<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[How many national parliaments (the buildings) have you visited?]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>How many national parliaments (the buildings) have you visited?</p><p>My hypothesis is that a significant mid-double-digit percentage of people have at least visited the one in their home country (often as part of a school trip) and the other options will all be single digit percentages.</p><p>I'm not gonne do the "boost for scientific accuracy" thing here.. but, uhm.. if you can boost this it'll be more accurate, in a scientistic way.</p><p>Mainly: tell us about your experiences!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/politics" rel="tag">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/tourism" rel="tag">#<span>tourism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/europe" rel="tag">#<span>europe</span></a></p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/06c8fcaa-34d5-40ca-9087-0ef30c026430/how-many-national-parliaments-the-buildings-have-you-visited</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 22:44:38 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/06c8fcaa-34d5-40ca-9087-0ef30c026430.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 12:11:36 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to How many national parliaments (the buildings) have you visited? on Tue, 12 May 2026 18:38:06 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/pepijn%40mastodon.online">@<span>Pepijn</span></a></span> I have been in the Houses of Parlement, London, twice. House of Lords. <br />I have been outside Berlin, but at that time the gov was in Bonn. <br />I have been outside De Binnenhof, The Hague, as a child, same trip Madurodam.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.derg.nz/users/VickForcella/statuses/116563056194289180</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.derg.nz/users/VickForcella/statuses/116563056194289180</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[vickforcella@mastodon.derg.nz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 18:38:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to How many national parliaments (the buildings) have you visited? on Tue, 12 May 2026 12:43:36 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@petealexharris">@<span>petealexharris</span></a></span> <span><a href="/user/pepijn%40mastodon.online">@<span>Pepijn</span></a></span> I think this is the first time I've seen the outside.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lopta/statuses/116561662217571294</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lopta/statuses/116561662217571294</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[lopta@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 12:43:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to How many national parliaments (the buildings) have you visited? on Thu, 07 May 2026 07:06:06 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/pepijn%40mastodon.online">@<span>Pepijn</span></a></span> I've walked past some of these buildings but never actually entered one. I hope that I cast the appropriate vote when clicking "0".</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/zappes/statuses/116532023576203882</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/zappes/statuses/116532023576203882</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[zappes@mastodon.online]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 07:06:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to How many national parliaments (the buildings) have you visited? on Thu, 07 May 2026 02:38:25 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/kalisz79%40mastodon.com.pl">@<span>kalisz79</span></a></span> Thank you for looking into it!  I was looking at the calendar as well and unfortunately it seems all my days in Warsaw line up with when the Sejm is in session, so it wouldn't be open to the public anyway. I guess that gives me a reason to come back again to Warsaw another time. <img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f642.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--slightly_smiling_face" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":)" alt="🙂" /></p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://urbanists.social/users/mertzigzag/statuses/116530971015794169</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://urbanists.social/users/mertzigzag/statuses/116530971015794169</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[mertzigzag@urbanists.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 02:38:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to How many national parliaments (the buildings) have you visited? on Wed, 06 May 2026 16:58:24 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/pepijn%40mastodon.online">@<span>Pepijn</span></a></span> <span><a href="/user/fgraver%40hcommons.social">@<span>fgraver</span></a></span> </p><p>Forgive my ignorance, but what sovereignty do these countries possess that Canadian provinces and US states don’t have? As an outsider, it appears they have far less.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sauropods.win/users/KanaMauna/statuses/116528690240322091</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sauropods.win/users/KanaMauna/statuses/116528690240322091</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[kanamauna@sauropods.win]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 16:58:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to How many national parliaments (the buildings) have you visited? on Wed, 06 May 2026 16:55:28 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/pepijn%40mastodon.online">@<span>Pepijn</span></a></span> Westminster (UK), Reichstagsgebäude (Germany), Max (Bavaria)* (insert the joke about Bavaria being the Texas of Germany here) --- one day I really want to visit Straßburg.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sueden.social/users/tenkoman/statuses/116528678729683381</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sueden.social/users/tenkoman/statuses/116528678729683381</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[tenkoman@sueden.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 16:55:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to How many national parliaments (the buildings) have you visited? on Wed, 06 May 2026 16:49:23 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/pepijn%40mastodon.online">@<span>Pepijn</span></a></span> <span><a href="/user/fanf%40mendeddrum.org">@<span>fanf</span></a></span> your text doesn’t mention any geographic area, but one of the hash tags said Europe. </p><p>Also, what exactly is “national parliament” in this context? To use European and German cases: europ. Parliament? (federal) German Bundestag? State parliaments in German states  like those in Bavaria, Baden Württemberg, Saxonia, and so on.</p><p>A lot of people use “national” in different ways. Hence me asking.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/RecoveredExpert/statuses/116528654838769405</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/RecoveredExpert/statuses/116528654838769405</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[recoveredexpert@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 16:49:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to How many national parliaments (the buildings) have you visited? on Wed, 06 May 2026 12:13:00 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/pepijn%40mastodon.online">@<span>Pepijn</span></a></span> <span><a href="/user/alexisbushnell%40toot.wales">@<span>alexisbushnell</span></a></span><br />A lot of people I know never even went on school trips to London, let alone Wesminster. And I grew up / live only 40-50 miles away.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.org.uk/users/duckwhistle/statuses/116527567999527846</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.org.uk/users/duckwhistle/statuses/116527567999527846</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[duckwhistle@mastodon.org.uk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 12:13:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to How many national parliaments (the buildings) have you visited? on Wed, 06 May 2026 11:05:37 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/pepijn%40mastodon.online">@<span>Pepijn</span></a></span> How do you define "a visit"? For instance I have been in front of US Capitol, but I was not inside. I walked past Westminster Palace, but I was not inside. I saw French Parliament building from a walking distance. Similarly, I might have seen German Reichstag, but it was over 25 years ago and my memory could be failing me about it. Anyway, I voted 0.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/ThePolishDispatch/statuses/116527303039194410</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/ThePolishDispatch/statuses/116527303039194410</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[thepolishdispatch@mstdn.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 11:05:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to How many national parliaments (the buildings) have you visited? on Wed, 06 May 2026 08:42:59 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/mertzigzag%40urbanists.social">@<span>mertzigzag</span></a></span> another option is visiting Sejm during some open events (such as "Museums night" or movie shows) - usually you can meet someone helpful and English-speaking there. Not a full tour, but always some option...<br /><span><a href="/user/pepijn%40mastodon.online">@<span>Pepijn</span></a></span></p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.com.pl/users/kalisz79/statuses/116526742237965211</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.com.pl/users/kalisz79/statuses/116526742237965211</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[kalisz79@mastodon.com.pl]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 08:42:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to How many national parliaments (the buildings) have you visited? on Wed, 06 May 2026 08:40:23 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/mertzigzag%40urbanists.social">@<span>mertzigzag</span></a></span> Just checked directly with my colleague who works there - unfortunately it is as you wrote, groups only. So the only option for the non-Polish speaking visitor is to join some organized group.<br /><span><a href="/user/pepijn%40mastodon.online">@<span>Pepijn</span></a></span></p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.com.pl/users/kalisz79/statuses/116526731989289354</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.com.pl/users/kalisz79/statuses/116526731989289354</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[kalisz79@mastodon.com.pl]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 08:40:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to How many national parliaments (the buildings) have you visited? on Wed, 06 May 2026 08:22:31 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/mertzigzag%40urbanists.social">@<span>mertzigzag</span></a></span> I know whom to ask; please let me reach out to my colleague there.<br /><span><a href="/user/pepijn%40mastodon.online">@<span>Pepijn</span></a></span></p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.com.pl/users/kalisz79/statuses/116526661721068789</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.com.pl/users/kalisz79/statuses/116526661721068789</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[kalisz79@mastodon.com.pl]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 08:22:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to How many national parliaments (the buildings) have you visited? on Wed, 06 May 2026 07:32:11 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/pepijn%40mastodon.online">@<span>Pepijn</span></a></span> I've visited the Reichstag and the New Zealand parlement. Never bin into any of the many parlement buildings my own country has.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/cloudedjudge/statuses/116526463781648900</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/cloudedjudge/statuses/116526463781648900</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[cloudedjudge@hachyderm.io]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 07:32:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to How many national parliaments (the buildings) have you visited? on Wed, 06 May 2026 07:15:36 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/pepijn%40mastodon.online">@<span>Pepijn</span></a></span> I answered positively but and took it to mean more widely: I've been quite frequently to Portcullis House to see my MP,  but not the building on the other side of the road where they gather to pass legislation ('Palace of Westminster').</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/marjolica/statuses/116526398617936012</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/marjolica/statuses/116526398617936012</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[marjolica@social.linux.pizza]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 07:15:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to How many national parliaments (the buildings) have you visited? on Wed, 06 May 2026 07:00:15 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/pepijn%40mastodon.online">@<span>Pepijn</span></a></span> inside the building or just passing by on the outside?</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.egroc.de/users/WarpinWolf/statuses/116526338217946716</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.egroc.de/users/WarpinWolf/statuses/116526338217946716</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[warpinwolf@mastodon.egroc.de]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 07:00:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to How many national parliaments (the buildings) have you visited? on Wed, 06 May 2026 06:18:33 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/pepijn%40mastodon.online">@<span>Pepijn</span></a></span> I have counted  the EU parliament as one. Are the Welsh Senedd and Holyrood in Scotland "national parliaments?</p><p>By visited do you mean "go through security to the visitors gallery", "gone to the shop/café" or "gone to the physical location"?</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/wnd/statuses/116526174297063542</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/wnd/statuses/116526174297063542</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[wnd@fosstodon.org]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 06:18:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to How many national parliaments (the buildings) have you visited? on Wed, 06 May 2026 04:29:25 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/pepijn%40mastodon.online">@<span>Pepijn</span></a></span> I think the only one I’ve been inside is Stortinget in Oslo.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://babka.social/users/colinrosenthal/statuses/116525745157460083</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://babka.social/users/colinrosenthal/statuses/116525745157460083</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[colinrosenthal@babka.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 04:29:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to How many national parliaments (the buildings) have you visited? on Wed, 06 May 2026 04:27:33 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/pepijn%40mastodon.online">@<span>Pepijn</span></a></span></p><p>I was born in the United States, and grew up on the east coast. I've been to Washington, DC, but never to the capital building or the white house.</p><p>When I visited a girlfriend who lived in Ottawa, she took me to the national parliament buildings there. Later, we married, lived in Ottawa and often took out of town visitors to the capital complex.</p><p>Now we live in the US again, within a day's drive of DC, but I still have not been to the US Capital building or the White House.</p><p>So, interestingly enough, I fit your guess, with the addendum that I have visited another country's parliament buildings, but not my own.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/wakejagr/statuses/116525737788063681</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/wakejagr/statuses/116525737788063681</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[wakejagr@hachyderm.io]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 04:27:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to How many national parliaments (the buildings) have you visited? on Tue, 05 May 2026 22:53:41 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/pepijn%40mastodon.online">@<span>Pepijn</span></a></span> actually only one I think, and it was the Danish one not my home country Sweden. Since I work right next to the Norwegian parlament I guess I should swing by there at some point and make it 2.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nu/users/o_O/statuses/116524424974761071</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nu/users/o_O/statuses/116524424974761071</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[o_o@mastodon.nu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 22:53:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to How many national parliaments (the buildings) have you visited? on Tue, 05 May 2026 20:56:44 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/pepijn%40mastodon.online">@<span>Pepijn</span></a></span> I visited in about 2002. I don't really remember much about the visit.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://8bitorbust.info/users/dtl/statuses/116523965131105018</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://8bitorbust.info/users/dtl/statuses/116523965131105018</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[dtl@8bitorbust.info]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 20:56:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to How many national parliaments (the buildings) have you visited? on Tue, 05 May 2026 20:55:26 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/pepijn%40mastodon.online">@<span>Pepijn</span></a></span> I had the obligatory London school trip, with a visit to Westminster in year 6.</p><p>I've since attended a conference at Senedd.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://avatastic.uk/users/avatastic/statuses/116523960020885100</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://avatastic.uk/users/avatastic/statuses/116523960020885100</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[avatastic@avatastic.uk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 20:55:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to How many national parliaments (the buildings) have you visited? on Tue, 05 May 2026 20:43:35 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/pepijn%40mastodon.online">@<span>Pepijn</span></a></span> I've been to the parliament buildings of England, Scotland and Germany. </p><p>I wanted a debate in England, watched another visitor get shouted at for sitting in an MPs seat in Scotland and used the bathroom in the German building.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://8bitorbust.info/users/dtl/statuses/116523913428166563</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://8bitorbust.info/users/dtl/statuses/116523913428166563</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[dtl@8bitorbust.info]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 20:43:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to How many national parliaments (the buildings) have you visited? on Tue, 05 May 2026 20:41:30 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/pepijn%40mastodon.online">@<span>Pepijn</span></a></span> if a national parliament has two houses in separate buildings, do they count 1 or 2</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.sciences.re/users/MonniauxD/statuses/116523905216669812</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.sciences.re/users/MonniauxD/statuses/116523905216669812</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[monniauxd@social.sciences.re]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 20:41:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to How many national parliaments (the buildings) have you visited? on Tue, 05 May 2026 20:41:03 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/monniauxd%40social.sciences.re">@<span>MonniauxD</span></a></span> Nope, not national parliaments.</p><p>If lower governments like those count I'm sure many people go in double digits <img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f642.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--slightly_smiling_face" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":)" alt="🙂" /></p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/Pepijn/statuses/116523903447107236</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/Pepijn/statuses/116523903447107236</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[pepijn@mastodon.online]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 20:41:03 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>