About Romania

Romania is located in South Eastern Europe. Its neighbours are: the Republic of Moldova to the east, Bulgaria to the south, Serbia to the south and south-east, Hungary to the west, Ukraine to the north.

Romanian language is a latin language and Romania itself is considered to be a „Latin island in a Slav sea”.

The largest cities in Romania are: Bucharest, Iași, Timișoara, Cluj, Constanța, Galați, Brașov, Ploiești and Oradea.

Places you must see when you come to Romania:

• Medieval churches from Bucovina
• Bran, Peleș and Hunedoara Castle
• The old city of Sighișoara
• Transfăgărășan Road (one of the most spectacular roads in the world)
• Danube Delta, the largest natural reserve in Europe,
• the Black Sea

Public Holidays (in these days all the institutions, banks and shops are closed)

• 1^st and 2^nd January: New Year
• 24^th January (The day of the Romanian provinces unification )
• Monday following Orthodox Easter (date varies)
• 1^st May: Labor Day
• Rusaliile: (Christian Orthodox Religious Holiday – celebrated 50 days after Easter)
• 15^th August : Saint Mary’s Day
• 30^th November: Saint Andrew’s Day
• 1^st December: National Day
• 25^th, 26^th December: first and second day of Christmas

The Climate
The climate is temperate-continental characterized by hot summers and bitterly cold winters. Temperature: July average is 25 – 30°C, January average is -15 – -4°C, but you might also very well experience +35°C or -20°C.

Population
The population of Romania is of 20 million inhabitants (2011).

Religion
Christian Ortodox 86.5%; Protestant 5%; Roman Catholic 4.6 %; others 3,90%.

Currency
Romanian Leu (RON). The leu’s subdivision is the ban. (1 RON = 100 bani)

When you change money at exchange offices you have to look for the word „Comision” which have to be 0%.