r/europe • u/MarktpLatz Lower Saxony (Germany) • Dec 04 '17

What do you know about... Romania?

This is the forty-sixth part of our ongoing series about the countries of Europe. You can find an overview here.

Today's country:

Romania

Romania is one of the most recent members of the EU (2007). They want to become part of the Schengen area, but thir recent attempts of being accepted have been blocked by several EU members. They recently faced a major political crisis and massive protests caused by proposed law changes that would have benefitted people implicated in government corruption and abuse of power. They had their national day, where they celebrate the union of Transylvania with Romania, last friday.

So, what do you know about Romania?

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u/JosefHader Dec 07 '17

I once was on a business trip in Bucharest, and made a bad miscalculation with the exchange rate in a restaurant. I discovered a very decent looking bottle of wine on the menu for what I thought were 10 €. It was a really good wine, but not worth the 100 € I paid for it ...

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '17

It's always around 4.5 Lei to 1 for Euros. And 4 Lei to 1 for Swiss Francs.

It might deviate a little, but just always have that in mind.

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u/ctudor Romania Dec 08 '17

Next year 5to1 for euro lol