The Red Light District

This is too funny to be true—but after researching on Google, apparently it is!

Welcome, everyone, to the little town in Austria called “Fucking“:

They liked the name so much, they even have plenty of Fucking roads.

Questions asked by some random Brit dude:

Are the residents called Fuckers?

What are the mothers called?

What would you be learning at the Fucking High School ?

Does the Fucking Hospital help you with anything else?

If your friend came from another town, he wouldn’t be your Fucking friend.

Now this one’s really good—

The sign says “Bitte–nicht so schnell!” which translates to English as “Please! Not so fast!“

Hahahaha!

Other interesting information about Fucking from wikipedia:

The Fucking settlement has existed since at least 1070 and is named after a man from the 6th century called Focko. “-ing” is an old Germanic suffix indicating the people of the root word to which it is attached; thus Fucking means “(place of) Focko’s people.” The village has a population of 107.

Fucking’s most famous feature is a traffic sign with its name on it, beside which tourists often stop to have their photograph taken. It is a commonly stolen street sign. Significant public funds have been spent on replacing the stolen signs.

In 2004, mainly due to the stolen signs, a vote was held on changing the village’s name, but the residents voted against doing so. According to the town mayor, Siegfried Hauppl:

“ We had a vote last year on whether to rename the town, but decided to keep it as it is. After all, Fucking has existed for 800 years, probably when a Mr. Fuck or the Fuck family moved into the area. The ‘ing’ was added as a word for settlement.”

In August 2005, the road signs were replaced with theft-resistant signs welded to steel and secured in concrete to prevent further chances of the sign being stolen. Few thefts have since occurred, but it remains a problem.

Upon further research, I also found that, before Fucking, you ought to “do” Petting first…which is another town in Germany! Hahaha

There’s also another town called “Oberfucking” which means “Upper Fucking” for those who like to be on top.

A fucking addition to my list of places to visit in this lifetime! Hahaha

Fucking hilarious, huh?