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Vatican City is the smallest country in the world: 0.44 km².
- Curiosities
Finland has around 3 million saunas for 5.5 million people.
- Food
The croissant was inspired by the Austrian kipferl.
- Landmarks
The Eiffel Tower can grow up to 15 cm taller in summer heat.
- Curiosities
The Netherlands has more bicycles than people.
- Records
Sobrino de Botín in Madrid, open since 1725, is the world's oldest restaurant.
- Sports
The first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896.
- Food
Germany has more than 1,500 kinds of sausage.
- Curiosities
Malta has no permanent rivers or lakes.
- Landmarks
Wieliczka Salt Mine in Poland has a chapel carved entirely out of salt.
- Records
Monaco is smaller than New York's Central Park.
- Curiosities
Luxembourg was the first country to make all public transport free.
- Food
Portugal produces about half of the world's cork.
- Curiosities
The necktie comes from the cravat worn by Croatian soldiers.
- Landmarks
Greece has around 6,000 islands. About 227 of them are inhabited.
- Curiosities
LEGO comes from the Danish 'leg godt': play well.
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Italy has more UNESCO World Heritage Sites than any other country.
- Landmarks
Brussels' Manneken Pis owns a wardrobe of over 1,000 costumes.
- Food
Czechia drinks more beer per person than any other country.
- Curiosities
Estonia has offered online voting in national elections since 2005.
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Vienna's Schönbrunn Zoo, founded in 1752, is the oldest zoo still running.
- Curiosities
The Rubik's Cube was invented in Budapest in 1974.
- Landmarks
Around a quarter of the Netherlands lies below sea level.
- Sports
The Tour de France was first raced in 1903.
- Food
Pizza Margherita is named after Queen Margherita of Savoy.
- Landmarks
Mont Blanc, the highest peak in the Alps, stands at about 4,806 m.
- Curiosities
Slovenia is covered by forest across almost 60% of its land.
- Records
France is the most visited country in the world.
- Food
Norway helped make salmon sushi popular in Japan in the 1980s.
- Landmarks
Sweden's Icehotel is rebuilt from river ice every winter.
- Food
At La Tomatina in Buñol, over 100 tonnes of tomatoes fly through the streets.
- Curiosities
Switzerland has enough nuclear shelters for its entire population.
- Sports
Real Madrid have won the European Cup a record 15 times.
- Curiosities
Halloween grew out of Samhain, an old Irish festival.
- Landmarks
Portugal's Vasco da Gama Bridge is about 12 km long.
- Food
Belgians call them frites, and they'd like a word about 'French' fries.
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Europe has 44 countries. We're getting to know all of them.