Precent of Europeans that have never been outside of their country or the EU

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  1. Pretty accurate, with money I would have been more than happy to travel anywhere. A teenager from Denmark traveled much more than me with double the age.

  2. Ik this poll is about EU, but visiting a country outside of europe is something i havent done but i really want to do…preferably the united states for a vacation

  3. i doubt the numbers for Romania. 30% of Romanians are already living abroad and they a least travelled their parents to visit their new home 🙂

  4. I’m Italian and I’ve technically been outside the EU when I’ve been to San Pietro Square in Rome (or, more precisely, Vatican City). Does this count?

  5. I never left the EU as well but visited many different countries within (I am a german / spanish product).

    But to be honest, the EU has so much to offer – landscape, culture, people, food…

    I don’t feel bad about never traveling to another continent so far 😃

  6. As the old Swedish adage goes: Swedes don’t travel to something, they travel away from something.

  7. Portuguese here. I only started travelling once I left Portugal to live and work abroad.

    In Portugal it’s almost impossible to have the opportunity to travel.

  8. Inb4 people living near Andorra/Monaco/Lichtenstein/SanMarino/Vatican proudly claim they went out of the EU.

  9. I’m guessing Norway count as outside the EU? In which case the numbers in Scandinavia and Sweden in particular aren’t that surprising

    I have accidentally entered Norway before while driving in Sweden

  10. I don’t know of anyone that hasn’t visited another continent and that’s not just young people but really old people aswell. Travelling to the Americas or Southeast Asia is just something I expect every Swede has done at least once in their life.

  11. I mean, I have seen a lot of europe, but outside of it its either very expensive, way too touristy and needs a lot more time and planing

  12. I was wondering how so many swedes have been outside the EU when the furthest people to have been to Greece or Spain then i realised that Norway is not in the EU

  13. I’d assume most Danes and Swedes has been to Norway at some point in their life, which counts in the statistics. Myself included.

    Or at least I hope they have, it’s a stunning country to visit.

  14. Well, traveling out of your country is really damn expensive, Schengen countries are accessible but any further is an economic drain if you don’t have good funds.

  15. Visited another EU country when I was 9 in 1977 (Spain)
    Visited the first non EU Country when I was 21 in 1990 ( Indonesia)
    First time in Oceania (1991 Australia)
    First time North America (1992 US virgin Islands)
    First time Central america (1993 Costa Rica)
    First time South America (1996 Peru)
    First time Africa (1995 Botswana)
    First time South East Asia (1994 Vietnam)

    ..hopefully, I can go to Japan this year (not holding my breath)

  16. What Luxembourg resident hasn’t been to another EU country? Just turn left instead of right at the end of your street

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