35 Of The Most European Things, According To Americans

Not in every country, I'm afraid. Ridiculous working hours and low wages in Spain.

Can confirm. I have full healthcare and it's paid for automatically via the taxes I pay every paycheck. I never have to make a claim or argue with an insurance representative about coverage. I just go to the doctor/hospital/pharmacy and get what I need. Don't tell me the richest country in ALL OF HUMAN HISTORY cannot afford it too.

A ban on high fructose corn syrup does wonders for both the food and health of your citizens!

We in Europe have mixed cities with businesses and housings being closer together, while US cities have more separated areas resulting in longer distances to travel

Cliché.

My uncle's cottage isn't just older than the the U.S.A - it's older than the discovery of America.

Sadly, this is changing. As with everything greed and profit are the king. Many companies are sucking the life out of most jobs in the UK by paying less, demanding more and no longer care about loyalty.

Man the one time I was hospitalised in the US and they sent me my bill by post, I thought it was some kind of statement of costs to the hospital, “actual value of goods supplied,” or some such thing. I made many guesses before realising it was *a BILL I had to PAY*. [Yes, I also did have to call to confirm—and you can imagine how weird that conversation went!]

Seeing that most of these streets were built before cars, that is more likely the reason.

Well, over a thousand years for Oxford....but we won't be too pedantic!😁

Everyone is nor correct. Also, varies significantly by country.

And paternity leave in Germany 🇩🇪

Makes for less cars and more people! Glorious!

Which turn out to be more effective, as they can be heard as twice as far as the US sirens and it's easier to determine their direction as well

And only drinking a cappuccino in the morning.

Conversation is a lost art. It’s so sad. I love to sit around and visit with people.

Weirdly a couple of non-European countries are in the contest.

Wait.... What? You don't have paid time off in the US???

Oxford is so beautiful

I see a castle when I look out of my window

I'm in US - I couldn't live without my electric kettle!

A few of my best days/nights as a teen/young adult were spent with a mix of punks, skaters, goths and uhm "preppies"(?) drinking beer on some not so beautiful plazas. Our inner circle was about 6 people but it felt like half of the youth of said town met there. (imagine ca. 100 14-20 year olds of every subculture partying peaceful and even helping the person collecting the bottles )

On Yeavering bell (a hill in Northumberland) a circular stone wall is in need of repair. It was knocked down - by the Romans.

Roundabouts are quite rare on main roads in the US. I live in Arizona, but after having driven all over in Scotland every day for 3 weeks, I have an appreciation for roundabouts I didn't have before: I rarely had to wait at stoplights. I watched youtube videos about roundabouts before I went and it was very much worthwhile (though it didn't prepare me for the Bannockburn Interchange when I had to reverse direction on the M9 - Edit for those confused by this: By 'reverse direction' I mean I was initially going east on the east-bound side and then I was going west on the west-bound side).

That person would not be visiting his parents because they were 2 hours away. There would have be other reasons, perhaps a toxic relationship with the parents.

I'm Italian and almost every month I drive for 4/5 hours to go back in my city, 400Km

Two hours (150km) is what I drive to get to the beach, and I know people who do that for a daily commute

Do they have a vehicle? That would play a large part too.

I think it's because the US is massive compared to Europe. So distance is relative. Granny lives 4h away. It feels forever for me.

Used to travel 2-3 hours just for lunch with my parents. Western US, it is nothing to drive a full day and still be in the same state.

versus those ppl in the US that think that going abroad is stepping over the state border and going to the mall there...20miles away

Some people don't drive a car, and if there isn't a convenient train or bus, they can't get to a place 2 hours away.

I do 90 miles round trip to work out in a rural setting.

My mom travels 2 hours at least twice a week to visit the grandkids.

depends on how big the country is. I live in Belgium and if you have to cross the imaginary line between Brussels and Antwerp, or cross the language border, its too far.

I used to regularly drive 2 hours to Cardiff. 2 hours is nothing.

Petroleum (gasoline) costs $15 per gallon in the UK. A round trip to your parents costs a week's wages.

What's a restroom? Sounds charming, quiet, comfy chairs...

Some pools it's actually forbidden to wear the larger swimming trunks.

It helps when their homes are build super efficient with insulation.

Ryanair. v underrated. yes there is barely any legroom but you get it cheap and arrive safely

No no, everyone does that

Perhaps a few idiots but inaccurate for hundreds of millions of people.

No, pretty much all of the European countries abolished privileges a long time ago. Only one, the uk, didn’t and is still a caste society with unequal rights, nobility and titles that refer to its empire. (NB: there are other monarchies in Europe but purely symbolic, without aristocrats or remnants from the feudalism).

Italy. Not Europe as such.

There are 44 countries in Europe, with 20 using the Euro.

Worcestershire sauce.