Home to just over 100 people, the sleepy village of F**king in Austria is famous for two things. One is pretty obvious; the other is the unbelievable level of road sign theft the town has faced. So irritated was local police chief Commander Schmitzberger that he publicly warned tourists, "we will not stand for the F**king signs being removed ... what is this big F**king joke?" F**king welcome signs over the years have been subject to so many disappearing acts at the hands of trouble making English-speaking tourists, that last decade, the village cried 'enough!' and took action - by arranging to have new signs bolted and welded into the ground, rendering them virtually impossible to steal. Problem solved! Right? Oh, so wrong... Yes - sadly, the harrassment of the F**king sign does not end there. Many a prankster tourist has caused a disturbance by posing crudely beside the sign and uploading their ever-so-inventive snaps to the internet - and worse. In 2009, CCTV cameras were installed dissuade visitors from taking things one step further and actually - yup - having sex in front of the sign. It's true - with all of Austria's history, attractions and glorious architecture, some visit this gorgeous European country to fornicate in a small village. Because you definitely can't do that anywhere else in the world...
Stephanie is a writer and free spirit who likes to pretend she's a Londoner, though strictly speaking she's from Watford. She likes books, music, elephants, and hairspray.
