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[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I consider myself European, then German. The EU keeps the peace between the old rivals.

[–] 96VXb9ktTjFnRi@feddit.nl 3 points 2 hours ago

Where as we Europeans tend to visit every state in the US. /s

Honestly one of the places i wanna visit the most is spain

[–] CptOblivius@lemmy.world 21 points 7 hours ago

I get it is a joke, but Germany is #2 visited by Americans and Netherlands is 4, above Italy at 5.

[–] Colloidal@programming.dev 19 points 8 hours ago (8 children)

Stop gatekeeping tourism. "Oh, if you don't live in each city of each country for at least a week, are you even outside your home?" Who TF you think has money for that? People will choose what they want to see. If they stay in one or two cities, they haven't seen enough. If they run through 10 countries in 12 days, it was only a shallow visit. Who can win? Fuck off with that bullshit.

[–] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

Traveling [place] implies you're seeing a large enough portion of it to be representative to all of [place]. That's what this is making fun of. Nobody says 'im travelling the US' when theyre just going to NYC and Florida. At most they'd say they're going TO the US. That's just what those respective phrasings imply. The meme isn't ripping on not travelling or not travelling everywhere.

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[–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 27 points 10 hours ago

No different than European tourists "traveling the US" visiting a couple of big cities and maybe the Grand Canyon on a stop in between.

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 24 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Hi from Lisboa, Portugal… let me tell you, the tourists absolutely know about us. A bit too much…

[–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

Agreed from New Jersey. I was fortunate enough to go with a friend whose family is all from Portugal, in Furadurao or however it's spelled, I dunno. But did Lisboa, Porto, stopped at the home of the oldest brothers in Portugal (at the time). Was fed much portwine at every home we stopped at, and ate bread with melted cheese in it that I've been chasing for the last 15 years since we were there.

I'm fortunate to be from Jersey for many reasons, but one of them is the huge Portuguese population we have and the cooking they brought with them.

[–] Pnut@lemm.ee 4 points 7 hours ago

I would like to visit Ukraine. Bit of an issue.

[–] Nikls94@lemmy.world 16 points 11 hours ago
[–] MelonYellow@lemmy.ca 21 points 13 hours ago

At least put Amsterdam on there😂

[–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 6 points 10 hours ago

The France map should just be Paris

[–] IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world 9 points 12 hours ago

This thread is just massive gatekeeping 🤣

So many angry nerds people care mostly about food and shopping.

[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 30 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (3 children)

For a more accurate map, erase everything south of Rome, including Sicily, as well as Corsica and Sardinia. At the northern end of things, probably also Ireland and Scotland.
Then make four new tiny islands and name them Barcelona, Munich, Amsterdam and Prague.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 hours ago

I also don't get why it only includes NI and not Eire. Don't most Americans go to Dublin, Cork, Galway, Waterford, Limerick?

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[–] tobis@lemm.ee 8 points 13 hours ago

That pretty much sums up my time in Europe.

[–] Depress_Mode@lemmy.world 61 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (13 children)

I'm sure that's true for many people. When European tourists visit the US, however, how many are actually going deep into the interior of the US? Most tourists, I'd imagine, would be staying somewhat near one of the coasts and mainly sticking to the major cities. I doubt many Europeans have anywhere in Nebraska on their itineraries. Probably not a ton of European tourists in the US right now anyway, but I mean in the recent past at times of relative political normalcy.

It makes sense, though. Most people who are travelling don't have the time or money to spend months seeing all the highlights of a place as large as Europe or the US. Even just these countries offer a ton to see, whether its the cities or the countryside. I can't speak for how well-traveled Europeans are, but very few people in the US, even those who have lived long lives here, are able to say they've even visited every state, let alone seen the whole country. I bet that's probably true of Europe for Europeans, too.

I myself don't have much money for travelling, so I've only been to 11 states (and never even left the country), and I certainly did not see everything those states had to offer. Some states are often called "fly-over" states and, frankly, aren't usually considered worthwhile places to visit anyway (even by Americans), so you can be forgiven for skipping those. I'm sure Europe has its equivalents, too.

[–] NichEherVielleicht@feddit.org 54 points 19 hours ago (11 children)
[–] Honytawk@feddit.nl 4 points 10 hours ago

I mean, Americans do the same thing.

Those are called flyover states for a reason.

[–] MelonYellow@lemmy.ca 8 points 13 hours ago

Also popular is renting a car in CA and then driving around there, to Vegas and some other national parks (a la Grand Canyon, Yellowstone and Utah’s).

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[–] Nangijala@feddit.dk 13 points 15 hours ago (10 children)

Or be Danish:

American: I have been to Denmark! I love Denmark.

Visits Copenhagen only 🤡

Especially offensive if you are a Jut like moi. You motherfuckers come here and think Copenhagen is Denmark, yet entirely ignore the rest of the country and especially Jutland where the vikings lived, Amleth's grave is, where the king's used to be crowned, the earliest Danish law that predates your frigging country by several centuries AND it is the place that Tolkien based Middle Earth and characters like Eowyn on. You could literally go visit the real Helms Deep, Isengard, Aros and Esgaroth and you could go visit the place of the legendary shieldmaiden Hervør who inspired Eowyn and in some ways Aragorn too.

But no no. cOpEnHaGen is Denmark. The one city in Denmark where no one speaks Danish, lol.

[–] Zess@lemmy.world 10 points 10 hours ago

So other than Copenhagen, the only other things worth seeing in your country are only worth seeing because they're related to an English book series and American film series?

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 23 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

To be fair.. most of those sights are piles of mud with sign posts.

For tourists I'd rather recommend the cold war museum, the original Lego land, the beaches on the west coast, hiking along the east coast fjords, the lakes at Silkeborg, the desert at Skagen, the ruins at Kalø, the various nature reserves.

There's plenty of stuff to see. May, June and August are the best times to visit. The rest of the year has unpredictable weather.

That's the hardest comeback I read for a while

[–] LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

Just puddles of mudd

[–] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 6 points 12 hours ago

Danish is too hard for me to consider going anywhere else

[–] SmoothOperator@lemmy.world 14 points 14 hours ago

American: I have been to Jutland! I love Jutland.

Visits Midtjylland only 🤡

Especially offensive if you are a Jut like moi. You motherfuckers come here and think Midtjylland is Denmark, yet entirely ignore the rest of Jutland and especially Vestjylland where the oldest viking town is, where Dronning Dagmar died, where witches were burned, where old fisheries and new energy tech stand side by side, where beautiful beaches are littered with crazy nazi bunkers, where you can go north and surf or go south and see the flattest fucking place in the world, walking across the Vadehav to a literal island at low tide.

But no no. mIdTjYlLaNd is Denmark. The one place in Jutland where no one speaks Jutlandic, lol.

[–] madjo@feddit.nl 3 points 11 hours ago

no no.. I've been to Billund too! :)
Well, Legoland, but still.

Which is a joke, I've never actually visited Copenhagen, but I did visit Århus, I loved the ARoS museum there, wish I had had more time to also visit Den Gamle By.
And I've visited Jesperhus in Nykobing Mors.

[–] bojiggy@lemmy.world 10 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Bro give me your best tips on where to go in this magical place. What to do, what to see.

That is if you'll welcome me, an ignorant neighbour Swede who's only ever been to Copenhagen also and thinks it's Denmark.

EDIT: aw man https://old.reddit.com/r/tolkienfans/comments/xec987/tolkien_and_jutland_denmark/

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