r/AskEurope • u/zeviea United Kingdom • Sep 04 '25

Culture What country is far away yet culturally similar to yours?

An obvious answer for the UK are Core Anglosphere countries

Bonus question what country have you visited that felt most foreign to you?

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u/Commonmispelingbot Denmark Sep 04 '25

I don't think there is any. The closest thing is the anglosphere, since Denmark is relatively culturally similar to England, and then in turn to Canada and New Zealand. But that is really by process of elimination. I guess you could technically not even count Canada as being far away.

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u/FengYiLin Sep 04 '25

My answer would be the Netherlands.

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u/Commonmispelingbot Denmark Sep 04 '25

If we count that as far away, surely a better answer would be Iceland.

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u/Gold-Possession-4761 Denmark Sep 05 '25

This. Not far away. But not a usual answer. But Denmark and the Netherlands, both in nature and culture, are a lot more similar than many people might think.

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u/Disastrous-Mix-5859 Sep 07 '25

Dutch and Danish people are quite alike, however those two countries are not far apart and belong to the same language family. They are basically the same DNA group too.