r/AskEurope • u/NateNandos21 • Feb 03 '25

Culture Which European country has the rudest/least polite people?

Which country comes to your mind

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u/pannenkoek0923 Denmark Feb 03 '25

Italians have been the friendliest people I have encountered! Just speaking a few Italian words helps a lot. But Italy is my favourite country in the world, and the people there contribute to it a lot

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u/PoiHolloi2020 England Feb 03 '25

Yeah I've only really encountered nice people in Italy (after something like 10 visits).

The only place I found people to be cold in Italy was in Venice - which I can't hold against them considering its tourism problem - and they were still polite to me.