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Where Were You When… The Results of the Brexit Referendum Were Announced?

Girl in front of 2 banners indicating EU or Brexit?
Brexit or EU? Great Britain had the choice. (Photo: stux, Pixabay)

In the morning of June 24, 2016, I read a push notification on my phone and instantly went to sleep again, shocked. It was clear: The United Kingdom would leave the EU. Almost six years later, the memory still vivid, I wondered: How do people from other countries remember the first Brexit-days? The sobering response: many don’t. But there are still a lot who do. Find out about some of them in our interactive map – and share your own memories in the comment section below!

 

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