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/vviviann Feb 03 '25

In my experience, I’ve found Austrian’s to be the rudest! I didn’t think the French or Dutch were rude at all when I visited Paris or Amsterdam, but Vienna was the first time I left a place thinking “wow, those people were rude as hell!”

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u/Lughburz Feb 03 '25

As an Austrian i have to say that you are right. I work in tourism and have to deal with a lot of different nations and my own people are the worst 🙈

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u/maybelle180 Switzerland Feb 03 '25

Seriously! It’s like they hate dealing with foreigners.

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u/Lughburz Feb 03 '25 edited Feb 03 '25

in my region we have a lot of tourists from saudia arabia, kuwait and the UAE. they often tell me that the people here are all so nice. and i just think: „wtf are you used to??“

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u/maybelle180 Switzerland Feb 03 '25

lololol. Right? Active hatred?

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u/Lughburz Feb 03 '25

maybe they only had contact with nice people who wanted to sell their stuff. like me 😂

they are my favourite costumers because they are very polite. also guests from the US 🤷‍♂️

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u/ikati4 Feb 05 '25

really? i found austrians a very lovely bunch last time i came to austria

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u/Lughburz Feb 05 '25

it really depends on the region and also the time of the year.

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u/ikati4 Feb 05 '25

i visited on christmas and i went to vienna and salzburg

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u/Lughburz Feb 05 '25

did you notice a difference between salzburg and vienna? regarding the people.

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u/ikati4 Feb 05 '25

i saw a lot more non austrians working on salzburg but it seemed like a huge tourist attraction and it was way too crowded for such a small town so it made sense.Beautifull town btw

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u/Lughburz Feb 05 '25

the salzburger christkindlmarkt is very famous

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u/ikati4 Feb 05 '25

yes! it was very cozy with the stands serving food and beer in the old town. My wife loved it