Men in Italy can be fined for wearing a skirt in public.

Men urinating in Amsterdam’s canals are liable to be arrested.

In Madrid, asking somebody the time between 3:29 PM and 6:47 PM is illegal.

Originally introduced to prevent train delays, kissing on French platforms is technically against the law.

The Swiss are not allowed to hang their washing out on a Sunday.

In Denmark, attempting to break out of jail isn’t illegal.

A law banning French woman from wearing pants is technically in place.

German law dictates that all office windows must have a view of the sky.

The head of any dead whale found washed up on the shores of the British Isles belongs to the King. The tail, by contrast, belongs to the queen.

Anyway practicing witchcraft in Ireland is liable for jail time under blasphemy laws.

In the Italian city of Turin, it is legally mandated that each dog must be walked at least 3 times per day.

In Belgium, a street musician can be arrested for playing off-key.

European Union law dictates that any horse kept as a pet may not be eaten..by its owner.

It is illegal to be drunk in a U.K pub.
Sure….

If the Öresund Strait freezes and a Swede walks over to Denmark, Danes are allowed to hit him/her with a stick.

In Germany, during Oktoberfest, no one is ever legally drunk no matter how much alcohol they consume.

An ancient Norwegian law mandates that every male must go on rape and pillaging expeditions every 5 years.

Coupons are banned in Greece.

It is illegal to run put of gasoline on the German Autobahn.

No pig on France may be named Napoleon.

Swedes must submit planning permission and gain a licensed to paint the exterior of their homes.

In Portugal, urinating the sea is strictly forbidden.

Finnish taxi drivers must purchase a license to play music to their customers.

In Iceland, if you wish to own a dog in an apartment building, you must get permission from every other member of the building.

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Russia has done it again with their interesting campaign to warn everyone about the various ‘selfie danger zones.’ There must have been a need for this, but do you think lots of Russians are trying to take pictures of themselves while hanging from their antenna?

Some might even take it a step farther and shoot for a radio tower.

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The subway is never selfie stick safe, so beware.

Train hopping is out of the question as well, for that matter.

I know standing in traffic is cool and all, but please don’t try to document it.

Your Godfather costume might be great, but put the gun down before Instagramming.

Don’t even bring your camera on the boat, it might tip the whole thing over.

Stair selfies could lead to a very embarrassing fall.

Or… cause an avalanche?

Finally, Russia says,’You know what, just don’t do it. At all.’

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Easter Island’s monumental stone heads are well-known, but there’s more to the story: all along, the sculptures have secretly had torsos, buried beneath the earth.

Archaeologists have documented 887 of the massive statues, known as moai, but there may be up to as many as a 1,000 of them on the island.

What do these uncovered hieroglyphics mean?

The giant statues weigh up to 13 tons.

The statues reveal their creators to be master craftsmen and engineers, and are distinctive among other stone sculptures found in Polynesian cultures.

There has been much speculation about the exact purpose of the statues, the role they played in the ancient civilization of Easter Island and the way they may have been constructed and transported. The History channel took a crack at moving one sculpture…

What purpose do you think all these statues serve? That’s the million dollar question.

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“Loose” approach to credit card security

In most foreign countries, people meticulously guard their credit cards, caring about its security as much as they can. In the US, signatures rarely matter and hardly anyone uses their pin.

Water in the toilet bowl

For foreigners, the amount of water in the toilet bowl is absurd, especially to those from countries where clean water is rare.

Giant food portions

Food portions are much larger, in case you’ve been living in a cave and hadn’t noticed. Things like large value meals and upsizes are not common abroad.

Sweet bread

In most countries, bread -no matter what ingredients it’s made from – usually tastes neutrally or slightly salty. American bread appears to be sweet, and dough-like which is very unusual to foreigners.

Guns

The number of places to buy guns in the US is beyond comprehension to most outsiders.

Adoration of college sportsmen

University sport teams can be found in almost all countries, but the way student athletes are revered within the US is unique. The most successful football, baseball and basketball players are treated as true celebrities.

Attachment to Alma Mater

Speaking of universities, another thing that might be weird to many foreigners visiting the US, is the strong attachment of local people to the colleges and universities they graduated from.

Free drink refills

The size of the cups in fast food chains are strange enough, but unlimited refills might be too much to handle.

Wasting

Dumping food that you don’t eat, throwing well-preserved sneakers away just because they are not trendy anymore or getting rid of your working iPhone 5 because iPhone 6 has just been released is something people from many countries find particularly weird.

Age limits

An 18-year-old in America is allowed to do quite a few things. They can drive (16 years), buy a gun, join the army and get a pilot’s license. However, they have to wait until they are 21 in order to buy a beer. Again, I have to say I generally take the outside world’s viewpoint on this matter.

Price policy

In some American fast food joints and restaurants, soda is cheaper than bottled water and within food stores, fruits and vegetables are sometimes more expensive than junk food and frozen meals. In most countries, fresh fruits and veggies are usually the cheapest items.

Drinking coffee

In many cultures, drinking coffee is almost a ritual. People take time to enjoy the coffee, sipping it discreetly from little ceramic cups. Therefore, seeing Americans gulping down large cups of this beverage as they go, can be surprising. I asked a server for a larger cup of coffee one time I traveled to Amsterdam, and the person looked at me like I had three nipples.

Large gaps around toilets

Answering the call of nature is something Europeans usually associate with the utmost privacy, which is why American toilets (with huge bottom and side gaps) seem so intrusive.

Food Variety

We have already discussed the shock many visitors experience when they first see the enormous portions served in American establishments, but there is actually one more thing that relates to food in general – the almost unlimited variety. No matter if it’s ice cream or sandwiches – you have it in all possible and impossible flavors, forms and types.

Driving everywhere

The U.S. is known for one of the highest numbers of cars per capita (4th highest in the world, to be precise) and Americans really do like to use their cars. Therefore, tourists from countries where public transport is the most popular form of transit, can find driving a few blocks to a real hassle.

Perception of distance

To piggy-back on the last point, driving two hours for a lunch or five hours to the beach, is something that people from small countries don’t understand either. For a person from San Marino (a country that can be literally walked across in about two hours), driving somewhere more than 10 minutes is incomprehensible.

Air conditioning

Foreign visitors find it peculiar that our AC is often turned down to cooler temperatures and is even used when outside weather drops to comfortable levels.

Popularity of peanut butter

Along with hamburgers and pizzas, peanut butter can be considered an American staple. While Americans love peanut butter and eat tons of it, foreigners find the sweet-salty tasting spread to be too much. Suit yourself. Peanut butter is life.

TV censorship

Nudity is a taboo on numerous American TV channels. Not so taboo on most European channels.

System of measurement

This has been a point of contention for many people, and is a question that may never find an absolute answer – why do Americans insist on pounds, inches, miles, gallons and other units while the rest of the world uses the metric system? One word sums it up best — “‘Merica”.

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Held every year in Munich, Germany, Oktoberfest is the world’s largest funfair.

It is a 16-day festival drunken shit-show running from late September to the first weekend in October with over 6 million people from around the world attending the event each year. I keep saying one year I’m going to make it out there for the celebration, but usually I end up drinking alone in my basement while I watch old re-runs of Cheers.

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The Republic of China Military Police teach their men the proper height to raise their arms while marching using wires attached to poles.

Shanghai, China holds the record for the longest traffic jam, stretching over 62 miles and lasting 12 days.

Every year four million cats are eaten in China. (not cool, China).

Playstations are illegal in China.

In 1973, China proposed to give the U.S 10 million Chinese women to boost our population. Uhh, thanks?

The health effects of breathing the air in Beijing is equal to smoking 21 cigarettes a day.

Some Chinese food companies were caught making tofu out of sewage and marinating meat in goat urine.

China’s air pollution is so bad that it travels across the Pacific to San Francisco, contributing to almost a third of the city’s pollution.

30,000,000 people in China live in cave homes, called yaodongs. There are more yaodong dwellers than the population of Australia.

Every year in China, nearly a million girls are aborted and tens of thousands of girl babies are also abandoned because of the country’s one-child policy.

Chinese police increasingly use geese instead of police dogs because of their aggressiveness and superior vision.

Google offers free legal download of music in China in partnership with the largest record labels in the world.

Eggs boiled in the urine of young virgin boys is a delicacy in Dongyang, China.

Women in China can pay $700 for surgery to restore their hymen to fake virginity

China executes four times as many convicts as every other country combined.

Although China is officially a secular country, there are more than 54 million Christians.

Ketchup originated in China as a pickled fish sauce called ke-tsiap.

Instead of driving through, they would pick up their food in the drive through, park, and bring the food inside the restaurant to eat.

There are 100 million people in China that live off the equivalent of 1 U.S dollar per day.

In Chongqing, China, people addicted to their phones get their own lane to keep them safe while walking blindly around the city.

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If it were ANY other country I’d be surprised.

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