Today's addition to the YOYWYW banner brings one of the most famous and most blagged things in Austrian history.
The small village of FUCKING lies near Salzburg in the Tarsdorf municipality and is a place that tourists flock to in their droves to have their picture taken next to the sign at the entrance to the village. Not only has the signpost become a pictorial must-have, but it has also been stolen so many times that the Local authorities have tried every possible means of attaching the Fucking signposts to the ground. Current projects involve embedding the signs in concrete and welding several poles together. But this has done little to dissuade raggamuffins from trying to loot the items.
The problem has caused so much trouble that in 2004 matters came to a head and a referendum was taken on whether the village's name should be changed. Thankfully the 104 Fucking inhabitants decided against this and it Fucking remains.
Amazingly the residents even refuse to capitalise on their village's fame. One resident produced T Shirts which were frowned upon by the locals and he was forced to stop trying to sell his 'I like Fucking in Austria' garments....genius.
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