The map above shows which countries use a unique currency symbol when showing prices (e.g. $, £, €) vs countries that just display prices using letters from the alphabet (RS, kr, etc.)
And in case you’re wondering what symbols are used:
Parliament/Legislature Seating Arrangements Around The World
The map concept comes from architecture firm XML‘s research into the various shapes of the world’s parliaments.
The Most Common Holiday Destination For Europeans?
The map above supposedly shows the most popular holiday destinations for people from each European country.
But what does the data actually say?
Flight Route Between Kaliningrad (KGD) and Minsk (MSQ) Airports
Normally the flight would travel a distance of 496 KM (308 miles).
Highway 10 In Saudi Arabia Is The Longest Straight Road In The World With No Bends or Noticeable Gradients For 256 KM (159 Miles)
Saudi Arabia’s Highway 10 is famous for its extraordinary straightness, holding the Guinness World Record for the longest uninterrupted stretch of straight road globally.
Does Your County Have More English, German or Irish Ancestry?
The two maps here were created by @vinemapper and show which counties have a great share of people with English or Irish ancestry above and English or German ancestry below.
How AI Would Rename Europe
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:
Share Of The World Population In Each Quadrant
The vast majority of the world’s population lives in the North-East quadrant as based on the Prime Meridian and Equator.
Poland’s Economy Is Roughly Equal To The 8 Countries In Blue Combined
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).
Tenerife Gets More Tourists Than Brazil
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