How Norwegians perceive Europe and America

Day 1,553, 06:22 • Published in Norway Norway • by Per Jostein


In 2009, Norwegian newspaper Dagens Næringsliv published two funny maps as a business strategy to attract more readers.

European map:


Copy and paste this Google maps link to a better view: http://maps.google.dk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=da&geocode=&q=http:%2F%2Fwww.microformats.dk%2Fkort%2Fdiverse%2Ftnee.kmz&ie=UTF8&ll=54.597528,17.53418&spn=14.466937,46.582031&z=5

Countries and cities have been renamed to the (superficial) stereotypes that the Scandinavians have for European countries and cities.

Here are some examples;
- Denmark has been renamed to “Legoland”
- Sweden to “Ikea”
- Finland to Sauna
- Germany to Bratwürst
- Italy to Pizza
- England to “Pub”
- Netherlands to “Hashies” !

Cities have been renamed as follows;
- Copenhagen to “Tuborg”
- Barcelona to “Time-share”
- Cannes to “A lot of money and big yachts”
- somewhere in Sicily to “Godfather”
- Budapest to “Goulash”

American map:



What do you think? Please do comment your opinion



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