For me Ireland and Taiwan, how about some others
Friendliest country I’ve ever been to was Cuba. Everyone was incredibly nice and helpful with anything we could want. Malaysia was a close second.
Least friendliest was Belgium, but I went as part of a school exchange trip, so I was pretty much always in a large group of mostly teenage Americans with a few teachers. Understandable why people might not have been as friendly.
Germany definitely, France second. Egypt and Canada.
France is actually quite nice the further you move away from Paris. Met some amazing folks in Breton.
People in the very south of France ar super nice from my experience. One thing to know about french people is that they don’t like to speak anything but french, even if they could.
France might not be one
As a Canadian, I spent eight months living in France a couple years ago. Had nothing but great experiences with people. I had one pharmacist be a little snooty with me. But other than that, they were very helpful regardless and very nice.
What I realized is that they place a lot of value in their native language and it’s very important to them to speak it clearly and properly whenever possible so they won’t usually hesitate to correct you.
The vast majority of people were stoked that we were speaking French at all. It’s really changed my perspective on the French language in my own country for the better, to be honest. I just get it now.
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I went to see the Vimy memorial, many years ago, and it was delightful. People were so friendly, and very welcoming. I did not see a ‘rude Frenchman’ stereotype throughout the holiday. Very nice cheeses, though you have to be okay with the strength of the aroma of them lol.
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I frequently hear this stereotype from people who haven’t been to France. I specifically hear that the French are rude to anyone who doesn’t speak French. My experience was that they can be rude to Americans who assume everyone will speak English. I would do my best to have a conversation in French, and the locals would usually take pity on me and switch to English.
I’m not denying there are unfriendly French people, but I would expect anyone to get tired of tourists who don’t make any effort to speak the local language.
Also, I think mainstream Americans expect people to be bouncy and grinning all the time or else they say you have resting bitch face and a case of the Mondays. In a lot of cultures, grinning at a complete stranger is condescending and makes you look foolish.
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I found the people in Jordan were incredibly friendly.
Same. I did a summer study abroad program in Amman when I was in college, and everyone I interacted with was very nice.
Really depends on the skin color of the person visiting and where they are visiting in that country. A non-white visiting most West-European cities will be mostly fine, but if they go out to the country-side, things can be very different.
I watched a documentary of an Indian boy adopted to a Swiss family who then went back to India to visit. He had a terrible time in Switzerland due to racism and nearly as an awful time in India, because he couldn’t speak the language and people thus assumed he was a Pakistani spy.
China, Taiwan, and just EA Chinese people in general are beyond nice. This past trip made me see how straight forward and warm hearted they really are and such strong family values.
French Polynesia. Genuinely the kindest and most down to earth people on the planet. My husband and I had the most amazing and hospitable experience there staying in a detached room (treehouse style) with a local family. The locals are so friendly - we were given food, helped with getting a rental car (they even gave us a ride there and spoke with the guy behind the counter), told of all the best places to explore, taken to the farmer’s market, and so much more. We were treated like visiting relatives.
Ireland is probably the friendliest I’ve been too. The Irish are great people.
Rome (I know, not a country, but I can’t comment on the rest of Italy) is probably the least friendly place I’ve been to. Romans are assholes. It’s a very cool city, but the people, especially outside of tourist traps suck.
The Japanese are very polite, respectful, and helpful (almost to a fault) but I’m not sure if I’d generally describe them as friendly.
Romans are assholes.
First time I’ve heard this. People in Rome are like people in NYC: busy with their own lives, unwilling to take any BS, but generally helpful if you really need it.
My experience is they’re roughly as polite as Parisians
Australia, they are all just Koala friendly.
Australia was really fun because man do they know how to properly roast someone. They’d come up with some of the most creative ways to call me a fuck ass yank and then buy my next beer haha
(Although, I absolutely whooped everyone down there in darts and I’m not even that good haha)
I’m a white American.
Most friendly: Portugal. They seem to be a happy bunch in general, and they all seemed excited to have visitors. Lisbon, Cascais, Lagos, and all the little towns in between.
Least friendly: Iceland. They could just be less open and emotionally expressive with strangers, but unless it was a business transaction I was frequently ignored when I said hello and people seemed uninterested in having a conversation.
Least friendly: Iceland. They could just be less open and emotionally expressive with strangers, but unless it was a business transaction I was frequently ignored when I said hello and people seemed uninterested in having a conversation.
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Definitely Scotland. They are antithesis to the English. Super friendly and welcoming. I have been around a lot in Europe never have I been struck by the German nature after I returned from Scotland.
Only place in the world where I was in a random pub and got called a “fucking cunt” and we are all laughing about it.
I felt bad, I can’t hear all that well and all the cab drivers in Glasgow have wild accents and had to ask them to repeat themselves. Isla if your reading this, you were very sweet with all the recommendations but I couldn’t understand a word you were saying!
Taiwan for sure. What lovely people.
How about China? That’s one country I want to see
I very much think so
I have been yes, and the people were indeed friendly. Same with Vietnam, and others. However, the Taiwanese people were just so, so, genuinely helpful, friendly and kind. I was taken aback.
china is too big to generalize I think, but Taiwan is very nice
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Regarding the people, disregarding officials and leadership? Iran. Such lovely, welcoming people.
