Europe Facts

0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.

It was once against the law to slam your car door in a city in Switzerland!

In parts of Albania and Bulgaria, particularly among older generations, a side-to-side head shake means 'yes' while an upward head tilt means 'no' — the opposite of most countries.

Nearly 60 million Christmas trees are grown each year in Europe.

Europe is the only continent without a hot desert.

For 4,000 years after they started making cheese, Ancient Europeans were lactose intolerant.

2% of Europeans lack the genes for smelly armpits.

There are more people living in London (8.3m) than the whole of Denmark (5.6m).