Which is the weirdest European nation?

Honestly? The British. The others are all pretty much what you see is what you get.

Their behaviour the last few years is indicative that they're nuts.

The Austrians are fine, except for their love of far-right (closeted) politicians. I think that reveals a deep fascist streak in its populace, which makes me nervous sometimes, being their neighbour and all.

Having said that, yeah, it has got to be the British. Minus the Scots, who have always come across as continental to me in that they're grounded and drama-free. I love Scottish people.

Regarding "tininess", that tells you fuck all when it comes to Europe, or indeed any other place in the world. I sure as hell would rather live in Rhode Island than in Alaska. Sorry, the two Anchoragean DLers, but it's true.

R2 =Swiss Chick?

Hungarians are racist and homophobe fruitloops these days.

R2 is probably thinking of Jörg Haider and his, ummmm, 'lads' and the current chancellor of Austria.

The Brits because of their inconsistency. One moment they're bawdy , irreverent and crude. The next they're puritanical, finger waving hysterics.

How are things in Greece? Are they done teetering?

Netherlands. They are just so... odd.

How, R8? Curious.

Herring-Ice-Cream. End of thread.

Iceland.

1) Switzerland

2) Germany

3) France

Oh, r12, isn’t that a large part of the continent? How could they be weird if they are a large part of the whole?

History and culture proves how weird they are. They are hardly "most" of the Europe's land mass. Sheesh.

Holland

Vatican City

England by a wide margin. Not one thing they do makes sense to anyone on the planet except to themselves. Warped thinking and behavior.

R14, “A large part” |= “most”.

No love for Russkies in this thread?

[quote]Hungarians are racist and homophobe fruitloops these days.

Not quite R4. Hungary has laws protecting gays from discrimination.

Belgium, the land of paedophiles and depression, takes the cake

What do they all have in common? Foreskins.

R20, stop telling lies. Hungary is on the verge of becoming a dictatorship, with racism and homophobia being predominant.

Stop your assumptive hyperbole based on your ignorance and prejudices R23. Anyone with a functioning brain cell - obviously that doesn't include you -can Google the info that Hungary does indeed have anti-discrimination laws.

Andorra. The entire country is a giganto tax-free shopping mall.

R25 San Marino is, too

Lithuania

The Austrians refer to themselves as the first victims of Nazism yet when the Nazis marched into Austria they were greeted by a rapturous crowd . Hitler was a native son who'd done well for himself. (born in Linz where his birth house is still beautifully maintained). Having said that, Austria did give us Mozart and Schubert.

R23, r20 is not worth your time.

Swiss.

Finland weird ? The country that gave us the Moomintrolls and Tom of ...

Weirdest? I never found any European country weird at all.

Well, except Belarus, but that's not their fault.

What's brown and has holes in it?

Do you base your opinion on actual experiences or on the (inaccurate) movie "The Sound of Music" OP?

They are all weird ha

Spain's promotion of animal cruelty seems pretty weird to me.

R36, oh forgot about that. Bullfighting is indeed insane and weird.

Monaco

No one said Russia?!

What are Finns? Is that what they are calling Lapps now? I didn’t think they were European...more like Eskimos.

Hungarians. Anti-semitic morons worshipping a narc cunt (Viktor Orban).

What/who in R32?

R42, poor hottie likely framed for a subway bombing.

[quote] R28: The Austrians refer to themselves as the first victims of Nazism yet when the Nazis marched into Austria they were greeted by a rapturous crowd .

This didn’t happen in a vacuum. Wasn’t the Austrian Government overtaken by a NAZI puppet beforehand? Might these people been more fearful, than enthusiastic? Was the alternative a blitzkrieg that would have destroyed Vienna?

I really don’t know the answers, but I do know that context matters, and an understanding of it is necessary to assess the situation.

Hungarians -- a country with a rich culture and an educated population that has no sense of humor, the worst diet in the world (they are among the world's fattest people), and a terrible affinity for fascism.

The horrible attitude of the French seems weird to me. Despite the supposed love for beauty and life, they all seem miserable and treat each other horribly.

We LOVE the Dutch, but Rembrandt is too much

We LOVE Vermeer, they say he was a queer

I’m sorry, but hasn’t Luxembourg had this distinction for generations?

[quote]No love for Russkies in this thread?

[quote]No one said Russia?!

There’s a series of DL threads on Russian weirdness, including their vodka alcoholism and Russian women’s propensity for sluttiness. Yes, Russia wins, but only just pipping the U.K. (and I mean England).

Italy is another. There’s of course the macho conservative facade and people seem so square, but this handsome French friend claims that most Italian guys can be had.

The Grand Duchy of Fenwick

Freedonia

Pottsylvania

Belgium. What's with the walloons and the other thingamajig and not having a government for years?! Flemish, that's it.

England is weird too but in a sociopathic way - psychopathic as former colonies would have it. It has a prim serial killer librarian sort of thing going on.

R51 "England is weird in a sociopathic way ". Yes! I've long felt there is something so cold and mentally off behind all the supposed primness. They also seem To have a disproportionately high rate of young children either commiting suicide or doing serious harm to others. Not to mention all the alcoholism.

Greece.