For me Ireland and Taiwan, how about some others

  • @zxqwas@lemmy.world
    9•13 days ago

    Most friendly: Namibia probably.

    Least friendly: UK.

    Some context: Live in Scandinavia, and been in all those countries. Other countries I’ve been to: Chile, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium (technically, walked across the border from Netherlands), Austria, South Africa, Zambia, Kazakstan.

  • @beansbeansbeans@lemmy.world
    6•13 days ago

    French Polynesia. Genuinely the kindest and most down to earth people on the planet. My husband and I had the most amazing and hospitable experience there staying in a detached room (treehouse style) with a local family. The locals are so friendly - we were given food, helped with getting a rental car (they even gave us a ride there and spoke with the guy behind the counter), told of all the best places to explore, taken to the farmer’s market, and so much more. We were treated like visiting relatives.

      • @slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.orgEnglish
        3•13 days ago

        People in the very south of France ar super nice from my experience. One thing to know about french people is that they don’t like to speak anything but french, even if they could.

        • @jenni007@lemm.ee
          3•13 days ago

          The number of people that speak English in France is rapidly increasing. On the other hand, if you do not speak the language of the country you are visiting, you shouldn’t rate it for friendliness.

  • @superkret@feddit.org
    14•13 days ago

    Finland and Chile, definitely.
    They’re also astonishingly similar.
    Chileans are like the Scandinavians of South America.

  • @some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
    10•13 days ago

    Taiwan. Clerk at the shoe store didn’t have what I wanted in my size. She went to the other shoe stores nearby searching for me without telling us. We found out when we asked why it was taking so long.

  • @Hadriscus@lemm.ee
    5•12 days ago

    I did a short stay in Sri Lanka as a young adult, it was a formidable experience. I remember a different, more considerate sort of kindness in people compared to my home town/country

  • @rustyfish@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10•13 days ago

    Definitely Scotland. They are antithesis to the English. Super friendly and welcoming. I have been around a lot in Europe never have I been struck by the German nature after I returned from Scotland.

    • @TheD00d@lemmy.world
      3•12 days ago

      Only place in the world where I was in a random pub and got called a “fucking cunt” and we are all laughing about it.

      I felt bad, I can’t hear all that well and all the cab drivers in Glasgow have wild accents and had to ask them to repeat themselves. Isla if your reading this, you were very sweet with all the recommendations but I couldn’t understand a word you were saying!

  • bitofarambler
    18•13 days ago

    Vietnam, Thailand, India, Guatemala, Taiwan is a good call.

    in Vietnam, someone literally ran out of their house while I was stopping to adjust my headphones in order to invite me to breakfast at his home.

    he had a tiny orchard in his front yard and we shared mango, dragonfruit and pancakes.

      • bitofarambler
        3•13 days ago

        the coolest.

        i was on a bike, so i guess he felt like he had to hustle.

    • @prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      4•13 days ago

      I’ve been wanting to visit Vietnam for a while now… I think it was watching Anthony Bourdain there that sold me. Looks like a beautiful nation full of amazing people

      • bitofarambler
        2•13 days ago

        The mountains are pretty magical, and every single person was extremely helpful and gracious, either in the city or way out in the tiny mountain villages

        • Drusas
          3•13 days ago

          How well can one get by as a tourist without speaking Vietnamese? Vietnam has been around the top of my list for places to visit for ages.

          • bitofarambler
            4•13 days ago

            Very well.

            I spoke nearly no Vietnamese and bikepacked across rural northern Vietnam for 3 months after buying my bicycle in Hanoi.

            People in the city can speak some English, but even if they can’t they’re so earnestly helpful that I was able to easily buy clothes, bicycle repair items, get my bicycle repaired, buy food everyday(pho lyfe) be invited to tea and then a family feast, take shelter from a rainstorm, the stories of their generosity go on.

            It’s definitely a good country to visit.

            • Drusas
              3•13 days ago

              Thank you for sharing. The language barrier is mostly the thing that has held me back. I know some vocabulary related to food, but that’s about it.

              • bitofarambler
                3•13 days ago

                absolutely, you’ll be good.

                I could barely count to ten and knew how to say pho, and still enjoyed my entire trip and made friends, so you’ll be fine.

                • Drusas
                  3•13 days ago

                  Thanks again! Glad you had such a good experience and I’m looking forward to going there myself.

  • Mearuu
    36•13 days ago

    Thailand and Vietnam have such kind and welcoming people. I am constantly impressed by the gestures I see.

    Just today me and my girlfriend were standing on the side of the road in Thailand waiting to cross. There was no crosswalk nearby but cars saw that we wanted to cross and stopped both lanes for us go. We did not signal in any way or step into the street. They just saw people in need of something that they could help with. Nobody behind them honked or became impatient.

    There are so many more examples…

    I’m American.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 English
    5•13 days ago

    I live in the US and have been to Canada, Mexico, Ireland and Germany.

    Only one of these places have I ever been randomly called a faggot from a moving vehicle while just minding my own business on more than one occasion, and it wasn’t any of the countries I don’t live in.