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===== Personal experiences =====
:September 2017; "[[User:NickolasAndVictoria|NickolasandVictoria]] waited for about 2 hours at the roundabout, next to the tree, with a sign reading "SLO" for Slovenia. It was a Tuesday morning, and they waited until around 15:00. There was not much traffic at the roundabout, and whatever traffic came through the roundabout, was either headed for the Park and Ride or headed North away from SLO. They ended up getting a ride at the gas station by approaching a couple with a Slovenian license plate and asking for a ride. Though there was some traffic at the gas station, it was not the busiest, and definitely had limited south-bound traffic stopping. There may be a higher amount of southbound traffic near evening rush hour, but the chances of finding a ride to stop for you without having to approach and ask in person is small."
:October 2017: tl;dr? Wait at the gas station and ask people with SLO license plates, as mentioned above by NickolasAndVictoria. Details of what [[User:Itsagerston|itsagerston]] tried: we thumbed for a long time at the roundabout on a Thursday morning until a lady approached us from the mall and told us that we'll only find people travelling locally at that roundabout. She told us to walk to a nearby bus stop that Google maps calls "Graz Karl-Huber-Gasse (Autobahn)" where cars can stop just before entering the freeway towards Slovenia. We also thumbed there for a long time with no luck. Eventually we went back to the gas station to grab a snack, and low and behold a Blablacar driver with a SLO license plate was parked there waiting for his passenger; we saw the license plate, asked if he could take us, and just like that we were Maribor bound!
:August 2019: This place is completely useless on Sundays because the whole shopping center is closed and the whole place is plain deserted. If you end up here anyway, it is probably best to walk to the Dr-Lister-Gasse bus stop, a few hundred meters back to the city centre, and try your luck there. However, there isn't much Slovenian traffic there.
:January 2020: We were there with a friend for at least two hours. First, we headed directly at the people who were stopping in the gas station, asking for anyone going to Ljubljana, but found no one. From the gas station, there's a roundabout and one of the exits is towards Graz but also Germany/Austria/Slovenia, so we walked 50 metres from the roundabout in this direction and waited there with a sign "SLO". It's possible to get to this spot directly from the gas station, climbing a small grass slope. There shoud be a little space for cars to park. Unfortunately, as a lot of people is heading towards Graz in this same spot, it's not the best place to find a ride directly to Slovenia, but someone finally took us until Klagenfurt, which is a great point from where to hitchhike until Slovenia and specifically the capital city. Maybe, using a sign with this city could be more useful, should give it a try.
Graz
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A small roundabout behind the Murpark shopping centre (and the P+R). Just stand at the corner with the car dealership. There will be a gas station behind you with plenty of room to stop. All the cars going onto the ramp must pass you and can see you clearly since they have to slow down at the roundabout
=== North towards [[Salzburg]] and [[Germany]] ===
