The most interesting part of travel is acquaintance with the cultural characteristics of different countries. Foreigners will repeatedly surprise with their cuisine, mentality or rules of behavior accepted only with them. Although sometimes “surprise” is not enough a capacious word to describe emotions from things whose existence was not even possible.
Free public transport in Luxembourg
Since 2020, not a single Eurocent will be taken from you for a bus travel in Luxembourg.
Public transport is free for both local residents and guests of the country.
Nepal flag not rectangular shape
In the modern world there is only one country whose flag is not a rectangular shape – this is Nepal.
He appeared after the unification of the two standards of the past rulers of the country.
In Japan, wood baths are used
In Japan, you can stumble on the baths of OFURO, which are traditionally made of wood.
Small -sized baths, just to match the miniature Japanese, but even they only fit there.
Green traffic light in Japan – blue
If you pay attention to the speech of the Japanese, then for some reason they call the green traffic light signal blue. And on the roads the most blue shade of green, which is only allowed by law, is used.
The solution lies in the features of the Japanese language, once the word “blue” meant 2 colors at once, and the designation “green” appeared much later.
Police go to Lamborghini in Italy
Italian police are really dissected by sportsmen.
The manufacturer personally gave several cars to local human rights defenders, but this is rather an advertising move than a common practice.
In Columbia, salted cheese in hot cocoa is dipped
The combination of sweet cocoa with brackish cheese seems strange, but in reality the taste is very interesting.
In France, milk is not stored in the refrigerator
We are used to keeping milk in the refrigerator, but the French do not do that.
The point is the difference in technology in pasteurization, in France this process occurs at super -high temperatures. And as a result, such milk can be stored for a long time at room.
The longest name in New Zealand
Taumatafakangiangikhangacoauauauutamateaturipakikapikapikakimuenkahoronukopo -oufenoakitanatahu – this is how the name of the hill in New Zealand sounds.
This is the longest toponym in the world and translates approximately like “the top of the hill, where Tamatea, a man with large knees who rolled up, climbed and swallowed mountains, known as the Earth’s prior, played on his lover.”
In England they chase a cheese wheel
Folk English fun is to lower the cheese wheel from the hill, and then try to catch up with a huge crowd.
Glasses in Ecuador as ice creammates in the USA
Surely in the cinema you have repeatedly heard a recognizable melody, which is published by worshipers with ice cream in the USA.
Exactly the same melody will be alarmed by trucks with garbage in Ecuador.
Dangerous stairs in the Netherlands
In the Netherlands, very high and steep stairs are traditionally built, due to the fact that once in the houses they had to save every centimeter of free space.
Barrier specialists in Hong Kong
At the Polytechnic Universities of Hong Kong, you can unlearn a specialist in the design of women's bras.
And yes, this is a serious area.
Monaco can be crossed from north to south per hour
Monaco is a very small state elongated in length.
It is possible to cross the whole country in length in just an hour, and on foot.
Italian restaurants take money for service
Having piled up in an Italian restaurant and receiving an account, you can find a strange thing – in this subject, staff services will be included.
But you will not have to leave tips.
In East Asia, masks were massively wore to the pandemic
The pandemic forced the whole world to wear masks, but for the inhabitants of East Asia it has little changed.
In the same South Korea, it is customary to put them on even with an ordinary cold.
Mars are fried in Scotland
Yes, the Scots thought of frying Mars chocolate.
You are in batter or deep fruit?
In Italy Kapuchino – breakfast drink
Italians prefer to drink cappuccino in the morning.
They just associate milk with this time of the day.
Bamboo dryers of linen in Singapore
A typical picture for Singapore is an open window from which a long bamboo pole sticks out.
On them, local residents dry linen after washing.
Water battles in Thailand
The celebration of the Thai New Year on April 13 is fraught with massive water battles, in which both old and young and young participate.
Dry on this day will not work.
There are no streets in Costa Rica
You can find the name of the streets in Costa Rica, but you will not find any signs on how to go to them.
In this country, they are used to navigating the sights.
Competitions in the saunas in Finland
The Finnish love for the sauna is so great that competitions are arranged in the country, in which they find out who can sit longer in the steam room.
Highway without speed restrictions in Germany
Speed restriction is a strict rule for most countries.
But in certain sections of the autobahn in Germany, this is just a recommendation. And you can go as fast as you like.
Carps in the bathroom in Slovakia
Having visited the apartment of a typical family in Slovakia before Christmas triumph, you can stumble upon a carp floating in the bathroom.
So fish clean the digestive tract before cooking.
The Netherlands do not use curtains
It seems that the Dutch have absolutely nothing to hide, because on most windows in the country there are no curtains.
This is a legacy of Protestant culture.
Brazil's lightening in Brazil is as popular as removal
Usually women are depiled, removing their hair completely.
Brazilian women prefer to bleach them in order to preserve a light fluff.
Write red in South Korea is a bad sign
Once upon a time in South Korea, the names of dead people wrote exclusively red ink.
The tradition has gone, but superstition remains.
Some streets have no names in Japan
In Japan, another addressing system. There are quarters, not roads between them (streets).
The address for mail in Japan works like this: country, province, city, district, quarter, house, man.
There is a dessert with chicken breast in Turkey
The Turks crushed chicken breast into pudding, a milk dessert is called tavuk gex.
The dish is definitely an amateur.
“Smile a little bird” in the Netherlands
When a person is photographed, he is asked to say cheese almost everywhere to cause a smile.
The Dutch instead pronounce Lach Ens Naar Het Vogeltje – smile at a little bird.
Sweden eat rotten fish
Surstremming is a national Swedish dish with a tired herring.
From one of its smell can turn the stomach, and among local ones this is considered a delicacy.
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