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Lufthansa Group’s Airlines Have Accidentally Rebuilt The Holy Roman Empire

Last Updated: January 28, 2025 3 Comments

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Lufthansa Group's Airlines Have Accidentally Rebuilt The Holy Roman Empire

Map created by reddit user marten_EU_BR

The map above shows the location of Lufthansa Group’s Airlines.

And surprisingly they’ve more or less accidentally recreated a map of the Holy Roman Empire (see below):

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The Second Biggest Religion in European & Neighbouring Countries

Last Updated: October 23, 2026 Leave a Comment

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The Second Biggest Religion in European Countries

Map created by reddit user Few_Introduction9919
The map above shows the second largest religion in various European countries, and excludes people who are atheist, agnostic, have no specific belief, etc. (for that map see below).

Here’s the list of countries for each:

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Nearest Capital City In Europe

Last Updated: January 16, 2025 2 Comments

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Nearest Capital City In Europe

Map created by europe.magazine
The map above shows which capital city (including micro states) is closest to you in Europe.

I love Andorra taking over a third of France and Spain. And at the other extreme poor old Vatican doesn’t get anything as it’s surrounded by Rome.

From the map author:

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Top 100 Most Sold Car Brands By European Country

Last Updated: January 16, 2025 3 Comments

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Top 100 Most Sold Car Brands In The World

Map created by geo.facts_
The map above shows the European country of origin of car brands that make up the top 100 most sold car brands in the world.

From the map author:

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Map of One Letter Place Names In Europe

Last Updated: January 16, 2025 Leave a Comment

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Map of One Letter Place Names In Europe

Map created by @europe.magazine
The map above shows all the one letter place names in Europe. Here’s what Europe Magazine had to say about them:

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River Basins of Europe

Last Updated: January 16, 2025 Leave a Comment

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River Basins of Europe Map

Map created by Robert Szucs (reddit user Fejetlenfej), see full size here.
The map above shows the approximately 8,000 catchment areas of Europe’s 1.2 million streams and rivers. The map was created by Robert Szucs (reddit user Fejetlenfej), who runs GrasshopperGeography.

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Istanbul was Constantinople: Why they changed it I can’t say, People just liked it better that way

Last Updated: October 11, 2026 1 Comment

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Istanbul was Constantinople

Map created by the.world.in.maps and globalsouthworld
The map above looks at what various European countries call the largest city in Türkiye today.

The vast majority simply call it Istanbul, with the Balkan countries and Russia sometimes also referring to it as Tsarigrad and Romania, Moldova and Georgia still sometimes using the old name of Constantinople.

However, Greece is the lone holdout which refuses to recognise the last 500 years of history and stubbornly refuses to call it anything other than Constantinople (I guess they didn’t like it better that way).

Here’s more on the name change of the city:

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Population Along The Danube River

Last Updated: September 17, 2025 Leave a Comment

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Population Along The Danube River

Map created by Sebastian Gräff at theeuropeancorrespondent
The map above shows the population density within a 50km band along the Danube river:

Here are the cities shown:

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Pedestrian Crossing Signs of Europe

Last Updated: June 26, 2026 2 Comments

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Pedestrian Crossing Signs of Europe

Map created by geo.facts_
The map above shows traffic signs for crosswalks/zebra crossings throughout Europe. Here’s some more key details from the map’s author:

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14 Beautiful Historical Maps Of Europe From 1444 – 1900

Last Updated: January 10, 2025 3 Comments

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The beautiful historical maps of Europe below are all the work of Imperial Maps who publishes their maps on Deviant Art and also sells them on their Etsy store you can visit here.

Map of Europe In 1444

Historical Map of Europe in 1444

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From the map:

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