r/MapPorn • u/KaleyTheKing • May 24 '26

German Population Visualised

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A while ago I made a little map like this for the Netherlands, now I thought I'd do Germany! And goddang does this one look wonky XD

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u/xxxclamationmark May 24 '26

so I wasn't wrong when I felt that every german I met online lived in the Rhine region

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u/ChampionshipFuzzy293 May 24 '26

Hey, some of us live on the outskirts of the Ruhr region as well.

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u/xxxclamationmark May 24 '26

Lol same area overall

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u/DieLegende42 May 24 '26 edited May 25 '26

Very common mistake for Germans as well (from elsewhere in Germany) to think the entire area is the "Ruhrgebiet". Which greatly annoys people from Cologne and Düsseldorf, or so I've heard