• 2nd most-visited country in the world: over 83 million international tourists per year, surpassed only by France.
• 3rd longest UNESCO list: 49 World Heritage Sites — only Italy and China have more.
• World's largest olive oil producer: Spain produces about 50% of global oil, mainly in Andalusia.
• The national anthem has no lyrics: La Marcha Real is one of the few anthems in the world without official lyrics.
• FC Barcelona and Real Madrid: the clubs with most Champions League / European Cups in history.
• Sagrada Familia has been under construction 140+ years: Gaudí's temple in Barcelona, started in 1882, scheduled to finish in 2026.
• Oldest continuously-operating university in Europe: University of Salamanca, founded in 1218.
• Language with most native speakers after Mandarin: Spanish has 500+ million native speakers.
• Camino de Santiago: pilgrimage over 1000 years old, hundreds of thousands of walkers yearly — UNESCO since 1993.
• More bars per person than any other European country: about 175,000 bars — 1 for every 270 inhabitants.
• La Tomatina of Buñol: the world's largest tomato fight, last Wednesday of August.
• Spanish inventions: modern submarine (Peral 1888), autogyro (de la Cierva 1923), the mop, chupachups (1958), the cigarette.