boring cities

List of The Most Boring Cities in the World 




  • Westlock, Alberta, Canada. It’s basically just a few houses in the middle of nowhere. But nice. And there is a Tim Horton’s and an A&W, but the rest of it is home entertainment. I actually liked it so much at one point, I thought I might live there.
  • Pilgrimstad, Jämtland, Sweden. Yes, there is a brewery there, and a marina. Oh, and a holy spring, hence the name. But that’s it. Not even a convenience store. If you are stuck there, all you can do is sit by the lake, watch the boats, pray a bit, and think about all that beer in the brewery:
  • Heathrow Feltham, England. Really the only thing you can do there is wait for a flight out. And that’s what pretty much everyone does. The rest are probably saving up for it:
  • Middlemarch, Otago, New Zealand. Yes, they have a café. Other than that… just lots of quiet.
  • Munich, Germany. I know, I hear the masses cry out “Whhaaatt!?” But it is true. There is something unbelievably dead about Munich. It’s dead in a pretty way, but it still is. Not as in, “nothing going on,” because there is stuff going on there. It just doesn’t seem to have a soul. And yes, I would know. I grew up there.
  • Derby, England. You’d think a place with a name like that is worth visiting, but when you do… uh-oh. Nothing to see here, folks. Go to Nottingham.
  • Filadelfia, Chaco Boreal, Paraguay. While most of Paraguay gives you the thrill of easily falling prey to a mugging at knife point, Filadelfia is a comparably pious settlement dominated by German speaking Mennonites, where you can basically just sit and drink lemonade, and visit a museum with stuffed animals. You’re basically done there in 12 minutes.




















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