- Moldova is the poorest and least-visited European nation
- At two milliion bottles the world’s largest wine cellar is located in Moldova
- In a territorial exchange with Ukraine in 2005, Moldova gained access to a 600m stretch of the River Danube
- Remove your shoes when entering a home in Moldova
- The region known as Transnistria, which declared independence from Moldova in 1990, has its own currency and border controls, but is not officially recognised by any member of the United Nations
- Most Moldovans today speak Romanian and Russian, and the Gagauz language of Moldova is considered critically endangered
