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

April 25, 2017 16 Comments

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

March 13, 2017 3 Comments

Europe At Night

Found via reddit

The photo above shows Europe at Night.

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Filed Under: Europe Tagged With: space

Jewish Population of Europe in 1933 and 2015

March 8, 2017 7 Comments

Jewish Population of Europe in 1933 and 2015

Map crated by reddit user webalbatross

The map above shows the Jewish population of Europe in both 1933 and 2015 by country. Most countries still had much lower Jewish populations in 2015 compared to 1933.

This is largely due to the long lasting effects of The Holocaust, when over six million European Jews were systematically murdered by Hitler and the Nazis.

Emigration to both Israel and the United States after World War 2 and again after the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe in 1989, also contributed somewhat to the decline.

However, not all countries saw their Jewish population decrease.

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Filed Under: Europe Tagged With: jewish

How To Irritate Europeans In Just One Sentence

February 15, 2017 32 Comments

How To Irrtate Europeans In Just One Sentence

Map created by sigmagfx, based on this reddit thread.

The map above shows how you can easily irritate various Europeans in just one sentence. These include:

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Filed Under: Europe Tagged With: humour

European Languages According To The Dutch

February 5, 2017 23 Comments

European Languages According To The Dutch

Map created by reddit user dvtxc

The map above is a humours look at how the Dutch view other European languages.

Of course Dutch itself is view as the best language, with English being their second language since over 90% of people in the Netherlands can speak it.

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Filed Under: Europe Tagged With: language

Percentage of Europeans Who Are Willing To Fight A War For Their Country

January 27, 2017 215 Comments

Percentage of Europeans Who Are Willing To Fight A War For Their Country

Map created by reddit user Spartharios

The map above shows the percentage of residents in various European countries who are willing to fight and go to war for their country.

Full results below:

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Filed Under: Europe Tagged With: war

Potential EU Exit Names For The 27 Remaining Member Countries

January 23, 2017 10 Comments

Potential EU Exit Names For The 27 Remaining Member Countries

Map created by reddit user bezzleford

The map above shows potential exit names European Union countries could use if they decided to leave the EU in the same way as the UK did via “Brexit.”

A full list can be found below, including some additional ones that are not on the map, but were part of the original Reddit threads.

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Filed Under: Europe Tagged With: Brexit, EU

European Countries That Have Invaded Poland

January 10, 2017 19 Comments

European Countries That Have Invaded Poland

Map created by reddit user americ

The map above shows the European countries (in red) that have invaded Poland (in black) at some point in history. As with all maps using modern borders to show historical events, there are of course issues.

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Filed Under: Europe Tagged With: Poland

European Borders In 1914 vs Borders Today

September 20, 2016 6 Comments

European Borders In 1914 vs European Borders Today

Map found via reddit user Areat

The map above shows what Europe’s borders looked on the eve of World War One in 1914, overlaid on top of the borders of European countries today. The first thing that jumps out at you is how many fewer countries there were.

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Filed Under: Border, Europe Tagged With: 1914

European Population Density: The Black & Blue Areas Have Identical Populations

August 21, 2016 Leave a Comment

European Population Density: The Black & Blue Areas Have Identical Populations

Map created by reddit user joostjakob

As difficult as it is to believe, the black and blue areas above, each have exactly the same number of people living in the them.

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Filed Under: Europe Tagged With: population

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