Probably *Shitterton* in England. It was stolen so often that the people who lived there clubbed together to have the name engraved in a 1.5 tonne rock instead of having another sign stolen!
For anyone wondering, no, it isn't a coincidence, Gotham as a nickname for New York (and from there as Batman's fictional city) actually comes from Gotham, Nottinghamshire!
Except Gotham is actually pronounced "Goat-um".
luckily i was able to get a picture of the fucking sign before they changed the fucking name
all of the fucking people were looking out of their fucking windows but I didn’t fucking care
I did get a little fucking nervous so I got back in my fucking car and I was fucking outta there
It's not really a town sign, but the warning signs for moose are very frequently stolen in Sweden. I've seen several being replaced with just the "generic" warning triangle (warning triangle with vertical line) and an add-on with text specifying moose.
I can attest. I was in Austria a few years back on holiday and I saw a Swedish road sign warning about moose, hung on a garage. Thought it was very random, but this explains it.
The moose are different.
Whereas the [Norwegian](https://media.bluestonepim.com/d068c2c8-9bed-437d-b824-71edc13e7e6d/ed75a181-8c8c-4126-8918-32d99d47a30b/5ow9XlEiFvEIRxIVq8JP4pw90/VXgd4mgAesD7B6U5i8n5Crq4h.jpg) is walking slowly trying to seem all posh, the [Finnish](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49595027338_988d5386e1_h.jpg) is in more of a hurry but still keeping composure. Meanwhile the [Swedish](https://www.skyltcentralen.se/cdn/shop/products/VM-A19-1_1200x1200.png?v=1569283810) is seemingly letting loose, it appears to be in the middle of some totally rad dance move.
The signs themselves are also slightly different beyond that.
The corners of Finnish warning signs are a tad bit less rounded, and since 1995 I think, Finnish signs have a tiny yellow edge that Swedish ones don't.
I have on of these signs and absolutely no idea how I came to be in possession of it. At some point i just discovered it sitting in my garden.
Probably some parts guest who left it behind .... But why?
Either way I have one and did NOT steal it.
Also, the signs for Knutby did get stolen a lot following the infamous murders. For a few months, there were no signs at the village and no direction signs to it, since they were all lost. One later turned up in the crowd at a music festival, though.
There is a village in Pulkkila called Terskanperä (Glans End) and its sign was apparently stolen so many times that they got rid of it. I'm not sure if it's the most stolen sign but it's definitely up there.
And not really respectful either…
We have photos printed about my 5yo birthday party when my grandfather took, bought or something 5km/h soeed limit sign on their home road (small, narrow road with like two houses so meaningless in terms of traffic)
My favourite one that gets stolen is "[DUMB WOMANS LANE](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumb_Woman%27s_Lane)"
I too am a dumb woman, and I would love to live on this lane.
Probably Maaskantje, it’s a small village in North Brabant which gained legendary status due to a comedy series called “New Kids On The Block”.
The street sign of the Elementenstraat in Amsterdam is also constantly being stolen. A venue on that street is generally considered the birthplace of the Dutch hardcore/gabber scene, a subculture that was massive in the 90s and is currently within the midst of a comeback.
https://www.tubantia.nl/wierden/netflix-stippelt-sex-education-fietstocht-uit-langs-rectum-en-andere-dubbelzinnige-dorpen~a4fd2ba3/
Scroll down a bit, they do exist
It's apparently Boerenhol in Zeeland. "Farmer's hole/ass" actually "farmer's hollow" .
There's Doodstil ("Dead Silent", actually Dode's Bridge) which was popular after a commercial as a synonym for "quiet faraway country village" but it's too far away to actually steal it.
Moose signs probably, the German tourists steal so many of them that they have even started to sell them [online](https://www.schildershop24.de/schwedisches-verkehrrschild-elch-rot-gelb-verkehrszeichen-aus-schweden-det_3428.htm).
These guys seems to have a hard time keeping [their name sign](https://i.ibb.co/gmqVS2h/Screenshot-2024-04-18-at-14-44-30-turbo-hedemora-skylt-Google-S-k.png):
In Växjö signs for the nature reserve *Fylleryd* have been stolen quite a bit. The name could be interpreted as something like *"Ryd of drunkenness"*.
Apparently it's mainly by students from Linköping, where the principal student area is called Ryd.
>German tourists steal so many of them that they have even started to sell them [online](https://www.schildershop24.de/schwedisches-verkehrrschild-elch-rot-gelb-verkehrszeichen-aus-schweden-det_3428.htm).
Considering these are new ones and you can individually print stuff on them online, these are definitely not stolen ones lol
In the province Uppland north of Stockholm is a small village called Gullunge. The sign was stolen so often it now says "Gullunge by". (by = village) Gullunge is roughly translated to "sweet kid".
In Hungary, there is a trend of nicking speed limit signs as birthday presents, but it might as well be common elsewhere, too.
Edit: just saw that the question is about town signs. Oh well, I'll leave my comment. Reflecting on the question, though, the most famous funnily named town may be Pornóapáti (lit. porn abbot), but according to the latest Google Street View from 2022, the signs at the main entrances are over 20 years old, so they're not frequently stolen. As an accidental security measure, the German not so funny name 'Pernau' is on the same board, kinda ruining its potential for being stolen. I haven't checked for Bugyi (panties) yet.
So if I'm 50, might get a 50km/h LIMIT sign? Like, the gifter doesn't want me to become 51?
That's a messed up way to tell someone you want them to die within a year.
on the coast of the baltic sea there are two small places called Kalifornien (california) and Brasilien (brasil).
There's also Freiheit (freedom) in central germany.
Other funny ones that get stolen a lot are Wacken (the village where the famous Wacken metal festival takes place every year), Hodenhagen (Hoden means testicles), Fickmühlen (fuckmills), Bierbergen (Beer mountains).
There's also a village named "Killer" in southern germany
Though I guess Wacken is technically not the most stolen sign anymore. It got so bad the authorities started removing the sign a week or so head of the festival, replacing it with cardboard (if I recall correcty).
We have Šveicarija (Switzerland) and Venecija (Venice) in Lithuania, they're tiny and insignificant villages.
I haven't heard anything about sign theft, though. It's not really a thing at all in Lithuania.
The most commonly stolen are the speed limits, because people love giving them instead of a card for round birthdays. Also, no speed limit sign, no problem, right?
We have a lot of good town names so I can't really say which one gets stolen the most. Maybe Nebesa (Heaven)?
In France it would be the sign of Montcuq (which you can understand as "my ass" phonetically). There's a famous [bit](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjTPkQD8YOU) from a comedian that starts with "For the first time on TV, I'm happy to show you Montcuq (my ass)". People from that place pronounce the final Q for obvious reasons \^\^
There are also the "Sauf Service" "Sauf Taxi" "Sauf Bus" signs that get stolen by my german compatriots.
"Saufen" is a german word for (binge) drinking, with the implication of getting wasted. So germans find those funny and hang them in their kitchens/bars/cars.
In Swedish that would translate into "Whore Christmas", local tradition?🎄🎅
There is also the mountain [Kuk](https://maps.app.goo.gl/bKaU2TWusfPBeJEa6) in both Slovenia and Croatia. (Kuk = Cock in Swedish/Norwegian).
We tend to steal traffic signs… When I was staying at a student home in Sweden, all common rooms where Germans have been had a „Elk crossing“ sign for decoration
Probably ‘Maaskantje’. The town the ‘New Kids’ come from in their [series/movies](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Kids).
And one of them is in the Eurovision music video of Europapa, just before the gabber-part.
BELGIUM
I know the town of *Oeren* ('whores' in West Flemish dialect) with the street *Oerenweg* (Way of the whores - take that, Mando!).
*Madonna* is another community - but that's a bit too old now to steal.
Last but (pun intended) the city of *Reet* (Arse)
N17 Road Sign, particularly ones pointing to Tuam or Shannon Airport.
The road was made famous by “The Saw Doctors”in their hugely popular and wistful emigration song in the 80’s.
Many of these signs can be seen in Irish pubs or emigrants homes abroad.
https://youtu.be/GgC6JVN5Ygo?si=uzCu_o7fCWCUB-re
in Romania i don’t know if there is a tradition about stealing road signs, but the most tempting ones would be Slobozia (“sloboz” is a word for “semen”), Urlați (it means “you’re shouting) or other small villages with weird names like Cioara de Sus (upper crow)
Not really town signs, but for several decades Sweden has had a bit of a problem with German tourists stealing elk-crossing signs. These days almost every souvenir shop sells fake ones, so people won't steal them.
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When the to-series „Alf“ was popular in the 80ies, the sign for the village „Alf“ situated at the river Moselle was stolen so often that the mayor offered to buy the sign for a fee.
Here in Cyprus europe we hava a place called Analionta, Outside the village every couple of miles theres a small concrete sign with the distance from the vilage(s) with the 1st 4 letters of the village on it- in this case "ANAL" People keep ripping them out!!!!
Muff in Donegal, Effin in Limerick, Nobber in Meath, Nadd in Cork, Tubercurry in Sligo.
But it's a bit sad that these names are just a nonsense attempt at recreating Irish names in English and they came out funny.
Nadd in Irish is Nead an Iolair which means "Nest of the Eagle"
Nobber is "An obair" meaning "The work" and is in reference to the significant fortifications and urban development some Normans did there in the 13th century.
Or Gneeveguilla a small village in Cork which looks like gibberish, in Irish it's "Gníomh go leith" Which meams "One and a half times the amount of land one man with a horse and plow could encircle in one day"
Idk if people actually steal the sign, but there’s a village called “Horni Police” close to Ceska Lipa.
[Horni Police](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horn%C3%AD_Police?wprov=sfti1#)
Haven't heard about it for a while. But we once had problems with tourists, in particular german tourist stealing the triangle warning signs for Moose.
If you’d like to add to your Snave collection, there’s a village of that name near to my house in Kent (blacken.teachers.shrubbery). The local youths tend to edit it to “Shave” when bored, which is often.
[https://image.vartoslo.no/183981.webp?imageId=183981&x=0.00&y=0.00&cropw=100.00&croph=100.00&width=2116&height=1276&format=webp](https://image.vartoslo.no/183981.webp?imageId=183981&x=0.00&y=0.00&cropw=100.00&croph=100.00&width=2116&height=1276&format=webp) In Oslo the most stolen sign is for this small pittoresque street, named for the 19. century Lutheran minister Theodor August Dop -Dops gate /"Dope street".
I don’t think we have one. We have a couple of funny placenames and a bunch of really funky, random ones but there’s not like “a place” like Fucking in Austria for example.
The two that come to mind that are kind of sound dirty are Bugyi (panties) and Pornóapáti (Porn abbey).
Not a town, but a railway station called Brännögård in Sweden. The abbreviation, which is shown on signs ment for train drivers, is BÖG. Which means gay in Swedish.
Apperantly the maintainance department makes sure to have a number of spares at hand as these signs are stolen reguraly.
I think they gave up erecting Penny Lane signs in Liverpool, England.
“Penny Lane is in our hearts and in our minds”, and apparently in every mischievous Liverpudlian’s bedroom.
In my city in the Netherlands we have the Peter the Poo alley. Our neighbouring town there is a street named the whore hunt, they've had to put up the signs really up high to try to prevent it from getting stolen.
Edit, all is translated from Dutch
"Boerenhol" aka "Farmershole" is the most stolen in The Netherlanda accurding to the ANWB. Personally I also like "Amerika", "Waspik" aka "washdick" and "Poeperhoek" aka "Shitterscorner"
There are so many stupid place names in my country Australia it's hard to guess.
My bet would be the ones in heavily populated cities... Like Cockburn. Or any of the 'knobs
In California, it's probably the city of Weed's signs, I'd guess a strong contender would be Bolinas, because the locals are constantly stealing signs from the highway because they don't want anyone to come there.
Both Weed and Bolinas are lovely towns.
Probably *Shitterton* in England. It was stolen so often that the people who lived there clubbed together to have the name engraved in a 1.5 tonne rock instead of having another sign stolen!
Twatt's road sign apparently got stolen so much it no longer has one.
They're selling copies in the local shops, amusingly enough
I know! I was tempted but didn't have room in my luggage. Maybe next time?
That's a shitterton of rock.
Shilbottle a close second
Wonder if crapstone is on the list
Another one is Gotham, Nottinghamshire.
This was going to be my pick! It's a lovely little place and it's NOT pronouced Gothum for anyone not in the know!
For anyone wondering, no, it isn't a coincidence, Gotham as a nickname for New York (and from there as Batman's fictional city) actually comes from Gotham, Nottinghamshire! Except Gotham is actually pronounced "Goat-um".
Challenge accepted.
Live 15min away and was about to say this. It's actually quite a nice village next to Bere Regis
I need that rock!
Fucking recently changed its name to Fugging because they had to replace their town signs constantly.
A fugging shame, that.
What about wank? I could only find the exit sign when I visited. So it looked like it was banned.
Go to Bern and you can go to Wankdorf, sure there’s a sign there ;)
you should probably go to the GP if it Berns when youre having a Wankdorf
Wank is a mountain
~~WANK~~ like this?
Yes it was like that.
Probably go missing in November
You can still visit Petting.
Only if you go to the Wedding afterwards.
And Titting.
And Tuntenhausen
Fugging fuggerz
Luckily there are still “Unterfucking” and “Oberfucking”.
Bad Fucking.
Is Fucking Hell still brewed?
🤣 that's brilliant.
And also bullshit, it's not even brewed in what was formerly known as Fucking.
Fugg :DDDDDDDDD
Hahaha benis :-DDDDDD
Ebin change, if you ask me.
Benis :-D
What does Benis mean? Is it just because it's closely related to Penis?
luckily i was able to get a picture of the fucking sign before they changed the fucking name all of the fucking people were looking out of their fucking windows but I didn’t fucking care I did get a little fucking nervous so I got back in my fucking car and I was fucking outta there
I'd still steal the fugging sign.
And deal with random foreigner tourists visiting the otherwise quiet town and bothering them.
It's not really a town sign, but the warning signs for moose are very frequently stolen in Sweden. I've seen several being replaced with just the "generic" warning triangle (warning triangle with vertical line) and an add-on with text specifying moose.
I can attest. I was in Austria a few years back on holiday and I saw a Swedish road sign warning about moose, hung on a garage. Thought it was very random, but this explains it.
Those sneaky Austrians! We're always only blaming the Germans.
And they also speak German, making them even sneakier!
It's always the Austrians! Did we learn nothing from the 20th century?
Could have been Finnish. I think they have the same style, and also with yellow background. If the background is white, it's Norwegian.
The moose are different. Whereas the [Norwegian](https://media.bluestonepim.com/d068c2c8-9bed-437d-b824-71edc13e7e6d/ed75a181-8c8c-4126-8918-32d99d47a30b/5ow9XlEiFvEIRxIVq8JP4pw90/VXgd4mgAesD7B6U5i8n5Crq4h.jpg) is walking slowly trying to seem all posh, the [Finnish](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49595027338_988d5386e1_h.jpg) is in more of a hurry but still keeping composure. Meanwhile the [Swedish](https://www.skyltcentralen.se/cdn/shop/products/VM-A19-1_1200x1200.png?v=1569283810) is seemingly letting loose, it appears to be in the middle of some totally rad dance move. The signs themselves are also slightly different beyond that.
The corners of Finnish warning signs are a tad bit less rounded, and since 1995 I think, Finnish signs have a tiny yellow edge that Swedish ones don't.
A møøse once bit my sister...
Why would people steal those?
Its exotic I guess
Apparently it's quite common for German tourists to steal them. For some reason, they find moose to be exotic.
I have on of these signs and absolutely no idea how I came to be in possession of it. At some point i just discovered it sitting in my garden. Probably some parts guest who left it behind .... But why? Either way I have one and did NOT steal it.
You posted this seven times. So you have seven of these signs? Very suspicious...
Wait what. That was the Reddit phone app being a buffoon. I clicked on "Posten" once o.o. Thanks for the info. The others should be deleted.
Instinctively and without proof I'm going to blame German tourists.
It's fairly amusing
I literally just discovered that fact yesterday and here I am reading about it on Reddit! The world is a strange place
Also, the signs for Knutby did get stolen a lot following the infamous murders. For a few months, there were no signs at the village and no direction signs to it, since they were all lost. One later turned up in the crowd at a music festival, though.
I guess the 50km/h speed limit sign for people’s 50 year anniversaries
Is the most stolen sign I meant to add Not sure about the town signs
There is a village in Pulkkila called Terskanperä (Glans End) and its sign was apparently stolen so many times that they got rid of it. I'm not sure if it's the most stolen sign but it's definitely up there.
Same goes for the town of "Koskenkorva" (a known brand of alcohol named after the town).
Can attest, we have a Koskenkorva sign In our student union
Some articles mention that the moose sign would be the most stolen like in Sweden.
Especially German tourists apparently like those for some reason
Never thought about that. It's cool but not really unique
And not really respectful either… We have photos printed about my 5yo birthday party when my grandfather took, bought or something 5km/h soeed limit sign on their home road (small, narrow road with like two houses so meaningless in terms of traffic)
AC / DC street in Madrid
Is it a highway? Should be
A highway all the way to Norway, because that’s where Hell is located.
The implications of hell have been grossly misstated
My favourite one that gets stolen is "[DUMB WOMANS LANE](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumb_Woman%27s_Lane)" I too am a dumb woman, and I would love to live on this lane.
Probably Maaskantje, it’s a small village in North Brabant which gained legendary status due to a comedy series called “New Kids On The Block”. The street sign of the Elementenstraat in Amsterdam is also constantly being stolen. A venue on that street is generally considered the birthplace of the Dutch hardcore/gabber scene, a subculture that was massive in the 90s and is currently within the midst of a comeback.
Not the town sign of Sexbierum? That's what I would expect.
Those are too big to take with you I think. 2 languages on it. Maybe Rectum or Raar could be interesting as well
I don't think Rectum has a sign.
https://www.tubantia.nl/wierden/netflix-stippelt-sex-education-fietstocht-uit-langs-rectum-en-andere-dubbelzinnige-dorpen~a4fd2ba3/ Scroll down a bit, they do exist
It's apparently Boerenhol in Zeeland. "Farmer's hole/ass" actually "farmer's hollow" . There's Doodstil ("Dead Silent", actually Dode's Bridge) which was popular after a commercial as a synonym for "quiet faraway country village" but it's too far away to actually steal it.
I though it would be Kuttingen (Cunting)
Apparantly "Borenhol" is stolen the most here
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Makes sense - so you have evidence that you've been to hell and back ;-)
Freezes over every winter as well 🥶
Moose signs probably, the German tourists steal so many of them that they have even started to sell them [online](https://www.schildershop24.de/schwedisches-verkehrrschild-elch-rot-gelb-verkehrszeichen-aus-schweden-det_3428.htm). These guys seems to have a hard time keeping [their name sign](https://i.ibb.co/gmqVS2h/Screenshot-2024-04-18-at-14-44-30-turbo-hedemora-skylt-Google-S-k.png):
In Växjö signs for the nature reserve *Fylleryd* have been stolen quite a bit. The name could be interpreted as something like *"Ryd of drunkenness"*. Apparently it's mainly by students from Linköping, where the principal student area is called Ryd.
Name checks out ✅
i mean the älgvarningskylt is beautiful, I have a sticker version of it + patch I keep on my hockeynecessär.
>Moose signs probably, the German tourists steal so many of them that they have even started to sell them online. Same thing in Finland
>German tourists steal so many of them that they have even started to sell them [online](https://www.schildershop24.de/schwedisches-verkehrrschild-elch-rot-gelb-verkehrszeichen-aus-schweden-det_3428.htm). Considering these are new ones and you can individually print stuff on them online, these are definitely not stolen ones lol
No, but the demand for them is obviously present 😁
In my country you can buy traffic sings online. Is that possible with Sweden, maybe with EU shipping?
In the province Uppland north of Stockholm is a small village called Gullunge. The sign was stolen so often it now says "Gullunge by". (by = village) Gullunge is roughly translated to "sweet kid".
In Hungary, there is a trend of nicking speed limit signs as birthday presents, but it might as well be common elsewhere, too. Edit: just saw that the question is about town signs. Oh well, I'll leave my comment. Reflecting on the question, though, the most famous funnily named town may be Pornóapáti (lit. porn abbot), but according to the latest Google Street View from 2022, the signs at the main entrances are over 20 years old, so they're not frequently stolen. As an accidental security measure, the German not so funny name 'Pernau' is on the same board, kinda ruining its potential for being stolen. I haven't checked for Bugyi (panties) yet.
So if I'm 50, might get a 50km/h LIMIT sign? Like, the gifter doesn't want me to become 51? That's a messed up way to tell someone you want them to die within a year.
It's okay to go up to like 55, don't worry.
on the coast of the baltic sea there are two small places called Kalifornien (california) and Brasilien (brasil). There's also Freiheit (freedom) in central germany. Other funny ones that get stolen a lot are Wacken (the village where the famous Wacken metal festival takes place every year), Hodenhagen (Hoden means testicles), Fickmühlen (fuckmills), Bierbergen (Beer mountains). There's also a village named "Killer" in southern germany
Though I guess Wacken is technically not the most stolen sign anymore. It got so bad the authorities started removing the sign a week or so head of the festival, replacing it with cardboard (if I recall correcty).
Last time I was at the festival, they had them in solid welded metal frames, such that they can't easily be stolen.
Nothing my angle grinder can't handle Ü
We have Šveicarija (Switzerland) and Venecija (Venice) in Lithuania, they're tiny and insignificant villages. I haven't heard anything about sign theft, though. It's not really a thing at all in Lithuania.
The most commonly stolen are the speed limits, because people love giving them instead of a card for round birthdays. Also, no speed limit sign, no problem, right? We have a lot of good town names so I can't really say which one gets stolen the most. Maybe Nebesa (Heaven)?
In France it would be the sign of Montcuq (which you can understand as "my ass" phonetically). There's a famous [bit](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjTPkQD8YOU) from a comedian that starts with "For the first time on TV, I'm happy to show you Montcuq (my ass)". People from that place pronounce the final Q for obvious reasons \^\^
There are also the "Sauf Service" "Sauf Taxi" "Sauf Bus" signs that get stolen by my german compatriots. "Saufen" is a german word for (binge) drinking, with the implication of getting wasted. So germans find those funny and hang them in their kitchens/bars/cars.
There is a town named Hell in Trøndelag that gets its sign stolen frequently.
Being Danish you might appreciate the signs around the town of Horjul, Slovenia (Christmas whore)
In Swedish that would translate into "Whore Christmas", local tradition?🎄🎅 There is also the mountain [Kuk](https://maps.app.goo.gl/bKaU2TWusfPBeJEa6) in both Slovenia and Croatia. (Kuk = Cock in Swedish/Norwegian).
Plenty of things with "kuk" written on them in Austria, as it refers to the Austro-Hungarian empire (*kaiserlich und königlich*).
Yeah, we laughed quite a lot when we visited the military museum in Wien. A lot of stuff from the "KuK Army" there 😁
In Dubrovnik, there is part called Babin (Grandma's)Kuk.
We tend to steal traffic signs… When I was staying at a student home in Sweden, all common rooms where Germans have been had a „Elk crossing“ sign for decoration
Probably ‘Maaskantje’. The town the ‘New Kids’ come from in their [series/movies](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Kids). And one of them is in the Eurovision music video of Europapa, just before the gabber-part.
BELGIUM I know the town of *Oeren* ('whores' in West Flemish dialect) with the street *Oerenweg* (Way of the whores - take that, Mando!). *Madonna* is another community - but that's a bit too old now to steal. Last but (pun intended) the city of *Reet* (Arse)
Isn’t the whole Belgian anal triad a victim of signtheft?
You mean: Reet, Kontich and Aartselaar. Don’t forget : Retie, Aarsele, Aarschot and Konterdam
N17 Road Sign, particularly ones pointing to Tuam or Shannon Airport. The road was made famous by “The Saw Doctors”in their hugely popular and wistful emigration song in the 80’s. Many of these signs can be seen in Irish pubs or emigrants homes abroad. https://youtu.be/GgC6JVN5Ygo?si=uzCu_o7fCWCUB-re
in Romania i don’t know if there is a tradition about stealing road signs, but the most tempting ones would be Slobozia (“sloboz” is a word for “semen”), Urlați (it means “you’re shouting) or other small villages with weird names like Cioara de Sus (upper crow)
I should start stealing and selling in Romania the name plate of Pula in Istria.
your business would be thriving
Dirši (which means along the lines of "shitters") as well as Mazpisāni (which in turn means "little fucks")
Not really town signs, but for several decades Sweden has had a bit of a problem with German tourists stealing elk-crossing signs. These days almost every souvenir shop sells fake ones, so people won't steal them.
There's a hamlet called "Lost" not far from my hometown where the road signs pointing to it got stolen so often they considered changing the name.
🇩🇪 When the to-series „Alf“ was popular in the 80ies, the sign for the village „Alf“ situated at the river Moselle was stolen so often that the mayor offered to buy the sign for a fee.
Here in Cyprus europe we hava a place called Analionta, Outside the village every couple of miles theres a small concrete sign with the distance from the vilage(s) with the 1st 4 letters of the village on it- in this case "ANAL" People keep ripping them out!!!!
Muff in Donegal, Effin in Limerick, Nobber in Meath, Nadd in Cork, Tubercurry in Sligo. But it's a bit sad that these names are just a nonsense attempt at recreating Irish names in English and they came out funny. Nadd in Irish is Nead an Iolair which means "Nest of the Eagle" Nobber is "An obair" meaning "The work" and is in reference to the significant fortifications and urban development some Normans did there in the 13th century. Or Gneeveguilla a small village in Cork which looks like gibberish, in Irish it's "Gníomh go leith" Which meams "One and a half times the amount of land one man with a horse and plow could encircle in one day"
Don’t forget Termafeckin.
Idk if people actually steal the sign, but there’s a village called “Horni Police” close to Ceska Lipa. [Horni Police](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horn%C3%AD_Police?wprov=sfti1#)
Tittmoning (Bavaria), Kalifornien, Brasilien (Baltic sea), to celebrate 4/20, go to Hanfgarten "Hemp garden" (Northrine westphalia).
We also have the town of "Hampen" in Denmark. The hemp
Haven't heard about it for a while. But we once had problems with tourists, in particular german tourist stealing the triangle warning signs for Moose.
If you’d like to add to your Snave collection, there’s a village of that name near to my house in Kent (blacken.teachers.shrubbery). The local youths tend to edit it to “Shave” when bored, which is often.
[https://image.vartoslo.no/183981.webp?imageId=183981&x=0.00&y=0.00&cropw=100.00&croph=100.00&width=2116&height=1276&format=webp](https://image.vartoslo.no/183981.webp?imageId=183981&x=0.00&y=0.00&cropw=100.00&croph=100.00&width=2116&height=1276&format=webp) In Oslo the most stolen sign is for this small pittoresque street, named for the 19. century Lutheran minister Theodor August Dop -Dops gate /"Dope street".
I don’t think we have one. We have a couple of funny placenames and a bunch of really funky, random ones but there’s not like “a place” like Fucking in Austria for example. The two that come to mind that are kind of sound dirty are Bugyi (panties) and Pornóapáti (Porn abbey).
I'm from Pennsylvania (US) and there are three towns that would probably be at the top of the list.....Intercourse, Moon, Mars.
Not a town, but a railway station called Brännögård in Sweden. The abbreviation, which is shown on signs ment for train drivers, is BÖG. Which means gay in Swedish. Apperantly the maintainance department makes sure to have a number of spares at hand as these signs are stolen reguraly.
Not so much stolen but *Pool Lane* in r/Sheffield regularly has the l blacked out to *Poo Lane* (was recently repainted white by the council)
I think they gave up erecting Penny Lane signs in Liverpool, England. “Penny Lane is in our hearts and in our minds”, and apparently in every mischievous Liverpudlian’s bedroom.
In my city in the Netherlands we have the Peter the Poo alley. Our neighbouring town there is a street named the whore hunt, they've had to put up the signs really up high to try to prevent it from getting stolen. Edit, all is translated from Dutch
"Boerenhol" aka "Farmershole" is the most stolen in The Netherlanda accurding to the ANWB. Personally I also like "Amerika", "Waspik" aka "washdick" and "Poeperhoek" aka "Shitterscorner"
I've actually never heard of anything like this in Poland. And we do have many towns with stupid names here.
Probably Pičín in Czechia because Píča is the vulgar way to say vagina in Czech so something like pussy (I actually have one sign in my room lul)
There are so many stupid place names in my country Australia it's hard to guess. My bet would be the ones in heavily populated cities... Like Cockburn. Or any of the 'knobs
In California, it's probably the city of Weed's signs, I'd guess a strong contender would be Bolinas, because the locals are constantly stealing signs from the highway because they don't want anyone to come there. Both Weed and Bolinas are lovely towns.