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    2. GobiPLX on

      Fake, I’m from Poland and my car doesn’t have license ‚GD 279AV‘, it doesnt even start with GD.

    3. Saltire_Blue on

      I will point out you can also get plates with a Scottish/Welsh/English flag or no flag on them at all within the UK

    4. perrygoundhunter on

      North Americas are so superior in the shape, personality and simplicity

      Clear euro L

    6. Calahan44 on

      FYI the small number on the right side of the French license plate (like the ’18‘ in this image) represents the **département**. Each French **département** has its own number; for example, 18 stands for **Cher**. These numbers used to be a permanent part of the registration but not anymore. You can now choose any département you like. Some people opt for **2A or 2B** (Corsica), even if they have never been there, in the hopes that others will be less likely to ‚mess‘ with their car!

    11. -grenzgaenger- on

      For Belgium, these are the „new“ plates (format started about 15 years ago). The classic format was 3 letters and 3 digits. They added the front digit because they ran out of combinations. There are however still lots of „old“ plates in use, as the plates are attached to the owner, not the vehicle.

    12. SafeImpressive4413 on

      In Andorra we have so many cars now that they have added a second letter, so it’s XX 0000 now

      We also have personalized plates

    13. kel89 on

      I’m biased but I feel like the Irish ones are the most straightforward, or used to be at least. They changed it slightly in 2013. Before that, the number on the left was the year the car was registered, so 12 for 2012. The middle letter is the county it was registered, so 12-D for Dublin. Then the final number was what number the car was on the list _to be_ registered. So something like 12-D-1765 would be pretty easy to decipher.

      It seems that one of the reasons it changed in 2013 was the potential for people being put off from buying a car because they wouldn’t want unlucky number 13 in their reg.

    14. LazyLieutenant on

      Random info: The Danish license plate belonged to a now-scrapped Fiat Panda, first registered on January 3, 1997.

    15. jckipps on

      I learned that in Ireland, the plate number is assigned to the vehicle when it’s first purchased, and then it wears that same number through multiple owners until it reaches the junkyard. Is that the case in the rest of Europe as well?

      That makes far more sense than the American method, where each new owner needs to install a plate on that vehicle.

      All that a license plate needs to be is an easily-identifiable representation of that specific vehicle. The owner at the time shouldn’t matter.

    16. eti_erik on

      I dislike how they all lok so similar nowadays. The variety was much larger when I grew up in the 70s/80s, even though we only had half the number of countries at most (since we’d never see cars from the Eastern block in the west).

      The ones that stand out for design are, in no particular order:

      1. Belgium. Cool font, nice color.

      2. Liechtenstein. For keeping up with a dark background. I know why the’re always white or yellow now (visiblity, not of the plate but of the car) but black plates look so much cooler

      3. Finland. Very cool font.

      4. Switzerland. Nice font and a nice typically Swiss look.

      5. Sweden. The ones with a sticker in the middle were ugly, but the new ones look quite cool in a Finnish sort of way.

      6. That one Channel island that has black plates.

      7. The yellow plate ones only because they’re not white. It’s not actually nicer.

      8. The blue font ones only because it’s not black. I don’t really like it, though.

      9. Serbia and Andorra are so ugly that they’re actually nice, in a way.

      The rest just sinks in mediocrity.

    18. pixelsinner on

      Am I the only one getting serious Pokemon vibes right now (as it „get them all“)?

    20. Ok-Push9899 on

      The very first ‘advanced tip” I learned playing Geoguessr was what Portugal had a yellow band. My world view was shattered when they dropped that. Why oh why, Portugal? I knew where I stood with you!

    21. IoIoIoYoIoIoI on

      What is the black plate wiith white lettering? Liechtenstein (to wit Fuerstentum or whatever the exact word for „principality“ is in German, ie FL)?

    25. VonWiking on

      I always liked the old French plates, black with silver lettering. So classy.

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