We have been traveling the world for a few decades now and having been to dozens of countries, hunderds of cities around the world we have had some great experiences meeting locals, and some not so great experiences. So here are the five more unfriendly places we have been to.
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26 Comments
Luxembourg is a small richer Germany
Argentina? Really? No offense, but your concept of "friendliness" might be a somewhat distorted…
Province/Capital relationship issues? Come on.
Spain.
Obviously, you haven't visited Eastern Europe. I'm Hungarian, and people here are very kind to their relatives and close friends, but often very unfriendly toward strangers, especially foreigners. Many Hungarians don’t speak even basic English, and they can get frustrated when someone speaks to them in English. This is particularly true for those over 50, while younger generations tend to be somewhat more welcoming.
I was sure the USA would be #1, followed by Korea, China and France. Not shocked by Argentina
Buenos Aries disdain for citizens from the provinces is similar to New Yorkers or Washingtonians attitude towards what they consider country bumpkins in America's south.
Denmark?
Did they find out that you're American?
Scandinavia doesn't like America and I dare say that Belgium doesn't either.
Paris was the most unfriendly place I’ve been to. It was actually rather frightening as a woman traveling alone.
In the train station the information signs were in about 5 different languages, but not one in English.
Glad to hear Belgians standing up for their country. Gives me hope.
traveled thru Belgium and Luxemburg in the 90's…they were arsholes. God forbid they actually open their mouths. they just look at you with utter contempt. I guess that happens when you haven't had to defend your country successfully for hundreds of years.
Brussels was one of the friendliest places I've been. We cried on the day we had to leave, no kidding. We wanted to stay.
Buddy is traveling the world as an American. Just for your information no one likes you guys around the world right now…..
Danes aren't unfriendly we are just very reserved. Even to other Danes. We don't also don't like small talk. But find us aweekend night drunk and we are the friendliest
I'd guess america and Germany is in the list
The dutch speaking part of belgium has nice people. You guessed it the french part has the rudest people
You’ve obviously never been to Israel!!
Rich countries welfare = unfriendly
I think Argentinian snobbery comes as a bit of a shock to travelers that haven't done their research.
You'll see complaints about it on travel review sites.
It's like Paris, if you know to expect snobbery, it won't come as a surprise.
For me 1. Israel 2. Estonia
Greece. I am sitting outdoor at a restaurant. No table available. I see a couple looking for a table and offer to share mine. I ask for the check. NO check splitting. First they should have realize the situation. After explaining them that I actually did them a favor by adding 2 customer they still were rude about. This was not the only case so for me Greece is crossed out.
The Belgians are still pissed we call them French fries.
Maybe it's you?
Hungary for me. The people were downright antagonistic to me, when all I asked for was cooking advice. Nobody was nice to me at all.
What he doesn't realise is these countries are perfectly friendly to non-Americans.
1. Qatar 2. Saudi Arabia 3. France 4. Malaysia 5. Taiwan
I've travelled to 38 countries. A few unfriendly places I found were (no particular order) Ecuador, China, UAE (Dubai). South Africa was an odd one, people were either very rude or very kind, there were extremes. Places where I found people to be friendly, Vietnam, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Japan, Botswana.
People's experiences will vary a lot. You don't really know what a place will be like until you're there yourself.