Interesting facts about Montenegro

The smallest country of the Balkan peninsula can be run in and out for a couple of days. But it also has its own characteristics, which surprise, frighten and envy. Let's find out the most interesting facts about Montenegro .

Facts about Montenegro

Some details of the life of Montenegro are familiar only to local residents, and you can learn about them first-hand, while others are widely known:

1. Taxi drivers can only be fined for driving in the front seat of a drunk passenger.
2. Do not use the words "pyschki" and "chicken" in public - in the local dialect they mean the names of the genital organs.
3. More than a hundred websites on the Internet provide car rental services in Montenegro , with most of them owned by Russians. So you can not worry about the language barrier and misunderstanding.
4. The island of St. Stephen is often confused with Dubrovnik , so they are similar.
5. Montenegro does not hide the interesting facts from the public. In 1955 a six-meter-long white shark was attacked by a local resident of Budva in the water. The poor fellow did not survive.
6. Tourists do not understand why in the seaside city such expensive seafood. And the fact is that the country does not lead the industrial fishing, but buys it from private fishermen.
7. All the beaches of Montenegro can be walked around one by one. This is possible thanks to the tunnels in the mountains.
8. On the famous Skadar Lake , pelicans live in natural conditions, while the lake itself is located in a unique way - below sea level.
9. The Daibabe monastery near Podgorica looks like an ordinary building, and inside it consists of underground buildings built in the form of a cross.
10. Montenegro is a kind of Mecca for nudists of all ages.
11. In the settlement of Konyushi in the north of the country live 60 men who refused marriage and are quite self-sufficient.
12. In Kotor , which is under UNESCO protection, the narrowest street in the world is located. It's called: "Let me through." On her barely diverge two people.
13. In the village of Godinje , to protect themselves from attacks from the outside, all houses are connected by tunnels.
14. Podgorica is famous for the fact that it has a street only 30 m in length. It has only one building.
15. Most of all the rains in Europe fall in the high mountain village of Orien.
16. The island of the Mother of God on the Reef is formed by man-made path. With floating boats, people throw stones into the water, increasing the island's territory all the time. This tradition is 300 years old.
17. The highest temple in Europe is located here - on Tsarina. Its height above sea level is 1800 m.
18. In the monastery of Vasily Ostrozhsky, quarrels between Muslims, Catholics and Orthodox disappear. So great is the faith of the parishioners because of the relics kept here.
19. In Montenegro, there are two amazing and unique shrines - part of the cross on which Jesus was crucified and the right hand of John the Baptist.
20. The oldest olive tree grows in the Bar . He is already more than 2000 years old.
21. In the Park Biogradska Gora there are trees untouched by man. This is one of the three inviolable forests in Europe.
22. It turns out that the river can flow in both directions. Such a unique phenomenon is observed on the Boyana River .
23. From the river Tara it is possible and quite safe to drink water - it is so clean.
24. The canyon of Tara is inferior only to the canyon of Colorado: 1300 m against 1600 m.
25. Montenegrins have the highest growth among Europeans.
26. The language of Montenegro is similar to Russian, and our tourists do not experience difficulties in communication.
27. There is not a single McDonald's restaurant in the country.
28. Change his wife for a Montenegrin is not a problem - this is practically the tradition of the local people .
29. The river Tsievna can be easily crossed in several places - such a narrow canon.
30. In such a small country as Montenegro, more than 1600 churches.