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Doesn’t traveling to a foreign country sound incredible right about now?
Because of this seemingly never-ending pandemic we’re going through, it looks like it might be a while before we can venture to another part of the world…but I’m keeping my fingers crossed that it happens sooner than later.
Because traveling exposes us to different cultures, languages, customs, foods, etc. And it’s great to get outside our comfort zones and to learn about different people. So let’s do some more of that!
AskReddit users talked about things that are common in their countries but rare in other parts of the world.
1. Sounds delightful.
“Such cheap olive oil.
And eating incredinly late.
Lunch is more or less at 1-3 pm, and dinner at 9-10 pm.
That is why in Spain we have snacks between foods.”
2. This has to be in Scandinavia.
“Saunas in most apartments or at least apartment buildings, haven’t lived in a building that doesn’t have one.
A lot of great well known (and underground) metal bands.
And a nuclear power plant that is at this point 11 years behind schedule and according to Wikipedia the 3rd most expensive building in the world.”
3. Paradise.
“Bagged milk, legal weed and fermented maple syrup.”
4. Free drinks.
“Milk dispensers at school cafeterias (or restaurants but it’s not as common).
I live in Sweden where food and drinks such as water and milk is provided free for students.
Whenever I tell someone outside of Scandinavia that we have milk dispensers they’re always very surprised.”
5. USA!
“Root beer.
In America this is widely available and basically universally liked, but give it to someone from another country, especially a European country, and they will hate it.”
6. India.
“Cheap Streaming subscriptions.
In my country a pack for Disney+, HBO, Showtime, ABC, Live Sports and a lot more, costs less than 2 dollars a month.
Yes 2 dollars TOTAL.”
7. I need this in my life.
“They look like snowballs in size and shape, but they’re made of potatoes and boiled, with a piece of meat inside for flavoring. You eat it with sausage, fat’n’bacon and kohlrabi/carrot puree.
It’s not as common as it used to be because it’s mainly grandmas that used to make it.
Also known as “komle”. In some places they simply refer to them as “potato balls.””
8. The paranormal.
“In Mexico we experience paranormal stuff very close. Even people like me, who doesn’t believe in it, have parents, siblings, children or grandparents who have experienced ghosts or other entities very close.
Not in the “friend of my friend” kind of way. It is really really common to be in the same room, and someone just says: “I saw my great-grandfather coming out from the well” or stuff like that.
And nobody makes a fuss about it. We just process it and move on. But really, I don’t know anybody who hasn’t experienced a close encounter with something paranormal in one way or another.
And again, I’m an atheist and a skeptic. I haven’t experienced something at first hand. And that makes me an exception. Not the average.”
9. Probably not these days.
“Drinking a hot drink from an hollowed pumpkin through a metal straw and sharing it with others all drinking from the same straw.”
10. Interesting.
“The Swastika.
Although a banned Nazi symbol as assumed by others, a swastika is actually a symbol of divinity and purity so you will see that alot in my country.”
11. Drink up!
“Underage drinking.
I live in Belgium and everyone does it from the moment they’re 14.”
12. Not cheap.
“Expensive fuel.
A liter of gasoline costs like €1.
It might not sound much, but look at the average wage of a working class Romanian.”
13. Corruption.
“Drinking at the age of 12.
And bribing police, politicians, and basically everyone.
Welcome to Greece.”
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