People Share 30 Things That They Think Are Normal In Europe But Horrific In America

my house was built in 1677

Favorite metric system quote is by Josh Bazell. “In metric, one milliliter of water occupies one cubic centimeter, weighs one gram, and requires one calorie of energy to heat up by one degree centigrade—which is 1 percent of the difference between its freezing point and its boiling point. ... Whereas in the American system, the answer to ‘How much energy does it take to boil a room-temperature gallon of water?’ is ‘Go f**k yourself,’ because you can’t directly relate any of those quantities.”

This! When I was a nanny in the US, the family I worked for was always nagging me for using public transport. I never unederstood what the big deal was.

And then we have our beloved bored panda censure... s**t!

Rested and healthy employees = higher productivity. Who'd have thought?

What???

Or, at least partially in Germany, leaves it with a neighbour.

I'd rather not have muddy footprints/ dirt from outside around the house.

They should make this a European thing.

I think they meant: While it is normal for Europeans to speak at least one language other than their mother tongue, Americans are not expected to speak any other language than English.

At least where I live in Germany it’s NOT usual to be naked in parks or bathing naked in crowded places, except they’re designated as nude areas. Topless is tolerated in most urban parks, if you don’t Walk around. Otherwise it’s a "Public nuisance", which is an administrative offense and is punished by a penalty fee.

Seen as lazy, huh? So the management only have standing desks?

Of course not. I am on VACATION.

In the UK we normally describe properties as 1 bed, 2 bed etc. and give a separate count of other rooms. Studio is normally used to describe rooms of mixed use. So a 1 bed studio apartment will normally be a combined kitchen, living and sleeping space with a separate bath- or shower-room.

In Spain, one room is one bedroom.

because "room" is a generic description for a space with at least 3 walls; office, kitchen, bathROOM, bedROOM, Laundry ROOM...all "ROOMS"...i lived in Singapore for 13 years and whenever i was looking for a new flat i had to specify to the agent how many BEDrooms i needed because a "3-room flat" could be 1 bedROOM with kitchen, living, and bath

1 room with nothing is called a studio... normally apartments are counted with bedrooms

In Australia a self contained room like that with bed and kitchen all in the same room is called a Bedsitter.

Wir haben auch halbe Räume 😁

The clue is in the word "ONE".

We call it a studio in the USA

I'm in Sweden and my apartment is classified as a 2 room apartment. I have a bedroom, a living room, a kitchen, bathroom and a separate room for the washing machine which doubles as a storeroom. It's a good size but I'd prefer if the bedroom was a bit bigger. However it's a cheap apartment which isn't easy to find, especially on the ground floor as I'm disabled

Where's the bathroom?

In Germany it's 1 room, 2 rooms etc. and only the bathroom isn't counted. Also the kitchen isn't fitted out with cabinets, sink, e.t.c. You must supply your own.

1-room apartments in the US are called "studio apartments."

We have studio apartments in US...

No - in the US 1 room does not mean 1 bedroom. 1 bdrm means 1 bedroom. 1 room would be a studio apt.

That's called a studio here.

Not sure where this person’s from but 1 room in America is a studio. I bedroom is listed as 1br. A Jr is a studio w a wall separating the bed from the rest of the Apt. w no door, just a partition.

I've never heard of this and I lived in the US for the first half century of my life. In NY, one room is architecturally one room plus a bathroom. One bedroom, a living room, and a kitchen would be considered three rooms plus a bathroom. In Italy, one bedroom and a living room is usually considered two rooms plus a kitchen and a bathroom.

These as usual have a few cases taken to extremes. One room in the US means a studio. One bed room has more, etc.

I live in the US & I would expect 1 room to mean exactly that. One room with everything in it but a separate bathroom. I've never heard of anywhere that one room means kitchen, living room, & bedroom. Now I've heard of 1 BEDROOM apartments, & in most cases those will have their separate kitchen & living room. But not just 1 room. That's a loft or an efficiency apartment, & 1 room is 1 room & bathroom.

No - one room means one room wherever you go.

In Europe we use 2+1 for example. it means two rooms and one kitchen.

We used "pieces" in Quebec, meaning rooms. A three piece is three rooms.

In Portugal we have T0, no bedroom, just a room, kitchenette and bathroom, and a T1, all of the previous and a bedroom. T is for typology.

This is not true

One room in the US means a studio or efficiency, not everything in one room.

In the US, apartments are usually labeled by the number of bedrooms they have. A one-room apartment is what we'd call a studio apartment.

In Sweden you can't the number of rooms that are not kitchens, bathrooms or corridors/hallways. My dad's apartment would be called a 5 room apartment because it had a living room, 3 bedrooms and a train room.

That's a studio in the US

Here the livingroom is counted as 1 room and every bedroom is counted seperately. 5 rooms means there's 1 livingroom and 4 bedrooms. 47 rooms probably means 6 livingrooms and 41 bedrooms, but I never looked into billionaire homes, so I can't guarantee that last bit

wait what, a 1 bed in Ireland would not be a one room for everything that would be called a bed sit!

in France in real estate, when we speak of a room, this implies: (bedroom / office) / (living room / dining room: the two grouped together are called “séjour”) and therefore excludes bathroom, WC and kitchen which are necessarily there (but the kitchen is more and more often in the living room, let's say: American kitchen).

In Germany, a kitchen doies not officially count as a room. If there is an open plan kitchen (and they are very popular) it is specifically listed. Noone specifically lists bedrooms - it's the nr of general rooms and the squaremeters.

In Germany room means room however special purpose rooms are mentioned extra in descriptions, e.g. "3 rooms, kitchen, bath" (so 5 rooms total, including kitchen and bathroom).

eh? no, 1 room means 1 bedroom

In the US, an apartment where everything is in one big room, it's called an "Efficiency." I was in one once, it was kind of weird at first.