What Europeans think of each other



This is a basic backgrounder for Americans, primarily, who might think Europeans do nothing all day but bitch about Americans. Don’t get me wrong—they do love bitching about Americans. But they also like bitching about each other, as well. Bordering countries, especially, have complex caricatures of each other, even when an outsider might think they’re more or less the same. The following is based on my numerous interactions with Europeans, having lived there for 4 years. Here’s a run down:

The French — Disliked by some Spanish (particularly the Catalonians), for being arrogant. One woman from Barcelona told me, “Come on, who really likes the French? Nobody!” The Swiss don’t like the fact that they have contempt for authority and are lazy. The Brits, of course, have the most mixed feelings about the French, though. One half the country hates them, the other half loves them. Those that hate the French tend to like the Americans, and vice versa. In the UK, they’re considered stinky, rude (they never line/queue up like decent people), and a bit yellow, based on their tendency to not fend off invaders like the Nazis.The French, in turn, dislike the British, look down on Belgians for being stupid, and don’t have much to say, in my experience, about Spaniards or Germans (oddly).

The Italians — Most of the stereotypes are positive, but mostly because of the food. Northern Europeans consider them lazy and flaky, and maybe incapable of managing anything right (mostly because of the 50+ governments they’ve had since WW2). One Dutch professor I had dismissed another Italian one, saying, “All the Italians care about are pasta and mamma.”Italians, in turn, don’t have strong feelings about other Europeans, but within Italy, the north-south divide is pretty strong. Northern Italians continuously complain that Southerners are lazy and unproductive, while Southerners complain that Northerners are devoid of culture or joie de vivre.

The Germans — Germans are considered industrious but uptight and humorless, by just about all the other Europeans. They know WW2 is a sore spot for them, so other Europeans will often mercilessly tease them about it. As much as Germany is considered an economic powerhouse, the vast majority of Europeans don’t really want to learn German or study there (or send their kids there to study). The food is considered uninspired, too, and only Berlin has some cachet among younger Europeans for its vibrant underground club scene. The most anti-German sentiments are among the Dutch and Danish, who just hate them from invading their countries too often. When German ask for directions in Holland, they’re usually given directions to the shortest way out of the country, or told “Give us back our bikes!”, a reference to the fact that Germans confiscated Dutch bicycles during WW2.Danes hate it when you pronounce their capital as “ko-pen-HAH-gen”, because this is the German pronunciation. Either pronounce it the English way (with “HAY” instead), or the Danish way, which is literally impossible to put down here.Germans tend to like their Western neighbors far more than they are liked by them, but they look down on their Eastern neighbors, particularly Poles. They, oddly, have some mixed respect for the Czechs, who have resisted German aggression.

The Scandinavians — Widely respected by most other Europeans, because of their high standard of living …and blond hair and blue eyes. However, within Scandinavia there are some persistent stereotypes. The Norwegians, Danes and Finns all think the Swedes are stupid and uptight. Norwegians are considered racist. Danes are considered more blunt than the others, maybe a bit more cranky, and the Finns are oddly introverted, even by Scandinavian standards. Except for the Danes really disliking Germans, and Finns really disliking Russians, they don’t really have anything against other Europeans.

The Belgians — Considered idiots by both the Dutch and the French. Belgians, in turn, consider the Dutch to be a bunch of cranky assholes, and French stuck-up.

The Dutch — The Dutch, like the Scandinavians, have an enviable economy and social order that’s admired by southern European countries. However, they do have a reputation of being self-righteous “know-it-alls” and very similar to their German cousins in terms of their rigidity. But they do not like any comparisons to Germans, and if you remind them that the Dutch national anthem makes a reference to the Dutch being “van Duitse bloed” (from German blood), you might quickly get the silent treatment. The Dutch are also disliked for being the biggest misers in Europe, and because of this they incur the wrath of the tourist industry wherever they travel. The Dutch have been known to stock up on water before they take their campers down to the south of France.The Dutch, in turn, kind of look down on just about everyone. Yes, there’s a bit of a reason for the “know-it-all” smart-ass reputation they have.

The Swiss — Considered extremely rigid, even by the Germans. Blunt to the point of being rude, the Swiss probably have the least likely reputation for being characterized as “friendly” or “warm”. Note that there is a big cultural divide between French-speaking Swiss, and the German-speaking Swiss. The former are almost exactly like the French, except having a blander cuisine and more respect for authority, the latter being more like the Germans except even more stiff, rigid and cranky. However, everyone knows Switzerland “works” so the fact that foreigners comprise 20% of the population (mostly from EU member states) should make this clear.Note that the German-speaking Swiss also speak their own variant of German, which sounds very strange if you’ve only been exposed to standard “hoch-Deutsch”.

The Spaniards — Honestly, very little antagonism against the Spanish or by the Spanish. No one really seems to dislike them, and they don’t seem to really dislike anyone else. (Yes, some Spaniards near the border to France don’t like the French very much) Not entirely sure why. However, God forbid you speak Spanish with a Latin American accent — there is still a lot of snobbery among Spaniards towards Latin Americans. Spaniards consider themselves white and European, and would be deeply insulted if you suggested they were Latin American of any kind.

The Greeks — Only nominally considered European by other Europeans, but the Greeks fiercely identify as European. Naturally, this is a huge irritant to Greeks.

The Poles — Not much seems to register about Poland and the Poles except that they’re quiet. They are a relatively big country (40 million people) so the supposed scare of being overrun by Eastern Europeans when a bunch of Eastern European countries joined the EU in 2005 focused in on the Poles. The Germans really don’t like Poles, and among Germany’s 9 neighbors, are disliked the most. Poland is considered a country of car thieves by the Germans. Really, the relationship between Germany and Poland is similar to that of the United States and Mexico, and often for many of the same reasons (differences in income, history of war, different languages, etc.).Poles really shore up their hatred for their eastern & southern neighbors, primarily Russia and Ukraine, although they don’t like Czechs, Slovaks or Lithuanians either. Oddly, they don’t really mind the Germans, and probably still fear them a bit — you never, ever hear jokes about Germans in Poland.

The Czechs — Considered a relatively bright spot of Eastern Europe by Western Europeans, but I think primarily because Prague is such a gorgeous city and a popular tourist destination. Czechs are a bit like Germans, though — a bit rude, blunt, and cold. Poles don’t have much good to say about them.

The Austrians — Considered a mix of the best & worst aspects of Germany and the Balkans, Austrians are considered laid-back but very nationalistic and racist. They’re said to be the birthplace of Hitler, but never came around to being fully apologetic about the Holocaust (unlike Germany). Neutral feelings from most ofWestern Europe, negative feelings from Germans (who consider them backwards, and not always the representing the best image of German-speaking people) and admired by Eastern Europeans (a throwback to the Hapsburgs).

The British – About half of the British would be really angry at being called European, so that should provide an apt starting point. The main beef with the Brits is that they’re considered the lapdog of the U.S., and are anti-European because the U.S. tells them to be so. They are considered polite, but maybe a bit two-faced (hence “Janus Britain”) and snobby. The Scots and Welsh are tolerated and liked, inasmuch as that no one really knows too much about them outside the UK, but the English are those that bear the brunt of negative sentiments among other Europeans. After all, London is in England.
The English also have a poor reputation in tourist traps, such as Amsterdam and Ibiza, for being loud-mouthed, obnoxious drunks.
The English, in turn, really seem to hate everyone. This is because it’s pretty hard to find an Englishman that has even, at best, neutral opinions about other Europeans (or Americans, or other nationalities). Europe is full of English expats, and the longer they live abroad, the more they seem to hate their host country. And yet they never seem to want to move home.

The Irish — A very small country, despite its exaggerated importance in Americans’ minds (just over 4.6 million in the Republic of Ireland) but considered polite and humble. They nominally dislike the English, but I have yet to meet an Irishman who really loathes the English. The sentiments towards the Irish and by the Irish seem to be positive, overall.
I personally don’t know much about how the Portuguese, Hungarians, Romanians, Bulgarians, and others are perceived, or how they perceive others, but if you have something to add, please do so in the comments below.

I’ll leave you with this poster I saw in an Italian office years ago, that helps sum it up in some ways:

In Heaven…

  • the mechanics are German
  • the chefs are French
  • the police are British
  • the lovers are Italian
  • and everything is organized by the Swiss.

In Hell…

  • the mechanics are French
  • the police are German
  • the chefs are British
  • the lovers are Swiss
  • and everything is organized by the Italians.

Update: Here’s my follow-up after this post got an avalanche of traffic and comments.

Another update: Here’s a related post on what Americans think about Europeans.

And another: 20 ways to slice up Europe.

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  1. The Brits have a tendency to look down on the Poles because many Polish people have moved over here in recent years in search of work. They are known for working for very cheap wages but also for being hard workers (considering how little they are paid, and the fact that many of them are working tough jobs for long hours just to help out their families). There are currently many Polish people living in England especially, and they can often be seen working in bars, pubs, and fast foot outlets.

    Just a little info.

    Comment by Calicut — March 4, 2008 @ 6:36 pm

  2. I feel bad for the Germans. It really is a great diverse country, well over Nazism.

    Comment by Tony — March 5, 2008 @ 6:30 am

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  4. Ha ha, good ones. 😀 Made me laugh.

    Anyway, please people, check your facts! Finland’s not part of Scandinavia. 😛 Only Sweden and Norway are, due the Scandinavian mountains. Altogether these countries that usually get called “Scandinavia” are actually Nordic Countries. If you’d like to add Finland to Scandinavia, it becomes Fennoscandia. Finland is not part of Scandinavia by language, culture nor geography.

    And we Finns dislike Swedes as well. ;D

    Comment by Silva — March 5, 2008 @ 11:53 am

  5. i have lived in europe and apart from belgium the whole contient is pretty crap in terms of peoples atitides and genreal freindliness

    Comment by donald swaize — March 5, 2008 @ 11:54 am

  6. What a load of shit. Whoever wrote this garbage clearly knows nothing about Europe. and certainly nothing about the UK.
    What a twat.

    just for 1 example you wrote
    “but I have yet to meet an Irishman who really loathes the English”
    Have you been living in a cave for the last 30 years?

    And while i am at it, here is another one
    “Scots and Welsh are tolerated and liked, inasmuch as that no one really knows too much about them outside the UK”

    Why don`t you fuck off back to America, you are embarrassing yourself on this continent.

    Nobody knows about the Scots outside the UK?.
    That is probably the stupidest thing i have heard in a long time.

    If there was another list pointing out the American stereotypes then you would be a prime example
    you weak minded, ignorant, poorly educated, gormless pleb.
    (also you are probably morbidly obese)

    Comment by Himnim — March 5, 2008 @ 5:27 pm

  7. quite sad when you consider that the war has been over for over 60 years now…

    Comment by mk — March 5, 2008 @ 6:54 pm

  8. Hmmm. I can’t agree about the Dutch. Being dutch I can pretty much say, most of us don’t like the french, most of them are either drug tourists visiting our country or, when visiting theirs, totally unwilling to speak anything but French.
    We look down on the Belgians for being stupid. We dislike the germans, not so much because of WW2 but how we lose from them in soccer matches. We have no problems with the English or Italian people. Although the Italians are infamous for stealing girlfriends 🙂
    We hardly have an opinion on the Swiss, we just go to switzerland for skiing. Oh, I thought the Dutch were seen as open minded, liberal people. Not stuck up know it alls…

    Comment by Papa.Coen — March 5, 2008 @ 9:58 pm

  9. The Portuguese hate the spanish for messing up their reputation and the english for messing up their night clubs and beaches with loud-mouthed-drunkness, the south parts are practically ruled by brittish tourists in the summer.

    The portuguese are considered brazilian by the spanish and spanish by the rest of europe. Portuguese however wish to have nothing to do with their former colony and are very piky about the fact that their language is different from both spanish and brazilian dialect, even if the difference is minute to a foreigner.

    For some reason they seem to have a soft spot for the italians and eastern europeans, possibly because of sharing their standard of living, set much below most of the rest of europe, especially germany and the nordic countries.

    Comment by DR — March 6, 2008 @ 8:24 pm

  10. You are soo wrong about spaniards…I´m from Mexico and they love us there. I´ve been to Spain 3 times and everyone is just open and very warm.

    Special treatment in bars, nightclubs and restaurants (special treatment as in free drinks and stuff like that).

    Maybe other latin countries, but if you’re mexican they are gonna love you.

    Comment by jose luis — March 6, 2008 @ 10:21 pm

  11. I know few polish jokes about germans.

    Comment by oko — March 6, 2008 @ 10:27 pm

  12. A good definition of the Europeans, but there’s one thing I have to disagree with – Poles are not scared of the Germans. We just think that they have no real souls or personalities and are real perfection freaks, so are not worth noticing.

    Comment by KM — March 7, 2008 @ 7:48 am

  13. I am german, no european has EVER teased me about the war. So is this made up or what? BS

    Comment by German — March 7, 2008 @ 12:18 pm

  14. What you wrote about the Poles is inaccurate. I’m Polish (born and raised). Poles don’t hate the Lithuanians more than the Germans, and you do hear jokes about the Germans in Poland all the time. The article is just plain inaccurate. As for German animosity towards Poles, I’ve only experienced it in small far apart doses. Usually they get on, I would say.

    Comment by Prendegast Tabernacle — March 7, 2008 @ 1:49 pm

  15. Be brave, Americans and tell us also about your own inadequacies before pissing over the Europe you ‘ld like to ‘do’ so much.And remember most of you are not the real thing,but come from yes this tragicly hip Europe

    Comment by Hl — March 9, 2008 @ 12:21 am

  16. You forgot the Icelanders.

    Comment by Terry — March 9, 2008 @ 1:00 am

  17. Stupid stereotypes…

    Comment by Nick — March 9, 2008 @ 9:42 pm

  18. Amusing writeup!

    Some things sound very familiar to me, but some don’t 🙂

    Especially the myth that germans don’t like the polish – I have lots of friends that came from poland. And I can’ t say something bad about them.

    I also don’t know if it is good to spread such old-fashioned prejudices… people should form their own opinions…

    But I’m just a humorless german 😉

    Best wishes to all !
    Jonas

    Comment by Jonas — March 10, 2008 @ 7:41 pm

  19. Well…I should say that the Portuguese and the Spanish are almost brothers but if we look back in history we see that Spain, for more than one time, tryed to conquer Portugal, but with no succes. Maybe because of that some portugueses don´t always like the spanish 🙂

    Sorry for my bad english!

    Comment by Nahanni — March 11, 2008 @ 2:56 am

  20. portuguese are quite the same as spaniards although less racists (yes, they are a little racist…)

    Comment by agua — March 11, 2008 @ 10:21 am

  21. The “van Duitsen bloed” in the Dutch national anthem actually refers to William the First (1533-1584), not to the Dutch in general. William was a German nobleman who is considered the ‘Father of the Netherlands’. Hence the reference to his German ancestry.

    Comment by Bastiaan — March 11, 2008 @ 9:03 pm

  22. Overall a fabulously written text. I have some pointers for you though:

    The Czechs did not resist Hitler’s aggression. They surrendered without so much as firing one shot!

    The Poles tell as many jokes about Germans as they do about other nationalities. It’s usually a joke along the lines of: “So there is a German, a Russian and a Pole…”

    The Irish like Poles because of the parallels in history (being under almost constant occupation) and because the pope was Polish. The Polish like the Irish in return 😉

    The Poles go to Slovakia for cheap alcohol. And speaking of Czechs – we have this expression: “Czech movie – no one knows what is going on”.

    The Czechs and the Slovaks find the Polish language funny, and understand each other pretty well, whereas the Poles think the Czechs and Slovaks speak a diminutive Polish (that’s how it sounds to us) and have slight difficulty understanding either of them.

    The Lithuanians hate Poles for the time when our tanks assisted the Ruskies in pacifying Vilnus sometime in the 1980s or sth. …and no one blames them, that was a dumbass thing to do.

    Hungarians are a Pole’s best friend and vice versa – we had the same one king once. We have a saying in Polish (and Hungarians have the exact same translation!!!) stating “Pole, Hungarian brothers two, both for drinking and for hew”.

    The Hungarians do not speak any other language than their own “hellish” tongue 😉 They have the best parties in Central-Eastern Europe and they drink a lot of red wine.

    Poles drink anything from beer to paint-stripper, as long as it’s got alcohol in it (the more the better).

    … plenty more where that came from, sadly I have no more time. Cheerio!

    Matt

    Comment by Matt — March 11, 2008 @ 9:44 pm

  23. Hitler was born in Germany 😉 we talked about that at school last week
    btw come to Austria before you say such silly things about us!

    You don’t know what you are talking about.

    You need some extra lessons history. The Germans gave Hilter power… –> we don’t like them^^

    consider updating your text 😉

    Comment by Austria — March 11, 2008 @ 10:01 pm

  24. I’ve been told that Hitler’s Austrian accent, to Germans, sounded very “yokel”. That means the Fuhrer sounded more like one of the Worzels or Justin Lee-Collins. Think of that the next time you see one of those grainy films of the Neuremberg rallies.

    And at one place I worked all the Danes hated the HR woman who was German: now I know it wasn’t just because she was a stickler for the sick-pay rules …

    Comment by Max — March 12, 2008 @ 9:23 pm

  25. what about the portuguese??

    Comment by berylaite — March 13, 2008 @ 9:33 pm

  26. I dont get the joke…but then again, im not english…

    Comment by asd — March 14, 2008 @ 5:49 am

  27. Actualy, the Danes are the one who is considered to be racist, not the Norwegians. They’ry just stupid, and they talk really funny.

    Comment by Kåre — March 14, 2008 @ 6:11 am

  28. Emily M. , you’re really an English teacher? That explains a lot about the kids I see on the intertubes.

    Comment by Your Mom — March 14, 2008 @ 6:32 am

  29. Romania, Slovakia and Serbia love each other on grounds of their genuine hate towards Hungarians. It’s weird to see hard-liner nationalists hugging and kissing other countries’ radicals but that’s the way it is because they share the passion of wiping up the floor with ethnic Hungarians (there are millions in each country).

    In return, Hungarians have always considered them savage peoples, joking about them having no history and culture (because they oppressed them for like 1000 years). Hungarians tend to believe they are inherently more sophisticated than virtually any other nation in the world just because they got to learn the most complicated language on Earth.

    Comment by jozseff — March 16, 2008 @ 3:07 am

  30. You probably ignore the fact that Spaniards are viscerally hated by the Portuguese. The reasons are: stupid sounding, guttural language (as when compared to Portuguese, a very similar language); the fact that Spaniards seem to relish ignoring other languages and cultures (probably because their culture is so strong but their perception of the strength of their culture is even stronger) and because of historic rilvaries: the Portuguese and the Spanish have had land disputes from the founding of Portugal in 1143.

    Comment by Nuno Lagoa — March 16, 2008 @ 4:29 am

  31. I am one exception to this generalisation about Brits:

    1. I can cook very well. Plus I also think that this ‘British food is crap’ myth is just that nowadays, a myth. Besides, what is British food now? Indian curry could just as easily be considered the national dish of England.
    2. I do not hate all Europeans, preferring most of them to my own race. Except the Parisians. And anyway, most of the French despise them more than I do.
    3. I live abroad [Japan] but still love the good things about my country. It’s just that the list of good things was getting shorter every year I spent there.
    4. I dont hate America, just George Bush and his cronies.
    5. I enjoy foreign languages
    6. I behave myself even when I am drunk

    Comment by Alfie Goodrich — March 16, 2008 @ 10:00 am

  32. I am Dutch and I don’t like Germans and Belgians. But I prefer Scandinavian countries.

    Comment by Yantju — March 16, 2008 @ 2:18 pm

  33. I’m Portuguese, we’re probably the only european country with negative stereotypes towards spanish people which is due largely by repeated wars: first to found Portugal and then to expand. Later to negotiate what parts of the discovered world belonged to each nation and continuous batles to fight off spanish invasions.
    Spanish people are regarded with suspicion, seen as loud and arrogant, sometimes tacky, but also perceived as merry, extroverted and having excellent food.
    Near the borders the stereotypes are forgotten and people co-exist peacefully.

    Comment by barbara — March 16, 2008 @ 6:55 pm

  34. You are quite wrong about the Poles. The hate to Russia is, as I just said, just a hate to the state of Russia, but when a Pole and a Russian meet they are usually good friends from first sight. The aversion to the Ukrainians is common only among older people form east of Poland, mainly due to Ukrainian collaboration with the Nazis. But among young and middle-age people they’re commonly respected for their recent democratic aspirations (they are now going the path we’ve done 20 yr. ago).

    What you’re completely wrong is our relationship to the Czechs. They are, I’m not afraid to use such word, beloved here for their beer and movies. The Slovaks are considered “the other Czechs” and we like them as well. The Lithuanians are liked too, because we once formed a one state, but they rather don’t like us (because we once formed a one state)

    I can not imagine what kind of Poles you had meet to get such opinion about our opinion about the Germans. There is a lot of upfront hatred to them in Poland. It’s source is of course WWII and their comparative welfare, believed so undeserved.

    Best regards (hope my English do not hurt you)

    Comment by A Pole — March 17, 2008 @ 12:52 am

  35. Very interesting.

    Comment by D.Robin87 — March 17, 2008 @ 2:46 pm

  36. Romanians — hated by Italians, Spaniards, Germans and French for being thieves (actually it’s the rromani ethnic minority that does 90% of the looting).

    Also Romanians generally hate Hungarians and Turks (due to historical reasons). And they also carry a deep disdain for the rromani (gypsies).

    Generally Romanians are considered moderately good chefs and a rather witty people, yet also laziness and corruption are considered national traits.

    Internal conflicts: Transylvanians hate Moldavians and sountheners for being lazy and corrupt, Moldavians and southeners hate Transylvanians for being both arrogant and hungarian lovers.

    Comment by E — March 18, 2008 @ 3:05 pm

  37. Hi,

    In my experience, you’ve got it mostly right. As a Finn I’d like to add that we really dislike swedes. Most commonly we consider all swedish men gay.

    One thing about the Greeks: they really, really hate Turks. Gotta say that I haven’t met an European, who thinks that Turkey is in Europe, or that the Turks are European.

    Comment by AM — March 18, 2008 @ 4:55 pm

  38. As a real Dutchman I always take my own potatoes on a holiday to France.I love the french because they have ALDI’s
    My caravan saves me a lot of hotel costs !
    I love the Germans because they all speak english with a world war two accent.

    Comment by leo — March 18, 2008 @ 6:16 pm

  39. What about the Portuguese?!!!

    Comment by Jose — March 19, 2008 @ 12:46 am

  40. I am originally from England and moved to California in Auust ’07 and I couldn’t agree anymore with the last sentence of ‘The British’ section as I definitely do not want to return home anytime soon, only when I visit family etc.

    Quote: “Europe is full of English expats, and the longer they live abroad, the more they seem to hate their host country. And yet they never seem to want to move home.”

    Comment by Stoo — March 19, 2008 @ 6:32 pm

  41. I am a Pole and I think what has been written about my people is completely wrong. Anyway, that does not really surprise me as generalisations are never true.
    I don’t hate anybody and I am not quiet, nor are other Polish people. This is the way somebody wants to see us, for some irrational reason (but there must be some).

    Comment by anna — March 19, 2008 @ 9:20 pm

  42. I don’t understand why you think there are only 3 Million in Ireland, there are just over 6 Million, thats like saying there is only 150 Million in the USA!

    Comment by Dazla — March 20, 2008 @ 7:34 am

  43. I’m still laughing. I’m an American expat living in Amsterdam and formerly lived in Spain. Right on target this is!

    Comment by suzanne — March 20, 2008 @ 10:00 am

  44. I’ve always like the Irish!

    Comment by nicole — March 22, 2008 @ 3:27 pm

  45. Have to disagree with poor French mechanics. They led the world in motor engineering and aeronautics, especially in the early days.
    Also, having been stuck in rural France with a broken motorcycle engine to have a precision part actually MADE to fit the engine within a couple of hours left me with permanent admiration for their skills
    K (British)

    Comment by Keith Paterson — March 27, 2008 @ 9:35 am

  46. Hehe, good guide, but I can say that Swedes and Spaniards dont like each other that much.

    Comment by Marcus — March 28, 2008 @ 3:01 pm

  47. There is no truth written about Poles. I’m Polish We are considered quiet? I’ve never heard it before. And we have very good relationship with Czechs, Slovaks and Ukrainians. But in fact there is ambiguity about Russians.
    We “don’t really care about Germans”? Many Poles -mostly older people, who remember WW2 – hate them. And there are many jokes about three people – German, Russian and Pole.

    Comment by forrestus — March 29, 2008 @ 4:16 pm

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  49. Interesting viewpoints, thanks for the article. I might reference it in a future blog post 🙂

    Terri
    http://goscandinavia.about.com

    Comment by Terri — March 30, 2008 @ 3:02 pm

  50. I’m from Luxembourg, between France and Germany and under Belgium.
    It’s not wrong what your writing, maybe something missing.
    I know a lot of Portuguese, they are strong workers and the family is very important for them they are even very Christian, maybe because it’s a poor EU country. In some parts they are not very liked, for example in the opinion about the Iraq-war, but in this case they have to share the American opinion, because of the subsidy they got from them like the Marshal plan and others. They have also a lot of American weapons on there territory like a lot of other countries, but WTF do American has European weapons in there country? No

    Comment by szenen — March 31, 2008 @ 4:42 pm

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