I spent a year drawing a map of every European country in its native tongues (scroll for closeups)

by bandiy_24

37 comments
  1. Wow! Hand drawn? How did you get the proportions right? What magic is this?

  2. Uh-oh. Only three languages on the Swiss map … 😉

  3. You were so preoccupied with whether or not you could, you didn’t stop to think if you should

  4. I want you on my pub quiz team 😉

    Seriously, those are awesome.

  5. Awesome work! Also I like the different fonts used for country names. Seriously impressive

  6. Catalonia (including Rosselló), Valencia, the Balearic Islands, and their corresponding cities are mostly incorrect since they are not written in their native tongue.

  7. My phone doesnt like displaying this one bit but this is awesome!

  8. this is absolutely insane well done, incredible job! Can you show the whole Switzerland?

  9. It’s really good! It’s really really really good! It’s great! Awesome! I don’t know more words on English to describe it это просто великолепно сделано! Это выглядит просто восхитительно и неимоверно точна! I can’t imagine how much time and effort you put into this! It’s really great! You’re a very talented mapmen,

    כל הכבוד! פשוט מצויין ומרשים! אתה מלך!

    👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  10. Just wow! How the hell were you so patient and also talented

  11. A beautiful thing! How long approximately did it take you to draw each country?

    Could you share a detailed picture of Poland?

  12. All of that hand drawn and in native languages? It’s freaking amazing man, you have talent

  13. Bro, I have never feel myself so honored.
    Greetings from Hungary!

  14. So is there any particular reason why every country had their long form name except for Iceland?
    Just curious!

  15. This is at the same time amazing and worrying. 😉 but without joking, great job. I wish I had your talent and especially dedication.

  16. How much time on avarage did one map take? Also can you show a closeup of Czech Republik please?

  17. Viggo Tarasov : It’s not what you did, son, that angers me so. It’s who you did it to.

    Iosef Tarasov : Who? That #cking nobody?

    Viggo Tarasov : That “#ckin’ nobody”… is Bandiy. He once was an associate of ours. They call him “Baba Mapa.”

    Iosef Tarasov : The Mapman?

    Viggo Tarasov : Well Bandiy wasn’t exactly the Mapman. He was the one you sent to map the #cking Mapman.

    Iosef Tarasov : [stunned]  Oh.

    Viggo Tarasov : Bandiy is a man of focus, commitment, sheer will… something you know very little about. I once saw him draw entire European countries maps in a bar… with a pencil, with a #cking pencil. Then suddenly one day he asked to leave. It’s over a woman, of course. So I made a deal with him. I gave him an impossible task. A job no one could have pulled off. The maps he draw that day laid the foundation of what we are now.

  18. Great idea! Possible to see a close-up of the UK? Curious to see the native British tongue on the map 😁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

  19. Bruh, your written Bulgarian is prettier than mine. What’s your native language if you don’t mind me asking? Very impressive if Cyrillic isn’t your native script.

  20. Can you take a better picture of Denmark 🙂

    PS. they all look good

  21. Amount of work is staggering! Have you done Ukraine by any chance? 🙂 If so would love to see it!

  22. wow, big gz for this incredible work, dunno if it’s been addressed before in the comments. but what’s to take away after all this effort? what u think it’s the one (or few) things that stuck with u after having done such a feat? 🙂

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