Germany:
Bielefeld. Everyone recognizes the name, it's marked on all maps, officially it has a football club.
But in reality, it doesn't even exist.
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Fucking, Austria. Population of around 100 People. They renamed it to Fugging a few years ago
As someone in the US - I have absolutely zero recognition of the town of Oregon City. All I know about the Oregon trail is a bunch of people died from starvation and dysentery
Don't forget being lost in River crossings.
Hell, Michigan in the US definitely has a shot.
In the US it must be Springfield because there's so fucking many of them that they ~~named~~ made a TV show after it.
Stupid sexy autocorrect.
named a TV show after it
The Springfields?
Okay, I spilled my coffee. I'll be giggling all day.
Probably Regina. And itβs famous for rhyming white schmamima.
we have a town called "Fucking" with only a few hundred people living there. the town sign gets stolen once a month
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Roswell, NM comes to mind. Tiny and yet most people will think of UFOs when they hear the name.
Waco, TX for anyone around in the 90s
I was gonna say Albuquerque, because of the name itself, the weird Al song and Breaking Bad, but Roswell is way tinier.
don't forget being famous for wrong turns
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Reno.
For uhhh... Reno.
Iβm in the US and I canβt say Iβd heard of Oregon City before this postβ¦
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Darwin, Australia.
Famous for being bombed by the Japanese repeatedly during World War 2
I'd go with Port Arthur, Tasmania. 251 people from the 2016 census and the massacre is still burned into many people's memories.
In the UK it's got to be the City of London. Famous for being an ancient city established by the Romans and awash with history, now one of the world's biggest financial centers with a modern skyline of famously distinctive skyscrapers. It's home to some world-famous landmarks like Saint Paul's Cathedral and Tower Bridge, and has a population of about 10,000.
The City of London is not to be confused with London, London, London or London.
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Not my country, but what immediately came to mind was one that has global name recognition, and minimal population: Chernobyl.
It used to have around 12,000 population, but now it's technically illegal to live nearby, and up to 150 people are estimated to live there today. It's famous for being toxically irradiated as a result of the worst nuclear disaster in human history
For the US, I'd say a pretty strong contender is Woodstock, NY, with a population of around 6,000, and of course famous for the music festival of the same name (even though the actual festival was something like 60 miles away in Bethel)
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Dildo, Newfoundland, Canada: 803 people as of 2021.
Someone here mentioned Vulcan, Alberta - however given the qualifiers of country and size, its 1769 people disqualifies it.
Also, though I am a Trekkie myself and know that Vulcan is well known in those circles, it's virtually unheard of outside them.
Meanwhile, Dildo:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/odd-stories-of-2019-1.5389442
Dawson City is also a contender, at least domestically.
Unfortunately, I would guess that school shooter locations are probably the most easily recognised in the US. Uvalde has a population of ~15,000, for instance.
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World recognition or in-country?
If world I'd guess Huskvarna (pop 24 000) for Sweden.
Known for having a company making chainsaws (among other things) named after it (Husqvarna). It is one of the two main brands of professional chainsaws (the other being Stihl).
I definitely recognized "Huskvarna" for some reason, but didn't know its location or why I would have recognized it before reading your comment. I haven't lived in Sweden or a place that would have been very easy for me to get to Sweden from.
How about Jokkmokk?
Strong contender! Definitely less populated, but I think also less well known?
Ok good point, maybe the kids today never heard Jokkmokks-Jocke?
Ramstein, population ~5600
Famous for the Ramstein Air base, the bombing of the air base, the Ramstein air show disaster and the band named after all of that.
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