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A series of maps of Europe labelled according to national stereotypes has become an internet sensation with half a billion hits.
Yanko Tsvetkov, a Bulgarian designer and illustrator living in London, has produced seven maps in which countries and regions are labelled according to the stereotypes of their inhabitants held by the people of other nationalities.
In a map titled Europe According to USA, Russia is blocked out in red and labelled "Commies" while France reads "Smelly People" and Germany reads "Dirty Porn". Britain is simply labelled: "Mummy".
In the map of Europe according to Britain, the mainland is labelled "Evil Federated Empire of Europe" while Ireland reads "Rascals" and Turkey is labelled "No Pork Meals Here". Click here to see a bigger version of this map.
Mr Tsvetkov, 33, said he was inspired to create the first map in the series during the gas row between Ukraine and Russia in 2009.
In the first map, titled Where I Live, Russia is labelled "Paranoid Oil Empire", while Ukraine is labelled "Gas Stealers".
The graphic designer said: "I created the first one in 2009 because at that time there was an energy crisis in Europe. I just created it to amuse my friends but when I put it up on my website so many people liked it that I decided to really focus on the project of mapping the stereotypes based on different places in Europe. I was surprised by the reaction because I never really expected it to take off like this."
Mr Tsvetkov's website has been inundated with around half a billion visitors since he published the series, called Mapping Stereotypes.
As well as maps of Europe according to the US and Britain, the continent is shown as seen by France, Germany, Italy and Bulgaria.
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http://alphadesigner.com/project-mapping-stereotypes.html
Some of the names on the map are just priceless. He should've created Africa and Asia.
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Hahaha. I want to see a world map version ^_^
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Kinda funny, don't get a lot of the stereotypes.
Btw, Ukraine looks like a machine gun.
+ Show Spoiler +OP is pretty short, mods may not like that.
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Maps of France and Italy are quite funny =)
and LOL at "straight homos" for Italians hahahhaha
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Swiss = "chocolate"
Turkey = "thanksgiving meal"
XD
So good!
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those maps are priceless
hope he can make the world map version :p
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World Map version please :D
Someone dig up the "Americans view of the world" map too.
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i was like what the hell have Turkish people to do with thanksgiving? I mean they probably dont even eat... OH WAIT, MIND BLOWN
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eventough my country(Denmark) is getting more and more controlled by the right wings, we would still be concidered socialist  and i wouldn't want it any other way, Free health care and education ftw
hillarious pictures ^^
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Haha love the Bulgaria map.
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Zurich15325 Posts
So Italians and Bulgarians appreciate Hungarian porn? I am not alone.
German version is 100% spot on.
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On September 22 2010 18:38 jello_biafra wrote:Show nested quote +On September 22 2010 18:31 On_Slaught wrote:
World Map version please :D
Someone dig up the "Americans view of the world" map too. ![[image loading]](http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/2489/worldaccordingtoamerica.jpg)
nah, every American knows that there are no kangaroos in Afghanistan
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Austria = Apfelkuchen
Wtf? 
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This is so true...
I love how balkasn are "uncharted" for every one, it is both sad and true...
As for the britains being virgin slayers, here you can still hear "they killed Joan of Arc" when talking about england, say that with an expression of utmost disgust, you can also spit on the ground while saying this.
Are there more of these? Like russian/polish versions of the Europe map?
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Why is Belgium labeled "GOD" on Europe according to Bulgaria? Is it an abbreviation or something?
It can't literally mean god, Belgium is far too shitty for that!
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The Europe according to USA is innacurate, they dont even know the countries in europe let alone know to point them on the map. j/k
But usa has a pretty bad opinion of europe according to that.
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i love how the Netherlands has weed on it no matter what map it is
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On September 22 2010 19:07 eNbee wrote:
Why is Belgium labeled "GOD" on Europe according to Bulgaria? Is it an abbreviation or something?
It can't literally mean god, Belgium is far too shitty for that!
I guess its because the EU central is there.
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On September 22 2010 19:07 eNbee wrote:
Why is Belgium labeled "GOD" on Europe according to Bulgaria? Is it an abbreviation or something?
It can't literally mean god, Belgium is far too shitty for that!
Yeah, I saw that too ... Got me confused. Maybe we misread it and it was "GOO", thou I can't make the connection myself.
Only thing I got to say about Belgium is "Smelly Cabbage" ! :D
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racist claptrap
imagine if someone did this for africa , serious double standards here
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lol at swimming pool
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No one cares about Africa.
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On September 22 2010 19:27 Oaden wrote:
i love how the Netherlands has weed on it no matter what map it is
I really hate it, because we are smarter than that... to bad allot of our low schooled people use allot drugs....
Everywhere they say, OH HOLLAND YOU SAY? DRUGS? YAAY
omg gtfo please, and grow up. Drugs are for weak people
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Poland's view:
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On September 22 2010 19:58 Velr wrote:
No one cares about Africa.
Sad, but true
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On September 22 2010 19:28 mdb wrote:Show nested quote +On September 22 2010 19:07 eNbee wrote:
Why is Belgium labeled "GOD" on Europe according to Bulgaria? Is it an abbreviation or something?
It can't literally mean god, Belgium is far too shitty for that! I guess its because the EU central is there.
Most certainly because the EU central is there.
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I can't open the site, so sad :/
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I find the Bulgarian one quite accurate and absolutely fucking hilarious.
Finland labelled as "Nokia 1100" lmao
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Ah humour, it truly points out the follies of our petty struggles in the most succinct way. Kudos to the guy that started this whole business.
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only denmark got labelled viking TT
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On September 22 2010 22:38 Celadan wrote:
only denmark got labelled viking TT
We always get "rich oil moguls with hot blonde babes"
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On September 22 2010 22:38 Celadan wrote:
only denmark got labelled viking TT
Yeah, im a little concerned it only because he couldnt come up with anything else. Sweden got, volvo, ABBA, Ikea and meatballs.
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Well.. The Fins is only Nokia .
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who on earth has gotten the wrong image that denmark had any vikings ? They where the pussy nation of vikings, and its an insult to the godlike vikings Norway produced.
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Netherlands3975 Posts
And bombfunk MCs! 
I don't like us getting drugs everytime is fun. I like 'sodom' too, or maybe once in a while they could pop in legal whores, windmills, wooden shoes or tulips or something.
Oh and I would like a poster size (or vector file) of these as well, would be nice to have around in the office or somewhere...
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On September 22 2010 20:03 Mutaahh wrote:Show nested quote +On September 22 2010 19:27 Oaden wrote:
i love how the Netherlands has weed on it no matter what map it is I really hate it, because we are smarter than that... to bad allot of our low schooled people use allot drugs.... Everywhere they say, OH HOLLAND YOU SAY? DRUGS? YAAY omg gtfo please, and grow up. Drugs are for weak people
You want to fly, but you don't wanna get high?
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On September 22 2010 23:12 Sqq wrote:
who on earth has gotten the wrong image that denmark had any vikings ? They where the pussy nation of vikings, and its an insult to the godlike vikings Norway produced.
You need to get your facts straight. Norway was a part of Denmark not too long ago and the danish vikings almost conquered England where they raped, murdered and burned everything.
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On September 22 2010 23:12 Sqq wrote:
who on earth has gotten the wrong image that denmark had any vikings ? They where the pussy nation of vikings, and its an insult to the godlike vikings Norway produced.
Eh, no. I'm really not a nationalist but that's just untrue. Denmark was the great nordic power in the era commonly refered to as the age of vikings. You know, Danes had a lot of Sweden, plundered England, etc.
Edit: Oh, I were beaten to it.
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How was this one skipped? It's the best American POV
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On September 22 2010 22:38 Celadan wrote:
only denmark got labelled viking TT
We also got labelled as cool by gay people... Dont know if that's something to be proud of though .
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haha these are great. My favourite was the American one from the OP with thanksgiving over Turkey and stuff.
We need a Canadian point of view map as well, but it would probably be like the Americans, just a bit smarter though lol.
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On September 23 2010 08:36 Masamune wrote:
haha these are great. My favourite was the American one from the OP with thanksgiving over Turkey and stuff.
We need a Canadian point of view map as well, but it would probably be like the Americans, just a bit smarter though lol.
Do it from a Don Cherry hockey perspective and it's better
LAZY FLOATY EURO FAGGOTS WHO CANT CAPTAIN TEAMS
ENIGMA
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On September 23 2010 08:42 Hawk wrote:Show nested quote +On September 23 2010 08:36 Masamune wrote:
haha these are great. My favourite was the American one from the OP with thanksgiving over Turkey and stuff.
We need a Canadian point of view map as well, but it would probably be like the Americans, just a bit smarter though lol. Do it from a Don Cherry hockey perspective and it's better LAZY FLOATY EURO FAGGOTS WHO CANT CAPTAIN TEAMS ENIGMA
hahaha that's a good idea!
btw who's making the new NHL season thread
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Overall no negative comments towards scandinavia... I like xD
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Canada4413 Posts
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Denmark is a state? I thought it was a city.
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On September 22 2010 23:12 Sqq wrote:
who on earth has gotten the wrong image that denmark had any vikings ? They where the pussy nation of vikings, and its an insult to the godlike vikings Norway produced.
What? Sweeden and Denmark were the 2 strongest states in the middle ages among those 4.
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