what are the most forgotten objects?

From the beginning of 2022 to today, more than 23,000 objects have been forgotten in taxis or shared vehicles. The Spaniards are the most forgetful, followed by the Germans. Marseille the most “carefree” city in Europe. The Italian turns out to be Turin, followed by Rome, Palermo and Naples.

Free Now, Europe’s super mobility app, after reviewing tens of millions of journeys made across Europe, has compiled the list of the most common and weirdest items left behind in taxis or private hire vehicles and the ranking of Europe’s most forgotten cities.

The most forgotten objects: the ranking

This year alone, users of the mobility app forgot more than 23,000 items while traveling. Marseille tops the list of the ten most distracted cities in Europe, however, Spain is the European country with the highest number of items claimed, with a total of 2,212 items left behind in Spanish vehicles, followed by Germany. On the other hand, in the United Kingdom, the citizens of London and Edinburgh turn out to be the most attentive and the most disciplined, with a lower propensity to forget personal objects and possessions during their journey. In general, Europeans are more careless on weekends between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., and fall back into error at the start of a new week, especially on Monday morning around 11 a.m.

The situation in Italy

As for Italy, however, the most forgotten city turns out to be Turin, which takes sixth place overall, followed by Rome, Palermo and Naples, in nineteenth, thirtieth and thirty-seventh place respectively. Some of the most forgotten, lost and recovered items are truly exceptional. We find for example a wedding dress, an urn containing the ashes of a loved one, a bag full of sex toys and even three live lizards. Most of the time, however, people tend to lose their mobile phones, followed by wallets with documents, handbags, but also jackets, glasses, earphones, suitcases, jewelry, umbrellas and shopping bags.

Most lost items are returned to their owners in a timely manner, as they can be quickly reported via the Free Now app and the new Answer Bot, which answers all sorts of questions instantly. Plus, live assistance helps you find your lost item.

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The 15 most “forgetful” cities in Europe

The ranking of the most forgotten cities puts Marseille in the lead, followed by Asturias, Toulouse, Vienna, Cannes, Turin. It continues with Valencia, Hamburg, Seville, Lyon, Stuttgart, Madrid, Munich, Wroclaw, Cologne.

The ten most often forgotten objects

The ranking of the most forgotten objects sees the phone in first position, followed by the wallet, the bag, the jacket. There are also glasses, airpods / headphones, suitcase, jewelry, umbrella, shopping bag. Among the most unusual forgotten objects are the wok, the wedding dress, the grandmother, three living lizards, a sandwich, an urn with the ashes of family members and a single shoe!