The most interesting things about the country of Curacao that you do not know

Curacao - the island located to the south of the Caribbean welcomes us with colorful painted roofs between the deep blue ocean.

Curacao is the largest and most populous island in the ABC island group (Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao) of the Netherlands Antilles.

On October 10, 2010, Dutch Antilles were dissolved, and Curacao became an independent country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Previously, Curacao was called Curaçao Island Territory.

Since the autonomy, the Curacao parliament, is responsible for most issues of local government, while the Netherlands still controls foreign, defense and some judicial functions of This island nation. In addition, the Netherlands financial supervision of Curacao.

The capital and largest city of Curacao is Willemstad, which is the largest and most populated island, with an area of ​​444km ^{2 of} land.

The capital Willemstad is a land given by mother nature to beautiful beaches.

As a small country in the Americas and located in the Caribbean Bay, it has a cool climate, beautiful nature and a tourist paradise.

The life of the people here (mostly Dutch immigrants) is relatively peaceful.

The island nation is located in South America, 65km from the Venezuelan coast, and is an island full of sunshine in the rumors of international tourists.

1. Willemstad becomes a UNESCO World Heritage Site

The capital of Curaçao, Willemstad is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site with many buildings of historical value.

Willemstad is a mother-nature land with beautiful beaches, and some of the best beaches are here Mambo Beach, Canoa Beach and Jan Thiel Beach.

For 30 years, architect Anko van der Woude led walking tours of Otrobanda, a pastel-colored neighborhood in Willemstad, Curaçao's capital city.

This colorful historic site is part of a UNESCO-designated World Heritage site in the colonial town, along with the neighboring Punda, the oldest area of ​​Willemstad.

2. Curaçao's original inhabitants are Arawak people

Their ancestors migrated to the island from the South American continent, likely hundreds of years before Europeans arrived. They are believed to have migrated from the Amazon basin.

3. Willemstad natural harbor is an ideal place for business

Developed on the shore of a small bay called Schottegat, the island of Curaçao has long been ignored by colonialists due to its economic value. However, Willemstad's natural harbor proved to be an ideal place for trade.

4. Sephardic Jews have an important influence on the island's economic culture

With ancestors from the Iberian Peninsula, Sephardic Jews settled the island with the Dutch (and then in Brazil then the Netherlands). There is a significant influence on the island's culture and economy.
In fact, the first Jew to settle in Curaçao was a Dutch Jewish interpreter named Samuel Cohen, who boarded a Dutch fleet in 1634.

In the mid-1700s, the community was the most prosperous in the Americas and many Jewish Jews in Latin America, mainly in Colombia and Venezuela, were the result of the flow of the Jewish Curaçaoan.

5. Curaçao has a rich culinary culture

The influence of ethnic and culturally diverse Curaçao residents includes Spain, the Netherlands, Arawak and more, making Cucacao a particularly rich culinary culture.

The best place to enjoy specialties here is 'Old Market' , in particular, you can be served vegetarian food!

6. US currency is accepted everywhere on Curaçao

For US travelers, there is no need to change money when traveling to Curaçao because it accepts US Currency.

7. Iguana is a favorite local dish

Iguana is a kind of salamander found a lot in Curaçao.

Not sure if this is a dish for everyone, but adventurous, adventurous people have to try Iguana because it has become a favorite local meal.

Iguana is a kind of salamander found a lot in Curaçao. You can try the soup of Iguana, Iguana stew, stoba yoan at the "Jaanchies" Restaurant in Westpunt and sometimes at the old "Plasa Bieu" market.

8. Kitchen with white polka dots on red wall

The traditional houses in Curaçao have a special point in the kitchen: white polka dots on the red wall. Can you guess why? Indigenous people think that flies and mosquitoes hate white balls and do not fly into the kitchen.

9. There are 65 different nationalities living in Curaçao

The most widely used languages ​​are Papiamento, Dutch, English and Spanish or Portuguese. Here, there is a word you can hear a lot: dushi. This word has many different meanings, from lovers to delicious, beautiful, beautiful or good.

This word is so popular that it was turned into a work of art in 2012. You can find it on Wilhelmina square in Willemstad.

10. Curaçao is the name of an orange flavored wine with a concentration of 20 to 40 degrees

The name Curaçao wine originating from the Curaçao island is an island in the Netherlands Antilles.

Orange peel from Laraha bitter orange tree is harvested and dried, used to produce wine.

Bitter orange tree Laraha is a sweet orange that Spain brought from Valencia to Curaçao Island.

The fruit of this cold type is not edible, but the orange peel has a distinct aroma of Valencia orange. Orange peel from Laraha bitter orange tree is harvested and dried, used to produce wine.

Curaçao wine is produced by soaking dried Laraha orange peel in white wine for a few days, then removing orange peels and adding some other flavorings.

Curaçao is often mixed in blue E133. In addition, Curaçao also has different colors such as orange, yellow brown, green or colorless.

Curaçao is often used to make cocktails.

11. Beautiful coral reefs in Curacao Sea

You can see some beautiful coral reefs in the Caribbean of the Netherlands at this famous west coast dive. The eroded star-shaped corals below create the illusion of a full forest. And miraculously, with yellow snapper, turtle .

12. Den Paradera Herb Garden

Curaçao's famous herbal home, Dinah Veeris, created an oasis of healing at a historic garden of herbs.

Here, you can learn a lot about the island's health-keeping tradition handed down by the elders.

13. Rooi Rincon Park hides many historical values

The park is dotted with huge limestone rocks, forming caves that once served as a refuge for islanders in prehistoric times. Prehistoric people left evidence of their presence as stone shelves used to store valuable or ocher items that they used to paint symbols on the walls.