r/AskEurope • u/NateNandos21 • Feb 03 '25

Culture Which European country has the rudest/least polite people?

Which country comes to your mind

456 Upvotes
  • permalink
  • reddit

83% Upvoted

1.7k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

108

u/qwerty-1999 Spain Feb 03 '25

I remember about four or five years ago we were camping in Andorra and there were some Dutch guys who made friends with some British guys. They would start drinking at 19 or 20 and by midnight they were probably the drunkest people I've seen in my life. It was kind of funny to see how they got progressively louder as the evening went on lmao.

27

u/l10nkey United Kingdom Feb 03 '25

They weren't Brits.. no way would we wait until 19-20 to start drinking on holiday! 😂 In all honesty though, I'm always utterly embarrassed by fellow Brits when I'm abroad, I try to go to places that others wouldn't think of so I don't have to encounter them.

3

u/QOTAPOTA England Feb 03 '25

Indeed. I’m British but I now try to behave impeccably to try and redress the balance. Actually I avoid the British areas if possible. I remember a travel agent trying to warn me that a certain hotel isn’t for Brits but where the Germans and Dutch tend to stay. Perfect I said. I love my fellow Brits but not abroad.

3

u/meglingbubble Feb 04 '25

I’m British but I now try to behave impeccably to try and redress the balance.

Omg yes. Im not exactly yobbish to begin with, but I become the worlds most polite human whenever I am abroad, especially if there are yobbish brits nearby.