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Fucking, Austria

Posted by Alex Turnbull, Tuesday, 16th January 2007

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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?

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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.

106 Responses to 'Fucking, Austria'

  1. James says:

    Do they have a Fucking hotel? I do understand that Fucking can be quite nice, especially in the summer.

  2. Bigjohnd says:

    How about “DRY PRONG” Louisiana

  3. Ian Barr says:

    In Kent, England, there is a town called Pratt’s Bottom.

    Guess you could say it’s at the arse end of Britain.

    hehe

  4. Chris says:

    It really does exsist it’s FUCKING amazing!!!

  5. Jim Smith says:

    What the fuck!! I’ll be fucked!! Oh well, fuck me!! :-)

  6. JIMM YIPP says:

    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!

  7. Kovich says:

    I love to drive in that Fucking Road….drive so fast that the local Fucking police will chase me…lol

  8. nico says:

    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

  9. Bob Gilbert says:

    I wrote a song about Fucking, Austria. You can listen to it here, http://www.myspace.com/kahaokamoku.

  10. Michel Bilodeau says:

    What the Fook!

  11. Matti.c says:

    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.

  12. Chris says:

    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

  13. NOFXmike says:

    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/

  14. 2a2o says:

    I like it more this way: fucking austria,

  15. matty says:

    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.

  16. peterobrennan says:

    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.

  17. Matt in Annapolis says:

    If you look at the map, it’s near…

    wait for it…

    Tittmoning

    • The Beave says:

      We here in Michigan while driving in south and east love to take the “Big Beaver” exit…apropriately numberd 69! ;-)

  18. Jamie Slavy says:

    There is an Intercourse, Pennsylvania. And a bunch of Licking Creeks and Licking Creek Roads in PA and Maryland.

  19. A Tsang says:

    There is a town in France named CONDOM

  20. Athena says:

    Sadly here in Oregon we only have the exotic town of Boring … Boring Oregon, USA. Alas.

  21. Meg says:

    There’s a place in Orkney, Scotland called Twatt

  22. Skip says:

    In North Lincolnshire, England there is a town called Scunthorpe.

  23. Skip says:

    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.

  24. Keith says:

    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.

  25. Julie says:

    Heh. I live in Morehead, Kentucky, which is near the Licking River. I’ve had websites refuse Morehead, telling me to enter a “real” place name.

  26. turakoc says:

    I also liked it. Fucking road what a good name of the street.Realy want to see it and travel on it

  27. Jack says:

    Don’t forget Big Bone Lick state park in Kentucky. In Michigan on I-94 there is a road called Lover’s Lane right before the exit to Climax.

  28. Ray says:

    There’s a town in Irian Island of Indonesia called FAKFAK. pronounced exactly the you guessed it…

  29. Lee says:

    Towering over Chiang Mai in northern Thailand is the Porn Hotel.

  30. terry anderson says:

    never been to this fucking place…probably fucking won’t

  31. terry anderson says:

    i’ll bet these fuckers are nice people…

  32. terry anderson says:

    who are the founding fathers of this fucking place….

  33. terry anderson says:

    if i lived in that fucking town and one fucker.looked at me wrong…well i’d kick his fucking ass…or tell him to get the fuck outta here…

  34. terry anderson says:

    look the fucking town seems good….what about the fucking taxes though…

  35. terry anderson says:

    what if i break a fucking law..they’ll probably throw me in the fucking jail..those fuckers better not even think about fuckin with me…

  36. terry anderson says:

    i love this town……guess this makes me a fucker

  37. terry anderson says:

    better bring fucking clothes for the winter…

  38. terry anderson says:

    what if i over stay my fucking welcome…

  39. terry anderson says:

    what if the fucking people don’t like me….

  40. terry anderson says:

    gotta trust my instincts…these fuckers will love me!!!!!!!!!!!!

  41. Skip says:

    Yes….thanks Terry, Shut The Fuck Up!!!

  42. Keith says:

    Its a town of 107 people. That is what I am trying to tell you, there ain’t no Fucking Museum. A Fucking cow or pig perhaps.

  43. Mac says:

    So what are the residents’ mothers called?

  44. jackie says:

    Come to Northern KY for a Beaver Lick!

  45. Dirty Harry lite says:

    Looking back on history A. Hitler leaves Austria and turns into a Fucking disaster.

  46. Tom Olson says:

    The name comes from the family named Focko dated as far back as 1070 ad. From what I understand the name evloved to fuck! threw generations of miss pronouncing the orginal name, they changed it to fuck. something everyone could say easily. and when they started the village the ing was added to their name. hense Fucking, Austria so the word fuck is not a curse word!!

  47. Dwaine says:

    I wonder if they have as much fun in Fucking, Austria as they do in Intercourse, PA.

  48. Maggie says:

    In the central region of Malawi there’s a place called “Kachindamoto” which means “the one who fucks fire” I wonder how they do that.

    & in South Africa in Johannesburg there’s a subarb called “Los Ma Cherry” which means “Lost My Cherry”

  49. Lisa Markocki says:

    What do they learn at the Fucking High School

  50. Pete says:

    I used to work for a laboratory near Chicago, that had a scientist from India, with the last name of Dikshit. That was always a funny one, wheneve the man called our department!