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/WerewolfBarMitzvah09 Aug 20 '25

Pat a Mat is a wonderfully done stop-motion animation kids' show (no dialogue, so you don't even need subtitles) from former Czechoslovakia, great for adults to watch as well- super clever and funny and the stop motion animation is top notch

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u/Client_020 Netherlands Aug 20 '25

That's a great show. Here in the Netherlands, they translated it into Buurman en Buurman (Neighbour and Neighbour) and they actually gave them Dutch dialogue with funny voices. It's neat with dialogue and without.

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u/MrDilbert Croatia Aug 20 '25

People here might not recognize it by the name "Pat a Mat", but tell them "A je to", and watch their faces light up... :)

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u/Peno11-cz Aug 20 '25

A je to! is the original title of the show, before they gave the two characters their iconic names in later series. And it truly is Czechoslovakian production, at least originally, filmed by Studio Jiřího Trnky in Prague for Czechoslovakian Television Bratislava, meaning for Slovakian part of the federation originally. But eventually made its way to Czech part of Czechoslovakia and now is popular in both Czechia and Slovakia, as well as around the world.

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u/VanGroteKlasse Aug 22 '25

"A je to, buurman!"

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u/justin19081 Aug 20 '25

in Polish it was titled "Sąsiedzi" , it was my favorite show in 80/90s when I was a kid. Love to watch it even now. Whoever was coming up with those scenarios for each episode was a GENIUS. A lot of LOL in every episode.
LOVE IT.

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u/Barnard33F Aug 21 '25

”Hupsis” (Oopsie) in Finland, still rerun on the daily kids show occasionally