Today we head to Slovakia. It’s going to be a super, short stop as the weather is beautiful, Beth is visiting from Zurich and we’re lucky enough to be joining some friends on their boat this afternoon! 

Keep this post short is kind of apt though. I haven’t been to Slovakia, but I been through it on a night train from Prague to Budapest. Other than shadowy glimpses of the countryside whizzing past I’ve really seen very little of Slovakia. My friend did possibly have her phone stolen in Slovakia on that train. That’s another story though.

Slovakia is a relatively small country and is a little larger than Denmark and Estonia, and has a population of around five million people.

Car production makes up almost 50% of Slovakia’s industrial production.

The second most watched sport in Slovakia is ice hockey. Slovakia is also very good at ice hockey and is currently ranked 9th best in the world, but in the early 2000s made it as high as 3rd best in the world.

Slovakia reportedly boasts the highest number of castles and chateaux per capita in the world with over 6000 in existence.

I’ll leave you with one final, small fact about Slovakia - the largest meteor ever to hit Europe landed in Slovakia in the town of Zboj in 1866.