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Yes, there really is a place in Austria called Fucking. In fact they liked the name so much, it seems that they also have several Fucking roads. Which f**king road would you live on?
Update: Welcome Boingboingers! We’ve had lots more funny placenames in the comments here, and yet more at Boing Boing, and now somebody’s located this excellent list of interesting or unusual place names on Wikipedia (and yes, there’s rude ones in there too!)
Thanks to Chris and Nev.
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Do they have a Fucking hotel? I do understand that Fucking can be quite nice, especially in the summer.
How about “DRY PRONG” Louisiana
In Kent, England, there is a town called Pratt’s Bottom.
Guess you could say it’s at the arse end of Britain.
hehe
It really does exsist it’s FUCKING amazing!!!
What the fuck!! I’ll be fucked!! Oh well, fuck me!!
I have not seen Fucking yet. Imagine that, and I’m 50 years old too! However, I’ve been driven a coulple times to” Ballarat”. I understand you can travel to Bosnia,and see” Puke” too. If you want to go Ballarat ,then,Fucking,Puke, go ahead!
I love to drive in that Fucking Road….drive so fast that the local Fucking police will chase me…lol
Well, here in Switzerland we have a city called “Gland” which means penis knob (it means acorn as well), so everyone who speaks French want to come there just to make fun of the name. And next to Gland, we have a village which name is Apples (not funny for the ones who don’t speak English).
In Geneva there’s a main street called “Chantepoulet” which means “sing chicken!”
And don’t forget the famous French city of Brest
Nico
I wrote a song about Fucking, Austria. You can listen to it here, http://www.myspace.com/kahaokamoku.
Bob, you are a genius.
What the Fook!
There’s a place in Australia called Iron Knob, or you could head down to Woodenbong, which funily enough is near Potsville. The fishing is excelent in Knob creek and of course theres also Sydney, what a sh#t hole.
I passed though Climax Springs MO a few years back, made a stop at the Little Climax Meat Market too.
http://maps.google.com/maps?rlz=1C1GGLS_enUS291US304&sourceid=chrome&q=Climax+Springs,+Missouri&um=1&ie=UTF-8&split=0&gl=us
I’ve been to Fucking, Austria a few times when I’ve had visitors. It’s good for photos, but it’s a tiny village. There is no Fucking hotel, no Fucking gas station, nothing.
If you want to see pictures from Fucking, Austria, here ya go: http://www.theprofessionaltourist.org/2009/02/22/google-sightseeing/
I like it more this way: fucking austria,
if i get married again ,it will be in Love ,saskatchewan. i was planning on going to Climax saskatchewan for my honeymoon,but Fucking austria might work.
i would like to know all about fucking,then i would be a fucking expert,an authority on fucking.if there is a college there i could get a degree in fucking.a degree in fucking, brilliant.
If you look at the map, it’s near…
wait for it…
Tittmoning
We here in Michigan while driving in south and east
love to take the “Big Beaver” exit…apropriately numberd 69!
There is an Intercourse, Pennsylvania. And a bunch of Licking Creeks and Licking Creek Roads in PA and Maryland.
There is a town in France named CONDOM
Sadly here in Oregon we only have the exotic town of Boring … Boring Oregon, USA. Alas.
There’s a place in Orkney, Scotland called Twatt
In North Lincolnshire, England there is a town called Scunthorpe.
And in Newfoundland, Canada, there is a town called Dildo.
Damm. Now I’m going to spend the rest of my day looking for this stuff.
Besides Intercourse, Pennsylvania, there is also Bird-In-Hand and Blue Ball. I’ve always assumed that it was their up tight Amish / Mennonite back grounds and Freudian frustrations that led to naming these towns. Perhaps it is the Germanic heritage instead. Ooo. I just pissed off the Austrians.
Actually, thnere’s a reason for all the Fucking Roads in Fucking. None of those roads actually have a name, and they’re all just part of Fucking. Houses are numbered in the order they are built in the town, not which road they’re on. Like Japanese addresses.
http://deutschlanduberelvis.com/blog/2009/06/fucking-and-intercourse-are-quite-similar-.html