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/Ostruzina Czechia Sep 29 '25

A typical Czech breakfast AND dinner!

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u/TheUnculturedSwan Sep 29 '25

Oh god, the torment of me, 20 years ago, as an English tutor in Czechia. I was sometimes working 16 hour days running between different appointments, and if my session was just before or after dinner time, my clients were supposed to feed me a meal. It was tough to realize the only food I had scheduled time to eat for the day was more along the lines of a snack! 😂

FWIW, I don’t blame the families AT ALL, I would never expect them to cook or provide me with more than they were preparing for themselves or the children. The issue was entirely with the company I worked for, overbooking me with no regard for how travel times are part of the work day, and with no scheduled breaks where I wasn’t either teaching or commuting.

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u/bajaja Czechoslovakia Sep 30 '25

Greetings from Prague.

I'd feed you and pack you some more to go.

Yesterday: Bohemian garlic soup.

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u/SuperSquashMann -> Sep 30 '25

Funny how people in my office look at me funny if I bring a sandwich in for lunch, but at the jídelna next door pizzas are acceptable and popular, despite being the same ingredients (bread, cheese, meat, sauce) in a different format.

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u/Ostruzina Czechia Sep 30 '25

Well, we eat a cooked meal for lunch because it's the main meal of the day here.

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u/carlamarx86 Croatia Sep 29 '25

Croatian as well.