Welcome to the West Carpathian Mountains ("Muntii Apuseni" / Transilvania / Romania)!
Tips:
You will need a motorway vignette for Austria.
To drive through Hungary and Romania your car will need
country-of-origin identification, and you will also need a green international
insurance card from your car insurance company (valid for 2 years).
At the Hungarian border you will need your identity card or
your passport.
In Hungary you will need "Forints" for the motorway toll.
In Hungary, you have to drive with dipped headlights.
When you arrive at the (Hungarian)-Romanian border
you lose an hour, i.e. you will need to put your watch forward from e.g. 9:00 a.m.
to 10:00 a.m..
You no longer need a visa to visit Romania. You can change
money at any bank en route.
Current exchange rate:
In Romania, the towns, villages and traffic signs are not lit
up at night and often there are people, unlit horse-drawn carts, flocks of sheep or
other animals on the road. There are hardly any
road markings, so it is difficult to drive in the dark, especially if it is raining,
and progress is slow.
It is highly recommendable not to drive at night at all.