Which countries or even cities in Europe would you describe as “welcoming”?

[Anonymous]

If any.

Where did you visit that just felt like the locals were happy to have you there?

[Anonymous]

We had great experiences in Ireland. We spent most of our trip in Killarney and in towns around the Ring of Kerry. We found the people to be very friendly and welcoming. We didn’t spend much time in Dublin but the time we did was good as well.

[Anonymous]

2023 was my third visit to Paris and the only time I felt really welcome.

I think Covid made people friendlier and more appreciative of tourists than they had been.

Twice on the trip, some Boomer age French people actually let me talk to them in French.

One guy in a small suburban town rather charmingly said to me: "Thanks for choosing France" (for my vacation).

[Anonymous]

I've yet to visit an unwelcoming country. But this very well is more about the person traveling than the country. I show up attempting to speak the language.

[Anonymous]

Amsterdam, Madrid, Barcelona, London, Paris, Berlin, Copenhagen, Zurich...I can't really think of an unwelcoming one except maybe Frankfurt

[Anonymous]

Not Spain.

[Anonymous]

Greece. We were there at the very start of the season so they weren’t yet sick of tourists.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We had great experiences in Ireland. We spent most of our trip in Killarney and in towns around the Ring of Kerry. We found the people to be very friendly and welcoming. We didn’t spend much time in Dublin but the time we did was good as well.

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This. There will be the occasional exception, obviously, but as a general rule, the Irish will chat with a brick wall.

[Anonymous]

None are really welcoming to American tourists. We are quite tired of you all traipsing around and asking annoying questions and pretending one semester of college Italian means you are *~fluent~*

[Anonymous]

I found Scotland very welcoming. I also found Lisbon very welcoming, but my spouse has Portuguese heritage which definitely helped, so I can't say how welcoming it would be for anyone else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Amsterdam, Madrid, Barcelona, London, Paris, Berlin, Copenhagen, Zurich...I can't really think of an unwelcoming one except maybe Frankfurt

What happened with Frankfurt?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Amsterdam, Madrid, Barcelona, London, Paris, Berlin, Copenhagen, Zurich...I can't really think of an unwelcoming one except maybe Frankfurt

What happened with Frankfurt?

Brutalist architecture, its old-world charm lost to WW2, my dour German relatives...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Amsterdam, Madrid, Barcelona, London, Paris, Berlin, Copenhagen, Zurich...I can't really think of an unwelcoming one except maybe Frankfurt

What happened with Frankfurt?

Brutalist architecture, its old-world charm lost to WW2, my dour German relatives...

Lol poor Frankfurt. It’s the Detroit of Germany.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If any.

Where did you visit that just felt like the locals were happy to have you there?

This is plain weird expectation. But I felt very welcome in Turkey, in spite of the huge number of tourists that they get. They’re just welcoming by nature, things are very easy to organize, etc. and yes, I know more than half of Turkey is in Asia.

[Anonymous]

You'll be welcome anywhere as long as you behave responsibly, don't act entitled, and don't stand out in a way which may be considered offensive locally.