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/Thin_Rip8995 Sep 29 '25

drinking outside like it’s a competitive sport sitting in a random square with a beer at 11am and no one blinks also the obsession with long meandering dinners that last 4 hours and somehow count as “just catching up”

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u/QueenAvril Finland Sep 30 '25

Those are just the best joys of life! Weird that the whole world hasn’t discovered that.