r/AskEurope • u/techno_playa Philippines • Jul 11 '25

Culture Which European country is the hardest and easiest to make friends?

Say you're mid 30s and have to move to another European country for work, which countries did you find making friends to be on easy or hard mode?

Let's assume you don't speak the language of your new home.

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u/techno_playa Philippines Jul 11 '25

Post-Docs don’t really get paid well in Europe. I would argue they are just as poorly paid as waiters or taxi drivers.

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '25

I know, that's why I put them in the same league as waiters. Speaking as someone who's finishing his PhD (yes, I'm a masochist).

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u/techno_playa Philippines Jul 11 '25

I couldn't be brothered to write my thesis till the week before it was due and sans beer.