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Romania has the majestic castles, medieval towns, great hiking and wildlife, and cheap skiing of much of the 'undiscovered' former Eastern Bloc. You'll be floored at how different it is, but you'll almost certainly see signs that it's chasing the dreams of the rest of the West.
Horse-drawn carts jostle for space against fast cars whose drivers are talking money on mobile phones; farm workers watch The Apprentice on satellite in their medieval farmhouses. No longer the weird kid of Europe it was under Ceausescu's despotic tutelage, Romania is now making new friends and passed the entrance exams for NATO and the European Union with flying colours.
Fast Facts
Country Full Name
Romania
Population
22,270,000
Electrical Plugs
230V 50Hz
Languages Spoken
Official: Romanian
Time Zones
GMT/UTC +2
Country Dialing Code
+40
Weights & Measures
Metric
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