1. Land of castles
Wales is a member of the United Kingdom of Great Ireland, located on the island of Great Britain. Wales has a total area of 20,779 km2 with over 2,700 km of coastline and terrain mostly mountainous.
Wales has the largest number of castles per square miles in the world, with a total of more than 600 extant castles. Caerphilly Castle is the largest in Wales and the second largest in Europe, behind Windsor.
2. The longest town name in Wales
The Welsh village of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllerychwyrndrobw super super typhoonogogoch is the second longest place in the world. The town's name means "St Mary's Church in the Heart of the White Roses near the rapid whirlwind and St Tysilio's Church near Red Cave". Surely you can't pronounce this long name if you don't know Welsh.
3. Everest Peak Named after a Welshman
George Everest was the first surveyor to map Mount Everest and named the mountain after himself.
4. The highest mountain peak in Wales
Snowdon (or Yr Wyddfa) is the highest peak in Wales with an altitude of 1,085m 3,560 ft). Ben Nevis in Scotland is the highest mountain in the UK at 1,345m 4,413 ft).
Climbing Snowdonia is one of the most popular activities when visiting Wales. The journey to conquer the top of the mountain brings visitors an extremely attractive adventure that will exhaust your energy in just 1 day.
5. Wales has the most visited waterfall in the UK
Swallow Waterfall in Betws-y-coed is the most visited waterfall in the UK. The natural scenery here is beautiful, especially in the fall with bright yellow and red leaves above the tearing water, spewing white foam.
6. Wales has the world's first road suspension bridge
The Menai Bridge in Anglesey is the world's first road suspension bridge. This bridge was designed by Thomas Telford, inaugurated on January 30, 1826, serving the crowded travel of people. At that time, it was also the longest bridge in the world with a length of 386m (1,265 ft).
7. Welsh people open beer cans
Felinfoel is the oldest brewery in South Wales. This was also the first place in the world outside the United States to sell beer in 1931. Therefore, Wales is considered the second homeland of beer cans.
8. Football is a favorite sport of Wales
Although football is the king of sports, the Welsh people are Football fans.
The first international football match took place between Wales and England in 1881. Since then, they have always been formidable opponents.
9. Stadium with a strange roof covering the eyes
The Principality Stadium in Cardiff has the largest roof that can accommodate any sports stadium in the world.
No matter the weather, you can still enjoy a football match here without being affected. Because the stadium will have closed roofs and use electric lights throughout the match.
10. Bill Frost nearly invented the plane
Bill Frost is a Welsh inventor. He had the idea for an air plane in 1895, eight years before the Wright brothers. However, this project was left unused for a short time, because his machine crashed into a tree and was severely damaged.
11. Traditional English track and field tennis invented in Wales
It was Major Walter wingfield in Wales who invented tennis on the pitch in 1873. He came up with the idea at Nantclwyd Hall, after playing with a new type of ball made from Indian rubber, designed to shoot on the grass.
Wingfield later issued a set of rules and in 1874, and registered a patent for the game under the name shairistrike.
12. The world's smallest city
With a population of 2,000, St David's in Pembrokeshire is the smallest catholic city in the world. This is also the only city in Wales that is completely within a national park.
13. The British royal always uses Welsh gold as wedding rings
The British royal has always used Welsh gold for their wedding rings. This tradition continued at Harry and Meghan's royal wedding in 2018.
14. Wales has two national emblems
Wales has two symbols: yellow fairy flower and saffron. In fact, these two things have quite similar Welsh spelling and pronunciation: Cenhinen (wayne) and Cehhinen Bedr (daffodil). Because to avoid confusion, they... chose both as their national emblems.
15. = = = from Wales
Welsh Mathematician Robert Recorde (1512-1558) invented the = dau) and introduced the plus (+), minus (-) and positive integers to England.
