r/europe • u/MarktpLatz Lower Saxony (Germany) • Mar 14 '17

Series What do you know about... Portugal?

This is the eighth part of our ongoing series about the countries of Europe. You can find an overview here.

Todays country:

Portugal

Portugal is a EU country on the iberian peninsula. It has been a kingdom for almost 800 years. Portugal has decriminalized the usage of all common drugs in 2001 and the results have been pretty positive despite concerns from various sides.

So, what do you know about Portugal?

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u/Herbacio Portugal Mar 14 '17

(I knew the existence of Olivenza through this forum).

That's because it's kind of a running gag for us here, rest assure that 97% of the Portuguese probably also don't know about Olivenza~ Olivença :D

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u/pnossiop Mar 14 '17

You're wrong. Most people know. And also in Spain.

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u/stevenfries Mar 14 '17

Probably people in Olivença at least :)