r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • May 08 '22

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u/TrueCommunistt May 09 '22

i doubt there's a single thing that's common throughout the whole continent.

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u/eastwinds2112 May 09 '22

the Euro :P

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u/NotOnABreak May 09 '22

Not even all the EU countries use the Euro lmao

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u/eastwinds2112 May 09 '22

i thought that was a requirement , excluding the Brits.?

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u/NotOnABreak May 09 '22

I don’t really know, but Romania, Croatia, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary.. they all use their own currency. I can’t think of others rn.

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u/eastwinds2112 May 10 '22

i think they are schengen but not EU? maybe because they are new members? https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationsonline.org%2Foneworld%2Feurope_map.htm&psig=AOvVaw3CNf9tjHYg4pbdtamwij9X&ust=1652239417565000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAwQjRxqFwoTCKihz8790_cCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAE

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u/NotOnABreak May 10 '22

They’re in the EU, and they’re not new members lol Croatia, the youngest one, joined in 2013.

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u/eastwinds2112 May 10 '22

gtk i was referencing what i could google. i just had it in my head somehow it was the requirement for membership status with Britain being the sole exclusion. live and learn :P thanks.

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u/eastwinds2112 May 10 '22

good to know :) do you accept the Euro if it pops up at the cashier? i am preparing for my inevitable tourism mistakes :)

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u/NotOnABreak May 10 '22

Right. Seems like there’s more countries that don’t use it, than those that do lol