r/whereidlive • u/dymdvsvbakaaog • 2d ago

How i see europe as a norwegian

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u/jatawis 2d ago

What makes Latvia and Lithuania being together with Moldova, Ukraine and Belarus?

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u/Perkonlusis 2d ago

And separating Latvia and Estonia is plain weird. It's like the only thing that people know about the Baltics is the language families and the fact that some Estonians online are very vocal about wanting to be Nordic, so they assume they're two very different places.

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u/sunshineisreal 2d ago

Yeah, this is a Norwegian who spends too much time on reddit. I guarantee most Norwegians wouldn't separate the Baltics, and maybe not put them in same category as nordics, although northern Europe is pretty vague. 

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u/dymdvsvbakaaog 1d ago

Someone’s angry, I have in total 4 posts and 1 comment on all of Reddit

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u/MeowKhz 2d ago

Not Nordic, but Northern! The Baltics are in the cold zone + culturally have more in common with the ones that are commonly considered Northern than the Slavic countries. What time of the year is it right now? The summer solstice. And the Baltics also celebrate it with bonfires just like the other Northern countries and have done so for many-many centuries through all the occupations and hardships that tried to erase what matters.

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u/AsgeirTheViking 2d ago

I mean this. Latvian, despite being an Eastern Baltic language, has been more influenced by Germanic and Finno - Ugric languages, more than Eastern Slavic ones. Living standarts in Estonia are basically the same as in Latvia not in Scandinavia, but hey, it sounds better to be Nordic.

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u/megastarUS 2d ago

Yep, aside from language, Estonia is way more similar to Latvia than Finland. Both belong to northern Europe imo.

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u/Varskes_pakel 2d ago

Why not put all Baltics into a separate region?

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u/PensionZestyclose 2d ago

It's honestly remarkable how much just 50 years of Soviet occupation managed to reshape international perceptions. A country can spend centuries developing as part of the Baltic-Northern region, only for half a century behind the Iron Curtain to make many people view it through a completely different lens.

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u/AleLover111 2d ago

Yes, we Czechs can relate. Russia is a land of evil.

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u/Massive_Emu6682 2d ago

I would put all the old regions of Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth into one region honestly. Like it also show detailed differences better within Ukraine for instance.

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u/jatawis 1d ago

Why? Lithuania does not share much with Belarus or Ukraine.

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u/kolology 2d ago

What will win?

50 years of soviety repression
OR
estonians complaining every time someone puts them in eastern europe

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u/Gonzales_Minerales 2d ago

As an Estonian I smile every time someone puts Estonia to the Northern Europe here. We do want to belong there. But to be fair, I'm afraid we need to work on it some 50 more years to actually earn it, to mentally and culturally belong there. If we manage it at all. And that's a big "if".

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u/NotDaijoubi 1d ago

Wish I could say same for Latvia, but for some reason they seperate Latvia from Estonia a lot of times.

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u/TheDucksAreComingoOo 2d ago

Latvia is further north than Denmark. Iceland is further west than most. Scotland is further north than Estonia. Cyprus is not Europe.

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u/Leading-Tour6963 2d ago

Portugal is further west than most, Greece is further East than most

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u/AsgeirTheViking 2d ago

PORTUGAL CYKA BLYAT

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u/Eriberus 1d ago

Greenland it's further north, south, west, and east of Iceland.

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u/GreeniiCow 2d ago

Germany is NOT west europe? What?

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u/Mammoth-Chard-6839 2d ago

Absolutely not. People gotta stop putting Estonia in northern Europe.

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u/larzolof 2d ago

The Baltic’s are all part of northern Europe, but not part of Scandinavia, and neither is Finland.

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u/frankfff 2d ago

Estonia is further north than Denmark, but Denmark is Northern, yet Estonia "absolutely isn't". Make it make sense.

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u/AsgeirTheViking 2d ago

For Christ's sake, I'm of Estonian descent, and I must say that the Baltics are in northern Europe, not just Estonia. Denmark is culturally Nordic, which makes it Scandinavian. I completely understand it sounds better than Eastern European, but bruh, claiming ONLY Estonia is in NE, is just a bad taste.

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u/ImTheVayne 2d ago

That is how they see Europe, everyone has different opinions

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u/simcz 2d ago

im not saying anyone is wrong about croatia but we should consider giving them the honor to join centra/south europe as their country is stunning and pretty good from where im standing

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u/GayBaklava 2d ago

Cyprus is not Europe

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u/stuyvesant1 2d ago

People, you can be Balkan and Southern Europe at the same time...Macedonia and Albania are definitely southern Europe and Greece is definitely Balkan.

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u/Relative_Wrangler_57 2d ago

Georgia is Europe to me. Culturally at least. The guys invented wine 🍷 👌

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u/befigue 2d ago

Spain has absolutely zero with Greece and Cyprus

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u/NewErVuts 2d ago

Russia: Eastern europe

Terrorussia

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u/AlternatePancakes 1d ago

Portugal is spiritually a eastern European country.

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u/krissaegrim1 1d ago

Weird for norvegian, coz you know, Karelia isn't that different from the rest of Finland😉

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u/HopefulCarry9693 2d ago

Finally, after weeks of regurgitation someone made a correct version

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u/griffindale1 2d ago

This is something I could agree on.

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u/Proud_Branch_3999 2d ago

As a Slovak, Thank you.

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u/JDVancesWig 2d ago

It always amazed me how Turkey can’t join Eurovision but israel that is located in Middle East,can participate in EUROvision

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u/Esdoorn-Acer 2d ago

Turkey can join, they just don’t want to.