30 People Share Things That Scream “European”

without sugar in the ingredients.

Having this, is such a privilige, we Europeans should appreciate and protect it more.

I think it's not European. It's just a non-US thing.

That's also just a non-USA thing. Have you been to China/Japan? They have even older buildings.

Same in Africa, you can't just fire someone and everyone has a right to join a union. You get fixed number of paid leave days and can claim maternity, paternity, family responsibility, home moving, etc.

and Eastern Europe is never mentionned...

Affordable? 🤣🤣

This is the Nornan keep of Cardiff castle. First built by the Romans, added to over the centuries with magnificent interiors by Bruges. Well worth a visit!

nah, again, Africa. Thousands of languages. I'm fluent in two and can speak about 5.

I live in India and am fluent in three languages - English, Hindi, and Bengali. I can read and write in the first two, and am learning to read and write Bengali. My mother is a former NRI raised in Kathmandu, so she can speak,read,and write Nepali in addition to the aforementioned three.

In American schools, students get some foreign language education. Motivation to continue is difficult when you know you won't use the language in any meaningful way and you will have little or no opportunity to practice the language.

So basically all of India is European to you? and most of South East Asia as well? Very interesting

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I'll bash Britain again. For many of us shouting in something vaguely "European" is as close as we get to knowing another language.

Fluent in my native language and English, decent in French, learning Swedish and Danish. I'm trying

Canada is officially bilingual...and we've plenty of immigrants.

Not here in Italy 😅

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This is pretty much everywhere except for America

Ah yes, a cheese lovers heaven :). Am currently in Holland so stuffing my face with Dutch cheese and buying some to take home (France).

You must be German or french.

Maybe not hating but at least laughing about. I think the English and French still dislike each other over King Richard and King William.

Not what I would think of as most European, given we have this in Australia

The word is normal

Yes, but some of us do have enormous fridges and have Tesco popping by weekly with the main shop. Village shops bridge most gaps and I bake my own bread (bread machine!).

Ah another gift from turkish emigrants :)

Biking is f*cking awesome.

Common in most of the world...

This picture is from Melbourne, Australia 🤦🏻‍♀️

F**k yeah!!!

Women in heels love them :D

This actually helped me and my dad find a relative when we went to Germany! My great-grandfather's family (dad's opa) was from Cologne (idk how to spell) and we found someone in a town called Passau with my oma's maiden name, and his family was from there.

It made me laugh once in Rome seeing a priest in full vestments riding a Vespa down the road

It's also not true. More stylish than Walmart/mall-going Americans but they are still not stylish. Paris and Milano are not the whole continent.

Lol not in France, we are the English of the non-english speakers

Most people have theirs in the bathroom. Having one in the kitchen is British

No window screens though so the insects come into the room. Never could understand this in France.

Once got a return flight to see my sister in Spain for £15. Had to pay more for the baby to sit on my lap 🤣 £22 each way

This trope is as bad as the "Americans always talk about WWII". Those two tropes are some the most European things.

Don't look for the history of Fanta tho. In fact don't look any European company more than 80 y.o.

If they are in working condition... (Looking at the German Railways)

We have many in the US.

Yeah the lack of public restroom is a real shame.

I only saw that in Norway, Germany and Austria. Stores are open in Hungary. The government wanted to close everything on Sunday that worked only for a year and caused public outrage so they stores are open again.

That's not typical for europe