Someone Made 18 Stereotypical Maps Of Europe, And Some Of Them Will Probably Offend You
Yanko Tsvetkov (previously here) is far from being a professional cartographer, but he has quit a thing for maps. The Bulgarian-born graphic artist, who now resides in Spain, is acutely aware of both the serious inter-cultural debates and disputes gripping the world, and the ridiculous stereotypes we all hold against each other. His desire to reconcile the two culminated in the Atlas of Prejudice, a project which sees him drawing maps that combine history with hearsay in the most hilarious fashion.
One of the many chapters of this alternative atlas, entitled Tearing Europe Apart, examines the many cultural divides that seem to govern the continent. If you can swallow your pride and have a laugh at yourself (as well as your neighbors), scroll down to see which side of the dotted line your country falls on, and let us know in the comments if you agree with the author.
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Potatoes are an underground crop and can take colder weather. Tomatoes depend on warmer weather.
Interestingly, potato and tomato are both part of the same genera "Solanum" but different species.
Oranges? Nothing in common ...I prefer real oranges from the south...
Load More Replies...Not true. Spanish omelette is made with potatoes. And one of the most important tapa in Spain is the "patatas bravas". We love potatoes :)
Carbs break down to sugars like fructose, up to 3% of which is converted to fat cells.
Load More Replies...Hey hey hey! No leaving Istria out of olive oil Europe part! Well, it is expensive, but still....
Since olive trees only grow in the south, the rest of Europe had to come up with something different as a cooking oil. :D
Thank god you came along to give obvious explanations to silly jokes. Someone might enjoy themselves without you sucking the fun out of it.
Load More Replies...border is little bit more north here. Costal Croatia uses only olive oil...
Italy's attempt to sell Northern Europeans their olive oil, by forbidding butter during fasting days, started the Reformation! Don't look now, but it's been happening again, and we're rebelling again!
Alcoholic beverages come from crops that grow in that part of Europe: grapes in the south; barley in the middle, and potatoes in the north. It all depends on availability. ;D
On the map just people in north gemany drink beer, so what is with the south with all the breweries? ^^
Load More Replies...Poland is a part of "Vodka belt" (we produce a lot of vodka) but we drink more beer then any other alcohol, as a matter of fact we drink more beer then UK or Ireland!
Really? Personally I prefer beer but whenever I go outside there are LOOOTS of people drinking vodka
Load More Replies...Alcohol is the thing that brings Europe together. https://the-little-black-book-of-european-stereotypes.com/
you slice Poland in half which is kinda awesome cause it puts me in brown-ish part and I could not fix my own sink to save my life, nor would my brother I think ;)
My town is halved... And now I really don't know - can I fix my sink or not? ;)
Load More Replies...Not totally accurate, but Western Europe was wealthier than Eastern Europe, so they could afford to hire someone come in and fix their plumbing. Eastern Europe has to depend on themselves, or they were in trouble. ;
It's a little bit different - back in the socialist times it was really hard to buy things that you need, you were able only to buy things that were supplied at the time (and supply of EVERYTHING was much smaller than the demand). So if you had this sink, washer, car or anything - you had to repair it endlessly (low quality and lack of possibility to buy a new one).
Load More Replies...my boyfriend is italian and thinks he can fix things... his ceiling will collapse soon because he replaced the shower head.... i am romanian- i changed the electric wiring and completely redid my apartment (me and dad) ;)))) i would said the map is right ;))))
I am afraid you put most of us the Czechs, Moravians and Silesians in the brown part, even though the majority of us are able to fix nearly everything themselves, including their sinks. Except the politics.
People who have plumbers and are too lazy to fix/people who do not have the choice and-or money to have their sink fixed
God John, don't comment unless your comment is funny. Which is never.
Load More Replies...Exact same line as hard working/lazy. I expect more than just correlation.
NORWAY, depressed?! Uh, I beg to differ - it was recently stated to be one of the happiest countries in the world. This one is way off.
That the overall population is happy and to have the highest rate of depression doesn't necessarily counteract each other. Iceland is the happiest country in the world and one of the most depressed as well...
Load More Replies...No Yvon. Its Climate that works on people. The sunnier and warmer things are, the happier we tend to be. Nationality has little to do with this. Would you rather live in good weather or bad weather?
Load More Replies...that the Dutch be melancholic, wish we were - haha. The Dutch are considered one of happiest of the world, for sure in Europe ... So define melancholic 👀
Denmark has been stated to be the happiest country in the World numerous times, so this one is way off ;) - Best regards from the Dane :D
And Germans are not melancholic, but often depressed, because "we have it so difficult"blabla. But I believe it is easy to become depressed in the area where there is no sun in the winter
With beer, wine and schnapps/vodka/akvavit/palinka/slivovitz, we're all euphoric!
I CAN'T BELIEVE MY EARS, WE'VE NEVER BEEN QUIET A DAY IN OUR LIVES!!!
Load More Replies...Wherever you meet the Dutch....you can hear them before you see them.... LOL
Most of the "Poor" countries are former Communist countries. Communism is guaranteed to create poverty.
Tell it to communist China, currently richest country on Earth with biggest middle class.
Load More Replies...Part of Ireland is Catholic,While some of it is Protestant.
Load More Replies...Someone clearly didn't do their research. And here, it's even more prominent and well-known than many other places...
Load More Replies...Euhm, Flanders (north of Belgium) really is Catholic. Maybe a dozen of protestants to be found and those are immigrants.
Czech Republic is most atheist country in middle of Europe ->> please correct!
Sorry I just spat my coffee. RUSSIA ATHEIST! Not anymore there not. :D
Were they honestly *ever*? Officially sure, but even before the collapse of Soviet Union religion wasn't invisible.
Load More Replies...So...Poland si Atheist, at least half of them any way .... RIIIGHT....
Yes, but our government is trying to make our country a catholic country. Don't get me wrong - I love my motherland, I love people around there, but I hate how government fcks us up.
Load More Replies...Folks! Taste is soooo subjective! What might be delicious to you is gaggingly disgusting to me, and vice versa!
This I true. All we eat in Northern Europe is differently cooked potatoes.
Belgium bad Cuisine?? Only a fool would say that. We have more variations and specialties then France. The cut off line is protestant/calvinist Holland, in Holland they eat a sammich and drink a glass of milk at their desk, in Belgium we to to a restaurant... We Belgians live to eat and we have the cuisine for it.
They could just green colored England ;) No offense but your cuisine is SH... :)
Making me laugh now Inga. http://the-little-black-book-of-european-stereotypes.com/
Load More Replies...21 days - 365 days : 344 days (They either work or have more days to relax and lay off their jobs)
I'm confused. What does this mean? music? architecture?
Load More Replies...Britain is classical, so is Belgium, Denmark and the Netherlands.
It is not clear what it is about? It could be about cars, music etc..
Load More Replies...I think it is right if you consider that in southern countries they respect food more, and eating is a kind of ceremony.
Load More Replies...And Denmark is known for "hygge"??!! "Hygge" is a lot of food and sitting Down......
Many of these stereotypes are based on climate and how people were able to survive. Agriculture played a major part on such things as food, alcoholic beverages, and other staples. Oh, and Communism also played a major part. Many of them make perfectly good sense.
Not offended. Yet you can't make 29+ countries in just 2 or 3 categories. Some maps showed clear misunderstanding of a couple countries like France, Switzerland or Germany.
Malta and the Maltese classified as lazy oh that's so wrong. Sure the author missed the concept all together. Our blooming economy surely isn't the merits of lazing around.
I am portuguese and i honestly do not understand what Portugal is doing in Europe´s map. We are not europeans; we dont want to be. Since we are located in the southwest corner of Europe (wich can be both the beginning or the end of it) we have critical distance enough to understand that europeans are a enormous variety of tribes that have been killing each other since ever. Europe it´s the most violent continente of the world: the cradle of two world wars. In Portugal we fought against inquisition during the middle ages, we were one of the first countries in the world to abolish slavery, the very first one to abolish death penalty and we were able to make a smooth transition to democracy whithout having a bloody revolution. I´m not being nationalist. I dont think Portugal is better than any other country in the world. But we dont want to be a part of that map.
Whoever did this has no idea what i actually going on in the world, just presuming. Pity the idiot has nothing better to do
Many of these stereotypes are based on climate and how people were able to survive. Agriculture played a major part on such things as food, alcoholic beverages, and other staples. Oh, and Communism also played a major part. Many of them make perfectly good sense.
Not offended. Yet you can't make 29+ countries in just 2 or 3 categories. Some maps showed clear misunderstanding of a couple countries like France, Switzerland or Germany.
Malta and the Maltese classified as lazy oh that's so wrong. Sure the author missed the concept all together. Our blooming economy surely isn't the merits of lazing around.
I am portuguese and i honestly do not understand what Portugal is doing in Europe´s map. We are not europeans; we dont want to be. Since we are located in the southwest corner of Europe (wich can be both the beginning or the end of it) we have critical distance enough to understand that europeans are a enormous variety of tribes that have been killing each other since ever. Europe it´s the most violent continente of the world: the cradle of two world wars. In Portugal we fought against inquisition during the middle ages, we were one of the first countries in the world to abolish slavery, the very first one to abolish death penalty and we were able to make a smooth transition to democracy whithout having a bloody revolution. I´m not being nationalist. I dont think Portugal is better than any other country in the world. But we dont want to be a part of that map.
Whoever did this has no idea what i actually going on in the world, just presuming. Pity the idiot has nothing better to do
