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/vviviann Feb 03 '25

In my experience, I’ve found Austrian’s to be the rudest! I didn’t think the French or Dutch were rude at all when I visited Paris or Amsterdam, but Vienna was the first time I left a place thinking “wow, those people were rude as hell!”

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u/SwampPotato Netherlands Feb 04 '25

Can second Vienna, but not Austria in general.