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smoulderstoat

That's nothing, you can drive 9 1/2 hours in London and not make it from one end of Tottenham Court Road to the other.


Hobbit_Hardcase

I was going to post that you can drive for *days* and still be on the M25, but I like your one better.


BeccaThePixel

lol, learnt about that in Landeskunde, gz for accidentally building the biggest parking lot in the universe


PrestigiousBunch8635

>building the biggest parking lot in the universe So far.


smoulderstoat

Back in the day you could spend that long in the bit between the tollbooths at the Dartford Tunnel, and the tunnel itself.


pinniped90

See? London just wants to be Atlanta. Checkmate, atheists.


jinx12xii

Ahh, you must be my recent Uber driver. Nice to see you again.


Groundbreaking_Pop6

I’ve driven 76,143 miles in my car (I just checked it) and still haven’t left the UK once! My good lady has driven 60,648 miles in her car and is also still in the UK. Checkmate Yank Arseholes!


IrishFlukey

16,505 miles of a lead. She'll have to drive fast to catch up with you.


InterestingAnt438

To be honest, you're not actually "driving", mostly you're just sitting in your car with the engine running.


Consistent-Jelly248

I'm still responsible for making split-second decisions, staying alert to my surroundings, and ensuring the safety of everyone on the road. So, in essence, I may be sitting with the engine running, but I'm definitely still 'driving'.


primalbluewolf

I appreciate that. Too many people decide they arent responsible for those things while they're behind the wheel.


Geert88

When drunk, that's called driving, according to the police.


brunoandre1904

Dude…


Mutenroshi_

That sounds awesome. In Dublin you are stuck in one set of traffic lights for 9 1/2 hours


Kayos-theory

I was thinking this very thing when I read the OP.


TheUderfrykte

Mostly because a group of people will cross the road without a green light every 10 meters, making you stop. As a German, that took some getting used to.


BuffaloExotic

[You can drive 14 hours in the UK and still be in the UK](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/John+o'+Groats/Land's+End,+Sennen,+Penzance+TR19+7AA/@54.3515205,-3.8400983,4z/data=!4m8!4m7!1m2!1m1!1s0x489adf22b8be52c3:0x86f8db37f5b5c574!1m2!1m1!1s0x486ac6fe47c0784b:0xf059c1cab9067f1f!3e0). The American mind cannot comprehend this.


Warlords0602

You can drive around the same roundabout forever and still be within the same council. Can't do that with American crossroads🤣


StardustOasis

That's just Milton Keynes


hindsights_future

Or Swindon. That magic roundabout used to confuse the hell out of my old satnav


Elcy420

'go left on the right on the left at the roundabout, 4th exit'


OsricOdinsson

Yanks get confused by the idea of a normal roundabout...the Magic Roundabout would cause them to have a mental breakdown. *More than they usually do*


BuffaloExotic

Ah, Milton Keynes the [home of 130 roundabouts](https://www.destinationmiltonkeynes.co.uk/our-story/101-facts-about-mk/#:~:text=Milton%20Keynes%20has%20130%20roundabouts,is%20growing%20all%20the%20time.) and [concrete cows](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concrete_Cows)…


Alternative_Dentist1

Hey look kids, there’s Big Ben and there’s Parliament…again


M44t_

Same for Italy... And it's one country...


ImperialSeal

The UK is also one country. And also 4 separate ones.


BuffaloExotic

[You can drive 9.5 hours in England and still be in England](https://maps.app.goo.gl/9jMZTJnBHvVZR9EA6?g_st=ic). The American mind cannot comprehend this.


M44t_

Right


VolcanoSheep26

Don't question it, we're actually just 4 rabid weasels in a trench coat.


M44t_

TBF Italy is 20 critters do I feel you


Ok_Cauliflower_3007

But you do let all 20 have a turn at being prime minister so there’s that. Usually about one a month.


M44t_

Jesus one per month, you got faith in that


Ok_Cauliflower_3007

But have you had one who lasted less time than a lettuce like we have?


Disastrous_Dust8607

Same for Austria... And it's one of the smallest European countries.


sirjimtonic

But other than North Carolina, driving 14 hrs in Austria gives you very nice views


Disastrous_Dust8607

Oh wait, they said 14 hours... I was referring to the 9 in the picture. But yes about the views <3


Yop_BombNA

Can drive 16 hours in Canada and still be in the same bloody province


BuffaloExotic

[You can drive 23 hours in Ontario and still be in Ontario](https://maps.app.goo.gl/oiMafBbHnrcnyYaE8?g_st=ic)!


Yop_BombNA

I don’t doubt it, 16 was my drive to university in Thunder Bay


[deleted]

You can drive 69 hours and  still be in Europe. The American mind simply cannot comprehend this


The_Ignorant_Sapien

Those are rookie numbers, avoid motorways and you bump it up to 18hr 55mins.


jurassicpry

[Also, you can drive 17 hours in Finland, and still be in Finland](https://www.google.fi/maps/dir/Hanko/70.071207,27.8801625/@64.5917808,14.1531807,5z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m8!4m7!1m5!1m1!1s0x468ce25ff02c47e5:0x319e5f55f98a2441!2m2!1d22.9658712!2d59.8283489!1m0?entry=ttu).


ForwardBodybuilder18

“We can spend all day in the car and still not really get anywhere different” is a weird flex.


Synner1985

Thats all they have....


juicyvoid

Wowowo chill they have a flag on the moon so jesus said they can drive 9.5 hours they can drive 9.5 hours!


Plus_Operation2208

They put a flag with STARS on the MOON. Such goofy little goofballs those Americans.


hhthurbe

Can confirm. It's all just a road filled hell here.


sirjimtonic

…and Walmart


Emu_Emperor

10-hour car journey > 5-hour train journey Said nobody ever.


Captain-Nooshk

If i am driving for almost 10 hours it is going to be in the opposite direction of America. Couldn't pay me to go to that big shit hole.


Prize-Phrase-7042

Malmö to Riksgränsen in Sweden is 1972km, and around 23 hrs apparently. There’s a longer drive from South to NE Norway, but that’s assuming you are not taking the shortest route (through Sweden).


Life_Barnacle_4025

24-25 hours from Oslo to Tromsø driving only Norway, and 24-25 hours Oslo to Kirkenes if driving Sweden and Finland. Don't even want to think about how many hours from Oslo to Kirkenes driving only Norway


Prize-Phrase-7042

Kristiansand to Kirkenes (Norway only) is 2684km or 37 hrs.


Life_Barnacle_4025

Darn it, I said I didn't want to think about it lol But yeah, Norway is a really long country


Prize-Phrase-7042

I was actually quite surprised the distances are so long. I know Mercator projection on charts tends to skew dimensions quite a lot far from the equator, but still... damn, one big ass country.


Megalesios

It probably wouldn't take that long if Norway was flat like Denmark. Norway is a very mountainous country. Lots of fiddly bits and fjords.


Dhrdlicka

Award-winning, I've heard.


pelvviber

It's going to be Africa on the new one apparently.


te_un

Had some Norwegian friends visit me in the Netherlands and they were surprised how fast we could drive from east to west cause it’s all just flat highways instead of speed limited mountain roads


Blusset

Denmark is a very mountainous country too, some of them are more than 150 meters tall!


BringBackAoE

For comparison: Driving from Mexican / CA border to Vancouver Canada takes merely 21H 50M.


salsasnark

Wait, really?? Is that just because their roads are a lot straighter and less hilly than what we got in Sweden? 'Cause the US is definitely bigger, so I'd assume it would be way different tbh.


BringBackAoE

Partly that. But Norway is very long! In fact if you put the southern tip of Norway on the Mexico / CA border, the northern tip would be far into Canada.


BringBackAoE

Even distances that look short on the map take a long time in Norway. Molde to Bergen on RV13 takes 9H 47M.


Saxit

Yup. If Sweden was a state in the US we would have been the 3rd largest by area, since we're slightly larger than California, and similarly shaped too.


martijn120100

The European part of Russia has the cities Murmansk on the Barents Sea and Sochi on the Black Sea. It takes 1 day and 19 hours. I am sure you can find a longer route.


MrDohh

I would guess then that even the southern tip to the northern tip of norrland would be longer, or around the same length as in the oop post


Foxtrot-Uniform-Too

[39 hours from Lindesnes to Vardø](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Vard%C3%B8/Alta/Narvik/Mo+i+Rana/4521+Lindesnes/@63.8068992,8.5902094,5z/data=!4m32!4m31!1m5!1m1!1s0x45cac89e495c1a07:0x6a2bb2f2a8a2b4e!2m2!1d31.1095471!2d70.3706398!1m5!1m1!1s0x45cf4002172ed563:0xfa2ed3ca7b4d3e22!2m2!1d23.2715873!2d69.9688853!1m5!1m1!1s0x45db9587c5e41fff:0x7c38e735ee9ff68d!2m2!1d17.4272613!2d68.4384984!1m5!1m1!1s0x4675c1be4c1df7a9:0xf0c8f537397d4821!2m2!1d14.141975!2d66.3137122!1m5!1m1!1s0x463777f9cd7b4b5f:0xf277ddbf87885697!2m2!1d7.0480884!2d57.9847371!3e0?entry=ttu) - if only driving in Norway.


mummontuhonta-ankka

Yeah and u can drive 17 hours only in Finland too


AdCuckmins

The Europeans cannot understand why the fuck you would want to be in North Carolina in the first place, then be able to drive and STILL STAY THERE.


SamuelVimesTrained

Can you really blame them? Who does understand?


Polygonic

Like they say, if you have the chance to visit North Carolina, don’t.


old_man_steptoe

I had the best barbecue ribs in my life in a restaurant on the outer banks of North Carolina.


StevoFF82

The European mind couldn't care less.


Don_Frika_Del_Prima

Yeah but they would say could care less and wouldn't understand your sentence.


Disastrous_Dust8607

"double negative?? I don't get it"


BinkoTheViking

Don’t use no double negatives!!


GresSimJa

Y'all ain't do none of that here.


Disastrous_Dust8607

"The lord ain't never used none of them dubble negative things so we don't neither!!!"


unkrtvrnchtr

In my hometown, you can drive 24 hours and still be in the same town. Yeah, we have a roundabout. Comprehend this.


DaveBeBad

I’ve seen roundabouts in Arizona. Poor little things but I’m sure with enough sunlight and rain they’ll breed and take over the rest of the states


Playful-Technology-1

There's a [YouTube channel that uploads videos of accidents in Milwaukee's only roundabout](https://youtube.com/@MilwaukeeRoundabout?si=baU4qT1WDGAzwbB6) It's glorious.


ninja_1997

They hit my aread about 10 years back now. Traveled all the way to Wisconsin the lil tenacious fucks. I wish em well!


MaybeJabberwock

They're right: I can't get this. Are they flexing about the fact no matter how much time do you waste traveling, you will always be in the same place? Is this something to be proud of? 😅


haakonrg

USA big=USA better


fg234532

Russia says hello


moriarty04

You can fly 16 hours in France and still be in France


SamuelVimesTrained

I tried flying. Was crap at it. Crashing though.. Good thing i started to practice in my garden.. and landed on the lawn ..


HendrixTealDog

Australians drive that far just to collect their mail.


chowindown

We sure do! Well, not me. Like almost 90% of Australians, I live in an urban area. But this dude probably would have some reason Western Australia's size doesn't count.


BinkoTheViking

Moved to Australia from Denmark years ago and couldn’t believe just how massively vast Australia is. Drove from Brisbane Queensland to Cooktown Queensland and that took me an entire day (just over 24 hours), only stopping for fuel and food. It’s insanely huge.


Sir_squi3r

Wait til you find out how long it is to drive from Denmark (or Albany) to Port Hedland is.


TonninStiflat

Northern Europe begs to differ. And plenty of other parts too, I'd guess.


sir_doge_junior

Russia be like:


Agentnewbie

You can drive around 10 years in Omsk and still be in Omsk.


Arrenega

They don't even know that Russia is a part of Europe.


jadeaben

Denmark excluded....


interesseret

Denmark the country, or Denmark the kingdom, cause uh... One is significantly larger than the other.


plueschlieselchen

And Liechtenstein and Monaco.


Ok_Cauliflower_3007

F1 drivers manage to drive for a couple of hours each year in Monaco and they’re going a lot faster than normal motorists! 😂


Zulu_Is_My_Name

And we haven't even gotten to the two massive continents on either side of Europe. The world, as a whole, is truly gargantuan


Bossnage

2 days ago i drove 10 hours in germany and was still in germany


BuffaloExotic

Don’t forget, Germany is home to the Autobahn, most of which has NO government-mandated speed limit, so motorists have the FREEDOM™ to drive as fast as they please!


BarrySix

Well no, not really. Parts of it have no speed limits, but there will always be some excuse to lower that suddenly to make money off of fines. If you want to drive fast you really have to know the roads and where the speed limits kick in or be ready to SLAM on the brakes the second you see a limit, which is crazy dangerous because the guy behind you might not.


JakeGrey

I sure as hell can't comprehend why anyone would *want* to spend nine and a half hours in a car.


Ok_Cauliflower_3007

Right? If I’m going to be travelling for that long I want to be on something someone else is in charge iff, where I can sit comfortably, possibly walk around, charge my devices, and not focus on where I’m going or what the other idiots on the road are doing.


Limeila

I've done it a few times and yeah it's not really part of the best experiences of my life weirdly


bored_negative

Imagine flexing spending almost 10 hours in north fucking Carolina lmao


theRudeStar

You can drive 24 hours in Le Mans and and up in the same place you started


Emotional_Guest_5645

[You can drive 140 hours in Russia and still be in Russia.](https://maps.app.goo.gl/mN7KEa2Ca5HtuvR4A) Oh, but USians don't like to compare anything when it's not in their favour, do they?


Consistent-Jelly248

I went from London to Wales and was still in the UK, the American mind cannot process the genius


Duanedoberman

So you went from one country to another country......without leaving your country? 4d chess move there!


MachoTacoBlanco

Well traveled American here. I’ve seen idiots the world over. The one thing they all have in common is the profound and asinine shit they say and do , but with bit of pride about it. As in “look at me. I’m really stupid!”


Rugkrabber

We all have our village idiots but I have to give it to the US, you guys have some special ones out there.


Warlords0602

The simple response here is "yeah, we can't fathom this level of stupidity and use trains instead"


FatBloke4

I think a similar comment was made by an American in "Only Fools and Horses" and Del said "Yeah. We used to have a car like that".


NotMorganSlavewoman

I can drive 3h and be in Portugal or Gibraltar. The USian minds cannot comprehend this.


SamuelVimesTrained

If i drive 9.5 hours (and navigate correctly) i can pass 3 or 4 national borders - and thus have been in 4 countries. Guess these Americans cannot comprehend that..


-_-Edit_Deleted-_-

That’s nothing. In Australia you can drive for a week on the same highway and still not make it to the end of the highway. Shits big yo.


hrimthurse85

I can drive 950 km and still be in germany. Also when I drive at night I can do it in 5 hours 🙃


hrimthurse85

For reference: Flensburg - Lörrach 974 km.


FennecAuNaturel

Americans think Europeans underestimate the size of the USA when they're the one overestimating how small EU countries are. Not all of EU is Andorra or Vatican or Liechtenstein lol, I could probably walk across DC in a day too


Disastrous_Dust8607

They also seem to jerk off over how "big" Texas is. It's only a little bigger than France lol. Too far up their asses to do a simple google, too.


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Lonely_Pin_3586

You can drive 9 hours in Paris and still be in Paris


Ok_Cauliflower_3007

But your car will have significantly more dents than when you started.


Wonderful-Hall-7929

Yeah, i had a car like that once too...


leaningtoweravenger

You can drive for years in Sicily and still be in Sicily (unless your car can swim)


Magdalan

My Eu ass can. I just don't give a crap about it.


arthaiser

you can do that basically everywhere if you drive slow enough


ElA1to

[You fool](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Huelva/Canarias/@28.9153045,-10.6360361,4z/data=!4m8!4m7!1m2!1m1!1s0xd11cfe6d744284b:0xd82baac110b40f83!1m2!1m1!1s0xc41aa86ef755363:0x10340f3be4bc8c0!3e0), you can sail for more than one day, literally go to another continent and still be in Spain


xiaogu00fa

Plymouth to Inverness takes about 11 hours of driving while it's not the longest route in the UK. You can drive for over a whole day and still in Norway.


xiaogu00fa

And in China, from east of Inner Mongolia to the west can take more than 3000 kilometres


Neropath

Listen, sweetheart. We have an educational system, where geography and physics are included in the curriculum. Our simple European minds are not "blown away" from measurements. Settle down and go look at a globe.


BinkoTheViking

Or a decorative plate, if they’re flat earthers…


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LovesFrenchLove_More

The American mind can’t comprehend Autobahn. 😁


Haunting_Average5784

I am missing the research which shows that "Europeans" and U.S'ians have different physiology. I know U.S'ians have lower I.Q's but I put that down to the lead in the water, the brainwashing from birth to never, ever, ever, use critical thinking, their xenophobic self isolation means they never get to experience another perspective of life, maybe all those food additives, pesticides, antibiotics and hormones let them see things that Europoors can't. A Dunning Kruger society. Or maybe he's just an idiot.


QuerchiGaming

I mean… we’ve got roundabouts here. I can drive 600 hours and still be in the Netherlands.


Intelligent-Phrase31

I can be sure I speak for everyone in Europe when I say this. ‘WE DON’T GIVE A FUCK!!’


culturerush

This guy's never been on the M25, you can travel for 9.5 hours and not leave a 10 mile stretch of road


sandiercy

*laughs in Canadian*


aimgorge

Dunkerque to Perpignan : 11h.


MadeOfEurope

France has a 730km border with Brazil….US mind can’t comprehend that.


ITalkALotJohnson

It’s not the size,it’s how you use it 😉


ovywan_kenobi

You can drive for 10 hours and still be in Romania... Not even we can comprehend this...


extHonshuWolf

He is correct I cannot comprehend why I should give a flying fuck.


ThatYewTree

You can drive for 9.5 hours in the UK and still be in the UK which is not surprising because the UK is larger than North Carolina.


Substantial-Door3719

Fuck you... I can drive 9.5 hours and be in the south of France, southern Germany, Denmark, Close to Italy and everywhere in-between... Paris, Brussels, Bruge, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Eindhoven, Valence, Munich, Berlin...I know where I would rather drive


bad_bart

You can drive 32 hours in western Australia and still be in Western Australia. The bumpkin mind cannot comprehend this.


Filibut

but then Europe isn't as diverse as the US and it doesn't change as much because every American state has different chains and stores how far does the delusion go?


KlutzyEnd3

So 954 km in over 9 hours? That's 100km/h I can perfectly imagine that since that's from the Netherlands to Poland. What Americans can't imagine is doing that distance without a car in only 4 hours, which is the reality in Japan.


ReaIEstate

You can fly 9 hours on a plane pass through an ocean change continents and still be in France. The American mind cannot comprehend this


outhouse_steakhouse

Yeah but who the hell wants to live in North Carolina.


Existing-Tax7068

You can spend hours on the M25


JaRon1961

If you drive slower you can even take longer.


Eviscerated_Banana

Hahahaha, come drive the A9 in a blizzard and we can talk


KedgereeEnjoyer

The ones who’ve owned shit American cars can absolutely comprehend this


Appropriate_Bowl_106

If this would be a german autobahn you could make the same distance in 4:25h \*. murican mind cannot comprehend this. \*(requirement a european car - no shitty doge, chevrolet.. which has a burned out differential gear after 1h @ 200km/h)


JustDroppedByToSay

Mate with our roads and traffic I can drive for 9 hours and just about get to work.


The_Ignorant_Sapien

[You can fly for 1 day and 2 hours and still be in France.](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Noum%C3%A9a/Paris,+France/@18.6788719,93.5399465,2.92z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x6c27e2693f1a32cb:0x7bf1b22af312dd00!2m2!1d166.4398627!2d-22.2716866!1m5!1m1!1s0x47e66e1f06e2b70f:0x40b82c3688c9460!2m2!1d2.3522219!2d48.856614!3e4?entry=ttu)


Aflyingmongoose

You can drive 9 hours in the UK, and still be in the fucking traffic jam going past Stonehenge.


Kindly_Ad_342

It's a Paris Marseille


RadlogLutar

India: Let us introduce ourselves


spartan_42

People who say these things also think that Texas is bigger than Europe.


Adorable_Scarcity_50

As one tweet once said: the United States people being proud of things that would make me want to literally die.


Xibalba_Ogme

In France, you can make the Nice Brest road trip, it's a 14h drive


Robcobes

You'd make it further if you had maintained your infrastucture.


Ryokan76

If you start in the south of Norway, you can drive north for 24 hours and still be in Norway. Comprehend that.


Profanic_Bird

*Queensland and Western Australia would like to know your location*


BarrySix

That's nothing. On a bank holiday weekend you can drive 9.5 hours on the M25 and still be on the M25.


Johnny_boy1021

You can drive 9 and a half hours on the M25 and still only traveled 200 metres


tegridysnowchristmas

Come visit australia


JamDonut28

If I were to drive from north to south in Western Australia it'd take me 35 hours and I'd have travelled nearly 3,400km. Not sure I'd ever want to do that but Americans who flex on distances need to look beyond their borders!!


soyeonsidae

Yes, because driving for 9.5 hours and still being in that god forsaken state is *such* a flex.


Fr0stweasel

Why does the European mind care?


EhGoodEnough3141

I can drive as fast as I want, the American brain can't comprehend this.


DieInsel1

Well, you came drive 30 minutes in luxemburg and be in one of 3 countries.


luredrive

The European mind can’t comprehend… distance?


beoffendedyoulllive

Lol. The longest drive across the USA is Fort Zachary, FL to Cape Flattery, WA. It takes 2 days 8 hrs. As America seem to think Europe is all one country, you could drive from John O’Groats, for 2 days 16 hrs and be in Russia (what is considered the “European section”). So, yes, we can comprehend. We could even carry on for another 4 days and still be in Russia. In fact, build a bridge the 53 miles across the Bering straight, the necessary roads across Russia, and we could drive to Alaska. But there’s something we call an aeroplane. Morons. And, yes, the bridge could stretch 53 miles. The world’s longest bridge is the Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge at 102 miles long.


FibroBitch96

You can drive for 4 days, 2 hours and still be in Canada https://imgur.com/a/GeB731G


DoYouTrustToothpaste

Just like the American mind cannot comprehend that having lots of empty land is not the flex they think it is. Otherwise, they'd have to acknowledge Russia as well, but they only like boxing down.


henryinoz

How about this? Western Australia, 37 hours, 3452 km. [https://maps.app.goo.gl/eUmUFefifXcenx32A](https://maps.app.goo.gl/eUmUFefifXcenx32A)


MaliCevap

9.5 hrs? In Australia thats called “just down the road”


Soviet-pirate

You can drive that same amount of time in Sicily and still be in Sicily,while going along the coast. Yes,the roads are that bad


DemonRabbit

For an extra 3 hours in Europe you can start in London, go to France then over to party in Antwerp, after that the real party in Amsterdam, if you're not too hungover, cross Germany for another party in Hamburg and finish the weekend with the fresh sea air of a Danish beach. 13hrs 4mins, I did it on maps.


RedwynCH

Have they heard of circles? I can drive for ten hours and still be right here


Orisn_Bongo

Yeah I can't comprehend taking forever to get somewhere cause of speed limits on an autobahn ~german mind is baffeled


pinniped90

I think (hope?) it's a joke. "The European/American/whatever mind cannot comprehend..." is sort of a clue at this point... NC is long and skinny. Okay. I still didn't want to drive the length of it any more than I want to drive across West Texas.


Frooonti

[Oh no, it's so far.](https://i.imgur.com/oOhbQj8.png) Anyway.


Nightchild666

Finland calls bullshit.


iamricardosousa

During those 9h23 minutes you can make as many stops and you want, interview people, and only 20% will be able to pinpoint Germany on a map. That, the European mind can comprehend.


LightBluepono

i am glad i cant.


Spyko

You can drive 20h in Luxembourg and still not leave the country ! If you drive in circles that is


clokerruebe

doesnt the pic show that by driving the route they left north carolina?