Pedestrian symbols across Europe

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  1. Ireland: Hey U.K. can we copy your pedestrian sign.

    U.K.: Sure but make it look different so it doesn’t look like you copied it.

    Ireland: Sure thing

  2. Excuse me, but that’s just bullshit. Signs for “you may cross the street” for every country but in Poland there’s the opposite sign (“STOP”). Yeah, this is big brain time. Whoever did this stupid comparison is an idiot or wants to make fun of Poland.

  3. In Greece he is called Gregoris. It is a pun on how you are supposed to cross the road fast (gregora). The red pedestrian person is also male, and is called Stamatis, from the order “stop” (stamata) in Greek.

    I wonder if they have nicknames in other countries.

  4. I love the Andorran pedestrian symbols. The red one look like he is actually trying to stop you. The green one looks like he is dancing like an egyptian.

  5. I think Norway is my favourite. No pressure to try to walk fast or determinedly, you can have a stroll here. Take your time.

    The tall abstract legs on the Italy/Turkey/Albania ones weird me out.

  6. I had read somewhere that the former East Germany uses a different symbol – is that not the case?

  7. I think Spain takes the cake. Seems the best designed one. Russia would be close but I don’t get the head.

  8. I like how the British one goes left to right vs right to left and I’m thinking there must be logic behind this to do with traffic direction.

    Then I see Russia. And Poland.

    P.s where’s the nice happy worker dude from the GDR?

  9. People don’t walk much in Portugal. They drive 🤷‍♀️ No walking paths and no culture of exercising. 🤷‍♀️

  10. Finland is wrong, or at least old one. They still have some of them in use but they changed signs to gender neutral ones in 2020. Total and utter BS and waste of money.

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