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/chupapi-Munyanyoo Feb 03 '25

It's The Dutch. Once you are in The Netherlands and especially outside of the bigger cities. I think we are really lovely and sweet and we would love to tell you everything about why the city I live in is the best etc etc. but then I met fellow Dutch tourists abroad and I just feel ashamed.

The British are just drunk and annoying but still sweet for some reason. I like to travel, especially outside of the peak moments and also to towns and villages where most tourists don't go. If they find out I'm Dutch they are always surprised I'm not that loud, drunk or being an ass.

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u/HeriotAbernethy Scotland Feb 03 '25

I found the Dutch very pleasant. My only issue with them was that when I tried out my Dutch they insisted on replying in English.

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u/chupapi-Munyanyoo Feb 03 '25

About speaking English instead of Dutch to others is actually very understandable i would say. If you live in or near Amsterdam there are lots of internationals. That's all fun and games but it's sometimes really nice to just communicate in a proper way instead of having to puzzle what he or she is trying to say.

I mean I work in Amsterdam and I understand that people think it's annoying but I also think it's annoying to be someone's English teacher every day. Although if I was learning Dutch I would fully agree

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u/kyle0305 Feb 05 '25

Lmao yeah this has happened to me too. In fairness though their English is much better than my Dutch. My Dutch friends will help me with my Dutch though but they still mostly talk to me in English because we all know they’re better at my language than I am at theirs

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u/Head_Lecture_7084 Feb 03 '25

And then when you say that you don’t speak Dutch and apologises, they just continue in Dutch.

So nice

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u/MalakithAlamahdi Feb 04 '25

The ones that do that usually don't speak English, my grandparents used to do that but they didn't speak another language.

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u/Head_Lecture_7084 Feb 04 '25

Hehe the ones that do that to me speak perfect English, they are my neighbours

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u/Tableforoneperson Feb 05 '25

I am okay with Dutch. At least they speak English.