Like most countries Spain is a member of various international organizations for the purposes of cooperation, security, trade, health and more. Today FindYourSpain has put together a short quiz including five of the most well-known of these organizations to test your knowledge of which year Spain became a member. GoodContinue Reading
Forests may not be the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about the hot and sunny Spanish countryside. But Spain actually has Europe’s fourth largest forest area despite several hundred years of deforestation. The tree species we find in the different regions vary. Join us on an everContinue Reading
Castile La Mancha is a large inland region bordering Andalusia to the south, Extremadura to the west, Castile and León and Madrid to the north and Aragón, Valencia and Murcia to the east. Castile La Mancha basic information and regional flag – – Size: 79.463 km2 Population (2019): ca. 2,035,500Continue Reading
Valued at over $670 million, Spanish growers export a staggering 287,000 tons of strawberries annually – making Spain the world’s largest strawberry exporter. As much as 90 percent of Spanish strawberries are grown in Andalusia, where new cultivation methods and world-leading agricultural expertise have contributed to creating what has becomeContinue Reading
The Spanish and English languages have a lot in common, with some words so similar it’s possible to guess their meaning. But building sentences and using the correct verb tenses is a different matter altogether. While expressing our frustrations on the subject, one of our Spanish friends once told usContinue Reading
Did you know the Molotov cocktail is a Spanish invention? First used by Franco’s troops during the Spanish civil war, its iconic name however, comes from the Finns when during the Winter War, the Soviet foreign minister Molotov, claimed bombing raids were actually food drops. Soviet tanks found themselves frequentContinue Reading
They were an ethnic group with perhaps the worst reputation in history. Their name has become synonymous with destruction for the sake of destruction itself. Originally, they came from Scandinavia. For a long time they lived in an area that is today part of Poland – but that was beforeContinue Reading
Regarded as a founder of modern Spanish guitar playing, with more than 78 compositions to his name he created what is perhaps the world’s most frequently played tune. Meet Francisco Tárrega of Spain’s “golden age of guitar”. Born in 1852, his music stands among the most played worldwide in theContinue Reading
Extremadura is located inland and borders Andalusia to the south, Portugal to the west, Castile and León to the north and Castile La Mancha to the east. Extremadura basic information and regional flag – – Size: 41.635 km2 Population (2019): ca. 1,065,400 Rank GDP total (2016): 15 – – RegionalContinue Reading
We find Amata to be an interesting organization. They promote hand crafted products of local artisans and organizes markets around Spain often in cooperation with city halls. About 20 of them each year. No industrial manufacturing is allowed so each and every product you buy is unique. Amata is shortContinue Reading
