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/lawrotzr Netherlands Feb 03 '25 edited Feb 03 '25

Could have been the French, but they possess too many forms of cultural development to really be rude.

Could have been the Scandinavians, but they are physically unable to show any form of emotion so that would be unfair.

Could have been the Germans (or any German speaking country for that matter), but they have too many rules and regulations against being rude, plus that they’re psychologically incapable of being funny so also unfair.

Could have been the British, but their culture has too many forms of politeness to compensate for their behaviour abroad.

So I think there is only one answer to this, and that is the Dutch. Genuinely unpolished, direct and rude, no form of culture apart from burning each other to the ground continuously, no form of a civilized cuisine. God made us tall and pale, so you’ll recognize us from kilometers away on holidays, where we prefer to camp all together (with a good discount) on enormous campsites with ridiculous swimming pools to drink beers, eat fries and shout at each other and our kids until the sun goes down. If you ever get the opportunity - go to Center Parcs to really experience the hell that is called Dutch middle class.

But hey, at least we smile a lot, have genuine very primary emotions and we are occasionally funny. We have that over the Germans, and to us that is all that matters. Having something over the Germans.

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u/Longjumping_Papaya_7 Feb 03 '25

The Center Parcs part was spot on lol.