![]() ![]() The modern Millennium Stadium in Cardiff can hold 74,500 spectators and is where you go if you want to watch a football or rugby match or even a pop concert. Wales has its own football league and famous Welsh footballers include Ryan Giggs and Gareth Bale. The Welsh enjoy watching and playing sport, especially rugby union and football. Famous singers and groups from Wales include Duffy, Stereophonics and Catatonia. All the events are in Welsh and include literature, singing, art, exhibitions, dance and theatre. One of the largest cultural festivals in Europe is the National Eisteddfod of Wales, which is in a different town or city every year. The Welsh people love music and there are a lot of singing festivals and competitions in Wales. It is one of the oldest languages in Europe and around 20 per cent of people in Wales speak Welsh. For example, the Welsh name for ‘Wales’ is ‘Cymru’, ‘Good morning’ is ‘Bore da’ and ‘How are you?’ is ‘Sut mae?’. The Welsh language is an old, Celtic language which is very different from English. One of the longest place names in the world is a village in Wales called Llanfairpwllgwingyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllandysiliogogogoch. For example, the capital city is Cardiff or Caerdydd. Street signs are written in Welsh and English, and villages, towns and cities have an English name and a Welsh name. Everyone speaks English, but if you go to school in Wales you have to learn Welsh until you are 16. The official languages of Wales are English and Welsh and ‘Wenglish’ is a Welsh-English dialect. In Cardiff you can go shopping, visit the castle, go to the museum or go to a concert or sports match at the famous Millennium Stadium. Most Welsh people live in south Wales in the capital city, Cardiff, and two other big cities: Swansea and Newport. The population of Wales is just over three million people, around five per cent of the total UK population. ![]() It is in north Wales and its highest mountain, Snowdon, is 1,085m. As well as beaches, there are a lot of mountains and also three national parks, including Snowdonia. Wales has got a continuous coastline, around 1,300km long, which means there are a lot of beaches! It has some of the most beautiful beaches in the UK and is a popular destination for holidaymakers and water sports fans. It’s a small country with England to the east. Wales is one of the countries in Britain and the United Kingdom. ![]()
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