30 Unusual And Fascinating Maps That Might Teach You Something New About Our World

Some believe that geography is boring or ‘dry’, and think that looking at a map will never catch their interest. Well, chances are that their mindset can be changed with the maps on today’s list.

Created by the mastermind behind the ‘ Very Useful Maps ’ account, these images are not your regular markers of geographic areas; they are mirrors of cultural phenomena, eating habits, all things nature, and so much more, so scroll down to find them and see for yourself just how amusing and fun geography can be.

If you scroll down, you will also find Bored Panda’s interview with assistant professor of geography at University of Oregon and an academic expert in climate change communication, cartography, map design and mapping environment-society interactions, Carolyn Fish , who was kind enough to delve deeper into the topic of maps with us.

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Enter Capri, an island and popular tourist destination in Italy’s Gulf of Naples. Noted as one of the world’s strangest laws, it’s illegal here to wear excessively noisy footwear (particularly flip flops ) as locals value their ‘peace and quiet’

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Only at Trinity college though and according to their own laws

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Czech 🇨🇿 taxis have three rates: the average level 1, level 2 which is usually used for tourists and level 3 which is the Government’s rate that must be used for all taxi rides after a nuclear e*plosion

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It may sound strange, but it’s true that a driver can face a fine of 500 zlotys or even the revocation of their license if they are caught driving with contact lenses instead of glasses, despite their driver’s license indicating that they should be wearing glasses. This is because police officers can stop a driver with a significant visual impairment from driving if they don’t adhere to the restrictions on their license, which are indicated by numerical codes on the back of the document

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How is Cost of Living Calculated: Cost of living is calculated by comparing the prices of a range of goods and services on which consumers spend their money. Costs are broken down by categories, like health care, food, and housing, and weighted based on spending patterns and individual budgets

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Globally in 2018, just 18.4 percent of total renewable freshwater resources were being withdrawn. Regionally though, there are already places experiencing serious issues. Northern Africa has critical water stress levels, while Central and Southern Asia were classed as having high water stress. On the other end of the scale, 31 percent of the global population remained at the “no stress” level

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The Travel risk rating evaluates the threat posed to tourists and citizens by political violence (including terrorism, insurgency, politically motivated unrest, and war), social unrest (including sectarian, communal, and ethnic violence) as well as violent and petty crime Other factors, such as the robustness of the transport infrastructure, the state of industrial relations, the effectiveness of the security and emergency services, and the country’s susceptibility to natural disasters are also considered where they are of sufficient magnitude to impact the overall risk environment for tourists and citizens

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n 1995, the Albanian Parliament 🇦🇱 passed a law requiring all citizens to pay taxes on traffic-lights in their home towns. You may discuss the soundness of such tax but the story goes even more absurd: once adopted, the residents of Shkodra – one of the oldest cities in Europe and the fifth largest in Albania – staged a protest. Their reason? Shkodra has no traffic lights

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The 2022 CPI, published in January 2023, currently ranks 180 countries “on a scale from 100 (very clean) to 0 (highly corrupt)” based on the situation between 1 May 2021 and 30 April 2022. Denmark, Finland, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, and Sweden are perceived as the least corrupt nations in the world, ranking consistently high among international financial transparency, while the most apparently corrupt are Somalia (scoring 12), Syria and South Sudan (both scoring 13)

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In 2022, the aftermath of C19 and the war ⚔️ in Europe brought the highest rates of global inflation since the 1990s, widespread fuel protests, and food insecurity across the developing world

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