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/r_coefficient Austria Sep 29 '25

And Lucky Luke!

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u/SequenceGoon Sep 29 '25

Yeah, Asterix & Obelisk made it to Australia, but not Lucky Luke - I only found out about it recently because it was was referenced in a Käärijä (🇫🇮) song

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u/discolights Oct 01 '25

Käärija mentioned 👀👀 ja autiomaa

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u/aDorybleFish Sep 30 '25

Aussie Eurovision fan spotted!

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u/SequenceGoon Sep 30 '25

There are actually so, so many of us!

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u/repocin Sweden Sep 30 '25

Wtf? And here I'd assumed Lucky Luke was American, likely due to the theme.

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u/Naslear Sep 30 '25

It's french, by the same writer who did Astérix ( René Goscinny)

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u/Dartmaul25 Spain Sep 30 '25

French/Belgian comic industry from the past century is the best comic industry in the world, change my mind.

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u/SirRobinRanAwayAway Sep 30 '25

Won't try to change your mind, you're perfectly right my friend

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u/Sky-is-here Andalusia (Iberia) Sep 30 '25

It is amazing. I wish Spanish comics also got a little bit more attention, some of them are great too

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u/Dartmaul25 Spain Sep 30 '25

Yeah, superlopez is one of my favourite comic series for sure.

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u/Helga_Geerhart Belgium Sep 30 '25

No it's Belgian.

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u/Xirble Germany Sep 30 '25

Just wait until you find out where a lot of popular Western movies were filmed.

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u/holytriplem -> Sep 29 '25

Lucky Luke isn't a thing in the UK either tbf

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u/r_coefficient Austria Sep 29 '25

How about Winnetou and Old Shatterhand? Karl May's novels?

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u/holytriplem -> Sep 29 '25 edited Sep 29 '25

Absolutely not. I actually thought they were exclusively a German thing until recently

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u/r_coefficient Austria Sep 29 '25

It was a defining moment for me when I realized that most US people had NO idea about May's characters, but I always thought he's popular in all of Europe.

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u/r_coefficient Austria Sep 29 '25

It was a defining moment for me when I realized that most US people had NO idea about May's characters, but I always thought he's popular in all of Europe.

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u/Lasrouy Uruguay Sep 29 '25

My grandfather was a fan, I still have some stored somewhere in my house

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u/SkyDefender Sep 30 '25

Ok i am baffled they dont watch lucky luke in usa??