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[[Image:ro-flag.gif{{infobox Country|thumb|rightcountry = Romania|language = Romanian flag]]|capital = [[Image:ro-map.gif|thumb|right|Map of RomaniaBucureşti]]In |map = <map lat='46' lng='25' zoom='6' view='0'float='right'Romaniaheight='320'country=' payment for the ride is often expectedRomania' />|pop = 22,276, although foreigners often aren't asked for anything. The local 056|currency is the = Leu (exchange rate: 1 Euro RON)|BW = aprox. 3.5 Lei). It is still cheaper than trains and buses though. When hitchhikingRO|hitch = <rating country='ro' />}}'''Romania''' a country in southeastern Europe, it's best to hold a sign with member of the name [[European Union]] but not yet a member of the place you want to goSchengen zone. Try It shares a border with [[Hungary]] and pay [[Serbia]] to the driver about 1Euro / 50kmwest, though, this rate decreases as [[Ukraine]] and the distance grows. You can also tell the driver you don't have any money; 4 out Republic of 5 people will take you anyway.<br>Getting a ride can sometimes be difficult, as most cars that pass seem tiny, ancient and packed with more people than there are seats. This is probably due [[Moldova]] to the low rate of car ownershipnortheast, and the fact that hitching is still a common way for locals [[Bulgaria]] to travel, particularly in the countrysouth.

Hitchhiking in Romania is usually very easy. Payment for the ride is often expected, however. Make sure to tell the driver that you are travelling without money (''fără bani'' ‘without money’ or ''nu am bani'' ‘I have no money’) before you get in the car. Most drivers will agree to take you anyway, but if you don't tell them beforehand, they can aggressively demand payment when you get out later. If you wish to pay drivers like local hitchhikers do, it is still cheaper than trains and buses though, about 5 lei (€1.25) for every 100 km. Sometimes it's possible to find some drivers that will ask you for a lot of money, maybe even €100 for a short trip. Some people are trying to work as illegal drivers taking people from one place to another, due to the high unemployment. When they see foreigners they will try to convince them to go with them and ask for lots of money, even if local travellers just pay 5 lei. Recently, the Romanian government has forbidden asking for money when taking hitchhikers, but not hitchhiking itself. At the exits of most cities, there are established places to hitchhike and you may find yourself competing with local people who will pay drivers. In some cases, it is better to walk a little bit down the road and hitchhike where you can stand alone. The common practice is to hold a sign with the name of the place you want to go; Romanian usually write the two-letter code of the county seat they are going to (e.g. "CJ" for Cluj). Romania has just a couple of hundred kilometers of real motorway, in the south of the country. Elsewhere, long-distance traffic is going on national roads with E numbers. You can stand directly on the national roads and thumb, though junctions are always best because cars go more slowly there. == Cities in Romania Language ==Romanian is one of the few non-Slavic languages of Eastern Europe. It uses the Latin alphabet and is related to French, Italian, Spanish etc. Speakers of one of these languages will find it easier to understand Romanian though speakers of Slavic languages will find it easier to pronounce as its sounds have been influenced by its neighbours. * [[BucharestTemplate:Phrasebook/Romanian|Romanian phrasebook]]  == Roads ==[[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 [[ClujA1 (Romania)|A1]] going 580&nbsp;km from [[Bucureşti]] to the border with [[Hungary]] at [[Nădlac-NapocaNagylak_border_crossing]]– partly finished * The [[Constan%C5%A3aA2 (Romania)|ConstantaA2]] or ''Sun's motorway'', going 204&nbsp;km from [[Bucureşti]] to [[Constanţa]]- completed.* The [[A3 (Romania)|A3]] or ''Transylvania motorway'', going 588&nbsp;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.

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