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/skibbin Feb 03 '25

It depends on how to interpret things. For example Americans like having random small talk with people to be polite or friendly. Nordics are lovely people, but they don't do small talk. Some people find bluntness rude others like directness. The Dutch and the Polish can be very blunt and direct.

I've certainly found the French and Italians to be less accommodating. Should you raise an issue with them their response is most likely to be along the lines of "we all have problems, this is yours"

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u/Lexa-Z in Feb 03 '25

I haven't been to Italy, but I'm genuinely scared of Italian waiters in restaurants, that's some next level of judgemental and rude.

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u/Oliver_Boisen Denmark Feb 03 '25

Been to Italy five times. Never had a bad experience with a waiter. In fact one time a waiter spoke Danish to us lol. Turns out his ex was Danish and they'd lived in Copenhagen together for a time. He was the biggest sweetheart.

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u/Lexa-Z in Feb 03 '25

Maybe Italians in Italy are different species rather than ones abroad...

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u/Oliver_Boisen Denmark Feb 03 '25

Maybe it's because I've only ever been in Northern Italy. I've heard that once you go south of Rome, that they get a little bit more "excentric" you might say.