Europe's top selling souvenirs

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RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de · 19 pts · 2y (2 replies)

OK, I bite... What in the world is the evil eye, Turkey?

Successful_Try543@feddit.de · 24 pts · 2y

I think, they mean the Nazar amulet, which shall protect against the evil eye (Böser Blick), not the evil eye itself.

PrimalHero@kbin.social · 15 pts · 2y

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_eye
Assume they mean a protective amulet against evil eye.

1050053@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y (1 reply)

TIL people go to Portugal for the cock.

voodoocode@feddit.de · 6 pts · 2y

And to Austria for the balls

achille225@jlai.lu · 10 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I think there's an error because it says "chocolate" for Ireland, Belgium and France but it should be Ireland, Belgium and Switzerland

Khrux@ttrpg.network · 2 pts · 2y

Yeah sorry we're getting rid of Switzerland and just making it France 2.

chuso@kbin.social · 10 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Forty years as a Spaniard and I just learnt now tourists come here to buy espadrilles, which is even a word I just learnt from this map.

Exocet2647@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

39 myself and this is the first time I've heard the term espadrilles, for me allways had been "zapatillas de estar por casa". The more I know!

flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 2y

They mean this type of traditional outdoor shoe. Espardenya is more of a Catalan thing, and popular as a souvenir. Though calling it "most popular" might be a stretch.

Ethalis@jlai.lu · 6 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Hey I was just telling my girlfriend yesterday that the best way to spot a tourist in Paris is to look for a beret

Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y

Was walking past the Musée d'Orsay one day and saw a family strolling along enjoying the sights.

The teenage boy ran up behind his dad and flipped the beret off his head

I was not surprised when the dad gritted his Uncanny-valley teeth and roared "GADDAMM IT RANDY!!!!!!"

😂

Abrinoxus@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 2y (1 reply)

So Beer is a souvenir now? I can get behind that

Spaghetti_Hitchens@kbin.social · 3 pts · 2y

When the doctor tells me I have cirrhosis, I will fondly remember my time in the beer motherland.

Successful_Try543@feddit.de · 5 pts · 2y

They've forgot to colour some islands with matching colours to their mother country, e.g. Bornholm, Gotland, Sardinia, Corsica, ...

guy@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y

Is an Umbrella really a souvenir, rather than just a necessity they end up buying because it's pissing it down with rain here in the UK?

Visstix@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

France is there twice

Spaghetti_Hitchens@kbin.social · 3 pts · 2y

We've had first France. But what about second France?

Spaghetti_Hitchens@kbin.social · 2 pts · 2y

I'm a little surprised the Netherlands isn't tiny windmills

Jonnsy@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 2y

This must be bs

dogsoahC@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y

Calling LEGO a souvenir is bold.

theOneTrueSpoon@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 2y

How many balls did Mozart have?!

Mikufan@ani.social · -7 pts · 2y

Fuck Lego.

sukhmel@programming.dev · -15 pts · 2y (8 replies)

It's a bit unsettling that this is about the EU but it calls it Europe

anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 18 pts · 2y (7 replies)

Since when are the UK, Ukraine and Türkiye in the EU?

Bronzie@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2y

And Norway

sukhmel@programming.dev · 1 pts · 2y

Since when is Türkiye in Europe?

sukhmel@programming.dev · -1 pts · 2y (4 replies)

Ok, I was also incorrect, but I failed to come up with a name for only the countries shown :(

EddoWagt@feddit.nl · 3 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Europe? Only Russia is missing

sukhmel@programming.dev · 7 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Yeah, and only Serbia, and only Montenegro, and only Slovakia, and only Iceland, and that's just from a first glance

EddoWagt@feddit.nl · 3 pts · 2y

Oh yeah... What a weird map

Spaghetti_Hitchens@kbin.social · 2 pts · 2y

I'm okay with Russia being missing from all things