Ballermann Holidaymakers Notice It Immediately – Mallorca Place Suddenly Means Completely Different

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Born out of a beer mood? El Arenal suddenly means "drunken people" on map and weather apps – and an FDP politician thinks loudly about a new name for his party.

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Is it a delayed April joke? A popular location in Mallorca has been renamed into several apps.

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On the island of Mallorca, the famous El Arenal party area has been renamed "Drunkards or Betrunkene" (i.e. "The Ivrognes") in Apple's Maps and Weather applications. This change, visible for several days, is not a simple bug but raises questions about the validation of cartographic data and acts as a scathing criticism of local mass tourism.

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Party tourism, plenty of alcohol and drunken holidaymakers: This is how you know the well-known beach area in the Bay of Palma on the Balearic Islands island of Mallorca. A few entries on Apple maps cast curious names.

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If you're planning your holiday at Playa de Palma, Apple Maps currently has a surprising place name. The coastal strip at the party village of El Arenal suddenly bears a name that sounds more like a condition description.

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In Mallorca there seems to be a new district in the popular seaside resort of El Arenal. There the area around the beer king is called Apple maps since the latest "drunken".