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This Group Is Dedicated To Things That Only Happen In Europe, Here Are 50 Of The Most Interesting Ones
Picture 746 million people living in 50 (+6) countries, speaking 24 (official) languages in a continent that stretches 3,930,000 sq mi. Yep, we’re talking Europe. The precious land of long history, incredible culture, countless destinations, and people, the majority of whom are bilinguals.
But in order to really get the European lifestyle and all the quirks that come with it, you have to step outside the tourist comfort zone. Luckily, there’s a whole subreddit dedicated entirely to all things European, so we can get a better glimpse of the sung “old world.”
With a whopping 2.9M members, r/Europe has a collection of some of the most interesting things that happen here. Be sure to upvote your favorite posts!
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#1
A Bridge For Wildlife To Cross The Road In Veluwe, The Netherlands
Rod Egret 4 years ago
You don't really see them, when you are on the highway though...
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WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
They serve multiple purposes: connecting patches of nature and allowing animals to safely travel between those patches. Their costs are just a fraction of the entire project of highway construction but it has been proven that in the long term they are very beneficial to wildlife.
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 4 years ago
Don't forget the purpose of reducing animal-accidents, which kill a lot of people (and animals, obviously, but I bet the "save people" was he better argument to cough up the money 😉)
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Amanda Geyer 4 years ago
We have one of these in Oklahoma (I know, shocking!!!) but it’s so gorgeous!
Mz Phit 4 years ago
Cool! And We have tunnels for wildlife in Arizona ( to let those little critters slither across too)
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Getthepopcornout 4 years ago (edited)
The UK really needs to jump on this, the motorways are cutting up our land and destroying the natural wildlife corridors. Can also be applied in gardens too; foxes and hedgehogs are no longer able to travel through gardens to hunt for food as we're blocking them all out with concrete posts/footings and huge fences. Create tunnels so they can wander freely!
Robert T 4 years ago
Quite difficult to add bridges or tunnels to already built motorways, but they are being put into new road developments. The new stretch of the A*56 in Cheshire has a couple of wildlife bridges on it.
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ThePracticalSarcastic 4 years ago
Hate to break it to you but they have these in the US and Canada as well.
Nadine Debard 4 years ago
Yes, and in France they're nearly everywhere, too
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Ali Sherlock 4 years ago (edited)
Australia also does this, we also have rope ladders across smaller roads for koala's etc...just wish that the kangaroo's would use them more, so many killed on our roads that people don’t bat an eye at seeing dead ones next to roads :*(
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 4 years ago
Maybe they aren't built to the 'roos' specification? The red deer here around had to learn that they bridges are safe, and it took quite a while for them to dare it. But in some places, the bridges were too narrow so they never went over them because it freaked them out. maybe same for kangaroos?
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#2
In Poland, We Are Slowly Getting Rid Of Advertisements And Billboards Madness
WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
A very laudable decision. Cities shouldn't be looking like shopping malls. Getting rid of all those eyesores improves the quality of life. Well done, Poland!
layyla victoria 4 years ago
Thank you, but this process is reeaaally slow.
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SuperChicken 4 years ago
Good for you, Poland. I find billboards an eyesore and very trashy. Hope other countries will follow, too.
Miss Frankfurter 4 years ago
Some Pandas are finding this too plain. That can be changed a little ( a LITTLE) later on, but this is such a bright up of this building. How was it ok to block all the light from those people's windows? I'm sure they appreciate the light they get now! But to me, compared with the previous picture, it looks so peaceful and does not assault the eyes. Great job Poland.
Glen Ellyn 4 years ago
"...it looks so peaceful and does not assault the eyes." Aaahhh. 😌
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Andy Acceber 4 years ago
Ah, a breath of fresh air! I like the art and history of some advertisements. Pompeii had some cool ones, and there are a couple lingering in my city that are over 100 years old, but too much is definitely overwhelming.
Tiny Dynamine 4 years ago
So all those people had their windows blocked up with billboards instead?
Riley Quinn 4 years ago
How horrible that must have been for the flats/offices views blocked by grotesque consumerism. Good move, Poland.
#3
Medieval House Built In 1509 In Argentan, Orne, France
Andy Acceber 4 years ago
I'm 99% certain the woman in the window hasn't lived there continuously since 1509, but there's still that 1% of uncertainty...
Myrtille rat 4 years ago
NOT A MEDIEVAL HOUSE it was built in 1955, as houses on this part of the street had been entirely destroyed in 1944, during WW2. The previous owner who lived there (Roland Chauvin, 1922-2016), a beloved saddle maker, he decorated the house with some horse gear, a reflection of his profession. Around 1960-70, he put the wheel in the front of the house which caught some attention, and someone made postcards with image of his house.
There are first names written in the decoration, of his parents, André and Louise as well as his own and his wife Rolande, which maybe is the lady in the window.
This photo was taken in 2013. (reddit) j4tnrsJ-61...3-jpeg.jpg 
Elizabeth Bock 4 years ago
Thank you for the follow up details and correct information. Now I want to see it even more!
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Víctor Alfonso García Olmo 4 years ago
1509 is NOT medieval. In southern France was Modern Era :-D
Chris 4 years ago
Medieval is generally considered to be 13th to 15th century, so you're right by 9 years. You're also pedantic.
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It’s one thing to see the old European countries, their tiny streets and delicious movies on a TV screen, and another if you actually spend some more time there. It takes time to uncover any country, and we are speaking 50 (6+) crammed in one continent!
#4
Today 20 Years Ago At The Strike Of Midnight, The Mayor Of Amsterdam Married 4 Gay Couples As The Netherlands Became The First Country In The World To Legalise Same-Sex Marriage
Andy Acceber 4 years ago
Congrats! I wonder how long some of those couples had been together before they were finally able to marry. Let the rights that have been granted, never be taken away.
Miss Frankfurter 4 years ago
The two gentlemen to the brides' left look like it might have been a fairly long time.
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Zaza 4 years ago
In the tv broadcast not the mayor, but another 'high up" also said the word "gay marriage" can be tossed in the bin. It's fun for magazine headlines and articles, but it's a completely wrong word (because a marriage is a marriage and since we don't use "straight marriage" we also shouldn't use "gay marriage"
Zaza 4 years ago
Denmark didn't legalise same sex marriages until 2012. You mean civil partnerships, which is not the same thing
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Zaza 4 years ago
No, you mean civil partnerships, not actual marriages like heterosexual couples could have. Denkmark didn't legalise same sex marriages until 2012
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Derek Clark 4 years ago
Legalized marriage was in 2012 for Denmark, they had equal partnering before that which isn't the same.
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#5
Belarus People React To Lukashenko's Prohibition Of Pro-Democratic Flags
Bear Hall 4 years ago
One has to be creative on every possible way when faces oppression. And having sense of humor doesn't hurt either.
François Carré 4 years ago
Even better, repression is much more touchy to enforce if you ridicule the government instead of openly fighting against it. Police is pretty pissed off if they have to arrest people over a case of "drying underwear outside". In Serbia, when activists wanted to get rid of Milosevic, they dropped hundreds of balloons in the streets. Policemen had to run after them, trying to catch all the balloons, gathering them in their arms like little kids in a fair. Everyone was laughing at them. Nobody was afraid anymore.
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MagicalUnicorn 4 years ago
hope all those people are ok, i read about lady who was arrested for wearing red pants and white shirt
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 4 years ago
yeah, my thought, too. This might get you arrested, beaten and/or kept in prison 🙁
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lara 4 years ago
There is one thing that oppression cannot handle and that is humor. When you laugh at something you make it irrelevant. That's why communists are so quick to go after humorists, writers and anyone else who laughs at them.
Night Owl 4 years ago
and satirists (especially political satirists, including cartoonists doing political satire)
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Robin Roper 4 years ago
Lukashenko is dangerous. His actions which deservedly require sanctions are pushing him closer to Putin which is increases his dangerousness. The people there are suffering with increased costs of goods and increased taxes on everyday people in hopes to push them into public work. A friend who uses to teach English at a public school but resigned to open a private tutoring business is facing a 300% increase in taxes. He wants to force people like her to close their businesses and teach for the state. She will leave her beloved home country first.
ʏᴏᴜʀᴅᴀɪʟʏᴅᴏsᴇᴏғᴄʀᴀᴢʏ 4 years ago
omg i saw this in my city! also, i think this is the first time my country was mentioned on BP!
Daniel Marsh 4 years ago
During the American Revolution, spy Nathan Hale learned of British troop movements in New England by reading a code transmitted by hanging underwear in a pattern.
#6
London, UK
tuzdayschild 4 years ago
I'll just stay out of England because baby, I ain't ever growing up.
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Ozacoter 4 years ago
You know that deep inside we love you americans ( the good ones). We are just a bit weird with our humour :)
Mark Melton 4 years ago
As an American, I agree. But should you Brexit voting Limeys be feeling all superior? LOL
Coleby G 4 years ago (edited)
So more American generalizing, Most Americans are not loud and arrogant. Just like most British people don’t have bad teeth.
shep ona 4 years ago
If you think most are not loud, you've never travelled.
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Ladedah 4 years ago
I'm American and I think it's funny as f**k. I will openly admit that we host a number of whiney, uncultured, ethnocentric lil' bitches around these parts... wouldn't be surprised if one or two of those assholes snuck over there and made a long-lasting impression. Also, wouldn't be surprised if none of us cultured Americans missed them while they were gone 😉
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dev mehta 4 years ago
Americans are friendly and easy going so they will appreciate this joke 😀
Bob Belcher 4 years ago (edited)
Sure, call us the rowdy ones. I see you peeps all the time at rugby and soccer matches beating the crap out of everyone. And you call us rowdy! All we've ever done was storm our capital and threatened death to congress. Excuse me while I go have some duty free tea in Boston.
One family of five who call themselves ‘wanderlusters' have been travelling the whole world as they are focused on adventure and travel to all of their bucket list destinations. “We are a family of five, Jolene (Mum), Andrzej (Dad), Katie-Lee, Lily Anabella and Avalee-Rose (our three daughters),” they told us. The family shares their journeys on their Wanderlust Storytellers blog that brings enthusiasm and excitement back to family-focused travel.
With so much hands-on experience and knowledge of various cultures, Bored Panda reached out to them to share their impressions of Europe and how it differs from all the other corners of the world they’ve visited. “Europe is a world in itself, full of culture, music and friendly people,” they said and added that “It is filled to the brim with history, delicious food, fascinating architecture and extraordinary sight-seeing.”
#7
She (Sanna Marin) Is The New 34 Years Old Prime Minister Of Finland
JXXXF 4 years ago
More countries need leaders of a similar age as the decisions these leaders make are one they actually have to live with for more than half of their lives so they are more likely to tread carefully...
Vicky Zar 4 years ago
Lets hope this is starting a trend. We've got two young female leaders now, let's have more please. The old males did not make a good job recently.
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Elli Rahim 4 years ago
Get rid of the male parasites still hogging positions of power and don't have 1/10 of the brains bright, energetic young women like her have.
Miss Frankfurter 4 years ago
This is great! A woman. A young woman. We need to start handing things over to a younger generation. Ideas to build a realistic future, not have leaders who want to maintain the past. We need new ideas thrown in there. I believe this and I'm a Boomer!
Stephanie Keith 4 years ago
Something that needs to be talked about more. Is the fact that we see old people as declining in mental health not physically capable and yet they run our country. It's insane and things need to change. People of all ages can offer up wisdom and guidance. America sure does need a lot of that.
Stephanie Keith 4 years ago
I just can't wrap my head around the fact that almost everyone in positions of power in this country are elderly. I have nothing against older people. I just know that people of all ages can offer up wisdom and guidance. Yet it's all old folks making decisions. When it is a fact that their mental health and physical capabilities are declining. The whole system is messed up and needs new people. Even regular American citizens should be able to sit at the table and make decisions. It affects us directly so we should be allowed to be involved in that process. But we're not and that's what's really scary about it all.
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Milli Marilli 4 years ago
Sorry to burst your bubble but the prime minister of Austria is half a year younger than Sanna Marin and has been prime minister since 2017.
Load More Replies... Riley Quinn 4 years ago
I wish all "democratic" countries would choose young candidates. Most of the worlds' problems prove that old people aren't handling the changes quickly or effectively. Old politicians disregarded the younger generations by postponing too many necessary policies. Lower the age for candidates, and force these old farts out of office. It's not our world anymore.
meo meotian 4 years ago
It is said that the best old foster care in the world remains the White House...
Watching 4 years ago
No actually we fired Trump. Last November. Take the hint.
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#8
Polish Women Fighting For Their Rights!
kjorn 4 years ago
why i hear that song: Do you hear the people sing? Singing a song of angry men? It is the music of a people Who will not be slaves again! When the beating of your heart Echoes the beating of the drums There is a life about to start When tomorrow comes!
Monilip 4 years ago
Most Polish women (and men) does not support gay marriages or abortion "rights" so no, no "the people", just left minority. And more screaming vulgal words than singing.
Load More Replies... Tiny Dynamine 4 years ago
Poland and Hungary should be suspended from the EU for their governments' perspectives.
Night Owl 4 years ago (edited)
Or at least get less (or no) money from the EU until they at least try to be more democratic (stop trying to control the press and judiciary) and more respectful of human rights, especially the rights of minorities and of women. Much of it is sadly ending up being used for corruption and nepotism anyway. There really should be better and more strict controls for EU money (that goes for all countries)
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InfectedVoice 4 years ago
I salute you, modern day suffragettes, who were also badass back then.
MammaG 4 years ago
The word is heroine, not "shero." She is heroic. Dorothy Parker would hit you on the nose with a rolled newspaper.
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In Wroclaw, Poland Each Cathedral And Even The Rivers Have A Tactile Model Nearby For Blind People To See Them Too
Hannah Edwards 4 years ago
I love this idea! I can’t upvote this enough! I have a blind friend and it’s hard describing things to a person who has never experienced sight.
Mazer 4 years ago
In California we have brass models of National Oarks, complete with topographical features. Now if we could just get grocery stores to put Braille up on shelves
helen gray 4 years ago
I love the models idea and I am not aware of anything like this in UK, but Sainsbury's, one of our top 5 supermarkets, has braille sinage. I have also come across braille on some foods but I cannot recall which manufacturers are doing this. I've seen braille signs in lifts(elevators) and other public places too. It isn't widespread but it is a start.
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Moreover, what’s unique about the old continent is that “Europe is a destination where one can travel through a number of countries in one day, speak and listen to all different languages, immerse in tons of attractions and get to experience the local way of life with ease.”
#10
The Sentiment In Scotland Is One I Fully Agree With
Carrie Laughs 4 years ago
Totally agree and I'm in the South of England. Never voted for the prat and didn't want Brexit.
Miss Frankfurter 4 years ago
Live in North America. While it was being decided, I looked at the pros and cons of Brexit. Was sad you guys left The Union. I have no opinion about Boris. Dunno what he's done and yes, it's hard when you only have 2 choices. Bad and worse. And yes, I'm all for God (and us making the effort ) to save the bees.
Sam Chilton 4 years ago
Brexit was treason and the instigators should be dealt with accordingly.
Zak Rasten 4 years ago
God save the fish, and stop the supertrawlers destroying seafloor ecologies
#11
Tesco In Slovakia Opened With Empty Shelves. They Wanted To Show Their Customers How It Would Look Like If All Bees And Butterflies Would Become Extinct
snipergun 4 years ago (edited)
I'm from Slovakia. Despite all issues they did one more thing, some grass fields near apartment houses which are usually kept with very short grass, they started mowing into the patterns, chessboard or geometrical patterns in order to actually keep 60%+ flowers untouched but still allowing people to have picnic on or walk in cut pieces. This may seem insignificant however that was big step and it had a lot of rejection as well from locals but also a lot of people supported it and appreciate it. That together with this Tesco display was for me huge step for my little country and I hope it will catch up eventually. We have space to give to bees and other insects. Just convince people it is needed and it's best for everyone.
SuperChicken 4 years ago
I sure do hope that this catches up, not only in your country but everywhere else. Let's keep the positive vibes, who knows? It might really catch on 😉
Load More Replies... A Head 4 years ago
I am all for saving bees - I have a bee hive in my backyard - but we have to be a little bit careful. Urban/suburban beekeeping has become very popular, and while there are threats to honeybees, we risk developing a monoculture. There are hundreds of different species of pollinating bees, most of them "solitary" bees, that don't live in hives. Honeybees live in multitudes, and can be quite aggressive toward other species. Too many honeybees in one area results in fewer other species in that area, resulting in less diversity. Not all bees pollinate all plants - we need them all.
Andrew Gibb 4 years ago
Meanwhile...Tesco in the UK doesn't pay farmers a decent price for milk and other produce.
Nikki Sevven 4 years ago
Pandas, you can help save the pollinators. Replace sunny grassy areas with clover, which you can practically mow to the ground and it'll pop back up again. Replace shady grassy areas with moss, which provides shelter and food for a myriad of small, beneficial insects. Plant flowers to attract butterflies and hummingbirds. I just got through an entire summer in my yard without a single mosquito bite and without a single tick.
Miss Frankfurter 4 years ago (edited)
Brilliant idea about the shelves. People don't tend to think about things like that until they are presented with the consequences to themselves. The parks and grasses outside these apartments is great too. Why would anyone not want to have a nice little stroll amongst wildflowers and picnic surrounded by them. I so miss all the wildflowers that were so prevalent when I was a kid. If we wanted to take a shortcut to school it involved walking through a large field full of Queen Ann's Lace, some up to our waist. Only see them on roadsides now. There was an entire hill filled with light purple clover and you could pull apart the flower and suck on the tiny ends and get a tiny amount of nectar out that tasted wonderful. Of course entirely safe because of no pesticides. Also wild mint all over too. Cant remember the last time I saw a buttercup. All gone and clover is considered a weed. Happy to have it so our bunnies have something to eat. We desperately need to save the bees.
Strawberry Hellcat 4 years ago
We also need to protect not only honeybees, but wild bees as well. Many varieties of wild bees are better pollinators for specific crops (apples for instance). If we lose the wild bees, pollination levels will drop. DW Planet A has an excellent video on Youtube for this.
#12
Trinity College In Dublin, Ireland
MammaG 4 years ago
I second that. Was fortunate to visit in 2003. See the Book of Kells, too!
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#13
The Devil's Bridge (Rakotzbrücke) In Kromlau, Germany
Tassenküchlein168 4 years ago
And sounds like something you need medicine for. 😂
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Monele 4 years ago
Was going to comment this! Have a hug and your favorite food
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This looks like a watercolor or a set design for a fantasy/sci-fi movie. What a beautiful, and very interesting, bridge.
Marik 4 years ago
The people believed that only the devil would have been able to build a bridge as long (300m/984ft) and wide (35m/115ft) while beeing so thin as this one. That the brigde and it's mirrored image are showing a complete circle supported that myth greatly.
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Wanderluster dad Andrzej Ejmont said that what he loves about Europe the most “is the ability to take a number of amazing road trips, eat a vast variety of food, get to meet and become one of the locals, and that all of the European countries are within a skip and a hop.”
#14
The True Heroes Of Greece At This Moment. Firefighters Sleep Exhausted After An Intense Night Fighting The Biggest Wildfire Of Attica In Decades
Sapna Sarfare 4 years ago
Huge hug to the true heroes... gosh, it must have been tremendously exhausting..
Riley Quinn 4 years ago
What we're putting our service workers through is egregious. Yet, far too many people continue to deny climate change.
Miss Frankfurter 4 years ago
It would be nice if they were given pillows for their heads, and if possible, even a small mat to lie on.
Night Owl 4 years ago (edited)
I agree. They were probably too exhausted too care about that, but they'll feel it after waking up
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Vicky Z 4 years ago (edited)
By who? Sadly everyone was left alone on their own fate! Both fire department and the people where fighting without any help or plan from the government!! As a Greek I'm extremely angry for all the land, animals and houses we lost
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Shelby Sizemore 4 years ago
Busting their a$$$ to insure safty... Going above and beyond. This is what a true hero looks like!!!
Alex K 4 years ago
it's not. there are websites that show wildfires in real time and if you look, ukraine, italy, albania and turkey were fighting wildfires at the same time.
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Thalia Lovering 4 years ago
I live in Greece. It was a real tragedy. Firefighters with minimum means faced lack of water and any help from the government who told them to not put out the fired unless a person or a house was in danger (so basically, let the forrest burn).
#15
Utrecht, The Netherlands
Ozacoter 4 years ago
Utrecht is an stunning city. If you go to the Netherlands yeah sure visit Amsterdam but you must go to Utrecht. Its prettier and quieter.
Sunshine Sunshine 4 years ago
Where do you live Dorothy? Don't forget the eye of the beholder (AKA you)!
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Holland is such a very beautiful country with a very friendly population. A must have for a wonderful vacation. There's so much to see, to do and most of fantastic museums.
Peter Korsten 4 years ago
The Netherlands, not "Holland". Holland is just a small part of the country. And Utrecht isn't in Holland either.
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Computernaut 4 years ago
Trying to imagine people who only speak English trying to say that name. 😂
Robert T 4 years ago
Damn! Never found the pretty bits when I visited. Mind you it was only for one night followed by a day of meetings, but still, I do like to try and see the places I visit for work.
Karin Jansen 4 years ago
But, but, the whole entire inner city is pretty :)
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Aunt Messy 4 years ago
Oddly there's another country that has streets just like this - Japan. Kyoto has very similar streets on the river.
#16
Merkel Calling Out Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov For Wearing Mask Wrong
Shalini Pabreja 4 years ago
Will miss her solid presence and sage wisdom.
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Ozacoter 4 years ago
I saw a few people this week wearing it like this. Its been 1.5y. C'mon people
Rez Fidel 4 years ago
Hach Angie.. we gonna miss you. Nice work for a CDU woman. Hopefully another woman (AB Baerbock) gonna be in charge soon. GO Greens.
Random Panda 4 years ago (edited)
It's 'former prime minister' now and let's hope it stays that way.
Riley Quinn 4 years ago
When adults have to be schooled on how to wear a mask during a air-borne pandemic. Don't expect any of our leaders to be on their game 24/7, but this is just thoughtless behavior.
#17
The Netherlands Looks Like An Old Master’s Painting This Weekend
TimesNewLogan 4 years ago
I'm starting to think the Dutch are just purposely trying to have the most photogenic country in the world. C'mon, you guys already won a long time ago!
Mickie Shea 4 years ago
When you arrive in the Netherlands is when you'll see that it is only one giant post card.
Susan Egan 4 years ago
My grandparents told us stories of skating through villages to shop or go to school when they were children in the Netherlands.
If you’re thinking of traveling Europe, Andrzej recommends checking it out by car. “This way you are in charge of your itinerary and you can venture out to see the 'back streets' of each country and at your own pace,” he said. Moreover, “The beauty of Europe can be found in some of the most unexpected places. And then you can truly be amazed,” he concluded.
#18
Vilnius Has Put Up A Statue That Offers A “Portal” To The Polish City Of Lublin, Allowing People To See Each Other In Real Time
Andy Acceber 4 years ago
Totally cool. If we had that in the U.S., I'd wager at least 1 out of every 10 lookers would be mooning or flipping off the other.
Cactus McCoy 4 years ago
Good thing we are in europe. We can flash even more body parts to each other. :D
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2BX 4 years ago
Wouldn't it be awesome if they did this in places where people with physical disabilities can never visit
Vicky Zar 4 years ago
What an awesome idea! I was just saying to my husband that they should put this in all major cities (New York, London, Paris...) but your idea is even better!
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Brandon Jordanov 4 years ago
In the US someone would try to shoot the person on the other side
Elli Rahim 4 years ago
Been to Lublin once, what a lovely city. And I would love to visit Vilnius, too. More portals, please!
#19
Blood Moon In This Morning. Finland
Sivi 4 years ago
I was in a goboblin campsite when I got my first red moon T_T
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Sharon Pitts 4 years ago
Photo taken in Finland during the Blood Moon....isn't this beautiful!
Ксения Петровская 4 years ago
THIS morning? I doubt it. Do you people have winter all the year round?
#20
The Statue Of Jakub Wejher, The Founder Of A Polish Town Wejherowo, Looks Like Darth Vader When It's Snowing
Janine B. 4 years ago
I'd rather say The frost is strong with this one. :)))
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TimesNewLogan 4 years ago
Reminds me of that statue of Lenin in Ukraine, that got replaced with Darth Vader... which also doubles as a Wi-Fi hotspot.
Three decades after the fall of communism, the European Union, which stands at the heart of modern Europe, gets mostly favorable marks from the countries surveyed. Across the 14 EU member countries surveyed by Pew Research Center, a median of 67% hold favorable views of the European Union while 31% have an unfavorable view.
#21
Traditional Gowns And Braids Of The Pomak Village Of Startsevo, Bulgaria
Lindsey Judd-Bruder 4 years ago (edited)
I was thinking the same thing. Beautiful, but makes my head hurt just looking at them lol.
Load More Replies... lara 4 years ago
Beautiful. But don't let the cancel culture see them, they would be accused of cultural appropriation.
Moneythink 4 years ago
"I hate this". "Just another few minutes, and the stupid tourists will go away". :) Alternatively, with those spectacular costumes and that wild hair, they could be co-queens standing before their barbarian army.
#22
Us Embassy In Berlin Today
Call Me Mars 4 years ago
Sorry about those nasty comments. I personally like the projection!
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Judy Steelman 4 years ago
What a horrible evil stupid stupid disgusting creature. He almost ruined this country. Be glad when he isn't able to hold any more rallies. So many idiots in this country still support him
Mrry L TIM W. 4 years ago
How can some people want him in again?? Stupid, stupid, stupid.
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Karen Fox 4 years ago
Im so happy to FINALLY find a place where the trumpelton trolls ARE TREATED AS THEY SHOULD BE... JUST FLAT OUT IGNORED! THANK YOU PANDAS! I actually had a heated um- debate with a neighbor just yesterday over that IDIOT...Its frightening to see how many are still drinking the (orange)koolaid! I would like to apologise to the WORLD for what 4 of the last 5 years did GLOBALLY...and also say ... BRACE YOURSELF- I CANT GUARANTEE WE WONT DO IT AGAIN IN ANOTHER 3 YEARS... We are FAR from what WE THINK WE ARE - BUT WITHOUT HIM WE *ARE* BETTER THAN WE WERE LAST YEAR
RoseTheMad 4 years ago
When Trump visited the UK, we literally projected the UK approval ratings of Obama vs Trump on the wall of the Tower of London. (Obama 72% to Trumps miserable 21%) and then there was the Trump baby :') ... and yet, we have Trump 2.0 as a prime minister. SIGH.
Steve Fischer 4 years ago
Trump supporters, calling themselves Christians, worship the son of the Devil himself
Riley Quinn 4 years ago
When the entire world knows the truth, but 7M voting Americans don't. I'll be dead by the time the US repairs the damage done by this disgusting excuse for human.
Vorknkx 4 years ago (edited)
One of the worst, most incompetent, most vile, and destructive politicians in the entire history of humanity. We are lucky the people woke up and voted him out before he could start a third world war (which he almost did in early 2020).
H.L.Lewis 4 years ago
Well he didn't kill as many people as Hitler. But his denial of covid sure was a start. And we all know that he has complete disregard for anyone of color. Unfortunately although he is no longer in office, he is still in the news EVERY F**CKING DAY! Very depressing. But at least more and more is just bad s**t about him. I mean really, he and his stupid son did commentary of a boxing match yesterday. 9-11. Of course on the original 9-11 after the towers fell he bragged about having the tallest building in NYC. Maybe he is as bad as Hitler.
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sofacushionfort 4 years ago
What a coincidence: that image is being projected on the outside wall of the embassy. On the inside walls, on January 20, the state dept employees removed this same man’s image at the speed of light too.
#23
'bear And Raven' Is The Finnish Nature Picture Of The Year
Riley Quinn 4 years ago
I know this is supposed to be a twilight/dawn photo, but it looks like the wildfires we've been experiencing here in the US.
#24
In 2018, Annamaria Horvathova, A Roma Girl From Slovakia Won A Running Race Wearing Just Ballerinas On Her Feet. Last Week, She Became A 1500m Champion Of Slovakia In Her Age Group
Andy Acceber 4 years ago
Shame on anyone blaming her for being 16 and pregnant. I don't know what sex-ed is like in Slovakia or how expensive condoms are, but I'm betting a child who was winning races in ballet flats doesn't have obscene amounts of money or social privilege. Cut the teen some slack.
Rissie 4 years ago
It's not about money, it's about culture. Roma tend to marry very early and give birth to children when they are in fact themselves still children. And usually to relatives, since the whole gene pool is quite slim. We judge this behavior in our own Western culture to grow beyond that point. They seek safety in continuing their ways. That's fine, but it's not admirable. And most certainly not something to find excuses for. She's fine with it and cares more for her family and their ways than she does for escaping that life.
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Tiny Dynamine 4 years ago
I think it was more likely that she wore ballet shoes, rather than people who perform ballet!
Vladimíra Matejová 4 years ago (edited)
no she ran in a pair of shoes she had at home. she didnt have any trainers. so after she won the race ppl bought her trainers to motivate her. but then she fell to the trap of the community customs and got pregnant.then there was a backlash on social media something like what is the point in buying them things they are still all the same ( some racist bullshit). these communities live in generational poverty. we have programs to help them but it is a long term problem and a vicious circle. i like the project called omama where they are trying to educate young mothers in how to take care and educate their toddlers so that they are not behind the children from majority
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Roms have experienced the vicious cycle of generational poverty for centuries, so it's not a stretch to image her difficulties in the often racist school system or not being able to afford pregnancy preventatives. I'm relieved it was a previous boyfriend and not her coach.
Shelley Gannon 4 years ago (edited)
my family had no money and I remember doing long jump and running races in shoes that were so cheap they had no inner soles but hard plastic like grids where the soles should have been. Ran races without complaints like kids do but was a bit sad on a small level seeing what other kids had. You go girl.
Moneythink 4 years ago
Closest she could get to running barefoot. When I was young, I much preferred to be barefoot, but you need to develop good calluses if you want to run that way.
Miriama 4 years ago
I am a Romani woman and I can tell you one thing, being pregnant at 16 does not only happen when you are Roma. Please be more open minded, as getting pregnant or married can happen to anyone and it does not matter on your culture or background.This depends on your upbringing and sometimes I guess it can just happen. I am 25 travelling the world with good education and my own business with no children. Just thought I share my views as I see Roma people are still being stereotyped.
Debbie 4 years ago
She got pregnant from her boyfriend whom she had been together with for a year. But they separated. Her mother wants her to get an abortion but they don't have the money for the procedure. https://remonews.com/slovakiaeng/only-16-year-old-athlete-in-dancers-annamaria-horvathova-is-pregnant-her-mother-wants-me-to-have-an-abortion/ and http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/romani-runner-in-slovakia-whose-junior-career-has-been-so-hopeful-announces-she-is-pregnant
Meanwhile, many Central and Eastern European countries hold strongly positive views of the political union. 7 in 10 or more in Poland, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Slovakia and nonmember Ukraine give the EU favorable marks, including at least 2 in 10 among these countries who say they have a very favorable view. Likewise, Sweden, Germany, Hungary, Spain, the Netherlands and Italy also hold a very positive outlook toward the EU.
#25
Newly Discovered Just Outside Of Verona, What Could Be This Year's Biggest Discovery - An Almost Entirely Intact Roman Mosaic Villa Floor!
Alex Bailey 4 years ago
Absolutely. Feel very lucky to have one near me that I've visited several times.
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Oh, the cleaners aren't gonna be happy when they see all that dirt on the floor!
Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago (edited)
Stunning mosaics! I would have that in my house. My entryway would be a good place—-beautiful first impression. Problem with that, though, is that I wouldn’t be able to enjoy it unless I practically moved into the entryway.
Jenný Samúelsdóttir Herlufsen 4 years ago
It was actually found in May 2020. It is newly discovered but still over a year ago.
#26
Neo-Gothic Apartment House In Budapest, Hungary. Built Around 1894
Kenny Kulbiski 4 years ago
Cool! The satellite dish is kinda incongruous. I'd like to see inside.
Glynna Bowood 4 years ago
Yes, But it has a distinctly Slytherin feel to it!
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Marlowe Fitzpatrik 4 years ago
Excuse me - what?? A Robin Hood movie with Jamie Fox and .... who is egsy? (nvm I looked it up. People didn't really want to do something really new, I guess... *sigh* )
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#27
Christmas Market 2019, Dresden, Germany
Grant Barke 4 years ago
Wasn't it the Germans who came up with the idea of the Christmas tree and decorating it.
Patrick O'Harris 4 years ago
As far as I know from my classes, the Christmas tree was introduced in the German Empire around 1870-something by the german emperor Wilhelm I. He celebrated christmas with a tree, decorated with all kinds of stuff and sending some to soldiers (it was Thirty Years' War if I remember correctly). I guess he is (one of) the reasons the christmas tree became so damn famous. He wasnt the first to decorate stuff for celebration, the first mentioning was in 1660, but I dont remember who (Liselotte something). The origin is more likely pegan. I did study that topic a little but it's in no way my specialty. Yet, I hope that its somehow new information or something.
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Brian Brown 4 years ago
This is what I envision each Christmas to be like, until reality sets in...
Wendy Franck 4 years ago
Dresden is a beautiful city with a devestating history. Go visit it, you will be suprised.
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Call Me Mars 4 years ago
I was able to go to German Christmas markets, and it is an AMAZING experience! We went with friends, and we all got a collection of mugs from different years!
Katinka Min 4 years ago
Man, I really hope we'll have christmas markets this year!! Unless the f*cking antivaxxers cause a forth wave :-/
Nina 4 years ago
Yeah, and unless the "holy" vaxxers are finally silent!!! Go and curse somewhere else ... 👋👋👋
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Meanwhile In Germany
Yvonne Dauwalder Balsiger 4 years ago
Some background: This is some spot where it is perfectly acceptable to bathe and sun naked. (People in western and northern Europe are not half as hang-up about nudity like the US.) The sow stole his laptop (in the yellow bag). After stepping in the box, the sow lost speed and dropped the bag reuniting the man with his laptop and providing mankind with some really hysterical pictures. Yes, the woman taking the pictures asked for the man's permission to post them on social media, good for her.
Zaza 4 years ago
Ok I know it's a cardboard box on the pigs foot, but it's so much funnier to think they censored the pigs parts too. Please tell me I'm not the only one who can see it like that
Constanze Mühlau 4 years ago
The company „Busch Modellbau“ made a Railway model from this guy. :D https://www.busch-model.info/000007948.3
IlovemydogShilo 4 years ago
Can anybody else imagine the theme from The Benny Hill Show Yakety Sax being played here? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnHmskwqCCQ
Ksenia M 4 years ago
The sitting people are way too nonchalant about a boar charging in the direction, to be honest)
Beatrice Millford 4 years ago
In the UK we chase a big cheese down a hill, admittedly with our clothes on but still ...
According to Pew Center, views of the economy play a large role in how people generally view the European Union. According to their study, those who think their country’s economic situation is good are more likely to have a favorable opinion of the EU in most countries surveyed.
“In Sweden, for example, 81% of those who think the Swedish economy is in good shape also have a positive view of the EU; just 42% of those who think the economy is functioning poorly share that sentiment,” the study stated.
#29
Experiment In Estonia: Instead Of Getting A Speeding Ticket, Drivers Who Exceed The Limit Have To Stop And Wait For A 'Time Out' To Pass Before They Can Continue Their Journey
LostSoul 4 years ago
PERFECT idea! Losing time is more punishment than paying a fine. I LOVE THIS!!!!
Vicky Z 4 years ago
It's also perfect cause it affects poor and rich equally!!! Most of the times the rich don't care about the fine so they don't care about speeding too!
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Monika Lachova 4 years ago
and do they stop willingly? or are they fined in case they drive away before they are supposed to wait?
Red rockin lobster 4 years ago
This isn't a bad idea. Some people never learn...or don't mind about paying the fee every time.
WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
Psychologists say that rewarding for good behavior is better than punishing for bad behavior. Why don't we start giving people money for every month they didn't get a ticket?
Kari Panda 4 years ago
While I do get where you‘re coming from, this is basic manners and common sense, not to mention the law. By the same reasoning, you could give out money to those who don’t shoplift etc. :/ Also, from my experience, most speeders don’t care about money. They just want to get there fast, anything else is irrelevant to them.
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Riley Quinn 4 years ago
This is the best idea because it forces drivers to be aware immediately. Motorists are like dogs. You need to correct their behavior in the moment.
#30
Oldest Door Still In Use In Rome, At The Pantheon. Cast In Bronze For Emperor Hadrian's Rebuilding, It Dates From About 115 Ad. Each Door Is Solid Bronze 2.3 M Wide & 7.5 M High, Yet So Well Balanced They Can Be Pushed Or Pulled Open Easily By One Person
Bear Hall 4 years ago
Was the picture made a second before she fell backwards leaning on the door?
Devil's Advocate 4 years ago
She's leaning against the pillar next to the door
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Elli Rahim 4 years ago
Impressive - I wonder who were the talented metal workers who casted and installed that door.
#31
European Parliament Has Voted In Favour Of A Universal Charger For Mobile Devices. 582 - 40
Rabbit Carrot 4 years ago
As there should be. There should also be a price cap on stuff like this.
Bron 4 years ago
Nicholas, fairly sure profits don’t have to be as obscenely high as they are, thus allowing for good quality and well paid workers.
Load More Replies... WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
Suck on that Apple. No more "You need a €250 charger for your €1100 IPhone. We haven't included one with your overpriced phone because we care about the environment."
Devil's Advocate 4 years ago
You mean they told Apple to f**k off and stop making proprietary charger ports when everyone else uses standard usb connections...
Riley Quinn 4 years ago
It still strikes me as odd that the same charger/adapter can't be used for both iPhone and Android.
Bina Cobbler 4 years ago
Remember back in the day when every different model of the same manufacturer cane with a charger that would only work with maybe three different phones? When you couldn't even charge your phone at your friend's house because he had a Motorola and you had a Nokia? The EU then demanded a standard to br used by manufacturers wishing to sell in the EU. Back then it was Mini USB, but it was a huge leap forward. Remember that. Without rules, manufacturers will exploit the freedom and won't provide you with the best, but with the most money-generating charger.
Damon Hill 4 years ago
Most cell phone prices are due to the greed of the provider. Go outside your provider and you'll find it for a much less. I bought my Galaxy Note 9 for $260. US Cellular wanted $1000. And going outside the provider I was able to get an unlocked phone which means I can remove most of that preloaded crap no one uses. At least, no one I've ever met. Now if someone could only figure out a way to remove the illegal tracking software the government had installed on every cell phone last year.
#32
Swedish Fans Excited About Today's Match
Stepha Wilson 3 years ago
At first glance I thought they were all cosplaying sailor moon characters
#33
In Germany You Can Play Pong With The Person On The Other Side Of Traffic Lights
LesAnimaux 4 years ago
They should have these in Rome too! You wait forever for the green light and once it's green it's like 'YOU HAVE ONE AND A HALF SECOND TO CROSS GOOD LUCK'
Ceredwyn Ealanta 4 years ago
Cross like the romans do! Behind a nun. I always crossed behind a nun, and they sure slow for them :D
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Stefan Scheiben 4 years ago
Does anyone know where exactly this traffic lights are located? While this is definitely an exception, Germany is kind of creative with traffic lights especially in tourist areas, often replacing the "usual" green or red motifs with regional variants. I have never seen one with a built-in game, though.
Yoga Kitty 4 years ago
Hildesheim, according to Google. I have never seen a traffic light where you can play games and, to be honest, I do not need this kind of b☆llshit. As if it was not dangerous enough with all those people glued to their phones and not paying attention to the traffic around them...
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Dasha Slepenkina 4 years ago
I lived in Germany for three years and personally haven't seen one of these, despite having travelled all over the country. I think they're quite rare but would be really cool to see one "in the wild."
#34
The Netherlands - 1966
Peter Korsten 4 years ago
There are a few reasons for why we're skilled at cycling: 1) Except for some sandhills/moraines (remnants of the ice age) and some hills in the extreme south, the country is completely flat. 2) There is a completely separate infrastructure for cyclists. Most of the time, cycling paths are physically separate from the road, and they have their own traffic lights. Infrastructure design in the Netherlands is way ahead of most other countries in the world, and it avoids putting different kinds of traffic (pedestrians, bicycles and cars) in the same place. 3) We learn traffic rules in school, and get to do an exam with a certificate. (At least, in my time. We also got swimming lessons, a good idea in a country with a lot of waterways.)
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Charlotte 4 years ago
This is still very common here. Although we now have all sort of devices you can click onto your bike. My mom used to cycle, me standing in the back, my brother in the front, my friend on the bar in de middle. Also: helmets are considered ridiculous.
Sanne H. 4 years ago
Correction: helmets are considered for tourists and very old people.
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Caroline Nagel 4 years ago
'Nederland op film' is a great Dutch tv series with only amateur films from the 1930s up to the 1980s. It gives a good view of life in the Netherlands throughout those decades.
What's In Your Head? 4 years ago
Yes! I watched all of the episodes, it's truly a wonderful series!
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I'm already hearing the comments from foreigners: Dangerous! Poor kids! Not safe! Where are the helmets?
M O'Connell 4 years ago
As a foreigner, I'm more interested in the full-coverage chain guard? Is that common because I don't think I've seen one in the US except on rental bicycles.
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Ozzie Ogawa 4 years ago
It reminds me when i was kid. Me & my friend rode the bike like in the picture, i pedaled and he steered, and we ended up hitting a traffic sign pole. 🤣
Patrick O'Harris 4 years ago
I remember one of my teachers living in the netherlands but teaching us in germany (I grew up veeeery close to the border). He came by bike every day. Was drunk at our house a couple of times and always made it home safely. Very nice guy. I hope he recovered from his back injury.
Andy Acceber 4 years ago
Okay, Johnny, you sit side-saddle on this bar and steer. I've got Molly.
#35
Sailors Saluting A War Veteran, Leningrad 1989
Jyri Hakola 4 years ago
We indeed to wish that they would have never needed to invade us just due "spheres of influences"
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If only countries like Russia and the USA actually treated their veterans with respect instead of dragging them out for annual propaganda displays. Instead, far too many end up homeless, drug addicted, in and out of mental institutions or prisons. What good is a national holiday when the nation you fought for treats you like an untouchable?
SoozeeQ 4 years ago
This reminds me of a powerful song called, "And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" about Australian soldiers in WWI. I first heard it in Year 9, back in the 80s, and our teacher had tears in his eyes while it played. The first link is the story behind it (interesting) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_the_Band_Played_Waltzing_Matilda and the second link is the song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E22gszljklc Really powerful. All about going off to war as a hero, and coming back maimed and nobody wants to know. P.S. "Waltzing Matilda" is an Australian folk song.
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Ruth Dyke 4 years ago
There is nothing glamorous or good about war. The undertaker is one of the few to benefit from war.
Alex Boyd 4 years ago
It's *possible* that he prefers it--I read an article by (or about? I forget) a guy with no legs, who has tried various prosthetics and wheelchairs, but finds that he's more mobile if he uses a simple skateboard, or just his hands for indoors, even though it looks strange to other people. I'm pretty sure that dude was without legs from birth, though, which feels like it would make a difference in terms of being comfortable living his life at floor-level. Also, it seems like, if you have a non-improvised mobility aid, a ceremonial event like in the picture might be the occasion to use it.
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Jeff LaFlamme 3 years ago
Greater love than this no man hath, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Anna Repp 4 years ago
During the late 1940s and 1950s disabled veterans were dispersed from Moscow and other large cities for forced resettlement in remote areas. Stalin did not want the amputees and the maimed to mar the image of the victorious USSR. A very shameful chapter of my country's history. Check out this article on invalids in the USSR. https://dsq-sds.org/article/view/936/1111%C2%BB
#36
An Old Albanian Lady Dining With Her Dead Husband & Children Who Were Killed In 1999 During The War
Riley Quinn 4 years ago
This is sad for two reasons. The obvious traumatic loss this woman has suffered, and that she's referred to as old. She ain't old, young'un.
Sue Lynn Chan 4 years ago
I feel like sitting next to her to keep her company. I know it’s rude, but part of me can’t help me…..
Tee Witt 4 years ago
If she is there for the spirits you would not be welcomed
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A French Woman With Her Baguette And Six Bottles Of Wine, Paris, France, 1945
TimesNewLogan 4 years ago
Hey, if you'd just survived WWII and the German occupation, including harsh food rations, you'd want a big loaf of bread and a stiff drink, too!
Bear Hall 4 years ago
She is in the Resistance. In fact she carries a gun and Molotov cocktails.
#38
Heat Wave In Rovaniemi, Finland (66°30′n)
Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago (edited)
Even Rudolph and his buddies decided to go to the beach for the day!
Vernice Aure 4 years ago
I'm giggling here - there are Reindeer hanging out at the beach and all people are talking about is the Norwegian flag bikini...
helen gray 4 years ago
Lol! We are at least a whole decade away from that, yet!
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Just hangin' with the reindeer......one more reason to love Finland...
#39
Miniature Traffic Playground In Copenhagen Where Kids Learn To Bike In Traffic
Ozacoter 4 years ago
We need them to drive cars too. Throwing students in their first lesson in the streets is dumb. I went to the highway in my second lesson and I almost had a heart attack
Gwyndall 4 years ago
I think I burst into tears when our instructor told me to go on the freeway without warning.
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nothingisreal 4 years ago (edited)
We have a place like this in my town, it's called Safety Town..we go there in the 3rd grade and get to drive little cars around "real streets.." It's so much fun! Edit: yes, I'm from America.
WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
We had them in the Netherlands too. They were called traffic gardens. Now kids just learn to cycle the hard way. Without helmets.
Charlotte 4 years ago
Only the ones that make it remain. We use the accidents to reenforce the dikes. ;)
Load More Replies... Riley Quinn 4 years ago
I've read about this and think it's a fantastic idea. Kids are so easily distracted, so having the rudimentary skills down pat will assist them when they're in traffic or in crowded areas, and they have to make split second decisions.
Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago
My high school was close to the civic center in town, so we used that huge empty parking lot for our first couple driving lessons. I did fine, as did one of the other two students. However, when the third person had their turn, we were very very happy for the instructor’s duplicate steering wheel, gas peddle, and BRAKES!!!
Couch potato 4 years ago
There was one of these in Sydney, Australia, but they knocked it down and turned it into a skate park
A Head 4 years ago
We had this in Cleveland, Ohio (US), in the mid- '70s when I was a kid, but we actually drove little pedal cars around. Officer Howard was our instructor, and one day my friend and I saw him driving down our street in his cruiser...it was like seeing a teacher at the grocery store.
#40
A Banner At The Pro-Eu March In London Where One Million People Have Turned Out To Protest
Gogubaci 4 years ago
you can't just run a vote until you get the result you want, THAT is not a democracy
Alex Bailey 4 years ago
Well, in fact a some people thought it was advisory and not legally binding. Which, technically, was true but by then it was a bit late.
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Dill 4 years ago
Not sure they have a name as such... happy for people to come up with one though! Boris is a buffoon so maybe Buffooners?
Load More Replies... Riley Quinn 4 years ago
Wish someone would explain this to the US snowflakes desperate for a fascist uprising. But then, the US as a whole uses the term democracy loosely because they're not quite sure what it is, but that doesn't stop us from cramming it down the throats of sovereign nations.
Michael Beswick 4 years ago
In most cases referendums are a terrible idea because they assume that majority of people that are voting are educated and well informed about the choice they are making.
Daniel Marsh 4 years ago
Ironic quote, given the arguments AGAINST Brexit, and the actions of the European Union to disallow Brexit.
#41
Here In Italy Bars Are Starting To Use Pasta As Straws To Reduce Plastic Use. Our Technology Amazes The World Another Time
Eden Vowles 4 years ago
Not every one can, depending on physical disabilities, and even without that a lot of people still have things like sensitive teeth so it's physically painful to drink a cold drink without one :)
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Daniel Marsh 4 years ago
Pasta seems a much better solution that the cardboard crap in the states. McDonald's here used to wrap plastic straws in paper; now they wrap paper straws in plastic. SMH.
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 4 years ago
? What? Here, it's paper-straws in paper. I actually have a packet of pasta-straws in the car, but I most often forget to tell them that I don't need a straw. Better paper than plastic, though
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Cottonball917 4 years ago
In a way I guess it's better to cut down on 1 product than none at all but fair point.
Load More Replies... Wendy Franck 4 years ago
Way better than the lousy paper straws. At least you can taste your drink instead of soggy paper.
CultOfBambi 4 years ago
Great work - but still using a plastic cup? Where's the pasta equivalent for that? :oD
Ekaterina S 4 years ago
Had these when I was at bday parties when I was a kid, you are a little late! :D
Katherine Boag 4 years ago
Does it work well for disabled people who NEED straws to drink safely? Remember straws are assistive tech.
Robert Robi Z 4 years ago
I would rather drink without straw than drink everything tasting like raw pasta
#42
A 9-Year-Old Boy From Amsterdam During The Dutch Famine Better Known As "Winter Hunger" From 1944 To 45. Many Children Carried Spoons With Them Wherever They Went "Just In Case"
snipergun 4 years ago
Also children from cities were relocated to farms which were less likely to get bombed. Many had nothing not even clothes so parents ashamed of that fact packed big winter jacket with them in summer just so it looks like they have something. True story from my Dutch side of family. They're still friends to this day and now lady comes at least once a year to visit 90 yo grandma who sheltered her in those years.
Chantal Brosius 4 years ago
My granny went to such a farm too. She told me they were called Haagse bleekneusjes
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Seán Baron 4 years ago
Audrey Hepburn was living in Arnhem during this time, and she had to go under the pseudonym Edda van Heemstra so as not to attract attention to her English name. She recalls having to make flour out of tulip bulbs.
Jeffrey Diehl 4 years ago
It has been said that that experience contributed greatly to her inability to gain weight, her lack of stamina, thus ending her dreams of becoming a ballerina and her several miscarriages as well as her final cancer. F*%k the nazis.
Load More Replies... Andy Acceber 4 years ago
It's been more than a year since that child was getting adequate meals. I hope he survived to adulthood.
Nadja Lambacher 4 years ago
Looked at the original post, his name is HENKIE HOLVAST. He survived but two of his siblings did not.
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Hilary Mol 4 years ago
My dad's parents were both from the Netherlands, and they still had a lot of family back in the old country well into the 1960s. I found a stack of letters from my grandpa's cousins and aunts and uncles from the "Winter Hunger" period, and in each letter they always included a short list of the things they needed the most, if my grandparents could afford to send anything to them. Most of the time it was clothing, stockings, and other useful household items, but 1943-44 it was almost always a list full of food that could survive the trip.
Colin Matthews 4 years ago
Interesting studies on genetics show that babies were born underweight right through until the late 1970s as a result of the mass famine during the war
Moneythink 4 years ago
And there were other effects, like an increased tendency toward diabetes.
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Ripley Dog 4 years ago
The long-term genetic effects of the Hunger Winter were passed on not just to the survivors children, but even to their grandchildren. Increased mortality, diabetes, hypertension and heart disease just to name a few. There's new evidence that PTSD changes genetics, even in animals. It's fascinating and terrible all at the same time.
#43
These Two UK Phone Booths Have Been Repurposed
Pat Bond 4 years ago
Yes, its actually cheaper for BT to repurpose and pay for the electricity than have them decomissioned. I believe they get a certain amount back as it's considered a charitable gesture.
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#44
Climate Protest In Cologne. They're Standing On Ice Blocks
Tiny Dynamine 4 years ago
It isn't dangerous because it's the force that snaps your neck, which requires some speed. Those ropes are loose and they're barely off the ground so they wouldn't get strangled at all.
HalfShelli 4 years ago
Without the force of the drop snapping your neck, you just get death by strangulation, which is slower and more awful.
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Moneythink 4 years ago
Now replace the protesters with oil industry execs and the politicians on their payroll.
Katerina Huskova 4 years ago
I'm 35 and very often hear people older than me, like 50 and older, say that youngsters only care about entertainment, fashion, etc. On the other hand if young people stand up for the future, it's wrong again because they're "too young, unexperienced, or whatsever" Come on boomers.
Jill Tremblay 4 years ago
This is ingenious ! They are actually not in any danger. There is plenty of leeway on those ropes, but it really puts the point across of Global warming and how it will eventually kill us.
#45
Moloch Of War (1966). Photo Of A Soviet War Veteran Near The Eternal Flame On The Anniversary Of Victory Day
Patrick O'Harris 4 years ago
Never. We have been able to look pretty far back in human history and that is something that has always been and always will be. Those who have not learned in thousands of years will not learn anything either. Not that I like it but... I guess unfortunately thats how it is...
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Riley Quinn 4 years ago
After the Vietnam Conflict, I hoped that citizens would recognize that wars are a rich man's game of chess and that the soldiers are merely the invaluable pawns. But no. Now we're dealing with the aftermath of 20-years in Afghanistan.
#46
Eating A Haring In The Hague, Netherlands
kristy sickles 4 years ago
Sharing a Herring is Caring....hahaha... I will see myself out...
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Charlotte 4 years ago
Yes. It's called 'haring' in Dutch. Some shops even have signs that say something along the lines of: if a seagull eats your herring, you ain't getting a new one. XD
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TimesNewLogan 4 years ago (edited)
Those birds can and will steal right from your mouth. Greedy punks!
Suzanne Clark 4 years ago
Gulls are nervy buggers...I once saw one swallow a starfish that I was sure was too big to swallow but he managed although it sure looked strange going down.
Sunshine Sunshine 4 years ago
Me too buddy. Do you know exactly where that is? Quiz time
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Swiss Fans Threw Shaqiri A Wheel Of Cheese After His Winning Goal
Tia Hansen 4 years ago
"and someone wrap up the bump on his head that women had too good of aim" :P
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Otter 4 years ago
I love that someone hauled a wheel of cheese into the stadium, just in case a player did something good!
Seán Baron 4 years ago
I was in Barcelona to watch 'El Classico' which is the meeting between Barcelona and Reàl Madrid. It was also the first match after Luis Figo had left Barça to join Reàl. Hitch was seen as treacherous by the Barça fans. When he went up to take a corner right by where I was sat and full of Barça fans, out of nowhere came a pig's head that landed by his feet. An actual pig's head!
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MiriPanda 4 years ago
Switzerlan is rather famous for its cheese specialties.
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Judes Dominoes 3 years ago
Switzerland- a place very well north for watches and cheese and chocolates xD- tour the world- youtube
#48
This Is Not The Queue For The Dover Ferry. This Is The Queue For The Queue For The Dover Ferry
Tiny Dynamine 4 years ago
This government is deliberately and gladly taking us back to how things were in the 19th century.
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WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
Isn't this due to Brexit? As far as I understood lorriedrivers have to have a shedload of paperwork done before they can leave or enter the UK.
PatriciaB 4 years ago
I think this was at Christmas when France closed the border because of covid.
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Rickie Cole 4 years ago
this is the Manston inland border facility which is largely not used anymore, trucks are now directed to Sevington - this photo was probably taken in Q1 of the year when trucks were arriving without the correct paperwork and Drivers needed to be tested for Covid
Samantha PandaNotBored 4 years ago
This isn’t far from my house. This used to be an airport. There were so many lorries that the ground sunk . Operation Stack .. when the french are being themselves… A holes
#49
Polish Mp Joanna Lichocka Showing A Middle Finger To Opposition
Antonina Ż 4 years ago
Please remove, this is the other way around, she is part of PiS and wated the money for TV instead for cancer!
Getthepopcornout 4 years ago
Really??? That's awful! Contact the guys who created the list and tell them
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Manndy Fisher 4 years ago
Yap, the same party who banned abortion on damaged foetuses so women must carry on and watch new-born die or wait for it to die inside of her. I guess they passed it with the same fecking smiles.
Bob Belcher 4 years ago
Daaaamn!!! Even here in Texas we don't go that far!! Hospitals need to profit somehow.
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Pawel Jamacasy 4 years ago (edited)
They fuel inflation and when people are living in poverty, they raised their own salary by 150%, laughing at citizens. Experts from this party said that inflation does not negatively affect wallets. Help us
Riley Quinn 4 years ago
State television wins over cancer? How incredibly foolish and shortsighted. Typical.
kathryn stretton 4 years ago
Shame on her, whatever her point of view. Not good at all for an M.P.
#50
After A Recent Bush Fire In Wicklow Ireland, A Sign Is Again Visible Which Was Created To Warn Wwii Bombers They Were Over Ireland And Not England
Hugh Willie Mungous 4 years ago
Most likely to discourage German bomber crews. It didn't protect them completely though as Dublin was bombed (accidentally). Downed aircrew (from both sides) were interned in a pretty agreeable fashion until the end of hostilities. Most (upon their personal assurance and personal guarantee that they wouldn't do a runner) were allowed out of camp - even down to the pub in the evening! How civilized!
Stimpy 4 years ago
What exactly do you mean with "from both sides"? Allied bomber crews caught in Germany were certainly not treated friendly
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#51
Green Train In Lower Silesia, Poland
Rabbit Carrot 4 years ago
This is great but can’t say it would do much for allergies! Also bugs flying around your head while you travel? No thanks.
ThatGuv 4 years ago
oh wow, well I don't care one s**t that you didn't mentioned asthma. I was just adding to why it probably wasn't the best idea for the plants there... Asshole! Oh, and if you're going to go off at someone about absolutely nothing, the least you can do is get your spelling right. It's hay fever (with an "a")... not "hey fever"
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N S 4 years ago
Very cool, though I wonder if this is a temporary thing as surely it requires a lot of work to maintain?
Rainy Day Wolf 4 years ago
ferns are pretty easy to maintain as long as there's ok humidity and medium light
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Grant Barke 4 years ago
Not to my liking. Trains and plants don't seem to go together if you ask me.
#52
The Lonely Sister, London, British Museum
Liam Walsh 4 years ago
Most of us in the UK agree giving these things back is the right thing to do. Taking them was the wrong thing to do at the time. We know better now. Give. It. Back.
Merty Robinson 4 years ago
Absolutely. Seeing the spaces for the 'missing' marbles in the museum in Athens was heartbreaking. I'm British, and I say give the loot back, we've been lucky to enjoy it for a while, but it clearly isn't ours.
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Collecting international spoils to hoard in your nation's museum is unfathomably cruel. Return all the spoils to every nation that wants it back.
Donkey boi 4 years ago
Greece: look at our classic art, wee call it the 'Six Sisters'. England: Nice... We'll take the one most intact... Greece: Wait, what? England: Oh and a few of those columns too, oh, and those statues we passed on the way in are already being loaded.
Moo Moo Futch 4 years ago
Most of the stuff in the British isn't British and much of it is stolen.
cybermerlin2000 4 years ago
Returning it will create a portal to a hell dimension filled with vile monsters and evil thoughts... pretty much a gateway into any parliament building
#53
Biggest Protests In The History Of Belarus Continue. More Than 100 000 People Are On The Streets Of Minsk Today. The Protesters Demand Fair Elections
Vorknkx 4 years ago
Why? You already had free and fair elections. Just because your candidate lost does NOT give you the right to disrespect the choice of the blue states.
Load More Replies... Manndy Fisher 4 years ago
Yeah but fact that so many people are protesting on the street where their president won by receiving 92% of votes is a wee bit suspish don't you think?
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Danish Newspapers Are Having A Field Day Today
Jon Steensen 4 years ago
...or to be more precise, it is about Trump canceling his visit to Denmark and calling our prime minister nasty after she stated that his notion of buying Greenland (including the people already living there) for absurd (which it truely is, but I guess he is used to living in a world where money buys him anything he wants).
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Louise Stange-Wahl 4 years ago
He is an idiot big enough to be the village idiot of the planet!
#55
A Stand For Bikers To Hold On To While Waiting For The Traffic Lights In Sweden
Isabella 4 years ago
In Germany, most (if not all) of the pedestrian traffic light poles have a hand rail for bikers.
WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
Just what I was going to say. If you see a bicyclist waiting for a red light, you're bound to meet a dodo within the next few minutes.
Load More Replies... Louise Stange-Wahl 4 years ago
I can just see what would happen here in the USA...they would complain they are a waste of money! Here in New Mexico, our crosswalks look like this if you are in town in a horsie area (which is pretty much everywhere thank goodness!). HorseCross...e1b7c2.jpg 
#56
Wuppertal's Suspension Railway (Monorail), Germany
Rabbit Carrot 4 years ago (edited)
Monorail! There’s nothing on earth Like a genuine, bona fide Electrified, six-car monorail What'd I say? Monorail! Monorail! Monorail!
Katie Lutesinger 4 years ago
"But Main Street's still all cracked and broken!" "Sorry, Mom - the mob has spoken!"
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I really want to go there. It's pretty unique as a place that stretches through a valley and needs this to get around more easily. Plus it features in a film I love - Alice in the Cities.
Jonathan Labelle 4 years ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDOI0cq6GZM&ab_channel=saveourspit
J. F. 4 years ago
The original system was build in 1901, it's the age that makes it special
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#57
Black Forest, Germany
Sapna Sarfare 4 years ago
Wait... i am coming... damn it, where is the spoon when you need it?
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Mountain switchback - they're pretty shallow-graded for trucks going up them not to waste too much fuel.
#58
Queen Elizabeth II, Who Is On The Throne For 68 Years And 309 Days At This Moment, Has Outlasted The Longest-Reigning Occupant Of The Roman Imperial Throne, Constantine Viii (30 III 962 - 11 Xi 1028), Whose Tenure Went On For 66 Years And 226 Days
Unwelcomed Guest 4 years ago
And she will as she is only 47yo in lizard overlord years
Load More Replies... StrawberryParfait 4 years ago
The best English queens are named Elizabeth, it seems. Amazing to think this woman has devoted her life to the service of her people, above her own personal happiness and choices, for almost 70 years. She was born for the role. There will never be another monarch like her. Such a great lady.
Shelp 4 years ago
Why the comparison with the Roman empire? Louis XIV of France reigned for 74 years, and Rama IX of Thailand for 70 years
Linda Roy 3 years ago
Pepi II of Egypt ruled for over 90 years, so Bessie has a long way to go
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Etna Volcano Right Now
Giovanni 4 years ago
Two or three weeks ago, my grandparents' summer house got covered in ashes, it's hell to clean and sometimes the airport shuts down but it happens every other year, the lava flows in an empty valley towards the sea.
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As Travelling Abroad Is Still Not 100% Safe, We Decided To Make Our Own Venice In Poland
RoseTheMad 4 years ago
Same in London! maxresdefault.jpg 
.... but all jokes aside, I'm lucky to not have lived in an area that has flooded (this year, it has before) and I genuinely hope all the people affected by the extreme weathers this year are staying safe.<3
Grant Barke 4 years ago
I'm not seeing it. Cars look nothing like gondolas. Old world charm, 0 out of 10.
ThePracticalSarcastic 4 years ago
travel is as safe as you make it. just go if you're allowed.
SuperChicken 4 years ago
I shouldn't have, but I did laugh out loud on the caption. It's too funny.
#61
One Year Ago The Italian Army Had To Be Deployed To Relieve The Morgue Of Bergamo, Italy And Bring The Corpses Of Covid19 Victims To Be Burned In Other Locations In Northern Italy. This Day Has Been Chosen To Remember The Victims Of The Pandemic
SuperChicken 4 years ago (edited)
Because they're the intellects who strongly believe that it's all a hoax 🙄
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LesAnimaux 4 years ago
This could be phrased better. Cremated, not burned. Bodies, not corpses.
Guido Pisano 4 years ago
probabilly english is not poster's primary language
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RoseTheMad 4 years ago
Seeing pictures like this, and the one of the bodies in the back of the truck in New York,.. the bodies burned in the trench because there simply wasn't the space for them... Honestly they are heartbreaking and scary, and I still can't fathom why so many people are anti-vaccine, anti-mask, and believe it's all one big hoax. :/
#62
The Beautiful Rose Window Was Spared!
Jon Steensen 4 years ago
The fun bit is that what probably spared it was a thick dust cover due to no one having cleaned it for a very long period.
Mimi 4 years ago
I think they mean the fire in Notre Dame in Paris? It could be somewhere else, but that’s what it looks like to me....
Load More Replies... Louise Stange-Wahl 4 years ago
I wish they would have gutted the inside, save the walls and the windows, and do the right thing by planting grass and trees INSIDE as a beautiful living park. I was furious when I heard they were going to kill thousand-year-old trees to do the repairs. THAT IS WRONG!
#63
Putin-Trump Kiss Mural By Mindaugas Bonanu Located In Lithuania
Lavender B. 4 years ago
It's like a modern version of the brotherly love mural from the Berlin Wall where Brezniev was kissing Honecker.
Stefan Scheiben 4 years ago
Actually this image is a parody of a similar one at Berlin's East Side Gallery, which is essentially the rest of the Berlin wall repurposed as an art gallery. The iconic original from 1990 shows former presidents Honecker (GDR) and Breschnew (USSR) with the caption "God, help me to survive this deadly love!" in cyrillic.
cybermerlin2000 4 years ago
Is that Peter Capaldi on the right? I wonder where he parked the TARDIS
#64
Paris, France
Kenya Hernandez 4 years ago
SOOOoooooooooo this is where ladybug and cat noir fight akumas.....
Moo Moo Futch 4 years ago
I love standing at the arch watching the carnage of cars trying to get out of the centre. It's quite interesting to watch.
#65
Gullholmen, Sweden
Terd Fergison 4 years ago
I'm sure everybody knows everybody's business. I would hate to live there. Also, at some point it is likely that incest is occurring, unless lots of people are moving out and new people with new genetic backgrounds are moving in.
Louise Stange-Wahl 4 years ago
I hope they evacuate everyone during storms. This is just TOO CROWDED!
#66
Former French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe Defeats Children In A Game Of Dominoes During A Visit To A School, September 2019
Cold Contagious 4 years ago
That looks like some toxic masculinity at it's finest.
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No one seems impressed by the behavior of the prime minister -- except the prime minister.
#67
I Just Saw That In My Neighborhood, A Service Of Daily Baguette Delivery In France
Bacony Cakes 4 years ago
And it's not even freezing to death in the Russian winter.
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You can buy fresh baguette in some Métro stations. Forgot which station, but there's a whole bakery there.
#68
This Is The Only Picture You Need To See To Help Your Really Get A Feel For Yesterday’s General Election
cybermerlin2000 4 years ago
Too many voted for the muppet and later wished they voted for Elmo
Caro Caro 4 years ago
Boris is a twat. Remember some time ago he was in Myranmar and mumbled a poem that was very racist. I hate his guts.
Luis Hernandez Dauajare 4 years ago
Yes, "The Road to Mandalay", about British colonialism at a former colony. Wow...
Load More Replies... WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
It's striking how intelligent and sophisticated the orange guy looks in comparison with that bloke wearing a tie.
#69
Lamborghini Police Car In Italy
Libby Tailor 4 years ago
Actually Volvo 850 with Lamborghini engin was used as police car in the US
Gabriele Alfredo Pini 4 years ago
It was donated by Lamborghini as a publicity stunt. It is used mainly to transport high-priorities humans organs.
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The Eu Commission Building Last Night. Leaving A Light On For Scotland
Víctor Alfonso García Olmo 4 years ago
What did you say? We, the spanish people, are really positive with Scotland be part of EU. We "hate" England, you know :-D
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#71
Round Apartment Buildings In Moscow, Russia
Bacony Cakes 4 years ago
Paint 'em in pride flag colours and put the WBC in the middle. That'll sort 'em out.
#72
21 Years Ago Today, An Ira Bomb In The Red Car Killed 29 People In Northern Ireland. This Photograph Was Taken Moments Before Detonation. The Man And Child In The Picture Survived, The Photographer Did Not
Hugh Willie Mungous 4 years ago
What a terrible, terrible day that was. The only positive? It completely changed the thinking of a very large section of all communities who realised that the peace process had become truly vital and urgent.
SuperChicken 4 years ago
It's really sad that sometimes, it takes something devastating for something good to happen. I'm happy for the father and child to have survived, but really sad for the photographer.
Load More Replies... Paul C. 4 years ago
Yes, because the IRA hate the English so obviously you plant a bomb in Ireland that will kill Irish people regardless of their beliefs.
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Metro Renaissance In Düsseldorf, Germany
SuperChicken 4 years ago
In the midst of all the chaos, kisses can still find its way through.
#74
Yesterday Hungarys Ruling Party Passed The ‘Slave Law’ Which Enables Companies To Make Their Workers Work Extra 400 Hours. The Overtime Ony Has To Be Paid After Three Years. Protesters Confronted The Authorities In The Whole City, The Police Used Gas And Pepper Spray Several Times
Ozacoter 4 years ago
Hungary and Poland are really going crazy. I wish that the EU woudl step up and stop this madness.
Caro Caro 4 years ago
Human rights are ignored and the EU does nothing. You're right this is madness.
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Beuska 4 years ago
This not not exatly how it is.... the title is very deceptive, an already existing method received legal frames. It does not mean that companies can make people work endless working hours and not paying them extra because of overtime. There are legal rights, 8 hour normal work hour/day for your agreed payment, extra work on workdays x1,5 of your normal payment , on weekends x2. If you are working in an 8 hour work schedule, than this overtime have to be paid at the end of the month. - this is the most commont version. If you are working in unequal work schedule, when your overtime can be defined after you finished this work, the company has the right the pay this overtime in a Maximum of 3 years (paid yearly), of course depending on the length of the work and on the mutual agreement. The overtime is maximized in 400 hours yearly, but this is also a bit more complicated because depends on the collective agreement and the agreement between the company and the employee too.
Beuska 4 years ago
sorry for my English, I hope this is understandable :) Anyway I just wanted to add this because I was reading some of the comments and every coin is two sided, it depends on what you hear and read in the news. We did not became slaves either :) or at least I think it depends on where you work.. and also to add, I am open to read about the regulations in other countries too, maybe there are better ones, from which we can learn.
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Andy Acceber 4 years ago
Police protect profits not people. True in at least 9 out of every 10 countries.
DC 4 years ago
... that's outragously wrong! 50 work days overtime, and they can wait 3 years to pay you? If this isn't some highly resrticted emergency to safe companies on the edge of bankruptcy, it's a dystopian nightmare coming true. People should hold back their work's result for three years, and get compenasation if they have to rent storage for it or arrange transportation, of, say, some big machinery if they work as a welder ... you don't pay them, neither should you receive their work's results or make any profit of it.
Attila Ángyán 4 years ago
That was in 2019 and guess what, they did accept the law and we have no slaves in 2021. Literally nothing happened, it was just a campaign from the opposition to make people scared and to make hungary and the prime minister look bad.
#75
Warsaw Is Reclaiming Space From Cars
WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
The Netherlands has been doing that since the 1970's, but they simply closed streets for cars. The "Stop murdering our children" protests were picked up by politicians and resulted in policies aimed at giving the cities back to the people.
Panda 4 years ago
Back to the cyclists you mean who don't give a damn about pedestrians.
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Łukasz Markuszewski 4 years ago
Unfortunately Warsaw is still a car-owned city. There are huge highways crossing city in many places. The amount of noise is very high, we have smog and the city is not very friendly for walking. I spent some time in few big cities, in Poland and abroad, and Warsaw is the worst.
#76
28 April 1945: Adolf Hitler Briefly Emerges From His Bunker Beneath The Ruins Of Berlin To Survey What's Left Of His "Thousand-Year Reich." A Photographer Snaps This Final Image Of The German Führer
cybermerlin2000 4 years ago
"Well, Addy, it's like this. We lost. plain and simple. My gun? Sure, you can have it... Where are you going?... hello?"
Tiny Dynamine 4 years ago
To all people who have his mentality - The same will happen to you, don't ever doubt it.
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
Does anyone else think Adolf looks like a pouty toddler? Getting scolded by a grandpa? Or is it just me?
#77
Alexei Navalny Bids Farewell To His Wife Yulia Before His Arrest
Alexandru Bucur 4 years ago
Quite the contrary. He knows full well that he is gambling with his life, but he knows that if he dies in prison, he becomes a martyr for the anti-Putin cause. For him, that alone is worth any sacrifice.
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Billboard Welcoming Theresa May In Brussels
DC 4 years ago
I guess if the Thatcher-discount is dicontinued, and every other special treatment above just being a member, you might be accepted back in in a few years - and should work for this. I mean this seriously and noninsulting - those thinking that UK in EU is to be prefered should found a party with exactly that goal. The countries that ran the first wave of industrialization are nowadays those where people have to most and most secure rights, best and most useful welfare institutions, widespread wealth and so on - and, still, have the most buying power in the world and thereby can make improvements on these issues mandatory to trade with them, and thereby spread the ideas and their outcome of ... widespread wealth, environment and the nondestruction thereof, animal welfare, childcare, healthcare ... all the things that mark a civilized country. Greed will thrive on its own, and, sadly, technology is easier transfered than rights are - as long as we accept it. Sad and stupid: We do.
Load More Replies... Peter Hughes 4 years ago
Fortunately we live in a democracy - Something BP commenters seem to hate...
Vorknkx 4 years ago (edited)
Democracy, while superior to pretty much every other political sytem, is not perfect. And it is quite capable of taking wrong decisions (which happened twice in 2016, actually).
Load More Replies... Kay blue 4 years ago
The deal she negotiated was pretty much the same deal that Boris finally signed.
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#79
This Swiss Water Bottle Has The Mountain From Where The Water’s From In It
#80
Kurdish Members Of Parliament Were Encircled By Hundreds Of Turkish Police To Prevent Them Making A Statement About Condemning Turkish Invasion Of Syria
WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
Wouldn't be too sure of that. Turkey is a candidate EU-country and they've got the enormous masses of immigrants. Erdogan has repeatedly threatened that he will allow all of them to leave Turkey if he doesn't get his way. With all the fugitives from Afghanistan coming to Europe, now would be a good time for him to announce that he will open Turkish borders so that 2 million fugitives can find shelter in Europe.
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Can We Please Take This Moment To Appreciate The Simplicity Of The Metric System
WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
The insane units for drills. Imagine on a construction site: "Hey mate, hand me a 29/64 drill" vs "Hey mate, hand me an 11mm drill."
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Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
US here. I prefer metric. I had to convert in my head to ounces yesterday and basically hated my life for 90 seconds until I worked it out. ARGH. Can't we just go metric and be done? Please?
Annamagelic 4 years ago
As an american who works in a scientific field I use both imperial and metric regularly. While there are certain things I am more familiar with in imperial, I can say with certainty metric is so much simpler, and makes so much more sense. It really wouldn't be that hard to adapt.
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third molar 4 years ago
Its very difficult selling metric to a country which turned a date-format (y2k) into a global catastrophe!!
Nathan Pogorzala 4 years ago
It seems ridiculous but when you are born into it, it is not a thing.
Jon Steensen 4 years ago
...only because you do not know any better. Obtaining the feel for the imperial system is hard before you acuire the skill, whereas the metric system can be grasped in a very short time and does not include those confusion fractions.
Load More Replies... Peter Hughes 4 years ago
It seems strange if you started with this system but if you are brought up with it it's fine. I used an 11/16" drill bit, it weighed 1lb 12 ounces and cost me 3' and 6 to buy....
#82
The Greek Deputy Heath Minister, Polakis, Smoking (Illegally) Inside The Ministry Of Health During A No-Tobacco Day Conference
Saosyd Athtur 4 years ago
I remember when they opened the first McDonalds in Athens, there was, of course, a 'no smoking' policy. It wasn't very successful, so very soon they were forced to allow smoking inside the restaurant... and there was only a very small side for non smokers... empty I must say.
Moneythink 4 years ago
I'm not surprised it was empty. Smoke is no respecter of boundaries, and non-smokers would be inhaling all that smoke anyway.
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#83
Polish Nationalists Threw Burning Flares Towards A Balcony With Lgbt Flag / Women's Strike Banner And Basically Set A Random Apartment On Fire For Independence Day
#84
In Another Edition Of State vs. Lgbt, Someone Drew A Rainbow With Chalk On Warsaw's Main Promenade. Police Closed The Street Because It's A 'Traffic Hazard'
Stefan Scheiben 4 years ago
If your masculinity is threatened by a bit of chalk on a road, it cannot have been so great to begin with...
Manndy Fisher 4 years ago
It's not really the police to blame here. Polish leading party is completely against LGBTQ+ so anything related to rainbow is crime or hazard. Police has to follow the rules. Honestly i'm surprised that they still didn't try to shoot down natural rainbow. Yes, they are that obsessed with LGBTQ+!!!
Load More Replies... Andy Acceber 4 years ago
Geez, you're so threatened by love and what consenting individuals do with each other, you've closed down a street? This is absolute nonsense.
Bacony Cakes 4 years ago
@Kaide, Jesus was a furry. Facts don't care about your feelings.
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Manndy Fisher 4 years ago
Polish authorities are not standing that far from Russians recently.
Load More Replies... Donkey boi 4 years ago
A so called 'expert' said that the chalk 'would cause inconsistencies in grip, which could lead to severe, possibly fatal accidents', he also said it would create a 'visual distraction'.
#85
Notre Dame Is On Fire
Moo Moo Futch 4 years ago
I'm in the UK and was stunned at this. It was absolutely gut wrenching to see such an iconic building on fire.
Laura Doherty 4 years ago
I stayed up watching Notre Dame burn on the news. Its a miracle its still standing and that they managed to save the organ and rose windows. I went to bed in tears thinking that we had lost a massive piece of history but due to the brave firefighters Notre Dame still stands! Bravo to those brave men and women!
RoseTheMad 4 years ago
It broke my heart to see, but I know it can be rebuilt. The (quite famous but maybe not Notre Dame level famous) York Minster once set on fire, back in the 80's (so before I was born, but I was actually quite upset to see the Notre Dame go up in flames, so others taught me of this previous event) and was restored https://www.york.ac.uk/media/news-and-events/publiclectures/19-20/Mendus%20banner%20(1).jpg it will take time to rebuild, just like it took time to rebuild York Minster, (4 years) but Notre Dame will be just as beautiful again soon. The idea is that it will be restored in time for the 2024 Paris Olympics. I really hope so. The Notre Dame is beautiful and iconic.
#86
Something All Europeans Have In Common
WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
No, we don't. The roads in Germany and the Netherlands are well maintained. That's why there's always congestions. Because of the roadwork in progress.
D S 4 years ago
Even in Southern European countries this isn´t the case anymore. For instance, Portugal´s roads around 20/30 years ago used to be like this in some places but now they´re mostly in good conditions. ..... Just to add some statistics to this: https://www.statista.com/chart/15821/who-has-the-best-roads/
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Stefan Scheiben 4 years ago
Actually, here in Germany road quality is quite good. I have not seen such extreme potholes outside of extremely remoted rural areas for years. A road looking like this would probably have been closed to traffic. But this is a car country after all...
Ozacoter 4 years ago
Dufch roads are really good in my experience. But spanish and belgian ones are often crappy.
Olivier van Remoortel 4 years ago
Belgian expat living in Spain: I confirm 😃
Load More Replies... Carrie Laughs 4 years ago
Where I am (UK) there are a LOT of roadworks and they're finally catching up on a lot of repairs. Thankfully - wrecked a wheel in one pothole last year.
Cosmetica Solist 4 years ago
Sorry, but as a Scandinavian I can't agree. Our roads do not at all look like that.
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Charlotte A. 4 years ago
Two things: 1) Many of theses things are not "only in Europe". and 2) I really wish you'd stop copying the titles straight off when gathering your content - especially when they claim they refer to "today" or "last week" or even "recently", as the date they originally referred to can be years back by now. It seems so lazy. *grumbles*
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
. I've been to Europe, and honestly, yeah, some of it is amazing, but not like it's not amazing elsewhere in the world. Can we see South/Central America? Or Australia? Or, y'know, anywhere that isn't Europe or North America? Please, BP?
Logic and Reason 4 years ago
Oh cool, articles about interesting things in Europe but the only articles about the US are reasons why it sucks. No double standard here…
Inga Viviane 4 years ago
I am German. Whenever a post is sth. about modern germany, someone, often an american, writes a racist slur about germans. Every Nazi still alive is around 90 years old. We all live double standards. No pount in crying.
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BLKDOG Publishing 4 years ago
There's a brilliant article in Denham and Trow's 'Weird War Two' where they discuss the official guidance of how not to offend British people when in the country. Very endearing and still hilarious - https://amzn.to/399OEDt
Chris Jones 4 years ago
I don't think they do - not the ones with brains. All countries have faults. All countries have morons and smart people.
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Aliquid 4 years ago
Aren't you sensitive... and to think that the right calls the left "snowflakes"...
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Charlotte A. 4 years ago
Two things: 1) Many of theses things are not "only in Europe". and 2) I really wish you'd stop copying the titles straight off when gathering your content - especially when they claim they refer to "today" or "last week" or even "recently", as the date they originally referred to can be years back by now. It seems so lazy. *grumbles*
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
. I've been to Europe, and honestly, yeah, some of it is amazing, but not like it's not amazing elsewhere in the world. Can we see South/Central America? Or Australia? Or, y'know, anywhere that isn't Europe or North America? Please, BP?
Logic and Reason 4 years ago
Oh cool, articles about interesting things in Europe but the only articles about the US are reasons why it sucks. No double standard here…
Inga Viviane 4 years ago
I am German. Whenever a post is sth. about modern germany, someone, often an american, writes a racist slur about germans. Every Nazi still alive is around 90 years old. We all live double standards. No pount in crying.
Load More Replies... BLKDOG Publishing 4 years ago
There's a brilliant article in Denham and Trow's 'Weird War Two' where they discuss the official guidance of how not to offend British people when in the country. Very endearing and still hilarious - https://amzn.to/399OEDt
Chris Jones 4 years ago
I don't think they do - not the ones with brains. All countries have faults. All countries have morons and smart people.
Load More Replies... Aliquid 4 years ago
Aren't you sensitive... and to think that the right calls the left "snowflakes"...
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