For me the worst country to make friends is Cuba. 99% will act like they are your best friends, then rip you off hard when they get the opportunity. It really hard to make genuine connections here. I did make 1 really great aquaintance and we almost got fake married so she could move to europe but still i see it as overall one of the worst countries to make friends i've ever visited
this is all of latin america to be honest. If youre a gringo they will look at you with dollar sings in their eyes. I have dual citizenship and i NEVER let anyone know i have dual citizenship to the people i meet when i got there, I also noticed a huge change on the treatment people I already knew gave me when I got my citizenship, sure some remained the same but I could tell that there are a higer than average amount of shameless ass kissers, but it could be worse.... the stereotype of "Gringos are rich" can get you in a lot of trouble in a place with a high crime, so you better be careful. Latin america as a whole is a place where its better to act poor and unasuming and not stand out.
I am a South Florida native and the Cuban population here is enormous. Your second sentence describing how these people will act like your best friend then rip you off HARD when they get the opportunity is absolutely 100% TRUE. This is why I do not trust them whatsoever. I don't care how nice they are. They are opportunistic predators. People who move down here from the Midwest or anyone outside Florida who thinks this is the greatest place to live in the US are in for a hard awakening.
@@TuAmigoElMorrocoy Yes, absolutely true. I lived in the heart of Mexico for some time, years ago, and the immediate feeling I got was to dress down..waaaayyy down, and try hard not to stand out. I already have blonde hair and green eyes so that was plenty enough for me to stand out where I lived. It's always better to act poor and unassuming in any Latin American country, this is absolutely true. It's far too dangerous to wear jewelry or nice clothing as well. Not worth the risk in such high risk and deadly crime rated countries. Mexico I think tops the list now as one of the most dangerous countries to visit or live in, just like some Arab countries and North Korea. Such a shame.
It really depends what do you mean by the word 'friend'. The superficial friendship, when you greet each others, have small talk and chit chat (and nothing else), but in times of need you don't seek each other's help? Then of course there are more "friendly" countries than these. Or by 'friend' you mean those people who you'd call at 2am (and they could call you at 2am), and you have deep conversations and you open up to each other? In that case I don't think it's more difficult to find friends in these countries than any of those "friendly" countries you'd see in the following video. (And many people say it's harder to find a real friend in those "friendly" countries.)
@@SteaksOnSpear but its good to make new friends and have new experiences, I think people who think like that are stuck in a box with no expansion. Its a bit sad.
@@SteaksOnSpear people you become friends with in school are nice to have when you grow up but almost indefinitely everybody develops into different people with different interests. The whole point of adult friendships is to find new community as you change with age, and that doesn't automatically mean you let go of your old friends. I have met many Scandinavians who've said to me, 'I don't really agree with my friend's opinion or I don't share the same interests but we're just childhood friends', which is just bizarre, like why wouldn't you make new friends that share more of your beliefs and interests? I mean, you know something is going wrong when someone from within the same country moves from one place to another and struggles to form new relationships.
As a Latin American, this is so foreign to me. Yeah, Venezuelan friendships for example can be shallow, but it's way easier in Latin America (except maybe Chile?) to form community. Friendships are great for mental health guys!
What I've been having issues with is Latinos in Canada acting worse than Canadians themselves.. I want some latino friends who haven't "turned" yet :))
Just want to add on for Switzerland, based on my experience staying there, it can depend on which cities you are staying at. The people in Ticino (Italian speaking part) were way more friendlier and warmer as compared to both the German and French speaking parts. Even my friend who is a Swiss-Italian native, told me that he felt a little bit like a foreigner when he went to Lausanne. Then again, these are based on our personal experiences and may not be applicable for everyone.
The thing with Switzerland is that it's a little bit like Sweden in this video. You make friends in school/university/apprenticeship/army and that's about it. The friends you made then, are the ones you'll have, and if you move out, you'll most likely be alone. As an adult it's very hard to make friends in Switzerland, even for a Swiss. One of the only way IMO would be by joining a club or an association. That's a thing expats in Switzerland rarely do. They more try to make friends at work, but, from my experience, Swiss people tend to separate their private and professional life.
I recently lived in Germany and had a good experience with locals, actually made a couple of friends I met in my shared apartment. Always felt respected by everyone, even if they were a bit cold and serious, specially for me coming from a “warmer” country like Chile. Also made good friends and had great relationships with colleagues from the rest of Europe and a bunch of other countries like Kyrgyzstan. The ones which were the easiest to connect with were Italians and other Latinos. I guess language and culture matters for this matter. About Nordic countries I only visited Tromso in Norway and Sonderborg in Denmark, and didn’t found it much different from Germany. I also have a friend from Oslo but I guess he is more friendly than the average Nordic, since he have traveled around the world and dates a foreigner.
This might come as a surprise, but I'm from Medellín, Colombia and I always find it extremely hard to make genuine friendships here, most people would say that Colombians are super friendly but all that friendliness feels very surfaced-level, the culture is verly shallow and people are extremely flaky, you can tell someone: -hey do you want to hang out and have some drinks on Saturday? -the other person would say yes -then on Saturday that person will blow you off. I have lived abroad, have great friends from different countries but I never seemed to connect with people from my city. Moved back here this year but now I mostly keep to myself because I had it with the flakiness and honestly people here bore me.
Most people mean by making friends “go have a drink together” No shit it works better in some places, but with the caviar of those newly made friends having no interest in real friendships So I agree, I’ve made that experience many times in Brazil
I get what you say (as a Colombian myself). However, I don’t think being “flaky” means not being friendly and open to start true friendship. Is just that the culture in Colombia, when it comes to plans, is that you have to insist several times to ensure people are indeed onboard into a plan. If they skipped something, that doesn’t mean they don’t wanna be your friends. I think is a culture where “directness” is almost un existent haha. That’s why, even if people don’t wanna go, they say yes out of what they think to be “politeness”. But I wouldn’t think of it as unfriendliness.
If you plan to live in a Nordic country , you have to get used to the culture like everywhere else. Finnish people value their own time and space so making friends will require effort from both parties. Being genuine and making effort to spend time with them is the key. If you ask a Finnish person how they are you are going to hear their real feelings not just "I am good" if that not the case. If you make a promise to meet them it is a promise. And when you finally break the surface they will open up to you and you will make a friend for life.
If I had to choose one nordic country (and I have been to all of them) it would cerntainly be Finland. I find then shy, yes but courteous and less shallow than let's say swedes.
Hi Marina. Your team does a great job on the street! Thank you for making this video personally. I miss you from time to time. Enjoy the nice weather in the summer 😊
For two countries that sound so similar Australia and Austria are on opposite ends of the making friends spectrum. I found it very easy to make friends in Australia but my family knew a family whose daughter went to visit relatives in Austria for a few months as a teen. She came back wih a snooty personality she didn't have before.
The term unfriendly is a little mild. Travelling through Switzerland I felt a heavy dose of snobbery and judgement. I wonder if there is a correlation between a countries wealth and their attitude? Poorer countries I've visited in South East Asia had the friendliest people.
I'm from Denmark and I totally agree with that no. 1 spot based on me living here my entire life. I am the exception to it though, as I have many expat friends and love to get to know people from around the world and takes part of networks for expats. Their experiences sadly validates our position on this list. In general there is almost an animosity amongst us to open up and meet people who are not Danes, and I personally think that, besides the inherent reservedness in our culture, there's a very influential political aspect to it, since over the past 20-25 years the far right have had tremendous success in instilling and growing fear and resentment towards foreigners to a degree where more moderate parties have adopted some of it, and the left is afraid to speak out against it.
I asked my uncle about it since he’s Dutch he said Dutch especially younger Dutch people tend to be more Americanized they are just adopting that style as for friends not really if you are direct and honest. It’s just cultural differences, you have to adapt to their culture
@@michelleg7 Yes but wait, is not my intention to criticize the Dutch, is just to express what I feel. I mean, there are a lot of good things about the Dutch, I attend to the gym every other day and believe me, I’ve never faced a racist behavior, at least from a Dutch. I can notice that they have been raised in a good way. However, what I mean is that there is this lack of curiosity, this animosity of getting along with persons who are different from them, they look like kids living inside their bubble who only engage with their similar. And for a person like me, put in my shoes, who is alone in a country so different from mine, to experience this lack of interest, it is shocking, believe me. And it is not wrong, is not their fault, that is their mindset, that is how they are, but it is a clash of cultures.
After travelling and living in a lot of places, I would definitely say Spain. Not necessarily to make friends with foreigners, but it's very difficult to make friends with Spanish people. They're so set in their ways and have their own already formed groups, and apart from being superficially friendly, they aren't fast to let people in to their circle
Great video! I currently live in Turkey and I've managed to find a plenty of friends here, being myself quite a reserved person. There's an economical and migration crisis, so it might've affected Turkish positions in those ratings recently, but fundamentally they are very friendly people.
Generally Turkish people are not that friendly with foreigners especially in tourists area, if they can take advantage of you they will surely do it. Very scammy. Even for small things like top up the phone credit, they will tell it cost 100 but in reality it's 50.
As a Turkish person, I can vouch for this comment. As you stated in your comment, there is a plethora of problems in our country such as economical and social and even more but it is correct that we ARE friendly and pretty gregarious even if nowadays Turks have been leaning more towards individualism a bit (at least in comparison to the past)
Turkish people are so kind and gentle. I was a tourist and even as a tourist I made some friends there. I live in Europe (Hungary) and here its impossible to find warmth or just friends in general.
Im not surprised. I would say Eastern Europe, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary are places where making friends is VEEEERY hard. For me the easiest Turkey, Azerbaijan. Such nice and warm people
Yes am genuinely surprised that Hungary or Czech Republic for ex. are not on this list. Then again they might be on other lists that are similar, not sure
@@nickplehn8302 Yes I observed it as a foreigner living in the US. People seem to be easy going but they are not your real friends. You understand that they are little selfish at the end of the day.
@@beste3975my exact opinion after living in the USA for over two decades! Just fake friendliness! Pleasant to experience if you are a customer! But very frustrating and disappointing when you confuse it with real friendship!
I live in Nordic country. it super hard to make friend here and people are really lonely, yet aren't open to other. I just wanna scream, if you are lonely, why aren't you accept new people!
Come to Southern Europe, you will not be happy but you will have friends 😂. Now talking seriously, you guys are like the Americans and are rich,l prefer individualism,independent and don’t like bothering people from my understanding, for example at 18 you already live alone here we leave in our 30s, because we are “poor”, family and friends are our safety net,so community is very important although its changing a bit with the younger generation.
So how do you try to get friends in the Nordics? Do you work or are a student? Most people find friends through school or work, not by randoms coming up on the street. I am Nordic, and i have never had any problems getting to know people. When I was in USA I found it weird with the small talk though, as it had no meaning. It was asking to ask, not because really interested in the answer.
They need therapy big time! Tell all these Scandinavians to go and see Dr. Orion Taraban from Psychacks. He will help them how to make friends again and in a relationship.
There's no such thing as friendship in Sweden. Trust me. I know. (I'm Swedish and I spent several years in California. The difference is 100%. And I don't know why this is...) You may believe that you have a "friend" - but if you need 20 dollars for a cab fare all of a sudden - they will look at you as if you've asked them to chop off an arm... It's bizarre. They're hopeless.
I hear that about the Dutch they ask for tikkies for simple things, make only enough food only for them and ask you to leave ect Btw thanks for Gyökeres, his personality doesn’t seem from Swedish but I never been in Sweden 😂
I am a basque guy. I was once in Malmoe and I had a problem with tha change in the local money in a bar. A couple of swedes that were there offered me help instantly. So I guess not everybody is the same in Sweden 😉
That's why in America when the tradition isn't working we improvise, and I suggest you tell these Swedish people to give you information or you'll kick his ass - Hank Hill
@@santostv. As a Dutchie I can confirm this, but it is mostly a big city thing. The difference in hospitality between the big cities and the rural parts in the country is enormous. It's such a shame that these spoiled brats living in Amsterdam are used as the standard for the entire population by tourists
I moved to Hungary as a hungarian, lived abroad all my life. Im having mental issues from loneliness, once you dont have friends from childhood, good luck making friends here.
@@Frivals i would to find someone, but Im 40 and healthy looking and sporty, have hobbies and take care of myself. The man in budapest all drink like crazy or divorced and broke. Not sure where to find the good ones...
@@yondergirl83 yeah sure "where all the good men are gone?" Right? You think you are worthy more than you really are that's why you are single. Wake up to reality. If some man want to even look at a 40 years old female you should consider yourself lucky
This was weirdly funny and endearing to see and imagine. Im not sure if this was the focus of the channel since the beginning but if it is now, I like it. So, succinctly and unfiltered, correct me if im wrong: Vienesse people are grumpy, Estonians are apathetically reserved, finnish are skittish and reserved, swedish and swiss are servile-ly polite and resreved, japanese are xenophobic, germans are unwelcoming, kuwait rude and unfriendly, danish are direct My experience with germans was always that they are very reserved but open up when they warm up though. That said I mostly interacted with teenagers when I was younger as they came as exchange students so... yeah
I've been living in 4 European countries, and visit most of them. The worst place to make friends in my opinion is Spain. I mean, it is easy talking to People and have meaningless conversations with anyone, but to make sth not superficial out of that is almost impossible. That was the First and only place where I didn't find one Good friend.
@@Julia-db2wc It's Just natural for me. When I see that someone has a similar sense of humor and the Energy I Just show she/he that I like him/her and almost always the feeling is mutual. Usually I find friends at work or during after work activities (dance, art classes, dog walking, volontary work etc). Im an introvert, I don't like most of the people but I Just sense the Good ones:)
People usually make friends where they spend time together. Common activities and interests often lead to friendships. Building a friendship takes time. It involves getting to know the other person, building trust etc. If you don't take part in activities, in which you interact with same people frequently, making friends might be difficult or impossible. Also if you don't speak the language, in which that interaction takes place. Speaking of Finland, people start making friends already in their childhood way before school. Outside schools, friends are often made in hobbies Etc. in sport clubs. That being said, when people have families, there's not that much time for friends who aren't included into family life. That "Finnish dream home" looked a lot like a summer cottage, to where Finns like to go to connect with the nature and spend time with the family. Unless you are a teenager, in which case you like to spend time with your friends in the city instead of being cooped up with your family at the summer cottage. Speaking of cities, there's a difference in how people interact in different cities. In Helsinki people often avoid greeting neighbors and talking to strangers. As where in some smaller towns it's the opposite. Finnish language is a close relative to Estonian, so how can Finnish be like no other language you've ever seen before?
I've only lived in Germany as a foreigner but I met quite a lot of people from other countries like Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Poland etc. Germany is definitely worse than all them for me to even do small talk let alone becoming friends
That's because you're all foreigners in Germany, that puts you all in the same situation. If you go to like Norway, maybe you would make friends with German and unable to with Norwegians.
It is pretty easy to make friends in Japan. I would say the most difficult places are Spain and England. They only go out with their own people. But they like meeting foreigners, just you will never become friends.
just because people seem friendly and you can have small talk with them, doesn't mean they're your friends. people like this are always fake and shallow.
Netherlands, Germany and Denmark on that list seem wild. I had mostly positive experiences there (I live in germany). Like especially Netherlands seemed so open and welcoming. Same about Denmark :D
1. Company and friendship is not the same thing. 2. Not everyone in Sweden is between 20 and 25 and live in a big city. 3. There are plenty of places where you can make friends during the colder seasons when the Swedes go inside. You just need to find those places. 4. WTF about outing that man who didn't want to joke around with you? Unethical!
Thanks for the deep dive into Austria. Glad that you gave it a second chance for your personal travels. There is this slogan which was created by the city of vienna and it says “Wien ist anders.” (Vienna is different) There is a joke - Oftentimes the Austrians who do not live in Vienna, want to complain about their capital they use this slogan. But they miss use it in a eyerolling fashion like “, well, Vienna is different.” In all seriousness, I think the same countryside vs major city dynamics apply to so many countries. There is always this fight between two groups going on where one group accuses the other of arrogance and coldness. And the other may say that the former group seems unrefined and simple. I think us Austrians who don’t live in Vienna are secretly really proud to have such a relatively major city for a small country like ours (reason for that - history). And the younger generation is way less grumpy and in general I know many really lovely Viennese. The “Wiener Grant” (like the “grantig/ grumpy behavior) has to be viewed as kind of an artform itself. Kind of like what you get in Berlin with the famous “Berliner Schnauze.” In Austria we even have an old, legendary TV series called “Mundl” which perfectly depicts this - it is this beer-loving, lowkey sexist and always grumpy guy who loves to creatively insult people all day long. We traditionally watch this on New Year’s eve, I know weird, right? I guess if you want to have a warmer, more relaxed experience go to the southeastern federal states of Austria like Styria or Burgenland.
100 % agree with you! Portugal who is around the same size and roughly the same population also has a “different capital”, and the people living there are said to be cocky and snobs! I lived in Austria for one a half years before youtube and found they had the friendliness of southern Europeans, were foodies like southern Europeans and had the efficiency of Germans, manners of British royals and appreciation for beauty like the French to generalize. Absolutely love Austrians and Austria. I met a few not as nice but in general my experience was excellence. 25 years later I still keep in touch with some of my co-workers! Several visited me in my country, my boss had her son come and stay over with his girl-friend. Very sociable people!
Thanks for the input :) actually I shared my really positive experiences in Graz but had to edit it out last minute since the part about Austria was getting really long. But I had a woman who didn't speak English help me find my Airbnb. She got her son to come and share internet etc so a few nice instances like this.
@@klimtkahlo You nailed it and thanks for the nice words! Many of us indeed see themselves as a nation wedged between Germany and southern countries as Italy and therefore try to be the best of both worlds. Like efficient and punctual, but also more relaxed and community-oriented. Not to say that there aren’t relaxed Germans or hardworking Italians but you get my point. There is a strong “Schau ma mal, dann seh ma scho.” attitude. Roughly translated - let’s get to work and figure it out along the way. By the way, I love to visit Portugal one day. It seems so interesting and full of history! Nothing but respect for the great people of Portugal!
Coming from Hungary where I spent some time, burgenland was definitely not friendly, and I am not a bad looking person let me just say that; the burgenlanders seemed stuck up almost, for what reason I don’t know? Maybe they’re just shy and were intimidated? But then Slovenia… Slovenia was even worse, lol 🤦🏼♂️ like a nation of zombie robots. Hungarians I always found to be extremely engaging, friendly and even flirtatious. Really a fun people, these are all traits of satisfied, self secure people.
I currently live in Seattle, and I'd recommend looking into it for a video idea, since we have the infamous "Seattle Freeze" where people say it's impossible to make friends. Interestingly, many believe it originates from the heavy influence of Scandinavian and Japanese cultures on the city, which are on your list.
Wait. People don't set appointments to meet? If you dare come to my house without an appointment, I will ignore you and you will wait outside. Brit here.
That would be really rude behaviour for an Eastern European, and I guess for many others. Well, depends on the guest's intention of course! But friends should be welcome anytime.
Friendliest countries i have been to are Mexico, China ( but not shanghai/Beijing), Indonesia, Russia, Vietnam. The Balkans were OK but not on the same level.
Happy Thursday, Marina! I haven't been to any of the countries that you mentioned but I hope to visit them one of these days. My parents on the other hand have been to Faroe Islands 🇫🇴, Germany 🇩🇪, Norway 🇳🇴, Iceland 🇮🇸, and Netherlands 🇳🇱 as the places mentioned in your video and they enjoyed their time over there and exploring around the cities. Hope to see more of these videos and wishing you a wonderful day
It would be interesting to see if the ones who agree that a certain country is unfriendly, have a similar background or not. :) Another similar language to Finnish is Estonian, as they are both in the Finno-Ugric language branch, just as Hungarian. Interesting video, as always. Thank you! ;)
For me making friends it really depends on the person Being a dane, having had a flat in vienna and have been traveling 50 I found it easy to make friend any where. But i also know locals that moved within their own country and couldnt make friends the new place
The worst part is the some European countries take pride in being closed and unfriendly… they just don’t realise that they are loosing energy and the best part of life called friendship…and the spice of life changes when you become friendly or even date a foreigner…
A lot of these places are cities if you came to the US and went to New York city you would get the same experience yet if you went out of the city people are much friendlier it is the same in most of these countries.
I have lived in London, Amsterdam and Basel. I did not care for the English, so I was not concerned with making friends. The Dutch are easy if you know how to groom them. You have to play it cool and not be so American. You have to be ready for a direct question about something you may find personal. And play dumb. They already think they are smarter than you, so let them think so. The Swiss, never will happen. Switzerland is not a country but a country club and you can't join.
@@yep3451 That's funny. I would have expected an American to feel right at home in the middle of that lol. Seriously though. I don't think London is a very good place to socialise in general. It's really just an office base with quite anti-social behaviour. Londoners are also the worst people in the UK.
Wow! When I was for the first time in Estonia it was incredible! People were awesome 👍 and I live in Germany as a foreigner and it is disaster when it comes to making friends!
This is such an interesting take! Really love your honesty and hearing your experience. Great video as always and can’t wait for the “best” version of this❣️
I must correct you. Actually Finns are very often very curious why foreigners are coming to Finland and many of them would like to get to know new people. However, Finns are very shy and we don't have "small talk" culture. Many Finns can also be a bit socially awkward and don't know how to approach other people, also other Finns. So, if you ever come to Finland again, you might find out that Finns are actually really nice and interested of you, but you just have to be the one who breaks the ice first and starts the conversation. :)
I'm Norwegian but i lived two years in Spain. Something I noticed which was really interesting is that it's easier to find friends and talk to people sober in Spain, but among drunk people, Norwegians are much more friendly, generous and inclusive than almost any Spanish person. I don't agree that Norwegians can't find friends after school. I have traveled to a lot of places in europe, and I must say that drunk Norwegians are among the friendliest and most inclusive bunch I've ever encountered. Sober though, we're the worst. I guess this also applies to the rest of the Nordics. Also, I think you got the wrong idea about us "having set friend groups". You said that while showing a video of Nordic people drinking. When we're sober, then yes; But when we drink, we often sit at stranger's tables, and we socialize and befriend more with strangers than anyone. It's not all sunshine here though when we drink; we often drink until we puke, we do crazy stuff, and in some cities like Oslo, fist-fighting is very common place. In Spain, you don't see any of this. It was a bit of a culture shock for me when I moved to Spain and noticed that drunk people are much more reserved. You can't ask strangers for cigarettes, you can't ask drunk strangers for sleepovers (for when missing the bus or meeting a new friend) or afterparties (strangers brought back home from clubs after closing is common procedure here), and sitting down with drunk strangers in Spain doesn't feel as welcoming as with Norwegians. I speak Spanish btw, so language isn't the issue either. Either way, I prefer living in Spain!
Very interesting! Of course when drinking Scandinavians are open to talking to others but I wouldn't call that making friends as once they sober up they actively avoid the person they had opened up to and invited to things. This is what I have heard from Norwegians. But I do agree that no one talks about Spain and how tricky it can be making friends there. People just assume they are some sort of " passionate and friendly Latin American" which is very false in my experience.
I was recently in Germany. I stayed at a hostel. I took the train to a lot of other cities and did things I had to cancel from my plans from prior trips. One thing I saw was Döner places on every street corner. What I did not like was that when I was at the Frankfurt hauptbahnhof, bums would beg me for money. I was marked as soon as I got in line to buy a crepe or any food from a vendor. One bum chased me all over the station to demand money. I think she was middle eastern. Most people I saw were from places other than Germany.
I was in Frankfurt HBF a couple of years ago (after being robbed in Mainz HBF, long story) and got the full experience when I was ordering from McDonald’s, a begger approached me and I answered “sorry I speak no German”, he replied back “money for food please” in English, I said no, literally lost most of my money an hour ago. When I was exiting another begger came to me, I immediately said “no hablo alemán”, then he went “dinero para comer por favor”. They are professionals.
Yeah, we (Denmark) are in a bit of cross roads position. I've had a easy time making friends and meeting new people in all the Nordic and German-ish speaking countries, although I feel like the Swiss look down on everyone else and they easily come off as a bit snobbish. Interestingly, I seem to get along with Germans more easily than other Scandinavians. I think Denmark is known for strict immigration politics. It is a huge factor and the reason we stand out from the rest of the Nordics, but I also think the number 1 rank is a bit exaggerated.
Idk what to think about that bakery post regarding Switzerland. I also go to a bakery every morning, and they all know what kind of stuff I'm getting. But yeah, the names thing is more of a thing within older generations whereas younger people are more informal with each other.
Don't expext to go to verytaleland when you leave your former friends in your native country...Forming a real trustworthy friendship takes years everywhere on earth and another thing is that you have to speak the language fluently otherwise you stay stuck in very superficial conversations....Be realistic it is almost impossible
The best countries to make friends in my opinion are those Turkic countries including Central Asia also Russia, Georgia…I’ve no idea about Lat. Am.(Brazil is prob. a good option)or SE Asia(they seem friendly but the culture is too distant I believe). In Europe it’s probably Spain or Greece or some Balkan countries(like Albania)though not many people speak OK English if you only speak English and your mother tongue your best bet would probably be Murricans(it’s kinda easy to make friends w/americans though getting what a real friend means in some other cultures(close friend)is kinda hard. Aussies are kinda cool to communicate but I have no idea how much different they are from those murricans when it comes to making friends.
I thought the comments were going to all be angry at you but it appears many / even expats agree .... YES do that ' friendliest ' countries ... and I'll put my vote in for Italy ... I've been 5 times and it's the only place I prefer to visit outside of my country ...
What is a "friend"? There is so many layers of friendship! In anyway, its always gonna be hard for a single person moving to another country, with another language, climate, cultur and habbits! The easyest way is probably for those that move to a local spouse, one get his/hers "friends" for free! One get a qiuckstart! Another thing is single students, the best way is "probably" to live in a dormitory, femal students get femal friends and the oposit too! Time to go out and visit student activitys.. preferably with a group of new fund friends! Its this that one grown up and get friends as a child.. its only take 10-20 years.. one seldome get that close to someone els in a blink in another country! Soo.. one can expect dormitory friends, ones spouse friends, co-worker friends, neighbour friends and activity friends as an adult! Dont expect to find a friend randomly on the street!
I love and look forward to moving back to the NL at some point... but I must admit I was waiting with bated breath for you to mention it in these results 🤣
During my visit to Copenhagen, I observed a notable lack of courtesy among the people I encountered. Having traveled to over 35 countries, this experience was particularly striking and unprecedented.
I think their society has declined a bit over the last 10-15 years. Especially since the Coof. They used to be a lot more chill and individualistic, in a cool way.
She named many homogenous countries. I expect Europeans from the north of Europe to be cold. I found the Portuguese very cold and unwelcoming, especially if you are a person of color. They do smile, but that's about it.
why you think europeans are obliged to be nice to people of color? when people of color even kill europeans in their countries? Have you tried as a white person to go to africa? Africans even kill albino africans? Why you always want more from europeans when you the people of colour are so racists against europeans??? And for you historical info europeans were slaves of people of colour too! Google the turkish invasions in iceland, google devrisme aka blood tax aka european children abductions by the turks to make them kocek and tellak aka children prostitutes!!! Yes the horrors of the slavery of europeans are not even close to the african slave trade to americas! My ancestors balkan europeans were slaves to the turks, so were greeks, italians, french in the coastal cities where tunisians, lybians, moroccans were abducting europeans for half a millenium! The sudanese invaded south greece in 1826! Why you think we must be nice to you?
I think if you want to make friends in any country, then .ake the effort to learn the language and culture, ot will make things much easier. But most expats just expect locals to speak tp them in English. Yeah, if you don't make the effort to learn local languages, then obviously, you will find it hard to make friends, period.
On the other hand, a lot of Europeans treat English people like sh*t for no good reason, just because of their nationality - even when they do make an effort with language. Nice attempt at virtue signalling though.
Well for the Worst being *Denmark* doesnt shock me at all. They def got tired of all the conflict + 'Civil wars' with rest of *Nordic states* from the 1100 to 1800th Centuary. Though why not clump them up with Rest of *Sweden, Norway & Finland* - is a missed oppertunity. PS: A common misconception is happy index. They actually dont score as high compared with *Finland*
I just had to pause - kind of surprised that Switzerland wasn’t higher 😅 oh, I’m Swiss btw ^^ (but guess not a typical representation. I always enjoyed meeting ppl and making connections, learning about other cultures etc. already at age 5 I invited random strangers to my parents house for dinner - and they went along as well 😁 So, there really are some more open and welcoming people, but we might be few 🙈) And yeah, being an adult trying to meet new folks, making friends, it‘s sadly kind of difficult for many Swiss ppl as well. Great video again! Thanx a lot!
As an American, I think sometimes the USA can be an unfriendly country. People in the adult world can be cliquish. I've had too many missed opportunities socially or it could just me being on the spectrum. But there can be mean and nice people no matter what country you live in.
Part of why Denmark tops the list is that, like everyone else, we prefer to speak our own language among friends, and Danish is notorious for being among the hardest to learn to speak.
Same! I lived in Japan 14 years ago for 5 years and made so many wonderful friends, including best friends, that I still keep in touch with til this day through text and social media. I also visit them every time I take a trip back to Japan and it's the best!
The top 10 for making friends, I can guess: 1. Philippines 2. Srilanka 3. Iran 4. Indonesia 5. Mexico 6. Turkey 7. Ghana 8. Spain 9. Australia 10. Canada
Meanwhile in Italy You need a friend scale Milan: just in case of problems Rome: just in case Palermo: just Ps: I'm going to be part of the voting staff for the Eu parliament next week. We have a law that allows voting without your I'd card in case you are a friend of one of the staff or you find a voting friend that is a friend of one of the staff 🤷🏻♂️
Then how is it that Finland is the happiest country in the world and Denmark used to be number one? When I visited Denmark, the customs officer was very warm and friendly and bragged about Denmark being the happiest country in the world. Also when I needed help I found Danes to be very hospitable and warm. I was quite pleasantly surprised.
I'm surprised that Poland was not on the list. Poles are also reserved (neutral) during social interactions and can be very abrasive (way, way, way more direct than Austrians, basically if we comment, it won't be polite, more like "you look like a whore in that makeup"). However, we don't shun from social interactions like Scandinavian countries, and we can quickly upgrade you from the street acquaintance to a "friendly visitor" and then it depends on how it goes further. Also, younger generations differ from the older ones, being more accepting, more polite, more westernized and probably less friendly on the long run. Old people will greet you with "fuck you" but can quickly turn around to a dear friend if you don't sugarcoat them as well.
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Yes, I want to see a list of the friendly ones 😊
For me the worst country to make friends is Cuba. 99% will act like they are your best friends, then rip you off hard when they get the opportunity. It really hard to make genuine connections here. I did make 1 really great aquaintance and we almost got fake married so she could move to europe but still i see it as overall one of the worst countries to make friends i've ever visited
News flash he/she only wanted a way out of Cuba!
this is all of latin america to be honest. If youre a gringo they will look at you with dollar sings in their eyes. I have dual citizenship and i NEVER let anyone know i have dual citizenship to the people i meet when i got there, I also noticed a huge change on the treatment people I already knew gave me when I got my citizenship, sure some remained the same but I could tell that there are a higer than average amount of shameless ass kissers, but it could be worse.... the stereotype of "Gringos are rich" can get you in a lot of trouble in a place with a high crime, so you better be careful. Latin america as a whole is a place where its better to act poor and unasuming and not stand out.
@TuAmigoElMorrocoy tell that to Americans that like to brag about how much money they earn
I am a South Florida native and the Cuban population here is enormous. Your second sentence describing how these people will act like your best friend then rip you off HARD when they get the opportunity is absolutely 100% TRUE. This is why I do not trust them whatsoever. I don't care how nice they are. They are opportunistic predators. People who move down here from the Midwest or anyone outside Florida who thinks this is the greatest place to live in the US are in for a hard awakening.
@@TuAmigoElMorrocoy Yes, absolutely true. I lived in the heart of Mexico for some time, years ago, and the immediate feeling I got was to dress down..waaaayyy down, and try hard not to stand out. I already have blonde hair and green eyes so that was plenty enough for me to stand out where I lived. It's always better to act poor and unassuming in any Latin American country, this is absolutely true. It's far too dangerous to wear jewelry or nice clothing as well. Not worth the risk in such high risk and deadly crime rated countries. Mexico I think tops the list now as one of the most dangerous countries to visit or live in, just like some Arab countries and North Korea. Such a shame.
It really depends what do you mean by the word 'friend'.
The superficial friendship, when you greet each others, have small talk and chit chat (and nothing else), but in times of need you don't seek each other's help? Then of course there are more "friendly" countries than these.
Or by 'friend' you mean those people who you'd call at 2am (and they could call you at 2am), and you have deep conversations and you open up to each other? In that case I don't think it's more difficult to find friends in these countries than any of those "friendly" countries you'd see in the following video.
(And many people say it's harder to find a real friend in those "friendly" countries.)
You consider the first one an "artificial friend"? I'm sorry but what is the point in that?
@@mintygreen8618 Literacy is power.
I didn't write artificial, I wrote superficial.
She said friendly as not a friend but gives you that warm and welcoming vibe as if they r friends
Nordic Countries🇫🇮🇧🇻🇸🇪🇮🇸🇩🇰.: that's our time
Haha happiest AND loneliest. You got it all!
@@anteup8198 the thing is our friendships last generations here. Hard to make room for new people
@@SteaksOnSpear but its good to make new friends and have new experiences, I think people who think like that are stuck in a box with no expansion. Its a bit sad.
@@SteaksOnSpear people you become friends with in school are nice to have when you grow up but almost indefinitely everybody develops into different people with different interests. The whole point of adult friendships is to find new community as you change with age, and that doesn't automatically mean you let go of your old friends. I have met many Scandinavians who've said to me, 'I don't really agree with my friend's opinion or I don't share the same interests but we're just childhood friends', which is just bizarre, like why wouldn't you make new friends that share more of your beliefs and interests? I mean, you know something is going wrong when someone from within the same country moves from one place to another and struggles to form new relationships.
@@DatingBeyondBorders May I ask your opinion ? Why and how they can be considered happiest , if they are so lonely ?
Finally, I realized why I don't have any friends.
I'm Japanese and Finn.
Thank you.
Haha oh no! 😜
As a Latin American, this is so foreign to me. Yeah, Venezuelan friendships for example can be shallow, but it's way easier in Latin America (except maybe Chile?) to form community. Friendships are great for mental health guys!
Idk about Chile, since I’ve had great friends from there. But I agree a 100% with you. Living in Germany is so hard 😢
What I've been having issues with is Latinos in Canada acting worse than Canadians themselves.. I want some latino friends who haven't "turned" yet :))
It's funny that you say that because Chile has a very German influence to it
Bueno, en esta época, ya es díficil hacer amistad en cualquier parte.
In Austria, the TV Show "Friends" is known as "Acquaintances."
Haha best comment ever. You inspired a story I just posted on Instagram
@@DatingBeyondBorders Hahaha, thanks!
Just want to add on for Switzerland, based on my experience staying there, it can depend on which cities you are staying at. The people in Ticino (Italian speaking part) were way more friendlier and warmer as compared to both the German and French speaking parts. Even my friend who is a Swiss-Italian native, told me that he felt a little bit like a foreigner when he went to Lausanne. Then again, these are based on our personal experiences and may not be applicable for everyone.
This does make sense as German-Swiss for ex. are quite different. I think because they make up the majority this heavily influenced the poll
The thing with Switzerland is that it's a little bit like Sweden in this video. You make friends in school/university/apprenticeship/army and that's about it. The friends you made then, are the ones you'll have, and if you move out, you'll most likely be alone. As an adult it's very hard to make friends in Switzerland, even for a Swiss. One of the only way IMO would be by joining a club or an association. That's a thing expats in Switzerland rarely do. They more try to make friends at work, but, from my experience, Swiss people tend to separate their private and professional life.
I recently lived in Germany and had a good experience with locals, actually made a couple of friends I met in my shared apartment. Always felt respected by everyone, even if they were a bit cold and serious, specially for me coming from a “warmer” country like Chile. Also made good friends and had great relationships with colleagues from the rest of Europe and a bunch of other countries like Kyrgyzstan. The ones which were the easiest to connect with were Italians and other Latinos. I guess language and culture matters for this matter. About Nordic countries I only visited Tromso in Norway and Sonderborg in Denmark, and didn’t found it much different from Germany. I also have a friend from Oslo but I guess he is more friendly than the average Nordic, since he have traveled around the world and dates a foreigner.
This might come as a surprise, but I'm from Medellín, Colombia and I always find it extremely hard to make genuine friendships here, most people would say that Colombians are super friendly but all that friendliness feels very surfaced-level, the culture is verly shallow and people are extremely flaky, you can tell someone:
-hey do you want to hang out and have some drinks on Saturday?
-the other person would say yes
-then on Saturday that person will blow you off.
I have lived abroad, have great friends from different countries but I never seemed to connect with people from my city. Moved back here this year but now I mostly keep to myself because I had it with the flakiness and honestly people here bore me.
I'm from Venezuela and it's almost the same. Argentina in my view is easier for making friends
Most people mean by making friends “go have a drink together”
No shit it works better in some places, but with the caviar of those newly made friends having no interest in real friendships
So I agree, I’ve made that experience many times in Brazil
@@asdrubalivan18 I lived in Buenos Aires and I have good Argentinian friends
@@DerHarlekin98 the go have a drink thing has happened with people that I already know and consider friend-ish
I get what you say (as a Colombian myself). However, I don’t think being “flaky” means not being friendly and open to start true friendship. Is just that the culture in Colombia, when it comes to plans, is that you have to insist several times to ensure people are indeed onboard into a plan. If they skipped something, that doesn’t mean they don’t wanna be your friends.
I think is a culture where “directness” is almost un existent haha. That’s why, even if people don’t wanna go, they say yes out of what they think to be “politeness”. But I wouldn’t think of it as unfriendliness.
If you plan to live in a Nordic country , you have to get used to the culture like everywhere else. Finnish people value their own time and space so making friends will require effort from both parties. Being genuine and making effort to spend time with them is the key. If you ask a Finnish person how they are you are going to hear their real feelings not just "I am good" if that not the case. If you make a promise to meet them it is a promise. And when you finally break the surface they will open up to you and you will make a friend for life.
I must be finnish then.
If I had to choose one nordic country (and I have been to all of them) it would cerntainly be Finland. I find then shy, yes but courteous and less shallow than let's say swedes.
Hi Marina. Your team does a great job on the street! Thank you for making this video personally.
I miss you from time to time. Enjoy the nice weather in the summer 😊
Thanks Sammi!
For two countries that sound so similar Australia and Austria are on opposite ends of the making friends spectrum. I found it very easy to make friends in Australia but my family knew a family whose daughter went to visit relatives in Austria for a few months as a teen. She came back wih a snooty personality she didn't have before.
The term unfriendly is a little mild. Travelling through Switzerland I felt a heavy dose of snobbery and judgement.
I wonder if there is a correlation between a countries wealth and their attitude? Poorer countries I've visited in South East Asia had the friendliest people.
I'm from Denmark and I totally agree with that no. 1 spot based on me living here my entire life. I am the exception to it though, as I have many expat friends and love to get to know people from around the world and takes part of networks for expats. Their experiences sadly validates our position on this list. In general there is almost an animosity amongst us to open up and meet people who are not Danes, and I personally think that, besides the inherent reservedness in our culture, there's a very influential political aspect to it, since over the past 20-25 years the far right have had tremendous success in instilling and growing fear and resentment towards foreigners to a degree where more moderate parties have adopted some of it, and the left is afraid to speak out against it.
You are missing the Netherlands,I mean, people can be polite and nice but then, to make friends is almost impossible.
@@anteup8198 it is related, they have always had a nice life, therefore, they don’t need to make new friends.
I asked my uncle about it since he’s Dutch he said Dutch especially younger Dutch people tend to be more Americanized they are just adopting that style as for friends not really if you are direct and honest. It’s just cultural differences, you have to adapt to their culture
@@michelleg7no They shouuld know that the World is not Usa and they arent the center of the World..
Because that `politeness` is just a demeanor but it doesn`t mean anything.
@@michelleg7 Yes but wait, is not my intention to criticize the Dutch, is just to express what I feel. I mean, there are a lot of good things about the Dutch, I attend to the gym every other day and believe me, I’ve never faced a racist behavior, at least from a Dutch. I can notice that they have been raised in a good way. However, what I mean is that there is this lack of curiosity, this animosity of getting along with persons who are different from them, they look like kids living inside their bubble who only engage with their similar. And for a person like me, put in my shoes, who is alone in a country so different from mine, to experience this lack of interest, it is shocking, believe me. And it is not wrong, is not their fault, that is their mindset, that is how they are, but it is a clash of cultures.
Absolutely agree with the list 👍👌
After travelling and living in a lot of places, I would definitely say Spain.
Not necessarily to make friends with foreigners, but it's very difficult to make friends with Spanish people. They're so set in their ways and have their own already formed groups, and apart from being superficially friendly, they aren't fast to let people in to their circle
Spain is simply tribal as are also other european countries.
@@HanzBergmanfacts on facts
Great video! I currently live in Turkey and I've managed to find a plenty of friends here, being myself quite a reserved person. There's an economical and migration crisis, so it might've affected Turkish positions in those ratings recently, but fundamentally they are very friendly people.
Generally Turkish people are not that friendly with foreigners especially in tourists area, if they can take advantage of you they will surely do it. Very scammy. Even for small things like top up the phone credit, they will tell it cost 100 but in reality it's 50.
As a Turkish person, I can vouch for this comment. As you stated in your comment, there is a plethora of problems in our country such as economical and social and even more but it is correct that we ARE friendly and pretty gregarious even if nowadays Turks have been leaning more towards individualism a bit (at least in comparison to the past)
Turkish people are so kind and gentle. I was a tourist and even as a tourist I made some friends there. I live in Europe (Hungary) and here its impossible to find warmth or just friends in general.
Would also love to see a video of countries where it's easy to make friends!
Im not surprised. I would say Eastern Europe, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary are places where making friends is VEEEERY hard. For me the easiest Turkey, Azerbaijan. Such nice and warm people
Yes am genuinely surprised that Hungary or Czech Republic for ex. are not on this list. Then again they might be on other lists that are similar, not sure
Modern day America is impossible now a lot of the moments are for flicks and it’s not real connection 😢
@@nickplehn8302 Yes I observed it as a foreigner living in the US. People seem to be easy going but they are not your real friends. You understand that they are little selfish at the end of the day.
@@beste3975my exact opinion after living in the USA for over two decades! Just fake friendliness! Pleasant to experience if you are a customer! But very frustrating and disappointing when you confuse it with real friendship!
@@beste3975 it’s sad what my home country has turned into
I lived in Germany and its suuuuper hard to make friends, or have nice and friendly staff in shops, pharmacies or cafeterias
I live in Nordic country. it super hard to make friend here and people are really lonely, yet aren't open to other. I just wanna scream, if you are lonely, why aren't you accept new people!
It surprised me Scandinavians could be so closed in social relations. Where are you from ? greetings from Argentina
Those people are pathetic. Yes you make a choice of being lonely, yet being sad and longing for companies. I have no sympathy for people like that.
Come to Southern Europe, you will not be happy but you will have friends 😂.
Now talking seriously, you guys are like the Americans and are rich,l prefer individualism,independent and don’t like bothering people from my understanding, for example at 18 you already live alone here we leave in our 30s, because we are “poor”, family and friends are our safety net,so community is very important although its changing a bit with the younger generation.
So how do you try to get friends in the Nordics? Do you work or are a student? Most people find friends through school or work, not by randoms coming up on the street. I am Nordic, and i have never had any problems getting to know people. When I was in USA I found it weird with the small talk though, as it had no meaning. It was asking to ask, not because really interested in the answer.
They need therapy big time! Tell all these Scandinavians to go and see Dr. Orion Taraban from Psychacks. He will help them how to make friends again and in a relationship.
There's no such thing as friendship in Sweden. Trust me. I know.
(I'm Swedish and I spent several years in California. The difference is 100%. And I don't know why this is...)
You may believe that you have a "friend" - but if you need 20 dollars for a cab fare all of a sudden - they will look at you as if you've asked them to chop off an arm... It's bizarre. They're hopeless.
I hear that about the Dutch they ask for tikkies for simple things, make only enough food only for them and ask you to leave ect
Btw thanks for Gyökeres, his personality doesn’t seem from Swedish but I never been in Sweden 😂
I am a basque guy. I was once in Malmoe and I had a problem with tha change in the local money in a bar. A couple of swedes that were there offered me help instantly. So I guess not everybody is the same in Sweden 😉
That's why in America when the tradition isn't working we improvise, and I suggest you tell these Swedish people to give you information or you'll kick his ass - Hank Hill
@@santostv. As a Dutchie I can confirm this, but it is mostly a big city thing. The difference in hospitality between the big cities and the rural parts in the country is enormous. It's such a shame that these spoiled brats living in Amsterdam are used as the standard for the entire population by tourists
@@asiersanz8941 That's bcs you're a foreigner! That's different.
I moved to Hungary as a hungarian, lived abroad all my life. Im having mental issues from loneliness, once you dont have friends from childhood, good luck making friends here.
Girls get married and are friends with the family not going around single to find friends
Same in Serbia ,very hard to get friends as an adult, especially if you are single ,no kids
@@Србомбоница86 girls that have a man don't want to be friends with single girls
@@Frivals i would to find someone, but Im 40 and healthy looking and sporty, have hobbies and take care of myself. The man in budapest all drink like crazy or divorced and broke. Not sure where to find the good ones...
@@yondergirl83 yeah sure "where all the good men are gone?" Right? You think you are worthy more than you really are that's why you are single. Wake up to reality. If some man want to even look at a 40 years old female you should consider yourself lucky
This was weirdly funny and endearing to see and imagine. Im not sure if this was the focus of the channel since the beginning but if it is now, I like it.
So, succinctly and unfiltered, correct me if im wrong: Vienesse people are grumpy, Estonians are apathetically reserved, finnish are skittish and reserved, swedish and swiss are servile-ly polite and resreved, japanese are xenophobic, germans are unwelcoming, kuwait rude and unfriendly, danish are direct
My experience with germans was always that they are very reserved but open up when they warm up though. That said I mostly interacted with teenagers when I was younger as they came as exchange students so... yeah
I've been living in 4 European countries, and visit most of them. The worst place to make friends in my opinion is Spain. I mean, it is easy talking to People and have meaningless conversations with anyone, but to make sth not superficial out of that is almost impossible. That was the First and only place where I didn't find one Good friend.
Totally agree!
Can I ask about your experience with other countries? How do you make friends in general? Any events for expats work?
@@Julia-db2wc It's Just natural for me. When I see that someone has a similar sense of humor and the Energy I Just show she/he that I like him/her and almost always the feeling is mutual. Usually I find friends at work or during after work activities (dance, art classes, dog walking, volontary work etc). Im an introvert, I don't like most of the people but I Just sense the Good ones:)
The only `conversations` I had with the spanish is how much something costs after haggling in souvenir shops! 😄😆 That`s as deep it gets in Spain.
People usually make friends where they spend time together. Common activities and interests often lead to friendships. Building a friendship takes time. It involves getting to know the other person, building trust etc. If you don't take part in activities, in which you interact with same people frequently, making friends might be difficult or impossible. Also if you don't speak the language, in which that interaction takes place. Speaking of Finland, people start making friends already in their childhood way before school. Outside schools, friends are often made in hobbies Etc. in sport clubs. That being said, when people have families, there's not that much time for friends who aren't included into family life. That "Finnish dream home" looked a lot like a summer cottage, to where Finns like to go to connect with the nature and spend time with the family. Unless you are a teenager, in which case you like to spend time with your friends in the city instead of being cooped up with your family at the summer cottage. Speaking of cities, there's a difference in how people interact in different cities. In Helsinki people often avoid greeting neighbors and talking to strangers. As where in some smaller towns it's the opposite. Finnish language is a close relative to Estonian, so how can Finnish be like no other language you've ever seen before?
I've only lived in Germany as a foreigner but I met quite a lot of people from other countries like Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Poland etc.
Germany is definitely worse than all them for me to even do small talk let alone becoming friends
That's because you're all foreigners in Germany, that puts you all in the same situation. If you go to like Norway, maybe you would make friends with German and unable to with Norwegians.
A video about the best countries to make friends would be excellent!
It is pretty easy to make friends in Japan. I would say the most difficult places are Spain and England. They only go out with their own people. But they like meeting foreigners, just you will never become friends.
Invisible barriers
Tribalism.
@@HanzBergman How about other Europeans stop treating Britons like sh*t? Maybe then they might open up a little more.
@@mcarlsson74How are britons treated like ****?
just because people seem friendly and you can have small talk with them, doesn't mean they're your friends. people like this are always fake and shallow.
Yeah, they think you are disgusting but still saying you "are you nice" 🤦♂️
"Always fake?" Hmm, you shouldn't speak in absolutes to justify your behavior.
i do agree, but I despise your attitude.
@@xxstormxx56 I despise your hair
Agree.
Netherlands, Germany and Denmark on that list seem wild. I had mostly positive experiences there (I live in germany). Like especially Netherlands seemed so open and welcoming. Same about Denmark :D
I will wait the video about best countries to make friends !! greetings from Argentina =)
Great video, really interesting and I enjoy the videos where you just openly discuss a topic. It mixes it up a bit sometimes
You should definitely make best countries to make friends 😄
Netherlands definitely deserved a mention as well. Making genuine friends here with the Dutch is almost impossible!! 💀💔
1. Company and friendship is not the same thing.
2. Not everyone in Sweden is between 20 and 25 and live in a big city.
3. There are plenty of places where you can make friends during the colder seasons when the Swedes go inside. You just need to find those places.
4. WTF about outing that man who didn't want to joke around with you? Unethical!
I would say younger Swedes are more open specially if you meet them abroad. Not like wow they are fully friendly but better than the older folks.
Thanks for the deep dive into Austria. Glad that you gave it a second chance for your personal travels.
There is this slogan which was created by the city of vienna and it says “Wien ist anders.” (Vienna is different)
There is a joke - Oftentimes the Austrians who do not live in Vienna, want to complain about their capital they use this slogan. But they miss use it in a eyerolling fashion like “, well, Vienna is different.”
In all seriousness, I think the same countryside vs major city dynamics apply to so many countries. There is always this fight between two groups going on where one group accuses the other of arrogance and coldness. And the other may say that the former group seems unrefined and simple.
I think us Austrians who don’t live in Vienna are secretly really proud to have such a relatively major city for a small country like ours (reason for that - history). And the younger generation is way less grumpy and in general I know many really lovely Viennese. The “Wiener Grant” (like the “grantig/ grumpy behavior) has to be viewed as kind of an artform itself. Kind of like what you get in Berlin with the famous “Berliner Schnauze.” In Austria we even have an old, legendary TV series called “Mundl” which perfectly depicts this - it is this beer-loving, lowkey sexist and always grumpy guy who loves to creatively insult people all day long. We traditionally watch this on New Year’s eve, I know weird, right?
I guess if you want to have a warmer, more relaxed experience go to the southeastern federal states of Austria like Styria or Burgenland.
100 % agree with you! Portugal who is around the same size and roughly the same population also has a “different capital”, and the people living there are said to be cocky and snobs!
I lived in Austria for one a half years before youtube and found they had the friendliness of southern Europeans, were foodies like southern Europeans and had the efficiency of Germans, manners of British royals and appreciation for beauty like the French to generalize. Absolutely love Austrians and Austria. I met a few not as nice but in general my experience was excellence. 25 years later I still keep in touch with some of my co-workers! Several visited me in my country, my boss had her son come and stay over with his girl-friend. Very sociable people!
Thanks for the input :) actually I shared my really positive experiences in Graz but had to edit it out last minute since the part about Austria was getting really long.
But I had a woman who didn't speak English help me find my Airbnb. She got her son to come and share internet etc so a few nice instances like this.
@@klimtkahlo You nailed it and thanks for the nice words! Many of us indeed see themselves as a nation wedged between Germany and southern countries as Italy and therefore try to be the best of both worlds. Like efficient and punctual, but also more relaxed and community-oriented. Not to say that there aren’t relaxed Germans or hardworking Italians but you get my point. There is a strong “Schau ma mal, dann seh ma scho.” attitude. Roughly translated - let’s get to work and figure it out along the way.
By the way, I love to visit Portugal one day. It seems so interesting and full of history! Nothing but respect for the great people of Portugal!
Coming from Hungary where I spent some time, burgenland was definitely not friendly, and I am not a bad looking person let me just say that; the burgenlanders seemed stuck up almost, for what reason I don’t know? Maybe they’re just shy and were intimidated? But then Slovenia… Slovenia was even worse, lol 🤦🏼♂️ like a nation of zombie robots. Hungarians I always found to be extremely engaging, friendly and even flirtatious. Really a fun people, these are all traits of satisfied, self secure people.
@@damonmelendez856Slovenians are very cold in general awful
I currently live in Seattle, and I'd recommend looking into it for a video idea, since we have the infamous "Seattle Freeze" where people say it's impossible to make friends. Interestingly, many believe it originates from the heavy influence of Scandinavian and Japanese cultures on the city, which are on your list.
Wait. People don't set appointments to meet? If you dare come to my house without an appointment, I will ignore you and you will wait outside. Brit here.
That would be really rude behaviour for an Eastern European, and I guess for many others. Well, depends on the guest's intention of course! But friends should be welcome anytime.
True, I came from Philippines to Finland - and barely made any friends (but those friendships are genuine, and I really appreciate them).
Thank you so much for your kindness and honesty! I’d love to hear about your opinion on most friendly countries! Thanks!
Thanks Tatiana! Will do 😄
China, Vietnam, Indonesia, Mexico
Friendliest countries i have been to are Mexico, China ( but not shanghai/Beijing), Indonesia, Russia, Vietnam. The Balkans were OK but not on the same level.
Happy Thursday, Marina! I haven't been to any of the countries that you mentioned but I hope to visit them one of these days. My parents on the other hand have been to Faroe Islands 🇫🇴, Germany 🇩🇪, Norway 🇳🇴, Iceland 🇮🇸, and Netherlands 🇳🇱 as the places mentioned in your video and they enjoyed their time over there and exploring around the cities. Hope to see more of these videos and wishing you a wonderful day
It would be interesting to see if the ones who agree that a certain country is unfriendly, have a similar background or not. :)
Another similar language to Finnish is Estonian, as they are both in the Finno-Ugric
language branch, just as Hungarian.
Interesting video, as always. Thank you! ;)
For me making friends it really depends on the person
Being a dane, having had a flat in vienna and have been traveling 50 I found it easy to make friend any where.
But i also know locals that moved within their own country and couldnt make friends the new place
The worst part is the some European countries take pride in being closed and unfriendly… they just don’t realise that they are loosing energy and the best part of life called friendship…and the spice of life changes when you become friendly or even date a foreigner…
A lot of these places are cities if you came to the US and went to New York city you would get the same experience yet if you went out of the city people are much friendlier it is the same in most of these countries.
Nope. The whole of the NE of America is nothing like anywhere in Europe tbh.
@@mcarlsson74 Because I am sure you have gone to every place in Europe
Why is france not on this list? My sister and i got bullied so badly in paris.
I have lived in London, Amsterdam and Basel. I did not care for the English, so I was not concerned with making friends. The Dutch are easy if you know how to groom them. You have to play it cool and not be so American. You have to be ready for a direct question about something you may find personal. And play dumb. They already think they are smarter than you, so let them think so. The Swiss, never will happen. Switzerland is not a country but a country club and you can't join.
The dutch are hardly thought of a especially `smart` by other western europeans. 😄😆
Why did you 'not care for the English?' Because you couldn't gain anything from them?
@@mcarlsson74 no. I found them stupid and drunk.
@@yep3451 That's funny. I would have expected an American to feel right at home in the middle of that lol. Seriously though. I don't think London is a very good place to socialise in general. It's really just an office base with quite anti-social behaviour. Londoners are also the worst people in the UK.
Wow! When I was for the first time in Estonia it was incredible! People were awesome 👍 and I live in Germany as a foreigner and it is disaster when it comes to making friends!
This is such an interesting take! Really love your honesty and hearing your experience. Great video as always and can’t wait for the “best” version of this❣️
Thank you!
Canada is a great place to make friends, specially toronto. People from all over the world open to learn about you. Trust.
😍 A place to visit or maybe live in
Please make a video about the best countries for expats to make friends!
Immigrants, not expats
I must correct you. Actually Finns are very often very curious why foreigners are coming to Finland and many of them would like to get to know new people. However, Finns are very shy and we don't have "small talk" culture. Many Finns can also be a bit socially awkward and don't know how to approach other people, also other Finns. So, if you ever come to Finland again, you might find out that Finns are actually really nice and interested of you, but you just have to be the one who breaks the ice first and starts the conversation. :)
Very fascinating
So when you go on a date with a Finnish girl, there is no small talk?
I'm Norwegian but i lived two years in Spain. Something I noticed which was really interesting is that it's easier to find friends and talk to people sober in Spain, but among drunk people, Norwegians are much more friendly, generous and inclusive than almost any Spanish person.
I don't agree that Norwegians can't find friends after school. I have traveled to a lot of places in europe, and I must say that drunk Norwegians are among the friendliest and most inclusive bunch I've ever encountered. Sober though, we're the worst. I guess this also applies to the rest of the Nordics. Also, I think you got the wrong idea about us "having set friend groups". You said that while showing a video of Nordic people drinking. When we're sober, then yes; But when we drink, we often sit at stranger's tables, and we socialize and befriend more with strangers than anyone.
It's not all sunshine here though when we drink; we often drink until we puke, we do crazy stuff, and in some cities like Oslo, fist-fighting is very common place. In Spain, you don't see any of this.
It was a bit of a culture shock for me when I moved to Spain and noticed that drunk people are much more reserved. You can't ask strangers for cigarettes, you can't ask drunk strangers for sleepovers (for when missing the bus or meeting a new friend) or afterparties (strangers brought back home from clubs after closing is common procedure here), and sitting down with drunk strangers in Spain doesn't feel as welcoming as with Norwegians.
I speak Spanish btw, so language isn't the issue either. Either way, I prefer living in Spain!
Yes Spanish people don`t lose self control even if they drink drinking have never been a social problem in Spain or Italy.
Very interesting! Of course when drinking Scandinavians are open to talking to others but I wouldn't call that making friends as once they sober up they actively avoid the person they had opened up to and invited to things. This is what I have heard from Norwegians.
But I do agree that no one talks about Spain and how tricky it can be making friends there. People just assume they are some sort of " passionate and friendly Latin American" which is very false in my experience.
I was recently in Germany. I stayed at a hostel. I took the train to a lot of other cities and did things I had to cancel from my plans from prior trips. One thing I saw was Döner places on every street corner. What I did not like was that when I was at the Frankfurt hauptbahnhof, bums would beg me for money. I was marked as soon as I got in line to buy a crepe or any food from a vendor. One bum chased me all over the station to demand money. I think she was middle eastern. Most people I saw were from places other than Germany.
You got the real Frankfurt experience, tough luck
I was in Frankfurt HBF a couple of years ago (after being robbed in Mainz HBF, long story) and got the full experience when I was ordering from McDonald’s, a begger approached me and I answered “sorry I speak no German”, he replied back “money for food please” in English, I said no, literally lost most of my money an hour ago. When I was exiting another begger came to me, I immediately said “no hablo alemán”, then he went “dinero para comer por favor”. They are professionals.
Yeah, we (Denmark) are in a bit of cross roads position. I've had a easy time making friends and meeting new people in all the Nordic and German-ish speaking countries, although I feel like the Swiss look down on everyone else and they easily come off as a bit snobbish. Interestingly, I seem to get along with Germans more easily than other Scandinavians.
I think Denmark is known for strict immigration politics. It is a huge factor and the reason we stand out from the rest of the Nordics, but I also think the number 1 rank is a bit exaggerated.
Interesting and useful video.
Idk what to think about that bakery post regarding Switzerland. I also go to a bakery every morning, and they all know what kind of stuff I'm getting.
But yeah, the names thing is more of a thing within older generations whereas younger people are more informal with each other.
Brazil is ridiculously easy to make friends… the only barrier is the language.
Yeah, then after few days of knowing each other he ask to send him money to buy beers
Possibly, yes. Never said it was a great place to live.
I am a brazilian and it is really easy to make friendships. I do not like it being to easy. It feels fake sometimes.
@@尼奥中文学习者 Yeah because those over friendly people can suddenly turn on you!
I love how honest and raw you were this video ❤️
Thank you!
I would enjoy the friendly country list.
Don't expext to go to verytaleland when you leave your former friends in your native country...Forming a real trustworthy friendship takes years everywhere on earth and another thing is that you have to speak the language fluently otherwise you stay stuck in very superficial conversations....Be realistic it is almost impossible
Even speaking perfectly the language you might get stuck in small talk or shallow talk that does not lead to anywhere close to real friendship.
I definitely would like to see a video of the best contries to make friends :)!
The best countries to make friends in my opinion are those Turkic countries including Central Asia also Russia, Georgia…I’ve no idea about Lat. Am.(Brazil is prob. a good option)or SE Asia(they seem friendly but the culture is too distant I believe). In Europe it’s probably Spain or Greece or some Balkan countries(like Albania)though not many people speak OK English if you only speak English and your mother tongue your best bet would probably be Murricans(it’s kinda easy to make friends w/americans though getting what a real friend means in some other cultures(close friend)is kinda hard. Aussies are kinda cool to communicate but I have no idea how much different they are from those murricans when it comes to making friends.
greeks speak many languages and are very educated
I was in Azerbaijan recently and I can confirm. Very kind and warm people. I really like Turkey and Azerbaijan
@@Kabirio93not Turkey, Türkiye 🇹🇷
I hope this has a part 2!!! 😃
Also, more nordic comparison videos??? 🥰
I thought the comments were going to all be angry at you but it appears many / even expats agree ....
YES do that ' friendliest ' countries ... and I'll put my vote in for Italy ...
I've been 5 times and it's the only place I prefer to visit outside of my country ...
"This bloke won't haggle."
"Won't 'aggle!?"
" Burt!!!"
🤣🤣🤣
What is a "friend"? There is so many layers of friendship!
In anyway, its always gonna be hard for a single person moving to another country, with another language, climate, cultur and habbits!
The easyest way is probably for those that move to a local spouse, one get his/hers "friends" for free! One get a qiuckstart!
Another thing is single students, the best way is "probably" to live in a dormitory, femal students get femal friends and the oposit too! Time to go out and visit student activitys.. preferably with a group of new fund friends!
Its this that one grown up and get friends as a child.. its only take 10-20 years.. one seldome get that close to someone els in a blink in another country!
Soo.. one can expect dormitory friends, ones spouse friends, co-worker friends, neighbour friends and activity friends as an adult! Dont expect to find a friend randomly on the street!
I’m also obsessed with Nordic countries 😅
I love and look forward to moving back to the NL at some point... but I must admit I was waiting with bated breath for you to mention it in these results 🤣
Haha I am surprised at the excitement of hearing the NL is one of the worst countries for making friends!
Great presentation.
During my visit to Copenhagen, I observed a notable lack of courtesy among the people I encountered. Having traveled to over 35 countries, this experience was particularly striking and unprecedented.
I think their society has declined a bit over the last 10-15 years. Especially since the Coof. They used to be a lot more chill and individualistic, in a cool way.
She named many homogenous countries. I expect Europeans from the north of Europe to be cold. I found the Portuguese very cold and unwelcoming, especially if you are a person of color. They do smile, but that's about it.
why you think europeans are obliged to be nice to people of color? when people of color even kill europeans in their countries? Have you tried as a white person to go to africa? Africans even kill albino africans? Why you always want more from europeans when you the people of colour are so racists against europeans??? And for you historical info europeans were slaves of people of colour too! Google the turkish invasions in iceland, google devrisme aka blood tax aka european children abductions by the turks to make them kocek and tellak aka children prostitutes!!! Yes the horrors of the slavery of europeans are not even close to the african slave trade to americas! My ancestors balkan europeans were slaves to the turks, so were greeks, italians, french in the coastal cities where tunisians, lybians, moroccans were abducting europeans for half a millenium! The sudanese invaded south greece in 1826! Why you think we must be nice to you?
I think if you want to make friends in any country, then .ake the effort to learn the language and culture, ot will make things much easier. But most expats just expect locals to speak tp them in English. Yeah, if you don't make the effort to learn local languages, then obviously, you will find it hard to make friends, period.
On the other hand, a lot of Europeans treat English people like sh*t for no good reason, just because of their nationality - even when they do make an effort with language. Nice attempt at virtue signalling though.
Also make videos on best countries to make friends! I hope you will make that too.
I'd love the reverse video too! Also - is the best Brazil? :D
Probably Portugal!
Will let you know 😉
Yes! Do the best countries too!
Yes please talk about friendliest place 😊❤
Well for the Worst being *Denmark*
doesnt shock me at all.
They def got tired of all the conflict + 'Civil wars' with rest of
*Nordic states* from the 1100 to 1800th Centuary.
Though why not clump them up with Rest of *Sweden, Norway & Finland* - is a missed oppertunity.
PS: A common misconception is happy index. They actually dont score as high compared with *Finland*
I just had to pause - kind of surprised that Switzerland wasn’t higher 😅 oh, I’m Swiss btw ^^
(but guess not a typical representation. I always enjoyed meeting ppl and making connections, learning about other cultures etc. already at age 5 I invited random strangers to my parents house for dinner - and they went along as well 😁
So, there really are some more open and welcoming people, but we might be few 🙈)
And yeah, being an adult trying to meet new folks, making friends, it‘s sadly kind of difficult for many Swiss ppl as well.
Great video again! Thanx a lot!
Thanks for sharing!
Switzerland is the most bourgeois country in Europe no contest.
As an American, I think sometimes the USA can be an unfriendly country.
People in the adult world can be cliquish.
I've had too many missed opportunities socially or it could just me being on the spectrum.
But there can be mean and nice people no matter what country you live in.
Closed social circles everywhere.
& tribalism.
When you were abiut the announce the least friendly country I literally expected it to be either Denmark or the Netherlands😂
Part of why Denmark tops the list is that, like everyone else, we prefer to speak our own language among friends, and Danish is notorious for being among the hardest to learn to speak.
Please, please, please, make a video about the best countries to make friends. I'm sooo interested! Love from Hungary❤
thoughts on Lithuania compare to Estonia?
+datingbeyondborders *No surprise that Koningrijk Danmark (DNK) is the worst nation-state for acquaintance.*
*Addition:* Go for a vid on the best nation-states for acquaintance.
I have more friends in Japan than my own home country so I don't know ... 👀
Same! I lived in Japan 14 years ago for 5 years and made so many wonderful friends, including best friends, that I still keep in touch with til this day through text and social media. I also visit them every time I take a trip back to Japan and it's the best!
The top 10 for making friends, I can guess: 1. Philippines 2. Srilanka 3. Iran 4. Indonesia 5. Mexico 6. Turkey 7. Ghana 8. Spain 9. Australia 10. Canada
Uk is cold as well 😢
You need alcohol. I think in UK without alcohol impossible even to say Hi :)
Meanwhile in Italy
You need a friend scale
Milan: just in case of problems
Rome: just in case
Palermo: just
Ps: I'm going to be part of the voting staff for the Eu parliament next week. We have a law that allows voting without your I'd card in case you are a friend of one of the staff or you find a voting friend that is a friend of one of the staff 🤷🏻♂️
You mean a friend of a friend that knows a guy? If so , Same in my country but I’m also from southern Europe 😂
Agree. After 10 years living in Sweden, I have 0 swedish friends 😢
Kuwait and Saudi Arabia came unexpectedly.
Then how is it that Finland is the happiest country in the world and Denmark used to be number one? When I visited Denmark, the customs officer was very warm and friendly and bragged about Denmark being the happiest country in the world. Also when I needed help I found Danes to be very hospitable and warm. I was quite pleasantly surprised.
What country do you come from?
The most important is who are Friendly countries...
I'm surprised that Poland was not on the list. Poles are also reserved (neutral) during social interactions and can be very abrasive (way, way, way more direct than Austrians, basically if we comment, it won't be polite, more like "you look like a whore in that makeup"). However, we don't shun from social interactions like Scandinavian countries, and we can quickly upgrade you from the street acquaintance to a "friendly visitor" and then it depends on how it goes further. Also, younger generations differ from the older ones, being more accepting, more polite, more westernized and probably less friendly on the long run. Old people will greet you with "fuck you" but can quickly turn around to a dear friend if you don't sugarcoat them as well.
Been to Poland back in the 80`s & I perceived the poles as a cold & resigned people.
Yes, please Most friendly countries.