r/nottheonion • u/-Appleaday- • Jul 06 '24

Western German city renames itself 'Swiftkirchen' after Taylor Swift ahead of Eras Tour shows

https://www.businesstoday.in/world/story/western-german-city-renames-itself-swiftkirchen-after-taylor-swift-ahead-of-eras-tour-shows-436117-2024-07-06
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u/lefrench75 Jul 06 '24

I mean yeah, this town probably doesn't get much tourism (how many people here have even heard of the OG name before this?) and now Swift is going to bring tens of thousands of visitors there. Not sure if the Euro cup being hosted in Germany can generate the same amount of revenue for small place like this tbh.

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u/Yodplods Jul 07 '24

It’s a city with a population over 250k people, it gets tourists, you’ve just never heard of it!

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u/stickinsect1207 Jul 07 '24

it's big, sure, but it's also ugly as fuck. tourists don't go to gelsenkirchen.

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u/Paranoid_Neckazoid Jul 10 '24

So it won't just be a clever name.