- Ksenia Gusakova
Think you live in unusual city? After looking at our selection, you are likely to dramatically change your point of view.
Setenil de las Bodegas, Cadiz, Spain
The most common of the unusual cities begins our list, Setenil de las Bodegas, which historians believe developed from a Moorish city near rivers Rio Treio. This cute patriarchal town is unique in that it is half cut into the side of the cliff and half is located on top of it. Despite its small size, it attracts quite a large number of tourists, and also specializes in the cultivation of various Mediterranean crops.
Roswell, New Mexico, USA
A small town in the state of New Mexico is sometimes also called the "UFO city". Locals claim that unidentified flying objects have been landing here since the forties, moreover, the city itself seems to be built around this phenomenon.
SITE. Innovative ghost town, New Mexico, USA
This campus was created as a testing ground for the Center for Innovation, Testing and Evaluation. There are no residents here at all, the city's infrastructure is used only to test security systems, innovations in the field of water supply and other innovative urban planning ideas.
Rennes-le-Chateau, France
This small French hilltop village is renowned for its mysterious story: hidden treasures, mystical murders, rituals and mysteries hidden deep in the history of Christianity. This was the inspiration for Dan Brown, who wrote the highly controversial book The Da Vinci Code.
Centralia (Centralia), Pennsylvania, USA
This mining town in Pennsylvania has earned a worldwide reputation for being one of the most dangerous place for life. In addition to the fact that for tens of years a fire raged here, which the firefighters did not manage to cope with, there is an even more serious danger - karst sinkholes. Residents were encouraged to leave the city when, in the eighties, a little boy fell into one of these craters in the courtyard of his own house. However, despite all these "charms", about a dozen old-timers still remain loyal to their small homeland.
Damanhur Federation, Italy
V northern Italy there is something like underground city built as a dream come true for radical humanists many years ago. They say Damanhur is a collective dream transformed into reality. Today, the town is thriving, enjoying a well-deserved fame for its magnificent underground temples, extraordinary ideas and ecologically impeccable homes.
Monowie, Nebraska, USA
In American Nebraska, a small town huddles in which ... one person lives! The already small population gradually died out or dispersed, but one woman remains in Monovi to this day. She runs a bar and a public library for tourists, running her business without help.
Lily Dale, New York, USA
There is a special place in the world for those who feel their connection with spirits and other otherworldly substances, and this place is called Lily Dale, New York. The town is inhabited by mediums of all kinds. Crowds of people who want to communicate with representatives of the underworld come here by all kinds of transport. For them, enterprising mediums even keep inexpensive housing and provide the necessary services.
The Villages, Florida, USA
Forty kilometers from Orlando, Florida, a special town has been built where, according to the rules, there must be at least one permanent resident over 55 years old in every house and no one under the age of nineteen. Living in the town is safe and healthy: there are golf courses, walking and cycling paths, fitness centers, as well as restaurants and shops. The goal of such a retirement paradise is to create the very quiet place for recreation of people at the end of life.
Town on the Thames, China
In the Chinese province of Songyang, a British-style town was built. In this ingeniously named Thames Town, everything is emphatically English: architecture, cuisine, and even those classic telephone booths that make it so easy to recognize London. In a word - a corner of true Britain in the very center of Asia.
Coober Pedy, Australia
This town in small town in the central Australian state South australia completely located below the surface of the earth, as it was built on the site of abandoned mines. It is known as a very favorable place to live, because in these parts life in the daytime hides from the overly generous, sometimes merciless sun. In addition, the place is very attractive because of the wonderful opals that are mined here in considerable quantities.
Supilinn, Estonia
Tiny and very quiet town living in Estonia, as they say, his own simple life. See small houses devoid of any modern architecture, streets named after vegetables. Anyone who comes here will immediately understand why this place got its name, which translates as "soup town".
Elista, Russia
Most travelers know this city as “Chess City”, a chess city. The architect was clearly obsessed with the great game and embodied the chess theme in the appearance of the entire city. On central square even a giant chessboard has been built.
Maharishi Vedic City, Iowa, USA
After reading the name, many will assume that this town is somewhere in South Asia, while its location is the center of the farming state of Iowa. This quiet place gets its name from the founder of the Indian teachings on transcendental meditation.
Battleship, battleship island, Japan
This island, belonging to Japan, resembles a battleship in all its appearance. For many years it remained uninhabited, but it always aroused the curiosity of people who like to gaze into the horizon. Now this eerie island has fallen into disrepair, but it is open to fans of extreme tourism.
Hell City, Michigan, USA
This small town in Michigan is struggling to live up to its name (in a good way, if I may say so). There are numerous restaurants and attractions filled with "horrors" and all kinds of devilry. It's not hard to guess that the favorite holiday in this Hell-town is Halloween.
Gibsontown, Florida, USA
Once simple popular place For the entertainment and well-deserved rest of retired circus performers, Gibsontown has gradually developed into a permanent residence for many people who once worked in the circus industry. Several unique exhibitions and museums in carnival and circus style have become the pride of this town.
Manshiyat - City of Scavengers, Egypt
Looking at this Egyptian town, or rather even the area on the outskirts of Cairo, one can immediately think about the consequences of some natural disaster. Piles of rubbish are scattered along the streets, but this is considered absolutely normal here. Inhabitants of the surrounding slums make a living by sorting and recycling waste that is brought from all over Egypt. It should be added that they are surprisingly successful in their difficult task.
Dwarf Village, China
In this "puppet" Chinese village live only midgets and dwarfs. It may seem very sweet and attractive, a kind of the only shelter where "little people" are among their own and do not feel like "second class". However, on closer inspection, it is easy to see that it is rather tourist site, something like an unusual attraction.
Miyake-Jima, Japan
The island town of Miyake-Jima in Japan is unique in that its residents are paid by the government to stay on the island. Since the city is at the base active volcano, the population is constantly exposed to the increased levels of sulfur in the air, and sometimes even exposed to the threat of poisoning! The townspeople are forced to constantly wear protective masks due to the high toxicity of the air. Perhaps the Japanese authorities are conducting an experiment to find out the influence extreme conditions life to human health.
There are as many as seven villages with the name Shitty in Russia! This one is in the Ivanovo region. Photo: Andrey KARA
Stupid, Suchkino, Bukhalovo, Lokhovo, Khrenovo ... Among 170 thousand settlements of the country, we have chosen those that cannot be passed by without emotion
Of course, the Russian people have no problems with imagination. But with the names of most of the settlements, apparently, they did not bother too much. As a result, what we have: about 44% of the titles are duplicate. A third of them are named by name (Ivanovka, Mikhailovo, Aleksandrovka ...), and a quarter by nature (Sosnovka, Berezovka, Kalinovka ...). This is understandable: before, they somehow managed without "brainstorming" and creative agencies. But among 165 thousand rural settlements, 1300 urban-type settlements and 1100 cities of Russia, there are real "pearls" of extraordinary folk thought! There are about a thousand names that are engraved in the memory. Together with the regional editions of "KP" we have selected two hundred of them, the most, in our opinion, strange and funny.
Let's start with Perm Territory... There is the village of Tupitsa. We do not know why she is so ...
Photo: Alexey ZHURAVLEV
Or here is the village of Suchkino. It is interesting how the local residents relate to this name.
Photo: Alexey ZHURAVLEV
And the village of Putino. Also available.
And here is the village of Khomyaki. "Someone seems to be eating too much !?" - I remembered from the fairy tale about Winnie the Pooh.
The village of Antibes is located in the Kemerovo region. And with her Drachenino and Uporovka.
The Tyumen region is also famous for a large list of funny names. There is Kokuy, Partizan, Expansion, Vagina, Half, Plump, Shortness of breath, Goldobino, Sour, Beautiful, Nevolino, Elbows, Bad, Kinder, Vata, Politotdelsky, Shot.
V Chelyabinsk region, as well as in Bashkiria, also has its own Paris. And Fershanpenoise is available. And even the village of Leipzig with Berlin.
In Udmurtia there are such unusual villages: Muki-Kaksi, Baldeika, Podmoy, Kosolapovo, Karavai, Foals, Babino, Luke, Chur, Uzi. And villages: Skates, Zabegalovo, Berezka, Krasny Kustar, Bannoe, Roosters, Kabanikha, Kozlovo, Sheep, Small Game and Big Game, Ubytdur, Capture, Vanya-Chumo, Adam.
But the most creative people seem to live in the Pskov region! The towns of Dno, Opochka, Pytalovo are lit there ... And the villages: Ulcers, Torchilovo, Babki, Badgers, Bolshoi Khochuzh, Sos, Grace, New Opel, Loboc ...
Goats, Washcloths, Kissing, Teeth, Krivoslyapy, Lamons, Obscene ...
And also Zhizhitsa, Mokriki, Tumors, Ass, Redhead, Ale, Grandfather-Kabak, Bald-Flies, Zanogi, Fast, Big Wands, New Life.
In the Sverdlovsk region, there are such cities: Nizhnie Sergi, Rezh, Novaya Lyalya (and the village of Staraya Lyalya - this is all the Novolyalinsky urban district). And the villages - Verkhnyaya Sinyachikha, Nizhnyaya Sinyachikha, Laya, Red Adui.
In the Yaroslavl region - Gore-Gryaz, Pshenichishche, Zhupeevo, Bukhalovo.
V Voronezh region there is crap.
In Kaluga - the village of Zhivotinka. The name is quite harmless and to the point: after all, a livestock farm is located here.
There is the village of Zasosnaya in the Lipetsk region. In Vologda there are as many as two villages with the name End (and there are eight of them in Russia).
In Crimea, there is the city of Saki, from which the locals made the city of Psaki. Thus, they allegedly banned the entry of the famous American woman.
There are also many unusual and funny names in the Trans-Baikal Territory, for example, in the Priargunsky District, there is the village of Duroy. There is also the village of Klitschka, which is named after a mining engineer. In the Sretensky district there is the village of Bolshiye Boty. Not far from the regional capital there is the village of Ulyoty. And in the Chernyshevsky district there is the village of Ukurei. In Khiloksky district - laugh.
And in the Murmansk region there is the Afrikanda village. Afrikanda looks especially exotic under the snow.
There is the village of Lokh in the Saratov region.
And in Omsk - Babezh, Big Scourges, Big Murls, Volchanka, Zagvazdino, Lezhanka, Prishib. In Samara - the village of Koshki (this is twinned with the city of Myshkin, Yaroslavl region). In Penza - Tatar Pendelka, Chulpan, Bogdaniha, Svetly Put, Rubezh, GAI. In the Vladimir region stand out: the village of Krasnaya Gorbatka, the village of Perebor, the village of Likhaya Pozhnya. In Bryansk - Mamai, Bibiki, Zaitsev Dvor, Crimea, Varna, Bald, New Scales, Damage, Gobiki, Badgers, Byakovo, Sluts, New World, Vesely, Hooks, Bobrik, Gnilevo, Usoh, Lizogubovka, Spoons, Ugrevishche, Shiryaevka, Shapkino ... And in the Khabarovsk Territory there is the village of Kondon. In the Smolensk region - the village of Boduny. In Tambov - Bolshaya Rzhaksa.
In Mordovia, you can find settlements with the following names: Piksyasi, Chudinka, Red Warrior, Syryatino, Sialeevsky Maidan. In Chuvashia - the village of Bolshoye Murashkino, the village of Opytny, the village of Khachiki. In Mari El - the village of Mari El.
In Troitsky administrative district There is the village of Babenki in Moscow.
And in Ryazan region there was once the village of Paradise Lost. Nobody lives there now. This is a natural boundary. It seems that a much more friendly atmosphere is in the local village of Kind Bees.
There is the village of Pyankovo in the Kostroma region.
BY THE WAY
5 interesting facts O settlements Of Russia
1) The settlement "Central estate of the state farm named after the 40th anniversary of the Great October Revolution" - the longest name of the settlement in the country. I wonder if annoying local residents the need to pronounce or write this wow-some-long name somewhere in the documents?
2) Verkhnenovokutlumbetyevo and Starokozmodemyanovskoe - the longest merged names of settlements. It seems that there since childhood, and everyone is ready to work as an announcer on TV. After all, byaaaa, you will say where you are from ...
3) 46 settlements have two-letter names in Russia. Of these, 11 are Yar. And there is also, for example, Yb - in Komi there are as many as three villages with this name. Remember this in order to dazzle your opponents when playing in the "city-village".
4) There are only two settlements in the country with the name on J. These are Yoshkar-Ola and Josefovka (a village in the Smolensk region).
5) And with the letter Y begin the names of 27 settlements in Russia. Almost all of them are in Yakutia. These are, for example, Ytyk-Kyuel and Yllymakh. In general, there are cities in our country for absolutely all letters, excluding the soft and hard sign, of course.
What funny names of settlements in Russia do you know? We are waiting for your comments!
There are settlements on the planet with such amazing names that it is difficult to believe in the fact of their existence. And to live in the city of the Swastika or in the city of the Kingdom of Satan can, perhaps, only love with a good sense of humor. And it should be noted that these are not the most strange names from the existing ones.
1. Swastika
The city of Swastika in Ontario, Canada is a rather strange place. In fact, this is not a haven for the Nazis at all - the city was founded almost 30 years before Adolf Hitler began using the swastika. The name of the city was chosen in honor of the ancient Indian sign of prosperity and fertility.
2. Kingdom of Satan
What's funny and strange is that there are cities and geographic locations named after hell. For example, two cities in the United States (in the states of Vermont and Massachusetts) are called the Kingdom of Satan.
3. Peniston
The town of Peniston, in Yorkshire, England, probably derives its name from older forms of Welsh and English languages... Originally, this name meant "Hilltop Village". Today all and sundry giggle at him.
4. Nothing
The formerly inhabited (although very few people inhabited) village of Nothing in Arizona was completely abandoned in 2005. The sign at the entrance to the city reads: "Loyal citizens of Nothing are full of hope and faith in the need for work. For many years these people believed in Nothing, hoping for Nothing and working for Nothing. "
5. North Pole
There are cities with the name of the North Pole in the states of Alaska and New York. The New York North Pole has theme park with live deer and Santa Claus.
6. Nameless
Nameless is a small town in Colorado, which got its name when a highway was planned in this place with a turn to a still non-existent city. During the construction of the road, a temporary sign with the inscription "Nameless" was installed at the turn. As a result, the name stuck.
7. Moon
To the northwest of Pittsburgh there is a town named Luna, which was probably named so because it is located in a crescent-shaped bend in the river.
8. Mars
Tourists have recently been frequenting the city of Mars in Pennsylvania. Not only is a non-working former spaceship installed in the city, it can also be said that he visited the Martians (this is what the locals are called).
9. George Washington
George Washington is the only city in the United States, which bears the full name of the founding father.
10. Ganja
The city with the most rastaman name can be found in Azerbaijan. Moreover, this is not even a village that was named for a joke, but the second largest city in the country.
11. Chinatown
Chinatowns or Chinatowns exist in large cities around the world, but Wisconsin has whole city, which bears a similar name.
12. Batman
Everyone knows the famous comic book hero, but few people know that in Turkey, in the Batman province, on the banks of the Batman River (a tributary of the Tigris River) there is the city of Batman. The main local attractions are oil refineries and a large military air base.
13. Bastardtown
Bastardtown in County Wexford, despite its name, is a picturesque Irish seaside village.
14. Å
The locality with such a laconic name is a beautiful seaside village in the very north of Norway. Also, six other Norwegian towns, a Swedish and a Danish town have a similar name.
15. Accident
Interestingly, the town of Accident was built in the 1770s in the state of Western Maryland by accident. Two surveyors marked out the ground, randomly selecting the same oak as the anchor point. It was on that place that the city was founded.
And, perhaps, only people with a good sense of humor can live in the city of the Swastika or in the city of the Kingdom of Satan. And it should be noted that these are not the strangest names in existence.
1. Swastika
Swastika city in Ontario, Canada.
The city of Swastika in Ontario, Canada is a rather strange place. In fact, this is not a haven for the Nazis at all - the city was founded almost 30 years before Adolf Hitler began using the swastika. The name of the city was chosen in honor of the ancient Indian sign of prosperity and fertility.
2. Kingdom of Satan
Two cities in the United States (in the states of Vermont and Massachusetts) are called the Kingdom of Satan.
Funnily and strangely, there are cities and geographic locations on Earth named after hell. For example, two cities in the United States (in the states of Vermont and Massachusetts) are called the Kingdom of Satan.
3. Peniston
Peniston town in Yorkshire, England.
The town of Peniston, in Yorkshire, England, probably derives its name from older forms of Welsh and English. Originally, this name meant "Hilltop Village". Today all and sundry giggle at him.
4. Nothing
Village of Nothing in Arizona, USA.
The formerly inhabited (although very few people inhabited) village of Nothing in Arizona was completely abandoned in 2005. The sign at the entrance to the city reads: "Loyal citizens of Nothing are full of hope and faith in the need for work. For many years these people believed in Nothing, hoping for Nothing and working for Nothing. "
5. North Pole
The North Pole city is in the states of Alaska and New York, USA.
There are cities with the name of the North Pole in the states of Alaska and New York. The New York North Pole has a theme park with live reindeer and Santa Claus.
6. Nameless
Township in Colorado, USA.
Nameless is a small town in Colorado, which got its name when a highway was planned in this place with a turn to a still non-existent city. During the construction of the road, a temporary sign with the inscription "Nameless" was installed at the turn. As a result, the name stuck.
7. Moon
Luna Township is located northwest of Pittsburgh.
To the northwest of Pittsburgh there is a town named Luna, which was probably named so because it is located in a crescent-shaped bend in the river.
8. Mars
Mars city in Pennsylvania, USA.
Tourists have recently been frequenting the city of Mars in Pennsylvania. Not only is a non-working former spaceship installed in the city, it can also be said that he visited the Martians (this is what the locals are called).
9. George Washington
George Washington is the only city with a full name.
George Washington is the only city in the United States to bear the full name of the Founding Father.
10. Ganja
City in Azerbaijan.
The city with the most rastaman name can be found in Azerbaijan. Moreover, this is not even a village that was named for a joke, but the second largest city in the country.
11. Chinatown
Chinatown is a city in Wisconsin, USA.
Chinatowns or Chinatowns exist in major cities around the world, but Wisconsin has an entire city that bears a similar name.
12. Batman
Batman city in Batman province on the banks of the Batman River, Turkey.
Everyone knows the famous comic book hero, but few people know that in Turkey, in the Batman province, on the banks of the Batman River (a tributary of the Tigris River) there is the city of Batman. The main local attractions are oil refineries and a large military air base.
13. Bastardtown
Bastardtown in County Wexford, Ireland.
Bastardtown in County Wexford, despite its name, is a picturesque Irish seaside village.
14. Å
Å - a village in the very north of Norway.
The locality with such a laconic name is a beautiful seaside village in the very north of Norway. Also, six other Norwegian towns, a Swedish and a Danish town have a similar name.
15. Accident
Township Accident in Western Maryland, USA.
Interestingly, the town of Accident was built in the 1770s in the state of Western Maryland by accident. Two surveyors marked out the ground, randomly selecting the same oak as the anchor point. It was on that place that the city was founded.
Funny names of settlements can be found all over the world. The rating includes only the most colorful names, which cannot be passed by without a smile.
The TOP-10 includes:
Fucking, Austria
The Austrian village Fucking (Fucking) is located in the municipality of Tarsdorf. This place is very popular among tourists. Especially the name of this settlement seems ridiculous to English-speaking travelers.
The Fucking settlement was founded in the 11th century and was named after the aristocrat Fokko. However, it became popular after the Second World War, when American soldiers found this village. Of course, they spread the fame of Fucking literally all over the world.
And today many tourists are happy to be photographed near the sign against the background of Fucking. Depending on the mood, this word can express delight, or it can be an obscene swear word. The residents of the village (of which there are a little more than a hundred), to put it mildly, "got a little fake" from such annoying attention of tourists and are seriously thinking about changing the name of the village. Still, how can we talk about attention if the sign with the inscription Fucking has been stolen 13 times over the past few years.
Hui City: When Size Doesn't Matter
A tiny settlement in Belgium is popular with tourists not only because of its name. There are so many languages and dialects in the world that it is not surprising when a completely ordinary and familiar word for a foreigner seems funny to us and is heard as vulgarism.
It's no secret that the most frequent direction among the Slavs is the direction of three letters. Perhaps you shouldn't be offended by such a "message" - what if you are offered to go to Belgium?
In the province of Liege, on the banks of the Meuse River, there is the city of Huy. To be completely accurate, the name of the city Huy should be pronounced as "ui" or "yi", the first letter is not readable. However, our people call this city in a familiar way - and so it happened.
Lokhovo, Russia
Lokhovo is a village in the Cheremkhovsky district of the Irkutsk region of Russia. The administrative center of the Lokhovsky municipal formation. It is located about 15 km south-west of the district center.
Why
This is exactly the name of the town in the state of Arizona (USA) - Why. Either its first settlers themselves were surprised why it occurred to them to stay here, or it was still because of the transcription of the letter Y, as the official version says, and the road intersection on which the Why stands looks from above.
Kissing
In Germany, in the state of Bavaria, the city of Kissing flourishes. A city with such a name cannot but flourish. I wonder if there is any special tradition associated with kissing, or the city glorified some famous kiss?
In Germany, in the state of Bavaria, the city of Kissing flourishes. A city with such a name cannot but flourish. It is still not known for sure whether the city glorified some famous kiss, or there is another reason for such a name of the city.
Try again
If something in life failed, you can try to go to South Africa... This is where the city for the most persistent is located - Try Again and ... try again!
Slime
Rafting enthusiasts have their own heavenly place for their hobby - a city called Slime (Dirt).
Roseberry topping
For romantics in England there is a very nice place - the city of Roseberry Topping (Strawberry top).
Hell
But where I would not want to go is to a town in the Cayman Islands called Hell. Yes, the place is gloomy, located among the rocks. Here anyone can exclaim: "I live in Hell!". But tourists love to send postcards from here to friends - straight from Hell.
Hot springs
Sometimes the city with the most common name changes it to a more original one. This happened with the resort town of Hot Springs (Hot springs), whose residents decided to change its name to Truth or Consequences (Truth or Consequences), succumbing to temptation. The organizers of the game show of the same name promised to move production to the city, which will be named after the program.
Thaumatahuakatangyangakoahahuotamateapokanuenuakitanatahu
The city with the longest name. It is located in New Zealand and means "The top where Tamatea Pokai Uenua played the flute for his beloved." Nice, isn't it?
In contrast, there is a city that is just empty space, this is how the name of the town of Noodle sounds in Texas slang. And how to live in cities called Spot, Monkey’s Eyebrow or even worse Idiotville.
How many amazing cities in the world! Some are famous for their craftsmen, others for historical sights, others attract guests with merry carnivals or festivals, and the fourth with their names. When people settle in a new place and establish a settlement, they come up with a name for this place. It can be associated with a legend, with the name of the hero, with the area where it is located, or with some event. But sometimes the name causes complete bewilderment - why? There is no answer to this question and will not be.
