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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A Bridge For Wildlife To Cross The Road In Veluwe, The Netherlands
In Poland, We Are Slowly Getting Rid Of Advertisements And Billboards Madness
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!
Medieval House Built In 1509 In Argentan, Orne, France
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!
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
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.
Belarus People React To Lukashenko's Prohibition Of Pro-Democratic Flags
London, UK
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.”
She (Sanna Marin) Is The New 34 Years Old Prime Minister Of Finland
Polish Women Fighting For Their Rights!
In Wroclaw, Poland Each Cathedral And Even The Rivers Have A Tactile Model Nearby For Blind People To See Them Too
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.”
The Sentiment In Scotland Is One I Fully Agree With
Totally agree and I'm in the South of England. Never voted for the prat and didn't want Brexit.
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
Trinity College In Dublin, Ireland
The Devil's Bridge (Rakotzbrücke) In Kromlau, Germany
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.”
The True Heroes Of Greece At This Moment. Firefighters Sleep Exhausted After An Intense Night Fighting The Biggest Wildfire Of Attica In Decades
Huge hug to the true heroes... gosh, it must have been tremendously exhausting..
Utrecht, The Netherlands
Merkel Calling Out Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov For Wearing Mask Wrong
The Netherlands Looks Like An Old Master’s Painting This Weekend
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.
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
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.
Blood Moon In This Morning. Finland
The Statue Of Jakub Wejher, The Founder Of A Polish Town Wejherowo, Looks Like Darth Vader When It's Snowing
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.
Traditional Gowns And Braids Of The Pomak Village Of Startsevo, Bulgaria
Us Embassy In Berlin Today
'bear And Raven' Is The Finnish Nature Picture Of The Year
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
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.
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.
Newly Discovered Just Outside Of Verona, What Could Be This Year's Biggest Discovery - An Almost Entirely Intact Roman Mosaic Villa Floor!
Neo-Gothic Apartment House In Budapest, Hungary. Built Around 1894
Christmas Market 2019, Dresden, Germany
Meanwhile In Germany
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.
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.
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
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
European Parliament Has Voted In Favour Of A Universal Charger For Mobile Devices. 582 - 40
As there should be. There should also be a price cap on stuff like this.
Swedish Fans Excited About Today's Match
In Germany You Can Play Pong With The Person On The Other Side Of Traffic Lights
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'
The Netherlands - 1966
Sailors Saluting A War Veteran, Leningrad 1989
An Old Albanian Lady Dining With Her Dead Husband & Children Who Were Killed In 1999 During The War
A French Woman With Her Baguette And Six Bottles Of Wine, Paris, France, 1945
Heat Wave In Rovaniemi, Finland (66°30′n)
Even Rudolph and his buddies decided to go to the beach for the day!
Miniature Traffic Playground In Copenhagen Where Kids Learn To Bike In Traffic
A Banner At The Pro-Eu March In London Where One Million People Have Turned Out To Protest
Here In Italy Bars Are Starting To Use Pasta As Straws To Reduce Plastic Use. Our Technology Amazes The World Another Time
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"
These Two UK Phone Booths Have Been Repurposed
Climate Protest In Cologne. They're Standing On Ice Blocks
Moloch Of War (1966). Photo Of A Soviet War Veteran Near The Eternal Flame On The Anniversary Of Victory Day
Eating A Haring In The Hague, Netherlands
Swiss Fans Threw Shaqiri A Wheel Of Cheese After His Winning Goal
This Is Not The Queue For The Dover Ferry. This Is The Queue For The Queue For The Dover Ferry
Polish Mp Joanna Lichocka Showing A Middle Finger To Opposition
Please remove, this is the other way around, she is part of PiS and wated the money for TV instead for cancer!
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
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!
Green Train In Lower Silesia, Poland
This is great but can’t say it would do much for allergies! Also bugs flying around your head while you travel? No thanks.
The Lonely Sister, London, British Museum
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.
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
Danish Newspapers Are Having A Field Day Today
A Stand For Bikers To Hold On To While Waiting For The Traffic Lights In Sweden
Wuppertal's Suspension Railway (Monorail), Germany
Monorail! There’s nothing on earth Like a genuine, bona fide Electrified, six-car monorail What'd I say? Monorail! Monorail! Monorail!
Black Forest, Germany
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
As Travelling Abroad Is Still Not 100% Safe, We Decided To Make Our Own Venice In Poland
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
The Beautiful Rose Window Was Spared!
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.
Putin-Trump Kiss Mural By Mindaugas Bonanu Located In Lithuania
It's like a modern version of the brotherly love mural from the Berlin Wall where Brezniev was kissing Honecker.
Paris, France
Gullholmen, Sweden
Former French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe Defeats Children In A Game Of Dominoes During A Visit To A School, September 2019
That looks like some toxic masculinity at it's finest.
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I applaud Philippe! Condescending to anyone (old, young, infirm or less intellectually gifted) is truly disrespectful.
The look on the face of the girl wearing yellow sweater is one of seriously, aren't you supposed to be an adult
He's at the time the mayor of my city, Le Havre. While totally not being on his political side, I must admit that, as a human being, he is very kind, simple, respecful towards others and even his opponents,and natural. He's easy to meet on the streets, generaly with his wife , minding his own business and not making the usual political show the others do
There's a video of Boris Johnson back when he was London Mayor on a visit to Japan playing touch rugby and totally wiping out a kid. https://youtu.be/T5NN5S9sPFM
I Just Saw That In My Neighborhood, A Service Of Daily Baguette Delivery In France
This Is The Only Picture You Need To See To Help Your Really Get A Feel For Yesterday’s General Election
Lamborghini Police Car In Italy
The Eu Commission Building Last Night. Leaving A Light On For Scotland
Round Apartment Buildings In Moscow, Russia
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
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.
Metro Renaissance In Düsseldorf, Germany
In the midst of all the chaos, kisses can still find its way through.
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
Warsaw Is Reclaiming Space From Cars
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.
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
"Well, Addy, it's like this. We lost. plain and simple. My gun? Sure, you can have it... Where are you going?... hello?"
Alexei Navalny Bids Farewell To His Wife Yulia Before His Arrest
Billboard Welcoming Theresa May In Brussels
This Swiss Water Bottle Has The Mountain From Where The Water’s From In It
Kurdish Members Of Parliament Were Encircled By Hundreds Of Turkish Police To Prevent Them Making A Statement About Condemning Turkish Invasion Of Syria
Can We Please Take This Moment To Appreciate The Simplicity Of The Metric System
The Greek Deputy Heath Minister, Polakis, Smoking (Illegally) Inside The Ministry Of Health During A No-Tobacco Day Conference
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
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'
If your masculinity is threatened by a bit of chalk on a road, it cannot have been so great to begin with...
Notre Dame Is On Fire
Something All Europeans Have In Common
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.
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*
. 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?
Oh cool, articles about interesting things in Europe but the only articles about the US are reasons why it sucks. No double standard here…
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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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
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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Aren't you sensitive... and to think that the right calls the left "snowflakes"...
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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*
. 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?
Oh cool, articles about interesting things in Europe but the only articles about the US are reasons why it sucks. No double standard here…
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... 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
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... Aren't you sensitive... and to think that the right calls the left "snowflakes"...
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