Croatia itself is known as “the country of the 1000 islands”.

Ties, or rather, cravats, originally came from Croatia!

Some of Europe's best Roman ruins are in Croatia.

Although most of Croatia is very safe, there are still some remote areas which may have some hidden landmines - a relic of Croatia's painful past. Abandoned villages and fields can be dangerous.

The Croatian people eat a lot of seafood from the Adriatic Sea. They also eat something called cevapcic, which is sausage-shaped minced meat, raznijici, which is grilled meat, sarma, minced meat and rice rolled up in cabbage leaves, and djuvec, which is plain old stew to you and I! The majority of Croatian meals come with bread and salad.

It is thought that Marco Polo was born on one of the islands in Croatia.

The Croat people first settled in Croatia in the seventh century.

The oldest Croatian text was written in 1100, and it is called the Baska tablet, which is about a time under the reign of King Zvonimir.

Did you know that the English poet Lord Byron called the old town Dubrovnik “the pearl of the Adriatic”?

Zagreb, the capital city, is 900 years old!

33% of the land in Croatia is forest.

Croatia celebrates Independence Day on 8th October.

It is traditional not to eat meat on Christmas Eve - instead they eat fish.

The spotty Dalmatian dog is a breed that comes from 14th century Dalmatia, an area on the coast of Croatia.

A Croat man called Penkala invented something we all use today. Can you guess what it was? He invented a kind of chemical 'pen'!

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