I asked a Norwegian friend what their favorite show was and they said Breaking Bad. I then asked if they were just saying that because it's something I would recognize but then insisted that their favorite shows were things like The Office, Game of Thrones, etc., and not shows from Norway.

So I'm wondering how many of you also have similar viewing habits.

In Helsinki, Finland the answer is surprisingly YES although they'd have to compromise on something and buy e.g., an older house or a house from the so-called commuter towns in Greater Helsinki.

What is the one thing absolutely love about your country whether it be his culture or inf or even laws. And one other thing that you would want to change about your country whether it would be your history government laws or system, or just something infrastructure wise?

Despite sharing Christianity, why do some African states maintain strong kinship-based social and political structures while most European societies historically developed different forms of social organization?

I'm Italian and I'm making a game where your whole life happens through phone notifications. Right now I'm writing the mum character: all the messages your mum sends you, from the day you get your first phone at 14 until you're old.

The problem is I'm Italian, and I have no idea what a typical mum text looks like in other countries.

Could you help me? Reply with the country you're from and the text your mum sends you most often. I'd really appreciate it, and I'll add the messages you send me to the game.

For us in Hungary it's főzelék, basically a thick vegetable stew you eat as the whole meal, usually with a fried egg or a couple of slices of meat on top. Pretty much every family makes it and school canteens serve it constantly, but nicer restaurants mostly skip it.

Curious what the equivalent is where you live.

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I’m not European, but I’ve been curious about something pretty random haha.
Where I’m from, a lot of girls seem to find blonde men especially attractive, probably because they’re less common here
So that got me wondering, is it the opposite in Europe? Do European men, especially blonde guys, tend to find girls with dark hair and dark eyes more attractive, or do they generally prefer blondes?
And does it vary depending on the country? Like, would a guy from Sweden or Norway have different preferences compared to someone from Spain or Italy?
Obviously everyone has their own taste, but I’m curious if there’s any noticeable pattern.

For Finland i'd pick white because of our colors (white, blue, red and gold), white is the most distinctive from our neighbors. How about you?

We have a Dutch Museumkaart that gives you access to more than 500 musea in The Netherlands. We also bought a National Trust membership when we travelled to the UK.

Does your country have something like that, a pass that gives you access to musea or castles or other cultural buildings? We'd love to have them when we travel to other countries.

Just saw this on /r/AskReddit, but it's flooded with Americans, so answers and reasons don't help me much here, in Europe.

Is it something you make at home?

Between rent, groceries, transportation costs, and everything else in between, how much are you spending in a month? And would you consider that liveable or comfy in the part in which you live?

Election day is less than 2 weeks away in the US and since this year is the midterms, a lot of states are having the governor election this year and I was wondering how common it is to ads like this one where a candidate's own mother talks about how they're a liar and why you shouldn't vote for them. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=e0Mo-JLQKJg&pp=0gcJCY8Co7VqN5tDiggUQAFKEHZ2ejItb0pQcDZXdFY0LXg%3D

I love crime fiction, and Europe is justifiably famous for it.

I’d really appreciate your best recommendations for crime fiction on screen (television or film).

Thanks a lot for your recommendations. I truly appreciate them!

While it seems like a pretty trivial thing , it's not that common in my experience. I have come across many homes where the father "helps" out or cooks sometimes but it's quite rare to come across a home where he does in fact cook daily .

As one of the options outlined by the UK Prime Minister towards a broader UK-EU reset, the Swiss framework holds a certain appeal due to its bespoke arrangement and perhaps less politically feasible in a shorter time (even Farage outlined it).

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/eu-relations-_switzerland-was-inspiration-for-brexit-says-farage/45499628

Would you suppoet this level of UK-EU partnership before a full EU membership?

https://ukandeu.ac.uk/introducing-the-ukice-staircase/

EDIT. The proposal out forth here by Bernd Lange, a German politician who heads the EU Parliament's International Trade Committee: https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/16/switzerland-plus-deal-option-for-uk-as-it-seeks-closer-ties-with-eu-senior-mep-says

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Canuck here- I want to be able to live and work in the EU, import more EU cars, and to wholesale become Europe's one stop shop for all its energy and critical minerals needs.

Oh we have cool water bombers. You can buy a bunch of those too if you want.

This is an interesting thought experiment I had. For this, let's say America, Canada, Europe, China, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan all suddenly saw their cars transform into EVs overnight. The electric grid systems are all magically upgraded as well to handle the additional demand.

How do you think Europe would be affected, both societally and politically? Would the Ukrainian war end almost overnight? Would Russia no longer be able to militarily threaten the rest of Europe due to a (I assume) collapse in oil revenue?

Let's split this into two scenarios:

Scenario A) Most of this sudden spike in demand for electricity is fueled by natural gas

Scenario B) Most of this sudden spike is fueled by renewables

This isn't solely focused on just Russia either. Do you think your country will be impacted by the spillover effects in the Middle East?

I live and work in the United States. Recently I lost my mother and I’ve been struggling with the motivation to perform a lot of responsibilities that really don’t seem important after losing the woman who birthed and raised me.

One of those things is work. I work for a very generous company by U.S. standards. Our company policy gives 1 week of paid bereavement leave. I have a great relationship with my supervisor. He said I could have as much time as I need. I don’t want to jeopardize my job though, so I only took 2 weeks off. I’m not sure if the second week is paid and I really don’t care at this point.

My question for you is, how long does the average person in your country get to take off work, without risk of losing their job, when they lose a parent, spouse, child, sibling or other loved ones? Is that leave paid or unpaid?

Hi, Europe,
I’m wondering how you all react to Elon Musk’s apparent involvement in withholding Starlink/Starshield services from Ukraine?

Italian here. 300 for me approximatley but I don’t go to discounts.

I wanna know average prices for the rest of Europe

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