Anonymous
Post 01/02/2025 11:47     Subject: Re:Which countries or even cities in Europe would you describe as “welcoming”?
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.
Anonymous
Post 01/02/2025 09:22     Subject: Which countries or even cities in Europe would you describe as “welcoming”?
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
Post 01/02/2025 09:15     Subject: Which countries or even cities in Europe would you describe as “welcoming”?
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
Post 01/02/2025 09:13     Subject: Which countries or even cities in Europe would you describe as “welcoming”?
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
Post 01/02/2025 09:11     Subject: Which countries or even cities in Europe would you describe as “welcoming”?
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
Post 01/02/2025 09:10     Subject: Which countries or even cities in Europe would you describe as “welcoming”?
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
Post 01/02/2025 08:42     Subject: Which countries or even cities in Europe would you describe as “welcoming”?
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
Post 01/02/2025 08:35     Subject: Which countries or even cities in Europe would you describe as “welcoming”?
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
Post 01/02/2025 03:05     Subject: Which countries or even cities in Europe would you describe as “welcoming”?
Greece. We were there at the very start of the season so they weren’t yet sick of tourists.
Anonymous
Post 01/02/2025 01:47     Subject: Which countries or even cities in Europe would you describe as “welcoming”?
Not Spain.
Anonymous
Post 01/02/2025 00:58     Subject: Which countries or even cities in Europe would you describe as “welcoming”?
Amsterdam, Madrid, Barcelona, London, Paris, Berlin, Copenhagen, Zurich...I can't really think of an unwelcoming one except maybe Frankfurt
Anonymous
Post 01/02/2025 00:12     Subject: Which countries or even cities in Europe would you describe as “welcoming”?
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
Post 01/02/2025 00:10     Subject: Which countries or even cities in Europe would you describe as “welcoming”?
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
Post 01/01/2025 23:58     Subject: Which countries or even cities in Europe would you describe as “welcoming”?
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
Post 01/01/2025 23:54     Subject: Which countries or even cities in Europe would you describe as “welcoming”?
If any.

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