Moldova

Notable facts

• Moldova has one of the largest wine cellars in the world: Mileștii Mici holds around 200 km of tunnels and roughly two million bottles.
• The country is landlocked but gains a short stretch of the Danube at Giurgiulești, giving it a river port.
• Transnistria, a narrow strip east of the Dniester, has functioned as an unrecognised breakaway state since 1992.
• Agriculture and wine dominate the economy; the soil is famously fertile black chernozem.

World Heritage 1 site

• Struve Geodetic Arc 2005 · Cultural · shared between 10 countries

National dish

Mămăligă Cornmeal boiled and stirred to a firm porridge, cut with thread, eaten with brânză cheese, sour cream and crackling.