The Balkans are generally quite a popular tourist destination, and Croatia is no exception. A lot of people come here every year, some looking for beautiful landscapes, some for clean and well-groomed beaches, and some for historical and cultural interests. This country is remarkable for that – here everyone finds what they are looking for.
Facts about Croatia
- This state appeared on world maps only in 1992, after Yugoslavia finally broke up.
- Serbs and Croats are kindred peoples, they even have the same language – Serbo-Croatian. By the way, it is also spoken in Montenegro (facts about Montenegro).
- Almost a quarter of the population of the whole country lives in the Croatian capital, Zagreb, and its suburbs.
- Most Croats are very friendly refers to foreigners, with the exception of former compatriots in Yugoslav times.
- The percentage of people with higher education in Croatia is lower than in all other European countries.
- Ambulances are sent here only in really critical cases, otherwise all patients are encouraged to get to hospitals on their own.
- About 5 times more people live in Beijing than in all of Croatia (interesting facts about Beijing).
- This country is one of the 15% most visited countries in the world by tourists.
- Four out of five Croats know at least one foreign language. English, German and Italian dominate.
- The territory of Croatia includes more than 1100 islands.
- Almost half (47%) of Croatian lands has the status of a specially protected natural area.
- Traditional Croatian lace is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- The most popular beach in the country, the Golden Cape, constantly changes its shape under the influence of winds and sea currents.
- It was precisely the first ties in the world that appeared here, and only then they were adopted by the French. And then the whole world.
- Spotted Dalmatian dogs come from here.
- Croatia has the smallest city in the world, in which just over 20 people live.
- You can safely drink the tap water here – it is clean.
- The TV series «Game of Thrones» was filmed here.
- The cladding of the American White House is made of stone, mined in Croatia.
- Croatian pensioners do not pay taxes.
- Since 2010, the Museum of Broken Relationships, or «Museum of Divorces», has been operating in Zagreb.
- In the presence of official employment, Croats have the right to vote in elections from the age of 16. If there is no work, you will have to wait for adulthood.
- Croatia was the first in the world to open special beaches for nudists.
- In the local language, the word «diarrhea» means «pride».
- A wine festival is held in the Croatian city of Ludbreg in early April. On this day, all the water in the city fountains is replaced with wine.
- The museum in the city of Makarska houses the world’s largest collection of shells.
- Croatia has its own colosseum, which is considered by many scientists to be the prototype its more famous Roman counterpart.
- Croatian money, kuna, was named after martens, the skins of which were once used here as a means of payment.
- At the beginning of the 17th century, the first Europe’s public theater.
- There are a lot of trout in the rivers and lakes of Croatia, but fishing is prohibited by law.
- Croats consider noon the best time for lunch.
- All locals residents are firmly convinced that the Adriatic Sea is the most beautiful and picturesque in the world.