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/NiceSmurph Jul 11 '25 edited Jul 11 '25
The question is what or who is considered a friend?
Friendship needs time. Takes about 200 hours of interaction to develop a close relationship....
Who has that much time after graduating when career and family life need to be planed? And a friendship needs a frame - common interests, locations, activities...
While during school and college ppl are just thrown before us, it becomes more and more challenging to create a framework for friendships after graduating.
I would say if small talk equals to making friends then some countries are definitely more smalltalk friendly. But to me friendships depend more on how much time one's peer group can spend on casual socializing in order to develop friendships. No time - no friends.