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Europe's top selling souvenirs (files.catbox.moe)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago (2 children)

OK, I bite... What in the world is the evil eye, Turkey?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I think, they mean the Nazar amulet, which shall protect against the evil eye (Böser Blick), not the evil eye itself.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_eye
Assume they mean a protective amulet against evil eye.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Forty years as a Spaniard and I just learnt now tourists come here to buy espadrilles, which is even a word I just learnt from this map.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

39 myself and this is the first time I've heard the term espadrilles, for me allways had been "zapatillas de estar por casa". The more I know!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

They mean this type of traditional outdoor shoe. Espardenya is more of a Catalan thing, and popular as a souvenir. Though calling it "most popular" might be a stretch.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

TIL people go to Portugal for the cock.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

And to Austria for the balls

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I think there's an error because it says "chocolate" for Ireland, Belgium and France but it should be Ireland, Belgium and Switzerland

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Yeah sorry we're getting rid of Switzerland and just making it France 2.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Hey I was just telling my girlfriend yesterday that the best way to spot a tourist in Paris is to look for a beret

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Was walking past the Musée d'Orsay one day and saw a family strolling along enjoying the sights.

The teenage boy ran up behind his dad and flipped the beret off his head

I was not surprised when the dad gritted his Uncanny-valley teeth and roared "GADDAMM IT RANDY!!!!!!"

😂

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

So Beer is a souvenir now? I can get behind that

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

When the doctor tells me I have cirrhosis, I will fondly remember my time in the beer motherland.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

They've forgot to colour some islands with matching colours to their mother country, e.g. Bornholm, Gotland, Sardinia, Corsica, ...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Is an Umbrella really a souvenir, rather than just a necessity they end up buying because it's pissing it down with rain here in the UK?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

France is there twice

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

We've had first France. But what about second France?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

How many balls did Mozart have?!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I'm a little surprised the Netherlands isn't tiny windmills

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

This must be bs

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Calling LEGO a souvenir is bold.