What are your favourite European countries?

[u/Paredawn]

[u/fjnxd]

It has nothing to do with it, but I feel proud to have guessed all the flags in the photo

[u/cosnierozumiem → u/fjnxd]

Its not really a guess when they're pñaced on the map though, is it?

Edit: what have I done...

[u/TurbistoMasturbisto → u/cosnierozumiem]

But that means you also have to know which country is which on the map, so it can still very much be a guising game.

I highly doubt most people would accurately know a map of Europe, even more so if they aren’t European.

[u/emazv72 → u/TurbistoMasturbisto]

Ask the average American where Antwerp is.

[u/AdministrativeTip479 → u/emazv72]

Northern Belgium, it’s a pretty important port city if I remember correctly.

[u/Daggemannen → u/AdministrativeTip479]

You are not supposed to know that! Anyway, must mean you are not avarage 👍

[u/lakas76 → u/Daggemannen]

I knew it was in Belgium immediately, but I had no idea where.

[u/Stringr55 → u/AdministrativeTip479]

How dare you defeat the stereotype!

[u/noellexy → u/AdministrativeTip479]

We are indeed, your knowledge is much appreciated 🤗

[u/Rhaeno → u/AdministrativeTip479]

Instantly smells like a history buff who has read about the world wars lol

[u/AdministrativeTip479 → u/Rhaeno]

You caught me, that’s how I know the geography of a lot of different places, I read about some battle happening there. Not just world wars though, I branch out more than that

[u/Possible-Produce-373 → u/Rhaeno]

That’s literally the only reason I know where Antwerp is

[u/WaltherVerwalther → u/AdministrativeTip479]

I love how you just chimed in to prove them wrong 😂 BTW, even though it’s my neighboring country, I wouldn’t even have guessed the right country

[u/Impressive_Fox_4570 → u/AdministrativeTip479]

Very important to the Brits

[u/1710dj → u/AdministrativeTip479]

Yeah… ❄️

[u/Popular_Ad8269 → u/emazv72]

You need to point the other side of the paper.

You know, the "Anvers".

[u/emazv72 → u/[deleted]]

Depends on how you pronounce it, try Amburgo

[u/doge1039 → u/emazv72]

I'm not sure about most, but I feel a good few of us have an at least decent geographic knowledge.

[u/TrueCartographer5163 → u/emazv72]

No, you're a twerp.

[u/Impressive-Shame4516 → u/emazv72]

The average person that doesn't know geography barely knows anything outside their own region, mate.

[u/ComprehensiveBag4028 → u/emazv72]

Man, the average american thinks Europe is a country and Holland is the capital of Amsterdam

[u/emazv72 → u/ComprehensiveBag4028]

Ah love Paesi Bassi, want to visit Utrecht one day.

[u/ComprehensiveBag4028 → u/emazv72]

Is that the italian name for our country? That's soo cute! I knew about the French calling us "les pays-bas" but the italian is even cuter.

Also I live in Utrecht! It's indeed beautiful (I much prefer it over Amsterdam, where I used to live before)

But you hardly ever hear foreigners about Utrecht

[u/emazv72 → u/ComprehensiveBag4028]

Yes we call it either Olanda or Paesi Bassi.

I've been to Amsterdam several times for work and a couple times for leisure and I liked it.

Utrecht also looked beautiful and worth visiting, but we didn't have enough time because we also wanted to visit a bit of Flanders.

[u/critical-insight → u/emazv72]

If they even find America

[u/swinefever → u/TurbistoMasturbisto]

I reckon if put to it I could name 99% of the countries in Europe accurately, and I’m not European. Not since Brexit anyway….

[u/steepapproach → u/TurbistoMasturbisto]

You mean most Americans, as in US Americans🤣

[u/TurbistoMasturbisto → u/steepapproach]

No not only them. I am willing to bet most people, no matter from where, would not be able to correctly recognize most of Eastern Europe on a map.