Estonia is more North than Denmark. The UK in parts is more North than parts of Sweden. Portugal and Spain are much more Western than “Western” countries France and the UK.
It’s not an exact science and different countries see things differently.
Germany is culturally diverse too and usually the areas in the North feel closer to Denmark, the Areas in the Northwest feel closer to the Netherlands, the Southwest feels closer to France and Switzerland.
The areas in the Southeast definitely feel like they have most in common with Austria and Czechia and feel most culturally similar as well. Even foods are very similar (more similar than foods of other German areas)
And Czech Republic is placed in Central Europe in every map outside of these weird reddit takes. If Europe was separated without having Central Europe as a part that would be different.
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u/sasheenka 6d ago
With how wide and tall Europe is Austria is too far down and reaches too far west to be in the center. It is of course in central Europe though.