Tourists Beware: 10 Rudest European Cities
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- Explore Europe's hospitality or lack thereof in "Tourists Beware: 10 Rudest European Cities" 🌍🎥. From 🇬🇧 London's formality to 🇫🇷 Parisian chic, discover where manners vary across the continent. 🌆
The ranking presented in the video follows the study published by the prestigious site Insider Monkey 📊, which analyzed thousands of comments on Reddit 🤖. The result is a list of the 30 rudest cities in the world 🏙️, from which we extracted the top 10 in Europe 🌍. Here is the description the site provides for this study: "We went through numerous Reddit threads pertaining to locations where tourists felt unwelcome 🚫. We used search terms like 'Rudest cities in the world,' 'rude cities in the world,' and 'cities that are rudest to tourists' to find relevant threads 🔍. To ensure the authenticity and relevance of our research 🧐, we focused on cities that were most frequently mentioned by Redditors across various threads and discussions 💬. This approach led to a list of 30 rudest cities in the world."
We compared this study with the one conducted in 2020 by the famous CEOWorld magazine 📰 on the 50 rudest cities in Europe. The ranking is based on a survey of 178,500 European adults who were asked to name the top five rudest cities from a list of 50 of the continent's largest urban centers 🏗️. We decided to feature primarily the Insider Monkey ranking in the video simply because it is the most recent 📅.
WE WANT TO CLARIFY THAT SHARING THIS RANKING DOES NOT MEAN WE ENDORSE IT, BUT THAT WE AIM TO SPARK A DEBATE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND HEAR YOUR OPINIONS AND EXPERIENCES 🗣️.
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Seems to me a very US centric view published from US magazines because it is so focussed on small talk/(fake) smiling or more the lack of it. Being direct and reserved got nothing to do with being unfriendly. In my opinion a concept many travellers from the US are not aware of. Paris being in the first place is no surprise and justifies my assumption since especially US travellers start a conversation/asking questions in english without saying bonjour and if english is spoken/understood anyways. The result is they get ignored with their entitlement, to later tell these surveys which countries/cities are the rudest in Europe.
Hello, and thank you very much for sharing your valuable point of view 😊 This is exactly the type of comment that we at Amazing Europe appreciate, as it helps us understand the complexity of the situation. In fact, we hope it is clear, as we mentioned in the video, that including this ranking does not mean that we agree with it, but we did it precisely because we wanted to hear the community's opinion. So thank you again 😊
I think you missed that London and Malta were also on this list. I would agree that U.S tourists are the most obnoxious in the world, and any courteous visitor should learn a few sentences of the local language. But most people across France (outside of Paris) would probably agree with this list. I regularly visit France. The French people (outside of Paris) are wonderful: helpful, courteous, considerate. But I wouldn't even set foot in Paris to change trains -- and that takes some careful planning when one is traveling in France!!! See Albi, Arras, Besancon, and Nimes; but skip Paris. Eiffel's bridge in Porto, Portugal is just as impressive as the tower in Paris; and the Mona Lisa is the size of a postage stamp. Furthermore, many of the Louvre's collection are exhibited in various regional museums across France. You will avoid both the obnoxious American tourists AND the rude Parisians if you visit the beautiful and interesting smaller places!
I agree on the USA centrism from the ranking, but have to disagree on Paris since they are actually rude (by that I mean intents of assault, pushing in the metro, disdain faces, unhelpfulness, and in general, a really self centered attitude). It does help to know some french though; I returned for work this year knowing a little bit of french and it was considerably better than the first time I went 5 years ago
The animosity towards Americans is real. As a European currently residing in the USA, I am charmed by the friendly and outgoing nature of Americans. It seems to me that the dislike for Americans often stems from jealousy of their life-style, confidence, and carefree attitude. I'm not surprised by the list of rude cities; I would include Zurich and Stockholm as well. Having lived in Sweden (which is not my native country, thankfully), I encountered considerable rudeness. For instance, once at McDonald's, after ordering, I visited the restroom only to be appalled by its condition: soiled papers scattered on the floor, clogged toilets, and fecal matter smeared on the walls. Disturbed, I sought out the manager to report the situation. The girl at the counter, claiming to be the manager, responded to my concerns with contempt, stating, "I am the manager, not the janitor," before walking away. Due to this and other experiences, I left Sweden for the USA, where I've been welcomed warmly. Here, managers express gratitude with a smile when you bring any disorder to their attention.
List:
0:25 Prague 🇨🇿
1:36 St. Petersburg 🇷🇺
2:27 Amsterdam 🇳🇱
3:09 Vienna 🇦🇹
3:52 Warsaw 🇵🇱
4:52 Budapest 🇭🇺
5:51 London 🇬🇧
6:44 Milan 🇮🇹
7:40 Moscow 🇷🇺
8:52 Paris 🇫🇷
I think there is more to the ‘Paris’ rudeness…..I am Australian, I have been to the French Riviera, and been surprised at the niceness there…perhaps their closeness to Italy? However, I have had very negative interactions from a business point of view and so for the past 15 years I refuse to deal with France……I have had nothing but rudeness from the people I have engaged with, so it is now a ‘blacklisted’ country for my business.
I have also been to Le Havre in the north of France more recently, and I was shocked at the rudeness there too. I entered a shop wanting a pair of shoes displayed in the window, and the staff refused to help me! They completely ignored me, assumably because I know no French! So, this is another reason, I want nothing at all to do with this country….and I do not do business with them. France is even blocked on my website.
If you aren't willing to meet people halfway, then you shouldn't be travelling at all. Esp. a business! I wouldn't deal with your company either. Not even in Australia, and I love Australia!
I agree about Paris. Nevertheless, I fell in love with it when I was in my late teens and early 20s. I thought it was magical, so beautiful. The pple cared more about living, hence the excellent French cuisine, and the great cultural and intellectual interests. I was fed up with the States with Americans' obsession with work and money. I thought the French had a much better attitude toward life. But yes, they are rude in Paris. The French think so too. They get inundated with too many tourists. It makes pple edgy.
Hello, and thank you for sharing your valuable experience! 😊 We love Paris too!!
Paris is the most wonderful city of the whole Arab world!
agree with the beauty of Paris: visited the first time when I was 17 (in 1967), visiting my girlfriend... I don't think Parisians are rude because of the tourism, they are rude because they are thought since early age that they are 1) the most intelligent, 2) the most cultured 3) the most whatever... it is called "grandeur"... WWII made them look pathetic, that is why they rather not be talking about it, but other than that they are sincerely convinced to be the absolute BEST in the universe... don't you dare doubting! then, of course, we've seen the Olympics now...
I was recently in Paris for a few weeks and didn't have one negative experience.
For me Amsterdam was a beautiful city, but the people were very rude, and I didn't enjoy my time there like I wanted.
I've been to Poland last winter. I found Polish people to be shy and it does take a little more effort than usual to make them chat a bit, but it really isn't anything out of this world - and definitely not rude. My two cents is that this complaint about 'lack of smiles in services' is an American thing, as they say they're used to being greeted with fake smiles.
TBH, I've never been mistreated anywhere in Europe - and even while I'm from South America, where smiles abound, I have nothing to complain. Russia is the only place on this list I've never been to. I say ignore it; odds are you won't be mistreated in any of these places.
Visited all of the cities listed here except Moscow and have had a great time in each one. Very weird ranking and seems to just list all the popular tourist destinations in Europe. Only city, where people seemed perhaps a bit rude was Budapest, yet had a great holiday there as well.
Hello, and thank you for sharing your valuable experience 😊 Let's clarify that the fact that we shared the rankings of the two studies mentioned in the video does not mean that we agree. We did it precisely because we wanted to hear the opinions of the community. So thank you again for your comment 😊
I thought people in Prague were really nice. For me it was one of the most friendly cities in Europe
Thank you for sharing your valuable experience 😃
agreed. I was only there a short time but they were consistently kind and respectful.
Parisians who live in the best neighborhoods of Paris can be rude & judgmental but further outside the people are very kind & helpful. I especially had good relations with Algerians living there. The rich in Paris are insufferable.
Thank you for sharing your experience 😊
The rich everywhere are generally insufferable. You do get exceptions, to be fair.
My advice - learn the language of the country you're going to at least enough to get by, and learn the swear phrases too. People are often more rude behind your back if they think you won't understand them... and it's always funny to see the look on their face when you fire back in their native language :D
We completely agree with you. Learning the local language is definitely essential!
I think Marcel Proust would agree with you.
l've travelled extensively and have rarely encountered hostile behavior from locals except maybe Paris many years ago. The last time l was in Paris l found most people extremely helpful. The two places where l experienced regular abruptness and rudeness were Corsica and Venezuela.
Hello, and thank you for sharing your valuable experience! 😊 Have a great day!
Yeah if you have blue eyes it may help 🤗
London hasn’t got many Londoners now,
The Royal family are the only English people living in London today. And they're actually German.
😅🤣🤣
The others came to see their own stolen artifacts in the museums ;)
I've been to every place on this list, most multiple times, and I've never thought any of them is particularly rude. I've had great time in all.
Some tourists act like they own the place, and never make an effort to appear friendly, and then wonder why the locals dismiss them. People are people everywhere. It's hard to be rude to people who are friendly towards you, no matter what country or city you are from.
Hello, and thank you for sharing your valuable experience! 😊
If you want to travel to friendly cities, go anywhere in Mexico friendliest people anywhere.
Bullshit ranking..where is Germany?
Very interesting video. I'd welcome a similar ranking of North American cities. BTW, the background music was distracting.
Why should I pay lots of money that I can’t afford to have people be rude to me.
Athens was by far the rudest place I’ve visited.
I think the whole world should look to Latin Americans as the paragon of public comportment, pleasant interaction and social grace. It doesn't mean the entire rest of the world is aloof, inattentive, unkind or poorly mannered, but . . . uh, wait--yes, it does.
I visited Milan the people is friendly and kind i like Milan in my opinion
Since when is Russia part of Europe?
Hello, may I have a croissant?
😐 Uh?
Ehm... Bonjour, un croissant s'il vous plaît.
😐 Oh, UN CROISSANT.
you made your point 🤣🤣
Americans who find it beneath their dignity to learn a foreign language and to show some respect for the country they are visiting should not complain about people being rude to them.
@@Slavianophile I'm not american but italian, I love to travel and I'm always polite. I never assume to speak english or italian abroad and I try to speak local's language, and I always try to speak french everytime I go in France. So far, in my personal experience, only in France people pretend to not understand you.
Russia is not Europe😮 thank You very much!!!
Prague, 2022 treated me great! Cafe folks especially friendly.
Paris & Moscow "rudest" because they don't want to speak English, & Londen because they only want to speak English - & don't know any other world language (like Esperanto ;)
Also Germany London Venice
I found London England and Paris funny. I mean French people can be pretty dismissive anyhow so what does anyone expect? We have a polite culture in the UK generally but it's a kind of veneer - I'd prefer honesty myself.
Amusing video.
Poland, I feel is the Rudest country in the world.
I kinda agree with Vienna.But if you give viennese people some to get to know you better,then you may find Viennese people to be really polite and Kind.Love Vienna from Bulgaria!!
Hi! Thanks for your comment! Indeed, unfortunately many people mistake reserve for rudeness. Have a nice day!
@@AmazingEuropeChannel Have a nice day too!
Well, Prague is in a country that was occupied by Germany or Russia for most of the 20th century, so having tourists and expats is a new thing for thing. I have lived in Paris, Vienna and traveled extensively elsewhere. I also think that in counties that suffered occupation by Germany and Russia, there is still hangover from a lack of tourists and expats Hungary now has an authoritarian government which would make many ppl uneasy, same for Poland. I would never never never go to Russia, nor let them have any of my money. Regarding Paris, I would remind everyone that so many tourists expect a theme park and they behave accordingly, even engle ting such things as personal security. Parisians are very formal and a high degree of politeness os expected among people, so when tourists do not behave accordingly, Parisians themselves can feel insulted.
Hello, and thank you very much for sharing your valuable experience! 😊 This is exactly the kind of comment that we at Amazing Europe seek because it truly helps us understand the culture of a people better. Thanks again!!
How about asking tourists the nicest and rudest American state ?
Perhaps if they cleaned up all the dog shit..
I agree about London.
Well. I don’t know why Lisbon is not ranked. Let’s talk about ruuuude people.
"Oh no, people here are so rude, they don't smile at me all the time and aren't really interested in small talk" - well, if you're going to be such a snowflake, then just stay away 😊
Or stay home 😃😃
@@sylvike7918 I've met plenty of friendly people when visiting other countries and most have been polite and helpful👌 But yeah, there's no place like home and you always get the best sleep in your own bed😴
@@ianalyzeeverysecondiexist I meant the snowflakes should stay home if they can’t cope with that not every single person will smile at them while they’re travelling abroad 😊
I'm stunned that Barcelona isn't on this list. I lived there for 5 months and never made friends with a single native. The only friends I made were from outside Catalonia. and interactions in public were also very rude.
Hello, and thank you for sharing your valuable experience! 😊 Have a great day!
But why the AI voice? Couldn't you afford to get a narrator?
No 1: Serbia..
1:08: It's called a pavement in English, not a 'sidewalk'.
in some dialects of English and not in others. now who's being rude?
Excuse me? Barcelona is not even on the top 10? I expected we would be on the top 3! This classification is clearly rigged.
London did. I'm so proud 😞
The people of Prague are among the kindest and most helpful of any city in the world. I have visited Prague many times, and I would certainly not consider returning if it weren't for the courteous and service-minded people I consistently meet. In fact, I love the people throughout this small nation. I agree that it is difficult to make friends there, but the locals are very considerate everywhere, small towns, rural villages, and larger cities -- from Melnik to Pilsen to Prague, and many other places. I know only a handful of Czech sentences, and I have met Czechs who speak no English or any other language that I know; they, nonetheless, will go to great pains to communicate. Prague does not belong on this list. (But stay out of Paris. The French are lovely people -- outside of Paris.)
Hello, and thank you for sharing your valuable experience with the community 😊 This is exactly the type of comment that we at Amazing Europe are looking for, as it helps us better understand the culture of a people. Thank you again!! 😊
İt iş not true what you write...the tourists must be carefully in Prag...
Just pay VERY close attention to the change you get when buying a sausage at a stand.
Americans especially are far too loud. Not everybody in the bus ( restaurant, cafe, train, tram ) wants to be forced to listen to their conversation. And when they say stupid things, which they invariably do, everybody hears them.
I lived and worked as a biochemist in many countries. I came to the conclusion that what influences the behaviour of people is not the country or the lifestyle, although some types of behaviour are more tolerated in some places while encountering hostility in others, the major factor is the personality of the person we encounter, his/her empathy and education.
Hello, and thank you for sharing your valuable perspective, with which we completely agree! 😊
I recently visited Berlin, Amsterdam, and London. And I guess I would say Berlin was the rudest, but not by a huge margin.
Thats not to say i necessarily found any of these cities rude per se. It's just that some of the behaviors of Berliners can come off rude by American sensibilities.
Thank you for sharing your experience 😊 In the CeoWorld ranking (which was conducted in 2020 and reveals the top 10 rudest cities in Europe), Berlin is indeed ranked tenth, while the German capital does not appear in the more recent Insider Monkey ranking, which lists the top 30 rudest cities in the world.
Yes we are the real winner. Thank you. Berlin love you.
Berliners still remember American rudeness :(sensibly;)
@finleybaker you should not expect people in European countries / cities to behave exactly the same as you do in the USA.
If Hypocrites appear as the rudest imagine what they are inside :( Anglo/Japanese are masters of Hypocrisy, they appear as more than they are. S. Zizek, The Parallax view ;)
I must be lucky , but I have never experienced rude behavior from anyone in my various trips . And this goes as far back as the 70s . I read that waiters in Austria were not very friendly and sometimes rude . Again , I never experienced that . They were very kind ( of course, they probably had a good chuckle over my deep Southern accent) . If one goes to these countries expecting rude behavior, you will find yourself looking for it . Lately I have heard about cities in Europe being overcrowded by tourists and the backlash from locals . That is a shame, I can understand their frustration. As for myself, I never travel during the summer months . I go during the spring and autumn months . Less crowds , less expensive…I see films showing the crowds in Europe these days and what a nightmare! Go to Europe, enjoy yourself and be mindful of your surroundings. DON’T be an Ugly Tourist “ . There is a lot of them out there …..
I have never understood why FRANCE gets such a bad RAP as unfriendly and rude ...I have spent long periods of time over decades in many parts of the country and people were genuinely warm kind and helpful ..even flirtatious! BUT < I I speak Fairly good FRENCH, and understand what people are saying ...language is the KEY! ...the attitude is " I AM IN FRANCE < WHY SHOULD I SPEAK ENGLISH > ...How many AMERICANS could help a lost FRENCH PERSON in an American city? ...as for PARIS : it's a BIG NYC kind of city and you are expected to know what you want and act accordingly ...it's a rushed and hectic city , but if you have your wits about you and are quick and polite it all goes very well ( FRENCH people think the big "toothy " American smile is idiotic..don't do it) they are more reserved , but can be wonderful friends if taken with patience.
Hello, and thank you very much for sharing your valuable experience! 😊 This is exactly the kind of comment that we at Amazing Europe seek because it truly helps us understand the culture of a people better. And it is absolutely true that, if you want to move to a place, you absolutely need to learn the local language well to integrate. Thanks again!!
The French are some of the warmest, kindest people you’ll ever meet. There’s much, much more to France than Paris
Thank you very much for your comment 🙂 As a French person (and a Parisian), it is very, very difficult to hear and read on how rude "I" am supposed to be. So thank you once again (given that standing up for French people is kind of a combat sport) and happy new year !
J Millard Archer: I agree with all you say, except one point: Paris does not resemble New York in any way whatsoever. I don't particularly like Paris, but I dislike cities anyway. However Paris is extremely impressive in respect of culture and history. It has the solidity of centuries behind it.
@@AmazingEuropeChannelhave you been at least once in the countries you describe? It would be a good start 😊
The two weeks I spent in London I didn’t meet any British person So I wouldn’t know if they are rude or not.
I know what you mean! 😢
We are, don't worry 😁
It's interesting - I've been lucky enough to work with people all over the world and culture impacts even when we think it won't, as with Americans. I was astounded when my US colleagues found us reserved at first because we'd deliberately made an effort to welcome them and whilst understanding that, its still there and when you add in our often cynical, black humour, we can seem rude when we really don't mean to.
Then we took them down the pub. Don't think they've recovered yet 😈 I love Americans, they're (usually) gracious, open and enthralled by the sheer weirdity of the UK, we liked them....and so we nearly killed them with booze.
I am from Milan, milanese family dating back to the middle ages, what really unnerves me is that tourists don't even try to say a word in italian, they speak to people directly in english, like if Italy was a dominion of the U.S. or U.K. Especially Arabs and Russians treat shop assistants and waiters as if they were their slaves.Take into account that Milan has received 8,5 millions of tourists in 2023 in the city centre and 11,5 millions in the urban area. Especially during the fashion weeks and the design fair, public transports are packed with tourists at the point that it makes difficult to get off at your stop. But I always observe italians try to be as helpful as they can be even if you address in English to somebody who doesn't speak English. I agree traffic behaviour is really outrageous people seem to transform once they sit in their car, but slowly things are changing for the better. On the contrary I have been a couple of times in Berlin, I have an italian friend who lives there and I think Berliners are the rudest people I met. They never try to make the smallest effort to be helpful, or friendly often when you dare to ask something in shops or in bars they treat you as if you were annoying them, not to mention the airport personnel.They don't know the word courtesy. On the contrary I find people in Paris to be kind, we were trying to figure out how to buy a ticket for the metro at the automat, and without asking, the station attendant came out from his box to help us, People have always been kind if not friendly even if I speak just a little French. These attitudes make a stay in a city pleasant. Sorry for the long post
I am wishing to go to Italy 🇮🇹, so I am willing to try to learn Italian Language, this is what I wish others would do when visiting a different country.
I love italian, as long as if someone tries to speak, locals don't get judgemental! As for english, here in greece we enjoy to help someone whether being a colony or not in the past. Helping a traveller is so human. No one is servant of anyone, but imagine how it feels to be helpless and locals playing it bureaucrat with language!
Well, the truth is, that most of Italians do not speak foreign languages and expect from the others to speak italian when they get abroad. I'm dealing with you, italians, and I know.
Si ma almeno noi italiani aiutiamo qualsiasi straniero che c’è lo chieda con o senza inglese. Pensi una volta in un piccolo supermercato un turista straniero mentre cercava di scegliere la carne confezionata, per capire se fosse maiale, me lo chiede indicandomela e facendo il verso del maiale😂. Fu molto simpatico in quanto non maleducato ed io gli risposi di si. Forse le sembriamo dei cafoni ma siamo accoglienti verso gli stranieri
I hate this too. And I'm English. We absolutely rely on it being universal and although I am hopeless at languages, if I go anywhere I try and learn the basics.
London is similarly just a disaster now. I hate it, it's just an endless round of crushes, rudeness and filth. I have to go up for work and altho the City is reasonably protected, getting there is a mare. I'M rude when I go there because it's too much, it does my head in. And all our major underground infrastructure is at the least Victorian and just cannot cope. I wish we would just respect these are not OUR places so could we at least make an effort?
Budapest was fine to me, especially the cafes. The locals did tend to downrank their city, though.
agree. I visited there a few times while living in another Hungarian city and found Budapest to be fine.
I am Italian and I must say I agree with you that Rome,Prague,Amsterdam are very rude cities,where locals do not interact with tourists or are unfriendly to them. I cannot say the same about Warsaw,where people are simply cold more than rude. As for places like Budapest yes,there can often be problems with waiters,the same as in Paris. But I do not find Parisians in general unfriendly,maybe because I know the French well. Russains are simply "bears", in the sense that are very aloof and uncommunicative in general.But I have a surprise: in my experience the rudest people I met were people from ZURICH: they did not even answer my questions about direction and information in the street!!!
I'm a Brit who has lived in Brussels, Amsterdam, Munich and Paris over the last 20 years while working for a multinational company. I've visited all of the cities in this video on business many times, with the exception of Russia.
I'm currently living in Paris, actually in Saint-Denis at the north end of the Paris Metro. I travel to work in the centre of Paris daily. In general, the locals are not at all rude. It seems to me that it's all the tourists that are rude - particularly Americans who seem to think that everyone needs to speak English to them. If they don't, the answer is to speak louder (and then louder) in the forlorn hope that this will help the locals understand them. The image of the Ugly American is a very real thing.
I speak French quite well now, but while I was learning I found any attempt to speak French, even poorly, will help and often people will figure out that their English is better than your French and will switch. Away from the Paris region, the locals are completely different and much more friendly, but few speak English.
As for other countries, the further east you go, the more formal the country. In countries previously occupied by Russia after WW2 the people learned to hide their emotions during the occupation, and this carries forward even to today. They aren't being rude, they are just somewhat closed to strangers. Again, Americans are considered the worst, expecting everyone to understand English and to have a duty to assist them.
Some countries are quite racist, notably Austria, Switzerland, and parts of other ex-eastern block countries. This affects their attitudes, The locals tolerate tourists for their money, they do not like them.
For the best experience as a European tourist, go off-season. Understand that you are in a foreign country and speak a foreign language (except for the UK and Ireland, of course). Brussels is the best city for English speakers because both NATO and the EU are headquartered there and about a quarter of the population are non-Belgian, and most speak English as a second language.
I agree with your observations. I have seen some pretty bad respect for the local-customs while in Tokyo. I was so a-shame of this AMERICAN I WANTED TO CHRAUL UNDER A ROCK.
WHAT DISRESPECTFUL BEHAVIOR TO THOSE WONDERFUL JAPANESE PEOPLE. I APOLOGIZE TO THEM - NOW - FOR WHAT TOOK PLACE. WE ARE NOT LIKE THAT.
I am American and I always tell my American friends to always at the very least learn how to ask if they speak English in their own language. Since I have traveled all around, I am overly sensitive to not be that A-hole American. Lol
I'm from Berne, Switzerland, and I don't understand why you think that Swiss people are racist. But being a resident and of course also a tourist in other countries, my credo is to keep out of the way of the locals and to not get on their nerves.
Also, I was surprised this year how friendly people are in London!
@@miliggi I have been there! It is magnificent! I agree, stay out of the way. I never thought any Swiss people are racist. If anything I would say the opposite. The fact that so many speak multiple languages is extremely handy!
@@John-l9e8d I love being in England. I have family there. I am sorry you felt like Austria and Switzerland (2 of the most beautiful countries). I thought most people in Austria were accommodating. Like I said, if you at least learn how to ask if they speak English in their country, many are much more receptive to you.
Paris is not a postcard or an amusement park for tourists,
Hello! Indeed, the fact that many tourists rank Paris as their top destination may stem from having false and exaggerated expectations about it. In fact, it has been demonstrated that this is the case for Japanese tourists, as we mentioned in the video.
@banditop: Well said!
I dont wanna lie I never want to go to France...they dont have nothing what I need or I want to see...xdxd so who care about this? :D
I've been to the UK many times and never once have I encountered a rude person. My experience with the Brits have been very positive. On the other hand, I agree with Paris being #1 as the rudest. I've been there once and I WOULD NEVER return based on my horribe experiences the entire 5 nights I stayed there. It seems Paris is running amok with the rudest of all humans. To those who continually say 'you need to say 'bonjour' when you enter establishments and before you start a conversation with locals, and that is enough to break the ice, blah blah blah. IT'S ALL A COMPLETE LIE.
Thank you for sharing your valuable experience!! 😊😊
Because you are french
l cannot agree with this list ) I’ve been in Milan and Vienna for several times, and both of these cities are nice, as well as local people are very friendly. Regarding Paris and London - in my opinion the situation differs significantly deoending on the specific areas of these cities. Those of them which are inhabited by the immigrants from Arabic countries are really unfriendly, but at the same time some areas not far from historic centers of these cities are definitely nice. Regarding my native city, St.Petersburg, I’d like to mention that our local people are rather friendly to the tourists. The only problem is that the weather from November till March is not friendly at all to anyone ))) Since it’s cold, wet and very windy at this period, people are trying to hide themselves in some warm place and are not very willing to talk to anyone in the street ) At the opposite side, the period from May till September is very pleasant, and the people become very friendly and pleasant as well )
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agree. I spent only a week in Milan recently, but can't recall any instances where I was treated rudely. quite the opposite.
In Budapeat city center my friend was feeling bad, we asked for ambulance no one wanted to tell us number, we asked hbo business center guy but he doesn't care. We asked for help anyone and no one reponded but lady from Poland.
Amsterdam was also rude, in stores they hit you on sholder to go straight, even ladies. Terrible attitude.
As an American who has traveled all over. Americans, Europeans find it odd that we smile and randomly talk to people they don't know. It seems less genuine. Don't be loud! We are loud! Don't act like a Karen! You are there as a guest. ALWAYS learn how to ask if they speak English in THEIR language! Not everyone speaks English. And don't photograph things without asking people if they don't mind being in the photo. Just be gracious. Vienna is amazing. There are some snobby folks, but Paris has way more. German's are super nice. Same with British and Irish.
I lived briefly in Budapest and I would definitely say yes it should be on this list. These are cultural differences, and our response to them is really based on our cultural expectations. to give it a value judgment. Just a personal judgment, according to my tastes I just happen to be more comfortable places where it’s easier to connect with people have a conversation share a smile say something nice about their dogs and something nice about their children. I just like to feel connected, and that was not possible with strangers to say the least. I also had experiences in stores where people were downright nasty. This was a long time ago. But it’s like things haven’t changed too much.
Insider Monkey ? American opinions, I guess
What?! we`re not on the top 10 list? how rude! Guess we`ll have to do a "better" job when the hordes of tourists are coming to town this summer. Grumpy greetings from Oslo.
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Most friendly is Berlin and other parts of Germany! Especially if you are trying to speak German!
Most are very patient with you! I think they appreciate the effort!
I have travelled a lot and in my opinion the most unfriendly places tend to be countries in Sub Saharan Africa and North Wales!
I'm so surprised, there is no Berlin. Based on my experience, people in Berlin (locals) in most cases behave the same way as Russians in Moscow or Saint Petersburg.
Thank you for sharing your experience 😊 In the CeoWorld ranking (which was conducted in 2020 and reveals the top 10 rudest cities in Europe), Berlin is indeed ranked tenth, while the German capital does not appear in the more recent Insider Monkey ranking, which lists the top 30 rudest cities in the world.
I have been in Paris 3 times. In the ‘70’s they were rude, in the’80’s they were friendly, in the’90’s it was back to rude. Things change.
Having said the above, though, the French outside have been fine.
I visited Paris and I loved Paris. Paris is the most beautiful city in Europe IMO. French people can be aloof even if you do speak French but I think that's their culture. French people are more on the cooler side personality wise. Italian people are the warmest, most gregarious people in Europe but they could be tricky business as well. So you have to be polite and use good judgement.
@@lanaofficiel4042 The Italians are certainly gregarious, and they are also extremely courteous in their own way. But I greatly prefer the French, at least those in the provinces. If you adhere to their code of conduct you will have no problems at all. A lot of foreigners seem to think they can visit France and behave exactly as they do at home, and expect everyone to speak English on top of that.
When you visit a place you accept the cultural differences and just go along, tourists must respect the city and its residents. Also there’s thousands of places for you to visit, go somewhere of the beaten path and you’ll find people more eager to associate with you cause of the lack of over tourism. This way eventually there will be an even distribution of tourists and profit
Avoid rowdy people by avoiding those countries. When their tourism industry is affected they will become very friendly.
To create this video, we analyzed two rankings from two international studies. 📊 Here's the TOP 10 list of the Rudest European Countries to Tourists. 😤 However, we want to emphasize that sharing this ranking doesn't mean we endorse it; we did it to hear your opinions and experiences. 🗣 Do you agree with the rankings from Insider Monkey and CeoWorld Magazine, or do you find them unfair? 🤔 PS: Please don't confuse this video with our "Expats Beware: 10 Unfriendly European Countries," where we discuss European countries that may be inhospitable to foreign residents looking to settle permanently. 🌍🛂🚫
I think Paris was very rude but has improved enormously in recent years. None of the other cities in this video that I have been to have struck me as being unfriendly or rude, perhaps it depends on the behaviour of the visitors.
I always tell my kids: You're a tourist, get out of the way of local people who have things to do.
Budapest is by far the rudest city for me.
I was there for 5 weeks and they hate foreigners.
Amsterdam CAN be rude, but for the most part it's not.
But understand the Dutch.... too many tourists that only come for party and sex.
I'd be pissed off too. There are millions of them going through the city in a year.
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When I visited Budapest, all the local people I interacted with were extremely friendly and nice. If you were there for 5 weeks and everyone was rude to you, you may have been the problem 😬🤷🏼♀️
Rudest Canadian city. Toronto. I live here.
Moscow people have no tear and smile😅
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Been to London 3 times. No problems. People seemed the same as elsewhere. I am beginning to think that perhaps I am thick-skinned, but maybe since I have been to so many places I just don’t recognize rudeness. Maybe that’s not so bad.
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I loathe London. Of all European cities London has to be the worst, with the very rudest people I've ever come across. Also, despite the fact that it's one of the oldest cities in Europe, it's incredibly ugly and appallingly dirty.
WARSAW rude towards tourists? --IT is the exact OPPOSITE. POLES, Warsaw's residents included bend backwards to make tourists happy while here.
How can you even talk about tourism in St. Petersburg and Moscow??? They are at WAR with UKRAINE ( a WAR that RUSSIA STARTED) and RUDE or NOT it would be one of the MOST DANGEROUS places in the World to Visit - absolutely INSANE to include them in your Videos of places to Visit and Even if there were Americans or Europeans dumb enough to go there it it very difficult to do so.
😂Yeah France is number 1 !!! Hourra Hourra 🎉🎉
We seem to understand that you agree 😅😂
NOT France -- Paris. There is an enormous difference.
And some other lists actually put Paris as nice. I don't know how really truthful those lists actually are.
That's when you speak English to the French :( Parlez français ou espéranto ;)
@@DimitarBerberu That's terrible assertion as you can't really expect tourists to know local language. That's why there's some more common spoken language like English or Russia spoken in touristry countries. Well, for better or for worse. And French is hard language too.
The dutch are most friendly and helpfull people of all metropolls of the world I visited. They do their utmost to speak your native language, if they can...which is in most cases english. I appreciate their honesty. From where I am (a mental hospital) its difficult to know if someone does not feel or think the opposite of what I just mentioned...a no nonsens attitude
i am surprised by Paris being considered rude. I have been there seven times and was never treated bad. On the contrary, I received my best-in-life compliment there for speaking so well ("what, you are not a local?") after a 20 minute chat with a local lady about my dog. It may be important that my ambition to speak french is honest.
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Yeah it may helps if you have blue eyes.....
@@LiamVolb I do not. In my passport they are discribed as grey-green/brown(camouflage) colored
So, what is the culture of France? As far as I know here we are talking about Paris, not France as a country…my experience in Paris was bad even before this overcrowding, or mass tourism. I have travelled extensibly and I would not say the Parisians were unfriendly, they don’t have to be your friend or smile at you, they were just RUDE…
09/05/24: Here we go again: Video #10,000 ruined because the narration is being drowned out by a gratuitous/pointless music sound track. Do one or the other. Not both.
Yes I agree that people in Prague are quite rude. I have been there twice and twice I have experienced rude and even aggressive behavior from locals,from shop assistants waiters security staff and drivers.It can even be dangerous.
The people in Berlin and Munchen in Germany and The people Rome and Milan in Italy the people is friendly
I think arbitrary arrest and imprisonment (see Brittany Griner, others) would be the ultimate in rudeness; therefore, I'd give the award to Moscow and St. Petersburg.
It is called over tourism. We never experienced rudeness when traveling in Europe, but then again we do our research and learn to at least be able to apologize in the visiting country for not being able to speak the language.
Budapest should be number one on this list!
I found Paris friendly enough. Paris is like New York in that the inhabitants are so caught up in their daily rat-race, that they seem indifferent to whether outsiders enjoy their visits. Paris is unlike New York in that the inhabitants have taken their time to help me with directions, local information and trying to help me enjoy the city. I can compare but equally, since I sought help/advice in the local language, thus omitting the language barrier issue being misconstrued as "rude" behavior. The Parisians were far more willing to assist a foreigner than New Yorkers were.
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I think people in big cities are often irritable, which can play out as rudeness. Paris wasn't really any worse than other big cities. I will never give it a blanket label because I encountered two school boys in the lobby of my friend's apartment building, and they said, "Bonjour, madame." 🥹 It was so cute! 🤗😊
La maleducazione al volante è purtroppo una caratteristica di tutte le città italiane, non solo Roma e Milano!
Ovunque, nelle ore di punta gli ingorghi inestricabili sono la
norma.
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I do agree about Paris!!!
I listen to this, and in the comments all those citie are the rudest ? ! Then is there a rudest or are there all rude ? ! It seems a journalistic work with no coherence... except that, yes, europeans are sick of mass turism on one side and migrants invasion on the other side.
Hello! We talk about it in this video:ruclips.net/video/aXv5D_FUhSg/видео.html Have a great day! 😊
If someone doesn't grin like an idiot (for no reason) then they are "rude" ?!? 🤦🏼♂️🙄🙄
not everyone associates smiling with low intelligence. in fact, I know of no study whatsoever linking the two.
Classifica fatta da gente che pretende di girare il mondo e parlare la propria lingua, facendo tutto ciò che fa a casa propria ogni giorno. Per tale motivo non traduco neppure il mio commento.
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I completely disagree about Paris. I never had any issues with Parisians. For me Moscow is defenitely the rudest one , right before Warsaw
I agree about Paris. I visited there in 1981 and people in restaurants and public places behaved bery rude.
70% citizens of Vienna aren't Austrian origin.😂😂
What you're saying is evidence that the axiom 'Austrian = rude' is not entirely true and that reality is more complex. Thank you for your comment 👍😊
Not true.
Vienna is terribly rude, in fact the locals know very well that they are unfriendly and many even seem to be proud of it! But it changes dramatically once you leave the city and travel to other parts of Austria. In the countryside and smaller towns, such as Graz, the people are much much nicer.
@@paulnogid8501funny, because the people of Vienna and Graz frequently take the piss out of each other, pointing out of rude and odd the other is
meanwhile in the area known as the Salzkammergut people will often roll their eyes when spotting either W or G on a car plate
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I agree about people from Rome and Paris. 🤢
You missed Riga latvia. It us horrible.
I had good experience in many of the cities mentioned here
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Paris, Moscow, St Petersburg and Amsterdam.
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Do Russia is in Europe? Not mentally.
Good morning. We have chosen to include Russia in this ranking because, in our channel, we cover all countries that (even if only slightly) fall within the geographical territory of the European continent. This also includes transcontinental countries, such as Russia or Turkey.
Both Europe & Russia are on the Asian continent. Europe is peninsula acting as political "continent"
@@DimitarBerberu Russia is a savage country, don't mix this thing with Europe.
@@Leon-159 Savage ranking: UK(topped by US), Germany(topped by Japan), France,...other European colonisers :(
Russia is not USSR (still better than Britain) & now helping the global Non West fight NATO/Neo Nazism
@@DimitarBerberu Don't confuse a cesspool with a perfumery.
Russia is country od thieves, rapist and war criminals.
The only fight Russia is having is with its neighbours who are better off. russians hate it when someone lives in better conditions than in a russian swamp. Russians thus try to drown out their inferiority complex.
Berlin hands down…!!!
Having interacted with the Russians who've immigrated to my former city (Chicago), I'd offer the thought that they're frequently misunderstood. If they seem to be pushing, it is with the thought that you will push back, and often this is done as a joke, so bring your sense of humor, be slow to assume the worst, and you might just make some friends you'll come to treasure.
WOW!! thank you for sharing your valuable experience! 😊
Why are London and Moscow in a list of European cities? 🤔
Hello! Our channel is dedicated to the entire European geographical continent (including transcontinental countries), not just the European Union. That's why we included London and Moscow in this list.
@@AmazingEuropeChannel So, İstanbul didn't pass rudiness test?
ummm. they're cities and they're in Europe?
@@EnglishwithAlan One is in England and the other one in Russia
@@fdfmfdf6399 which are both in Europe.
I find this list interesting... I've been to Moscow 6 times and Saint Petersburg 3 times. Never have I ever encountered rudeness. As a dark-skinned Asian man, I've always feel welcomed by the locals. The moment they realize you're a foreigner, they try to speak to you in English and will do everything they can to help. I've been helped there COUNTLESS of times from directions to recommended places of entertainment to the kind of transport. I like how you've this video, but I truly question the ranking of those 2 Russian cities here.
Hello and thank you for sharing your valuable experience 😊👍 We presented two rankings, one made in 2023 by Insider Monkey on the 30 rudest cities IN THE WORLD (from which we extracted 10 European cities for this video), and the other one made in 2020 by CeoWorld Magazine, which ranked 50 EUROPEAN cities based on their "rudeness level." In the video, as explained in the description, we chose to mainly focus on the Insider Monkey ranking simply because it's the most recent one. However, it's interesting to note that, while the rankings are very similar for some cities, they differ significantly for others. Two examples are the cities you mentioned. In the CeoWorld Magazine ranking, Moscow is only ranked thirtieth, and St. Petersburg is fiftieth. The Insider Monkey ranking was based on input from thousands of travelers from AROUND THE WORLD, whereas the CeoWorld Magazine ranking was the result of interviews with 178,500 EUROPEANS. It would seem, then, that for Europeans, Moscow and St. Petersburg are not considered rude, but for the rest of the world, they are. That's why we appreciate your comment, as it demonstrates that the situation is more complex. You, as an Asian, find these cities welcoming. Apparently, reality is much more nuanced than it may appear from certain rankings!😊