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== Language ==
Romanian is one of the few non-Slavic East-European languagesof Eastern Europe. It uses the Latin alphabet and is related with to French, Italian, Spanish etc. Speakers of one of these languages will find it easier to pronounce and understand Romanianthough speakers of Slavic languages will find it easier to pronounce as its sounds have been influenced by its neighbours.<br>
*[[Template:Phrasebook/Romanian|Romanian phrasebook]]
== Roads == Cities [[File:Romania Motorways DE 1.svg|thumb|Highways in Romania (in 2021). The white middle line depicts sections in use, dotted middle line depicts sections under construction, while light green represents proposed expressways.]]There is an excellent [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roads_in_Romania Wikipedia article] about the roads in Romania ==. A lot of money is put into building roads as of 2023, so the roadnetwork is under constant change.Summing it up, these are some important Motorways or ''Autostrada'':* The [[A1 (Romania)|A1]] going 580 km from [[Bucureşti]] to the border with [[Hungary]] at [[BucharestNădlac-Nagylak_border_crossing]]– partly finished * The [[A2 (Romania)|A2]] or ''Sun's motorway'', going 204 km from [[Bucureşti]] to [[Cluj-NapocaConstanţa]]- completed.* The [[Constan%C5%A3aA3 (Romania)|ConstantaA3]] or ''Transylvania motorway'', going 588 km from [[Bucureşti]] to the border with [[Hungary]] at [[Ártánd-Borş_border_crossing]]– partly finished.Most of the other roads are in poor condition, the European routes being the best. Even so, hitching a ride is quite easy, especially on the major European roads that get a lot of traffic.
== Number plates ==
The first two letters of the number plates show you in which of the 42 [sic] counties the car was registered, which might be useful when talking to people at gas stations or resting areas. Red letters mean it's a temporally registered vehicle, green means electric. Further information can be found in the excellent [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Romania wikipedia article].[[ImageFile:Map_romania_regions_and_districtsRomanian license plate codes.jpgpng|thumb|right|float|Political map of Romania: historical regions and countiesRomanian license plate codes]]Romanian license plate numbers usually have 2 formats == Border crossings == * [[Bulgaria]]:<br>*Regular number plates: XX* [[Ruse-yyGiurgiu border crossing|Ruse-ZZZ (black writing on white backgroundGiurgiu]], blue strip on the left, with the country code "RO" and the Romanian or EU flag)<br>major international route** [[Calafat-Vidin border crossing|Calafat-Vidin]]** [[Durankulak-Vama Veche border crossing|Durankulak-Vama Veche]]* [[Hungary]]** [[Ártánd-Borş border crossing|Ártánd-Borş]]** [[Nădlac-Nagylak border crossing|Nădlac-Nagylak]]* [[Moldova]]** [[Galaţi-Giugiuleşti border crossing|Galaţi-Giugiuleşti]]* [[Serbia]]** The [[Iron Gates]]** [[Stamora Moravița-Vatin border crossing|Stamora Moravița-Vatin]]*Temporary leasing number plates[[Ukraine]]: XX** [[Dyakove-Halmeu border crossing|Dyakove-Halmeu]]** [[Sighetu Marmației-yyyyyy (red writing on white background, blue strip on the left, with the country code "RO" and the Romanian or EU flag)<br>Solotvyno border crossing]]** [[Siret-Porubnoe border crossing|Siret-Porubnoe]]Where XX ** There is no border crossing between Ukraine and the two letter code Danube Delta region of Romania. Travelers going between eastern Romania and southern Ukraine must pass through Moldova. There are privately owned boats that may takes travelers, but they ask up to hundreds of euro for the county (see below)service. == Personal Experiences ==''In total I spent around three months in Romania. I hitchhiked from Bucharest to Timisoara, y is Brasov and Iasi and also spent a random numberfew weeks camping in Transylvania. I hitchhiked to many landmarks such as Dracula's Castle, Rasnov Castle and the National Park in Zarnesti. Romanian people are incredibly friendly and Z happy to see travelers. I never found safety to be a random letterproblem and camped out at night in the national park in special spherical huts built for shepherds (I think they are for protection from bears).<br><br>There are also special number plates:<br>*diplomatic: TC-xxxxxx, CD-xxxxxx (blue writing on white background, blue strip on maps of the left, with park which indicate the country code "RO" location of these huts and the Romanian or EU flag)*Ministry of Internal Affairs: MAI-xxxxxx (blue writing on white background, blue strip on best trails. Romania was the left, first country where I traveled for more than two days with the country code "RO" one truck driver. You should be OK to get around speaking English although if you have Italian that's a huge bonus and maybe learn a few basic Romanian words to be polite with any elderly farmers who pick you up in the Romanian or EU flagcountry (Hungarian instead in many parts of Transylvania)*Romanian Army: A-xxxxxx (black writing on white background. Some drivers are quite lethal here too, no other markings on so be prepared to take bends while overtaking gypsy carts at worrying speeds! Twice I was asked to contribute to the platesgas expenditure (out of maybe 30 lifts)*some cities . I found hitchhiking at the side of the road with thumb out to be more time effective than petrol stations, many towns have specialhitchhiking spots where locals can be seen with their thumbs out. This country can't be skipped on a Europe trip if you like sheep's cheese, internal, or local license plate numbers, usually used for machinery (excavators, rollers, public transport ...)<br>nature and castles'' -[[User:HoboSpirit|HoboSpirit]] == Nomadwiki & Trashwiki == {{nomadwiki}} Where x is a random number.{{Cities Romania}}
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