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== Personal Experiences ==
Blackratsplo : I hitchhiked from <ref>Malmö</ref> to <ref>Nordkapp</ref> in july 2022. The hardest part was to get to <ref>Stockholm</ref>. if you can do it, you'd better do it from the ferry to <ref>Helsingborg</ref>. I had a rough time getting to the capital city because after a misunderstatement I accepted a lift to 50km away from <ref>Helsingborg</ref>. Only accept rides of 80km or more, in that area and for that destination. I had to get back and hitchhike at the exit of the ferry. An elder sweddish motor biker and traveller offered to let me in an hotel with his customer card so I could get a free breakfast and just after that and a relatively long wait, a lovely Swedish man drove me to Stockholm, bought me a piece of Princess cake and hugged me for saying goodbye. These are just examples of how kind people have been to me all along the way. Be relaxed, be kind, be open minded, speak a good english and Sweden will open its arms to you. After Stockholm, it's easy street. you can easily accept 50km rides. Some people will sometimes offer you to drive you 30km further to a better spot. Kindly ask if they can let you the time to check you map and accept if that's a good option -it often is. Most drivers who stopped were Sweddish. I'd say you shouldn't fear of getting lost in the northen part of the country, as long as you have adapted food and equipment. If you're still on the big roads, even with low traffic it's so easy to get a car that you should wait and walk a bit if you want to have a little dive into the beautiful scenery. My last car to Nordkapp was in the middle of nowhere, on the main road, with 2 or 3 cars every 5 minutes. He drove me for 733km right to Nordkapp. He was a German guy. But 10min before that, I had been dropped by a Swedish father driving his two kids home. He picked me in the most remote place and took me 50km further. So don't think too much about places and nationalities. I actually regretted getting so much big rides after Stockholm as I ended crossing the whole country in 3 days and some extra hours. Making lots of 50 to 100km rides and walking 30min in between is a lot of fun and lets yyou get a real feel of what Swedish people are like.
(End of Blackratsplo personnal experience.)
Hi there! I had an amazing time hitchiking (and back) to Kiruna from the Netherlands. I went via the east side up and via the west side back.
