Credit amazing__mapsThe map above was created by the Amazing Maps team and shows smoking rates for those 15 and over across Europe.

And the one thing that really jumps out at me is France really living up to its stenotype.

You can see how this compares to other countries in the world in the table below:

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Map created by Maps.InterludeThe map above shows the most downloaded app by country in Europe in 2024.

For a huge majority, Chinese shopping app Temu was the “winner”. The original map author doesn’t list a source, but there are several different websites that track these things which you can see below.

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Map created by Maps.Interlude

The map above supposedly shows the most popular holiday destinations for people from each European country.

But what does the data actually say?

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Map created using FlightRadar24The map above shows the flight route of B2950 (BRU950) from Kaliningrad (KGD) to Minsk (MSQ).

Normally the flight would travel a distance of 496 KM (308 miles).

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Map created by forummapping

The map above shows alternative names for each European countries using ChatGPT. From the map’s author:

I asked AI (ChatGPT) to create new names for European countries 🤖 Source: ChatGPT

What do you think of them?

I thought it might be fun to ask ChatGPT to look at the map, match the fictional name to the real country and give a possible explanation here’s the unedited result:

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Map created by geo.universe

The map above really highlights one of the under the radar economic stories of the past decade, the growth of Poland’s economy.

As of early 2025, Poland’s GDP (in nominal terms) according to the IMF is $980 billion, making it the world’s 20th largest (just above Switzerland and below Saudi Arabia).

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The video above shows a very simplified version of the 21-Year Long Great Northern War using Google Maps.

I was very much inspired to find a video map of the war because of the wonderful The Rest is History series on it.

Here’s more about the war:

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Map created by Maps.InterludeThe map above shows the most common blood type by European country. However, as the maps below show, the differences in the numbers between countries with more O+ and A+ is often quite small.

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The map above looks at which parts of Europe are richer or poorer than East Germany in 2023. The data comes from Eurostat and is based on Purchasing power standard (PPS, EU27 from 2020), per inhabitant.

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Map created by reddit user PisseGuri82

The map above is a stunningly detailed look at Viking Expansion between 790 and 1066.

Here’s what’s included in the legend:

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