I know i’m going to get downvotes, but i have always seen The Baltic states as northen-eastern Europe. I also know A LOT of Baltic people don’t agree with that statement.
Western Europe feels weird.
German Comitee sneakily fulfilling the dream of their granddads Manfred und Wolfgang by stealing a bit of France.
Holy Roman Empire + Habsburg Austria reloaded
Sorry Austria, Czechia, Germany etc… i feel closer to other countries and people who speak my language
I can travel to Bosnia or Serbia, easily communicate and still feel like I’m at home.
Spain and Portugal south but not west, lol
baltics are so awkwardly situated lol
I really wonder how they decided all of this. For me it look to have many small mistakes
Estonia and Latvia are my favourite Central European countries
So Southeastern Europe exists, but apparently Southwestern Europe is a myth lol.
Weird to see france put n a different cultural group than Spain Italy and Portugal when they share romance language, roman Background, colonial past and religion.
Also being honest is hard to understand Western Europe without them but okay.
I call massive bullshit on Poland being culturally closer to Germany than the Netherlands.
netherlands is stuck with the nerds again. what a shame kekw
I somehow feel that the Netherlands are socioculturally more akin to Northern Germany and Denmark/Sweden than to Belgium and France, but on the other hand, there is also a cultural frame of reference that we share with those latter two that is definitely there although it’s hard to describe (apart from the obvious language sharing thing with Flanders).
So the Baltic states get slapped wherever it’s convenient. Usually part of Eastern Europe, moved to be Northern some time ago, but for Germans it’s Central.
I don’t get the way the south is grouped… Is it roughly divided between the Moors and the Ottomans?
I don’t know some sources say Baltics is Northern Europe because we have a lot more similarities with them.
Since when are the Baltics considered Central Europe?
I (as a Dutch person) always considered Germany to be Western as well, at least the Western side of Germany.
„Cultural borders“ puts Slovenia and Croatia in Central Europe
Now Lithuania in maps been in all groups except Southern Europe.
… how the fuck does someone consider northeastern countries like Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia Central European
Please do not separate Luxembourg from it’s Belgian colony.
Idk dutch culture is pretty different from French culture imo
We’re closer to the Netherlands than to Spain and Italy ? What year is this, 480 AD ?
Sure. Basque country divided in two, old Navarran Kingdom divided in two, Occitania excluding its Western parts (Béarn, Gascony, Toulouse, etc.) ?
Only catalunya gets some respect in the Pyrenees area… 🤣
Well, i kinda agree. Romanian here and i think they were quite spot on by dividing the country in two
So Luxembourg has more cultural proximity to Croatia than to the Netherlands? Who knew!
Why are the Faroe Islands not in Northern Europe?
Alsace Lorraine!!! And the story continues….
Why Spain and Italy are not Southwestern Europe, but the Balkan is Southeastern?
Alsace Lorraine… hmm I see what you did Germany.
I disagree with this map, I think it is biased and I believe the definition of such regions is blurry and some probably intersect. France is very strangely cut for example, I don’t think Alsace-Moselle should be put with central Europe, same for Luxembourg for example
Makes no sense this map. You can make lots of these maps based on languages spoken, prevelent DNA, Maps of these kind often have a political or nationalistic origin. Seldom a scientific one. But I love to hear the scientific reason for creating this map!
Can we finally just get our own Northeastern category? I’m tired of being dumped in whatever is convenient for the mapmakers.
We do have our own traditional culture that’s unrelated to Germany, Russia and whatever else people come up with. And geographically that’s… not exactly central Europe as well
They forgot about the cultural divide in Switzerland. Here they call it the ‘röstgraben.’ It’s real. I feel it every time I drive from Zug to the lake Geneva area. Honestly, it’s like two different countries.
the french probably don‘t like this map
So Croatia Mitteleuropa confirmed. From now on, I’m gonna take this as set in stone. Basically, Croatia = Germany. GG
The cultural border should go through Switzerland where the « Röstigraben » is. Western Switzerland is culturally french, while the rest is closer to Germany and central Europe.
If Estonia can’t into Nordic, c’mon, it can into Northern
Central Europe literally goes *von der Maas bis an die Memel / von dem Etsch bis an den Belt* on this map.
Not sure I would cut the Basque Country in halves if aiming for cultural proximity.
I don’t understand the choice to have Croatia be Central Europe and not one of the southern europes. I’m also not so sure about Baltic countries but I’m not very familiar with them
Alsatian here. Didn’t know I was more similar to the Poles and the Latvians than the rest of my countrymen, but all right.
What nonsense.
I’d say England culturally is closer to Germany than France. We are steeped in Germanic heritage and most would consider English culture to be particularly Anglo-Saxon. I think a separate category should be drawn for England, Flanders, Germany and the Netherlands.
Lol at Baltic countries
Already saw that map before and still think it’s crap, and pretty obviously made by Germans lol. Especially to butcher France like that.
Apparently I live in Central-European part of Belarus, will my life become better now?
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That Baltic extension is weird.
I know i’m going to get downvotes, but i have always seen The Baltic states as northen-eastern Europe. I also know A LOT of Baltic people don’t agree with that statement.
Western Europe feels weird.
German Comitee sneakily fulfilling the dream of their granddads Manfred und Wolfgang by stealing a bit of France.
Holy Roman Empire + Habsburg Austria reloaded
Sorry Austria, Czechia, Germany etc… i feel closer to other countries and people who speak my language
I can travel to Bosnia or Serbia, easily communicate and still feel like I’m at home.
Spain and Portugal south but not west, lol
baltics are so awkwardly situated lol
I really wonder how they decided all of this. For me it look to have many small mistakes
Estonia and Latvia are my favourite Central European countries
So Southeastern Europe exists, but apparently Southwestern Europe is a myth lol.
Weird to see france put n a different cultural group than Spain Italy and Portugal when they share romance language, roman Background, colonial past and religion.
Also being honest is hard to understand Western Europe without them but okay.
I call massive bullshit on Poland being culturally closer to Germany than the Netherlands.
netherlands is stuck with the nerds again. what a shame kekw
I somehow feel that the Netherlands are socioculturally more akin to Northern Germany and Denmark/Sweden than to Belgium and France, but on the other hand, there is also a cultural frame of reference that we share with those latter two that is definitely there although it’s hard to describe (apart from the obvious language sharing thing with Flanders).
So the Baltic states get slapped wherever it’s convenient. Usually part of Eastern Europe, moved to be Northern some time ago, but for Germans it’s Central.
I don’t get the way the south is grouped… Is it roughly divided between the Moors and the Ottomans?
I don’t know some sources say Baltics is Northern Europe because we have a lot more similarities with them.
Since when are the Baltics considered Central Europe?
I (as a Dutch person) always considered Germany to be Western as well, at least the Western side of Germany.
„Cultural borders“ puts Slovenia and Croatia in Central Europe
Now Lithuania in maps been in all groups except Southern Europe.
… how the fuck does someone consider northeastern countries like Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia Central European
Please do not separate Luxembourg from it’s Belgian colony.
Idk dutch culture is pretty different from French culture imo
We’re closer to the Netherlands than to Spain and Italy ? What year is this, 480 AD ?
Sure. Basque country divided in two, old Navarran Kingdom divided in two, Occitania excluding its Western parts (Béarn, Gascony, Toulouse, etc.) ?
Only catalunya gets some respect in the Pyrenees area… 🤣
Well, i kinda agree. Romanian here and i think they were quite spot on by dividing the country in two
So Luxembourg has more cultural proximity to Croatia than to the Netherlands? Who knew!
Why are the Faroe Islands not in Northern Europe?
Alsace Lorraine!!! And the story continues….
Why Spain and Italy are not Southwestern Europe, but the Balkan is Southeastern?
Alsace Lorraine… hmm I see what you did Germany.
I disagree with this map, I think it is biased and I believe the definition of such regions is blurry and some probably intersect. France is very strangely cut for example, I don’t think Alsace-Moselle should be put with central Europe, same for Luxembourg for example
Makes no sense this map. You can make lots of these maps based on languages spoken, prevelent DNA, Maps of these kind often have a political or nationalistic origin. Seldom a scientific one. But I love to hear the scientific reason for creating this map!
Can we finally just get our own Northeastern category? I’m tired of being dumped in whatever is convenient for the mapmakers.
We do have our own traditional culture that’s unrelated to Germany, Russia and whatever else people come up with. And geographically that’s… not exactly central Europe as well
They forgot about the cultural divide in Switzerland. Here they call it the ‘röstgraben.’ It’s real. I feel it every time I drive from Zug to the lake Geneva area. Honestly, it’s like two different countries.
the french probably don‘t like this map
So Croatia Mitteleuropa confirmed. From now on, I’m gonna take this as set in stone. Basically, Croatia = Germany. GG
The cultural border should go through Switzerland where the « Röstigraben » is. Western Switzerland is culturally french, while the rest is closer to Germany and central Europe.
If Estonia can’t into Nordic, c’mon, it can into Northern
Central Europe literally goes *von der Maas bis an die Memel / von dem Etsch bis an den Belt* on this map.
Not sure I would cut the Basque Country in halves if aiming for cultural proximity.
I don’t understand the choice to have Croatia be Central Europe and not one of the southern europes. I’m also not so sure about Baltic countries but I’m not very familiar with them
Alsatian here. Didn’t know I was more similar to the Poles and the Latvians than the rest of my countrymen, but all right.
What nonsense.
I’d say England culturally is closer to Germany than France. We are steeped in Germanic heritage and most would consider English culture to be particularly Anglo-Saxon. I think a separate category should be drawn for England, Flanders, Germany and the Netherlands.
Lol at Baltic countries
Already saw that map before and still think it’s crap, and pretty obviously made by Germans lol. Especially to butcher France like that.
Apparently I live in Central-European part of Belarus, will my life become better now?