Quirky News
From the weird to the wonderful, The Euro Weekly News stand out as a news source with their articles about wonderful shows of human kindness, to controversial TikTok trends and everything else you wouldn’t expect! Reporting on quirky events around the world, British expats and international travellers can easily stay up to date, or seek a bit of entertainment.
Wild peacocks overrun tiny Italian village intimidating locals and terrifying children
Residents in Punta Marina near Ravenna are having to put up with the constant disruption from a booming peacock population that is now taking over...
Would you let astrology guide your next move? Why travellers are turning to the stars and what choosing Spain says about you
Would you let astrology choose your next move? It’s a question more travellers are beginning to ask, as star signs, birth charts and astrocartography move...
Switzerland has a new ‘King’ – kind of. Man exploits legal loophole to build an empire
Switzerland has a new King. At least 117,000 square metres of Switzerland has a new King, as one aspiring monarch builds an empire through legal...
Phallic flight fury: Finnish Air Force cadets in trouble for sky drawings
Finnish Air Force cadets have found themselves in serious trouble after turning the sky into their very own canvas, drawing "penis-shaped" patterns during a training...
IKEA’s meatball lollipop is real, yes really real.
If you’ve ever looked at IKEA’s famous Swedish meatballs and thought to yourself ‘This needs to be on a stick’ then you’re in luck. IKEA...
Striking gold: man finds €30,000 gold bar in second-hand safe
There's nothing quite as good as finding a long-forgotten fiver in your jean pocket. Except maybe finding a gold-bar bar worth more than €30,000 in...
Could robots solve Europe’s growing wild boar problem? Warsaw experiment goes viral
Poland has come up with a novel way to get rid of packs of roaming wild boars from busy towns and cities, and it is...
Viral mattress trailer siesta stunt on Spanish motorway causes laughter and double-takes
Motorway traffic between Seville and Huelva delivered an unforgettable roadside moment recently. Drivers witnessed a car towing an open trailer piled high with mattresses from...
Senior pilot takes last flight on Boeing 757 on hair-raising low flyby over mum’s house
Icelandair has reported one of their own pilots to the police after he flew a Boeing 757 at an unusually low altitude over a residential...
Scientists have accidentally been contaminating their own microplastic studies with their gloves
In the world of science, researchers often expect the unexpected, or so I read once on a bumper sticker. But even seasoned scientists have been...
He used ChatGPT to sell his home – and walked away with €100,000 more than expected
It sounds like an April 1 story, but it isn’t. A homeowner has managed to sell his property for around €100,000 more than estate agents...
Crunching metal and gritting teeth: You won’t believe how this police pursuit ended
A 35-year-old Dutch man has been sentenced to six months in prison following a chaotic pursuit in North Brabant, the Netherlands, that concluded with a...
Madrid shop pays €300 for epic public siesta: Meet the winner snoozing in a shop window
In the heart of bustling Madrid, a quirky campaign is turning heads by paying people to take a siesta in public. Colours of Madrid, a...
Craig David’s epic fish fail – have you seen the viral video?
It didn’t take Seven Days for Craig David to go viral this week - just one flying fish and a well-intentioned rescue that went spectacularly...