With elections in 19 EU countries, voters have donned a range of traditional outfits before heading to the polls. Can you guess the origin of each outfit? Answers at the end of the slideshow.
These voters live in an area which boasts its own distinct language and is designated as a biosphere reserve. But where is it, and what is it called?
This group wore traditional dress to vote in their picturesque town, which dates back to the 11th Century.
In some places traditional dress is popular among younger Europeans, too. These students at a big city music college donned a "dirndl" to place their vote.
For some voters, such as Vencel Ezsias, wearing traditional dress at the polling booth is part of his duty to preserve a rich cultural heritage.
Local pride is not confined to newer accession countries, though. These voters have been at the heart of the EU for decades.
Answers (clockwise from top left): Vienna music students; Lower Sorbian women in Spreewald, Germany; Proud hussar in Hungary; Bavarian votes in Bayrischzell, southern Germany; voter in Radovljica in Slovenia; Bavarian highlanders in Chiemgau in Germany.
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