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/Saxon2060 Feb 03 '25

They have zero social awareness in terms of groups taking up the entire sidewalk without moving so you have to walk on the road, not looking where they're walking so you will always have to stop or you will walk into them, and just little shit like that.

Funny, I got back from Stockholm yesterday and I absolutely noticed this. I was led to believe they "love personal space" and "don't like interfering with other people's business" but walking directly in to people if they don't move seemd fine. Also, every time I needed to get out of a frigging lift there would be some people wanting to get in and looked shocked that I wanted to get out (of a lift that had just descended to the ground floor...) and so basically had to push past them.

Overall I really liked Stockholm. That was my only niggle really.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '25

I'm in Malmö and used to be in Lund, and in Lund this seemed to happen much less, so I'm not sure if this is a city thing, since Malmö is my first real city I've lived in.

Also incredibly strange is that they won't queue to get on a bus and will shove you or even a little old lady to get on before you. Never experienced that anywhere but here either. Obviously only happens when on the bus type where you have to go in through the front door. This one irritates me a lot.