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Would You Feel Comfortable If Your Child Was In A Relationship With X? (2015)

Last Updated: July 24, 2024 41 Comments

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Would You Feel Comfortable If Your Child Was In A Relationship With X?

Maps created by reddit user bezzleford
The maps above show how Europeans feel about their children being in relationships with people from different racial/religious minorities. (Black, Asian, Muslim and Jewish).

The data comes from the 2015 Eurobarometer report on Discrimination in the EU.

You can see each map in more detail below:

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Filed Under: Europe Tagged With: relationship

Most Common Surnames in Italy By Region

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 9 Comments

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Most common surnames Italy By region

Map found via reddit, originally from Italianismo

The map above shows which surnames (last names) are most popular in each Italian region. Although, even these surnames only account for around 1% of all Italian surnames due to the huge diversity that exists.

Reddit user medhelan also points out a few other interesting things:

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Filed Under: Europe Tagged With: Italy

Legal Status of Jews By European Country Around 1500

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 9 Comments

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Legal Status of Jews By European Country Around 1500

Found via reddit

The map above gives a very general overview of the legal status of Jews in various major European countries around the year 1500.

Interestingly, the two European countries with the largest Jewish populations today (France: 465,000; UK: 270,000) both had Jewish bans in 1500.

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Filed Under: Europe, History

If European Borders Were Drawn By DNA Instead Of Ethnicity

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 74 Comments

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If European Borders Were Drawn By DNA Instead Of Ethnicity

Map originally found on reddit

The map above shows what the borders of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa might look like if they were based on the dominant Y-DNA haplogroup rather than ethnicity and/or any other political considerations.

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Filed Under: Border, Europe

Luxembourg Is Not A Microstate!

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 7 Comments

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Luxembourg Is Not A Microstate!

Map created by reddit user issoweilsosoll

The map above shows how big Luxembourg is compared to Singapore, Andorra, Malta, Liechtenstein, San Marino, Monaco, and the Vatican.

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Filed Under: Europe Tagged With: comparison

Map of Europe, 1500 AD

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 10 Comments

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Map of Europe, 1500 AD

Map created by reddit user Yetkinler

The map above shows the patchwork of kingdoms, principalities, bishoprics, duchies, republics, cities, sultanates, etc. in and around Europe in 1500 CE/AD.

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Filed Under: Europe, History

The Border Between Belgium & The Netherlands at Baarle-Hertog/Baarle-Nassau

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 3 Comments

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The Border Between Belgium & The Netherlands at Baarle-Hertog/Baarle-Nassau

The map above shows the incredibly strange and complex border between Belgium and the Netherlands at Baarle-Hertog (Belgium) / Baarle-Nassau (Netherlands).

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Filed Under: Border, Europe Tagged With: Belgium, Netherlands

Travel Time from Ancient Rome

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 1 Comment

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Travel Time from Ancient Rome

Map created by Stanford University’s ORBIS project

The map above is an Isochrone map which shows how long it would have taken someone to travel from Rome to the farthest reaches of the Roman Empire at its peak (roughly 200 CE/AD).

Travelling within the core of the Empire could have be done in under a week, but travelling all the way to the fringes would have taken someone more than a month.

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Filed Under: Europe, History Tagged With: rome

European Places With “Saint” or “Holy” In Their Names

Last Updated: November 27, 2024 19 Comments

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European Places With

Map created by Szymon Pifczyk, Marcin Gębala, Aleksander Deryło, & Bartosz Chyż via BIQData.pl
The map above shows European cities, towns and villages that have the term “saint” or “holy” in their names. The data comes from the US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA).

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Filed Under: Europe Tagged With: religion

Europe At Night

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 3 Comments

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Europe At Night

Found via reddit

The photo above shows Europe at Night.

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Filed Under: Europe Tagged With: space

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