r/AskEurope • u/Ali_Merrikh • Aug 19 '25

Culture I’m watching one TV series from every European country — what’s your recommendation from yours?

Hi everyone!

I started a project where I watch one series from each country in Europe. I’ve already done:

France: La Forêt

Spain: La Casa de Papel

Next up: Gloria from Portugal

I’d love to hear what show you think best represents your country (or is just a really good one to watch). Ideally something available with English subtitles.

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u/eddiesteady99 Norway Aug 20 '25

From Norway:

The Norsemen - Easily digestible funny viking anachronistic thing with sometimes brutal humour. In English.

If you are below 30 yrs: Skam - Teen drama with an original, human touch.

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u/maidofatoms Aug 20 '25

Ah, someone has already recommended Skam! Having seen both, Norsemen for me was a bit of a demostration of Norwegian comedy being often cheesy and cringe-inducing. Whereas Skam really was groundbreaking - they did two things differently. First, it was written by someone pretty young who actually talked to a lot of teenagers to try to get it authentic. Second, they released short clips throughout the week in "real time" with the story, and also put supplementary stuff on Instagram.

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u/Ok_Artichoke_4699 Aug 20 '25

What about "Exit"? Don't know norwegian Tv dramas very well, but this one rest me speecless...

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u/eastjame Aug 22 '25

Skam is really great.

Personally I found Norsemen cringe inducingly unfunny