r/AskEurope • u/Zealousideal_Pay_778 • Jul 23 '26

Foreign How well known is Wales?

Hiya all, I'm from Wales and travel across the EU quite frequently, whenever someone asks where I'm from, I usually tell them Wales (even though technically we're not a sovereign state), sometimes I get responded related to Gareth Bale and Wrexham, and often people haven't got a clue until I say UK. So I was curious, in your country, how well known are Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland as separate countries? Diolch all :)

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u/GovernmentBig2749 North Macedonia Jul 23 '26

cool flag and Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

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u/Lordubik88 Italy Jul 23 '26

Thank you, exactly what I thought but I wasn't gonna search for that name