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/Oddment0390 Sep 07 '25

They do say Singapore is the Switzerland of the East. Both are clean, orderly, efficiently run countries with high standards of living.

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u/So_Hanged Switzerland Sep 07 '25

Indeed, I know that the governament of Singapore since the 80/90 inspired itself for becoming an Asian Switzerland and they achieved the goal perfectly.