The Luxembourg WurstIf other countries used their names as Luxembourg does with 'Letz'

RTL Today
The key to successful tourism development is turning your country’s name into a clever and/or cheesy English pun.

Luxembourg (Lëtzebuerg) is lucky insofar that there are hundreds or thousands of ways to play around with “Letz.” What if other European countries tried to get in on the action?

France (France)
Francey a glass of wine?

Germany (Deutschland)
Deutschntcha wanna come for a visit?

Italy (Italia)
Italia a secret: Tuscany is beautiful

The Netherlands (Nederland)
Ned some weed? Go somewhere else

Belgium (België / Belgique)
Bella ciao, come to Belgium. Wait, why did we use Italian?

Spain (España)
Es is the first letter of sexy

Switzerland (Schwiiz)
Once, twice, Schwiiz

Austria (Österreich)
Come for the skiing, stay for the Ös-pitality

Croatia (Hrvatska: haa·vat·skuh)
Hrvatn’t you always wanted to visit the Dalmatian Coast?

Czech Republic (Czechia)
Czech us out

Latvia (Latvija)
Latvi show you my nice country

Sweden (Sverige: sveuh·ree·uh)
Sevrige good country for tourism

Romania (România)
Ro, ro, ro your boat to Romania

Poland (Polska)
The polls all say Poland is great!

Finland (Suomi: soo·ow·mee)
Sue, you owe me a visit!
(Targeted at potential tourists named Sue)

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