Wines in Croatia are made thanks to ancient Greeks! Maybe a few thousand years ago. Now they are made thanks to hard working Croats.

The oldest existing written document/stone carved tablet is tha Bascanska Tablet, written in the year 1100. It was about the rule of Croatian King Zvonimir. more information in Croatian:

The eighth deepest cave in the world is in Croatia. Lukina cave is 1,392 m deep in the Northern Velebit National Park 1,475 m above sea level.

The majority of Croats are Catholic.

Founded in 1963 in Makarska, in Southern Dalmatia is the world’s most comprehensive collection of shells and snails.

DNA tests have proven that the yummy Zinfandel grape variety originates from Croatia.

There are names of two Croatian’s on the map of the Moon. Scientists J. R. Boskovic and A. Mohorovicic.

In Krapina, near Zagreb, professor Dragutin Gorjanovic Kramberger discovered the richest collection of remains of Neanderthal people in the world. Interesting links

The population of Croatia is only 4.171 million!

On the island of Susak, the women hold the title for having the only national costume that sits above the knee in Europe. I bet you didn’t know that about Croatia.

Ivan Vucetic- criminologist and anthropologist, was born on the island of Hvar (later emigrated to Argentina, and was known as Juan) was the pioneer of scientific dactyloscopy (identification by fingerprints),

Located in southeastern Europe, Croatia borders the Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia. It also has borders with Hungry and Serbia.

Both Spain and Croatia have the highest number of UNESCO Intangible Goods of any European country. Including lace making, gingerbread baking, and wooden toy carvings.

It was a Croatian named Rudjer Boskovic who suggested placing five concentric iron bands on the dome of St. Peter’s when a crack had been discovered. His suggestion was adopted and saved Michelangelo’s

The largest Croatian white truffle found weighed 1.31 kg (2 lb 8 oz) was found by Giancarlo Zigante of Pototoska on 2 November 1999 near Buje, a town in Istria, Croatia.

Once the home of bloody Roman gladiator fights, the amphitheatre in Pula, Istria is one of only 3 preserved in the world. It is also the 6th largest amphitheatre in existence.

The hit HBO series Game of Thrones was filmed on the Dalmatian coast in Split and Dubrovnik. The fortified walls of Dubrovnik (where Game of Thrones was filmed) is one of the most preserved fortification

Croatians settled on the Adriatic coast around the seventh century on the ruins of the Roman Empire.

Let’s start with an important historical fact about Croatia. King Tomislav was Croatia’s first king. He was crowned (by The Pope) in the year 925 A.D in a part of Croatia that is now called Herzegovina

These people could survive the claws of commercialism and wild capitalism in one way only – teaming up, networking, and ultimately, giving jobs to those they knew and trusted. Do you call this nepotism?