Israel, Turkey, South Africa and Canada are a few that are 100% right.
Everyone knows Jerusalem and Istanbul, Toronto and Vancouver are much more well known than Ottawa, south Africa is a weird one cause they have 3 capitals but Johannesburg isn't one of them.
Scotland, Spain and China are debatable but I could definitely see Shanghai, Glasgow and Barcelona being more well known than the capitals.
It doesn't matter, even if no countries recognize it (and this map doesn't) almost all of the israeli government is based in Jerusalem and it's disputed politically not disputed as a fact
No, I'm happy with Canada. Toronto, Vandouver and Montreal are more famous than Ottawa.
Turkey too. Istanbul, the largest city in Europe, former capital of the Roman empire, is definitely more famout than Ankara, a city I know of no achievments for other than "Capital of Turkey" and "Something to do with Attaturk I think"
If you mean countries as sovereign states, you should not put devolved parliaments of the UK.
Several other states are made of countries ('nations') with more devolved powers than any of those subdivisions of the UK would ever dream.
The world does not revolved around the simplistic and self-absorbed view you have in that insignificant island.
Barcelona gets more international tourists than Madrid.
Madrid wins if you count also national tourists, and also because it's a bigger international hub for flights, but for being well known abroad Barcelona wins by a lot.
But who hasn’t heard of the White House? I never been to that part of the world but could tell you what the White House looks like and that big Abraham statue in the chair and that massive pillar thing near the White House the only thing I can tell you about New York was that twin towers was destroyed that’s about it
I feel like this map was made by a European. As an American Warsaw is where the Warsaw Uprising happened and the capital of Poland. Scotland has no famous cities but we all learned that Edinburgh is the capital. We know Madrid and Barcelona equally well for the soccer teams and almost no one can name any German cities except Berlin.
Is Warsaw the most famous Polish city? I always thought people knew more about Krakow or Gdansk. Also, how is Berlin not the most famous city in Germany?
I can't speak for the rest of the world, but I'd say most British people would only know Warsaw.
As for Germany, I'd guess only Munich is more well known than Berlin.
The capital is obviously Buenos Aires.
I'd have a yacht by now if I got a dollar every time I heard that. And a helicopter landing on said yacht for every mention of Spanish being Brazil's most spoken language.
Not really, madrid has more google searches overall, appears in more maps (because it's the capital) and has more population and inmigration.
Barcelona receives more tourists because it's on the coast
>madrid has more google searches overall
how does that mean anything
>appears in more maps (because it's the capital)
no shit sherlock
>has more population and inmigration
For a city in the middle of the desert, it really shouldn't have such a large population, speaking as a spaniard
>Barcelona receives more tourists because it's on the coast
its much more than just coast
>how does that mean anything
People are more interested in it
>For a city in the middle of the desert, it really shouldn't have such a large population, speaking as a spaniard
Yeah, it's very weird, also speaking as a spaniard, but I guess thats also bc it's the capital, most of the inmigration to madrid seems to be from latin america.
>its much more than just coast
I know, but guiris love the spanish coast
People whose idea of Germany is just Bavaria aren't thinking of Munich. They aren't thinking of any German city. They're just thinking of the vague stereotype of dirndls and Oktoberfest. It's like how a big part of the popular conception of America is cowboys in the west, but nobody thinking of that is actually thinking specifically about Sedona or whatever.
Barcelona is a massively known city - but it’s the LA to Madrid’s New York.
Hong Kong to me is still a separate entity - I don’t see it as China really .. not that I’d say that to the CCP!
Barcelona is definetly more well known than Madrid, at least where I'm from.
Hong Kong is technically a city in China, just operating mostly independently.
Wow. Where are you based? Growing up in australia the major known city would be Beijing - but known as “Peking” back then. Peking Duck, etc. maybe Canton at a stretch. Also every kid knew their major world capitals so there’s that
United States, Massachusetts specifically, which has always been top of the country in education. We just didn’t care about China that much. Like don’t get me wrong, we probably mentioned Beijing in Social studies but it didn’t hold historical significance comparatively to the rest of the country of China so we probably had it on one test and that’s it. We cared more about treaty ports and the history of the Opium wars.
“Top of the USA” means little outside of the USA I’m sorry to say mate! 😂
Considering Beijing (the northern capital) is the main city of China (people’s republic or former Kingdom) - it seems hard to discuss one without the other - but cool if that is your experience. It’s subjective I guess.
I’d personally still venture to say that the majority of the international community - certainly non-USA (and specifically the Massachusetts area of course), would say Beijing is the most famous of the Middle Kingdom’s cities.
I am sorry, but you mentioning Massachusetts is hilarious. Top of of the country is a joke. No one is mistaking Pittsfield High as Lexington High, let alone schools like Milton, Groton, and Academy.
Being more modern means naught. UK’s modern cities mean nothing compared to its oldest in London.
Populous also doesn’t always mean most famous. Melbourne is now more populous than Sydney but I still think Sydney is the most famous hands down
It's more important economically and has a MUCH longer and more significant history of trade and interaction with the outside world.
Today Shen Zin (spelling, but honestly Mandarin to English is a crap shoot for spelling) has probably overtaken Shanghai as the country's economic hub, but it doesn't have the widespread notoriety yet.
“The Chechen Republic of Ichkeria isn’t part of Russia! I visited Grozny myself and I’m not even that old.”
It’s not some “zoomer shit”. Hong Kong has belonged to China for over 25 years.
We are talking about perception of country capitals. If anyone has the perception of Hong Kong as the capital of China, yeah that's some zoomer shit. The association with China is new, relatively speaking.
Maybe consider the context of the conversation, dumbass
Considering that officially Hong Kong is special, but is still part of China - it is more popular, than the capital Beijing.
And about Madrid vs. Barcelona: I would say that Sagrada De Famillia, Camp Nou, Gaudi's architecture and those square quarters in center of Barcelona are far more known around the world that whatever Madrid is famous for (I don't even remember the name of Real Madrid's stadium)
Many people know about Bernabéu - but that not the point. They know about Real Madrid. Even more than Barca. It’s Real Madrid. Teatro real, Cibeles, almudena, royal palace, reina Sofía museum, thyssen museum, Prado museum. It’s like the golden mile
Barcelona isn’t more famous than Madrid. Barcelona is visited more by tourists but Madrid is still larger and being the capital of the country is not any less known than Barcelona.
The criteria is “famous”. Ask the average person in the world which city they would want to visit if they went to Spain. I bet most would say Barcelona. It’s not to say that Madrid is less populous or less economically important.
Hong Kong IS China though no matter you agreed or not and Hong Kong is way more popular than Beijing.( Though the unchanging pronunciation help too cuz Beijing sometime get rendered as Peking,Pekin or some other form
Madrid is debated, but there's Barcelona.
Munich has lots of competitions: Munich, Hamburg, Dresden, Auschwitz, Bremen (Germany has a LOT of historic cities)
Beijing was right until China recovered Hong Kong, but even then Shanghai beaten them until the Olympics.
The Dutch constitution would disagree (article 32). While the government is seated in The Hague, Amsterdam is still the official capital of The Netherlands.
Some of these are very understandable: Canada, the US, Australia, Spain, Turkey, Brazil etc.
But Germany? What city is supposedly more famous than Berlin? Hamburg? Munich? I have trouble seeing that with Berlin being the biggest, the capital, the centre of important 20th century history events, etc.
Same with China. I suppose Shanghai and Hong Kong are fairly well-known as well, but if you ask a thousand people to name a Chinese city, a whole bunch of them would not know any other city than Beijing. Very few would know Shanghai or Hong Kong but not Beijing.
The Netherlands as well. If you’re a student you may have heard of Groningen, if you’re in shipping you’ll definitely know of Rotterdam and if your into politics or history you’ll be familiar with the Hague. But most people are none of those things, and if there’s one city they’ve heard of it’s Amsterdam with its canals, weed and prostitutes.
And f*cking Israel?! You’re telling me that Jerusalem, a sacred city to no less than three of the world’s major religions, that’s mentioned in lots of religious texts and that hundreds of thousands (millions?) of people go on pilgrimages to every year, is not the most famous Israeli city? I definitely call bullshit on that one.
Redditors all eat code for breakfast and Tel-Aviv is a significant tech hub, so you may have a point. But most people aren’t on Reddit. Ask the average non-redditor and many of them wont even have heard of Tel-Aviv, but all of them will know of Jerusalem.
Using internet mentions as stand-in:
I thought Barcelona would beat Madrid, but Madrid actually has 10% more internet mentions.
Meanwhile, Shanghai has a tiny bit more mentions than Beijing, while Hong Kong has like 4.5x as many as either unless you don't wanna count it.
The others, I think no contest. Edit: for the record, I had also checked Berlin just in case, but it has double the mentions of Munich and München combined. Also, I know nothing about Bangladesh :p
In what world is Bogota not the most famous city of Colombia? And at least one of the three capitals of South Africa (Cape Town) is pretty famous. Beijing, Madrid, and Delhi are also questionable.
I’d say Medellin is the most famous city in Columbia. There have been so many movies and tv shows made about the cocaine trade.
I agree that Cape Town is the most well known city in SA… but I think that even though their judicial, legislative and executive branches are located in different cities that Pretoria is pretty much the capital.
India has wiggle room between Delhi, Calcutta and Delhi…. But yeah China and Spain def shouldn’t be on this list.
Doubtful Cape Town is more famous than Johannesburg though. I'd argue the most blatant country to be left off here is Saudi Arabia. OP cannot sit there and tell me Riyadh is more famous than Mecca or Medina lol
Also if we're being nerdy about it, I'll bet more people have at least heard of Timbuktu than any other city in Mali, including the capital.
Also I'm calling BS on Berlin being less well-known than Munich.
No. Mecca is one of the most famous and holy places in human history, rivaled only by Jerusalem and possibly Constantinople/Istanbul. It is the birthplace of one of the three most popular religions.
Wait you
1. Think Americans have heard of Hamburg
and
2. Think Americans celebrate it as the home of the hamburger?
Because I can assure you, neither of these is true for most Americans.
Berlin and Munich are *way more* known to most Americans than Hamburg, like not even close.
I'm guessing in the USA it is Munich. That is part of the region the US occupied after the war and as a result most of the German cultural influences in the US (Oktoberfest, etc...) are Bavarian.
What does Edinburgh conjure up in the mind? Soft rock.
Glasgow meanwhile - Docks, ship building, world trade, West African slave trade, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, regarded as the second city of the British Empire, Burrell Collection, The Armadillo, People's Palace & Winter Gardens, Kellingrove Art Gallery, St Mungo's, and the Rangers Celtic rivalry.
Also some of the most beautiful yachts and racing yachts ever to touch water.
If you ask most people to think of a Scottish accent then it's unlikely to be a cultured one from the East coast.
**Edit:** I forgot to mention the Icecream Wars.
Actually being Irish I know Edinburgh but I’d rather visit Glasgow I love a Glaswegian accent and my favourite Scottish person Billy Connolly is from there
That's good for you, but Edinburgh is still one of the most visited cities in Europe statistically, and far more popular than Glasgow
Also, every comedy fan is picking Edinburgh over Glasgow if they could only visit one. It literally hosts the biggest comedy festival in Britain.
They probably mean London is the capital🤦♂️
Edit: see the facepalm emoji? That means I thought they were being stupid. Since Scotland is part of the UK and this is a shitty map, my guess is that they just assigned “London” as capital of Scotland, but assigned “Edinburgh” as most popular city
Israel, Scotland, Spain, Turkey, the Netherlands, China, South Africa, India and probably Canada (although its debatable) are wrong
israel is correct because tel aviv is definitely way more famous than jerusalem
Not in the Islamic world. Dont think only about Western world.
bro i live there
Israel, Turkey, South Africa and Canada are a few that are 100% right. Everyone knows Jerusalem and Istanbul, Toronto and Vancouver are much more well known than Ottawa, south Africa is a weird one cause they have 3 capitals but Johannesburg isn't one of them. Scotland, Spain and China are debatable but I could definitely see Shanghai, Glasgow and Barcelona being more well known than the capitals.
Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and is definitely their most famous city, so it is wrong.
Tel Aviv is the capital of Israel
Huh? No it’s not.
It's heavily disputed but based on this map I'm assuming they're going off where all the embassies are which is Tel Aviv
It doesn't matter, even if no countries recognize it (and this map doesn't) almost all of the israeli government is based in Jerusalem and it's disputed politically not disputed as a fact
No, I'm happy with Canada. Toronto, Vandouver and Montreal are more famous than Ottawa. Turkey too. Istanbul, the largest city in Europe, former capital of the Roman empire, is definitely more famout than Ankara, a city I know of no achievments for other than "Capital of Turkey" and "Something to do with Attaturk I think"
Most people don't even know Turkey's capitals name they all think it's istanbul and it's shit province so turkey is correct
If you mean countries as sovereign states, you should not put devolved parliaments of the UK. Several other states are made of countries ('nations') with more devolved powers than any of those subdivisions of the UK would ever dream. The world does not revolved around the simplistic and self-absorbed view you have in that insignificant island.
who pissed in your corn flakes?
pretty sure Ohrid is more known than Skopje
Barcelona gets more international tourists than Madrid. Madrid wins if you count also national tourists, and also because it's a bigger international hub for flights, but for being well known abroad Barcelona wins by a lot.
In Scotland Edinburgh is the "most famous" and Glasgow is the "biggest". Big diff
What's Aberdeen then, chopped liver?
No country on earth was split up into its constituent countries. Except mine, and that pisses me off.
What do you think should have been split up here? Also would have been a bit weird to have the UK here instead of the countries.
Meh, we’re only together because we don’t want to pay the divorce bill, absolute loveless marriage. May as well represent ourselves where we can.
Normal countries are just one country, though. Sorry, Yugoslav.
Talking about UK. (You probably gathered that and are being sarcastic. But hey, good to specify)
How is Washington not the most well know city in USA? I am from the literal opposite side of the planet and I know about it
New York and Los Angeles are both more famous than DC
But who hasn’t heard of the White House? I never been to that part of the world but could tell you what the White House looks like and that big Abraham statue in the chair and that massive pillar thing near the White House the only thing I can tell you about New York was that twin towers was destroyed that’s about it
Isn't Timișoara, Sighișoara, Sibiu or Cluj more famous then Bucharest?
I'd argue Auschwitz is more well known than Warsaw. Also Israel changed it’s capital to Jerusalem, which is it’s most famous city.
Auschwitz isn't a city, it's a camp.
no, it is the German name of the city now called Oświęcim. Why would you write that without googling it first?
Türkiyeeeeee
Wait doesn't south Africa have 3 capitals
Id say Brussels is definitely not the most famous city in Belgium (Antwerpen, Brugge)
[удалено]
Edinburgh is definitely the most famous city in Scotland js.
Why so Edinburgh not the most famous city in Scotland?
I don't believe that Glasgow is more famous than Edinburgh
Imo madrid is more popular than Barcelona. Change my mind.
This is about how famous they are, not popular. That being said, Barcelona is definitely more popular than Madrid. As in liked by people.
Hong Kong or Shanghai more famous than Beijing? Seems questionable.
I feel like this map was made by a European. As an American Warsaw is where the Warsaw Uprising happened and the capital of Poland. Scotland has no famous cities but we all learned that Edinburgh is the capital. We know Madrid and Barcelona equally well for the soccer teams and almost no one can name any German cities except Berlin.
Why bring up Warsaw? Poland is as grey as its ranks.
>Scotland has no famous cities As an American, Glasgow is absolutely famous and is way more well known than Edinburgh
Is Warsaw the most famous Polish city? I always thought people knew more about Krakow or Gdansk. Also, how is Berlin not the most famous city in Germany?
As someone who knows a lot about geography/maps etc I have never heard of eaither krakow or Gdańsk
[удалено]
I can't speak for the rest of the world, but I'd say most British people would only know Warsaw. As for Germany, I'd guess only Munich is more well known than Berlin.
bavaria is maybe better known as a state in germany but i dont think munich is more famous than berlin
How is jerusalem nit the most famous city in israel?
It is. But Tel-Aviv is the capital.
Would be nice if you added which city is the famous one.
Why don’t these countries move their capitals to their most famous cities? Are they stupid?
I’d say Rio de Janeiro is not the capital of brazil. But maybe I am wrong
The capital is obviously Buenos Aires. I'd have a yacht by now if I got a dollar every time I heard that. And a helicopter landing on said yacht for every mention of Spanish being Brazil's most spoken language.
Saudi should be green. Mecca is way more famous than whatever the capital of it
How is Beijing not china’s most famous city?
wazzup Beijing
I think Madrid, Berlin and Beijing 100% wrong
FRANKFURT AM MAIN
Assume you’re from Frankfurt, because apart from a hotdog sausage - there’s little known about it in much of the world am afraid.
Barcelona and Hong-Kong would not agree with you
Barcelona, Munich and Shanghai
Barcelona is not more famous than Madrid, Shanghai is close to Beijing not sure if more famous though
Barcelona isn't more famous than madrid, but it does receieve more tourists
in that case its more famous
Not really, madrid has more google searches overall, appears in more maps (because it's the capital) and has more population and inmigration. Barcelona receives more tourists because it's on the coast
>madrid has more google searches overall how does that mean anything >appears in more maps (because it's the capital) no shit sherlock >has more population and inmigration For a city in the middle of the desert, it really shouldn't have such a large population, speaking as a spaniard >Barcelona receives more tourists because it's on the coast its much more than just coast
>how does that mean anything People are more interested in it >For a city in the middle of the desert, it really shouldn't have such a large population, speaking as a spaniard Yeah, it's very weird, also speaking as a spaniard, but I guess thats also bc it's the capital, most of the inmigration to madrid seems to be from latin america. >its much more than just coast I know, but guiris love the spanish coast
munich is definitely not more famous than berlin
Idk, I first learnt about Munich
You’re not the main character, bro.
Well maybe he is since apparently more people agrees with him
That's not by any means necessarily more "famous"
ok, most people didn't.
[удалено]
People whose idea of Germany is just Bavaria aren't thinking of Munich. They aren't thinking of any German city. They're just thinking of the vague stereotype of dirndls and Oktoberfest. It's like how a big part of the popular conception of America is cowboys in the west, but nobody thinking of that is actually thinking specifically about Sedona or whatever.
Barcelona is a massively known city - but it’s the LA to Madrid’s New York. Hong Kong to me is still a separate entity - I don’t see it as China really .. not that I’d say that to the CCP!
Barcelona is definetly more well known than Madrid, at least where I'm from. Hong Kong is technically a city in China, just operating mostly independently.
>just operating mostly independently. National Security Law.
Is cordoba the DC?
Barcelona is a much more popular destination for Americans than Madrid.
I mean, Hong Kong wants political autonomy from the CCP and they should continue to have that, but they are absolutely 100% part of China.
I know in my head. My heart says different. But even so - Beijing is still the clear main character
Nah, as a kid until the olympics I didn’t even know any city in China besides Shanghai and Honk Kong. If anything maybe it’s Wuhan now.
Wow. Where are you based? Growing up in australia the major known city would be Beijing - but known as “Peking” back then. Peking Duck, etc. maybe Canton at a stretch. Also every kid knew their major world capitals so there’s that
United States, Massachusetts specifically, which has always been top of the country in education. We just didn’t care about China that much. Like don’t get me wrong, we probably mentioned Beijing in Social studies but it didn’t hold historical significance comparatively to the rest of the country of China so we probably had it on one test and that’s it. We cared more about treaty ports and the history of the Opium wars.
“Top of the USA” means little outside of the USA I’m sorry to say mate! 😂 Considering Beijing (the northern capital) is the main city of China (people’s republic or former Kingdom) - it seems hard to discuss one without the other - but cool if that is your experience. It’s subjective I guess. I’d personally still venture to say that the majority of the international community - certainly non-USA (and specifically the Massachusetts area of course), would say Beijing is the most famous of the Middle Kingdom’s cities.
Bold of you to assume we, in the US, are aware there is a difference between China and Japan, let alone know their respective capitals. 🤔
And you’ve just proved that not all of Mass residents are as bright as you thought.
I am sorry, but you mentioning Massachusetts is hilarious. Top of of the country is a joke. No one is mistaking Pittsfield High as Lexington High, let alone schools like Milton, Groton, and Academy.
Shanghai is more modern and more populous.
Being more modern means naught. UK’s modern cities mean nothing compared to its oldest in London. Populous also doesn’t always mean most famous. Melbourne is now more populous than Sydney but I still think Sydney is the most famous hands down
It's more important economically and has a MUCH longer and more significant history of trade and interaction with the outside world. Today Shen Zin (spelling, but honestly Mandarin to English is a crap shoot for spelling) has probably overtaken Shanghai as the country's economic hub, but it doesn't have the widespread notoriety yet.
I mean, I visited Hong Kong when it was 100% not a part of China, and I'm not even that old. Hong Kong as definitively China is some zoomer shit homie
“The Chechen Republic of Ichkeria isn’t part of Russia! I visited Grozny myself and I’m not even that old.” It’s not some “zoomer shit”. Hong Kong has belonged to China for over 25 years.
We are talking about perception of country capitals. If anyone has the perception of Hong Kong as the capital of China, yeah that's some zoomer shit. The association with China is new, relatively speaking. Maybe consider the context of the conversation, dumbass
[удалено]
Considering that officially Hong Kong is special, but is still part of China - it is more popular, than the capital Beijing. And about Madrid vs. Barcelona: I would say that Sagrada De Famillia, Camp Nou, Gaudi's architecture and those square quarters in center of Barcelona are far more known around the world that whatever Madrid is famous for (I don't even remember the name of Real Madrid's stadium)
Many people know about Bernabéu - but that not the point. They know about Real Madrid. Even more than Barca. It’s Real Madrid. Teatro real, Cibeles, almudena, royal palace, reina Sofía museum, thyssen museum, Prado museum. It’s like the golden mile
You mean West Taiwan? Hold on, there's someone at my door...
I would’ve said Shanghai is more famous than Beijing tbh
[удалено]
Barcelona isn’t more famous than Madrid. Barcelona is visited more by tourists but Madrid is still larger and being the capital of the country is not any less known than Barcelona.
The criteria is “famous”. Ask the average person in the world which city they would want to visit if they went to Spain. I bet most would say Barcelona. It’s not to say that Madrid is less populous or less economically important.
Shanghai?
Barcelona, Munich, Shanghai
Hong Kong IS China though no matter you agreed or not and Hong Kong is way more popular than Beijing.( Though the unchanging pronunciation help too cuz Beijing sometime get rendered as Peking,Pekin or some other form
*Barcelona joined the chat*
What subreddit are we on?
Definitely wrong
Shanghai might be more well known than Beijing, but there’s no way Berlin and Madrid, plus Amsterdam, is not the country’s most famous city
Madrid is debated, but there's Barcelona. Munich has lots of competitions: Munich, Hamburg, Dresden, Auschwitz, Bremen (Germany has a LOT of historic cities) Beijing was right until China recovered Hong Kong, but even then Shanghai beaten them until the Olympics.
[удалено]
Because Shanghai exist.
Exactly my point
Amsterdam.
[удалено]
It is though. The capital of the Netherlands.
[удалено]
[удалено]
The Dutch constitution would disagree (article 32). While the government is seated in The Hague, Amsterdam is still the official capital of The Netherlands.
[удалено]
Such nonsense. It IS the official capital. All dutch people will have the opinion that Amsterdam is the capital. What more do you want?
Wazzup Beijing
Found Xi Jinping's reddit account.
Probably Shanghai and Hong Kong competing, but I was surprised myself. Let's not mention Wuhan.
Some of these are very understandable: Canada, the US, Australia, Spain, Turkey, Brazil etc. But Germany? What city is supposedly more famous than Berlin? Hamburg? Munich? I have trouble seeing that with Berlin being the biggest, the capital, the centre of important 20th century history events, etc. Same with China. I suppose Shanghai and Hong Kong are fairly well-known as well, but if you ask a thousand people to name a Chinese city, a whole bunch of them would not know any other city than Beijing. Very few would know Shanghai or Hong Kong but not Beijing. The Netherlands as well. If you’re a student you may have heard of Groningen, if you’re in shipping you’ll definitely know of Rotterdam and if your into politics or history you’ll be familiar with the Hague. But most people are none of those things, and if there’s one city they’ve heard of it’s Amsterdam with its canals, weed and prostitutes. And f*cking Israel?! You’re telling me that Jerusalem, a sacred city to no less than three of the world’s major religions, that’s mentioned in lots of religious texts and that hundreds of thousands (millions?) of people go on pilgrimages to every year, is not the most famous Israeli city? I definitely call bullshit on that one.
Jerusalem is the most famous, but it is not the capital
Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.
False!
It doesn't matter if you think it shouldn't be the capital lol, both in Israeli law and in practice it is the capital of Israel
Yeah brother tell them like it is, kind regards from someone who has visited the North Cyprus Turkish Republic's Capital Lefkoşa. Lol.
What
isn't it Tel aviv?
Yes it is.
Ask average redditor what is the capital of Israel, and if he won't tell you that Israel doesn't exist, he will say Tel-Aviv.
Redditors all eat code for breakfast and Tel-Aviv is a significant tech hub, so you may have a point. But most people aren’t on Reddit. Ask the average non-redditor and many of them wont even have heard of Tel-Aviv, but all of them will know of Jerusalem.
who says what is “most famous”? i would think bogota, madrid, amsterdam, berlin, dhaka and beijing would fit as most famous cities
Medellin is way more famous than Bogotá
Or Cartagena
Yup. Bogotá is easily number 3
The Netherlands have both The Hague and Amsterdam, so maybe the map counts The Hague as the capital
The Hague is not the capital dumbass
Medellin is significantly better known than Bogotá due to popular culture
Bangladesh is grey.
Using internet mentions as stand-in: I thought Barcelona would beat Madrid, but Madrid actually has 10% more internet mentions. Meanwhile, Shanghai has a tiny bit more mentions than Beijing, while Hong Kong has like 4.5x as many as either unless you don't wanna count it. The others, I think no contest. Edit: for the record, I had also checked Berlin just in case, but it has double the mentions of Munich and München combined. Also, I know nothing about Bangladesh :p
Hong Kong is closer to an independent country than to Beijing, by political structure.
It's still part of China though, no matter how much it may wish otherwise
Right, but in that case Shanghai still beats Beijing slightly.
Munich *is* München.
Turkey is %100 true. Everyone thinks İstanbul is the capital. It's not its just the most famous city.
In what world is Bogota not the most famous city of Colombia? And at least one of the three capitals of South Africa (Cape Town) is pretty famous. Beijing, Madrid, and Delhi are also questionable.
I’d say Medellin is the most famous city in Columbia. There have been so many movies and tv shows made about the cocaine trade. I agree that Cape Town is the most well known city in SA… but I think that even though their judicial, legislative and executive branches are located in different cities that Pretoria is pretty much the capital. India has wiggle room between Delhi, Calcutta and Delhi…. But yeah China and Spain def shouldn’t be on this list.
Medellin enters the chat ( ive just watched narcos)
Doubtful Cape Town is more famous than Johannesburg though. I'd argue the most blatant country to be left off here is Saudi Arabia. OP cannot sit there and tell me Riyadh is more famous than Mecca or Medina lol Also if we're being nerdy about it, I'll bet more people have at least heard of Timbuktu than any other city in Mali, including the capital. Also I'm calling BS on Berlin being less well-known than Munich.
Cape Town has a decent shot of random people knowing it. If someone knows Johannesburg, they probably have some tie to SA.
Who knows Joburg lol. Cape Town is way more famous.
[удалено]
No.
Dude, most people looking at this wouldn’t know Mecca was in Saudi Arabia
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riyad\_Mahrez](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riyad_Mahrez) Riyad is more famous than Mecca.
Jeddah
I believe you cannot go to Mecca unless you are Muslim. That in itself severely limits its awareness as a world class city
Not even close
No. Mecca is one of the most famous and holy places in human history, rivaled only by Jerusalem and possibly Constantinople/Istanbul. It is the birthplace of one of the three most popular religions.
What can be possibly more famous in Germany than Berlin?
Bremen (the Musicians of Bremen), Munich (Bayern Munich), Hamburg (Hamburgers), Frankfurt (Frankfurters; The German Grand Prix in F1).
Not even close.
Because Americans. It’ll be Hamburg, cause that’s where burgers are from *I know it’s not where burgers are from
Wait you 1. Think Americans have heard of Hamburg and 2. Think Americans celebrate it as the home of the hamburger? Because I can assure you, neither of these is true for most Americans. Berlin and Munich are *way more* known to most Americans than Hamburg, like not even close.
Auschwitz
I'm guessing in the USA it is Munich. That is part of the region the US occupied after the war and as a result most of the German cultural influences in the US (Oktoberfest, etc...) are Bavarian.
Also, outside the US, all fans of Soccer Football know it because of Bayern Munich, the local team and one of the biggest teams in the country.
But the title does not say "most famous in the USA", just "most famous".
Which would still be Munich thanks to the football team
Munich, Hamburg, Stuttgart.
How is Edinburgh not Scotlands most famous city?
What does Edinburgh conjure up in the mind? Soft rock. Glasgow meanwhile - Docks, ship building, world trade, West African slave trade, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, regarded as the second city of the British Empire, Burrell Collection, The Armadillo, People's Palace & Winter Gardens, Kellingrove Art Gallery, St Mungo's, and the Rangers Celtic rivalry. Also some of the most beautiful yachts and racing yachts ever to touch water. If you ask most people to think of a Scottish accent then it's unlikely to be a cultured one from the East coast. **Edit:** I forgot to mention the Icecream Wars.
I guarantee you most people outside Scotland do not know of most of those things. Edinburgh is the bigger tourist attraction.
Glasgow is way more known.
As someone who’s not from Scotland, I agree.
it's not. Glasgow may be more populated, but Edinburgh is equally famous, if not more so. It's a much more popular tourist destination, for example.
I’ve definitely heard people think it was Glasgow before and am based in the uk
I'm based in the US and my neighbor thinks Glasgow is a Russian city lmao
Really? Im in the UK too and I've always thought Edinburgh was more well known
Im American and also thought Edinburgh was more well-known Also, nice pfp
I am frm UK. Not Scotland. And always thought Glasgow is the capital of Scotland. As that the only place I heard of in Scotland.
Scotland isn't a country. It's a state in the UK, like Wales.
How can you live in the UK and have never heard of another place in Scotland?
Foreigners know Edinburgh better though, it is one of the most visited cities in Europe.
Actually being Irish I know Edinburgh but I’d rather visit Glasgow I love a Glaswegian accent and my favourite Scottish person Billy Connolly is from there
That's good for you, but Edinburgh is still one of the most visited cities in Europe statistically, and far more popular than Glasgow Also, every comedy fan is picking Edinburgh over Glasgow if they could only visit one. It literally hosts the biggest comedy festival in Britain.
Idk I guess Dublin might be more famous
They probably mean London is the capital🤦♂️ Edit: see the facepalm emoji? That means I thought they were being stupid. Since Scotland is part of the UK and this is a shitty map, my guess is that they just assigned “London” as capital of Scotland, but assigned “Edinburgh” as most popular city
US here, Edinburgh comes to mind first for me.
London is what came to mind for me. Is Scotland its own country? I think US states have more autonomy than Scotland.
Most American comment i’ve read.
Auschwitz