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Bonsoir/Bonjour and welcome to today's #checkin. Today was the second and last day of the folkmetal festival here in Janzé in France. A couple of great bands and also very welcoming people. Today there was also a local group who did Brittonic Chansons in the Bretonic language. All the staff people were totally excited when we told them that we had come all the way from Germany to their little village to attend their festival.
A little quirk, the village is known for their quality chicken meat, and they have a statue of a chicken:
So what quirky thing is your city/village known for? Can be positive or negative, for example most traffic jams in the region or some (famous) person who lived there or an unusual mascot?
For example, Paderborn is either known as Partyborn or Paderboring among the students and also sometimes known as Ampelborn (traffic light) because of the many red lights you encounter.
Greetings… Ahoj! Aloha! Bom dia! Bonjour! Bună! Ciao! G’day! Geia sas! Günaydın, صباح الخير , בוקר טוב 你好! Håfa Adai! Hi! Hei! Hello! Hallo! Hei! Hola! Howdy! Halō! Kamusta! Kia Orana! Kon’nichiwa! Mabuhay! Moi! Namaste! Ni Hao! Neih hou! Pagi! Saluton! Sawasdee! Shwmae! Γειάσας! Talofa! Terve!😄
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Welcome to #checkin for Sunday, July 6, 2025!
Bonsoir/Bonjour and welcome to today's #checkin. Today was the second and last day of the folkmetal festival here in Janzé in France. A couple of great bands and also very welcoming people. Today there was also a local group who did Brittonic Chansons in the Bretonic language. All the staff people were totally excited when we told them that we had come all the way from Germany to their little village to attend their festival.
A little quirk, the village is known for their quality chicken meat, and they have a statue of a chicken:
So what quirky thing is your city/village known for? Can be positive or negative, for example most traffic jams in the region or some (famous) person who lived there or an unusual mascot?
For example, Paderborn is either known as Partyborn or Paderboring among the students and also sometimes known as Ampelborn (traffic light) because of the many red lights you encounter.
Greetings… Ahoj! Aloha! Bom dia! Bonjour! Bună! Ciao! G’day! Geia sas! Günaydın, صباح الخير , בוקר טוב 你好! Håfa Adai! Hi! Hei! Hello! Hallo! Hei! Hola! Howdy! Halō! Kamusta! Kia Orana! Kon’nichiwa! Mabuhay! Moi! Namaste! Ni Hao! Neih hou! Pagi! Saluton! Sawasdee! Shwmae! Γειάσας! Talofa! Terve!😄
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@((( David "Kahomono" Frier )))
@Muse
@Christoph S
@s banerian
@Bob Lai
@Carsten Raddatz
@su ann lim
In Memoriam
@Stan McCann (Uncle Pirate)
@Corinne Howell
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naked_Cowboy
American street performer
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Healesville is famous for it's Australian native animal sanctuary. It's one of only two places where platypuses have been successfully bred in captivity.
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My city ( area ) is mostly known for corrupt politicians. But also GoGo music, a DC style
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Mustang
statue at Denver airport
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But enough about Santa Cruz...
Did you know that Petaluma, California is (or was) the Chicken Capital of the World, and also the Arm Wrestling Capital of the World?
But Castroville (not far from Santa Cruz) is the "Artichoke Center Of The World" (I don't know why it isn't the Artichoke Heart) and it had as its 1947 Artichoke Queen and unknown actress, named Norma Jean - later Marilyn Monroe (she also went to my high school in LA.)
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stefani banerian
As for quirks, you can easily find out where Kurt Cobain lived when we was in the city.
Also, there is an evangenital church "Come as you are"
FWIW, those are hints to the musical lyrics that i posted in a previous checkin.
Olympia was one of the "Riot Grrl" homes
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Don't forget about Gilroy California, the Garlic Capitol of the World.
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And then there is Lindsay, California - which has (or had) as a slogan - "Lindsay, Great Town, Greater Olive" (or something like that).
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Other than that, an icon is the East Berlin TV tower. Not an animal, but it is ev-ery-whe-re in logos, silhouettes, and whatnot.
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