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Fun facts about the countries

  • Writer: Lang Dorottya
    Lang Dorottya
  • Jan 25, 2019
  • 1 min read

Germany

They typically eat schnitzels and beer, and a somewhat traditional food is cow tongue.

German people are usually punctual and hate when somebody is late. They like driving around and stalking people. Mainly they speak German, but depending on the region they also speak in a dialect (eg. Platdeutsch).

The electrical cables are underground.


Croatia

Croatians are really proud of their great history in making wine and olive oil, for which Croatia is famous. It is also a really famous tourist destination thanks to the vast expanse of coast that it owns on the Adriatic Sea.

Even though the people aren’t typically rich, they still have this desire for expensive cars.


Iceland

They have a lot of unique foods, for example: fermented shark, baby horse meat, sheep balls, the whole head of a sheep (including the eyes), etc..

They have local pools that are divided into a men’s and women’s section, and everyone must take a shower together (naked) before they enter the pool.

A common thing is the requirement to recycle in schools. Tourists think that it’s okay to poop in the countryside, but please don’t. We have signs saying not to, it’s a real problem. Our police don’t have guns.

There are myths about elves and fairies living in the rocks, and if you disturb them they will get their bitter revenge.

We have thirteen different versions of Santa Claus that used to be mischievous, but now they give kids gifts in their shoes that they put on the window sill inside every day for thirteen days leading up to Christmas.

In Iceland, they eat ice cream all the time, regardless of the season or temperature outside. They’ve also got a penis museum.



 
 
 

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