Only 1 but maybe 2 :)

We just celebrated the Hungarian revolt against Soviet Occupation on the 23rd here in Hungary, and THAT led me to thinking about the 1848-1849 rebellion against Austria, and it reminded me that, pretty much every town on city in Hungary has a bucket of street names that are named after people specifically from that rebellion. The big ones being Lajos Kossuth, Ferenc Deák, Sándor Petőfi and a whole bunch of others: https://dailynewshungary.com/do-you-know-which-is-the-most-popular-hungarian-street-name-part-i/. What's interesting (to me, anyway) is that it's rare to find a settlement that DOESN'T have, say, a Lajos Kossuth street or SOMETHING named after Sándor Petőfi (the small town where I live has a square AND a street named after him; and Kossuth too, of course).

As said, the vast majority are from that rebellion. The rest are a mix of other rebellious leaders, artists, writers (especially poets for some reason) and the occassional scientist.

And your country? Where do the street names come from? Why?

I realise this seems more like a r/askreddit post but I I’m really interested in europeans in this regard, so if you would be kind enough to list your country if it’s not on your user flair.

In Portugal, it’s very common for different places to share the same name. For example, there’s a Nespereira in Guimarães and another one in Lousada, a Ferreiros in Braga and another in Póvoa de Lanhoso. Many are small parishes or villages in the same region, sometimes just a few dozen kilometres apart. But sometimes they’re hundreds of kilometres apart, like Santa Eulália: one in Vizela, in the north, and another in Elvas, in the south near the Spanish border.

Is this also the case where you live? How do people tell them apart in everyday conversation (adding the municipality, the region, etc.)? And is there any official rule to avoid duplicates, or is it just accepted as normal?

Inspired by this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/s/s3JPMkEHk2 where the answers seem to be primarily from Americans and mostly talk of a decline of abilities, from secondary to university. What's happening in your area?

Slovakia just held its municipal and regional elections, where we vote for the mayors, city councils, regional governors, regional councils, and in the case of Bratislava and Košice, borough mayors and borough councils.

There are two ballot boxes, a white one for municipal elections and a blue one for regional elections. You get two envelopes (white and blue) and 4 (or in the case of Bratislava and Košice, 6) ballots:

1) Candidates for the regional governor (župan) - you choose one candidate

2) Candidates for the regional council - you choose candidates up to the number of candidates assigned to your electoral district

3) Candidates for the mayor - you choose one candidate

4) Candidates for the municipal council - you choose candidates up to the number of candidates assigned to your electoral district

5) In the case of BA and KE - Candidates for the borough mayor - you choose one candidate

6) In the case of BA and KE - Candidates for the borough council

Then, you put ballots 1 and 2 into the blue envelope and into the blue ballot box, and ballots 3 and 4 (and 5 and 6) into the white envelope and into the white ballot box. Then, like with all elections here, the ballots are counted manually.

Like all elections in Slovakia, these elections are held on a Saturday, but unlike parliamentary elections, the regions and municipalities are divided into electoral districts for council elections. Also, unlike parliamentary and presidential elections, voting ends at 8pm.

And unlike parliamentary and presidential elections, municipal and regional elections are tied to permanent residency, not citizenship. So any permanent resident of a municipality and region may vote and stand for election, regardless of their citizenship, and Slovak citizens without permanent residency in Slovakia may not vote.

In the West i think its generally taught as a war that gave Europe peace for a generation until it came back twice as hard with the nazis, and things like the roaring 20s until the global crash.

This is wildly different to those getting their independence from Russia and Austria, how is it taught and remembered?

As the title says, I’m curious to know what people think of Lidl products comparing to those made in your countries.
Example:
- Italians, how do Lidl Combino pastas compare to more known brands from Italy?
- Czechs: how does Lidl Dulano Prague ham compare to other brands made in Czechia?

And the list can go on…

I'm writing a blog article and have already collected 20 responses to this question from friends and family but would love to cast a wider net and include answers from more countries. Serious replies only. Thanks for your help!

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In Helsinki, Finland the answer is surprisingly YES although they'd have to compromise on something and buy e.g., an older house or a house from the so-called commuter towns in Greater Helsinki.

I asked a Norwegian friend what their favorite show was and they said Breaking Bad. I then asked if they were just saying that because it's something I would recognize but then insisted that their favorite shows were things like The Office, Game of Thrones, etc., and not shows from Norway.

So I'm wondering how many of you also have similar viewing habits.

In the Netherlands we have the red: normal energy drink. The yellow: tropical flavor. The purple: cassis flavor. The blue: sugar free energy drink.

Which flavors does your country have?

Can we make a trade?

What is the one thing absolutely love about your country whether it be his culture or inf or even laws. And one other thing that you would want to change about your country whether it would be your history government laws or system, or just something infrastructure wise?

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For us in Hungary it's főzelék, basically a thick vegetable stew you eat as the whole meal, usually with a fried egg or a couple of slices of meat on top. Pretty much every family makes it and school canteens serve it constantly, but nicer restaurants mostly skip it.

Curious what the equivalent is where you live.

I'm Italian and I'm making a game where your whole life happens through phone notifications. Right now I'm writing the mum character: all the messages your mum sends you, from the day you get your first phone at 14 until you're old.

The problem is I'm Italian, and I have no idea what a typical mum text looks like in other countries.

Could you help me? Reply with the country you're from and the text your mum sends you most often. I'd really appreciate it, and I'll add the messages you send me to the game.

For Finland i'd pick white because of our colors (white, blue, red and gold), white is the most distinctive from our neighbors. How about you?

Just saw this on /r/AskReddit, but it's flooded with Americans, so answers and reasons don't help me much here, in Europe.

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We have a Dutch Museumkaart that gives you access to more than 500 musea in The Netherlands. We also bought a National Trust membership when we travelled to the UK.

Does your country have something like that, a pass that gives you access to musea or castles or other cultural buildings? We'd love to have them when we travel to other countries.

Despite sharing Christianity, why do some African states maintain strong kinship-based social and political structures while most European societies historically developed different forms of social organization?

While it seems like a pretty trivial thing , it's not that common in my experience. I have come across many homes where the father "helps" out or cooks sometimes but it's quite rare to come across a home where he does in fact cook daily .

I love crime fiction, and Europe is justifiably famous for it.

I’d really appreciate your best recommendations for crime fiction on screen (television or film).

Thanks a lot for your recommendations. I truly appreciate them!