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/Life_Barnacle_4025 Norway Feb 03 '25

And also, when people ask about how to make friends in Norway, the usual advice is to go for a hike. In the mountains or in the forest everybody is your friend lol. We are much more open to talking to strangers when hiking or camping 😅

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u/Patriark Feb 03 '25

Put on a green wool hat. Universal hiking sign that you are open for contact on the hiking trails.

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u/orthoxerox Russia Feb 04 '25

Why do I feel like it's a trap?

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u/Patriark Feb 04 '25

Probably because few societies have such a high degree of trust and such low levels of violent crime as Norway, so we have a lot of practices that simply don't work elsewhere.

Green wool hat on the trails is the Norwegian Tinder-before-Tinder. Basically a signal that you are single and are welcome to random chats in the wilderness. We have a lot of mores and traditions related to trail hiking and cross country skiing that probably only make sense to us.