the highway sign. Got a ride to Odense in 10 minutes.”
―Ewelinalucy, 16 Sep 2015

“Astorp south, E4. Even though there's a petrol station here, most of the traffic is local. Maybe the north exit is better, where the E4 joins with the 21.”
“Is ok for trying ... not many possibilities but don't give up... the cars are passing quiet slow that point. I was lucky to .. I thought I'll sleep there that afternoon/night. anyway from here they go not so far.. maximum 100 km away”
―John Valentino, 14 Jul 2013

“Stood just at the exit from the truck-stop with a sign and managed to get a ride in about 5 minutes. A lot of cars stopping here going South. Got a ride to Helsingborg.”
―Ulrik, 20 Jun 2013

Ljungby kommun
“On-ramp at Ljungby North, E4 southbound. Cars are pretty fast here and not so much traffic neither. Better to stick to the petrol stations!”

“Petrol station at Torsvik. Pretty ok for rides south.”
“Hitched in rainy October to south, three people, took maybe two hours until we found someone going the same direction and letting us onboard. Lots of cars.”
“Got a ride all the way to Malmö after only fifteen minutes of waiting. Big gas station, directly south from Jönköping. There is a bus stop so should be able to get there with public transport!”
―Mistersunfield, 29 Jul 2015
“In 2012 I got a ride from here (under a heavy snowstorm) all the way to Copenhagen after only 15 min waiting.”
―Lukstier, 30 Jan 2016

“Stavsjö petrol station. Pretty crowded with cars. For direction south you can also stand on the on-ramp where there's a small road going right.”

“petrol station Herrbeta north, direction Denmark. Most people seemed to go only to Linnköping.”
“Found a ride to Boras after 2hrs.”

Höörs kommun
“Good spot to get to the lake Västra Ringsjön via Ormanäs/Stanstorp where you'll find spots to camp.”
―Joschi, 18 Jul 2013

“Southwards: Not much space for cars to stop and almost no traffic. All cars are Norwegians going north. Waited a couple of hours and got a ride to Göteborg.”
―Yhtam, 05 Aug 2013

“Southwards: There is good space for cars to stop, but not much traffic. Had to wait a long time and only got a ride to Strömstad.”
―Yhtam, 05 Aug 2013

Gnesta
“Great spot! Always waiting less than 10minutes!”

“Doesn't look like a good spot to hh, but with a good sign, and smiley faces we (couple) caught a ride to Malmö in 10 mins.”

“Southwards: Not too much space to stop, but a lot of traffic and the cars are driving slowly. Got a ride to Copenhagen after 10 mins. I reckon afternoon and just before weekend is good.”
―Yhtam, 05 Aug 2013

“Great spot both ways for Stockholm/Järna and Mörkö! Its not very , veyr busy road, but always first or second car picks you up! ”

Ödeshög
“Petrol station with lots of traffic going north and southward bound. Good spot!”
―CHK one, 02 Aug 2013
“I needed a while to get a lift to Stockholm, but then a trucker picked me up and drove me directly to the ferry harbour I wa going to.. There is good traffic so there is always somebody to ask which keeps you from desperation.
Good luck, God bless you!”
“Yeah it's a great fuel station. ”
―Plettelr, 04 Sep 2016

Haparanda kommun
“there is a bus stop - direction E4 south, very good spot, easy to catch a ride. Cars drive slow and there is space to pull over.”
“perfect spot! got a ride with a truck in literally 1 minute! (direction Umea)”
―Basek, 08 Oct 2013
“Got a direct ride to Umea in 15 minutes, even while it was already getting dark.”
―Anonymous, 09 Dec 2013
“As the IKEA next to this spot is the only one in the anywhere around northern Sweden and Finland, this is a very good place to get long distance rides.”
―Veska, 08 May 2014
“After the IKEA I had to wait a bit but I got picked up after an hpur or so
BUT BEWARE SWEDEN IS TERRIBLE FOR HITCHHIKING !!! :D ”
―Asdam, 27 Jun 2015

“Spot to go North. Not loads of Traffic and drivers not too friendly. Waited 2 hours to go 30km North.”
―Benworm, 20 Sep 2013
“cars are very fast and there is no place to stop, so asking at the mac donalds for rides is the only doable option. If nothing helps you can go to falkenberg station(3km) to go north, prices are acceptable. ( 17kr to Ulared)”

Orsa

Hofors

Mjölby
“Highway onramp. Maybe it's illegal to stand here, but it worked. ”
“Maybe I was lucky but i waited for maybe 1 minute and this guy pulled up and I got a ride southbound. All the way to! First car that passed. ”
―Knackebrodet, 13 Dec 2013

“A little rest area with toilets and picnic tables. Quiet but relaxed where you can approach people. Cars and trucks also. ”
―Derpy, 08 Sep 2013

Sandviken

Sveg

“We were not so lucky here. After 40min got a nice ride to just before Gävle...”
―Evelyne, 19 Aug 2015

Mjölby

Gävle

“Good place to go to Lulea. There is car parking place and toilets. And good place to camp as well.”
―Silvestr, 26 Oct 2013

Kiruna
“You can get a ride from here to Gallivare or more south. Cars are slow and there is some place to stop as well.”
―Silvestr, 26 Oct 2013

“Really good place towards Malmö. Got a ride in around 1 hour.”
―Median, 19 Oct 2013

Gävle
“just below the GävleBro parking. it's possible to stand on the side of the road and catch a ride to Sthm. Maybe a little difficult cause of the speed of the traffic but definitely a lot of space for cars to stop safely.”
―Basek, 08 Oct 2013
“I waited around 45 min here but just cause there was an accident before Gavle so the traffic was a little slow.... generally I recommend this spot!! ”

“Good place to catch hitchhiking to Stockholm. I grabbed car here with a friend to Stockholm within 5 minutes. But the traffic is not too large.”
“The best is to ask the drivers while they are by their cars or even in the airplane. Almost everyone from here goes to Stockholm”

“I was lucky to get a ride further to E4 south. it's not the best spot but it may work - it's between 2 roundabounds so cars drive slow. ”

“This is the petrol station where somebody is talking about in the other point, indicated a bit more to the east”
“I camped here, a little bit behind the petrol station”
“Good spot to get a truck ride to Oslo or to Stockholm. Just take bus 500 or 501 from Karlstad to Väse and then just walk couple hundred meters.

“Could be a good place to get a hitch with a truck due to the truck refuelling facilities here.”

Sundsvalls Gustav Adolfs församling
“Hitched west to Östersund from here in Oct 2013, asked people at this Shell for 15 mins and then found a ride, but in the meantime was offered a ride to Stockholm! Don't bother with the service stations east of here around Bultgatan, seemed to be only locals.”

“Mostly local people. But very easy to get a ride to Vesteros (if you go further I don't reccomend you to go straightly to the city. Ask your driver to stop at some petrol station before Vesteros - otherwise you will stuck in there).”
“Small petrol station for both directions.
First car took me to Örebro, where I got stuck. ”

“Reported to be a good place for going towards Karlstad (E45 north)”
―Quitelost, 01 Nov 2013

Krokom
“Tried hitching west along the E14 from here at dusk in Oct 2013, people were only going short distances though. After two hours I accepted a lift a short way west just to get out of there! If you're thinking of hitching west on e14 it could be a good idea to do it on Sunday, lots of Norwegians come over the border for the weekend to put their purchasing power to good use and then go back on Sunday.”
“Hitchhiked to Norway (on a Sunday). Very easy since many Norwegians are going home after spending the day/weekend in Östersund.”

“On ramp to E18, just after a bridge. Some cars kind of fast (when the traffic lights are green), but it's definitely possible to stop.”
“Not that good, but in the end it worked. We counted around 300 cars until we found a driver.”

“grejt spot to start hitchiking both ways.make sure that you have a sign for the traffic splits to north and south just after the second roundabout.”

Tingsryd

“Statoil/McDonalds to ask people. We stood on the entry of the the place with a sign to Motala and got a ride after 3 minutes.. good for cars to stop, because there is a bus stop next to the entry. Cars coming down the road are maybe to fast (or you need a BIG sign ;))”
―Ilovefahrtwind, 22 Apr 2014
“Stood at the gas station with a sign and asking people. Got offered a ride to Jönköping by a lady who saw us with the sign. Very good place, as this is the gas station on the crossroads of E20 (direction Göteborg / Örebro) and the 50-road going South to Jönköping.”
“Good spot to take a ride to Jonkoping but not further. Most of people are local

“bus stop right behind radar control, so cars are slow and have a place to stop. many traffic, so we got a ride to karlstadt after a few minutes.”
―Ilovefahrtwind, 22 Apr 2014

Borås

Ulricehamns kommun
“there is a bus stop. I'm not quiet sure if it is a good spot, cos the cars a passing are really fast so you need a bit of luck. Anyway I only waited arround 10 minutes.
22.08.2015”
“the old spot, now only local traffic since the new highway part was built”

“Bus stop right behind the fusion of west- and eastcoast-road, so maybe the most traffic on the island :D”
―Ilovefahrtwind, 09 Jun 2014

Söderköping
“E22 (Kalmar): Never ending traffic (and slow, because of the traffic lights) and a lane on the E22 where cars can stop. Perfect spot to get south.”
―Ilovefahrtwind, 09 Jun 2014

“Here's a accessible socket outside of a house where you can charge your devices while waiting.”

“Bus stop on the E22 and slow cars because of the roundabout. Nice spot!”

Halmstad
“At a bus stop, just after trafic lights, so cars can slow down. I got a ride directly to Trelleborg (via Malmö) after 20 min.”
―Fetergent, 20 Jun 2014
“Tried to hitch to Malmö from here (the bus stop is actually a little further down the road than the spot shows on this map). Not very good for hitching to Malmö, since cars driving that way drive in the left lane and will have a hard time pulling over at the bus stop. Walked to the on ramp instead, got a ride in 40 min to Malmö. ”

“Bus stop on both sides of the street, to get south from Byxelkrok this is maybe the best place. For north i prefered walking, because Neptuni åkrar is such a nice place.”

Värnamo kommun
“Took me 45 min to get a lift to Norrköping. ”
―Pletter, 02 Jul 2015

“Good bus stop to wait just after the traffic light.”
―Freayd, 23 May 2014

“Good spot to continue hitching further north to Hässleholm. There is a little pathway going down on the right - enough space for cars to stop as they can see you already from the roundabout.
―Anawesomesummer, 22 May 2014

“very much traffic from centrum and also from the petrol station nearby. good spot to get on e4, because cars see you early and they can stop on the side lane of the ramp to the highway.”
―Ilovefahrtwind, 22 Apr 2014
“Great place. Was offered a ride to Gothenburg within minutes but needed to go south, which just took me a few more. ”
“Me and my friend waited whole day - 7 hours, trying to get to Goteborg. Did not even get short distance rides during the wait. It was probably not because we were 2 - there were many empty cars...”

“There's a bus stop and you catch a lot of traffic. I was waiting for Norrköping but cars also stop for Karlskoga and other directions. Got a ride after 30 minutes.”

“almost no traffic here (sunday, easter weekend)”

“Good spot to head north towards Hässleholm. There is a little pathway going down on the right - enough for cars to stop as they can already see you from the roundabout. ”
―Anawesomesummer, 22 May 2014

“bus stop right behind radar control, so cars are slow and have a place to stop. many traffic, so we got a ride to karlstadt after a few minutes.”

“Not the best spot (not that many space for cars to stop), but after 20 minutes I got a ride here to a highway petrol station some 20 km further”
“Go a little bit higher to the motorway, we were waiting for 5 minutes to get a ride to Stockholm, however as far as I know it's prohibited to stop here :)”
―Anonymous, 31 Mar 2018

“take a bus to "betalstationen", then climb up the hill to the highway and be sure to have a sign. we got a ride to germany after a few minutes. but make sure, that the driver parks his car near the paystation, so you can safely enter the car.”
“In 5 minutes we find a car for the airport of copenhaguen!”
―Mattfi, 31 Jul 2015

“Nice spot to get to Katrineholm/Norrköping. Cars have to drive slow because of the camera, and there's a bus stop to hold for them a few meters before the camera.”

“Bus stop on the main street on both sides, so easy to stop for cars.”

“There's a camera on the road to Karlskrona, so cars have to drive slow. They can stop in the entry of the next street and there are also parking lots.”

“Got out here to get to Söderköping, but there were maybe three cars a hour going there - better try to use the E4 to Nörrköping.”

“Not many traffic and no place to stop for cars, but relative safe because cars coming from behind see stopping cars early.”

Ängelholm
“One of the worst places I've ever been: Many cars are coming by but it takes hours until some stops. No Shadow.

Bräcke
“towards the end of the village there is a gast station with loads of space, just before the roundabout. Good lifts to Östersund. Summer, daytime, female single traveller”

Sundsvalls tätortsområde
“Busstop "Montörvägen". Busses which stop there are scarce, so you can take bus 2 (Direction Nacksta) to near there (get off after the big right curve) and just walk the few meters and stand somewhere along the road before the long road leads into a countryside - motorway kind of thing. Easy to get a lift, however long way from the E4 if you need to change. I only waited about 10mins there. Daytime, summer, female single traveller”

Kristinehamns kommun

Sigtuna kommun
“This is exit from parking. Place is very good, it took me just 2 minutes to stop car here.”
―Robeno, 07 Sep 2014

“Tried the Shell gasstation for cars going south, found nothing, most cars heading north or into town.”

“outside of the hotel. Pretty good and countrysite ppl are kind and know that there are almost no busses. Might be difficult in winter. ”

Tomelilla kommun
“Jó innen stoppolni ha Malmö felé akarsz utazni. Elég hely van itt hogy stoppolj, és kocsik könyen parkólnak. ”
―Majom, 01 Jul 2014
“Good and comfortable hitching spot. took me some time to get a ride, but two of three took me straight to my destination, Central Malmö.”

“The biggest "Rastplats" I have seen in Sweden so far. Only on one side. but all traffic goes in there. It has also a shop, and a restaurant and a nature patz plus the lake to have your picknick at. Don't swim, its very dirty. All is practically a single huge parking lot. Huge, but spread out very much. No villages around, so that is the only chance to stop. Many cars going south, fewer north. But i managed to get to Sundvall there within 30mins. ”

“SUmer 2014, I hitched here from Storuman in only a few hours. Daytime, workday, female single traveller. Very easy. Plus the next day I hitched from Saxnäs to Klimpfjäll and back, even to Fatmomakke and back. No problem to get rides. The locals are kind and people know there are almost no busses going. Friendly folks in northern sweden countryside. On a sunday, I hitched back to VIlhelmina. Pretty difficult as not many cars and the ones which came were full. Normal on sunday when they do their family trips. In winter: I was told Klimpfjäll has winter tourism so it might be possible. I don't think the area is big. Plus the houses around this area are mostly summerhouses. Keep that in mind. ”

Ödeshög
“good spot. wait befor the round about.”

“Going to Arvidsjaure: Got stranded there, female single traveler, good weather conditions on weekday, 14.AUG!! Be careful. The cars which pass, drive at over 100 speed or more often. (Speedcontrol is inexistent in the north). Many cars come to Jörn and turn left into the village here. If you want to hitch to Skeleftea its surely a good place. If you hitch to Arvidsjaure, its the worst thing you can do. Then walk to the last exit further north. Its very far. Asking a local in the village might help. There is a busstop in the village, busses come 2 or 3 times a DAY! there is also a train station. For hitching I would suggest you ask to get driven to the next exit. ”

Vilhelmina
“This is a restaurant on the left of the E45 if you look at it going north. If you hitch north, its not a good place to stop. Along the road, there is no space. If hitching south: along the road, just before the crossroads north of it, is an information table, space to stop there. the restaurants quite busy.. If you are going West, AC1067 to Kultsjö.. difficult to stand along the road. I simply walked to the village of Lövliden and stood near the camping place. Waited ca 40mins for aloft. Is quite good considering the scarce traffic. ”

Ystads kommun

Skara kommun

“wait infront of the busstation. good spot in direction stockholm. a lot of people take that way for work in norrköping and stockholm.”
―Gfawks, 08 Sep 2014

“Just before the roundabout, most cars passing by are heading south, taking the slip road onto E4. ”
“Late July 2014. Great place to hitch. Lots of cars heading south. Bad place for cars to pull over but me and a friend got a ride to Jönköping in 20 min.”
“Looks like a place without possibility to pull over the road, but I was waiting there for only 20 minutes. I got lift from a truck driver who stopped on the roundabout”

“I waited here about one hour until i found a ride to Goteborg. Nice lady in the gasstation gave me a marking pen for free. I got several offers to ride to Stockholm.”
“well i was there on a monday from 11AM to 6PM
2h i had a Stockholm sign
3h i was asking arround
2h I had a E4 sign
then i got a ride, not on E4, it was a bulgarian truck driver going to Skovde or somewhere arround, he took street 26 from Halmstadt and then later decided to drive to Jonkoping....”
―Anonymous, 26 Mar 2015
“It's normal gas station on the way towards Helsingborg, Gothenburg, Stockholm. I got a lift there in the late afternoon, waited about 10 mins because of rain, then tried the first people going out from the gas station and asked them. I was lucky - they were from Luxembourg and going towards Stockholm. Spent with them 2 days and next day in the afternoon arrived in Stockholm. It's worth trying it, maybe better than to get into Helsingborg.”
“Very nice place!
We were here twice (couple): once on way north, once on way south. THERE IS FREE HOT SHOWER on the west-side station and nice field to camp on east-side station. Village is nice and you can go for a nice walk to see the sea.
Getting a ride to Malmo is easy, going north is a bit harder though - we got to station about 40 km before Gotenborg.”

“Gas station before the highway E22 towards Malmö, Copenhagen.”
―Mochilero, 17 Oct 2014
“I was to optimist and tried to catch a ride to Copenhagen. Although it was Tuesday in the very morning, most people were staying in town and working or going just next to Lund. If you try to catch a ride just towards Malmö and from there further to Copenhagen you will have much more luck! It went far better.”

“We wanted to spare money so we haven't took the bus to Sjorek national park. By the time we almost thought we won't be able to get there by hike, we succeed. Visibility is great, density poor.”

“Awesome spot. Separate line for buses, good visibility, there is also a fast food, where lot of lorry drivers stop, so you can try one of them.”

“Stood here for three hours on a fine day. Very few cars came along, and there are no obvious places for them to stop.”
―Shavarsh, 20 May 2013
“Not as bad as the descriptions says, its a decent place even though the traffic is somewhat slow here”

Jokkmokk
“We spent here whole day trying to get a lift. No sucess. The spot ins't bad, don't know what was wrong. We had a board with "E4" note. After all we took the bus to Umea from where it was peace of cake to hike to Stockholm. ”
“Good spot, slow cars, enough space to stop. Took us like 20 minutes to get a ride.”
―Grinsolt, 11 Oct 2015

Örnsköldsviks församling

“Bus stop. There crossing with traffic lights right just before. Cars are going slow and density is high.”
“Summer/ Dir South
ALOT of room for cars and even trucks to stop! ”
―HitchViking, 15 Aug 2016

“There is a bus stop and you are well visible. Got a hike to north in half an hour.”

“Good place to stop by, but here are two lines and cars are going fast, got ride after two hours of trying.”

“You have to count on your luckiness. Car density is here almost none, but we were lucky and got ride with the first van! Otherwise I think it would be possible to stop the bus, which is passing by here.”

“Truckstop and fuelingstation with a shop and restaurant here. In the summer there are alot of tourists stopping here. All year around there are quite alot of trucks. Great view over the sea too.”

“Nooooo place for cars to pull over, cars go really fast and it is illigal to hitchhike on the freeway. Me and a friend got dropped off nearby and we were walking and hitchhiking here trying to find a less worse spot to hitchhike after the roundabout, but the police caught us. They just said it is illigal and drove us to a gas station a bit for farther in Lomma.”
―Leoautostopista, 15 Apr 2014

“Preem, McDonald's and Max. You can choose to have a sign and stand at the a exit or to ask people at one of the places. ”
―Amarant, 30 Nov 2014
“Been here two times! Once going north to Gothenburg. That was in the summer of 2011 and I got a ride all the way after about an hour of asking people at both Preem and McDonald's. Just no luck.
The second time was at about 1 or 2 pm on a sunny day in november. This time I was going south. Asked a few trucks but they were heading north, and most of the other cars as well. Got a ride after an hour to Halmstad!
I am not sure if there's a better spot - but a truck-driver recommended Rastplats Skrea Backe a bit further south. I'm going to try that the next time! This place works but is not ideal. Most of the cars seem to be going north.”

“Tried this spot on our way south. There's a gas station with wifi down the road, but it's better to hitch here.
After 5 hours of waiting we got an awesome ride that took us all the way to Copenhagen.”

“Direction Stockholm.”
“From the roundabout, there are two entrances for the cars going north. None of them is really perfect, but we had more luck on this on-ramp with a very tiny margin.”

Sundsvalls tätortsområde
“August 2014. There were some construction works going on that were making a big traffic jam. In this spot though, although not the safest, in this case, the traffic was getting smoother, and so plenty of cars at a not very high speed were coming. In 10 minutes we got an awesome ride of a cool Norwegian guy.
Good deal of margin space for the cars to stop, good visibility, there's a lane for cars to turn left, which should make cars go slower.”

“Plenty of parking places for the cars along this road.”

“I thought this bus stop would be great but hardly no one takes off towards Gothenburg.”
―Fynkis, 15 Apr 2015

Sundsvalls tätortsområde
“There´s a small gas station here. We wanted to hitchhike from this spot but there were already some hitchhikers there who´ve been standing there for 2 hours. We walked along the road and found another, not very safe spot, where we got a ride in 10 minutes.(as of August 2014, the area around here was under construction, lots of traffic jam which only got better around the next spot where we stood)”

“Good for rides dir. Stockholm.”

“Bus stop on the road dir. Uppsala.”

“Along this road there's a bus lane where cars can stop. I reckon that not everyone are willing to pull over but worth a shot. There's a lot of cars here.”
―Fynkis, 15 Apr 2015
“Shitty spot, don't try here. Me and also some guy in front of me stood here for 3 hours without any luck. A passer-by then told us that it's mostly local traffic, people who are going to shop. He suggested going back to Glumslov rest area which I did and got lucky there.”
“was maybe quite lucky but i waited just 10 minutes here before getting picked up by a hgv going to jönköping. cars were not going too fast and plenty of traffic, with the bus lane giving a pretty easy place to stop. ”
“I spent 45 minutes and I realised that it was not the right spot to be, the cars don't stop”

“After 5 min a policeman caught me....
―Kovacspetyesz, 06 Nov 2016

Falun
“There is a bus stop just before the roundabout and you should rather try there, as after the roundabout the steep hill up starts and cars won't like to stop.”
―Eisberg, 07 Jun 2015

“This is a good spot to hitch a ride to Norway and avoid Goteborg. Also a good place for stealthcamping.”
―Keepgoing, 27 Jun 2015

“If you're stupid enough to hh in Sweden then this might be a good spot ”
―Asdam, 27 Jun 2015

“Bus stop at the Stigs center. Ideal amount of traffic - not too much, not too little. It was nearly dark when we got a ride.”
“Took us a while to get here, but eventually, it was worth the effort :)”
―Grinsolt, 05 Oct 2015
“Going to north.
Seems to be a great spot, but no cars stop.
After a car stop, but only go to the next cit, Kungalv, was to short for me.”
“Me and my friend (guy & girl) were dropped off here around 8am on a Wednesday morning. We stood holding a sign for Oslo - also tried making signs for nearby towns. Waited for over an hour without one car stopping. Eventually we just hopped on the bus and rode north (didnt pay for the bus). ”

“Slipway to the E20 going South. People can stop as there is a turn to a smaller road.”
“Stood here for 90 minutes, soaking rain. in the end we were taken to a gas station south but doesn't seem like a great spot. Might be better to ask people at the gas station or shopping mall nearby.”

“2 highways come together, Mcdonalds+ petrol station with the same exit
personal expirience ..we thought thi place is perfect...should be a piece of cake..hell no..from 7 am till 1 pm we were standing for nothing and as soon as we had a ferry we had to give in and go for the busses..good luck gyus,that places screwed us.”
―RomanSmoll, 18 Aug 2015
“Just a disaster. Hate this place, this McDonalds and this petrol station. Terrible”
“DO NOT USE THIS SPOT

“Roundabout. No space to pull over. Try to get to the gas station 'Gävle Bro'”
“After one hour waiting finally someone stopped and took us to 'Gävle Bro'.”

Torsby
“To Kongsvinger it works!”
―Eisberg, 07 Jun 2015

“Since we didn't get a ride to Gävle - we decided to go towards Österbybruk. It only took 5 min. But the driver was driving very fast, talking a lot, with us or on the phone....”

“People drive very fast here and don't see a reason why to stop. But after 25min we got a ride (at least to Tierp).”

“got a ride towards malmo after 5 mins. There's a huge parking deck & an amusement park so quite a few cars going. plus the curve is very narrow so it's easy to stop the cars :)”
―Mrchris, 08 Aug 2015
“Few cars. Tried it for a 30 minutes then walked back to the Liseberg onramp. ”

Gränna

Älmhult

Markaryd
“There's space to stop on the ramp. Though very few cars passing. Better get dropped of at some fuel station earlier. Got a ride 40 k's within 45 min. ”

“5 minute wait in the winter. Might actually be easier in winter since roads were icy so cars had to drive a bit slower and had time to see you and your sign.”
―Nomaditrev, 29 Dec 2015

“Hitched from here to Duved (short distance West) twice and didn't wait more than 5-10 minutes, in the dark, in December.”
―Nomaditrev, 29 Dec 2015

“Lots of traffic and no space to stop for the cars...”
―Ewelinalucy, 16 Sep 2015
“Little traffic and not the best spot anyway, but I was lucky and only waited 15 mins.”

“We spent about 5 minutes in the evening. Near the gas station. Good spot for cars to stop. ”
―Elmonas, 21 Sep 2015
“Tried to get a ride to Copenhagen - waited for two hours and got only to Malmo.”

“Cars are driving fast here, it's already highway vibes. However the side lane is very wide, so I felt safe and found a ride in 10 min to Norrköping. ”
―Pletter, 12 Oct 2015

“Never waited more than 5-10 minutes getting a ride from here to Åre, hitched this a few times, with a sign, in December.”
―Nomaditrev, 29 Dec 2015

Ödeshög
“Great spot! Waited 20 minutes at most for a ride all the way to Stockholm.”

“Great spot! I had a ride in 30 seconds. Good place for drivers to pull off into the bus lane and they're going slow since coming out of the round about.”

“Great hh spot. Also good camping spots nearby.”
“This place worked great for me and a girl who was also hitchhiking from here when I arrived. Space to stop at the bus stop. We we're going in the direction of Jönköping. ”
―Plettelr, 04 Sep 2016

“Not a perfect place, but I found a lift in 10 minutes.”

“Very low traffic”
―SuperLeon, 11 Jun 2016

Ulricehamn

“Avoid this exit or enter! There is no place to hitch hike, the road is very narrow!”
―Hvthiene, 01 Jul 2016

“I was going in the direction of Stockholmm. Just in front of the enter of the big road there is space enough to hitch-hike”
―Hvthiene, 01 Jul 2016

“Really good spot. All traffic heading minimum to borås. To get here from Gbg for free is tricky but possible. Try green express buses to partille. Then just swich bus to landvetter. and then bus 611 (rävlanda/bollebygd), stop at "Härryda kyrka" and walk to the right on "flygplatsvägen". A little bit messy, but works for me, easier than tring to get a ride in the city at least.”

“I was just behind the lights and just before the bus stop, so cars can easily stop.”
―Hvthiene, 01 Jul 2016

“Not too much traffic, but a lot of space. Should work fine.”
―Thumb-up, 08 Aug 2016

“This spot is all right, not great though. Do not accept rides to Koge, you'll be stuck there.”
―Thumb-up, 08 Aug 2016

“Not a lot of traffic.”
―Thumb-up, 08 Aug 2016

“Pretty good spot. Traffic can be low sometimes I suppose.”

“We cought a car on parking space to Karlskrona after 20 minutes”
―Brovka, 15 Aug 2016

Nordmaling
“Very desolate place. Better do not accept a ride to Normaling. It worked, but it was kind of frutrating.”

“Very desolate place. We felt very lost. In summertime all cars seem to be extremly packed. It worked though.”

“Here you can catch all the Norwegians that go shopping in Sweden plus the traffic from the main road. Same as in Abisko, most tourist cars are pretty full.”

“We just hitched to the next service area from here. A lot of space to pull over. Since the next service area on the highway is just 2 km away it does not matter, that there is mostly local traffic.”

“Autumn/ Dir South
Lots of traffic going all over the place, use a sign! Good bus stop where cars can pull over.”
―HitchViking, 15 Aug 2016

Sveg
“Dir south
Good spot where cars can pull over just after the bridge. DO NOT walk further down the road, theres nothing there!”
―HitchViking, 15 Aug 2016

“Cars are fast, but there is a bus stop where they can stop.”

“I was walking up the street and a hiker picked me up. It was pretty fortunate since there was very little traffic and it was raining.”

“Not so good, but still working. I had to wait an hour to get a ride south. Two other cars stopped too, but they were only driving very locally.”

“Cars are slow enough to stop, a lot of space. After it gets dark there is not too much light.”
“Got a ride to Norrköping from here fairly quickly in afternoon rush hours. ”

“Not too much space, but a campervan managed to pull over. So I guess it is all right.”

“Pretty desolate spot. It worked, but it did not feel good.”

“Basically a good spot, but we had difficulties finding people going further north. Rather low traffic.”

Söderhamns kommun
“Rather little space to stand, it is allright though.”

“This spot is directly on the motorway. Apparently Swedish people don't care at all if you walk there. I had to wait 15 minutes.”

“Don't hitchhike here... NO ONE hits the highway here. I had to walk up the on-ramp and thumb directly on the motorway.”

“Dir Lysekil
Good bus stop just after the roundabout, Heaps of traffic!”

“A lot of traffic and cars can easily pull over. In 10 minutes 3 cars pulled over and the third one went far enough. ”

“There is a lay-in for cars to stop and the cars are not too fast. But most of the cars are pretty full due to the holiday time. ”

Falkenberg
“Good spot!”

Ängelholm
“All right, but not great for stopping.”

“Basically unused shoulder from the parking lot. Enough space to stop, many cars go to the mall North though”

Härnösand
“Cars are fast, but they have a lot of space to pull over. Not too bad.”

“Stood somewhere around here with a sign saying "DK", got a lift over the ferry within 15 min. From Helsingør it's very easy to get to Copenhagen. ”

Skön District
“Cars are fast and a lot of drivers will complain, but there is a lot of space to pull over and it should not take too long to get a ride.”

“Already on the highway, not too comfortable for drivers to stop. Two lanes and half one beside ”

“Some space beside the road to let cars stop going South on E4. Fairly slow traffic.
There's a gas station and some shops nearby, depending on the day and season many people go north or south”

Mölndal
“Stand at the very beginning of the on-ramp. Otherwise cars will not feel comfortable to pull over.”

“Cars do not really have the chance to pull over. If they really want to take you it is no problem though.”

“All right, but not really tons of space to pull over.”

Alvesta
“There's an emergency lane just behind the exit. Quite short and cars are at 100km/h. ”

“Ok this is not the best advice. though hopefully you can derriive some infomation from it; from the city take tram 4 Mölndal direction
I took it to Mölndal sjukhus
because thats where i was staying at the time; anyways when u get out the highway will be across the road with some fences inbetween; u should just keep walking in the direction of the tram; pasrt the station after you should be able to get to the side of the higway further along should be on and off ramp with a round about, i stood here for 20 mins untill some nice swedish mum in a volvo took me further along, to another intersection and from their i got a ride to Malmö port and hitch hiked to Hamburg that same day: sorry i cant be more exact but when you do get some one to stop for you in sweden just plead with them to take you to best place they know for you otherwise sweden is a bit difficult: goodluck folk”
“A very bad place for the cars to stop, but managed to get a quick ride to te Kungsbacka gas station.”

“This is where I end up trying to get out of malmo. not a too good spot, but okay. Usually imigrants pick me up. Accessible by bus number 7, you can walk here from svagertorp station. ”

“The last possible (and probably also the best) spot to hitch from Nyköping to Stockholm. This is a new bus stop, and nicely located just after the roundabout, so pretty ideal. ”

“Go to the bus stop "Karolinen" Bus 1, 4, 6 go there or just walk from the centre. The next right turn is for Stockholm. I tried and only waited a couple of minutes unil somebody gave me a lift to the next gas station along the highway. Spot is easily accesible and visibility is good”

“take the T bana to Norsborg and get out at Hallunda (for last stop).
walk down 'Tre Kallors vag'.
and you find a good spot with a gas station. a lot of cars are going south all the way to denmark.
good luck ”

“All cars coming from the HH ferry pass by here. Every 20 minutes. So you could try hh here for direction Goteborg or Jonkoping. There is place for cars to stop. The scandlines cars coming from the other side of the roundabout dont have such a place to stop. ”

Lindome
“I agree, most likely the best place in Gothenburg for south-going traffic. Don´t turn down any short hitches to Kungsbacka, since there´s an excellent resting place/gas station on the way.”

Kalmar
“To KALMAR. Pretty good, just stand at the bus station but with a sign, otherwise people will not know where you are going! )Street leads to the north of the island and highway) You could also stand closer to the highway, near Traffpunkt Oland, but there is no space to stand after the roundabout”

“I tried hitching from here at about 10:00am on a Friday morning. I got offered three rides to Malmö within about 15 minutes (I rejected the first two because I was trying to get to København, and didn't think Malmö would help much at first).”

“thats the best spot i found to take the highway to stokholm. Long wait but I got it!”
“I was waiting in bus stop up to 20min. Got ride to Sollentuna. Vilmantas”
“1,30h late afternoon, 2guys, 1girl, ride to Eskilstuna”

“Good spot for direction Stockholm. Two lanes though. There are many possibilities nearby; all roads here have good possibilies for cars to stop. You could even try two roundabouts further, but there they drive litle faster.”

“towards Gothenburg.I walked here from the central station Lund,in fifteenminutes.Compared to the roundabout down the road,this place's just great.if using sign then mark "E6 N".Few mintues wait and voila,you are on the momve again;)”

“The only possibility is to try at the petrol station or get the car that moves towards the tiny on-ramp... it failed”
“5 fuckin hours waiting”

Värnamo
“for going south. worked better for me than the gasstation.”
“Few cars but got a ride to Helsingborg within 20 minutes. ”

Alingsås
“petrol stations, statoil is the best here. found hitch from here in 5 minutes, but only tried this place once.. i think its much better than hitching from gothenburg :)”

“Lot of place for the car to stop,and they see you from far enough. the roundabout after is hardly accessible,and the last one is too dangerous... anyway,you can startcloser to the center, on the same road”

Kiruna
“West: this is the best Place in Kiruna to go toward Abisko-Narvik. From here you have good change to take a long ride since there is no more local traffic. Cars are not going superslow, but the road is straight and they can see you and stop”

“Rest area directly attached to the motorway. Perfect spot going south, found a car to Malmö after 10 minutes.”
“was waiting here for about 20 min, but got a ride straight to malmö, great spot.”
―Xhikerx, 07 May 2013
“absolutly the best spot if you want to go south from gothenburg!”
―Tulipalo, 27 May 2014
“Agree with the both commenting before. A lot of trucks are resting here. I asked two and got a ride with the second to a great place outside of Varberg. Took me less than five minutes at about noon a sunny day in november. I'd use this place again for sure!”
“A German bus with a Group of young students offered us a ride after around 10 minutes :)”
“Instant ride to Copenhagen after 10 minutes!”
―Nazgadron, 18 Oct 2015

Kiruna
“West: It's not a bad place since both the cars coming from the city and from the E10 can see you and stop, but most of them are still local traffic, so I would rather suggest to walk a couple of km down the E10”

“A fuel station just before the road splits to the north, south, and east. In my experience in Sweden it is very rare to be picked up on the roadside, but if you can be friendly and ask people for a ride then they are quite helpful. This is a great spot.”

“Viking terminal, for ferries arriving from Finland. Very good chances of finding a ride to anywhere in sweden, even norway and denmark.”
―Äntti, 27 May 2013
“asked truck drivers on the car deck before the ferry arrived in the harbour, got a ride directly to Jönköping”

Västerås
“There is a Statoil gas station here. Not so many traffic, but it was Saturday morning. We couldn't get a lift from here to Stockholm. But it is worth to try it, I guess it won't be so difficult to find a ride both ways :) ”
―Helekhith, 06 Dec 2011

“(Winter) There is a hotel and some ski related places for tourists where you can stop or get a ride to, from Narvik Norwegians come to shop here so there are chances for a ride up to here and then to stand in the road at the exit from the tourist complex to get a ride. Waited for about an hour and got a ride to Kiruna.”

“(Winter) Direction South-West. Some people will drop you here stating this is the E10, but in fact this is the old E10, so you might want to walk a bit to the real one to get the rides, but anyways this Statoil petrol station is very busy and it took us about an hour or two to get a ride till Töre (where E10 and E4 meet in the coast)”

Piteå
“(Winter - Direction E4 South) The Shell petrol station is open 24 hours and has Wifi for free, also some computers with maps to check, very useful. The place itself might be good as 1,5km up the road is the E4, but we got a ride to another place in the city to get a ride easily. ”

Huskvarna
“we just stand there looking after the 3 cars driving there in 30minutes. but then the best guy stopped over. they have time to think because they see you while driving to the gas station and then afterwards. there's enough space to stop!”
―Anninassi, 19 Mar 2013

“Small petrol station between Linköping and Norrköping. In the morning you might have good chances, because for a lot of truckers this is the max. distance they can drive when coming from the boat out of Denmark/Germany.”

“Made the mistake to get dropped off here going south. No cars at all. If you go off here then at least go with the driver to Traryd at road 120. From there is a road to another on-ramp where the southbound traffic goes.”

“On this side of the road, just before the highway, there is a cobblestone area where cars can pull over. It's not the most perfect spot, but walking from the ferry, i found it the best. Took me forty minutes.”
―Shavarsh, 20 May 2013
“Stood there for 1 hour at a saturday morning untill i got a ride to Halmstad. A lot of cars passing. ”
―Ulrik, 20 Jun 2013
“Stood here for 2.5 hours in the afternoon, but didn't get a ride up North...”
―Bipkip, 19 Jul 2015
“sweden is so god damn hard..we were 2 m/f and it took us 5 hours to get a ride to Jonkchoping or somth like that..decided to split the road to Stockholm in 2 periods,,not the best ide i must say..even there will be the connection of 2 highways.Mcdonalds and Petrol station are not popular there..just a hint for those who want to do the same..more on Jonkchoping spot. good luck guys..its a true challenge..hope you'll be more lucky”
―RomanSmoll, 18 Aug 2015

“At the small bus-stop in front of Mcdonalds i waited for about 20minutes Before i got a ride about 5km to "Varberg Nord" from where it´s quite easy to get a ride South or North.”

“It took about 1 hour to get a lift ... I didn't have a sign, but I figured it was obvious which direction I was traveling. You can get cardboard at the petrol stop across the motorway .... but when I was there it was wet from some rain the night before, which is why I didn't have a sign.”
―Incogitatus, 29 Nov 2011

“There is a busstop (Flogsta Centrum) at the highway, vis a vis Ica väst. From the central station the busses 5 and 22 are going regulary there. Its the best place in Uppsala to hichhike to the west: to Enköping (Road 55) and than conect to E18 and Göteborg. Or if you want to go south and you want to avoid Stkhlm. From there you can also go on road 72 to the north if you want to avoid E4. Its also nice to put up the tent over night: ether north of the bus station in a small forest in Berthaga (5min walk) or south of the busstation next the lower buildings of the Flogsta student dorm (behind the playground is a nice hidden place between willows;)”
―Ominkaaa, 20 Jul 2012

“At this resting-point theres a toilet and the forest are Close-by (Camping possible).
You might ask around cause theres sometimes a few trucks around.
The traffic is altough to speedy for this spot to be a good hitching-spot, try 1000m South along the road at the roundabout.
To get here, take city-bus 7 towards Hedvigsborg and leave at Storängen, walk South.”

“This roundabout is a good place to get rides west to Varberg Nord from where you can get transportation South to Malmö/Copenhagen.
I got a rides after 1 hour at a Friday early morning.
The cars have to slow down and there are some space for them to stop.
To get here, take city bus#7 to Storängen and walk South along the road for about 1-2km.”

Huskvarna
“there's a quite big gas station where u can ask the people. if u want to go north it should probably work. we wanted to go south..”

“(Winter / Night / Direction E4 South) Very good spot as its right next to the E4 and there are 3 petrol stations one after the other, including some restaurants and special pumps for trucks. You can choose where to ask, it took us about half an hour to get a ride to Sundsvall.”

“(Winter / Daytime / Direction E4 South) Busy petrol station so you might get rides there, also next to the roundabout there is a bus stop where cars might stop, it took us many hours before someone at the petrol station decided to take us to another spot to keep on looking for a ride.”

“ok spot was waiting for about 20 min to get a ride to copenhagen, i got droped of here by a truck that was going down to trelleborg, and it seemed the last option to stay on the road to copenhagen.”
―Xhikerx, 07 May 2013

“Petrol station Östgötaporten on the exit of Ödeshög/road 50. Good chances for a ride further in direction Stockholm.”

“After I've tried the previous point I decide to move forward because there were a lot of d.heads that whistle me because they go on the right... so I did an nice card big and I get a ride after 15 minutes until LandsKorona (the next point big gas station) I think I was lucky”

“Great spot! There is a bus stop,so, plenty of space for cars to stop. Always works when need to go to Gnesta and other smaller places. Also the other side of rode can work well, but better is to walk down to other hh spots for STHLM and South! ”

“They are two lanes so cars can stop on the right one without blocking the traffic but it's not very safe.”
―Freayd, 23 May 2014

Oxie
“Iligal to hitchhike here, but we didn't have option as we got dropped off in here. My friend and I were coming from CPH and heading north to Helsinborg to go to Oslo afterwards. Cars go really fast here also, you'll probably not be picked up by swedish people as they now that it is illigal. We were picked up by an english couple but they were heading south so they could just drop us off in the next roundabout to the E6 (like 500m farther). Later I thought we should had went with them somewhere south and tried from there to hitchhike north, because Malmo really seems to be a super tricky place for hitchhiking with highways to everywhere (cars going always fast) and almost no place for them to pull over even if they decide to be illigal to help you out.”
―Leoautostopista, 15 Apr 2014

“I was coming from the island where the small road leads to, really wasted from the long walk, and there was no good spot for cars to stop, except the road-entrance. There's no traffic, but I was lucky and got a ride to Örebro after 15 minutes. The other direction is pretty harder because there's absolutely no place to stop, so you have to walk a bit more.”

“Many many truck drivers stopping here for customs. Possible to get a lift long distances (even Germany, Eastern europe). But beware as drivers are told by the customs office they are only alloud one passenger. Groups will have to split.”
―Benworm, 20 Sep 2013

“Great spot to head North to Norway. All of the traffic is Norwegians going to the cheaper swedish shop just across the border to buy groceries and cigarettes. Stock up on food here too as is half the price of Norway. ”

“Don't make my mistake to come here.
there is a bus station in case you need to get out of trubles in middle of nowhere. take you to Astrorp (first or second stop) for another point. in my case I walked on the highway those 9 km”

“none of the 3 others left a description. so according to google maps there should be space to stand. I will try this on a weekday morning to see if thats right. take the bus 59 to "Haga station". lets see”

Borgholm
“To Kalmar/south of the island: There's a huge bus stop with much space to stop for people. Cars are slow because coming from traffic lights and there's a tempo limit of 50 still. Drivers might see you late, so walk a bit down the bus stop, they have more reaction time than. It's the main road on Öland, so there's plenty of cars.”

Askersunds kommun
“To get down the 49 this is the best spot, because cars are slow here and coming from both directions of the 50. There's a big parking lot, something like a bus stop, but also not very much traffic, maybe 10 cars a hour.”

Ljungby kommun
“yes... just talk to the ppl in the petrol station.
most of them going south there but you can get as well good rides to north
I get in Stockholm directly from here.
very very nice.
p.s. ignore the swedish snob/dumb ppl . speak to DK cars ;) they understand more.”

“Even less traffic than in Uppsala. ”
“After 20 min of seeing cars pass the 290 road - we decided to change our plan and try out the smaller road towards Österbybruk. That was a bit easier... But not too recommendable anyway.”

Trollhättan
“at the roundabout there is a good spot to get on the e45 in both directions, because cars almost can only get there from here (except some locals going right or left ;)). cars can stop on the big parking lot directly after the right exit of the roundabout.”

“To E22: A long parking lot for cars to stop. They can see you while waiting on the traffic lights, also they are very slow and the cars going on the E22 are on the lane next to the parking lot, so easy to stop for them. Make sure to stay not directly to the traffic lights, because then cars coming from Dagsbergsvägen only see you when it's already too late. Many many traffic here.”

“Shopping center right on the highway.. many locals from Kungalv. But you can stand on the roundabout near the exit to Trollhattan with a sign, so all the cars will see you. Also the possibilty to ask people at the shopping centers or petrol stations.”

Tomelilla kommun
“Around the 3 way crossing of Stattenagatan and Road 11 (Malmövägen). Good spot to hitch towards Malmö. Not much there, but enough space for you to stand hitching and for cars to stop. ”
―Majom, 01 Jul 2014

“Direction Umea. Sunday midday, female single traveller. Not much space to stop for a car. Stood there for over 1 hour. The 4 cars stopping, where ALL going to Lyckesle (Road 365) . Therefore I accepted a ride to Lycksele in the end and made the detour. Not so good for Umea, but maybe better if on a weekday. ”

“Tecnically not 100% legal but very good! There place for them to stop even though there's a traffic sign of 60, but it's just after a traffic lights so they don't go fast at all.
Got 3 cars stopping within 10min”
―Laia.cazorla, 28 Jul 2014

Karlskoga
“good spot right on the e18. traffic is slow because of the traffic lights and there is a good place to stop for them (bus stop). you can also ask people at the gas station nearby.”

“Great spot. Before the roundabout. Difficult for cars to stop but everyone see you.”
“Late July 2014. Equipped with sign "Göteborg" me and a friend got a ride within 20 min all the way to Göteborg.”

“This was a perfect spot! worked for me 2 times - both going south towards Sthm. It's a big parking/gasoline station so quite many cars pass by. It's also possible to go down to the highway and get a ride from the main traffic (not only from people who stop at the station). I did that and it worked!”
―Basek, 08 Oct 2013
“perfect spot for E4 south. You can stand right by the exit towards Stockholm and cars have lots of space to see you and pick you up. Very convenient cause you can also go and ask drivers directly at the gas station.”
“We were there before the sunset (August 2014). From the gas station it´s also possible to take another road leading to the city, besides the highway entrance. Lot of traffic was local but eventually we were offered a ride to Uppsala.”

“A motel (Vätterleden motell) and a 24/7 gas station with bathrooms. Trucks gather on the other side of the street.”
“Came in the evening just as it was getting dark. Few cars and none would take us. Spent the night outside and got a ride in the morning by someone who worked at the gas station. Huskvarna or Jönköping is much better, so try to get dropped off there instead.”
“1st experience - got a ride to Norrkoping after around 1h. 2nd experience on the way south - lot of traffic going just to Jonkoping, got one offer, but only to there and thus, rejected it. We camped in a nearby playground and on the following day after a lot of waiting eventually accepted a ride to Jonkoping.”
“If you go north - it's just a beautiful spot for you. Dozens of cars and tracks going to Stockholm”

Oxie
“Don't come to here if you have option. There's no lane for the cars to pull over even though they can make it going a bit off the road, and also the cars go really fast also here. But, admiting you get dropped off nearby here like my friend and I did, you better STAY here. Don't go down to the road because there they go even more faster. I'm not sure if in Sweeden it is legal to hitchhike on this kind of spots (on ramps) like in Denmark is. We walked down to the road and decided to walk to the next roundabout and after a longe walk a taxi driver thought we were singing for here and stopped. I told him we were hitchhikers and asked if he couldn't give us a ride to a next roundabout on his way and he kindly did so. But anyways no one stopped and the police showed up, catching us walking on the highway and after telling us that it is illigal (but luckily not giving us a fine) they drove us to a gas station a bit farther to north.”
―Leoautostopista, 15 Apr 2014

Lomma kommun
“Me and a friend got dropped off on the freeway and the cops caught us hitchhiking there (what is illegal) and drove us to here as it is a safer and legal place for hitchhiking. There's a gas station here, and we started to talk to the drivers. Many didn't even open the window to talk to us, many just ignored us as if we were invisible and no one was going (at least it is what the few who answered said) north to Helsinborg. I think this area is a residencial neighborhood, apparently not lots of people are going to travel from here. But at least the chances of been picked up in here might be higher than on the road where cars aren't allowed to pull over and you can barelly find places where they could do so. Cars go REALLY fast on the freeway. We gave up on hitchhiking after around 30min here because it was already 4pm and we were actually going to Oslo. We got a ride to the closest bus stop, caught a bus to Malmo central station and headed to Oslo by bus. I'll try it again in another opportunity but hitchhiking in Sweeden seemed to be very tricky. Avoid Malmo always you can!”

Trollhättan
“zebra crossing for the highschool of trollhattan. many pedestrians there, so the cars have to stop all the time or they are at least very slow. bus stop after the zebra crossing is a perfect place to get in the stopping car. expect to get strange looks from the locals.. but it was very funny. ”

“I tried to get to the west coast from here.. almost no cars going this way and getting away from the final destination is also very tricky, because there's even less traffic. Avoid it, or plan with a lot of time.”

Skönsmons församling
“This whole area is now (AUGUST 2014) under construction. For hitching to Östersund it will be a pain in the ass. What I did was: I asked to be taken to the centre and there I took bus 2 to Nacksta. See the other green point i marked there. Summertime, daytime, female single traveller ging from south to Östersund. ”

“Summertime, early morning, weekday, female single traveller. Lost of space to stand, there is also a bus stop. Cars go fast, it goes uphill too. However I got a ride pretty fast, standing at the bus stop. Best if you use a HUGE sign. ”

Njurunda församling
“Even though cars are running pretty fast and there are two lines we managed to get a ride in hour. We found it very hard to get a hike from Sundsvall - standing at the edge of highway is almost impossible. We took a bus to Stocvick and took a bath in sea - there is really nice beach. ”

Borgsjö församling
“Try to avoid this place, cars go over 100 although the crossroads is huge. However, lots of space to stop for cars. Youll get a ride anyway. Daytime, Summer, female single traveller”

“A spot to stand by the road that leads up to the ramp to the highway which is going south towards Malmö. There is both time and a little space where cars can pull in and pick you up. Have a sign! Ideally towards "Snapparp" (a few miles down the highway) where there's a petrol station and a much better place to ask around for rides further south. ”
―Amarant, 03 Dec 2014
“I had a hard time finding a good place to hitchhike from Halmstad, even though I checked here before. After asking five or six locals for tips and trying out a few places to stand, I found that the easiest spot was to stand about 20 meters from the traffic light on the crossing of Ryttarevägen and Laholmsvägen. Drivers were able to see the sign, make up their mind, and have a chance to slow down before taking the exit onto the highway. I had a sign that said "Snapparp" and got a ride in 10-15 minutes, just before the sun went down a monday in november.
The spot is getting an average rank because it's not a perfect place for cars to pull over, you can't ask around and have a sign you just have the latter option, you have to have luck to get a ride a long distance. Still find this spot to be decent and got a ride pretty quick to a better place to hitchhike from. ”

“Statoil and a McDonald's almost side to side, right by the freeway. Easy to be dropped at and easy to get rides from.”
“I asked maybe five cars for a maximum of ten minutes and got a ride to Falkenberg! At noon on a sunny day in november. Great place!”

“Kapellskär is just a ferry terminal, so the only traffic you´ll have is cars coming from the ferry + workers. Hurry on your way out of the ferry, since the cars leave quite quickly. Got a ride to Norrtälje with a worker in the terminal.”

“Big fuel station. Lots of Danish cars, at least during summer. Write "DK" on sign (seems Danes are more likely to pick you up than Swedes). There's not much place to stop but since there are quite few cars it worked alright. ”

“If you are coming from the E14 and want to go on the E4 north, don't stop here even if there is the sign fo E4. The shortcut isn't very used (many people leave around the place) and the roundabout isn't very good for cars to stop. I never got a ride very far and had to walk up until the E4.”
―Cigale, 13 Jun 2015

“Good conditions, a rest stop for campers on a beautiful lake plus the long and wide roadside. But it has been our worst spot in the whole of sweden. Took us 5 hours to get a lift to Kiruna. At least, there where no mosquito,”
―Grinsolt, 05 Oct 2015

Skillingaryd
“According to the signs this fuel station looks kinda busy, but it's really quite far off. Very few cars. I found a quick ride with a truck, but was probably very lucky. If you're going north, probably better to get of earlier, at Värnamo or Klevshult. ”
―Pletter, 12 Oct 2015

“Plenty of Space on the roundabout, not a lot of trafic and the cars can stop easily. Got a ride to central Goteborg. If you by any chance get stuck in te Torp mall 5 km South from here and are going South, it´s wort the effort to come back to this entrance.”

“caugh a ride here with a German truck driver. All the way up north to Oslo !
Waited about 1.5hr”
―Aaurouss, 17 Aug 2015
“Lots of trucks stop here and many cars stop to eat at McD. Average spot to get ride to Göteborg / north.”

“Kinda fast but not too fast road towards the highway, lot's of room for cars to stop. And enough trees to go for a pee. ;)”
“Since we lived around the corner we tried it from here, it went pretty well.
Car number 75 took us to Örebro.”

Sigtuna kommun
“We got a short ride in about 30 minutes. Not the best spot to go to Stokholm or Uppsala, but we were redirected here by the police that didn't want us to hitchhike in the airport”
―Phidias81, 22 Oct 2015

“Theres a nice little pull off here if heading West. Got a ride from here to Trondheim in about 5 seconds. Probably really good luck, but also lots of traffic will be going that way and it should be easy anyway.”

“I waited 40 minutes here. Not the worst ever spot, but not great. Could probably ask people going to McDonalds. Petrol station is well used but not SUPER busy. In general I think a lot of traffic here is not going far. I was heading toward Stockholm.”

“All traffic going straight on the roundabout is literally going towards Stockholm. Waited 7 minutes for a ride, while traffic Saturday morning in Januari. Close to busstop "Uppsala Business Park", easy to park a bike there and Swebus (Stockholm - Uppsala for 59 SEK) stops there.”

“Great to stand right at this spot so road traffic can pull into the petrol station to pick you up. I had a ride here from a DHL truck within 2 minutes of standing here. Much busier than the other petrol station 500 meters away.”

Sigtuna kommun
“We tried hithhiking here before the highway sign, but after 20 minutes no luck, the police stopped and told us we weren't allowed to hitchhike there to take a bus or to walk to a local road”
―Phidias81, 22 Oct 2015

“No cars hitting the highway here. Don't hitchhike here unless you've got the whole day and aren't interested in getting far (in that case you might as well walk). I actually walked 8 km to the nearest train station.”

Vallentuna
“Maybe I was just lucky, but this spot worked great. Good amount of traffic and enough space to pull over. But still, this suburb is not crowded with people, so it will be a lot easier during the rush hours.”

“Was heading to E4South. Good spot with visibility and place for cars to pull over (a bit over the grass, but well!). Traffic is average. I got picked up by a truck driver up to Gavle.”
―Cigale, 13 Jun 2015

“Bad spot for going anywhere. We stood here for over one hour. Later on we tried to be on the other side of the roundabout so we only got the people in the right direction, but there it was dangerous to stand. Go to another place if possible! We were looking for a ride upp north. (july'15)”

“Ollebo Terminalen Türkiyeden gelen veya Türkiyeye giden tırların çoğunluğunun gümrük işlerini yaptırdığı bir gümrük merkezidir. Burada park halindeki tırların şoförleriyle tanışıp uzun mesafeli otostop çekme şansınızı arttırabilirsiniz.”
“The trucks seem to be very spread out over this terminal that is not very welcoming for visitors, but there is some traffic going in and out.”

“Not the best place to wait, but it can do if you are around (the round about just before is ok to hitchhike but not too many cars going by). So you can walk a bit further to the highway, just before the entrance there is space for cars to stop if the traffic is not to heavy, and you will get more cars going by.”

Sköns församling
“I was trying to go on the E4 North. The place is not very good, but can do the trick because cars have to wait before going left on the highway, so I was standing in the middle of the road on the small separation. But better select another spot if you can plan in advance.”

“At the exit of the gas station. Good place to go both directions. I stood there without a sign as I didn't have cardboard nor marker. A guy soon approached me and offered to make a sign "Oslo" for me. Once I had the sign, the very first car stopped and brought me to Oslo! The driver also invited me for a nice lunch there!!”

Hudiksvall
“E4 Northwards. Seems like it should be a good place (many trucks and steady stream of cars) but for some reason got stuck here for 24 hours. Finally 2 nice biologists heading northwards to inspect their plants gave me a lift!”

“Not the very best spot. Started to walk from Isaberg, in hope to find a better spot. Bad move by me. Took around 2 hours to get a car. The cars drives around 90km/h here so I really think that Isaberg is the best. ”
―Axesylenis, 26 Jul 2016

“This gas station could have been great (seemed quite busy) if it wasn't for the fact that the staff chased me away. Seemed like most traffic was heading south. I went to the on-ramp and found a lift fairly fast. ”
―Pletter, 12 Oct 2015

“Couple, 1h waiting in september. Got lift to some gas station in malmo suburbs”

“Cars have to slow down due to a roundabout. There's also a car park with many cars in the summer.
A lot of space for cars to stop coming from East just before the roundabout ”
“Had a sign 'Ljungby' standing at the east site of the roundabout. Got a ride when the sign was done”

“There's a long bus stop here nowadays but Google Street View is out of dated for the city of Trelleborg so you won't see it here if you check it today (July 2016). Anyways, I'd recommend you to don't stand by this bus stop, people really seem to not stop there! I heard from locals that it might be even forbidden for them to pull over there. This street really sucks to find a place to hitchhike, but also by speaking to locals I heard that they've seen people standing and hitchhiking just after this long bus stop. Go there and you sou should see a traffic sign prohibiting people to walk farther in that road, and that's exactly where you should stand - just by that sign. There's some space just after this sign where the cars can pull over for you. It really sucks to hitchhike in this central part of this road (I haven't tried others) but this seems like maybe the least bad spot over here + people have seen hitchhikers here before. I didn't get any car to pull over for me anyways, but instead a whole bus stopped. Going to Ystad, the driver said "just come in, just come in!" and that was how I hitchhiked a bus that day.”
―LeoCarona, 31 Jul 2016

“Possible to hick-hike up on the highway with cars comming from the roundabout. Not a lot of traffic and there's room for a car to stop.”
―Lill Lenin, 13 Sep 2016
“Got a ride 10-15 further along the highway after waiting for 20-25 min”

“Easy to hitchhike to Göteborg. Of course you have to wait a while, but it is a spot in front of traffic lights, so when the red is on, cars go slower.”
―Matematik, 05 Sep 2016
“Due to the scandinavian drivers, they do not stop so often”

“Control stop for police, it has a gate but it was open so I got dropped of here and continued to hitch-hike from here. Cars are going fast, 100km/h, but they see you from far away.”
―Lill Lenin, 13 Sep 2016
“Waited for maybe 30-35 min, when I was just about to give up a guy stopped and gave me a ride to Karlshamn.”

“If you're going in the direction of Jönköping, standing at this bus stop is probably preferable, since much of traffic at the fuel station seemed to be going the opposite direction. There is space and cars weren't driving to fast. We got a ride towards Stockholm in 2 min. Probably better to get of here if you're heading to Stockholm than to try change cars in Jönköping. ”