Norway: The Land Of Midnight Sun

Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a sovereign and unitary monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula plus Jan Mayen and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard.[note 1] The Antarctic Peter I Island and the sub-Antarctic Bouvet Island are dependent territories and thus not considered part of the Kingdom. Norway also lays claim to a section of Antarctica known as Queen Maud Land. Until 1814, the Kingdom included the Faroe Islands (since 1035), Greenland (1261), and Iceland (1262). The capital and largest city is Oslo. The currency is Norwegian krone (NOK).

Some interesting facts are:
1. The Jostedalsbreen, in Norway, is the largest glacier in Northern Europe.

2. The Laerdal road tunnel is the world’s longest road tunnel at 24.5 km (15 miles).

3. Norway also has the world’s deepest underwater tunnel at 287 meters deep.

4. The official Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square in London has come from Oslo for over the last fifty years.

5. All prisoners in Norway have internet in their cells.

6. Norway's public Universities are free for students from anywhere in the world.

7. Norway will be the first country to turn off FM radio in 2017 and switch completely to digital.

8. Norway owns an uninhabited frozen island located halfway between Africa and Antarctica.

9. Sognefjorden is the largest fjord in Norway and third largest in the world. It is the longest ice-free fjord in the world and stretches 127 miles (205 km) inland from the ocean.

10. The Holmenkollen Ski Festival is the world’s oldest, established as early as 1872, and is one of Norway’s most visited tourist sites, attracting nearly 1 million people per year.

For more facts visit:
http://www.eupedia.com/norway/trivia.shtml
http://www.kickassfacts.com/25-kickass-interesting-facts-norway/

Some beautiful places are:

For tourism details visit: +Visit Norway  +Fjord Norway 
http://www.visitnorway.com/

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Sweden: A Hub Of Nobel Prize

Sweden, officially the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. Sweden borders Norway and Finland, and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Oresund. At 450,295 square kilometer, Sweden is the third-largest country in the European Union by area, with a total population of over 9.7 million. Sweden consequently has a low population density of 21 inhabitants per square kilometer, with the highest concentration in the southern half of the country. Approximately 85% of the population lives in urban areas. Southern Sweden is predominantly agricultural, while the north is heavily forested. Sweden is part of the geographical area of Fennoscandia. The capital and largest city is Stockholm. The currency is Swedish krona (SEK).

Some interesting facts are:
1. The sun rises at 3.30am in the summer. The sun sets at 3.30pm in the winter.

2. Roughly 20% of the country's police stations close during the summer since everyone is off on vacation.

3. Christmas is celebrated on the evening of the 24th. The father always goes out to buy a newspaper and while he is gone Santa arrives (in person) to deliver presents.

4. The Nobel Prize ceremonies are held in Sweden and Norway every year.

5. The first ice hotel in the world was built in Sweden.

6. The largest mall in all of Europe is in Gothenburg, Sweden.

7. Moose crossing signs are stolen at an amazing rate from Swedish roads.

8. Sweden legalized gay sex in 1944, and in 1972, it was the first country in the world to allow for a legal change of gender identity.

9. Sweden was the first country in the world to ban the smacking of children in 1979. Since then, 35 other countries have followed suit.

10. Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, has been called the “Venice of the North” because it is a city built around water with 12 islands and 42 bridges.

11. The northern lights, or aurora borealis, appear above the Arctic Circle (latitude 66°) and are visible around the equinoxes in late September and March and during the dark of winter in Sweden.

12. The Oresund Bridge is the planet’s longest cable-tied road, and Rail Bridge, measuring 7.8 km from Lernacken (on the Swedish side near Malmö) to the artificial island of Peberholm (Pepper Island) south of Saltholm (Salt Island) in Denmark.

13. Sweden was the first country in the world to introduce standardized time, which was necessary to make understandable train tables.

For more facts visit:
http://www.eupedia.com/sweden/trivia.shtml
https://sweden.se/society/20-things-to-know-before-moving-to-sweden/
http://facts.randomhistory.com/sweden-facts.html

Some beautiful places are:

For tourism details visit:
http://www.visitsweden.com/sweden/

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Finland: The Land Of Thousand Lakes

We are done with Asia now we are heading to European countries.

Europe is a continent that comprises the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia. It is generally divided from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the Bosporus waterway connecting the Black and Aegean Seas. Total area is 10,180,000 km2. Total population is 742,452,000 (2013, 4th). Total countries includes 50 (and 6 partially recognized).

Finland

Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe bordered by Sweden to the west, Norway to the north and Russia to the east; Estonia lies to the south across the Gulf of Finland. Finland is part of the collective geographical group of nations Fennoscandia. The capital and largest city is Helsinki. The currency is Euro (€) (EUR).

Some interesting facts are:
1. The continent of Europe is named for a Phoenician princess called Europa.

2. Europe is also a name of a moon of Jupiter.

3. In Finland, traffic fines are based on two factors: the severity of the offense and the driver’s income.

4. There are exactly 187,888 lakes (larger than 500 m²) and 179,584 islands within the territory of Finland.

5. Finland is also called as the land of midnight sun, because in June and July the sun shines all day and all night in the north, not dropping below the horizon.

6. It is a legal requirement to have your headlights on, whether in summer or winter, in sunlight or darkness, even under the midnight sun.

7. Finland has been ranked number 1 in the world for education.

8. They discovered a 5000 year old piece of chewing gum in Finland.

For more facts visit:
http://www.historyextra.com/feature/animals/10-strange-historical-facts-about-finland
http://www.eupedia.com/finland/trivia.shtml

Some beautiful places are:

For tourism details visit: +OurFinland فنلندا العربية  @tourism_europe @EuropeTourist
http://www.visitfinland.com/

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Cyprus: The Island Of Love

Cyprus, officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Cyprus is the third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean, and a member state of the European Union. It is located south of Turkey, west of Syria and Lebanon, northwest of Israel and the Gaza Strip, north of Egypt and east of Greece.

The earliest known human activity on the island dates to around the 10th millennium BC. Archaeological remains from this period include the well-preserved Neolithic village of Khirokitia, and Cyprus is home to some of the oldest water wells in the world. Cyprus was settled by Mycenaean Greeks in two waves in the 2nd millennium BC. At a strategic location in the Middle East, it was subsequently occupied by several major powers, including the empires of the Assyrians, Egyptians and Persians, from whom the island was seized in 333 BC by Alexander the Great. Subsequent rule by Ptolemaic Egypt, the Classical and Eastern Roman Empire, Arab caliphates for a short period, the French Lusignan dynasty and the Venetians, was followed by over three centuries of Ottoman rule between 1571 and 1878 (de jure until 1914). The capital is Nicosia. The currency is Euro (EUR).

Some interesting facts are:
1. Cyprus is known as 'the playground of the gods', and for good reason too! Aphrodite is said to have risen out of the water near Paphos.

2. In geological term Cyprus is an ophiolite. It rose out of the sea around 20 million years ago.

3. Cyprus is one of only a few places in the world where Green Turtles & Loggerhead Turtles nest.

4. There is a map of Cyprus on its flag, the only nation to do so until Kosovo did the same in 2008.

5. Mount Olympus, which is notable in Greek mythology as being the home of the gods, is the tallest mountain in the Troodos range.

6. Cyprus is a divided island. The North part of the island, called the “Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus”, is ruled by the Turks. The southern part of the island is known as the Independent Republic of Cyprus or “Greek Cyprus” even though it’s not part of Greece. However, this gets confusing since the entire island is part of the European Union, with the exemption of the northern portion of the island ruled by Turkey.

7. As the story goes, Cyprus was the birthplace of the Greek goddess of love, Aphrodite. But its long history of love also includes the fact that it was a gift from Antony to Cleopatra; she apparently used native plants to make her own exotic perfume. Another myth has it that Richard the Lionheart skipped a year of the Crusades to live there when he fell in love with a local woman.

For more facts visit:
http://www.factmonster.com/country/cyprus.html
http://www.whycyprus.com/50-facts.asp
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/12/16/travel/10-unique-cyprus/

Some beautiful places are:

For tourism details visit: +Виллы Кипр +Cyprus Paradise +Cyprus-Tours 
http://www.visitcyprus.com/wps/portal

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