The European Football Championship (Euro 2020) is one of the most exciting competitions in the history of sport. These competitions will take place in 2021 because the competition has been delayed for 12 months due to the global epidemic.
The tournament is not organized by a country, but 11 European cities have hosted games as part of the event. It is part of the plans to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the competition.
The BBC has compiled a list of interesting facts about the 11 cities that will host Euro 2020.
Amsterdam
The Dutch capital, Amsterdam, has a population of over 800,000. But there are at least 4,000 specific species of parrots (with long beaks).
Hundreds of these green parrots can be seen flying in the city's Wundle Park, but not in their home country, the Netherlands.
No one knows why so many parrots settled here. But according to some experts, they may have escaped after their truck overturned, or the parrots were left breeding in the park.
The locals do not agree with the presence of barrels that help the environment. These birds are certainly colorful, but there is concern that they could endanger native bird species, such as the owl or hydrangea.
Baku
There is something like Amsterdam in the capital of Azerbaijan, Baku. Both are capitals below sea level.
Amsterdam is two meters below sea level and Baku is even higher.
Located on the shores of the Caspian Sea or Gilan, it is the country closest to the east to host Euro 2020. It is located 28 meters below sea level. Baku is the largest city in the world below sea level.
Bucharest
Since 1862, the capital of Romania, Bucharest, has been known as "Paris of the East" or "Little Paris". The architecture and way of life here is like the capital of France.
It also has the smallest building in the world. It took 13 years to build the Palace of Parliament. Construction began in 1984. It is 84 meters high and 12 stories high. Covers 365,000 square meters.
The building has 1,100 palace-like rooms and less than half of them have been used to date. Amazingly, it weighed 4,098,500,000 kilograms.
Budapest
The Hungarian capital has perhaps one of the most special railway lines in the world, run almost exclusively by children.
The children's railway is 11.2 km long and, apart from the driver, its staff only includes children between 10 and 14 years old.
Children spend four months of their lives learning about life on the rail. This railway line attracts the attention of tourists.
Copenhagen
Copenhagen has a population of around 600,000 and half use bicycles to go to school or work every day.
The Danish capital is at the forefront of cycling. 400 km of roads are reserved for cycle lanes.
The inhabitants of Copenhagen cycle an average of 1.4 kilometers a day, which is equivalent to cycling 35 times around the world.
There is also a large crowding on the routes reserved for bicycles, for example, around 40,000 people commute daily on the Norbrigade route. This northwest Copenhagen street has several shopping malls and is considered a business hub.
Glasgow
England fans will be able to fulfill their dream of hosting this summer and sing "It's Coming Home." But Scotland can easily get to Glasgow and enjoy the games.
This is the same city where the first international football match was played in 1872. It would not be wrong to say that without Glasgow there would have been no European football championship.
The game was played on St Andrew's Day, November 30, west of the Scottish Cricket Club in the St. Patrick area of Glasgow. The match between Scotland and its traditional 0-0 draw with England came to an end.
England and Scotland have competed 114 times in soccer, with England leading by 48 wins. The 115th meeting will now take place at Wembley Stadium during Euro 2020.
London
The London Underground is the only oldest railway of its kind. A section between Paddington and Farringdon Street has been in operation since 1863.
Approximately 5 million passengers ride the subway every day. But so far in the history of this underground path, five children have been born.
Daisy Hammond was traveling down Bakerlow Lane in 1924. Meanwhile, in a tunnel near Elephant & Castle, she went into labor and gave birth to her daughter, Mary.
1.3 billion people ride the subway each year, and in 2019 two children were born on the subway, one on Warren Street and the other on Baker Street.
Munich
Are you a school, college or university? One of your classrooms is around and the other is in the rest of the classroom building.
If you are a student at the Technical University of Munich, this is for you. Because of this you can quickly reach multiple floors through large slides.
Such slides are also available in the mathematics section of the building and allow students to reach the ground floor from the top floor of the building in a matter of seconds.
It is a fun activity but it also has another purpose. Under German law, part of the budget is spent on art on government buildings and these slides are considered art.
Rome
The Italian capital, Rome, is flooded.
It has 20,000 wells, more than any other city in the world. You can always fill your bottle with water from any spring.
Probably the most popular fountain in Rome is the Triple Fountain. According to some historians, if you throw a coin there with your right hand over your left shoulder, it ensures that you return to Rome.
About 3,000 euros are spent in the Trevi Well every day, and the money is donated to a local charity.
St. Petersburg
After World War II, the problem of rats arose in St. Petersburg. These rats would break into any store and eat rations.
Authorities created an army of 5,000 cats to deal with it. To commemorate the bravery of these cats, there are two bronze statues of cats outside an amusement park in the city.
This trend continues today. A municipal museum recruited 50 cats in 2014 to eliminate the rat population.
Seville
Many secrets have been placed in the walls of the eastern Spanish city.
You can read the message ‘NO8DO’ written on many parts of this city. It means ‘he didn’t leave me’ in English.
According to legend, King Alfonso wrote this on the streets of the city because he believed that the citizens would remain loyal to him. He was convinced that if his son supported the throne, the citizens would support him.
But today the phrase is used to be proud of his hometown.
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