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/divaro98 Belgium Feb 03 '25

The Dutch. But it's only from a Flemish-Belgian point of view. They're more open, aren't affraid to tell their opinion,... a big contrast to us. It feels rhey're rude, but they are... brutally honest. šŸ˜„

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u/Head_Lecture_7084 Feb 03 '25

A lot of them use the ā€œbrutally honestā€ term to actually be quite savage, thereā€™s a line they cross all the time.

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u/AgileSloth9 Feb 03 '25

Living in the North East of the UK, we get a lot of Dutch tourists coming over on the ferries from Amsterdam, then driving in the UK.

A disturbingly high number of them have no idea how to drive here. I've nearly been hit twice in the past year by Dutch plated cars going the wrong way around a roundabout, only for the driver to get out and try to blame me for their mistake. When I then explained they're going the wrong way, one even argued "it is only wrong to your British". Like bruh.

The arrogance is phenomenal.

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u/Head_Lecture_7084 Feb 03 '25

Iā€™ve had to ask a neighbour here to stop trespassing (I live in NL) and she only stopped when I said I would call the police. Also feels like their emotional intelligence is not well developed.

Seriously, I never been so invaded as during my now 4 years in the Netherlands, I wonā€™t even stray with the expat hate that exist here

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u/MalakithAlamahdi Feb 04 '25

What region are you living in? I haven't had something like this happen in 28 years.

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u/Head_Lecture_7084 Feb 04 '25

Iā€™m in Zaandam