Thursday, April 19

Welcome to Fucking


Fucking, pronounced "Fooking", is an Austrian village 33 kilometres north of Salzburg  with a population of 104 people.

English visitors used to steal traffic signs but in 2005 they were modified and now are set in concrete making it impossible to be removed.

Police chief Kommandant Schmidtberger said: "We will not stand for the Fucking signs being removed,"
"It may be very amusing for you British, but Fucking is simply Fucking to us. What is this big Fucking joke? It is puerile."

Local tourist guide Andreas Behmueller said it was only the British that had a fixation with Fucking.

"The Germans all want to see the Mozart house in Salzburg," he explained. "Every American seems to care only about 'The Sound of Music' (the 1965 film shot around Salzburg.) The occasional Japanese wants to see Hilter's birthplace in Braunau."

I searched for photos of the village that might be beautiful but found nothing but the signs. Only at this site I found some pictures.



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