What's a big No-No in your country? on reddit r/AskEurope

[@merilahna]

fun fact about the finnish personal space one: it was actually a commonly circulated joke when covid hit and it was recommended to have 2 meters between you and other people, that finns protested the downgrade from the normal 4 meters of personal space to just 2

[@tina.InTheSkyWithDiamonds]

They used the same joke for Swiss people! Works as well 😂

[@lorrainehinchliffe5371]

My kind of people!

[@karttamm9121]

The same joke was going arond Estonia but with 5 meters

[@merilahna]

@@karttamm9121 i think i actually saw that joke for the first time in some sort of estonian newspaper where they mentioned both estonians and finns suffering from the downgrade lol. very fitting. the meter amount does vary depending on where you hear it though

[@kaminosystem]

Haha we had the same thing in Norway!

[@daynalewis5261]

hello everybody and welcome back to a man whose air bnb light gives him a halo

[@dalob112]

Literally the first thing i noticed

[@antonberg92]

😅 First thought exactly

[@purplelemongiraffe]

I find it so frustrating how quick Americans are to joke about the Holocaust but will get so upset about 9/11 when it doesn’t even compare in terms of severity?

[@1983simi]

this. so much this.

[@lania2246]

Literally America is so confusing and frustrating because oh no 9/11 the greatest tragedy of all time, ok sure its sad people died but they dont give a crap about any other time people die! School shootings? meh. covid? who cares.

[@goblinhat0985]

@@lania2246 they dont even care about their own countries tradgedys like slavery so how can we possibly expect them to care about anyone other then themselves

[@незнаю-х2н]

@@goblinhat0985 true

[@michelleb7399]

I’m American… and am completely disgusted that ANYONE thinks it’s okay to joke about the Holocaust. Seriously?? Some Americans are selfish, soulless, isolationists who shouldn’t be allowed a voice in any platform without being required to listen and learn first.

[@user-es7ui5mc1m]

I'm German and it's so strange to me that people genuinely make jokes about the holocaust... I like dark humor but dark isn't the same as insensitive. Also the fact that it's the first thing people bring up when they learn where you're from... Like I don't meet an American and immediately go "haha slavery, am I right" It is a big part of our history and it's important to talk about it, so we don't forget the atrocities that happened and can prevent something like it from ever happening again, but it needs to be talked about in the appropriate setting, with the appropriate register and tone of voice, not in a "I just met you, Sieg heil" kinda way

[@justcogitating]

I appreciate that Germany has taken responsibility for the Holocaust. Poland has not taken responsibility for the role of its people in the Holocaust.

[@melchol2121]

Americans need to learn from the Germans- so much of our history is shameful even schools avoid talking about it

[@morrisonsrocks]

Plus, making the Nazi greeting and saying stuff like that and denying the holocaust is a crime here. So if the wrong people see/hear you, you may have a very inconvenient talk with the police and it may cost you. Not funny at all. And assume we heard all those "dark humour" jokes anyway. I love dark humour and bad jokes, but those horrors were and are not really funny and still affect people. And sadly Nazis are still a thing, so even in the presence not funny. Never again. Don't normalize it with jokes.

[@HeresorLegacy]

​@@melchol2121 which is basically the opposite of what we do. German history classes beat you over the head with Nazi-Germany, to the point you almost get desensitized to it. Of the 10 years I had history classes, 3 of them were about Nazi-Germany.

[@jasoncp3257]

@@morrisonsrocks idk bout you, but its just kept to "here's *name* they're German, don't mention the war, oh fu.." where im from in the UK, purely because of faulty towers.

[@rebekahl840]

Evan, sometimes people don't want tea. And that is ok. Sometimes people want tea now, but by the time you have made it, they don't! Just because you have made it, doesn't mean they have to drink it. Never force tea onto someone who doesn't want it, ESPECIALLY if they're unconsciousness. Say it with me : Unconscious people don't want tea!

[@greenduck2657]

You’ve just brought back a memory I forgot about for years

[@zslamic]

Nostalgia. When this was played in school assemblies 😂😂😂

[@leobeboop4944]

OMG THE TEA VIDEOOOO

[@laurensutcliffe9081]

I wonder how many people on this channel know this reference

[@rebekahl840]

@@greenduck2657 😂

[@LynxChan]

For Spain, when they said "invited" they meant "invitar" which in this context means "pay for". So it's not letting a friend buy you a drink (including coffee/breakfast). Also to be clear 99% of the time the "argument" is pure theater, no one is actually mad, but it's considered appropriate to try to pay for drinks and also to loudly object to someone else paying for your drinks. It all usually works out to 50/50 pay/get paid in the end anyway.

[@melchol2121]

This is so similar to Ethiopian culture - its always dinner and the theater

[@CheekieCharlie]

Chinese too

[@1983simi]

It's very similar in India! My husband is Indian (I'm German) and in the beginning when we would go visit my home country he was shocked how often he ended up having to pay for dinners with other people, because he naturally would try to initiate the theater of 'No let me pay. No let me pay.' just that doesn't work in Germany and people - even if a bit surprised - were just like 'Oh that's so kind of you. Thank you.' :'D For a while I really had to remind him that 'Don't offer to pay unless you really want to. We'll agree with the group if they want to go Dutch or if everyone will just pay what they had respectively. But don't offer!' By now we have good friends in Spain too and he obviously much prefers the Spanish way (me too) and I get to witness the theatrical struggle for the bill whenever we go there ^_^

[@FouEliane]

Ah, it’s the exact same in France, especially near Belgium. It has to be a big debate and usually the sneakiest one pays when they come back from the bathroom and you act offended and devise a plan to pay next time

[@idek7438]

It's a thing in Italy too

[@ottakringcalling]

Evan: *makes a whole video about no no's in different European countries* Also Evan: *accidentally calls Europe a country at the end*

[@Sabinee211]

I know right?! It’s not the same as the US, Europe is so large and has so many cultures and countries. What do people mean when they say with it’s an ‘European’ thing? Is it Swedish, German, Spanish, Romanian? There is a big difference.

[@TM-ng2bz]

@@Sabinee211 There are still also things that apply to most European countries, but not to e.g. Asian countries or the USA for example.

[@aspenindenial]

@@Sabinee211 there is some culture that translates over most of europe

[@irissupercoolsy]

i got offended by that one

[@joequeralt6888]

5:34 You never force a cup of tea on a British person Evan, especially if they're unconscious. Because, Say it with me, unconscious people don't want tea! And you call yourself a British Citizen.

[@js66613]

This.

[@rebekahl840]

UNCONSCIOUSNESS PEOPLE DON'T WANT TEA! I'm so glad my pshe lesson came in handy!

[@DoctorsSong]

The Doctor did

[@bleddynwolf8463]

ay

[@leobeboop4944]

People should have to watch this before they can call themselves a British citizen/j

[@ShiningHalo]

English people all know that they shouldn't force tea on anyone. Because as we know, unconscious people don't want a cup of tea.

[@maneskinnnnn7190]

Ah go on go on go on

[@cajunseasoning1846]

YEES another reference in this comment section, i love it

[@CheekieCharlie]

Just....don't give them the tea

[@Pope_Rural_I5184]

If you make a cup of tea and later they decide they don't want it, don't force them to have tea

[@TheRealSealStudios]

No way, that was so slick! 🤣

[@MarcSpark]

13:19 "Europe or any other country" Big no no in Europe: calling Europe one country.

[@ottakringcalling]

I thought I was the only one that noted that xD

[@dutchgamer842]

Well people also don't know the difference between EU and Europe either

[@jakeoliver9167]

@@dutchgamer842 yep my nan thinks were not in Europe anymore in England. We're islanders apparently since brexit

[@Dunkelzeitgeist]

This

[@johannseltmann9493]

I don't think it's a problem to call Europe a country. Wishful thinking maybe, but not a no no.

[@Sasha-qf8eu]

The no shoes indoors thing in Sweden is HILARIOUS when you're at a house party. You open the door and there's a hundred pairs of shoes just piled up at the entrance

[@Saavik256]

In Slovenia it's kind of a mixed bag, depending on the household. In my household, my best friend can keep their shoes on, but everyone else gets slippers. :P

[@Mia-bl9nk]

Not just a sweden thing it's common in all nordic countries but it IS so FUNNY when it's a fancier party like a graduation or something and everyone's dress shoes are just in a pile and when it's time to leave the gust have to play 'are these mine black sleek dress shoes or are they Steve's' XD

[@linchan7271]

On Germany it's quite the same, imagine, students party. pray to God you find your shoes in that pile when you're drunk at 4 am and want to go home

[@babelwabel170]

@@linchan7271 yeah germant totally take off their outdoor shoes, some people bring their slipper s to parties :-)

[@Okoi05]

@@babelwabel170 I also do this, I'm from Poland and parties during winter are funny because you open the door and first see lots of boots lol

[@DanWager1]

"don't say no to your nan offering tea": - Real advise - if someone doesn't want tea don't give them tea especially if they're unconscious

[@frerins]

Say it with me: Unconscious people don't want tea.

[@lukas97671]

Don’t forget. People can change their mind. Just because they wanted tea earlier, doesn’t mean they want tea now

[@dannyharding9884]

if you know you know

[@rebekahl840]

If they say they don't want tea, don't pour it down thier throat!

[@wolfzmusic9706]

@@rebekahl840 😂😂

[@milamm]

Spanish here, the drinks don't have to be alcohol it's literally a drink, any drink, juice counts, and it's generally accompanied by some food, tapas generally. And the argument happens after, like you've already had the drink and a friend says "I'm paying" (generally yo invito which tends to be translated as I invite you to the drink instead of my treat) and you don't let them, that's when you get fights. It's the denying of the offer, like you're denying their friendship and kindness. Even worse if it's the person's birthday. I guess it's a bit similar to the cup of tea in the UK? Also the fights are generally over who pays for everyone, not I pay mine you pay yours (that would be an even worse faux Pas)

[@august1837]

It’s the exact same where I’m from. I’m Arab. It’s impossible to have a meal with a bunch of Arabs without having an argument about who’s gonna pay for everyone

[@altairdelirio]

Spanish here too and I've literally had to resort to flipping a coin or playing rock paper scissors to avoid arguments

Conversely if you were sharing a drink with someone and have a fall out, you show you're upset by paying your own stuff and leaving. It's like saying "I want nothing from you, not even a coffee".

[@lalalalafa]

my boyfriend is Spanish and for me as a German person this discussion is interesting to observe sometimes. I mean of course people here at times also offer to pay and maybe there is a small back and forth, but generally when they offer it they also mean it. Honestly for me it seems a bit tiring to do the whole act around it haha

[@camilagrgicevic2890]

Creo que la manera en la que lo escribió la persona de reddit lo volvió confuso, porque usó la palabra "invite" que tanto en inglés como en los lugares hispanohablantes que no son España significa decirle a alguien de ir a un lugar (ya sea a comer, tomar etc) pero no implica pagar lo que consuma, "invitarle". Por eso Evan interpretó que lo que estaba mal visto era negarse a la invitación, negarse a ir a tomar algo y no lo que realmente es: no aceptar que la otra persona pague.

[@TheEssentialReads]

Yeah I live in France, and the saying bonjour/bonsoir thing is super important. So many tourists slip up and don’t say it, even worse when the shopkeeper says bonjour, and the tourist doesn’t say it back. remember your au revoir, bonne journée when leaving too *Edit* Also the Spanish one “inviting” in this sense is imagine the same as in french. “Je t’invite”, means I’m paying for you. So the argument is more so about who is paying for drinks, and not about if your coming to get drinks or not

[@jonnyb2774]

Is it saying hello at the start of checking out or just on entering the shop ??

[@TheEssentialReads]

@@jonnyb2774 depends on the size of the shop, but generally when you walk into the shop, and when you see a worker you haven’t yet greeted

[@jonnyb2774]

@@TheEssentialReads cheers for the clarification. Kinda what I guessed. Just really about being a decent friendly human.

[@rebekahl840]

I was in France for 4 years when i was young, and my Dad would say bonsoir to almost every person we came in contact with, but we would only bonsoir after 6pm, (bonsoir o'clock) before we would bonjour, sometimes salut

[@liul]

You're right about the inviting /paying for in Spain

[@innitweird861]

Didn't realise greeting people was a localised thing. I'm from Austria and I greet the shopkeepers in small shops. Like, we're all alone in a tiny space,would be super weird to ignore them. Also, usually they greet their customers when they come in anyways. Sidenote: I avoid tiny clothes shops cause I feel too observed. I like the anonymity of huge stores.

[@Leenapanther]

Same in Switzerland.

[@iriszipolyvolgyi4120]

Same in Hungary

[@1983simi]

Right? German here and yup, it's super rude to go into a small shop or a bakery and not at least say hi, or walking up to a cashier even in a bigger shop and not say hi. Shop staff are people who deserve common courtesy within a human interaction like anybody else. I find it completely okay if shop staff won't serve you before you haven't at least greeted them.

[@envoltaemla6652]

Same in Portugal. Wherever we enter some place we greet whomever it's there

[@LadyThoopie]

I live in england and I always say hello to the shopkeeper in small shops and goodbye, and ask them how they are.. and say hi / thank you to security guards as i leave big stores. And thanks on the bus 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️ I thought it was just politeness!

[@driftedspirit]

There was a Finnish exchange student on my uni course, I complimented her on her dress one day and she told me it was a very odd thing to hear as it’s something that is just not done by strangers in Finland. She said its seen as an invasion of personal space. We ended up getting on really well throughout the course and have remained friends ever since :)

[@queenigelkotte]

Yeah in Sweden too. If you have to talk to a stranger you should apologise first

[@AylaMarianna]

@@queenigelkotte yup, the "Excuse me but I just have to say: what a nice dress!" ^^ And of course to never take it as impoliteness if someone looks confused and doesn't know how react, especially if passing by. I know all too well how caught off guard you can get! Still awesome (even when you realize "oh shit I failed to say thank you, or even react!" a few moments too late 😁)

[@TalesOfWar]

@@queenigelkotte Swedes in general can be pretty bad at taking a complement, even if you're good friends and have known each other for years lol.

[@Henrik46]

@@queenigelkotte apologise ≠ excuse. The first is admitting guilt, and might induce forgiveness, the second is simply acknowledging that some inconvenience was caused by you or someone/something else, not saying you were wrong for causing it.

[@jamesbernadette6216]

@@Henrik46 I feel like "förlåt mig..." is somewhat analogous to "forgive me but..." as a conversation starter, hence the blurred line between apology and excuse. Similarly Finnish "anteeksi" doesn't make any distinction between the two except for the context it is used in, so I wonder if it's a Nordic thing. Anyways; semantics.

[@franciscoricca8309]

I was going to comment something about Portugal, but then I realized that the comment about Portugal in the video was posted on Reddit by ME 😅 Great video Evan, hope you do more r/AskEurope content, it is one of the most interesting subreddits I know!

[@ualissonmonteiro8566]

A melhor coisa que Portugal deu para nós brasileiros, foi a língua portuguesa, e até hoje acham q a gente fala espanhol também hahaha

[@mffmart]

In line with your comment, YES, we hate to be called Spanish, or to have people say our country is a province of Spain; this is in part because of a historical background that became cultural, having to do with assimilation by the Spanish Crown, independence, and a few others. Nevertheless, people here do make a huge effort to understand and communicate with you, no matter what language you speak. Speak Spanish, English, French, you'll be fine in Portugal; just don't question our sovereignty along the way 😂😂

[@Saavik256]

@@mffmart Well, considering that Portugal was once one of the largest empires on the planet ... I can see how you'd be offended. :P

[@mffmart]

@@Saavik256 Hahahahaha, yes, could be 😂😂

[@tinniesealjiji]

Welcome back to a man who’s hair can’t decide if it’s brown or blonde

[@evan]

this is true

[@hawkins347]

As a natural blonde that's darkened with age... I feel this 😅

[@mariosnyd]

As a strawberry blonde my hair changes color from red to blonde , light brown, and dark brown in the winter

[@Anvilshock]

whose*

[@aisling_90]

Saying thank you to bus drivers is big thing here in Ireland. But I didn’t know that it wasn’t universal until I went to London for the first time and thanked the driver. Think I made his whole week, he was so touched by it 😆

[@KarenMariaMcCormack]

I find it so wired getting off the bus at the middle doors because especially if it's jammers I can't really shout out "merci", but i always greet the driver when I get on the bus

[@TKDDLJ09]

I was in dublin for 6 months and never ever heard anyone thank the bus driver. Maybe its just Dublin?

[@violetskies14]

London really is weird. I don't know about the south but from the Midlands onwards you thank the driver.

[@isla25]

@@TKDDLJ09 I am from Dublin and use buses regularly and I hear people thanking the driver a lot, I always do it myself also. I only use Dublin bus so maybe you used a different operator.

[@nswinoz3302]

@@TKDDLJ09 Dublin is the part of Ireland you travel through to get home. My wife commented on my ability to drive across Dublin without GPS after not visiting there for forty years. I also remember her commenting on Ireland having one of the best value for money toll roads heading SW for over 100km for one Euro and also having to remind her we were NOT on the Autobahn when she was driving at over 140km/hr. NSW in Oz

[@artifexi3570]

I’ve heard it said that the whole continent of Europe including England itself will make fun of England (English can confirm) but heaven forbid America does it Also in England do not push in line. Do not forget to say ‘cheers’ or ‘thanks’ to people in shops. I was volunteering at a marathon handing out water and someone at mile 23 took the cup of water from me and breathlessly gasped ‘thanks so much, you’re amazing’ mate you’ve run 23 miles all I’ve done is hand you a cup of water you can LET THE POLITENESS SLIDE And only British people are allowed to insult beans on toast

[@LannasMissingLink]

We like to say England is the America of Europe. Its so accurate lol

[@TalesOfWar]

Even as an Englishman who doesn't particularly like beans on toast, I'll still defend it against all foreigners who would mock it! My Swedish friend jokes about it all the time, the same Sweden where surstromming is a thing!

[@irissupercoolsy]

Belgian here.. I think when another European country does it, it's okay, because we also do it. But we hate Americans more than the UK, so we have to defend our little brother 😁

[@Jabber-ig3iw]

You haven’t grasped the difference between England and the UK have you?

[@artifexi3570]

@@Jabber-ig3iw I’d like to imagine I have considering I’ve lived here for my whole life but yk maybe I haven’t maybe I have no idea of anything to do with the world around me and have the brain of a sea slug which is clearly more plausible than the concept that I decided to talk about what I know as England in order to not risk generalising the multiple countries in the United Kingdom

[@An19941]

Holland is indeed the left bit of the Netherlands, but we're speaking just as much Dutch as our fellow Dutchies (if not more bc Frysian is a thing lol) xD

[@natanoj16]

The worst part is... In Denmark the word for 'The Netherlands' is literally Holland... xD

[@Stroopwafe1]

@@natanoj16 According to my Danish bf, it's also called Nederlandene. So we'd prefer if you all changed to that :)

[@sh4dowveil749]

Biggest no no in the UK, don't you dare imply that the current government is good ESPECIALLY If you voted for them. Also, don't say the American spelling is the "right" one, it is not

[@Tessa_Gr]

The US-American way of spelling is very obviously the wrong one, and makes even less sense than the British way. So I don't know how anyone would think that. Like "color" and "neighbor" just looks awful and wrong. "colour" and "neighbour" looks normal and balanced.

[@sh4dowveil749]

@@Tessa_Gr Truer words were never spoken

[@aceatlasska4343]

@@Tessa_Gr ikr, if you're going to take a letter out of "colour", take the "o" for goodness' sake, the US spelling makes even less sense 🤣

[@mushroomsoup2866]

@@aceatlasska4343 clour

[@aceatlasska4343]

@@mushroomsoup2866 I assume you're joking, since I meant the other "o" lol

[@lare1856]

Also a big no no in Finland is being loud in place where you don't know everyone in (like in public). I once saw a british family in a store and every finn there were disturbed because they were so fucking loud.

[@JasmineG96]

This also applies to Switzerland! We don't like loud people here, you'll get some nasty looks 🤣

[@TalesOfWar]

We hate loud people in the UK too. They'd be given nasty looks even here lol. It's only really accepted if drunk (or somewhere you expect to be drunk, like a pub).

[@JoeBleasdaleReal]

In Romania: if you see a full plastic bottle of what looks like water on a dinner table, DON’T drink it. As in, don’t pick it up and sip it, or pour yourself a big glass. It’s “tuica”, a really strong clear home-brew that Romanians store in plastic bottles and serve on special occasions or family dinners (some can be up to 65%!) I learned that one the hard way 😂🇷🇴

[@minano-nim6795]

I swear every second Romanian has learned this the hard way at one point or another XD

[@crowfoot1199]

on the up side, if you do make that mistake, it's a very tasty one!

[@idkt-t9214]

I'm from Romania and I've had something similar happen. When I was younger I found a coke bottle in my parents bedroom and was about to drink some when the smell hit me, it was some homemade red wine they got from a neighbor.

[@patrykkarcz7859]

As a Polish, I don't really mind if someone misunderstands things about WW2, but there's one exception - never EVER use phrase "Polish death camps". First of all, it's not true. Second of all, if you use "Polish" only in geographical context, I guess you're pretty okay with me calling 9/11 "an act of American terrorism".

[@zslamic]

0 to 100 rq 😳😳

[@vanessah5217]

On a similar note to the French one, in Germany you're rude if you don't greet others in a waiting room at a doctor's office. No small talk, just a simple "Guten Tag" or "Guten Morgen" (or other locally typical greetings like "Moin" in Hamburg or "Grüß Gott" in Bavaria for example) into the room when coming in and sitting down.

[@Leenapanther]

It's also rude not to say Guten Appetit when someone starts eating. At least here in Switzerland you will hear "En Guete" from everyone around you.

[@beth12svist]

I think in Czechia it's generally considered rude not to greet people if you enter a smaller enclosed space with them, no matter whether it's a shop, a waiting room, an elevator, or whatever; maybe with the exception of public transport - but even then you're expected to greet e.g. people in a train compartment. In some places, you might even greet e.g. people waiting at a bus stop - although apparently that can differ a lot by place even inside one city. I think general rule of thumb is you can't go wrong with greeting people even if some of them might think you're unnecessarily chipper for doing so; but you definitely can go wrong with not greeting them... as Jen of Dream Prague has observed, it's also rude in Czechia to stop people in the street with a question without greeting them first.

[@brendaalmiwr3432]

It's just the same in all Latin America from Mexico to Argentina. Every country in the world considers greeting good manners, except in the USA

[@definitely.natasha]

Something that will grind the gears of Welsh people (specifically Welsh speakers) is saying "where are all the vowels" when you see Welsh signs. There are a normal amount of vowels in our words it's just that you don't notice them because you're not used to Y and W being vowels.

[@wolfzmusic9706]

i literally went to wales in august and a simple word like ‘beach’ (traeth i think) literally has 2 vowels in it. what are people on about? i don’t remember any other welsh words (there was soo much welsh though on everything) but i’m sure plenty of words have an ‘a’ in them

[@caitlin329]

Yeah, Welsh just has *more* vowels

[@deltaflamestorm7400]

in the US I remember learning that y could be a vowel sometimes in elementary school which explains how the word "why" works I'm sure there's others that I can't think of right now though

[@definitely.natasha]

@@deltaflamestorm7400 exactly. Y should be a vowel ìn English too. Hence the word "myth"

[@LannasMissingLink]

@@wolfzmusic9706 in Irish beach is tráth so I love seeing these similarities between the celtic languages!

[@itslouiseoc]

Hi Even, You’re right about the funerals here in Ireland. You turn up for everyone. It’s also a very quick affair, it only takes 2 to 3 days here until the deceased person is buried. As for drinking, our culture here does funerals right I think. It’s more a celebration of life. As soon as the person dies, usually all the immediate family get together that night to have a drink to celebrate that persons life and say a decade of the rosary if the family is religious. The following evening we have a wake or else have prayers at the funeral home. A wake is usually where the person is brought home, put in a room in a house and every neighbour and friend calls in to pay respects. Usually it’s tea and sandwiches served with a drink or two then later into the night. The funeral then happens the following morning and people go to a restaurant after the service for a meal and tea/drinks as well.

[@stephk5797]

The old phrase is - and Irish funeral is more fun than an English wedding 😁

[@LannasMissingLink]

The wake is also traditionally 3 days and family take turns staying awake in the sitting room with the body for the 3 days, im not sure why tbh but thats what's done. My mum was so angry my nanny's sisters didn't help during the wake for my nanny. It was an exhausting 3 days and while myself and sisters helped take turns, my mum never left her mum the entire 3 days.

[@Sebisajiminstan]

That’s very, very similar to the Romanian funeral traditions. Except for us it’s a sad affair, not so much celebrating the person’s life but grieving their loss. Other than that, it’s pretty much the same.

[@Shirley36]

Not just Japan. A lot of Asian countries are just anti-shoes in the house. We have separate house slippers. And for god's sake, NO SHOES ON BEDS.

[@ttanucha]

same in Russia

[@masteryoda7207]

I think most countries that aren't the US are this way.

[@WaddleQwacker]

@@masteryoda7207 In France, pretty much everyone has indoors shoes at home. Though not everyone has the same practices when it comes to guests, some might ask them to remove shoes, some don't, ... When I was a kid, if I ever put dirt on the ground or had dirty socks, I had to clean everything. That didn't happen often, for some obscure reason.

[@OzSteve9801]

Shoes are worn inside in Australia, even if it's just slippers. Also, in the morning you check your shoes for spiders before you put them on. The two are related.

[@slake9727]

Canadians don't wear shoes indoors.

[@Zairanang]

Speaking of Italians not liking people messing up their food, "If my grandma had wheels, she'd be a bicycle."

[@mygetawayart]

Gino D'Acampo is my spirit animal

[@jessieneilan4784]

This comment doesn't have enough attention

[@Splurr]

Butt Bananapizza and Kebabpizzas are greate! We swedes love to mess up our pizzas!

[@idek7438]

The other version of that saying is "if my grandpa had three balls he'd be a pinball machine"

[@brendaalmiwr3432]

🤣

[@vickytaylor9155]

If American’s try to impersonate an English person by doing the Dick Van Dyke (Mary Poppins) accent it really really upsets us. There are hundreds of different accents in England alone let alone, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. supposedly our accent changes every 5-10 miles.

[@DoctorsSong]

It wasn't until I got into Doctor Who that I realized this. It's crazy to me that there can be a completely different accent 5-10 miles away. I live in a place called the Tri-Cities locally. Each city is about 10 miles from each other, and besides the different language spoken in the area (Spanish) there aren't different accents between the English speakers here. In the States while there are different expressions and phrases in areas nearby, different accents are from much broad areas at least west of the Mississippi river. East of said river there are more accents in smaller areas. I mean there is definitely a difference between a Georgian accent and a Arkansas accent.

[@pintpullinggeek]

@@DoctorsSong "Lots of planets have a North"

[@mytube001]

The Danish bit about addressing people in an informal way is equally true for Sweden, and probably Norway as well. Not in Finland, though, not even in the Swedish-speaking community there. As a Swede, I would be slightly offended, or at least perplexed, if someone were to address me with a title and my last name. That's just weird to us.

[@soup7694]

yeah 1st name and last name if needed and that's all we want lol no titels nor last name only, just our 1st name

[@MellePuff]

Being that formal would be really wierd in Finland too.

[@ldgh2288]

Erm.. what? We only use first names in Finland.

[@mytube001]

@@MellePuff Ok? So has that changed in recent years? Some older Finnish people I know felt that Sweden was very informal compared to Finland when they came here. They were born in the 50s and came here around 40 years ago.

[@eevipajala6053]

@@mytube001 yeah no, titles feel weird and formal in finland. my conservative 80 year old grandma might say "doctor xxx" but i don't think it's very common even for people her age

[@georgebritten6666]

The first time I went to Berlin I got stopped by the Police because I didn't have my train ticket. I was given a fine and as I was paying one of the officers sternly asked "what is that?" and pointed to a £5 note in my wallet. This was just after the new £5 had come in with Churchill on it, which made me a little nervous. Thankfully the officer started smiling and paid €10 of the fine in exchange for keeping the note.

[@LannasMissingLink]

Haha "is that a bribe I see?"

[@michaelsolotky7445]

I agree with the thing "listen if you ask". There are many other phrases you can say besides "How are you doing?" for small talk. Something like "Have a good day, nice stranger" or "Nice weather today, isn't it?" Also, I would say it's not a problem that strangers aren't interested in somebody other's wellbeing. Why would they? But if other people who you would expect to care at least a bit, ask a don't want to listen, they kinda show they don't give a shit about that person and that's disappointing.

[@birte9395]

Talking about the weather could lead to an even longer conversation in Germany

[@RubyMadigan]

I was on a school trip to Poland and we tried to offer one of our seats to an old man on the bus... this lead to us being yelled at in Polish while sitting there feeling embarrassed and not understanding a word. We asked someone at out hotel about it later and apparently it was because we were girls and this man would not take a seat from a woman

[@benas_st]

Outdated chivalry is what that is...

[@MrsFahrenheit991]

Well, older people in Poland can sometimes be a bit 'bitter'. Most of them however would take the seat or refuse politely. And unfortunately a lot of them doesn't speak English or any other language then Polish.

[@MH-xu2ng]

ahh thats nice. where i live people just fight to secure spot for themselves. even if there is someone heavily pregnant or elderly or obviously sick.

[@speedyx3493]

Really weird, never expirienced this in Poland, despite living there for like 18 years

[@autumnramble]

Really? There are two types of articles that appear in press every few month in Poland: one is about rudeness of modern youth that pretends to read so they don't see an elderly and give them their seat, second is about some disabled teenager or young pregnant woman that was yelled at or beaten by an elderly person that wanted their seat.

[@WailandVic]

The big nono’s that both Finland and Denmark have is a thing here in Sweden too. I feel in general the Nordic countries have pretty similar nono’s. One for Sweden tho, stop calling us Swiss. I don’t know how many people keep mixing up Sweden and Switzherland. The names aren’t even that close! 😂

[@cantacarallada]

I apologize for the Swedish/Swiss confusion, but when you aren't a native English speaker, sometimes this type of confusion happens. I speak English fluently, but still in this case sometimes my brain needs a second to associate the word with the right meaning and unfortunately my mouth reacts faster.

[@AylaMarianna]

I've even been told we have good chocolate here. I was wondering if (and in that case how the hell) this random bartender in Townsville, QLD, Australia had tried Marabou or something, before I realized that he must've confused Sweden with Switzerland. 🙄😂

[@marsukarhu9477]

Yeah, you're right. It's pretty similar in all the Nordics. But in Finland friends can actually call you by your last name as kind of a joke/nickname, but it would be hugely strange if a teacher, student, coworker, boss, acquaintance etc. would do so.

[@patrickkeller2193]

Calling The Netherlands Holland is about the same as calling Great Britain England.

[@SatumangoTheGreat]

There are three camps here on that issue, two of which are rather vocal about it. People from North or South Hollland, who don't want to be associated with other provinces, people from other provinces who don't want to associated with North and South Holland, and the rest who really don't care how you call this country. The first two are vocal about it, especially on the internet, but as far as I know, the last group is the largest.

[@OntarioTrafficMan]

In my experience, though Dutch people may correct you if you say Holland to refer to the entire country, it is usually provided as information. They don't seem to be actually offended like when a Scot is called English, or a Canadian is called American.

[@sams3015]

Irish here, we also have very drawn out funerals. I was dating my Danish ex when my nana died and he was like “Our Queen wouldn’t even get this much mourning”. He also thought our cemeteries look like the ones in movies

[@KarenMariaMcCormack]

I wonder if that happens because of emigration, to make sure family members could get home to the funeral of a parent or sibling

[@minimooster7258]

@@KarenMariaMcCormack but at the same time, there's like 3 days between when a person dies and when we hold the funeral? Which isn't a huge amount of time for relations abroad to get home...

[@LannasMissingLink]

@@minimooster7258 well you can postpone the 3 days mourning period but not too long. We only postponed my nanny's a few days so her sister could come home from England. But in the uk they are ok with waiting ages before burying their loved one! I know it's just different cultures but that feels so heartless to me. We were beside ourselves postponing even a few days.

[@sams3015]

@@LannasMissingLink yeah in Britain they take forever, I wonder because of higher population density maybe. Also my mother is from NI (Catholic) and everything there is always held in the home. The wife of my grand uncle had him goto a funeral home & my grandmother (the NI one) was besides herself and totally felt disrespected on his behalf

[@commieskungflu1635]

@@LannasMissingLink Where are you from? No context to your comment when you don’t say what country you are talking about of your own culture

[@Kurtea00]

Fun Fact: Doing the Nazi greeting is actually illegal in Germany.

[@antonellamR2D2]

Allegedly it's illegalin Italy too, but nobody seems to remember it...

[@Henrik46]

It's not really funny. The ban likely helps the Nazi cause by making them feel like victims of state oppression.

[@jojannekevisscher9923]

The move itself is not illegal in The Netherlands, but any saying/exclamation of hate paired with it does make it punishable!

[@idek7438]

@@antonellamR2D2 Technically it's not illegal. What's illegal is trying to reform the Fascist Party. Still, if you do that, the majority of people will look at you sideways to say the least

[@emileduvernois6680]

Yes, and it is interesting to notice that in German films depicting that period, they try to avoid doing it by all means. I remember seing a film where a nazi officer tried to do a nazi salute after hearing a speech on the radio, but he was so drunk that he could not complete the gesture. I thought it was done on purpose in the scenario.

[@E.S.K.]

Poland: 1) don't keep your hands in your pockets when talking to someone. it is disrespectful. 2) don't wear hat inside. 3) don't eat with hat on your head 4) an even number of flowers only for funerals 5) say good mornig and goodbye when you go in and out shops, restaurants etc. 6) don't use first name to older or stranger people. It's not Adam is Mr. Adam (or Mr. Kowalski it depends sometimes) 7) don't call us Russians or East European country

[@blenderpanzi]

No outdoor footwear in the house is also a thing in Austria and Germany and probably a lot of other European countries. Here people often even provide (machine washable) house shoes to guests.

[@Sebisajiminstan]

Same for Romania. It’s so much cleaner, why would you ever want all that outside dirt inside your house? Blew my mind when I learned some cultures actually wear outside shoes inside, I thought that was just a movie thing

[@blenderpanzi]

@@Sebisajiminstan Yeah, next thing we learn that Americans really leave the lights on when leaving the house and never close doors. (Speaking of things that happen all the time on TV, but that I assume are just TV things and not real.) XD

[@diarmuidkuhle8181]

@@Sebisajiminstan Unless you've been slogging through unpaved mud lanes or stepped in a puddle of piss somewhere, just how 'dirty' are your shoes really going to be from walking on tarmac or tiled floors? It's what doormats were invented for. I'll sometimes take my shoes off at home and sometimes not. I'd feel insulted if asked by someone I was visiting to take my shoes off at the door. To me that would imply they think I don't know how to wipe my feet and will track dirt onto their precious carpet ; also I'd not feel properly dressed if I was made to pad around on my socks like a child or a mental patient. I'd feel patronised.

[@Jabber-ig3iw]

It’s a thing for some people in the UK as well, but they are a weird strange bunch and you solve the issue by disowning them as friends, I’m not 5 I’m capable of making sure my shoes aren’t dirty before I enter your house.

[@blenderpanzi]

@@Jabber-ig3iw Unless you wash them before entering your shoes are dirty.

[@lorrainehinchliffe5371]

As a Canadian, no I won’t forgive you. I won’t be rude to you but I will be furious.

[@anne8663]

Yep, same! 😂 I also sympathize with the Swiss, don’t mistake French Canadians for the French from France. Please, we heard it often. 😌

[@dirtypagan5793]

Lol Apparently some American tourists wear Canadian flag pins when traveling because it causes people to treat them much nicer than they would Americans.

[@emileduvernois6680]

Perhaps we the French should do the same, maybe foreigners cannot tell the difference between the French and the Quebeckers just by hearing them speak.

[@GabsR-N]

@Lorraine Hinchliffe. I was just about to say! Lmao! Fucking fuuuumin' 😆

[@WaddleQwacker]

​@@emileduvernois6680 Funny... Yesterday on reddit i had an American explaining to me how I was wrong about identifying a video's French accent as south-west / Occitan French, and it HAS to be Québécois because he, the wise American, knows that thick French accents are always from Québec. It wasn't even a thick accent, but hey I'm just a Frenchie, and I only lived in 6 linguistically distinct French regions and now lives in Montréal, I guess he knows better.

[@hannahbee567]

There's a whole thing about the type of flowers you give people--some are linked to death, some are platonic love some are intense love. Flower languages are wild, honestly...

[@cajunseasoning1846]

yellow rose

[@turtlingmywaydown3999]

The Belgium glasses got me. I work in a pub in a brewery town. We started with monks brewing in the old Abbey in the 11th century, now we export around the world. The people I serve have been brewing beer for longer than I've been alive, they are so particular about their glasses that they will refuse a drink for it, or specify when ordering. Many of the smaller pubs will have regulars that provide their own glass and leave it there.

[@ijustdocomments6777]

As an American, I absolutely hate when people ask how I'm doing, how's it going, etc. first thing in the day, like, I don't KNOW dude, I was asleep a couple hours ago, I haven't had time to assess yet, these are end of day questions! Basically, Germany would be paradise.

"Hi! How are you?" "Awake" 🙂

[@ranjanbiswas3233]

Are you sure you are an American?

[@xXHiwatariXx]

Well one big no no in Poland will be, if u are on any party do not pour liquor yourself first, it can be found rude, always starts with ppl nearby if it's big party, if it's small then u gotta go around the table. Another one, always take off your shoes or at least ask if u have to take them off when entering someone's house, often u will be served with clean "flip flops" Last one, when someone invite you to house most likely they will prepare dinner and dessert and spirit's so do not eat too much before going to Polish house, because u have to try everything :) (usually is in good taste to bring alkohol for a man and flowers/chocolate for woman)

[@sharnadixon-scott710]

Same in the uk

[@Ariadna_Vega]

As an Spaniard, when I was in Poland for my Erasmus I went to my friend's familal home and they told me I could not take my shoes off because they knew that in my culture is a big no-no to take them off. I almost cried because they were so considerate and equally take them off because, hey, we have to mold to the culture ☺

[@TalesOfWar]

We have a few Polish people at work and whenever we're out drinking they ALWAYS offer everyone else a drink before themselves.

[@entchen6676]

I'm German and after finishing school I worked in a little store in England for half a year. It took me over a month to realize that the correct answer to "You alright?" is neither to answer honestly, nor to say "Yeah, and you?" but to also say "You alright?"

[@TheLeukarfw]

The thing about Spain, here when we say invitar (invite), we actually refer to pay someone else's drink/food. So, per example, we say "Te invito a cenar", wich is "I invite you to dinner", but the actual meaning is "I'm gonna pay for your dinner and you better not even think to refuse". It's a pretty common thing XD.

[@Ramtamtama]

6:44 I spent a week in Germany with some German friends. I was told I did the right thing by punching a fellow Brit (who was a complete stranger to us) in the face for trying to make a joke about the Holocaust. Another thing to note is that people in the Osnabruck area seem to have adopted Nottingham Forest as their local foreign club, so I was more popular than was necessary by always wearing Forest shirts when out and about. Must be the twin city thing.

[@przykran]

13:20 “Europe or any other country” Evan, that was very American of you to say. /hj Also, as a Polish person I’d agree with Finland on thinking we’re Russians, but also, SPEAKING RUSSIAN TO US. Happened to me in a pub in Berlin but also just in my city, since some Russians, Ukrainians and Belarusians visiting (mostly tourists tbh) just assume we speak Russian. Did I learn Russian in high school for 3 years? Yes. Can I hold a conversation after 2,5 years? No way. You’d have better luck with English, really. Another no-no is tourist-y pictures in Auschwitz, Stutthof or any other concentration camp. No. Just don’t. Happens too often with foreign tourists.

[@lauraherbert]

In the uk we will NEVER FORCE YOU TO DRINK TEA. IF SOMEONE DOESN’T WANT TEA WE WILL NOT GIVE THEM TEA.

[@LannasMissingLink]

Well thats why the redditor said its a thing in Ireland

[@lauraherbert]

@@LannasMissingLink gosh I wouldn’t like to be in Ireland if they force you to drink tea 😬

[@LannasMissingLink]

@@lauraherbert ah sure give it a go. The place is great otherwise

[@qwertyTRiG]

Ah go on. Ah go on. Go on go on go on go on.

[@LittleMisssCupcake]

@@LannasMissingLink its not a thing in Ireland

[@tillie_brn]

French here, I didn't realise that saying hello when entering a shop was something only we did. So that's why here in England I get surprised looks when I go into a shop and say hello...

[@SH-xq9fw]

In the North people do the same since we have manners

[@CMR_1317]

In Ireland we do it, but the younger generation don't seem to be carrying on the tradition.

[@nuriafg6955]

We do it in spain as well

[@marissaemily8452]

In Canada the staff are usually required to greet (just acknowledged the customer in some way) and it’s rude if you just ignore them. And lots will also say hi without staff talking first.

[@beth12svist]

Czechs do it, too. I imagine most places in Europe do, actually.

[@discordiasreturn1222]

my experience: Spain: coming from the "colder" social environment of germany it took me a week to learn that if you shake hands instead of kissing both cheeks you are seen as terribly impolite. Finland: "see you soon" is not a smalm talk phrase, that person will show up in a couple of hours at your door :D Also - don't compare them to Sweden. Lithuania/Estonia: Speaking in Russian. 50/50 chance of that going wrong, so i rather stick with English as some might see it as a "colonial leftover" with the younger generation, unless someone speaks russian to you :D Germany: No Hitler jokes, no comments or starea on public nudity/breastfeeding and such.

[@Serenity_yt]

In Germany dont even think about the informal if you are not already best mates or it was specifically offered. Always use Sie (formal you) and Mr/Mrs Last Name. In Bavaria you may happen upon the inbetween form of Sie and First Name if people know each other well but there is a power difference (Teacher to older Student e.g.). The only time Du (informal you) and Fist Name is acceptable is with kids and I mean kids older teens are already in the Sie category. *At least in the south maybe in the north people have decided they want to be more like their Danish neighbours. ** Also applicable in Austria

[@beth12svist]

Also mostly applicable in Czechia, although I think teens are exempt and there isn't necessarily a power balance attached to "first name + formal second person address" (it's quite common these days e.g. among colleagues at work before they get to know each other better). But yes, the very fact that we have two different forms of address means each has its place and confusing them in favour of the more familiar one is a big social faux-pas. And it's the older person / the woman who should offer first.

[@Serenity_yt]

@@beth12svist Technically there are 3 ways. Formal, Informal and a Mix of the 2 (so Informal you but last name or formal you and First name in the south mostly formal+ first name). Power dynamics mostly play into the mixed forms so you show respect and a closer relationship at the same time or some use it as a step in between formal and informal.

[@olavsantiago]

Evan saying "hopefully I will have a house in 4 weeks" is showing his optimistic North American traits - buying a house in the UK is more painful than a visit to the dentist. Wonder if he will move in after new year?

[@SatumangoTheGreat]

And a visit to the dentist is free, buying a house is not.

[@mycatistypingthis5450]

About the beer, they will taste/smell somewhat different in differently shaped glasses due to how the airflow is above the beer (which also depends on the amount of CO2, which explains there isn't a single shape best for every beer). Belgian beer festivals do serve all sorts of beers in a singlar shaped glass and that works fine, so it isn't a cardinal sin in every occasion.

[@karinland8533]

Same in Germany every beer has it own glas

[@paulaperez1714]

Clarification on the Spain one: I think they meant "invite" in the meaning of paying for the drink, as fighting about who pays the bill (while trying to pay for it) is a big part of our culture.

[@eimere]

Eso he pensado yo y estaba buscando el comentario. It's about money and being generous with friends. We also split the bill no matter what the others had ordered.

[@michelleheegaard]

From Denmark 🤚 I had an American teacher at University in one of bachelor courses (at a Danish uni) who wanted us to call her Dr. Whitfield. Everyone skipped the 'dr' part and called her by her last name only and used her first name behind her back. It honestly just feels rude in a Danish context to ask other people to address them by their last name and a 'mr'/mrs or 'dr' in front. It's just not something you do here. Ever

[@RosLanta]

I'm British and we do use title + surname but only in very limited contexts, the main ones I can think of are school teachers and doctors. At uni it's a bit of a mix, undergrads do tend to call teaching staff Dr Whatever (maybe just because they're fresh out of school and used to it) but by the time you're a postgrad you're on a first name basis.

[@lalalalafa]

I'm German and it's interesting that that is so different here, usually in situations at school/at the doctor/in a bank you are expected to use Mr/Mrs and the last name

[@TalesOfWar]

By the same token you could argue that given their culture and the fact they specifically asked to be addressed that way, you would respect it.

[@diarmuidkuhle8181]

To me it's just a given that I will address somebody I'm in a formal context with (such as my boss, teacher, any professional or just any adult I'm not personally acquainted with) in this manner. It's common politeness. I find it rude if someone assumes first name terms without having been explicitly offered them. It's over - familiar to me ; my immediate response is 'excuse me but do I know you'

[@moonlily1]

I might fit in okay in Denmark. I've recently become a supervisor after being a worker my whole life and some of my employees will INSIST on calling me "ma'am" and it makes me VERY uncomfortable.

[@scottanthonymartin6743]

I'm northern (UK). Talking to people on the Tube when I had a week working in London was apparently a huge faux pas. I was asking why they accepted being treated like sardines instead of demanding change. Everyone smirked and agreed, very politely. Someone whispered to me that nobody talks to each other in London. It was my first time.

[@azih8626]

well theres millions of londoners so our days would drag on if we conversed with all the people we met. when i went uni in a quite town, it was less fast paced and so things like greetings and hows ur days were a no brainer

[@peterc.1618]

When the train stops between stations or stays at a station longer than usual, people do start looking at each other, then after a while they'll start talking about what the cause might be. Even if the driver makes an announcement the passengers will start talking after a while. I, and I'm sure TfL, would be interested in what you think can realistically be done about the overcrowding.

[@chickenskink1]

My Italian friend once said "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" when I put sunflower oil instead of olive oil in a salad dressing. She apologized after though and said she just gets touchy about food.

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

Thanking bus or cab drivers is very common in the UK. I've lived in many parts of the country (including London), and thanking the bus driver was pretty much the done thing everywhere. The irony of the Holland/Netherlands thing is that I've heard many Dutch people (who call themselves "Dutchies" when they're speaking English - which they usually do better than many native speakers...) use 'Holland'. Perhaps it's because they think that nobody outside knows that it's the Netherlands?

[@SilvanaFumarola]

You guessed correctly. I don’t know how many times I’ve said “I’m from The Netherlands” and seeing confused stares in return. I’ll then have to say “Holland?”, and people will get it. So I understand dutchies getting tired of this and just saying Holland, especially if they live in either north- or south Holland, since they’re not technically lying..? But I’m not from those parts so I’ll always have to explain the difference between Holland and The Netherlands, so frustrating tbh

[@TalesOfWar]

@@SilvanaFumarola I have a Dutch friend who gets annoyed when people ask if he's from Holland, but he actually DOES live in Holland so he kind of has to let them off haha!

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

@@SilvanaFumarola My favourite aunty was Dutch (long gone now, sadly), as was one of my favourite ever colleagues. Both said "Holland", but because of them I started to learn the language. Since then, I only use "Netherlands". Even though I am Welsh, I correct people who say "Holland" and they're not talking about either province 🤣

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

@@TalesOfWar lol! Ouch! 😂

[@SilvanaFumarola]

@@y_fam_goeglyd more ambassadors like you! 👍

[@NotThomas5]

I did a year abroad for Uni and lived in Germany (I'm from England) the first day I said "Danke!" to the bus driver who replied in German with "Why are you saying "Thank you, it's my job, I'm paid for this"... Naturally being English I said "entschuldigung!” to which he then replied "WHY ARE YOU SORRY!?" I just got off the bus and never said thank you again... Till I got back to the UK and didn't say "thank you" where the driver tutted at me in anger for not!

[@justcogitating]

Some clarification on 8:54-- the Polish government has made it illegal to accuse the Polish nation of complicity in the Nazi Holocaust, even though antisemitism was rampant in Poland and many Polish people turned their Jewish neighbors in to the Nazis for extermination. The Blue Police was a police force consisting of Polish officers who were drafted by the Germans and who took part in the systemic murder of Poland's Jewish community. In recent years, the Polish government has done everything it can to deny any responsibility for the Holocaust, going so far as to paint the Poles as victims on par with the Jewish victims of the Holocaust. And yeah, I've never seen Schindler's List. I have visited numerous Holocaust museums, read articles and books on the Holocaust, and listened to first-hand accounts by survivors of the Holocaust.

[@1983simi]

Exactly this and it's something we barely read about in modern history books. good scores of Polish people joined the Nazi efforts. My own family is half German/Austrian half Polish and it's a connection that came to be during the war. As a small kid I never quite understood and didn't think to ask how it happened my Polish grandpa had ended up in Austria to marry my Austrian grandma. After his death when I was a teen and looking through old stuff I stumbled over a very obviously proud picture as a young man in Wehrmacht uniform... He very obviously had been proud to join the Nazi army after Poland was taken and there obviously were no restrictions on marrying women of the Reich. And he was a proper Pole, not just an ethnic Polish German (an also considerable group in Poland). And to be very very honest also listening to side remarks of older Polish relatives, remarks I also only started to understand way later in life, many Polish people ideologically were very much in line with Nazi ideals regarding antisemitism, racism and general xenophobia. They were never forced to at least cover up that mindset a bit cause after the war they were attributed a pure 'victim' role. Similar case for Austria. Nevermind they voted on joining the Reich and nevermind the Führer himself was originally Austrian, after the war they were like 'Us? Nazis? No, no. We were victims. We were occupied.' Not the feeling I get when I listen to parts of my Austrian family... There is no doubt Germany is the main perpetrator and acting party in the holocaust and WII. But it's pretty rich how many other places just comfortably washed their hands of the fat that they jumped at being collaborators and at being able to benefit from the new world order the Nazis were about to establish.

[@siriuslyorion2975]

In Ireland: never give an old person, especially women, shite If you're smiled at, or they tell you "good morning", you best believe your reciprocate And give 'em your seats on the bus too And yeah, for the obvious, don't call us English, don't ask if we're part of the UK (if you're in the Republic), always ask someone whose home your visiting where the bathroom is if it's your first time there

[@KarenMariaMcCormack]

And don't ask if we're from "the north" or "the south". I usually answer "the west but i lived in the east for many years"

[@charlotteinnocent8752]

And drink the tea. Or else. If you visit DRINK THE TEA!

[@charlotteinnocent8752]

Also, thank the bus driver. And use your hazard lights to thank the tractor for letting you overtake.

[@siriuslyorion2975]

@@charlotteinnocent8752 I always give weird looks to people who don't thank the driver ngl It's just rude!

[@siriuslyorion2975]

@@charlotteinnocent8752 Even if it's a bad cuppa Just sip it until it's lukewarm and then down it really quickly

[@milohrnic2023]

In Croatia or the Balkans in general it's best to avoid discussing religion with people who aren't your family.

[@anouckjeanne]

I am so surprised that saying hello/goodbye isn't a universal thing. It seems so rude to me not to acknowledge the person in the shop 😯

[@Bigdog5400]

Hello everyone, and welcome back to a man who is trying his very best not to get canceled in any more countries

[@fienbaeyens5962]

He got quite close to getting cancelled by the Belgians in this video. saying the dutch speak Flemish (that's our thing) as well as not caring about beer glasses... tread lightly Evan...

[@Butterball2829]

lol when did he get canceled before

[@Bigdog5400]

@@Butterball2829 It's just a running joke of his. When he "offends" someone, he gets "canceled" by himself lol

[@casey653]

I would love to have a long conversation with Evan. You seem like the person who would keep a conversation going for hours and not be any less interesting

[@mutant_pea]

Same!!!! We would have to take some breaks from endless conversation for food and water 😄

[@BassBanj0]

I never get anyone who says the UK isn't in Europe, of course we are, we didn't move continent's aha

[@richard6440]

isnt in the european union ( political organisation ) just quicker / easier to say ' not in europe '.

[@TheeEnglishKnight]

@@richard6440 but its not though? there are MULTIPLE non eu european countries yet for some reason the uk is the only one that’s somehow ‘not in europe’??? also, if we’re ‘not in europe’, then what continent are we in? north america? africa? asia?

[@richard6440]

@@TheeEnglishKnight It's the difference between what we say and what we mean. Someone might say " But we're not in Europe ". What they ' mean ' is that we are not in the E.U. Sometimes we might use both within the same sentence. " Let's leave the E.U because i dont want to be in Europe ". or " I'm hopping on a ferry to Europe. " If we are talking politics, we usually say ' the E.U' . If we are talking holidays, we usually say ' Europe ' . And since i left scholl , no one that i knew ever discussed Europe as a continent , until someone tried to be a smart ar5e :)

[@lorendurochez6192]

Hahah the Belgium thing with the beer glasses is so true! We have different beer glasses at home so we can serve the right beer in the right glass. My brother once got so mad at me because I gave him Duvel (a belgian beer) in a Karmeliet (also a belgian beer) glass as a joke.

[@nswinoz3302]

Loren Du Rochez@ I don’t know if Belgium are the only ones. My wife’s of Dutch background and is pretty touchy if it does not come in the right glass, sometimes hard to do on the other side of the world. Personally I have a glass with the words “Steve beer” printed on it! Does the job LOL. NSW in Oz

[@lorendurochez6192]

@@nswinoz3302 Hahaha It can be something typically Dutch :p but here in Belgium almost every beer has their own glass and some bigger brands like for example Stella Artois have different glasses (most of the time it has the same shape just other details)

[@karinland8533]

In Germany we serve different beers in different glases as well

[@ydela1961]

You should have explained the joke a little bit more. Duvel = Devil Karmeliet = Carmelite. So basically a devil in a sister of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel.

[@lorendurochez6192]

@@ydela1961 Euhm it was not intended as that kind of a joke, It was purely a joke because of the form of the glass :p But nice thinking!

[@mihalick42]

12:01 We have similar thing in Russia, calling someone by the last name usually means that you consider them lower than you or you dislike them. Also speaking bad about dead is a big no-no, it's a very fast way to becoming hated.

[@finghinmcloughlin1215]

3:43 he says “I believe there is alcohol before or after the funeral” CORRECT the night before immediately after and that night

[@CriticalityIncident]

During a bit of friendly banter at the place I used to work a colleague called another colleague (Portuguese) "fake Spanish". He wasn't happy. 😄😂

[@tinnagigja3723]

I was in Serbia once, and I kept seeing a guy's face on every newspaper and TV and everywhere. So I asked a random person 'who is this guy, what did he do?' and she immediately went "NOBODY! NOTHING! He did nothing!" and walked off muttering. Turns out the guy in the papers was Ratko Mladić.

[@amethystlarktree5962]

I read that as 'I was in Serbia once and I kept sitting on a guy's face' I thought this is a comment I have to read lol. I was slightly disappointed with the rest of the comment ;)

[@tinnagigja3723]

@@amethystlarktree5962 Lol. Sorry to let you down, but I never sat on Ratko Mladić's face.

[@liul]

Canadians are American , Mexicans are American, and guess what, people from Central and South America are Americans too. The problem is that the US should have found a more original name for their country so they don't have to appropriate the name of the whole continent/continents for themselves.

[@emileduvernois6680]

I suggest "Washingtonia".

[@Neclony]

True! I thought I was alone with this one.

[@Domihork]

As a Czech, I agree with Austria and Slovakia about the schnitzel. When I moved to Stuttgart, I was mortified to find out that they put brown sauce on schnitzel. WHY! And when I questioned it, everyone was like "What do you mean, you don't put brown sauce on schnitzel? What sauce do you put on it?" "NO SAUCE!" "You mean you eat it dry?! How barbaric" ... wtf! It's not dry, it's crispy! Who would want soggy breading?

Oh, I had a similar experience. A couple of times they brought the sauce, I put it on my potatoes and they looked at me like I spent my life in the jungle and didn't know how to eat properly. xD

[@nirutivan9811]

Yeah as a Swiss I feel the same way. In Germany they somehow really love to put sauce on it…

[@beth12svist]

Haha, yeah, as a Czech when I saw that conversation I basically went "Yep. That checks out. Peak Central European." Though, seeing the mention of sauce in Germany, maybe it's actually "peak former Austrian Empire". P.S. The only acceptable liquid on a schnitzel is lemon juice. Squeezed directly from a lemon.

[@arabelletessa1420]

Yes. This is true. When I have heard that people in other country put brown sauce on Schnitzel I thought they were joking. Drowning crispy, lemonade scented Schnitzel in brown sauce? Really? What do they do with ice cream? Melt it and serve it with fish fingers?

@@arabelletessa1420 I wouldn't be surprised...

[@kb__0579]

I was actually surprised, that no German brought up “don’t mistake Bavaria for whole Germany”…as a German I find it particularly funny, that the world perspective of Germany is the one of the most…specific cultural direction you can find

[@AH-xf3by]

As a Bavarian (or rather Franconian) I find this worldwide believe rather irritating 😅

[@malinm1615]

I grew up with the Danish language, though my native language and nationality are German. This means that I live in a constant state of confusion when I have to adress a German person. Do I say Sie? Du? Is this a first name basis kind of this? Last name? Wait..... I am not that much younger? Can I offer them to call me by my first name? Or is that impolite? They said I could call them by their first name..... But does that mean I say du or still Sie? Danish is much easier in that regard, and I personally prefer it. Even children call their teacher by their first name, without it being disrespectful.

[@Zadster]

As Yogi Berra (no, not the cartoon character) is once reported to have said; "You should always go to other peoples funerals, otherwise they won't go to yours".

[@merrygoblin]

Not sure I'd want the walking dead attending my funeral, the other mourners might not like it... :)

[@samuellawrencesbookclub8250]

Here's another big no-no for the UK; wearing your hat indoors, Evan

[@Jabber-ig3iw]

That’s slipping though, doesn’t seem to be a thing for younger people.

[@RhodianColossus]

Despite being Irish, I've lived in Germany for so long I now am honest when people ask me how I am. My Irish and British coworkers were very confused at first

[@diarmuidkuhle8181]

Haha, as a German, can confirm. We're like 'why would you even ask if you didn't want to know?' xd

[@TheMissileHappy]

I grew up in a village in Saxony and I still remember when I was about 14 I saw a guy on the street shouting to another guy "Hey, you know who's birthday it is today?" and then he did the Nazi greeting. It was April 20th.... I was so shocked that someone would do that in broad daylight in the middle of the street, that I still remember it today 15 years later xD So, for god's sake don't do it in Germany.

[@fireballoontv9932]

Another great video by this legend 🔥

[@Duck-wc9de]

in Portugal: you have to excuse yourself before asking for something, even to people whose job is to serve you, like in civil services, or in a restaurant. You also need to thank in the end. or people will just answer "you're welcome" in a passive agressive way, even if you don't say "thank you". in portugal you have to repeat this word several times a day. so: excuse yourself first and thank in the end. elderies are very respected. if there is an old lady standing and she cant find a seat, you should stand and give her the seat. its very disrespectfull not to give your seat to an eldery, and its even more important if it's an old lady. Eldery and pregnant women have legal priority in some demarcated spaces, but its educated to let them pass in other situations. speaking spanish in portugal is a capital sin if you are not a spaniard. "gracias" is the forbiden word. say "obrigado", "thaks", "merci", just dont say "gracias". it is excusable if you are Spanish, but if you are of another nationality, thank people in English, or learn the most important word: "obrigado". even if you don't speak a single word of Portuguese, and you have a conversation completely in English with a Portuguese, saying "obrigado" ("obrigada" if its a woman) at the end is almost a guarantee that you will be in good graces. and in a restaurant or a store guarantees that you have better service, it's literaly a magic word that can work wonders in portugal. it is very important to change the greeting throughout the day. saying "good morning" in the afternoon will lead to your interlocutor correcting you immediately to "good afternoon". don't take this the wrong way. correcting these types of errors works like an icebreaker and is to put you more at ease, although it has the opposite effect if taken to heart.

[@eligoldman9200]

Yeah I went to Poland once cuz my jewish grandparents were born there and escaped before the trains gathered up everyone and the poles in the small town that I was 100% sure they were from as I found the same house that they had a picture of all denied that any Jews existed there. I found that this was the common experience throughout that small town. Left a sour taste in my mouth.

[@jordanyoder9356]

These Reddit videos are my favorites of yours! Educational and entertaining 😁

[@tsvetelinamihaylova9036]

As a person with a Slavic name, I have lost count of how many times people have just assumed I'm Russian.

[@AnaisAzuli]

Really pretty name though! :)

[@janebaker966]

You definitely must say Bonjour in shops and cafes in France. Here in Bristol it's usual to thank the driver when getting off the bus.

[@sams3015]

Same in Ireland, I didn’t yesterday though because the driver argued with me for 5 mins when I handed him wrong card by mistake (from another country) and tried to keep it. He got a dirty look when I left 😂

[@SH-xq9fw]

​@@sams3015 Im from Belfast but no one ever seems to thank the bus driver in the morning.

[@LannasMissingLink]

@@sams3015 not thanking the bus driver when they're being a prick is the most satisfying snub ever imo. I would never be outright rude back, but that still sends a message

[@yorurei4047]

In Germany there are multiple options of sauces for schnitzel. Mushroom, pepper or bellpepper sauce mostly

[@brownlifesecrets]

Evan, I really really enjoy your videos. You’re so funny and cheerful. You’re an American with an American accent but absolutely not typical American . You adapt so well and I see you love and respect different cultures. Hope to meet you some day in Surrey, alright yeah?

[@TheTravellingDuck]

Loving the halo. Don’t normally see them with hats.

[@Will-eq7uh]

In my country people get really upset about murder. Like they literally get so angry, to the point of like crying. Sometimes even make you sit in one room for years on end not even lying. So annoying.

[@Mi-Ell]

I feel like with the amount of effort you put into lighting your videos, you must have noticed the light from the ceiling lamp looking like a perfect little halo 😇

[@wojtekpolska1013]

7:20 fun fact - in polish the only word to refer to the netherlands is "Holandia" if you speak polish, you're physically incapable of not doing this no-no

[@tylerbeaumont]

In Britain, the only no nos i can think of are insulting Nando’s, fish and chips, kebab etc, and obvious stuff like being a nazi or streaking (being bollock naked) in public. Also using English money in Scotland and visa versa, some companies look at you like you’re Satan personified if you show them a London note at a Scottish pub. There’s probably some really unique no nos, but I can’t think of any that weren’t mentioned here

[@rhyanashah128]

@@connorrhun our national dish is a curry... but no foreigners i guess... ugh.

[@caitlin329]

@@rhyanashah128 And fish and chips, both of which also came from immigrants and/or other countries.

[@TalesOfWar]

@@connorrhun Nandos is just a mediocre chicken buffet.

[@oblivionfox]

From New Jersey. I visited Paris on a semi-guided tour, and the tour guide was very helpful (and British). He remarked that French ppl alway seem to feel the need to announce themselves when entering a shop with a “bonjour,” and that we should as well since that is the custom. Seemed weird as I heard it, but felt oddly comforting in practice.

[@HuSanNiang]

Here some information from Austria especially Vienna Take off your shoes and wear slippers exception only if mentioned by the host. In my flat you can choose between 20 different slippers. Schnitzel is served with potatoe salad and /or some leave salad and a slice of lemon - that´s it. You dont make it extra crispy on the outside then you soke it up in any sauce or ketchup. Same goes for strudel and cakes -- if these need a souce or cream than there is something wrong. Don´t just order a CUP of coffee or as the German tourists do a KÄNNCHEN (jug) of coffee. WHICH COFFEE - Melange, Großer Brauner, Franziskaner, Kapziner, Verkehrter, Einspänner etc Either tip the waitor in a coffee house properly or not at all . If you just have a coffee , round it up to the next Euro amount. - the waiters are called "Ober" are know for the grumpiness. No Austria is not a part of Germany, except from 1938 - 1945 and we know our history as of course Adolf was Austrian. If you want to discuss history then do it properly. Behave in the Sauna and on the Nude beaches. No clothes on. No towles in the steam sauna and use it in the dry ones only . No fake prudish behaviour. There are some nude beaches left and right on the Danube Island and it have only a line marked FKK on the way. On the escalator - we all learnd it - stand on the right side , walk on the left side. There are lanes for pedestrians and for cyclist, some are only divides by a lane , just done walk on the cycling lane or expect a loud protest by a bell. Yes mos shops and supermarket are closed on Sunday and we can survive it , the same is without A/C - deal with it.

[@Jabber-ig3iw]

Wearing someone else’s slippers? No just no. I’ll wear my shoes thanks.

[@HuSanNiang]

@@Jabber-ig3iw If you come to my flat and to many others -- shoes off. .. you can walk in your socks or barefoot but not with shoes.

[@Jabber-ig3iw]

@@HuSanNiang then I wouldn’t come to your flat, I’m not a child don’t expect to treat me like one. Shoes on or don’t bother inviting me.🤷‍♂️.

[@04williamsl]

Yeah, I live in the north of England. Talking to a stranger in a bus stop? Totally fine. Sitting next to someone on a bus when there are empty rows? not cool. Potentially because you're usually sitting near the window, so then you're trapped. At least at a bus stand you can make up an excuse to leave. But you can't really to move seats without seeming rude. Unless you say "this is my stop", then leave.. even if it's not your stop. But then you've wasted money, and no true northerner would want to waste money like that. Oh I'm getting a headache just thinking about it.

[@amethystlarktree5962]

Best way to stop someone sitting next to you when there other seats is to smile at them as you gently pat the empty seat next to you.

[@04williamsl]

@@amethystlarktree5962 Nah, there will be people who will take it as an invitation. Especially up north where people are happier to talk to strangers

[@whitewave09]

1:17 The Canadian will forgive you but they won't forget...

[@michellemaine2719]

Czechs also don't do shoes indoors. Do not refer to the Czech Republic as Czechia or Eastern Europe (it is and always will be Central Europe ;).

[@TalesOfWar]

I have an ice hockey puck somewhere that was made in Czechoslovakia that I got in like 1994 or something. Kind of crazy to think you can have a physical object made not all that long ago in the grand scheme of things that no longer officially exists.