Sunday, July 23, 2006

On SWISS culture...

My friend was commenting at the train station that the Swiss (at least in the cities) tend to stay to themselves and aren't particularly that friendly on transit. I found this funny, since I've heard comments that the American mentality of personal independence is partly why so many of us drive alone instead of getting on public transit. Perhaps it doesn't have to do with culture?

1 Comments:

At 1:52 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I have heard the same thing about the Danes since living here in Denmark. I obviously have my own opinions on this and that is that Northern Europeans (culturally) have always been somewhat humble people and even a little shy (at least post Viking era, I don't know what changed?!) compared to the energetic, passionate personality of the so many of the rest of our cultures. That being said, with so many different languages and such an international society these days I think the Northern Europeans just don't know what to say and in what language, so they just don't!
I must admit though, I have run into a few who are quite chatty and friendly! Not the norm, mind you, but obviously a different personality here!

 

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