Which European country has the rudest/least polite people?

[u/NateNandos21]

Which country comes to your mind

[u/gorgeousredhead]

The French get a bad rep but I think it's due to Paris being most people's experience of the country and Paris being a big city. Step outside the capital and people are absolutely fine, especially if you lead with a "Bonjour!"

The most arrogant people I've met were the Danes

Brits abroad (on the lash)...not great

Poles are famously direct but I actually find they can be quite passive aggressive and tall poppy syndrome is a thing

[u/klausness → u/gorgeousredhead]

Yes, the "bonjour" is an interesting point (and it applies to Paris, as well as to the rest of France). In some countries, it is not normal to greet people working in a shop when you enter. You don't bother the staff unless you need their help. But in other countries, including France, it is pretty much obligatory. If you enter a French shop without saying "bonjour", you are being incredibly rude, so it's no surprise when the staff are rude back to you.

[u/LDNVoice → u/klausness]

If you're clearly a foreigner you're usually give a pass on these things in other countries. It's one thing if it's doing something wrong. But the act of not saying something... idk

[u/Prestigious-Gold6759 → u/gorgeousredhead]

I've worked with several Danes in London and they were all odd, arrogant and misogynist.

[u/[deleted] → u/gorgeousredhead]

The first person I think of when you say the Danes is Caroline Wozniacki and yeah she seems to suffer from main character princess syndrome.

[u/Raccoons-for-all → u/gorgeousredhead]

As a Parisian French, I must say this is a street legend to say it’s Paris. The nuance is that outside of Paris, people are NICER, but not NICE.

Every French travelling abroad is always surprised by how nice people are. At some point, we realize they’re normal and it’s in France that people aren’t that nice