Euros in Poland and Hungary

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Does Poland and Hungary accept euros, or do we, when travelling there, have to use zlotys and forints?
 
krclink said:
Does Poland and Hungary accept euros, or do we, when travelling there, have to use zlotys and forints?
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Best to change to the local currency. Some places may accept Euros but most won't.
 
The number of EU countries that do not use the euro as their currency;

the countries are Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Sweden.
 
Whilst the answer is 'no' we found €uros were readily accepted in both Poland and the Czech Rep close to the border, as the main tourists were Germans, and they all had Euro cash, and being typically German, they did not have cards.
 
In Hungary you’ll need to change your money into Forint
 
scotjimland said:
The number of EU countries that do not use the euro as their currency;

the countries are Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Sweden.
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Croatia is Euro they changed last year.

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scotjimland said:
The number of EU countries that do not use the euro as their currency;

the countries are Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Sweden.
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I didn't realise there were that many. I thought we (when we were in the EU) were the only ones!

Interesting Montenegro use the Euro even though they are NOT in the EU.
 
scotjimland said:
The number of EU countries that do not use the euro as their currency;

the countries are Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Sweden.
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Croatia? Thought that went Euro last year?
 
VXman said:
I didn't realise there were that many. I thought we (when we were in the EU) were the only ones!

Interesting Montenegro use the Euro even though they are NOT in the EU.
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Rules of entry into the EU now include conversion to the €uro before you join.

The non-Euro countries will join eventually, as most of their foreign exchange will be in Euro's as the only winners with converting money are the banks, so in the long run it does not make sense to keep a little local currency.

The GB Pound was always different, as it's a major traded world currency.
If truth be told, it would have made far more sense if the EU had adopted the pound as the single currency rather than the renamed Deutschemark.
It would have then placed the Central European bank in London, and made London the most powerful financial centre in the world.
But politics got in the way, as they thought (probably correctly) the UK would have too much influence over the rest of the EU

The EU is all about economic aligning, so you don't end up with two economies of massively different levels next to each other.
The EU don't want to deplete the population of one country as everyone moves next door, as has happened many times in the past, for example the Irish population in the 1840's was 6.5m, by the 1940's is was less half of that amount.
 
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Brains said:
Rules of entry into the EU now include conversion to the €uro before you join.

The EU is all about economic aligning, so you don't end up with two economies of massively different levels next to each other.
The EU don't want to deplete the population of one country as everyone moves next door, as has happened many times in the past, for example the Irish population in the 1840's was 6.5m, by the 1940's is was less half of that amount.
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they also want further to entangle and control , imagine if we had the euro before we left ?
 
Hi guys, thanks to all for your replies. At least now we know to look for good exchange rates well in time for travelling later in year.
 

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