The verdict is in: Europeans are obsessed with rural America for the 2026 World Cup
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The 2026 FIFA World Cup is officially underway, as fans from all over the world descend on North America to watch the great game.
With that, many people who have never seen America up close get a first-hand account of how great this country can be if you really stop and embrace all it has to offer.
USA fans celebrate a goal during the international friendly match between the United States and Germany at Soldier Field in Chicago, Ill., on June 6, 2026. (Photos by Michael Miller/ISI)
The internet became intimately familiar with a German fan named Freddy documenting his travels in the American South, but everyone’s favorite dude from Deutschland isn’t the only foreign soccer fan to have the United States in awe.
While pickup trucks, country music and trips to Hooters may be familiar to many of you reading this, for a British fan who took a trip to the beautiful US-of-A, it was a mind-blowing experience that few Europeans could understand.
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Look at the joy! And who could blame him?
He probably went from eating fish and chips with a side of mashed peas to taking off a winged basket surrounded by beautiful women.
United States fans check security as they arrive to watch training in Irvine, California, on June 8, 2026. (Kirby Lee/Images)
You may not know this, but refills are not free in many European countries.
Fear! But it gets worse. They don’t even put ice in your drinks there.
Check out this Italian rocking his world by getting endless refills on his cold soda.
Calm down, killer! We’re not using real sugar here, so who knows what a dozen of those will do to your body.
Ribs sit on the dip rack while John Witt prepares to move the ribs on Nov. 13, 2022, during the Kansas City Barbeque Society World Invitational Championship at Noccalula Falls Park in Gadsden. Witt is part of the Chicago-based Shmack Q BBQ team. Kcbs World Invitational Championship
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But nothing compares to the pure joy the Scottish man experienced when he headed to the mecca of gas stations: Buc-ee’s.
If you’ve never been to one, you’re missing out, but I’ll let our Scottish guest here explain, in detail, what’s so amazing about this form of capitalism.
“A gas station mixed with Disney World wrapped in a gift shop,” is an apt description of Buc-ee’s, I don’t think I could have done a better job myself.
Speaking of Scotland, what about the Scots who rented a house in Boston for the World Cup and decided to share the song of their people with other neighbors at 6 in the morning?
And I’m not talking about a Bluetooth speaker, either.
Their weapon of choice? Pipes.
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If I had to be woken up by music, I’d probably take the bagpipes over Taylor Swift or Bad Bunny, so good on these Scots for a change.
And it’s not just Europeans.
Check out this Japanese sports reporter who came to the Land of the Rising Sun to sample some of the local fare.
I bet they don’t have Nashville hot chicken or GooGoo Clusters at home.
Just unbelievable.
This is really what the World Cup is all about, showing visitors all the best our country has to offer.
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It started with Freddy and went through countless visitors from faraway lands showing everything that makes America special.
An advertisement for the 2026 FIFA World Cup is shown during the Major League Soccer match between Toronto FC and FC Cincinnati at BMO Field in Toronto, Ont., on April 11, 2026. (Indrawan Kumala/NurPhoto)
Like I said before, you don’t have to be from Europe or Japan to enjoy what we have here in the United States.
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It has become almost “fashionable” to dismiss America as a wasteland or cultureless, but there is so much beauty everywhere.
I hope that at the end of this year’s World Cup, everyone will have their eyes open to the fact that this country is great, and it shouldn’t take a lot of tourists to tell us that.
