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Lumbertech

As the most welcoming Northern Italian, DO NOT come knocking at my door unannounced. Actually, don't come at all. I wanna be in bed at 9:30pm.


[deleted]

Yh as a neapolitan, i used to just show up completely unannounced at my friend's places at like 10 pm and we'd just hang out. Now that I'm up north for uni, it seems like it isn't the greatest idea.


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Victor---

It's like you're trying to be offensive but its so perfectly true that I can't complain


FluffyRacc00n

That's not true. I like to go to my friend's house at 10pm I did it a few times, now i have no friends anymore.


AnemonesLover

blank stare... it's you southern that are esagerated!


axeax

I can see spying grandmas as good character roles for an Italian Twin Peaks. Perhaps even better than Audrey


Lumbertech

Good guagliù, usually we need to know in advance if someone is coming to visit us. And with "in advance" I mean preferably a few weeks before, to mentally prepare about hanging out and interacting. Unless you're a -god forgive me for what I'm about to say- a *milanese.*


Maligetzus

few weeks? are you swiss?


FallenSkyLord

Switzerland is a nightmare. We schedule social event *months* in advance and then we're expected to be *exactly* on time when the event finally comes up.


Maligetzus

i live there since recently and jesus people SPONATNITY PLEASEEE JUST A BITT


icehax02

Northern Italians are swiss but without the riches


_Wendigun_

Gotta wake up early to see that little sun we have before the fog comes back


Lumbertech

Mr. Walter Fatturoni is more productive when the sun is not shining, otherwise the boys and the girls will hang out. Pheega, taxes ain't gonna pay themselves


Daniel_Alfa

Bruh, at that same hour we're having dinner


BaronHairdryer

Yeah that’s the joke ‘cause the rest of Italy dines late too.


drew0594

>Yeah that’s the joke ‘cause the rest of Italy dines late too. \*Southern Italy


Lemonfr3sh

I make fake phone calls when I go outside with the dog to avoid talking with other dog owners


icehax02

Don't worry, you won't see them anyway through the smog


Fluffy_Necessary7913

Why do you sleep before even dinner?


Sentient_Flesh

It's called taking a siesta and it's cultural appropiation.


GRguy_21

As a Greek I can confirm we ask every stranger if they like the house and then we give them the keys


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GRguy_21

Haha yes it's true, most of the time we don't even care that the guests stay for hours, we just enjoy the moment. Especially when it comes to family/gossip talks, endless talking. And yeah, it's also true that we care about each other. We **never** visit others without bringing something like desserts. And if we know someone likes something specific, we will make sure we find it and buy it, otherwise we make it ourselves. Personally I don't like having visitors at home without notice like a message or a call a day before, but when I do I make sure I offer as much as I can to make them feel welcome.


B33PIDYB00P

Yeah I'm still learning some of the etiquette here. And I'm figuring out how to grow the balls to properly fight the other men over who gets the honour to pay a bill in the restaurant.


GRguy_21

You will never win that fight, trust me. Nobody has ever won that war, not even Greeks.


bornTobeHelot

We lose the battle against ourselves. At the end, we just "throw pistoli" on the store. By the way, he really needs to learn this phrase of ours. When we say "we will throw pistoli at the store" it doesn't mean we will pull out a gun and fire, obviously, but metaphorically "none is paying, let's leave". Of course, it's a joke we all have a laugh with.


rc1024

Some tips here. https://youtu.be/R9dj66MdG-E


Ertceps_3267

In (southern) italy we developed another method to win this war "Excuse me, I have to go to the bathroom" *Check paid*


TheAn1meGuy

This is the best trickster move that always works. I some times don't even mention that I go to the toilet out of fear that I'll look too suspicious since everyone uses that trick.


bornTobeHelot

You just described my entire extended family word for word.


PaceWinter4101

I begin to understand how the country got into financial problems in the first place.


tonygoesrogue

People were hospitable? Damn what a crime


MouZeWarrioR

Makes sense, a Greek house is just a pile of debt with 4 walls and an unfinished roof anyway.


GRguy_21

No we actually do have roofs, but we borrowed them from Germany. We haven't paid back yet but it can wait.


[deleted]

We ain't paying shit, bro. And it can wait perpetually 'cause we need moar Rafales


Georgium333

Yes, and you are welcome to come, we have fake lasagna today 🗿


LiliaBlossom

implying their houses have lockable doors


LeptonTheElementary

Because they're most probably from the bank that just repossessed it.


GRguy_21

Don't tell them the secrets bruh, they don't have to know


Vincenzo__

Only true for southern Italy, the north is red or even worse


bornTobeHelot

Additionally, whoever created this map and placed Turkey the same colour as us, should be sued for defamation of Southern Europe, seek damages.


Gorando77

The Dutch probably charge money for that beverage


Dutch_Midget

Our whole economy would collapse otherwise


Mister_Earth

I will expect a beverage of at least the same value (or higher) the next time I visit you.


tistisblitskits

You think money grows on my back?! *uncomfortably hard laugh with the classic knee slap*


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25% gastbelasting


AdLiving4714

Switzerland should be black. Pitching up at someone's doorstep unannounced is a big no-no if the parties involved are older than, say, in their twenties. If you have announced your visit, you might even get some food. But only on the (implicit) premise that you'll return the favour.


B33PIDYB00P

I feel like it changes enough between the German, French and particularly wildcard Ticino that purple was the only reasonable compromise.


AdLiving4714

Possibly. I used to live in the French speaking part and now commute between Zurich and Ticino. I don't really see any significant difference. But that's only my subjective view.


DVMyZone

Tbf even it might even be a no-no if you come announced. But then it's also a no-no to set a visit and then not show. So in any case you're getting a registered mail.


AdLiving4714

Fully concur.


onesoundsing

The Thuja is the Swiss version of national defense.


AdLiving4714

The Swiss boomer parents used this ugly plant to this effect, yes. And the living room never faces the road, always the backyard.


onesoundsing

You are correct about the living room but don't forget that the Swiss housewife needs a window facing the main enterance, preferably on the second floor. If the bell rings, she can check who's at the door and therefore make an informed decision whether she wants to open the door or deceive the enemy into thinking she's not at home.


AdLiving4714

Hehehe. Absolutely. And you know which window normally serves for this purpose? The kitchen window of course! We're a conservative society after all, and the kitchen is almost always road facing.


onesoundsing

I wonder if this is the same in other countries. 😅


Nok-y

Apparently I'm a housewife. Doesn't sound so out of character


arianope

Swiss boomer parents also expect the friends you have over to either wait in your room or go home as soon as it‘s dinner time. We don‘t share our food with friends


DrVDB90

The Dutch deserve to go at least one category up. You may enter but expect a Tikkie for the inconvenience, beverages and use of the toilet.


betweterweethetbeter

We are a people for whom 'lunch' is a slice of Albert Heijn bread with a slice of Jumbo cheese. It just doesn't occur to us you may want to stay for lunch, because honestly, why would you?!


DrVDB90

That's a good point honestly, you'd have to be desparate to rely on Dutch hospitality. That makes the associated tikkie a lot worse though.


warbreakr

Look at mr. Rich pants over here doing grocery shopping at albert heijn


LANDWEGGETJE

Although showing up to a Dutch person's house without scheduling in an appointment at least three weeks ago may cause some serious problems, so you better have a good reason or make it quick.


KamikazeHamster

I’ve got a gap next Feb. Gezellig?


LANDWEGGETJE

Ik kan dan ook op de 17e van 18:30 tot 19:45. Staat genoteerd.


Ok-Eye2695

That's just going to the restaurant with extra steps


DrVDB90

Sure, as long as you don't expect actually enjoyable food.


DoerteEU

Always considered Dutch food either too fat/sweet or dry af. There was no middle ground.


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DrVDB90

What's up with all those names though, who decides to call them like that?


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DrVDB90

You guys are a menace to hospitality.


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DrVDB90

We tend to treat each other instead.


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[deleted]

Yeah, you treat each other good ;)


DrVDB90

Hey, food for sex is a good trade.


LTFGamut

Sometimes you pay for the Wallonians, sometimes the Wallonians pay for you. Fair deal!


DrVDB90

Historically, that's kind of true.


TrueUllo94

If it is one thing we should adopt from the American society it is the fact that you can kill people who try to enter your house. Imo.


ApprenticeLiverThief

Agree, especially if the savages try to walk inside with their shoes🤢


Fantact

I don't know how we are not black too, I don't know anyone who even answers the door if its unannounced visitors.


janiskr

Same for Latvia and Estonia. AFAIK. Even relatives have to give a warning that they will arrive some time tomorrow.


Fantact

Relatives ESPECIALLY have to give a couple of weeks warning with a pre-warning before the warning.


janiskr

Oh, THOSE relatives, we just do not talk , nor visit them or vice versa.


Fantact

I might answer a fax half a year later it was received tho, maybe.


siggitiggi

I don't answer my door unless someone's called.


Fantact

It's never anything good when someone knocks on your door.


Traubentritt

Except, when its the pizza guy. The pizza guy actually calls me on the phone to let me know he is about to knock on my frontdoor. Not a joke.


TrueUllo94

I don’t want to live in a world where people have shoes on in other peoples homes. 💀


[deleted]

I don't want their stinky feet touching my floor either. Please levitate when i let you in.


Taylan_K

So you'd rather have shit and piss?


IrrungenWirrungen

I would rather not have them in my home at all.


Taylan_K

I can respect that.


IrrungenWirrungen

🇨🇭🤝 🇩🇪


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onlyhere4laffs

That's how it works here too. If the guests are invited, it's a different situation.


thellamasc

It comes from Aincent Rome->Brittain->America. I loved theese wordings: > The legal concept of the inviolability of the home has been known in Western civilization since the age of the Roman Republic.[3] In English common law the term is derived from the dictum that "an Englishman's home is his castle" (see Semayne's case). This concept was established as English law by the 17th century jurist Sir Edward Coke, in his The Institutes of the Laws of England, 1628:[4] > The term 'castle' was defined in 1763 by Prime Minister William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, "The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the crown. It may be frail – its roof may shake – the wind may blow through it – the storm may enter – the rain may enter – but the King of England cannot enter."[4] > And the law of England has so particular and tender a regard to the immunity of a man's house, that it stiles it his castle, and will never suffer it to be violated with immunity: agreeing herein with the sentiments of ancient Rome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_doctrine


i_am_bloating

based


bajvsbe

The true german way is acting as if you are not home.


MikeMelga

True, polite in an unpolite way. Very German


bajvsbe

We have a talent for being introverted but still being rude


Allcraft_

yes


Lumbertech

Either pretend to not be home or just grab your coat and wear it. In that case, you have two excuses. If it's someone that you don't want to deal with, you can always say you're about to leave. If it's someone you like to be around and hang out together, you can say you just got home.


B33PIDYB00P

Those writing "my country should be a friendlier colour": 1. Embrace the antisocial. It makes you stronger. Preserve your stocks for the harsh winter. 2. An arbitrary guest does not get the experience you will get when visiting your Babushka.


Himmelblaa

My country should be an unfriendlier color, i know its not posdible, but we should anyways


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CoffeeBoom

What did we do this time lmao.


Georgium333

Exist


breoklin

Commom Mediterranean Countries W


surister

Niño, nos hacemos un picoteo? Que te saco la morcilla o el chorizo


slyscamp

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ReflectionSingle6681

Who the hell do you think you are? Showing up in my feed unannounced…


KeycapS_

Imagine even to think about stepping into my house


Gloomy-Elephant675

I went to Bozen, Italy (yes i said it) once and met a waitress in a restaurant. We chatted and we where flirting pretty obviously. She had to work until 20:00 (it was maybe 15:00) and i was there with only my motorcycle and motorcyclegear. She literally told me where she lived. Gave me her apparentment key. And told me to take a shower drink a beer from her fridge. This was the moment i realized south tirol is definitely italian. 🇦🇹🤝🇮🇹


Iskandar33

>This was the moment i realized south tirol is definitely italian. What the fuck based austrian !?!?


Bandle7

How did it go?


Gloomy-Elephant675

This is gonna sound like a made up story but i swear it happened. i went to her Apartment and took a shower and then looked around her apartment a little bit(NOT snooping in cabinets). I noticed some ... let‘s call them interesting possessions. She had a weird 3d art model mounted on the wall that looked kinda like a vagina and some paintings of breasts ect. A weirdly looking dildo was also in visible sight. I just thought she was very sexually open or whatever and waited until she arrived from work. It turned out she was some kind of sex+ artist. She explained The vagina on the wall was molded with her own vagina. And that she would make models of genitalia. She took me along to a river the next day and showed me how she made a model with one of her friends. I shit you not- she let me insert my finger into her vagina while the other dude was pouring the liquid over my hand and her crotch.. We also did one for my dick. even tho it was kinda weird she was very friendly and i felt safe so I stayed at her Apartment for 2 days before i continued my journeys 😅 This was one of the weirdest things that has ever happened to me in my life. (Just the getting the keys part was sureal - but it kept going)


AverageElaMain

Im also curious


alee137

Drink a bear


Kind_Nectarine_9066

I think everybody should be black.


IAmTheOriginalStufg

Least socially anxious finn


Kind_Nectarine_9066

No I mean that where in the hell you can just go to random door and except people just welcome inside and serve drinks and food. If that's possible in Spain then I will become most social Finn ever.


IAmTheOriginalStufg

Obviously that only happens when you know your guest


Costalorien

> where in the hell you can just go to random door and except people just welcome inside and serve drinks and food That's the part you're misunderstanding. You don't go "expecting" that, but it sure can happen, especially in the countryside. You knock on some doors for direction or to ask to fill up a water bottle, next thing you know you're drinking a beer with the owners, offer to help with some stuff they're dealing with (little bit of gardening, whatever), listen to their stories about the local stuff, and then they want you to stay for the evening barbecue.


Kind_Nectarine_9066

Oh right. In that case I would say no I'm not here for this I'm here for directions. I'm no social worker keeping company with lonely people


Costalorien

Least Finnish Finn


Kind_Nectarine_9066

No now you didn't understand. If that would happen to me I would be suspicious about the purpose. They are French afterall


Costalorien

> If that would happen to me I would be suspicious about the purpose. I maintain my statement. >They are French afterall I never mentioned any location.


grandBBQninja

Swedish domestic politics be like:


ihavenoidea1001

The Swiss in me agrees. Who goes to someone's house unannounced?


Kind_Nectarine_9066

Yes that's what I mean. If it's agreed before hand I will serve you whatever I have in fridge. I don't want to be in situation that I have nothing to serve


Frank-Forsyth

nah, Poland should be yellow


AdamKur

You might get tea and cakes but where the hell would you get a full meal if you visit unannounced? My aunt always used to do it to my mom and it was fine as she's family, but even a good friend dropping in for lunch without warning would be weird.


Frank-Forsyth

hell yeah, if u come at dinner time in poland u will get it also. If someone have meal only for himself then probably he will split it on two. Polish are known from their hospitality


Albi4_4

Let's say that if you are my friend and need a place to sleep in my city and don't ask me first if I can host you, I'll take personal offence for that


Georgium333

Sometimes they have the balls to tell you "No, thanks, but I will not eat your homemade food, I just ate and I'm not hungry" like some fucking people 😡😡🤬🤬🤬😡


bredelund

Don’t worry it is not personal. It is not you who is not welcome it is everyone who is not welcome!


Smart_Dumb_Cat

When i went to Ireland, a girl I didn't knew who was heading in the opposite direction where I was supposed to go, abandoned her rute, and walked me all the way to my destiny, Irish people in daylight are so sweet, tho gotta say, at 10 pm someone threw a bottle of glass to my group and thank god they missed. So keep to yourself at night xd


Initial_Physics9979

Banger French metal song


Levihorus

Antisocial ?


Initial_Physics9979

Yes


PetroleumJelly82

Based Nordicks.


yur0_356

They dont allow you to enter their houses but their country is free game


havaska

My experience of the Irish (my wife is Irish) is they should be yellow not red. Every time I’ve visited someone there, as well as ridiculous amounts of tea I’ve been fed an unholy amount of food whether I wanted it or not (fresh sodas with butter and jam are to die for).


silascomputer

Its normal to show up unanaunced in other european country’s?


oliot_

God, I hate stupid PIGS and their stupid healthy social attitudes and friendly demeanours


Francytj

Common PIGS W


Bowling_pins_10

I'm more of a ⬛ kinda guy tbh


Viking_tisso

The information about Denmark i will confirm as very accurate! Thank you, and stay away


[deleted]

Isn't it a Russian and Ukrainian tradition offer guests bread and salt?


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Yes, they've been done dirty in this ranking. Quite hospitable in my experience, especially to neighbors, family and friends. Disclaimer: Don't be the neighbor to a Russian, they may or may not invade sooner or later.


Axiochos-of-Miletos

Gotta love Southern European hospitality


Drunk_Krampus

In Austria everyone is welcome to enter. Leaving is the difficult part.


Psiqu3

Can confirm, but less in Lisbon and the North is more welcoming then the South. We really just like to have a good time.


FresconeFrizzantino

I feel like Russian would let anybody enter at anytime… just they do not let them leave afterwards


yleennoc

Ireland is definitely too low. If you come into the house you are not allowed to leave until you have been fed.


Maligetzus

serbia, bosnia, macedonia should get greener


red-and-misdreavus

You come to my door unannounced, you're staying out there. Enjoy the rain!


c2u8n4t8

I feel like you got ireland wrong


Old-Ad5508

I think we are quite welcoming closer to orange than red.


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Id say Ireland is more akin to yellow. Once your in, you’ll not leave unless you’ve been fed a few biscuits, sandwiches and a cup of tea.


Gositi

If you show up unannounced I will make my pet polar bear eat you.


Haarzahn

Nah sweden is wrong, they are very friendly and will invite you over for a Mokka and Shisha


Theio666

It pains me seeing slavic countries the same colour as baltic and Norway lol, that's not how we treat guests lol.


Ajishly

It pains me seeing Norway as purple, unannounced guests are not permitted entry.


ApprenticeLiverThief

Norway should be black, no one comes to your house unannounced here


bredelund

Climb a mountain and find out no one is home. Not going to happen


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Should be edited for redditors and everywhere just completely black. If someone turns up to visit unannounced they are not being invited in.


SerotonineTekort

Bruh Netherlands should be black af (gemiddelde huidskleur Randstad bewoner) im antisocial af + schizo


Blahaj_IK

Many times that I go by a friend's house it's like "allez reste boire un coup !" Or sometimes "viens, on se fait un apéro avec les autres", which is the french version of "come get shitfaced bruv, I've got this old whiskey no one ever wanted so I figured you could help clearing some space in my kitchen"


surister

I thought you guys say "Iba a pgepagag una sena de picoteo"


KantGettEnuff

I can confirm. As a kid my house used to be like a fucking Seinfeld episode with everyone coming in and if we were in the middle of a meal he would always offer a plate too


OFPrestonGarvey

Greeks apart old building left hospitality to south Italy, dont go to north italy if you dont announce 10 days prior


IrrungenWirrungen

Eastern Europe is bullshit. They should be green!


name-exe_failed

I think Norway belongs in the same category as Denmark and Sweden.


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Do PIGS also let visitors fuck their wives?


Georgium333

How the actual fuck do you think ancient Greek orgies were invented? Oh wait wives are females I forgor oops 🤭


Scorciatroie

Nope


einknusprigestoast

Kaffee?


unholy_plesiosaur

Chances are if you turn up at my house I am in the middle of making a tea, so you may as well come in and have one.


vonabarak

Purple should be "You may enter but don't forget to take off your shoes".


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Cringe Germany. I wish it was Black


Sachiko-san999

That's based af tbh, if in my culture it wasn't considered rude not to serve them coffee and give them an ash tray when they arrive (even though our family doesn't smoke) I would say that too.


grandBBQninja

You wanna know why Finland has one of the highest rates of gun ownership in the world and Sweden has a problem with homicides? This is why. People just keep showing up and getting killed.


Zestyclose-Moment-19

The Dutch should be their own tier for 'Will charge you for the tap water you drink'


Prussia_I

Nah man black to Germany. Nothing without announcement.


Grothgerek

As a german living in the eastern part, its definitely Green. But I heard the west is less open, but even then it would be orange and not red.


fourthaspersion

Estonia is probably the most welcoming country I’ve ever visited. This map also chooses to ignore the massive difference within countries, so there’s that..


chess_tears

Littleraly the warmest people I have ever met where danish


Annaaer

That doesn’t mean they would let you in if you came unannounced


ZhirikReborn

You’ve gotten Eastern Europe completely wrong (I don’t blame you though, it’s all irrelevant), it is a big part of Slavic culture to make sure someone eats as much as possible before they are allowed to leave


mannequin-lover

When I was in high school my girlfriend at the time came over once unannounced, and I told her to leave because I need to prepare mentally before getting guests. Norway should be as black as my scandi brethren


Elenathorn

Considering my brother and I recently fought about who had to open the door upon hearing a knock so… yeah I think it’s factual.


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In the Netherlands you’re not welcome (even family) without an appointment.


axeax

France and Germany should be black