30 Jaw-Dropping Facts About Spain You May Not Have Known

#5 In Spain, nudity is not prohibited by law and is acceptable.

I moved to Spain in 2018 and I am glad, I did. Spain ranked fourth in the world in terms of the most popular countries to visit, according to the World Tourism Organization (WTO).

Almost 75 million people go to Spain for a trip or vacation every year.

Spain is a fascinating country for many reasons, not only for its beautiful beaches and historically significant cities.

Spain is intriguing, particularly in terms of culture and way of life.

It’s difficult to describe the Spanish idiosyncrasy in words, but I will try.

These interesting facts might provide you with at least a glimpse of the WOW, Spain has to offer:

1. Spain is the world’s largest olive oil producer, producing up to 43% of global production. The average Spaniard consumes 14 liters of olive oil each year.
2. There is a zipline that links Spain and Portugal on the border between the two countries. The length of the line is 720 meters, and it takes about 60 seconds to complete.
3. Spanish is the most widely spoken form of Spanish in the world. It’s also the fastest language in terms of words per minute, with 100,000 words per hour being recorded. In comparison to Spain, for example, more people speak Spanish in the United States than independent Spain.
4. There are no words in the national anthem of Spain.
5. In Spain, nudity is not prohibited by law and is acceptable.
6. The annual La Tomatina festival in Spain, where people hurl thousands of tomatoes at one another, occurs in the last week of August. Food fights are quite common during the festival.
7. The Eiffel Tower was initially planned for Barcelona, but Spain rejected the project.
8. They have a strange New Year’s Eve custom in Spain, according to which anyone who downs one grape with each tower clock strike at midnight on New Year’s Eve will have good fortune in the coming year. In Granada, we eat them 12, one for each month's luckiness.
9. Spaniards have two surnames, one of which is derived from their father’s family and the other from their mother’s.
10. The highest Spanish peak is not located in Spain. Tenerife’s Mount Teide, which has an elevation of 3718 m and is an active volcano, lies on Canary Island. The second one is Mulhacen in the Sierra Nevada, Southern Spain, close to my village Guejar Sierra.
11. The country has a worldwide reputation as a cultural and artistic haven. It is the world’s third-largest number of monuments on the UNESCO list (after Italy and China). In Spain, you’ll find 47 of them, including the Alhambra Palace in Granada and Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia Cathedral.
12. You may drink “Cerveza” beer virtually anywhere in Spain. The country also leads the pack when it comes to bars.
13. In Madrid, you may try typical Spanish cuisine at Casa Botin, which is the world’s oldest restaurant and was founded in 1725.
14. Are there any historical monuments? What about sandy beaches? Spain is popular with tourists from all over the world, and in 2018 it was the second most visited country in the world.
15. Spain has over 8,000 kilometers of beaches, making it one of the most popular summer beach getaways in the world.
16. Dali, Picasso, Gaudi, El Greco, Sorolla, and Goya are all Spanish artists
17. Spain was not involved in either World War.
18. Part of Spain is situated on the northern coast of Africa. Morocco is just a few kilometers away from the Canary Islands.
19. Juan Mica, a resident of Valencia’s village, claims that Coca-Cola wasn’t developed in Atlanta, Georgia. His family from the 19th century is responsible for its creation.
20. Spain is home to several well-known actors. Javier Bardem was the first to win an American Oscar, as an actor. Penelope Cruz is perhaps the most renowned Spanish actress.
21. Antonio Banderas, another renowned Spanish actor, was almost a soccer player. In this football-crazed nation, nearly every young man wishes to play professional football one day. Antonio Banderas’ ankle injury at the age of 14 prevented him from pursuing a career as a footballer.
22. Spanish is the second most spoken language in the world.
23. Spanish is used as an official language in 44 countries of the world.
24. European Spanish and the Spanish used in Latin American countries are different.
25. From the whole of Europe, bananas are the only fruit that can be grown in Spain. Thanks to the sun.
26. Since 2005, same-sex weddings have been legal in Spain.
27. Camp Nou, which is located in the Ribera district of Barcelona and seats 99,354 people, is owned by FC Barcelona. It can accommodate up to 100,000 fans.
28. The most popular sports team in the world is Real Madrid. He has about 250 million followers officially.
29. Real Madrid is also the most wealthy sports club on the planet.
30. Tourists spend more than a billion euros every year on the island of Ibiza.

Honestly, how many of these facts did you already know?🙂