Located in Eastern Europe, the country of Montenegro — a beautiful corner of the Earth, where it is very pleasant to visit. It resembles a kind of cocktail of the usual Russian realities and the European way of life, which cannot but bribe the numerous tourists who flock here every year.
Interesting facts about Montenegro
- Montenegro — young country. As an independent state, it took shape after the collapse of Yugoslavia.
- About a quarter of the country’s population lives in the capital, the city of Podgorica.
- The cultural and historical center of Montenegro, the city of Cetinje — one of the rainiest cities in Europe.
- Children in Montenegro are allowed almost everything. No one reprimands them, even if they are very noisy and annoy adults.
- The Montenegrin language resembles Russian, as it also has Slavic roots.
- The self-name of the country — Montenegro, which translates as «Black Mountain».
- Montenegrin has the status of an official language here, but no more than a third of the total population speaks it. The native language of most of the inhabitants is Serbo-Croatian, which is very similar to it.
- Montenegro, along with Finland — one of the greenest countries in the world, more than 40% of the territory is covered with trees (interesting facts about trees).
- Here is the second deepest canyon in the world, second only to the Grand Canyon in the United States.
- In addition to the mainland, Montenegro also includes fourteen islands.
- The inhabitants of Montenegro have the most high average height among all European nations.
- In Montenegrin supermarkets, bag lockers are not equipped with locks, since theft is practically absent here, as, for example, in Cyprus (interesting facts about Cyprus).
- Local law allows taxi drivers to transport drunk customers only in the back seat of the car.
- There are very few cinemas here. There are also few theaters.
- The water in most Montenegrin rivers is so clean that it can be drunk without prior purification (interesting facts about the rivers).
- «McDonald’s» not in Montenegro. Not a single one at all.
- There is a unique village of bachelors, Konyushi, where staunch opponents of marriage live.
- In the Montenegrin city called Kotor, there is the narrowest street in the world, about half a meter wide. And in the capital, Podgorica, there is the shortest street, with a single house and only thirty meters long.
- The Montenegrin village of Orjen, located on the slope of the mountain of the same name — the rainiest point in Europe.
- The unique Montenegrin river Bojana flows in both directions at once.
- More species of plants grow on the territory of Montenegro than in all other European countries combined.