So I read a fascinating blog called 'Strange Maps'.
On occasion they post something interesting/relevant to Europe. Like this one for instance... for those making vacation plans
The Blonde Map of Europe
[img]http://strangemaps.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/blond_hair_map1.jpg[/img]
Feel free to post any other relevant interesting maps you have.
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Various cool maps of Europe
E.g. a map showing distribution of blonde hair
Love that, they obviously don't take account of the bleached blondes that i have met more in London than anywhere else.
maybe they asked the gynos for the stats.
The map is too big to post but it's called "If the Nazis had won". Intriguing, to say the least.
What? So there is the same percentage of blondes in Norway and Newcastle. Tosh.
Even being generous there is not a cat in hells chance 50% of my area of Scotland is blonde. I wouldnt say even 5%!!!
As JE says - tosh, but can always keep hoping
As JE says - tosh, but can always keep hoping
No, they're ginger...
Only joking.
Only joking.
the map is actually of light haired people rather than blondes
What's also interesting is that hair colours are defined differently in different languages/cultures. In Spain, people who have (what I would describe as) medium brown hair are often referred to as "rubio" ("blond"/"fair"). I wouldn't be surprised if this worked the other way round in countries where people's average hair colour is lighter. So it would be interesting to know how they obtained these statistics. Cool map, though.
You mean like eskimos having 20 different words for different types of snow?
So scottish people would have a selection of phrases ranging from "sandy ging" to "20,000 volt carrot"
So scottish people would have a selection of phrases ranging from "sandy ging" to "20,000 volt carrot"
I was a bit surprised that Germany has less than 50%. Obviously "dunkelblond" doesn't count as light hair, then.
I wish they had one like this of all Europe, but then they wouldn't have the cool name: French kissing Map.
How many times do you kiss on the cheek, broken down by region.
[img]http://strangemaps.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/kissing-map1.jpg[/img]
4 seems like a bit much to me, you'd spend all day greeting people.
How many times do you kiss on the cheek, broken down by region.
[img]http://strangemaps.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/kissing-map1.jpg[/img]
4 seems like a bit much to me, you'd spend all day greeting people.
I miss France. Don't get half as many kisses here.
A german themed one: A map of Germany from the Roman Empire
[img]http://strangemaps.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/germania031.jpg[/img]
[img]http://strangemaps.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/germania031.jpg[/img]
Iraq in the heart of Europe ...
Britannia and Hibernia rule the waves ...
Philistine, trying to make out there's a world outside Britain & Ireland!
Didn't realise I lived in southern Iraq, though.
Didn't realise I lived in southern Iraq, though.
QUOTE (thefirelane @ Dec 7 2007, 7:48 pm) 
A german themed one: A map of Germany from the Roman Empire
I know where you got that at one from! You notice as how all the wild tribes are north of the Danube. Known today as Preissn.
You notice as how all the wild tribes are north of the Danube. Known today as Preissn.
[img]http://strangemaps.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/1.jpg[/img]
Hannover On Her Mind - and On Her Back
Hannover On Her Mind - and On Her Back
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“I wanted something unique, something nobody else had. But every idea I had – it had already been done,� says Britta Oelschlaeger. The 33-year-old photographer, who hails from the city of Hannover, knew she wanted a large tattoo on her back. Eschewing more popular designs as elves, dragons, dolphins and roses, she looked for ten years until she found this 1896 map of her hometown. “I’m a fan of Hannover’s football team and I’m completely crazy about maps,� the artist explained her choice of tattoo.
It's my favorite blog atm, but there are too many great maps to mention them all here. I just received my copy of "Transit Maps of the world" yesterday--very educating book.
Should I stop? I thought I'd just post the interesting German/Euro ones on occasion for those interested.
Europe's Climate in 2071
and where cities would be in 'today's weather'
[img]http://strangemaps.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/climatemap.jpg[/img]
and where cities would be in 'today's weather'
[img]http://strangemaps.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/climatemap.jpg[/img]
Here's one not from that blog:
Worldwide average age of virginity loss:
[img]http://www.furfy.com/VirginityMap-World2.gif[/img]
Worldwide average age of virginity loss:
[img]http://www.furfy.com/VirginityMap-World2.gif[/img]
Girls from Greenland are sluts.
They're only trying to keep warm.
This is kind of cool, and kind of on topic.
Flood Maps
A mashup of Google Maps with elevation data. See what the effects of rising oceans has on the coast line (bye bye Netherlands)
Flood Maps
A mashup of Google Maps with elevation data. See what the effects of rising oceans has on the coast line (bye bye Netherlands)
Best map I've ever seen of Europe - Europe 2015
The German town of Büsingen is actually completely surrounded by Switzerland. Perhaps well known to some, it was new and interesting to me:
Here it is on google maps.
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A whopping 96% of the inhabitants voted for annexation by Switzerland in a 1919 referendum, but since the Swiss couldn’t offer Germany any territory in return, Büsingen remained, somewhat reluctantly, German.
As Büsingen is in a customs union with Switzerland, it is outside the European Customs Area. Other peculiarities caused by its exterritoriality:
• the common currency in Büsingen is not the euro, but the Swiss franc.
• Swiss police may pursue and arrest suspects in Büsingen, but no more than 10 Swiss police officers are allowed in the town at one time.
• Similarly, there may never be more than 3 German police officers per 100 inhabitants.
• There are two postal codes in this one town, a German one 78266 Büsingen; and a Swiss one: 8238 Büsingen (D). You can use Swiss or German stamps for your letters.
• Büsingen’s only petrol station advertises that it’s the cheapest in all of Germany – on average 30% cheaper.
As Büsingen is in a customs union with Switzerland, it is outside the European Customs Area. Other peculiarities caused by its exterritoriality:
• the common currency in Büsingen is not the euro, but the Swiss franc.
• Swiss police may pursue and arrest suspects in Büsingen, but no more than 10 Swiss police officers are allowed in the town at one time.
• Similarly, there may never be more than 3 German police officers per 100 inhabitants.
• There are two postal codes in this one town, a German one 78266 Büsingen; and a Swiss one: 8238 Büsingen (D). You can use Swiss or German stamps for your letters.
• Büsingen’s only petrol station advertises that it’s the cheapest in all of Germany – on average 30% cheaper.
Here it is on google maps.
Jungholz and Kleinwalsertal ... Austrian "functional" exclaves in Germany
And there's also Campione d'Italia, an Italian (I'd never have guessed!) enclave in Switzerland.
QUOTE (Johnny English @ Dec 5 2007, 1:07 pm)
So scottish people would have a selection of phrases ranging from "sandy ging" to "20,000 volt carrot"
With that quote you've made this sandy gings day. Hilarious. Just when Heimweh was setting in, too...
Switzerland’s ‘Röstigraben’, a Curious Culinary and Cultural Divide
The etymological Atlas of True Names looks interesting. Place names taken to their etymological roots, then translated into English.
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