wanderlust on a wednesday #7: denmark

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Population: 5.59 million

Language: Danish

Currency: Krone

Capital City: Copenhagen

• Denmark was the first European country to abolish slavery.
• Separate studies have ranked Danish people as the happiest in Europe and the happiest in the world.
• The word's 'please' and 'thank you' are not in the Danish vocabulary and Dane's don't do small talk. They are very polite people but in a different way to what we would deem as polite. 

wanderlust on a wednesday #6: latvia

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Population: 2.4 million

Language: Latvian

Currency: Latvian lats

Capital City: Riga

• Latvia experiences 4 distinct seasons. The summers are very hot; autumn is windy and rainy, very cold and snowy in winter and sunny in spring
• Latvia gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
• Latvia suffers from the opposite of drought, it rains or snows approximate 180 days a year. 

wanderlust on a wednesday #5: brazil

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Population: 198.7 million

Language: Portugese

Currency: Brazillian real

Capital City: Brasilia

• Brazil was named for the tree called Brazil wood.
• Brazil has the second highest number of airports in the world. 
• Brazil is the 5th largest country in the world in terms of population.
• Same sex marriage is legal in Brazil.

wanderlust on a wednesday #4: croatia

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Population: 4.627 million

Language: Croation

Currency: Croation Kuma

Capital City: Zagreb

• The smallest town in the world is in Croatia. Hum has a population of just 23.
• The White House in America is built from white stone from the Croatian island of Brac.
• The Dalmatian breed of dog comes from the Croatian region of Dalmatia.
• Nikola Tessla was a Croation.
• The cravat originated in Croatia.