Funny questions asked by tourists

[Pallantides]

Here are some I like

"When is the hunting season for trolls?"

"Do Vikings live on reservations now?"

"Do trolls still exist and are they nice or mean?"

"Is it so that Norwegian women are pregnant for twelve months so that the child will be more resistant to the cold once it's born?"

[brunette]

Where is the toilet?

Do you speak ( fill in the blank )

I heard it's custom in your country to ( fill in the blank ) is it true?

[Kazimiera]

Are there really elephants in the streets?

What do you do when the lions come looking for food at night?

Do you have electricity? (duh, I'm talking to you on the internet)

I've had well-meaning family in Europe offering to send us their used curtains to help block out the sun in what they think is our shack.

Do you have real houses?

Standing in Cape Town city centre: "But where is the wildlife?"

Stupid things tourists do: arrive in full safari gear, plith helmet included, with binoculars and cameras around the neck and then wonder why they get robbed in the middle of the city.

Go to the cigarette counter, want to pay for a pack of smokes in Euro's and expect the change to be in ZAR.

How to spot the German tourist: wearing socks in their sandals and a jersey knotted over the shoulder

How to spot the English tourist: burnt to a crisp and bright pink, usually wearing a white vest

How to spot the American tourist: clutching bottled water, wearing hawaiian shirts and talking loudly

How to spot the South Africa tourist abroad: with a cellphone trying to get reception in a foreign country.

[PetiteParisienne]

Have you met the queen?

Where's Platform 9 3/4?

Would you like a spot of tea? HAR HAR HAR!

Is that London Bridge? *points to Tower Bridge*

[Sultan Suleiman]

"Is it so that Norwegian women are pregnant for twelve months so that the child will be more resistant to the cold once it's born?"

How can people this be ignorant???

I mean if you are going to Norway atleast they could read up about Norwegian reproduction cycle, your 14 month gestation period and the larva cycle of all Norse newborn.

Some people...

[Peyrol]

Funniest ever:

When i spend my summer in 5 Terre:

- "Don't you have fear of pirates in these seaside villages?"
- "Where is local Mc Donald?"
- "At what time the dolphins pass here?"
- "How i can see genovese troopers?"
- "How far is Sicily?" (note: the 5 Terre are in Liguria, northern Italy...)
- "You have cars or highways?"

When i'm in Bergamo (Eastern Lombardy, Northern Italy):

- "Why bergamaskers look latinos?" (Note: the city is near 30% southern american)
- "Where are longobards?"
- "Wow, i don't believe that in Italy there are mountains!!!" (the city is near the Alpes)
- "There are barbaric people in the valleys near the city?"

Here in Torino (Piemont, northern Italy):

- "Why don't you secede from the central state?"
- "How i can meet the King?"
- "Is this region France?"
- "Can i meet Sergio Marchionne?"
- "Where's the Juventus team?"
- "Is Mussolini alive?"

[Graham]

“Where did the Jacobites park their cars?”
"Where did Mel Gibson stand during the battle?"
Edinburgh:
"Isn't it convenient that they built the Castle so close to the train station!"
"Is there an animal called a haggis and where can I find one?".
"Why didn't they build the Castle closer to the airport?"
"Is the moon in New Zealand the same moon I see in Scotland?"
"'Can I take an open top bus to Inverness?"
"What time is the One O'Clock Gun?"
"Isn't there, like, a massive oil refinery at the top of England?"

[Rødskjegg]

I thought this thread was about dumb tourists in Norway? Especially since the thread is in the Norway section.


Anyhoo, a classic is: "where are the igloos?"

[Ulex]

I thought this thread was about dumb tourists in Norway?
I am happy that others than I noticed this.

"In Denmark we were told that there are apes in the mountains here. Is it really true?"

If ya know what I mean... :thumb001:

[Pallantides]

I am happy that others than I noticed this.

"In Denmark we were told that there are apes in the mountains here. Is it really true?"

If ya know what I mean... :thumb001:


Norske fjellaper! :D

[Anglojew]

Used to be "Do you know anyone from Neighbours?" Which was made equally weird because I did.

"Do you have a pet Kangaroo?"

"I didn't think there were cities in Australia."

I hear in Austria the Chinese tourists ask where the kangaroos are. Lol.

[Peyrol]

Up mypost of past spring.


Funniest ever:

When i spend my summer in 5 Terre:

- "Don't you have fear of pirates in these seaside villages?"
- "Where is local Mc Donald?"
- "At what time the dolphins pass here?"
- "How i can see genovese troopers?"
- "How far is Sicily?" (note: the 5 Terre are in Liguria, northern Italy...)
- "You have cars or highways?"

When i'm in Bergamo (Eastern Lombardy, Northern Italy):

- "Why bergamaskers look latinos?" (Note: the city is near 30% southern american)
- "Where are longobards?"
- "Wow, i don't believe that in Italy there are mountains!!!" (the city is near the Alpes)
- "There are barbaric people in the valleys near the city?"

Here in Torino (Piemont, northern Italy):

- "Why don't you secede from the central state?"
- "How i can meet the King?"
- "Is this region France?"
- "Can i meet Sergio Marchionne?"
- "Where's the Juventus team?"
- "Is Mussolini alive?"

[Casandrinos]

How to get to the city centre?

While being in thecity centre :icon_lol:

[Velda]

Tourists from Japan in Cologne 10m in front of the Cologne Cathedral: "Take please foto with my camera from me and whole Dome Cathedral."
Wich means a foto of the whole cathedral (157m) and themselves. (= impossible)

Where is the Oktoberfest? (We are in Cologne, Oktoberfest is in Munich)

Do you like Louis Vuitton? How old are you? (Tourist from Japan vs. me standing in front of the LV-shop near Cologne Cathedral some years ago.)

[Governor]

I think east asian tourists/people are the most uneducated.
When i was on my China trip, many people called me "Arab" or "Pakistani" and even sometimes "Uighur" because of i keep beard and long hair and i'm just a typical south european and balkan male.

Our interpruter told us "Chinese people are usually very uneducated, they think every european are very tall, blond, blue eyed and evey people with dark hair and with long facial hair are arab, pakistani, uighur, muslim, terrorist, dirty and bad people".It's strange, i heard the same thing when i was in Japan.I heard that blond, blue eyed people are good, christian, angel, beautiful and the other hand dark haired with facial hair are bad, thief, poor, terrorist, dirty.

[Mikula]

My favorite:
When you left Cyrillic for the Latin script?

American tourists usually name the Charles Bridge at Prague a "St. Charles Bridge",
http://www.u-zlateho-pluhu.cz/admin_images/contents/11_full.jpg
and mistake baroque-style (Roman Catholic) churches
http://www.eucebnice.cz/literatura/baroko_cechy/baroko_vavrinec.jpg
for Byzantine-style Orthodox churches, here.

[Sealin]

I was on the plane to my hometown and nowadays, we have many Arab turists. We were sitting next to each other and talked a bit in English. She was sweet for sure. After a bit silence she asked:

Are you muslim?

I was just a little shocked when she asked that, I don't know what she thought, but she looked so confused and I couldn't handle her face at that moment and just laughed.