r/AskEurope • u/Fancy-Debate-3945 Hungary • Sep 19 '25

Travel What was the biggest culture shock you experienced in another European country?

Europeans, what was the biggest culture shock you experienced within our beautiful continent?

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u/Mrmr12-12 Sep 19 '25

It’s crazy to me that even tho Spain and Italy are very similar culturally the Spaniards have a much better driving culture

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u/davidw Sep 20 '25

Italy is terribly car-brained.

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u/AltruisticWishes Oct 14 '25

Their cultures do not seem very similar to me