Strange Maps — July 23, 2010

125 – Big Bog, Rock Star, Spoon Farm and Other Stops On the Stockholm Metro

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This is a map of the Stockholm Metro, with the original Swedish names of all the stops translated into English. Literal translations often make for funny reading, and this map is no exception. My favourites are:

Awful Village Hospital

Exhale

A Spoon Farm

Big Bog

Clog Mountain, and of course:

Rock Star

This map was sent to me by somebody from Denmark (my mail address is in the right hand side column, suggestions are very welcome). As is well known, Danes will grasp every opportunity to ridicule their Swedish neighbours…

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