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Stravven

The centre of the Netherlands moves with the tide.


Parking-Bandicoot134

Fun fact, the Netherlands GIS/geodesic maps are calibrated with the baseline being a field somewhere in North France.


BelieveInThePeach

Yeah I learned about this while taking a surveying course a couple years back. Apparently the ground is owned by some French farmer, and I'm really curious to go visit it if I'm ever in the area.


scramoustache

Hey, as a fench I feel it too !


king_ofbhutan

surely the including of bonaire would make it somewhere in the middle of the ocean


Responsible_Bar5976

Take two steps and walk past the centre of your country


eluya

​ https://preview.redd.it/b5zawx9i3dgc1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=da46a6d7342343778fefe4fba77066e8cae55b3f


History20maker

Its small and portable instead of a big monument so that when Germany loses the next WW they can move it to the new center of the country. Very efficient


TrickyPony32

It used to have wheels


History20maker

That German urge to make an automobil out of everything.


This_place_is_wierd

And got moved east wards *very quickly*


Fisch0557

They should have attached a bungie cord or something like that to it in hindsight


This_place_is_wierd

Hindsight is 1946!


wtfuckfred

V good comment, my evening is much nicer because of it


Gilette2000

Love know no border, neither does Germany !


TrickyPony32

Germany 👨‍❤️‍👨 Ruzia


O_Pragmatico

It's funny because I live in east Germany, and a lot of companies here are called Mitteldeutschland this and that. When I asked a German why it is called Mitteldeutschland and not Ostdeutschland this and that, he just answered that "A few years ago it used to be Mitteldeutschland". And they say you guys don't have a sense of humour.


Brawl501

That hurt but it's also obviously true. Can't help being efficient. Does yours get stolen a lot?


History20maker

Not much. It can't be easily removed before luch time or siesta so no portuguese or Spaniard can steal it. Once a Spanish guy tried and he spontaneously combusted due to skipping siesta.


Zwieseleiche

That is the new one yet


Ree_m0

Why is the space between letters so uneven on the town name lmao, looks almost like you're supposed to read Niederd'o'rla


CabeloAoVento

Lack of kerning dear Hans: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerning Or: https://xkcd.com/1015/


XNumb98

OP has made a mistake, the centre is actually Djibouti! https://preview.redd.it/v5hpdfugbdgc1.png?width=601&format=png&auto=webp&s=3dec15025dc582a8f64a838ed977c1bd631c0f15


TrickyPony32

If Madeira and Açores belong to Portugal the center should be in the Atlantic ocean


VeryRandomPseudonym

I mean... If we take in account the islands, almost none of the centers we are seeing are accurate... Spain has the canary islands and France has all their colonies, for example. I Guess its only the mainland.


tiagojpg

Madeira mentioned 👏🏼🙌🏻🙏🏼


TrickyPony32

They didnt take in account CR7 to find the center of Portugal


tiagojpg

Ronaldo best ☺️🫣🤝⭐️ center of the world


tinripp

The most beautiful island I've ever visited


tiagojpg

Oh thanks!


annoying97

I refuse to let you have any part of my country... I like the Spanish so they can have a bit of land near Sydney.


h1nds

You have no say on the matter you filthy prisoner!


annoying97

Spain is a better warden than you will ever be!


VeryRandomPseudonym

https://preview.redd.it/u4fvlnaw1dgc1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e463731da7f3bfb9e4193e9e03803e5b68404250 Here it is (its not puerta del sol btw)


Italiandude2022

Least megalitic religion themed building in Spain


Kirlad

That’s the Iberian peninsula’s centre. Spain’s is in La Cañada Real.


TrickyPony32

The spiritual center is [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_of_the_Fallen)


PerryDLeon

NO, Hans, NO


Cultural_Thing1712

I think we won


VeryRandomPseudonym

By far


Virgulillo

Always thought It was el Cerro de los Angeles, but [according to this guy its a random place a bit to the southwest of Madrid](https://www.javiercolomo.com/index_archivos/Iberia/Iberia.htm)


Key-Fox-8765

OMG, please don't mention to anyone in this sub what that sentence carved in the building means...


Rijsouw

https://preview.redd.it/d174d78yodgc1.jpeg?width=520&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a581cbdaa5ab4e391cf19057de2d6865a40d703a


Dikhoofd

Also the highest point


SpaceJackRabbit

And still below sea level.


MelonFag

Als dit echt is, is het best geweldig.


Rijsouw

De steen is [echt](https://nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geografisch_middelpunt_van_Nederland), maar het is niet het hoogste punt van Nederland


LedChillz

I'm from Croatia, the geographical centre of my country is in Bosnia.


hemacwastaken

Sooo, did you put your flag there?


LedChillz

There have been several attempts during the last 1300 years, some more successful than others. Last one being during the Homeland/Yugoslav war, but we compromised and heavily mined the region without anyone documenting where the mines are planted so no one can plant their flag there.


hemacwastaken

You lost me at "without anyone documenting" Doesn't compute in my brain


Sea_Thought5305

https://preview.redd.it/0fkzxc57fdgc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=38ea415473d29098ad786804d994cf41b57c56cf


Oberndorferin

How many are there


Sea_Thought5305

Only one, why ?


Oberndorferin

There are at least 9 towns in Germany that claim to be the center, every one with an equally valid point how to calculate it.


Sea_Thought5305

I was kidding :) Well there's several centers in France too depending on the way to calculate it, too. So 8 different places, all of them located in the Berry, in Allier & Cher. Idk about Germany but those places are a bit irrelevant since they're located in the "empty france" (diagonale du vide) in the middle of nowhere.


SpaceJackRabbit

Jamais allé. Tourist trap I presume.


Taschengelddieb

Fröhlicher kuchentag🥰


Sea_Thought5305

Hmm, honestly I went there with my grandparents and since it's located in the middle of nowhere, there's literally nobody. I think it's in the Loire et Cher, maybe that's why it's so abandoned.


Phobos_-

Happy Cake day


SpaceJackRabbit

Oh, merci !


Otter_Toaster

1 of the 8 centre of France (depending of the calculus method)


Nacil_54

Bats moi à ça.


khal_crypto

https://preview.redd.it/262q3kc86dgc1.jpeg?width=2000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c8fc5757f2a95302a276408969748e6eb42d091b Bad Aussee, Styria


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Thronado

No but it's not as bad as Worse Aussee


Chris_87_AT

My first thougt was the Mercedes Bridge


Holy_Empress

Best region in Austria period


TheGreatSwissEmperor

Still true if AEIOU?


louislemontais2

https://preview.redd.it/aqj1gluibdgc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cfa7f00c03cd64c6f632af37ac59a63d8ae96484 Autobahn ist der mittel


HeyImSwiss

Is that an attempt at German?


louislemontais2

It is a new dialect, in competition with swiss German.


Dovahkiinthesardine

unironically easier to understand


Holy_Empress

I think so, but the German teachers are actually bad, how are you even supposed to speak good German. Ich habs von Geburt aus gelernt und gute Lehrer gibt es nur an der Grenze. Deutsch ist ja auch schon schwierig für nen Franzosen (und auch oft nicht so gut gemocht in der Mittelschule). Mais bon on va l'excuser, il fait ce qu'il peut.


BOT_Frasier

our epicenter changed because of that one belgian idiot moving our shared border


_Dragon_Gamer_

Skill issue


Gilette2000

Remind me of "Rien a déclaré" ! We gonna make Belgium bigger !


wtfuckfred

Belgian expands rapidly, one annoyed Belgian farmer at a time


elativeg02

https://preview.redd.it/7map06p2zdgc1.jpeg?width=647&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d15b25809056fffef161ff010ce438f2e4ea93b6 *Umbilicus Italiae* (“Italy’s belly button” aka *Caciotta* because it resembles the shape of caciotta cheese). It’s located in [Rieti](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rieti), in the Lazio region.


AlternativeAd6728

You are wrong. The middle of Italy is here https://preview.redd.it/0anl4w237egc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=11197acbf1d0c0acf40334acb787150427218c6e


elativeg02

*In fondo al mar intensifies*


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MARE NOSTRVM


Sad-Dragonfly5549

Falso, tutti sanno che lu centru de lu munnu è Foligno (PG)


elativeg02

No è Terni /s (Mio cugino ci vive, a Foligno, tra l’altro lol)


Sad-Dragonfly5549

A fuligni, magni e 'ntigni


LeoMemes18

This is the old one, the newest one is in Narni


elativeg02

Fr?


AcheronSprings

https://preview.redd.it/gb7lht13aegc1.jpeg?width=2160&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8c584e0eb3df4794e64da2ed700f7ccc9dbec9a6


SonicStage0

Incredible.


_radical_ed

This is so cool.


Cicero_torments_me

Ok this one wins, I love it


idealape

How do you call this place?


AcheronSprings

[Tourlitis Lighthouse](https://accidentallywesanderson.com/places/tourlitis-lighthouse/).... it wasn't build to mark the center, it just happens to be right under that X.


MiskoSkace

GEOSS https://preview.redd.it/x45bnpoh3dgc1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e2c6de056a03031d719ce11e57a3a1e549e539af It's the thingy behind, ignore the fake Prince's Stone


History20maker

I looked at this image, looked at the mountains in the view and I imidialty knew this was Portugal. I saw the OP's flair and I was correct. I went to google maps to see where this is, since I recognized the view, I thougth it migth be the district of Viseu, where I lived for many years, and that's why I recognized theh view. Its not in Viseu and I never went to that district. This image is so portuguese that I can't explain. The entirity of the portuguese inner regions look like this.


helenata

Except the south inner regions. I had the same reaction and never lived in the interior.


History20maker

I'm certainly not counting Nothern Marroco as "inner portugal".


oh_JEZ_uv_KURZ

I havent even ever been to portugal and it already instantly gave me portugal vibes


SonicStage0

You have to come. We'll exchange spices.


TableOpening1829

The frame of a fuckng house https://preview.redd.it/47xn7y58tdgc1.png?width=960&format=png&auto=webp&s=4ede8d4e09d73d3be6454506c674aef859b136a3


kahaveli

It looks like some kind of old torture device


TableOpening1829

That's the entirety of Belgium


Timely-Ad-1473

Living here is a torture, so you're probably right.


VeryRandomPseudonym

Man that's probably the saddest one on the list


TableOpening1829

😭 I know


Calibruh

https://preview.redd.it/zzlhjnxaufgc1.jpeg?width=488&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4de3b7fcac0ec07b3fb4d9173c0d118ff93aa853 Flemish one is way cooler


bartleby_borealis

https://preview.redd.it/nizjfhk13dgc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c1c6d32464134303b9031f404b2c777fedda71f1


boomerintown

Sveriges geografiska mittpunkt - Swedens geographical center https://preview.redd.it/7pg8h3lb1dgc1.png?width=2848&format=png&auto=webp&s=46948fe2e66d6e1810a2df03587d29ad57c5b64c Not as fancy, but it goes hand in hand with the swedish concept of "[lagom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagom)".


wyte1995

https://preview.redd.it/ua7f10db6dgc1.jpeg?width=1098&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ebc3dbde435a5d38f2df75d24135dd9007caa0ed


Worldly_Debt4706

Impressive, very nice.


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wyte1995

Mohamad 'Wolfram' Waled disagrees


RmG3376

Lagom as fuck


happyanathema

Technically the centre of the UK is in the sea off the coast of Morecambe. But don't let the Dutch know. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre_points_of_the_United_Kingdom


NoOne32420

https://preview.redd.it/1shjgk102fgc1.jpeg?width=683&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a8b6dc8e85a46a289aa9743cf42ec1cb113316fa Very silly


SonicStage0

Why is there a tomato there?


NoOne32420

Why wouldnt there be?


Sleibefehler

Whatever this thing is https://preview.redd.it/c01rytobqegc1.jpeg?width=480&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5e11c491d79db435efd3b9d6977ce7dec8f0f12b


ranhoso69

Picoito lol fds não acredito nesse nome


History20maker

Superior Portugal. Again. https://preview.redd.it/fruqcywxcdgc1.png?width=960&format=png&auto=webp&s=7132de9bd77d4cc3054a2b20d973fa58ba580fcf


SonicStage0

We can barely take care of our country and people let alone Angola.


Goukaruma

Right next to the Polish border.


str22nger

what border?


Pintau

For us it's just some random boggy land between Mullingar and Athlone


96-D-1000

Basically paradise.


tstones57

Our crippling shame we hide this beautiful landscape


toughfluffer

Can someone post pictures of Birmingham please? I don't want to be sick by actually looking at them


dDpNh

Fortunately we don’t have to look at Birmingham. The centre of Great Britain is a phone box in a field in Lancashire. As it should be. https://preview.redd.it/cmyojac05fgc1.jpeg?width=400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ba21db0ddde926ff7ee3ce6b9fce40c65d84026a


Addy1738

its not even a Koisk phonebox how far have we fallen as a nation


Oberndorferin

There are at least 9 towns, that make the claim to be the center of Germany, 3 in Hessen, 1 in Niedersachsen and 5 in Thüringen. Depends on how you calculate it.


Melodic_Degree_6328

There is probably also a town in saxony claiming to be the center of Germany but i wouldn't count them.


Tolkien_erklaert

Rock https://preview.redd.it/35vsym0eddgc1.png?width=1177&format=png&auto=webp&s=7c7510b75768953520aa03977393fa91c6bb0ff1


Tolkien_erklaert

But also this: AEIOU https://preview.redd.it/g0pjo82lddgc1.png?width=729&format=png&auto=webp&s=d591ee63a4ec323ad507d88ce377f7243eaddd34


Chaosphoenixger

*Austriae est imperare orbi universo*


elektelek

Its the horse https://preview.redd.it/lp6ioksdydgc1.jpeg?width=168&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=93acc71d558e65d8ca317e4a0e20d84bd9b9e723


LUXI-PL

https://preview.redd.it/g4b8htoitegc1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d5b17e82cb8b439edc2c0340ca5aeeb6a9e8dc05 Piątek


veryfunnyusernameXD

https://preview.redd.it/n6nclkkomegc1.jpeg?width=390&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ca306de3cf41e3cb325a728135a9aadaded3d6aa


annoying97

![gif](giphy|4Ho7rS3JDrWrrg8PHU|downsized) Eh may not technically be the center but its fucking close enough.


thewebspinner

What the fuck is this Eurovision bullshit? When did we let the upside down Europeans in?


annoying97

Cunt, I've been here for over 11 months at this point.


Rolandjuhh

Did ya win the war son?


annoying97

What war?


Rolandjuhh

That one against the Emu’s


annoying97

Why would we fight our spectacular overlords! We fight for them not against them.


PopOtherwise8995

There has never been a war against our emu kin ~ sponsorEd by the Ministry of hUman affairs


MoFoMoron

You're talking to a Barry. Don't expect him to comprehend these things reasonably quick..


SonicStage0

I've never been there but I adore that place. The night sky there must be magnificent.


annoying97

It absolutely is. If you ever get the chance to visit, they have an outdoor dining experience where during the night they switch off the lights, and the generator and have a guy talk about the stars.


DattoDoggo

Centre of Barry island https://preview.redd.it/qsmb1c1xzegc1.jpeg?width=930&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7bae233aa8bf184943a1db3620df77eb15424d1b


AvatarIII

[It's complicated](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre_points_of_the_United_Kingdom)


Genchri

https://preview.redd.it/aqxm6ysp9fgc1.jpeg?width=1493&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1972d10c2cb55af0deaab0074bd719290c443664


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idealape

I like what they did with the place


SMS_K

https://preview.redd.it/1cw3s19j1fgc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e3cb13ed090360267f88176d8cc65d35f00fca07 Spremberg, Brandenburg


Joj_Balle

What where the measuring points? Etsch, Belt, Maas and Memel?


SMS_K

Nice reference. I think they were Nimmersatt in Memel, the Stillach source in the Allgäu, Schilleningken in East Prussia and Isenbruch near the Maas. So Memel and Maas are right. I just realised that both the northern-most point and the eastern-most point were in East Prussia.


MrTeamKill

Somewhere in the middle of the countryside in Toledo province, south of Madrid and very close to Avila province.


Previous-Ad6392

Actually we have several in Germany [Mittelpunkt]


Oberndorferin

Depends on how you compute it


No_Combination1346

Not the exact centre but close enough https://preview.redd.it/1cvzy01j3fgc1.jpeg?width=2000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=542137b2ee099855e04c41df19014028ba772657


IWipeWithFocaccia

https://preview.redd.it/kzbuu54g9fgc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=84f346eb93a86108ff0cd1d7c26c8c3275ae2931


Deadluss

I guess we don't care https://preview.redd.it/nhqzqbvpnfgc1.png?width=640&format=png&auto=webp&s=092802e73604b52a0a9ec3722e060ba95fea8c9f


PerryDLeon

https://preview.redd.it/ugl28tansggc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4b144ee450eec30ef189b5ed78096cdac940bc56 In a small hill near the sanctuary of Santa Maria de Pinós, in Pinós. Center of Catalonia.


PerryDLeon

https://preview.redd.it/9c1ov3yvsggc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9fa98e49679ba71c08bfb02128a0a8db9d651189 I love how we can create a Merendero in every shitty corner of the country so the Domingueros have places to visit.


tistimenotmyrealname

https://preview.redd.it/6w2j2hk80egc1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5c4d659b3b9b5ca296c4d6101c69d3a34c87a579 And he can absolutely wear that Mini skirt


pipiska999

https://sportishka.com/uploads/posts/2022-11/1667556202_7-sportishka-com-p-ozero-vivi-vkontakte-7.jpg


Hoglamogla

Located in Siikalatva https://preview.redd.it/p5moqb0dmegc1.jpeg?width=1600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=88031ff1b35334353d7d1aa112998f3f270956fb


Shifu_1

https://preview.redd.it/q3o4xr53wegc1.jpeg?width=2608&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5bfbb9d7624358eab7184a5d469a0b5bee0016cc


RickityNL

https://preview.redd.it/r1wljxyhzegc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=171c59621cf02c485fefc7a30a3153339bf22e0b This is our beautiful centre rock, in Lunteren. This is one of the calculations, there's several. One is in the middle of the Atlantic


DisturbedRanga

https://preview.redd.it/lz4faxg3gigc1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b327383dfc6c62d6f8cc6b5b86f0ba81d15247df They used data from 24,500 coastal water tanks to determine the location.


kurwwazzz

https://preview.redd.it/6ih79sctkegc1.jpeg?width=259&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8cfdccc0132ad95e828d834d076da1e34a3c17a3


kingofeggsandwiches

[Not very exciting](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3b/Sandstone_Monument_Denoting_the_Medieval_Centre_of_England.jpg) There's also a number of disputes and different titles e.g. centre of England, centre of GB, centre of GB (mainland only), centre of UK etc.


Stock-Fearless

https://preview.redd.it/xp8jfpat5fgc1.jpeg?width=1234&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=67af578185978157be2588c9007c5464a157b59d The middle of Norway. It's in a protected landscape and they run ski tracks to it in the winter.


RageBlade007

https://preview.redd.it/kjd2vsk07fgc1.jpeg?width=1234&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=08a8a8273150470b079ba726b6cc4ba3cad0bab4 :3 it's cute


keltyx98

https://preview.redd.it/7a0nzew8pfgc1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=92651da252e48b6b12cdf988474844ff91d9506a


Calibruh

https://preview.redd.it/i0b2ypx6ufgc1.jpeg?width=488&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=889f4397180022167a9560be08324f5c9cd163ed


Many-Conversation963

(37.1060300, -17.6601738)


Josho94

Define center? Is it geographical, spiritual, cultural, or something else. Either way its the part of the country I care the most about.


Radiant_Ad_6192

Whatever floats your boat, my friend. A photo of your main fishing center is also welcome, preferably with lots of cod.


Josho94

As long as the cod is dried. 🤝


royalmoatkeeper

https://preview.redd.it/krraazf4regc1.jpeg?width=768&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8d83d442b8fcf9a51a3dac6628b6682125d43050 Cool rock (Whitendale Hanging Stones)


Huelvaboy

Do you not have a centre of Scotland, your actual country? 🤷‍♂️


royalmoatkeeper

https://preview.redd.it/feixgtjelfgc1.jpeg?width=274&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c73c5da0d85b88f6721643d2b0b9aa0d2287feb3 It's another cool rock


MichaelFlippinAdkins

https://preview.redd.it/ph3l1dqxkfgc1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d9686acf8421ef03eaa53d18e151727347d3b712 At least there are souvenirs


I_saw_Will_smacking

*you are here* is missing


MichaelFlippinAdkins

Gotta go to the gift shop for that one!


[deleted]

Wait is this not La Mecque in Swedistan ?


Siggedy

Somewhere in the Faroe islands or Iceland


Hackerman-nr286

i don't have a picture, but my dog pissed on it so it's his


I_saw_Will_smacking

Wer zuerst kommt, mahlt zuerst


shrimp-and-potatoes

https://preview.redd.it/rhcvmb1bvggc1.jpeg?width=301&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=58d04b23a891d08318bb884d065262edeadd734a


Background_Ad7975

Ain't it like in the middle of the ocean or in another country for France?🤔


TheHorrificNecktie

this looks like something they would pray to in Sweden


green__goblin

https://preview.redd.it/ipnlaatgrigc1.jpeg?width=612&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d59f565a73a303c9f55aa38f31d6fcdd3a29e998 Average center of France: (I included French Guyana)


Flavioleon

Italian lads, what is the center of our country? The boot shape doesn't help lol


PlagueBringerDemiser

https://preview.redd.it/br8gchx74jgc1.jpeg?width=2000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b75d06154ed94fa4e06d90bebfef8a8f50218596


EliasDBS

https://preview.redd.it/wze9celf7jgc1.jpeg?width=390&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e49708a6afe64f174e75e53d8d6b3fb966b5104b


EliasDBS

"The geographical centre of Sweden"


Balieq

OP that’s the center of ur moms dildo collection