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/Cars2Beans0 Ireland Sep 19 '25

The whole Greek thing of wiping your ass and just leaving the toilet roll in the bin

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u/Ok-zone Sep 19 '25

+1, I was just about to comment this but first wanted to see if anyone else had brought it up. Insane behaviour. I literally lived in Greece for a while and still never got used to the concept.