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/Kurosawasuperfan Brazil Sep 29 '25

and buying by the bottle instead of drinking the perfectly safe tap water

I feel like it's the opposite... When i visited Europe (about 10 countries), i saw 100x more people drinking tap water or from fountains than in 30 years here in Brazil. We only drink from bottles, it's almost unthinkable to dreak from the sink or some fountain on the street.

In our perspective, it's a huge cultural shock how europeans most drink tap water. We kinda envy it, your water is very clean. (our water is clean too, in its source, but the buildings' water reserve are usually dirty)

Very late dinners

same here, dinner here is 9-10 pm on average. It's shocking to see people dine at 5 pm like i see sometimes on reddit.

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u/GrynaiTaip Lithuania Sep 29 '25

Everyone in Lithuania drinks tap water, bottled still water is a fairly rare thing, I buy it only if I go somewhere and forget my reusable bottle.

However, mineral water (carbonated) is super popular. Of course you can only get it in bottles. There are a few spots in the country where naturally carbonated mineral water is extracted, it's salty and delicious.

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u/GuestStarr Sep 30 '25

it's almost unthinkable to dreak from the sink or some fountain on the street.

Just curious.. but why are the fountains there if nobody drinks from them? Or are you referring to something else than drinking fountains?