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Eight sunny questions about the things Croatia is best known for. No expert knowledge needed: everyone can play along, young and old.
Sun-seeking beginner 0–3 · Harbour explorer 4–6 · Croatia insider 7–8
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The pattern comes from Croatia's coat of arms, a chequerboard of 13 red and 12 white squares called šahovnica, from the Croatian word for chess. Fans call the team 'the Chequered Ones', and in 2018 their star player Luka Modrić was named the best player of the whole World Cup.
Photo: Bryan Berlin, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Croatians call their flag Trobojnica, which simply means 'the tricolour', and this version was adopted in 1990. In the middle sits the chequered coat of arms, topped by a crown of five small shields that stand for historical regions of the country.
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The exact number depends on how you count the tiny islets and rocks, and only about 50 of the islands have people living on them. The Kornati alone, a national park of 89 islands, form one of the most tightly packed groups of islands in the Mediterranean, yet nobody lives there all year.
Photo: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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The olive gardens of Lun hold thousands of ancient trees and one of the world's largest collections of wild olive trees. One of these trees is said to be about 1,600 years old, and another is claimed to be as old as 2,000 years.
Photo: Silverije, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Croatia switched from the kuna to the euro on 1 January 2023. The old name, kuna, means 'marten', a small furry animal whose valuable skins were once used for trading, and a marten still appears on Croatia's own one-euro coin.
Photo: European Commission, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.
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Sixteen lakes lie in steps here, joined by waterfalls, and their water changes from azure to green, grey or blue depending on the minerals, tiny living things and the angle of the sunlight. The tallest waterfall, Veliki slap ('Big Waterfall'), drops about 78 metres, and about a million visitors a year follow the wooden paths across the water.
Photo: Zysko serhii, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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This is the Sea Organ, designed by the architect Nikola Bašić and opened in 2005: the waves push air through tubes under the steps and make soft, ever-changing notes. Right next to it, his Greeting to the Sun is a big circle of glass with solar panels underneath that lights up in a colourful show at night.
Photo: Ben Snooks, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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Dalmatians are named after Dalmatia, the long southern coastal region of Croatia, where the breed's story is thought to begin. Their puppies are born plain white and get their first spots within about ten days, and the Labrador, by the way, is named after a region of Canada.
Photo: Bradlien, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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