VERY INTERESTING: NEW ZEALAND

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NEW ZEALAND

The landscapes of The Lord of the Rings, glow worms, glaciers, penguins … New Zealand is one of those countries that has it all. In addition to its undoubted tourist attraction, Aotearoa, the country of the great white cloud, is unusual from start to finish, and home to the occasional Guinness World Record. 

1. The first country with universal suffrage

This means that New Zealand was the first country in which the vote for women was approved, in 1893. Long before in most of the countries in the world.

2. The kiwi is not only a fruit

If you travel to Aotearoa, you must be careful when using the word kiwi, since there they use it with three different meanings. A dry kiwi is a person who was born in New Zealand, a kiwi bird is a bird that is also used as a national symbol and, of course, there is the kiwi fruit to refer to the delicious fruit!

3. You can pay with hobbit money

Did you know that Middle Earth can be found in New Zealand? Thanks to the fame that the country gained with the Lord of the Rings saga, New Zealand is the only country in the world that has permission to put hobbits on its legal tender! And, of course, it’s also the only place where you can visit Hobbiton!

4. 30% of the country is a national reserve

If we think of New Zealand, we all come to mind its extensive green hills and forests full of lush vegetation. Mount Cook, Milford Sound, Tongariro, Coromandel… One of the reasons that make this country a natural paradise, as well as the great ecological awareness of its people, is that a third of the country is considered a protected national reserve.

5. The town with the longest name in the world

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu. No, we haven’t started pounding on the keyboard to see what came out. This is the name of a town on the east coast of New Zealand and its translation from Maori goes something like this: “The place where Tamatea, the man on the big knees who slipped, climbed and swallowed mountains, known as the land eater, he played the flute to his loved one ”. Funny name for a town, right?

And as always have a chilled day from the Viking