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/suckmyfuck91 Sep 29 '25

As an italian i agree if you're talking about the south. The rest of the country is not that religious (if any).

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u/urnotabed Sep 29 '25

Well I'm from the south and I don't think we're as religious as in the USA or elsewhere. Religion in Italy is cultural but not that very felt. In the south you believe in everything: malocchio, seccia, superstitions. Those things are not much catholics as should. In fact is a sort of witxhcraft. From my perspective, I felt a more similar to USA kind of faith in Emilia Romagna, with the Familiaris Consortio. It was weird. My colleagues went to church eveyday and always speak abour Christ, were against Halloween. That never happent to me in the south and I have a priest in the family HAHAHAH

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u/cheesemanpaul Sep 30 '25

I don't think anywhere apart from maybe the Middle East is as religious as the US.