I play a lot of online poker and in the profiles on the table it displays the placename of the person.
I often ask where precisely they are because I know a lot of American places have European names, Canadian ones too.
It's not always clear if they are from east or west of the Atlantic.
I was just wondering how many Americans on here live in a place with a European twin or close to a town that shares it's name with somewhere European.


I used to live in Holland and Beverwijk is one of my fave places.

Beverwijk received city rights in 1298. Around 1640, a town called Beverwyck was founded in the dutch colony of New Netherland, this town's modern name is Albany, New York.
psychocat Reviewed by psychocat on . Europe / America I play a lot of online poker and in the profiles on the table it displays the placename of the person. I often ask where precisely they are because I know a lot of American places have European names, Canadian ones too. It's not always clear if they are from east or west of the Atlantic. I was just wondering how many Americans on here live in a place with a European twin or close to a town that shares it's name with somewhere European. I used to live in Holland and Beverwijk is one of Rating: 5