The map above shows a slightly odd fact that needs some explanation.

In 1938, Just before World War 2, Romania was bordered by the following countries:

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The following maps were all created by reddit user DM_me_fun_stuff_pls who explains:

After my last post on the Regions of Europe, a week ago, I have gotten over 200 responses on my survey on it, thank you for that! So here are the results of the survey.

Notes on the Survey and Map: Each category is normalized to the most voted country in each category. So 100% does not mean every single respondent chose this country but that it was the most chosen (although most of the times it was close).

It would probably be great and interesting to go into a lower level of subdivisions for some of these Regions, but honestly I don’t know how I would go about doing a survey for that, that is not a complete chore to respond to…

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Map created by @JakubMarianThe map above shows the name for Easter in various European languages (colour coded based on origin).

Here is a full list:

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The maps below compare Europe’s 5 biggest countries (outside of Russia). They were created by the wonderful geo.universe who you should 100% go and follow.

Now for the maps:

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The following maps all come from data taken from Special Eurobarometer 545 Gender Stereotypes published in early 2024.

And it should be noted the surveys included both men and women in roughly equal number.

The full methodology can be found here.

I’ve published the maps below along with the underlying data so you can make your own conclusions:

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Map created by RealWorldMapsThe map above shows which countries do and don’t have some form of “Right to Roam.”

The Right to Roam is a legal principle that allows the public to access and walk across certain private land or countryside without needing the landowner’s permission, as long as they follow specific rules.

More about it below:

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The video above was created by Yannick Brouwer and shows where the largest supplier for different types of fruits to the EU comes from each month during the year.

Here’s what he had so say about the map:

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Here’s an overview of the proposed “two-speed Europe” plan and the emerging E6 group, based on Reuters and related reporting.

What is the “Two-Speed Europe” Proposal?

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Map crated by geodatarankingsThe map above supposedly shows what time Europeans wake up each morning.

I have 3 young kids so can only dream of sleeping in to 7:33am.

With a little digging I found that the times come 2015 study on 941,300 male and female Sleep Cycle app users.

Among other things it found that:

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