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Europe's top selling souvenirs

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OK, I bite... What in the world is the evil eye, Turkey?

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- I think, they mean the Nazar amulet, which shall protect against the evil eye (Böser Blick), not the evil eye itself.
  
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- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_eye
  Assume they mean a protective amulet against evil eye.
  
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I think there's an error because it says "chocolate" for Ireland, Belgium and France but it should be Ireland, Belgium and Switzerland

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- Yeah sorry we're getting rid of Switzerland and just making it France 2.
  
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Forty years as a Spaniard and I just learnt now tourists come here to buy espadrilles, which is even a word I just learnt from this map.

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- 39 myself and this is the first time I've heard the term espadrilles, for me allways had been "zapatillas de estar por casa". The more I know!
  
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  They mean this type of traditional outdoor shoe. Espardenya is more of a Catalan thing, and popular as a souvenir. Though calling it "most popular" might be a stretch.
  
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TIL people go to Portugal for the cock.

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- And to Austria for the balls
  
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So Beer is a souvenir now? I can get behind that

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- When the doctor tells me I have cirrhosis, I will fondly remember my time in the beer motherland.
  
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Hey I was just telling my girlfriend yesterday that the best way to spot a tourist in Paris is to look for a beret

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- Was walking past the Musée d'Orsay one day and saw a family strolling along enjoying the sights.
  
  The teenage boy ran up behind his dad and flipped the beret off his head
  
  I was not surprised when the dad gritted his Uncanny-valley teeth and roared "GADDAMM IT RANDY!!!!!!"
  
  😂
  
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They've forgot to colour some islands with matching colours to their mother country, e.g. Bornholm, Gotland, Sardinia, Corsica, ...

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Is an Umbrella really a souvenir, rather than just a necessity they end up buying because it's pissing it down with rain here in the UK?

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France is there twice

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- We've had first France. But what about second France?
  
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How many balls did Mozart have?!

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I'm a little surprised the Netherlands isn't tiny windmills

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This must be bs

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Calling LEGO a souvenir is bold.

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It's a bit unsettling that this is about the EU but it calls it Europe

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- Since when are the UK, Ukraine and Türkiye in the EU?
  
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  And Norway
  
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  Since when is Türkiye in Europe?
  
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  Ok, I was also incorrect, but I failed to come up with a name for only the countries shown :(
  
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