25 Things From Different Countries That Can Really Startle Visitors

You can learn about other countries from history books, guides, and even from people‘s reviews. But if you want the most in-depth knowledge about a country, you need to contact the locals.

We at CHEERY looked at the users that publish some interesting things about life in their countries, and found a lot of interesting facts, including how people act during a hailstorm.

“Crosswalks in Korea have light bars on the ground to signal people.”

“In Colombia, you can get water in bags.”

“In Japan, fire hydrants are often under colorful manhole covers.”

“In Romania, there is a panel measuring air quality in my city, as the air gets dirtier the ’lungs’ get darker.”

“I am from Chile. The cereal can’t have cartoons on the boxes.”

“In Greece, you can buy water in carton containers.”

“In a French village, they have camouflaged (some of) the rubbish bins to have less visual impact on the village.”

“The Ronald McDonald statues in Thailand greet you with the traditional Wai bow.”

“Meat-vending machine in Germany.”

“I live in rural Virginia. The Lowe’s store here adds stickers to their freezers to advertise that you can store bear and deer meat in them.”

“In Korea, single-use water bottles don’t have plastic wrapping to allow for easy recycling.”

“Some grocery carts in Japan are designed to stack vertically to cut down on aisle congestion.”

“TV remote in Peru has a button for soccer.”

“In Rotterdam, we have free public bike repair stations.”

“In Nepal, the Pringles mascot has different facial expressions depending on the flavor.”

“In Turkey (Istanbul), people covered their cars after the meteorology said there will be hail.”

“In Mexico, all products containing ’excessive amounts of sugar, calories, or other potentially harmful substances’ has to be clearly marked. Basically, everything, from coke to smoothies, has at least one marking.”

“In Finland, there are buttons to thank the bus driver.”

“Monks get priority seating on public transportation in Thailand.”

“How a Coke bottle looks in Vietnam.”

“My hotel phone in Iceland has a special button that will wake you up if there are northern lights in the sky.”

“This tiny self-driving bus in Berlin.”

“In Luxembourg, you can buy Toast with the crust already cut off.”

“Store in Kuwait has a testing area for shoes.”

“Mcdonald’s in China.”

What things amazed you about other countries the most? Are there any special things in your country other people wouldn’t understand?