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.
€1 kebabs cause havoc in Germany as hungry crowd pelts police with stones and an e-scooter
Hundreds of youngsters turned up for a €1 kebab at a new shop in Dortmund on Sunday, and before long police officers were dodging stones,...
More than 3,000 tarantulas stuffed in dirty socks caught on their way to Germany
Something inside three suitcases at Lima airport was moving, and it turned out to be more than 3,000 tarantulas, from eggs and hatchlings to full-grown...
‘An insult to Italian culture’: Chef fired after refusing to put pineapple on pizza
There are some things Italians take very seriously: their coffee, their pasta, their nonna, their olive oil and, apparently, the right of a pizza to...
Archaeologists haul 30kg stone from Norwegian seabed that could be the world’s oldest anchor
A grooved lump of rock, far too heavy to be a fishing net weight, has been lifted from 20 metres down off Norway, and archaeologists...
Army bargains: Spain auctions bulldozer and military equipment
Buying a Spanish Army bulldozer for around €1,500 might sound like the perfect Christmas gift for some gardeners who have everything, but Spain's Ministry of...
London’s mystery ‘Batman’ is buying drivers petrol and paying parking fines – but who is he?
Drivers who pulled into a south-east London petrol station for a routine fill-up were handed £70 (€84) fuel vouchers by a man in a Batman...
A sandwich without mayo lands Spanish bar customer in prison
Imagine popping into a bar for a something to eat, fancying a little mayonnaise with it, and being told there isn’t any. Most people would...
Wrong turn! Hapless Granada theft suspect runs straight into Guardia Civil HQ
A suspected shop thief in Granada managed to turn a getaway into an unexpected meeting with the law after apparently running into the very headquarters...
Ryanair’s cheeky ‘stop doing skincare’ request leaves flyers fuming – and the replies are savage
Passengers have hit back hard and hilarious after Ryanair told them to ditch mid-air beauty routines on short flights. The budget carrier, already famous for...
200km/h police chase ends with wanted driver trying to hitchhike home
A 23-year-old driver in Cordoba turned a routine police stop into one of the more unusual escapes of the year. Local officers tried to pull...
Hitler Mussolini wins election for left wing party
A politician named Hitler Mussolini has won a mayoral election representing a party of the centre left. And in an extraordinary coincidence, this is not...
Watch: Elon Musk unveils ‘flying’ Tesla that flips through the air in extraordinary footage
Blade Runner, Star Wars, Back to the Future... Since seeing some of these films, many of us have dreamt about owning a flying car and...
Would you like to see an “Elvis” caiman or a handstanding leopard? Now you can, as nature’s funniest photos have been revealed
We all need a bit of light relief from how serious day to day life can get, and the 2026 Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards can...
Forget cat cafes: Serbia now has a cafe where alpacas roam between the tables
Serbia has put a quirky new spin on the animal cafe trend, with customers now able to enjoy a coffee while six alpacas wander around...