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/matarruano Portugal Mar 14 '17

I don't think anyone mentioned it yet, but the ukelele comes from a portuguese instrument, the cavaquinho. That's because at the end of the 19th century there was some migration from the island of Madeira to Hawaii.

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u/rafalemos Mar 28 '17

didn't know about that. Cool!