RomaniaClues that work anywhere in this area
Utility poles often have a fairly large hole running all the way to the bottom, and frequently have a yellow marker attached. The very bottom sometimes looks filled in on one side only.
Bollards offer plenty of clues for narrowing down the location. There's also a smaller version.
Unlike neighboring countries, signs here have no border. The same goes for blue signs and square signs.
The official language is Romanian, written in the Latin alphabet.
S and T appear with a comma below them, as in "Ș/ș" and "Ț/ț." These are used in Romania and Moldova, but Moldova has no Street View.
There's a warning triangle sign that's overwhelmingly thicker than anywhere else in Europe.
Though not common, bollards resembling Turkish or Italian ones can also be found.
The backs of signs are often dark-colored.
Guardrails often aren't angular. Poland's guardrails are angular.
As in the UK, street names are often written on buildings.
Once you know the area: which part of it
Area Code
Phone area codes are assigned by region. When a number shows up on a sign, an advert or a van, its leading digits narrow the location down to a part of the country.
Coloured by leading digitRoughly speaking, wealth increases toward the northwest, and each region has its own traditional houses.
Where Architecture clues apply5
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If a church stands surrounded by a thick stone fortress wall, that's a Saxon fortified church in southern Transylvania.
If a pencil-thin, pointed wooden tower juts up from the west end of a long, narrow wooden building, that's a wooden church of Maramureș.
The northwest, on the far side of the mountains, is wealthier than other areas, with many orange roofs.
Apart from around the capital, the south has a Bulgaria-like feel.
The high-elevation areas are intricately intertwined.
The Danube Delta, Europe's delta region, has stretches that can only be crossed by boat.
Where Agriculture clues apply3
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If gentle hill slopes at the eastern foot of the Carpathian Mountains are filled with trellised vineyards, that's Vrancea county. That said, vineyards are possible anywhere in the country where there are hills.
Sunflower seed production is significant. Sunflowers are grown most in the southern Danube plain and the east, but they aren't absent from the west either.
Corn and rapeseed are widely grown in the flat area around Călărași county.
Where Industry & Resources clues apply2
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If wind turbines stand on an almost treeless hill, that's Dobruja (the Black Sea side).
Entering the mountains, slopes become covered in dense beech and spruce forest. Forests are most common in counties that reach into the Carpathian Mountains (such as Suceava). The southern and eastern plains have almost no forest.
Once you know the region: which city or town
On the ring road around the capital, bollards are marked "CB."
No clues for this category and place yet.
Hover a region on the map to see its name
