With a land area of only 4000,000 square meters Europe is the second smallest continent and the largest in populations, it is where some of the world’s greatest cultures and civilization originated; it is a very interesting and a diverse place. If you are Europhile who wants to more about your favorite continent then read the interesting fun amazing facts about Europe below:
One of the most interesting facts about Europe that there are 50 countries in Europe only 44 have their capital continent and 28 of European states belongs to the European Union. Europe has the largest country in the world which is “Russia”, Europe has also the smallest! The Vatican has a land area of 0.44 square meters. These facts are talking about Europe in general; let’s talk more about the most surprising facts about most of the Europe countries. For example one of the interesting facts in France is that there is a “victor Hugo Street” named in every city, in Italy, Rome (also known as the eternal city) is almost 3,000 years old and it has Italy capital since 1871, Hamburgers got their name from Hamburg, Germany’s second largest city. In the UK, if you reached your 100th birthday or your 60th wedding anniversary, you will get a personalized card from Queen Elizabeth. Another interesting fact is that the official account of @Sweden on twitter is given to a random citizen every week to manage it.
Let’s talk more specifically about the most interesting facts in some of the European countries below:
Spain
The kingdom of Spain is the second largest country in the EU, and one of the fascinating facts in Spain is that the Spanish Anthem of Spain has no words; also Spain has 4 co-official languages (Asturian, Aragonese, and Aranese) through the Spanish language is the second most spoken language, and the final fact about Spain is it is the only European country with cities on African soils. If you are interested in visiting or living in this beautiful place that has interesting facts you can do that by buying a property in Spain through Spain Golden Visa.
Portugal
Portugal has a long history full of stories and great achievements and interesting moments. One of the amazing facts about Portugal is that it’s one of the oldest countries in Europe and has the oldest universities in the world. The name of the university is University of Coimbra and it has one of the oldest bookstores in the world. Portugal has one of the longest bridge. Moreover, Portuguese is the 6th spoken language in the world (240 million speakers) in the world. Have you ever thought about owning a house in Portugal to settle down? You should know that you can obtain Portuguese citizenship by investing in a real estate through Portugal Golden Visa Program.
Cyprus
Cyprus is a country of island in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Besides, this country is the third largest and the third populous in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. One of the oldest water wells can be found in Cyprus, the island country is divided into two parts The North and the South. The northern part is called the “Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus” while the southern part is called the “Independent Republic of Cyprus” or the “Greek Cyprus”.
Greece
Greece is most known to be the sunniest countries in the world that have more than 250 sunny days, there are more than 2000 islands in Greece, but only 170 of them are populated, the other islands are uninhabited. Also, Greece has one of the rich varieties of wildlife in Europe, and finally Greek is the oldest written languages still in existence.
