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In this case Motorway (or Highway) refers to the fastest type of road in the country. And in many the next level down will be the opposite colour. For example, motorway road signs are blue, while A-road signs are green (or white).
Here’s a list of which countries use which:
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The chains are:
And in case you you haven’t experienced the chains above here’s a little more about them:
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The above Map shows the number of dentists per 10,000 people in Europe.
Sweden, San Marino and Bulgaria (when are they ever grouped together) are the three standout countries with more than 15 per 10,000 people, whereas Montenegro shockingly has fewer than 1 per 10,000.
Here are the full rankings:
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Most of the time stereotypes are inaccurate, but every once in awhile their not. And the map above is the perfect illustration of this. It shows the number of cycle paths across Europe.
One very clear thing emerges, true to the stereotype the Dutch have a lot of cycle paths.
In fact according to Statista:
As of 2022, it was estimated that there were approximately 23.9 million bicycles in the Netherlands. Meanwhile, the population of the country totaled 17.6 million, meaning there were an average of 1.4 bikes per person in the country. The number of bicycles in the country has been on an upward trend for the past years.
I love when maps like this are clearly not population density maps and can tell us something interesting about cultural differences in Eruope.
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Unsurprisingly, the numbers are highest in many of Europe’s smallest countries such as Malta (82%) and Luxembourg (82%) and exclude micro-states like the Vatican or San Marino where it would be 100%.
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Although they were not alone Spain went from wine to beer and Sweden did the reverse going from beer to wine.
Here’s a bit more on the map:
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I wonder why?
Here’s a brief overview of each of the supermarket chains featured in the image: