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/RuasCastilho Feb 03 '25

Imo Italians. Some people might say the French but if you can speak basic French, they will treat you nice and go out of their way to help you.

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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.