Britons' poor geography revealed - Telegraph Nearly a third (31 per cent) couldn't find Portugal (many mistakenly chose France), the Netherlands stumped 36 per cent of those questioned (some even ended up in Denmark), while Germany had 22 per cent of travellers scratching their heads. Even more worrying was the fact that 24 per cent couldn't locate Ireland. It also emerged that one in five struggled to name the capital city of the country they had visited. "People are going to all the effort of booking themselves a lovely holiday abroad, and yet so many have absolutely no idea of where they are actually going," said Claire Bentley of British Airways Holidays, which commissioned the research.