Interesting Facts about Croatia

Croatia Interesting Facts

Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Europe. Here are some interesting facts about Croatia:

Croatia has the highest number of UNESCO Intangible Goods of any European county. Totally there are 14 goods.

Croatian money is called the kuna, which is also the word for the marten, a furry ferret-like little animal. Croatian old currency is named after a Rodent.

101 dalmatians are originated in Croatia. The waterfront area is known as the Dalmatian coast, and the region has been known as “Dalmatia” since Imperial Roman times.

Croatians used Glagolitic script which is the oldest Slavic script.

There are 1246 islands in Croatia.

The last specimen of the Mediterranean seal lives in the Croatian aquatorium.

Almost 10% of Croatia is made up of 11 nature parks.

Croatia is home of the world’s smallest town called “Hum”.

Croatia is the 127th largest country in the world.

Alfred Hitchcock said that seaside town Zadar in Dalmatia has the best sunset in the world!

Nicola Tesla was born in Croatia in the village Smiljan.

Croatia has the richest collection of remains of Neanderthal people in the world and was the home of largest Neanderthal community.

Pen was invented in Croatia. It called the Penkala in 1906 and was invented by Slavoljub Penkala.

Roman Gladiators used to fight in Croatia. Amphitheatre in Croatia is one of only 3 preserved in the world.

Traditional sport of Croatia is a Picigin.

Truffle hunting is very popular in Croatia.

"Game of Thrones" was filmed in Croatia.

The most popular sport in Croatia is a football. Croatians absolutely love football.

The country of Croatia was inhabited as early as the Paleolithic Age. The Croats then arrived in the 6th century.

Croatia is also home to an original Egyptian sphinx. In 297, twelve sphinxes were brought to Split.

The largest island in Croatia is Krk, with a surface area of 405.78 square meters.

Croatia has a heart-shaped island, Galešnjak, which is also known as the Island of Love or Lover’s Island.

One of the first medieval sewer systems in Europe was in Dubrovnik.

Zlatni rat beach changes in shape and color depending on the wind. This beach is in Bol, on the island of Brac. Its nickname is the Golden Horn.

Croatia’s capital, Zagreb, used to be known by the name Agram.

There are names of two Croatians on the map of the Moon. Scientists J.R. Boskovik and A. Mohorovicic.

The world’s first torpedo was constructed by Rijeka native, Ivan Lupis.

The longest Croatian word is “prijestolonasljednikovičičinima”, which means “heirs to the throne”.

Croatia is a country located in Southeast Europe. It shares borders with Slovenia, Hungary, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Italy.