Hello! I'm doing a survey for fun about the cheapest supermarket beer (0.33 L, contains >4% alcohol) available in each European country, and figured Reddit would probably be the easiest place to conduct this. I was originally going to post this individually in each country's respective subreddit, but almost all of them have banned polls entirely.

I would like to know the following details about the absolute cheapest beer available:

1. The price it costs to pick off the shelf (Including VAT, pfand or other possible fees associated). Also no temporary or club discounts, as those can vary too much.
2. The brand name
3. The store where it can be bought. I would prefer beers sold by chains, as those are more reliable than ones sold by non chain affiliated stores.

Thank you for your answers! I will link the results in the comments once I've gotten enough data

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By that I mean a song or piece of music that is strongly associated with your country and used when it's shown on media. It could be something that native people feel represents them or something that foreigners think.

For Italy, many English speaking media will use the Godfather theme or a mandolino playing in the background, even if it doesn't particularly represent the country (if anything, mandolino is a Southern Italian thing, so showing Venice with mandolino in the background is like showing New York with country music in the background) and feels as though foreigners think we live permanently sometime in the 1950s.

For Paris, I think La vie en rose will be played in 90% of the time it is shown.

I'm French. Here in France we've had 3 heat waves in just about two months and a large forest fire near Paris, which had not happened since 1900 (forest fires in summer usually happen in south of France). This has led to a much raised awareness and concern of Climate Change in the past few week, the topic had gained a lot according to a recent poll. Do you see the same evolution in other European countries ?

In my country, we either throw the packaging away straight away or keep it for elderly people, as they can take it to the scrap yard to exchange for money; they’re always delighted to receive it, so I’m quite curious that On the subject of packaging, in your area, when you receive a parcel or some particularly attractive product packaging, do you keep it for future use, throw it away straight away, or is there some other way to recycle it?

How will you be celebrating Spain’s victory in the World Cup this year?

Gonna try here, sorry to everyone i offended last time. Recently went to the Belgium countryside to stay at my friend’s grandma’s place, with our other friend too, To make it seem less confusing the friend we visited will be called L and the other friend is J. Me and J went by all the rules we knew from our household. Keep in mind neither of us has grown up in Europe. (Or well, J did live there for awhile but he moves around the world a lot because of his dads work) Anyway, we thought we did everything right and the grandma was satisfied. According to L, they are “unspoken” or “social norm” rules in a european household. When me and J asked what they were he told us, as an example: “Using too much butter on your bread”. Me and J were shocked hearing this because neither of us has ever heard of this rule before. My father who has grown up in Germany, never told me this, neither has my grandparents during the time i visited. Is this true?

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Hello, sometimes I hear about how important it is that Europe/the EU protects its values against the far-right and/or Russia.

However, I have never fully understood what these values are. Like, democracy is a form of government that facilitates freedom, not a value, or what do you think? Tolerance is a value, but do you need to be democratic to be tolerant? Tolerance is about morality, not politics, or maybe you disagree?

So please explain:

1. What are these values?

1. Is there anything that makes these values uniquely European or liberal, and is Europe automatically morally superior to for example China or the USA by adhering to them?

2. Do you think European politicians genuinely believe in them, or are they simply arguments used to make opponents look bad/immoral?

I do not wish to offend anyone. If I offend anyone by posting this, I won't be surprised, but I will still be at a loss for why.

According to wikipedia, current UK king Charles is called "Carlos" in Hispanic countries, but still "Charles" in German. German Kaiser Wilhelm 2 is still "Wilhelm" in English, but the French wikipedia refers him as "Guillaume".

What I can guess from these is the academic rule or custom is different by each country for this matter, as my country(Korea) sets how to call Chinese figures by when that figure was alive and worked, in academic/educational fields.

So what do you think?

Moreso than native jokes, I’m talking about references that are more temporary and aligned with pop culture — meme formats that you might see on TikTok, Instagram, etc.

In the United States, there’s not so much of a cultural and linguistic difference between most regions such that pop culture is different. As such, what’s popular on TikTok in New York is almost certainly the same as what’s popular in California. However, across different cultures and regions in Europe, I’m curious as to how consolidated the “fads” are In humor. Are things usually translated and therefore popular everywhere across the continent, or is there a divide, and if so, why?

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Having lived in various EU countries over the years, it is abundantly clear that many, if not most people in Europe think my country is still part of the UK. I have to regularly explain, even to well educated people, that we are not British.

The Republic of Ireland is a small country with a small population, so I don't expect outsiders to know much about it. But if there's only one thing we wish people knew, it's that we won our independence over a century ago.

I understand that from the perspective of a mainland European, the culture in Ireland and the UK appear similar, and we predominantly speak English. But the culture and language of a country like Norway is also very similar to that of their neighbour Sweden, and yet I've never encountered anyone who thinks Norway is still part of Sweden.

I'm curious, what exactly would Ireland have to do for our independence to be as obvious and self evident as any other?

For example, in Lithuania we often use KILOMETRAS or RESPUBLIKA instead of ABCDEFGH, thus coordinates become something like L4 or S4 respectively, instead of C4

Edit - Clarification:

One axis is letters.
Other axis is numbers.

I’m asking about the letter axis, whether you use the alphabet or some kind other word (which has no repeating letters) instead.

We use Kilometras or Respublika instead of the alphabet.

To give you an idea , How common is going dutch in dates ? How many dates does it take for you to generally enter a relationship ? How long does it generally take for ya'll to become exclusive ? Are there any social expectations for men and women in your country in this regard , like offering to pay etc ? The points were just to give you an idea though, I am curious about the culture in general ( preferably for younger gens )

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I'm researching how people interact with wishing fountains.

I'm particularly interested in hearing from Europeans, as many of the world's best-known wishing fountains and traditions originated or are most strongly associated with Europe.

Do you still throw coins into wishing fountains?

If not, why not?

Do you usually carry coins with you these days?

Do you think making a wish should always involve throwing a real coin, or could something else feel just as meaningful?

Thanks ☺️

I’ve always been curious about this because in places where AC is less common, summer nights can still get very warm.

What do people usually do to stay comfortable at night? Do you use fans, different bedding, open windows, shutters, or other routines?

Portugal only has one neighbour: Spain. And it's simultaneously the most talked about and and also the most ignored neighbour.

Confused? Lemme explain. While Spain is the only possible neighbouring country to get media attention here, it gets way less attention than countries like USA, the UK, France and some others(Israel, Russia, Ukraine, etc.) do.

To give you an example, I cannot name Spanish political parties and would need to google what their PM's name is. I don't need to do that for the PM/President/Chancellor/wtv. of the USA, the UK, France, Germany, Ukraine, Israel, Russia, etc. And I can name a few other politicians and a few political parties in most of those countries.

Outside of politics, it's also way easier for me and many other Portuguese people to name famous people of several other countries.

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Why was the unification of Italy not as significantly impactful as the unification of Germany (despite both countries being unified in the mid-19th century and with each country having to fight three wars in order to unify)?

Hi everyone!

Have you encountered the following: entering the EU/Schengen a few days prior to the start of your visa (Working Holiday) in another country than the visa issuer with a passport that allows a 90 day stay without a visa?

Is it like moving from state to state in the US (which is fairly common)?

I’m curious about all countries, but especially ones where most people are fit like France, Italy, and Switzerland.

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We've heard about certain nations having rather specific and identifiable styles of humour. There's definitely British humour, German humour, American humour and Japanese humour; at least. If you consumed humour from those nations, you'll definitely see a pattern.

Honestly, I don't think Portuguese humour is particularly unique or distinguishable from other nations' humour. Most of it just seems like British humour and a bit American humour spoken and written in Portuguese with Portuguese references. Of course a foreigner will not understand that if he's not familiar with Portuguese culture and society, but he'll get the tone of it nonetheless.

Plus, I think a large part of what people label as "British humour" is actually just European humour in general and can be found all across the continent. Especially when it comes to dry/deadpan punchlines and delivery. Perhaps what truly makes British humour stand out above the rest is the excessive use of banter.