{"id":262906,"date":"2020-02-24T19:25:05","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T18:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.veronikasamu.com\/?p=262906"},"modified":"2020-03-11T18:11:14","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T17:11:14","slug":"exchange-forint-money-in-budapest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.veronikasamu.com\/en\/exchange-forint-money-in-budapest\/","title":{"rendered":"Where to exchange money in Budapest?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.0.9″ custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”-112px||||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”||15px|||”][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ admin_label=”By The Way Content – Freddie – Row” _builder_version=”4.0.9″ width=”90%” max_width=”1170px” custom_padding=”55px||55px|||” border_width_top=”7px” border_color_top=”#FDDD11″][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”3.27″ custom_padding=”25px||||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”0px||||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|tablet”][et_pb_cta title=”What you need to know” admin_label=”By The Way Content – Freddie – Call To Action” _builder_version=”4.0.9″ header_level=”h1″ header_font=”Poppins|700|||||||” header_text_color=”#000000″ header_font_size=”88px” header_letter_spacing=”0.5px” header_line_height=”120%” body_font=”Poppins||||||||” body_text_color=”#000000″ body_font_size=”16px” body_line_height=”180%” use_background_color=”off” text_orientation=”left” custom_margin=”||22px||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”||0px||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”||-42px||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|tablet” header_font_size_tablet=”26px” header_font_size_phone=”22px” header_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_css_promo_description=”font-weight: 400;” custom_css_promo_title=”padding-bottom: 16px;”][\/et_pb_cta][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”3.27″ custom_padding=”64px|45px|64px|45px|true|false” custom_padding_tablet=”40px|30px|40px|30px|true|false” custom_padding_phone=”” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|tablet” box_shadow_style=”preset1″ box_shadow_vertical=”40px” box_shadow_blur=”116px” box_shadow_color=”rgba(150,176,203,0.23)”][et_pb_blurb title=”The national currency in Hungary is the Hungarian Forint. 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