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In 1984, Bosnia and Herzegovina hosted the Olympics, in the city of Sarajevo, making it the first ever Winter Olympic Games held in a socialist state and a Slavic language-speaking country. It was also the first Olympics to take place in the Balkans. The Sarajevo Sahat Tower is a historic timepiece which is said to…
Bolivia is a country with 36 indigenous peoples and 37 official languages. It has the world’s largest salt flat. Besides supplying salt, it contains several other minerals of use. It is so large that after it rains the standing water becomes the earth’s largest mirror making it ideal for calibrating the altimeters for earth’s satellites….
Check out Nations of the World Podcast 1-Year Milestones. Learn the motivation behind producing Nations of the World Podcast. Also in this episode, listen to a personal experience on hosting a Ukrainian family from Mariupol. · 00:00 – Intro · 00:26 – Why Produce Nations of the World Podcast? · 04:39 – 1-Year Milestones · 05:07 – Upcoming Goals · 06:33 – Hosting a Ukrainian…
Ukraine is known as the “Breadbasket of Europe” because of its extremely fertile soil, a black soil, called Chernozem. It has the deepest metro station in the world at 105.5 meters (346 feet). The largest airplane ever built was built here. It is a country responsible for many inventions and first successes such as hard…
Ukraine is known as the “Breadbasket of Europe” because of its extremely fertile soil, a black soil, called Chernozem. It has the deepest metro station in the world at 105.5 meters (346 feet). The largest airplane ever built was built here. It is a country responsible for many inventions and first successes such as hard…
Bhutan is a country that is very serious about the environment. In fact, it’s the first country to become carbon-negative, and one of 3 countries who can claim that title. Unlike most countries who measure their success via GDP, this country has a measure known as GNH – Gross National Happiness. This is based on…
Bermuda is group of limestone islands made from the protruding parts of a flat, extinct submarine volcano. It is a popular tourist destination known for its pink sand beaches, its abundance of golf courses, having more per square mile than any other country, and for the more than 300 shipwrecks just off its shores, which…
Benin is a country whose government’s aim is to educate future generations about its long history of human suffering via the slave trade. There are a couple of museums in place just for this purpose. Yet, due to great poverty in the country it is ironic that many parents in desperation, send their children to…
Belize is an adventurer’s paradise. You can explore the wonders of the ocean in its barrier reef system, the second largest in the world. Here you will find the largest sinkhole in the world teeming with marine life. Almost half of the country is covered by rainforest with thousands of different animals and plants to…
Belgium is known as “the Battlefield of Europe” because it served as a battlefield between many European powers and during the two World Wars. Maybe due the pains of war, it recognized the need for diplomacy. Now, the capital city, Brussels, is considered a center of the world economy and diplomacy, with headquarters of the…