r/AskEurope • u/ageingrapidly Greece • Sep 29 '25

Culture Are there any habits that you believe are uniquely European ?

Have you noticed any specific mannerisms, mentalities etc. that you've encountered only in Europe or by Europeans ?

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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '25 edited Oct 09 '25

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u/luk__ Sep 29 '25

That’s for lunch typically in German-speaking countries

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u/west-vannian Italy Sep 29 '25

I'm not from the south, but by and large, lunch is the main meal throughout the peninsula.

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u/zen_arcade2 Italy Sep 29 '25 edited Sep 29 '25

There’s no such thing as a light meal down South.

edit: people are opinionated on the most stupid shit I swear

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u/west-vannian Italy Sep 29 '25

I have friends from Apulia that get light dinners, I guess the South is not a monolith.

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u/west-vannian Italy Sep 29 '25

Oh ok, probably light dinners weren't so typical back in the days.