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Every Dot Is A Football Pitch (Soccer Field) In Europe

Last Updated: August 29, 2024 1 Comment

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Every Dot Is A Football Pitch (Soccer Field) In Europe

Map crated by Philipp Gartner gartn001
This map shows the distribution of football pitches (soccer fields) across Europe.

The red dots represent the locations of pitches, while the grey areas show where they are missing.

The data source is Open Street Map and the scale is mentioned as 1:12,000,000.

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None of The Countries That Bordered Poland In 1989 Exist Today

Last Updated: August 26, 2024 Leave a Comment

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None of The Countries That Bordered Poland In 1989 Exist Today

Map found on reddit

The map above shows a rather suspiring geographic fact: None of The Countries That Bordered Poland In 1989 Exist Today.

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How Much Sugar Is In Fanta In Each European Country

Last Updated: January 14, 2025 1 Comment

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fanta sugar

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This map illustrates the amount of sugar in 100 ml of Fanta Orange across different European countries. The map uses three color codes to indicate the sugar content:

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Population Change In Europe vs Arab World 1990-2022

Last Updated: August 16, 2024 Leave a Comment

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Population Change In Europe vs Arab World 1990-2022

Map created by @mmjukic
The map above displays total population change from 1990 to 2022 across various European and Arab countries.

The colors represent different rates of population growth or decline, with green shades indicating growth and red shades indicating decline.

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Map of Italy & Illyria in 1084

Last Updated: August 16, 2024 Leave a Comment

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Map of Italy & Illyria in 1084

Map created by MapMaster
This map depicts Italy and parts of the western Balkans (referred to as Illyria) around the year 1084 AD, during the High Middle Ages. Here is an overview of the different regions, states, and entities shown on the map:

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Military Expenditure In Europe Before & After The Ukraine War

Last Updated: August 15, 2024 1 Comment

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Annual Military Expenditure By European Country Before The Ukraine War

Map created by reddit user JoeFalchetto

The map above shows how much each European country was spending on it’s military (in Billions of USD) annually in 2021, the year before the outbreak of the Ukraine war.

The data comes from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.

To put those numbers in some perspective the US Department of Defense’s budget in that same year was $870 billion and has since risen to $880 billion in 2024.

Below I’ve looked at the numbers in constant 2022 USD$ (which is why they are slightly different to the map above) for 2021 and 2023 and compared how much they’ve changed. Unsparingly, Ukraine has seen the biggest increase of 800%+.

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Last Time Each European Country Was Invaded & By Who

Last Updated: August 15, 2024 7 Comments

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Last Time Each European Country Was Invaded & By Who

Map created by reddit user naturalbornfox
The two maps provide information about the most recent invasions of European countries, focusing on the dates of those invasions (top map) and which country carried them out (bottom map).

Here’s a breakdown of what each map shows:

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Who Contributes & Who Receives Money From The EU Budget

Last Updated: August 14, 2024 6 Comments

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Who Contributes & Who Receives Money From The EU Budget

Map created by Amazing Maps

The map above shows the contributors and beneficiaries of the European Union (EU) budget. It categorizes EU member states into two groups: those that contribute more to the EU budget than they receive (net contributors) and those that receive more from the EU budget than they contribute (net beneficiaries).

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Map Of European Cultural Superiority

Last Updated: August 13, 2024 Leave a Comment

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Map Of European Cultural Superiority

Map found on reddit
The map above shows the percentage of people in various European countries who believe that their culture is superior to others. The percentages are color-coded, with darker shades indicating higher percentages.

The data comes from the Pew Resarch Centre from 2018.

Here’s a breakdown of the numbers for each country as shown on the map:

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It Is A Duty Towards Society To Have Children? % That Agree

Last Updated: August 12, 2024 Leave a Comment

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It Is A Duty Towards Society To Have Children? That Agree

Map created by reddit user elaina09
The map above looks at the importance various countries in and around Europe place on having children. The results come Wave 7 of the World Values Survey taken between 2017 and 2022.

It asked “Is A Duty Towards Society To Have Children?” and the numbers are what percentage of people agreed.

Here are the numbers by country below ranked from highest to lowest:

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