Homer was already talking about souvenirs in ‘The Odyssey’, so with so many years of history it is normal that each time it tries to innovate more in terms of gifts dealsalthough innovating does not always go hand in hand with getting it right.

If you go to Gibraltar, you take a stuffed monkey with you. If you go to Egyptsomething that seems old that surely is made yesterday; In Barcelona you can buy a flamenco for the living room, typical of the city, and if you go to Córdoba… you take the smell of its patios with you.

The patios of Córdoba

It’s what a tiktoker did. She liked the smell of the city, they recommended a floor cleaner with smell of Patios de Córdoba and that is what he took as a souvenir for his entire family. The idea has been a success among his followers because, of course, it is not the typical souvenir that one would give away.

Weight if we talk about ‘rare’ souvenirs, in Santiago de Compostela, for example, they sell jewelery with rainwater from the city. Not bad.

And now, if you dare, walk with us through that door to the “souvenir universe” that should never have been opened.

You better not give me anything

What’s in Australia? Kangaroos. What do you sell? kangaroo scrotum. In Russia, the traditional mastrioskas were adapted during the Soccer World Cup with the faces of the players. Because that is another side: the souvenir that captures a moment, not just the essence of a city.

Whether it was the Pope’s visit to Madrid during the World Youth Days in 2011, where we saw everything from cookies with the pontiff to sunglasses, fans and any product imaginable; or the different links of the British royal family. They are experts in capturing the face of the ‘royals’ to any product. Even condom boxes.

Other times, souvenirs become popular for other reasons. The Milan cathedral replicas They were sold like hotcakes in 2009 when a man attacked a man with one of them. Berluconi, who ended up admitted to the hospital for several days.