The coveted signs of Fucking, in Austria
**BATMAN (TURKEY) **
What came first, the comic or the city? It seems that this is one of the issues that most concerns the inhabitants of this town in Turkey, baptized in the 1940s as Batman after the river that passes through the region. In 2008, its mayor announced that he would sue Warner Bros. and director Christopher Nolan for copyright, since they had used his city name without asking permission. Although the comics are from 1939, and therefore earlier, other people had the same idea many years before. The businessman John Batman, for example, wanted to call Melbourne Batmania , in Australia, but was unsuccessful.
batman in turkey
BIKINI
Atomic bombs can also be a source of inspiration. At least for Louis Reard, who used the name Bikini Atoll to refer to his irreverent swimwear. The engineer sensed that the appearance of the two-piece would cause a great impact, similar to the tests with atomic bombs that the United States carried out in the Marshall Islands. And hence **a name that, curiously, derives from surface (bik) and coconuts (ni) **. In Spain, the influx of foreign girls wearing this garment not only gave rise to various films by Alfredo Landa, but also to the Bikini Beach , in Santander.
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We know it sounds like a joke, but it's not. This place exists and It is on the island of Anglesey, in Wales. . It means something like "the Church of St. Mary in the hollow of the white hazel near a rapid whirlwind and the church of St. Tisilo near the red grotto." How to write it on a postcard. With only three thousand inhabitants, It is the town with the longest internet domain in the world. (58 letters of which only twelve are vowels, and is pronounced like this). Many tourists visit it to take a photo with its signs and ask for a passport stamp.
Secondly, the shortest name of a population is, in alphabetical order, Å . In Norway there are up to five localities that are called like that.
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**DILDO (CANADA) **
The Canadians are not far behind and baptized Dildo in the year 1711. It seems that at that time the word referred to any cylindrical object and was used in popular songs (the second fact is already a little more disturbing). The legend cites Captain Dildo, who was, as he could not be otherwise, a Spanish sailor. Every summer, the Dildo Festival increases the few thousand inhabitants of the place, and you can buy T-shirts with the slogan "I survived a few days with Dildo". Although they tried to change the name of the town, his fellow citizens preferred to stay with him.
dildo in canada
FUCKING
If there is a sign that has been systematically stolen – with the exception of Abbey Road in London – it is the one for Fucking, in Austria. This town near Salzburg, with barely a hundred inhabitants, has had to weld its road markings with cement to stop stealing them. In 2004, a referendum was held to change the name of the town (which is actually pronounced “fooking”), but its inhabitants voted against it and began the campaign. "Fucking is not a bad word, but a good town!" – “Fucking is not a bad word; It's a good city!" Thus they preserved a name with more than 800 years of history, which translates as “the people of Focko” in reference to a Bavarian nobleman from the 6th century. Currently, there are security cameras focusing on the entrance signs to the town, since many visitors take the opportunity to record themselves on video having sex in front of them. Other controversial and very close towns are those of Petting (magreando) and Kissing (kissing), in Germany.
A signal in fucking
**BALLS (BRAZIL)**
The joke is easy but always brings out a smile. "Family, I'm in Balls!". This city in southern Brazil takes its name from the leather-lined boats used to cross rivers in colonial times. Located on the direct route to Porto Alegre and Florianopolis, it is famous for being a quiet and photogenic place , where several television series have been shot. From June 4 to 22, the Sweet National Fair or Fenadoce is celebrated, where you can try many products of Portuguese origin reinvented by the Brazilians.
**QAANAAQ (AND OTHER PALINDROMES) **
There are people who, more than visiting places, visit palindromes. The northernmost of all is in Greenland, 1,200 kilometers from the Arctic Circle. With about 600 inhabitants, Qaanaaq is a town inaccessible by road, surrounded by glaciers and fjords and with a small airport. His virtue? The midnight sun lasts more than four months , from the beginning of April to September. Other capicua territories, which read the same forwards as backwards, are Zirak Kariz in Afghanistan, Caraparac in Peru, kanakanak In alaska, Okonoko in the United States or Anine in Romania. In Spain, we only have a couple: ibi in Alicante and Rooms In asturias.
Qaanaaq, palindrome tourism
GET OUT IF YOU CAN
There are up to four towns that bear this name, each in a different country: Colombia, Chile, Argentina and Uruguay . In each case, the toponym has its own history, which can be positive or negative. In Argentina, for example, they say that the locals are so hospitable that no one wants to leave. But in Chile the story goes that, isolated by torrential rains, no one could leave the place. This pessimistic tone is in other Chilean towns as Worse is Nothing , whose signs are so famous that they regularly appear on social media.
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ULTRAMORT
Who would have thought that a municipality with such a gloomy name would be so charming. Translated as Ultramuerte, this town located 30 meters above sea level in the province of Gerona was established in the year 1046. Its name comes from the Latin Vulturis mortui, beyond death, and offers one of the most disturbing demonyms in the country. Other gloomy toponyms are Torture in Álava, Los Infiernos in Murcia or La Matanza in Alicante . There are several cases of towns that changed their name, for example those of Dead Creek, Disgusting, Hog's Beard or Pigsties . Now they are called, respectively, San Miguel de Robledo, Valderrubio, Puerto Seguro and Buenavista.
**CLIMAX (UNITED STATES) **
It is one of the most sought after signs by name travelers. It is located in Georgia, United States, in a town that was located at the highest point of the railway in the nineteenth century. But the most extravagant of Climax is not its name, but its festivals. And it is here that the Swine Time Festival is celebrated, a meeting that brings together thousands of people who love pigs. Really. On the first Saturday after Thanksgiving, visitors can attend greased pig chases, pig races and best-dressed pig contests. Isn't it true that, after this, climaxing a town isn't such a big deal?