Hitchhiking trips:

До Измаил и назад – отсечка 5

Около Радомир с Мариън

Малко Германия – от летището

Малко Германия – прибиране

Rookie mistake

First ride of my life, of course I was so excited and clueless I hopped in, but the guy wasn't driving very far. Had to turn back to my first, excellent, spot.

Antti

Candy break XD

Ski Dad

From gas station to gas station. Had to ask around for this one.

A little push

Nice mom with her kid took quite a detour just to get me to a big gas station where I actually had a chance of finding a ride. Struggled to find the spot at the start in Jyväskylä (Pakkola shopping centre) and there was not much traffic. Long-distance hitchhiking on a Sunday… not the best idea.

Mystery Chauve Man

Single male who spoke no English and kept vey quiet, but took a detour and dropped me in the city centre.

Brand new car

Nice chat. Dropped me in a perfect stop in Jämsä, right after a roundabout.

Human kindness and random interactions

Reaaally struggled to find the starting spot in Tampere, so I ended up asking a random old lady who was talking a walk. She didn't speak any English but asked another lady who was passing by to translate and together they tried to figure out where the spot was and how I could get there. She ended up calling her husband so he could take me to the gas station, which was just… (read on in Trip)

Turning back

Getting a bit desperate, started asking at the gas station for either direction and found someone to take me back to the starting point.

Giggly teenagers

Couple of awkward but nice Laestadians (I only found out later about this sect)

I don't want to visit your farm

A man in his 50s picked me up, we talked for a while, he showed me pictures of his pregnant girlfriend and his farm nearby. Everything seemed alright, until he started making hints to sexual topics: that his mother-in-law secretly wanted his D and that he knew she was waiting for him to give it to her, but that he was looking for someone younger, that I should come visit his… (read on in Trip)

The boss says it's fine

I asked a group of young men at a petrol station if they had some space left in their van, which I estimated to be quite improbable, given the fact that there were six of them. They didn't seem to understand and told me to wait for "the boss". "The boss", as they proceeded to call him, turned out to be the head of the refugee orphanage they were returning to after having spent… (read on in Trip)