The Foreigner's Guide to Slovakia

Now that the euro currency is in use in Slovakia, Slovaks now have the task of adjusting to prices and what typical items cost in euros versus crowns. SME newspaper created this small guide to help people recognize benchmark food items such as a bread roll, potatoes, or flour. This is just a portion. Click the image to enlarge.

To see it in its entirety, as well as other guides, click on this SME link.

Slovaks are very concerned about being cheated by unscrupulous merchants who may raise prices when changing to the new currency. The Slovak government wants to do all that it can to keep things transparent, of course. We’ll see how things progress in the weeks and months ahead but so far so good.

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