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Municipality in Satu Mare, Romania
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Carei (Hungarian:Nagykároly) is a small town in the Crişana region of Romania, near the Hungarian border at the northwest. Traditionally the more famous and more urbanized nearby sister town of Mátészalka and capital of the former Szatmár county, which contained cities like Mátészalka, Nyírbátor and Satu Mare (Szatmárnémeti), its history became significantly different in the 20th century, after it became part of Romania and received influences from Romanian culture and during communist times, experienced the heavy-industry oriented hard-line Ceauşescu-government, rather than the more liberal service-oriented Kádár-government of Hungary.
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By car
The car is the main method of transport in this area, and in Romania in general.
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You can try catching a bus or hitching a ride to Vállaj in Hungary, walking through the border crossing and once on the Romanian side at Urziceni, hitching a ride to the city center.
By taxi
There are taxis waiting at various locations in the city center. They are not too expensive and are useful for getting around quickly.
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Satu Mare · Regional · SUJ
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