Apparently Spanish rice is unknown in Spain and during the New Year, Spaniards typically eat twelve grapes as the bell is going down on the midnight of December 31. All we know is that a Zipline connects Spain and Portugal. It only takes 60 seconds to cross the border

Apparently The Sistine Chapel welcomes over 20,000 visitors every day and Italy is home to Europe’s only three active volcanoes. All we know is that tourists throw €1,000,000 into the Trevi Fountain each year

We are off to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Apparently Estonia has thousand of Islands, 1512 to be exact and Lithuania is the only country in the world that has its own scent...hum. All we know is that the jeans you like to wear are actually Latvian. It was the Latvian tailor Jakobs Jufess, who invented the jeans with the financial support of the widely known Levi Strauss. Sadly, his name never became as famous as his partner’s.

Today we complete the Nordic part. Apparently Finland is known as the country of a thousand lakes, Finland actually has 188,000 lakes and on Thursdays Finns eat pea soup and pancakes. Nobody knows why! All we know is that Finns eat weird squeaky cheese. Leipäjuusto, it really squeaks when you eat it...

The home of flat packs. Apparently “Siri” is a popular Swedish name, and it’s got nothing to do with iPhones and one of Sweden’s kings, Erik of Pomerania, became a pirate of the Baltic Sea after he was forced to abdicate. All we know is that assembling IKEA furniture takes 5 times longer than described in their assembly manuals...

Norway, Viking country. Apparently mountains make up two-thirds of Norway’s landscape and there are more bears in Svalbard than people. All we know is that is that Norwegian passports are really cool. No, Really! Put a genuine, 100% authentic Norwegian passport under a UV light, and boom – you can see the Northern Lights!

We continue our journey from Helgoland. Apparently the name Lego is an abbreviation of two Danish words leg godt, meaning “play well” and Denmark has 11,771 km of coastline, which is longer than the Great Wall of China and equals almost 1.5 meters of coast per Danish citizen. All we know is that the Danes brew the best beer in the world, probably...

A fast, five minute, 23 NM clockwise loop around Chignik Lagoon in Alaska. A popular, multi-lap air-race held annually in September.

The Frisian island challenge... Apparently a third of Germany is covered in forests and to escape jail is legal as it is considered a basic human instinct to do whatever you can to be free. All we know is that there are over 1500 types of beer, more than 1000 varieties of sausages and more than 300 different types of bread in Germany...

We are leaving Little Britain behind are of to the Netherlands. Apparently the Dutch have been making cheese since 400 A.D. and people in the Netherlands wear rain suits in lieu of umbrellas because of the blustery winds. All we know is that in Groningen you can find the biggest bar in Europe. The “Drie Gezusters” (Three Sisters)...