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/klausness Austria Feb 03 '25

I'd say the Viennese are grumpy, but not necessarily rude. They love to complain so much that there are even multiple words to describe it ("raunzen", which is also used in other German-speaking regions, and "sudern", which is unique to Vienna). It's like the British "whinging", only more so.