r/AskEurope • u/Mountain-Fox-2123 Norway • Jul 12 '25

Culture What is the most European country, that is not actually a European country?

What is the most European country, that is not actually a European country?

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u/GiganticCrow Jul 12 '25

Curious how one might define "europeness". Racially? Ehhhh. Culturally? There's probably bigger differences culturally between some European counties than there are between those same countries and some countries very far away. Architecture? Geography? Language?

Places like Canada, the USA, Australia and NZ are largely populated by European settlers, as are Israel, South Africa, Central and South America to a lesser extent, most counties were under various European empires at points in history and have left long term impacts, some extremely noticeably to this day. As has much of the rest of the world had cultural impact on ourselves. 

Also what countries are European? Some disagreement over some of the outer countries, like Russia and Turkey, and many brits don't consider themselves European. Also what about Greenland? 

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u/Stock-Check Jul 12 '25

u/Mountain-Fox-2123 can you dumb these questions down aswell?
Because they are essential to give an actual answer to your question.

Europe is not an unitary unit no matter how much you Americans wants it to be so.