in south tirol, part of northern italy, the food is called "krafen" or "krapfen". in slovenia, it is "krof"; in croatia "krafne"; in bosnia, and serbia "krofne". in poland they are known as "pączki", in the czech republic as kobliha. in hungary, it is called "fánk". all of these are essentially identical preparations. in spain it is called "berlinesa". in the netherlands it is called "berlinerbol". in france it is called "boule de berlin".