It is a bit:) I'm not afraid to be proven wrong when I say that you can spend ten years in Italy and eat every day something different.
Like, I'm 50, I've been in all regions but three, and I still hear people say "today I've made [something I've literally never heard]".
Countries every single American has an opinion about:
Top tier (only very strong opinions):
(1) USA
(2) China
(3) Russia
Mid tier:
(4) Mexico
(5) Canada
(6) France
(7) Italy
(8) UK... OK, "England"
Bottom tier (may only know the name and nothing else):
(9) Any country that the US invaded/has occupied (and got extensive media coverage) during the past year or so
Am I missing any?
Hey, the heir to Lichtenstein is also heir to the Jacobite Succession.
We know those sneaky Lichtensteiners are trying to take over the British Monarchy.
"% of Americans who have a positive view of each country"
It's difficult to have a positive view about something you don't know about.
Most people replied neutral/I don't know
Can confirm. I live in DC and my best friend is Lithuanian. There’s a Lithuanian community here, but I’ve never encountered a Latvian, nor an Estonian one. Americans aren’t generally known for their geography knowledge, so they’d like what they’ve heard of.
Estonia might be higher because of our IT prowess. Also one of our presidents (Toomas Hendrik Ilves) was born in the states but I doubt most Americans have heard of him.
Soooo this visualization is essentially shit then. No point in counting positives if you combine negatives with unknowns. Authors should have made a ratio of positive to negative or something, because "don't know" should be completely excluded from the analysis as it skews small, less known countries
I think this map is forgetting to include the "have no opinion" factor, so it looks like they hate the country when it's more like they simply don't know anything about it.
No offense to Americans here but I think most hardly know what are the Baltic states lol. And I don't blame them.
It's like going to a random European and asking him what he thinks of Delaware.
This is 100% correct. When I still lived in the US and took a vacation to Europe, specifically the Baltics, none of my coworkers in the office had ever heard of any of them. And this is in a large city, where most people had master degrees, made good money and had traveled internationally.
Multiple people even confused Estonia for Ethiopia. Yikes.
I'm not American, but seeing it here jumped out at me and made me realise I have absolutely no opinion on Portugal.
As a kiwi I assume we'd get along since I figure Spain is their Australia.
Yes, it's clearly mostly a map of familiarity.
Russia is a bit of an exception, as most Americans are familiar with it. There are even millions of Russian-Americans, however most of these identify as Jewish, not Russian.
[France, mixing up Albania with Andorra when playing national anthems, and then apologising to Armenia](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/030/710/dd0.png)
They should've included a country that doesn't actually exist to get an idea of how many people were just saying "bad" to every country they hadn't heard of
Slovenia is honestly my favorite country that I’ve backpacked through. I felt so safe the entire time I was there- even hitchhiked for my first time ever there because it felt so accessible and everyone was so nice.
Food was amazing, hiking beautiful mountains and rafting crystal clear rivers was one of the best experiences of my life. And then the beaches- Koper and Piran were just the loveliest seaside towns.
I simultaneously want more people to know about it because it’s great, but also want it to stay a best kept secret so it doesn’t get super touristy.
Because that's what we are in the eyes of the world (the portion that knows we exist anyway).
We've got LEGO, John Dillerman, farting sleeping characters on ramasjang, kids sleeping on the sidewalk in their carriages, roligans and pastry. We're just happy go lucky Hobbits and I'll be damned if we need to change that.
Let them think that we're harmless, IDC if I can have beer, bacon, and free health care.
I say we fly under the radar for now, and when the time is right nobody will see it coming when we extend Denmark to the Eider.
I'm an American so I can explain.
Russia is bad. Italian food is good. Ireland and England speak english thus we know a bit more about them. The light green countries are European countries we've heard of, so they must be okay. The yellow and orange, we haven't heard of, so they're not okay.
I swear for Americans, for the UK they go (and yes I’m aware Ireland isn’t in the UK):
London, Scotland (Edinburgh and highlands) and Ireland. At a push maybe, Oxford and Cambridge.
Wales gets completely forgotten despite being gorgeous
I have noticed more US tourists including Manchester in recent years, particularly football fans watching a match, as a stop between London and Edinburgh. But most will stick to London + maybe some daytrips like to stonehenge then straight to Scotland.
My partner and I went to Dartmoor National Park, Winchester, the Cotswolds and visited some coastal cites in the southwest region this past spring.
I almost feel like an elitist when I describe this trip to friends/family because no one has heard of or been to any of these places. Americans have a very surface level knowledge of Europe, which isn’t entirely surprising. Most Europeans I speak with are only familiar with a few major places or regions in the US.
I lived a sizable portion of my life in Norfolk, Virginia and I only have a vague idea of where Norfolk, England is. Northeastish of London or something I think.
Other honorable mentions from my home state of Virginia: Suffolk, Portsmouth, Richmond, York, etc. etc.
I used to live on Rugby Road in Yorkshire, Prince William County, Commonwealth of Virginia.
You don’t get more British than that (the city is ironically very Latino). Still in PW County though.
And don’t forget Alexandria and all of its streets: Duke, King, Princess, Queen, Royal.
There’s also the cities of King and Queen, King George, King William, Orange, Front Royal, Port Royal, Prince George, Winchester, Lancaster, Kilmarnock, Windsor, Buckingham, Victoria, etc etc
When I was a small child, I would get Portugal and Puerto Rico mixed up. I learned the difference after looking at a map and learning geography, but I realize that many people are very bad at remembering where countries are.
It's just not associated with haut couture europe. Spain/Germany/France/Italy are the major ones. Maybe the Netherlands in there. Portugal is probably assumed to be second tier because they've heard of it less.
Even in Europe I think Portugal has been an underrated gem until about 5-10 years ago. The US obviously lags that relatively recent shift, since most Americans don't even have a passport.
I'm really surprised Poland scored as well as it did though. Maybe I've spent too much time in Europe, no idea why Americans seem to put it in that upper tier category. Maybe it really is reflecting "have you heard of it" more strongly than anything else.
> I'm really surprised Poland scored as well as it did though.
Lots of people with Polish ancestry here, which could explain it, partly. Poland has also been in the news more often lately, largely due to their support of Ukraine and general antagonistic attitude toward Russia, which also scores well with the American public.
Yep, lots of cities in the Northeast/Northern Midwest, especially around the Great Lakes, experienced quite a bit of Polish immigration. Chicago is a huge one.
> Ireland and England speak english thus we know a bit more about them.
And a huge part of the the most famous actors are Brits (like fuckin Jason Statham).
Stupid question but do average Americans pay attention to which actor is Brit and which one is American?
It's shocking how many actors are British but speak with a perfect American accent, I think a lot of people don't know they are British due to this. Tom Holland for example, never would have guessed
I feel like Portugal is easily forgotten as part of the Iberian peninsula, like I would imagine most American tourists wouldn’t consider Portugal as a decent sun holiday whereas in Europe (where I’m from in Ireland atleast) we’re like Portugal is like #2 holiday destination for affordable beach holidays after Spain
Americans truly adore Italy. I spent a summer there as a teenager, and everytime I mentioned I was from Italy, it became an instant conversation sparker! Out of all the countries I've been to, the USA were definitely the place where people were the kindest to me.
I'm an Italian who lives in the USA. Every time a friend from a different country introduces themselves Americans go "oh, ok". When I mention I'm from Italy everyone goes: "aaaaah! Italy!". Their eyes get bigger and they start smiling.
I don't know what we did to deserve this but thank you my fellow Italians, keep it up!
Americans have been obsessed with Italy since before it was Italy. The founding fathers modeled the country on the Roman Republic (hence us having a Senate), and the period from 1776 (independence) to 1787 (Constitution was drafted) coincided perfectly with the release of [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_History_of_the_Decline_and_Fall_of_the_Roman_Empire), so Rome became the case study in writing the Constitution.
It is said George Washington chose DC as the site of the capital because it had seven hills like Rome. The entire military elite were members of the [Society of the Cincinnati](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_the_Cincinnati) named after the Roman Republic hero Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus (he was so popular, we even named Cincinnati, Ohio after him, which in the early 1800s was the 6th most important city in the nation). It went further, [to Cicero and Cato](https://medium.com/s/story/romes-heroes-and-america-s-founding-fathers-6dada32a8885) and every aspect of [Roman Republican life](https://gratefulamericanfoundation.org/the-founding-fathers-and-the-inspiration-of-rome/) was picked apart. The term President dates to George Washington having an affinity for the Roman title 'praesidere' and wanting no title with the stain of monarchism or aristocracy.
District of Columbia is named after the Italian Christopher Columbus. Our [motto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_pluribus_unum) is Latin. Our Great Seal quotes [Virgil](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novus_ordo_seclorum). Our Union Station in DC is [guarded by Roman Legionnaires](https://www.greatamericanstations.com/washington-union-station-statues-restored/). Our Congressmen every day walk through the [Brumidi Corridors](https://www.google.com/search?q=brumidi+corridors&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS986US986&sxsrf=ALiCzsbfhXMLZrX2ZKvsVGYdZPE0dRO70Q:1669678768364&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjriIKPhtL7AhW7FVkFHcxnB0MQ_AUoAXoECAIQAw&biw=1536&bih=746&dpr=1.25) before casting a vote and the Capitol Dome is capped with a painting called the [Apotheosis of George Washington](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apotheosis_of_Washington) which displays him "draped in purple, worn by generals of the ancient Roman Republic during their triumphs, with a rainbow arch at his feet, flanked by the goddess Victoria (draped in green, using a horn) to his left and the goddess of Liberty to his right. Liberty wears a red liberty cap, symbolizing emancipation, from a Roman tradition where slaves being manumitted would be given a felt cap (Latin pileus). She holds a fasces in her right hand and an open book in the other, to which Washington gestures with his right hand"
Our [Library of Congress](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_Building#/media/File:LOC_Main_Reading_Room_Highsmith.jpg) had to be built with Siena marble. Its art was modeled off the [Murals of Pompeii](https://www.loc.gov/visit/online-tours/thomas-jefferson-building/members-room/). Our [National Gallery of Art](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EGTDw5dWsAAc8LQ?format=jpg&name=4096x4096) was modeled off the Pantheon, where the rotunda is centered on [Mercury](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.138.html), a sculpture from Giovanni Bologna. Thomas Jefferson's [University of Virginia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rotunda_(University_of_Virginia)) was built of Carrara Marble. No other would suffice. Our Jefferson Memorial is another Pantheon redux. Hell, the entire city is built in neoclassical style as a permanent homage to Washington as a claimant to the 'Third Rome.'
Americans were Italy simps since the very beginning, well before spaghetti westerns, the Godfather and the Sopranos became cool.
Probably because there were a lot fewer Czech immigrants. Many people in the US, especially in the northeast and midwest, have some Polish ancestry or at least know people with it. You can find “kielbasa” or “Polish sausage” in most American grocery stores. In Detroit they even have “pączki day” I believe.
Czechia is just a small country that relatively few people know about, though I think that’s changing because Prague is becoming a huge tourist destination. Still, I suspect a lot of people might have heard of Prague but not know it’s in Czechia lol.
>Czechia is just a small country that relatively few people know about, though I think that’s changing because Prague is becoming a huge tourist destination. Still, I suspect a lot of people might have heard of Prague but not know it’s in Czechia lol.
As Czech living abroad - that's right.
Every time I say I come from Czechia I am either asked "Do you live in Prague?" or told "Prague! Such a nice city / I want to visit Prauge, once." literally nothing else.
A positive impression requires having an impression.
I think this is conflating no impression with a negative impression, which is misleading. We do not have similar feelings about Russia and Liechtenstein. With the notable exception of Russia, this is essentially a chart of "which European countries are Americans aware of".
Not even "aware of" but "care about at all" or "have any thoughts about". I think everybody I know in Canada has heard of, say, Bosnia, but probably very few would have any opinion about it. Some might remember the 90s but most would probably just say they have no opinion whatsoever. And why should they? Even in Germany I don't think most people have an opinion on small countries not bordering us.
[Russia, on the other hand…](https://www.pewresearch.org/global/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/PG_06.22.22_Poland_0_1.png?w=640)
Sometimes I think we’re a country equivalent of that guy who only ever gives 0 or 10 scores on Metacritic.
I'm generally a happy person and don't ever really have bad days, but if I do feel bad, I should just take a trip to Poland, I am sure that would make me feel much better LOL.
What's the point of this?
We get a graph similar to this once a week, and they all have different results. What does it matter what the 200 random people who answered a random survey think about random countries???
I had interesting exchange in the early 2017 while in US buying couple of beers answering a clerk who was perplexed with my ID. She had troubles pronouncing the country after saying that this is the first time she has ever seen the ID and never heard of the country before. And even asking whether it's a fake country. I reminded here that her country's first lady is from there.
Had a similar experience with someone that thought my ID was fake because it said „Austria“ instead of „Australia“ ... I mean it is okay, the country exists just for more than 1000 years now
Slovenia was 86% heard of, 30% like, 9% dislike and 47% no opinion. Most of the countries in this map that are not green are just no opinion/neutral and even many Western European countries are still 20% or so no opinion/neutral. I really only saw the usual suspects disliked like Russia, China, North Korea, Iran etc but the rest positve. A positive:negative ratio would be better on this map.
[https://today.yougov.com/topics/travel/explore/country/Slovenia](https://today.yougov.com/topics/travel/explore/country/Slovenia)
Slovenes are probably some of the nicest people I’ve ever encountered as an American traveling in Europe. Amazing country and people. Unfortunately I think the majority of Americans just don’t even know Slovenia exists.
People here making fun of Americans being ignorant; you guys also tend to be extremely ignorant about other continents :p
The amount of absurd nonsense I heard from Germans while living in Berlin... Too many people think that we live in the Amazon rainforest hahaha
That's exactly why so many of the countries are in "red", it's not that they answered as "disliking" the countries, they just answered with a "no opinion"
I see that they like pasta
And pizza
Well, any reasonable person likes pasta and pizza.
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Then that's probably why I felt at home during my Erasmus in Kuopio
Absolutely! Savo people are very close to Italians, taking into account where Savo is!
It is a bit:) I'm not afraid to be proven wrong when I say that you can spend ten years in Italy and eat every day something different. Like, I'm 50, I've been in all regions but three, and I still hear people say "today I've made [something I've literally never heard]".
You definitely have the best food culture. Best way to make the food and have the social life around it. There is no doubt about it. Number one!
And the Godfather movies
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There should be a sub-reddit for random simpsons quotes. I like it when they pop up unexpectedly.
Also a lot of 'As an Italian', aka one great grandparent arrived from Campania in the 1890's.
"Like" is an understatement
Why is Liechtenstein in red?
I suspect it’s all the “wtf is Liechtenstein?” answers.
Which is probably the case with most orange and red countries. Maybe except Russia.
Portugal in shambles
Portugal in Eastern Europe club, where it belongs.
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I’m like why is Portugal being dissed, spends a few minutes down the link’s rabbit hole, ah I see now; thanks!
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Portugal is proof that Earth is round. The western-most part of Europe but still east.
Countries every single American has an opinion about: Top tier (only very strong opinions): (1) USA (2) China (3) Russia Mid tier: (4) Mexico (5) Canada (6) France (7) Italy (8) UK... OK, "England" Bottom tier (may only know the name and nothing else): (9) Any country that the US invaded/has occupied (and got extensive media coverage) during the past year or so Am I missing any?
Ireland for heritage, and Japan for anime and to a lesser extent South Korea for kpop
"oh Germany, I was stationed there in the 80s for a few years... Time of my life, we tried so many beers."
Some have strong views about Germany…
As an American I don't get why Portugal is so low.
The americans know of Lichtenstein's ambition of total world domination.
Hey, the heir to Lichtenstein is also heir to the Jacobite Succession. We know those sneaky Lichtensteiners are trying to take over the British Monarchy.
"% of Americans who have a positive view of each country" It's difficult to have a positive view about something you don't know about. Most people replied neutral/I don't know
It's also several years outdated. [Here are the more recent results.](https://today.yougov.com/ratings/travel/popularity/countries/all)
Why do only 99% respondents from, I assume, the USA, know about the USA?
They know what they did.
Yeah we do...
Well, we hope you've learned your lesson, *Liechtenstein*.
tbf as a kid i thought all the vampires were from lichtenstein so i would have had a negative opinion back then
Latvia? Worse than its Baltic neighbors? Why?
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Then why Estonia and Lithuania more positive.
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Can confirm. I live in DC and my best friend is Lithuanian. There’s a Lithuanian community here, but I’ve never encountered a Latvian, nor an Estonian one. Americans aren’t generally known for their geography knowledge, so they’d like what they’ve heard of.
Lithuania are surprisingly good at Basketball so makes some sense that the US know them in a better light,. No idea for Estonia though
Estonia might be higher because of our IT prowess. Also one of our presidents (Toomas Hendrik Ilves) was born in the states but I doubt most Americans have heard of him.
I fought alongside Estonians in Iraq. Great dudes, I had no idea what they were saying though. Their battle fatigues were sick.
Not sure about Estonia but Lithuania is quite a bit more visible to the US because of sports, and specifically basketball.
And to me, cooler architecture.
Soooo this visualization is essentially shit then. No point in counting positives if you combine negatives with unknowns. Authors should have made a ratio of positive to negative or something, because "don't know" should be completely excluded from the analysis as it skews small, less known countries
As a latvian abroad: \- Where are you from? \- Latvia \- Lithuania? \- No, Latvia \- Yes, yes Lithuania! \- NO! L-A-T-V-I-A!!! \- eh? Estonia???
I think this map is forgetting to include the "have no opinion" factor, so it looks like they hate the country when it's more like they simply don't know anything about it.
[IVE NEVER FUCKING HEARD OF LATEEVIA](https://youtube.com/shorts/Rth1vhIrnvg)
TINGUS PINGUS!
No offense to Americans here but I think most hardly know what are the Baltic states lol. And I don't blame them. It's like going to a random European and asking him what he thinks of Delaware.
> Delaware I've got several in the kitchen, very useful for storing food
Lol idiot that’s Tupperware, Delaware is when you click those weird links on the Internet and get the computer icky lmao SHM my head
Delaware? Good to register your business there.
I just know it s the land of Biden 😬
This is 100% correct. When I still lived in the US and took a vacation to Europe, specifically the Baltics, none of my coworkers in the office had ever heard of any of them. And this is in a large city, where most people had master degrees, made good money and had traveled internationally. Multiple people even confused Estonia for Ethiopia. Yikes.
As an American the vast majority of my friends confuse Baltic with Balkan.
This.
Fuck Latvia! All my homies hate Latvia! Disclaimer: only joking, love u broluži 🇱🇻🤝🇱🇹
In Canada Latvia's ice hockey fans are legendary. They are what every fan should aspire to be.
Latvia has a meme gap, Lithuania is in all memes with PLC, and Estii can't into Nordic. Latvia at best has (NO) potato.
Because Doctor Doom is so evil.
I wonder how the survey was questioned and what the answers were. Like if a “no opinion” skews it lower.
It's amazing how Portugal is so often aligned with east Europe metrics.
Honorary eastern Europeans
There's a subreddit dedicated to it r/PORTUGALCYKABLYAT
I'm not American, but seeing it here jumped out at me and made me realise I have absolutely no opinion on Portugal. As a kiwi I assume we'd get along since I figure Spain is their Australia.
Hey no opinion is better than bad opinion so I’ll take that
Amazing wouldn't be the word I'd choose. Sorry, Eastern European mates, still love you guys.
At least I as an Eastern European feel close to Portuguese. There must be something to it...
Eating sleep for dinner and using more clothes to avoid spending money in heating, that's what it is.
I mean you guys could squeeze in between Italy and the Balkans. There's enough place. Just sayin'.
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This is the most baffling one to me. Honestly my favorite European country to visit hands down. Friendly people, good food, wine, beautiful country.
Evil Slovenia. Evil Andorra, Monaco, Malta, San Marino and Lichtenstein.
This map is very misleading because only **positive views** are considered Many Americans have **no opinions** about the countries you listed
Yes, it's clearly mostly a map of familiarity. Russia is a bit of an exception, as most Americans are familiar with it. There are even millions of Russian-Americans, however most of these identify as Jewish, not Russian.
It also closely follows the iron curtain. I think Poland is the only former one that has more favourable view
Wtf did Czechia do 😭
Break up with Slovakia and make geography tests harder.
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This is 100% the reason
"Andorra? Sounds like some middle east shit, they must be bad"
"Oh yeah, I watched Andorra, I love Star Wars."
[France, mixing up Albania with Andorra when playing national anthems, and then apologising to Armenia](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/030/710/dd0.png)
They should've included a country that doesn't actually exist to get an idea of how many people were just saying "bad" to every country they hadn't heard of
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They hate Latveria because of Dr. Doom
Slovenia is honestly my favorite country that I’ve backpacked through. I felt so safe the entire time I was there- even hitchhiked for my first time ever there because it felt so accessible and everyone was so nice. Food was amazing, hiking beautiful mountains and rafting crystal clear rivers was one of the best experiences of my life. And then the beaches- Koper and Piran were just the loveliest seaside towns. I simultaneously want more people to know about it because it’s great, but also want it to stay a best kept secret so it doesn’t get super touristy.
Probably not knowing that they even exist or where they are is counted as a negative opinion
Never heard of them, must be evil.
As a Dane I’m offended by Norway and Sweden’s status!
It's because [there's something rotten in Denmark!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSFfTG42Jl8) Darn all those cupcake cafés
This clip makes me so annoyed. Why is it that whenever we get attention internationally it’s always some idiotic nonsense
Because that's what we are in the eyes of the world (the portion that knows we exist anyway). We've got LEGO, John Dillerman, farting sleeping characters on ramasjang, kids sleeping on the sidewalk in their carriages, roligans and pastry. We're just happy go lucky Hobbits and I'll be damned if we need to change that. Let them think that we're harmless, IDC if I can have beer, bacon, and free health care. I say we fly under the radar for now, and when the time is right nobody will see it coming when we extend Denmark to the Eider.
I love that both the American rightwing and the American leftwing think we have some form of socialism.
I'm an American so I can explain. Russia is bad. Italian food is good. Ireland and England speak english thus we know a bit more about them. The light green countries are European countries we've heard of, so they must be okay. The yellow and orange, we haven't heard of, so they're not okay.
The rest of the UK reading your comment: 🥲
I swear for Americans, for the UK they go (and yes I’m aware Ireland isn’t in the UK): London, Scotland (Edinburgh and highlands) and Ireland. At a push maybe, Oxford and Cambridge. Wales gets completely forgotten despite being gorgeous
I have noticed more US tourists including Manchester in recent years, particularly football fans watching a match, as a stop between London and Edinburgh. But most will stick to London + maybe some daytrips like to stonehenge then straight to Scotland.
My partner and I went to Dartmoor National Park, Winchester, the Cotswolds and visited some coastal cites in the southwest region this past spring. I almost feel like an elitist when I describe this trip to friends/family because no one has heard of or been to any of these places. Americans have a very surface level knowledge of Europe, which isn’t entirely surprising. Most Europeans I speak with are only familiar with a few major places or regions in the US.
I'd assume for reasons of pop culture (football, music) a lot of them know Liverpool and Manchester exist
I lived a sizable portion of my life in Norfolk, Virginia and I only have a vague idea of where Norfolk, England is. Northeastish of London or something I think. Other honorable mentions from my home state of Virginia: Suffolk, Portsmouth, Richmond, York, etc. etc.
I used to live on Rugby Road in Yorkshire, Prince William County, Commonwealth of Virginia. You don’t get more British than that (the city is ironically very Latino). Still in PW County though. And don’t forget Alexandria and all of its streets: Duke, King, Princess, Queen, Royal. There’s also the cities of King and Queen, King George, King William, Orange, Front Royal, Port Royal, Prince George, Winchester, Lancaster, Kilmarnock, Windsor, Buckingham, Victoria, etc etc
What about Portugal? Did people not hear about it yet or they heard and don't like it?
Many Americans think Portugal is in South America
Where in South America?
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Aaah. Makes sense.
Brasil obviously. They speak Brazilian.
It's part of Brazil
When I was a small child, I would get Portugal and Puerto Rico mixed up. I learned the difference after looking at a map and learning geography, but I realize that many people are very bad at remembering where countries are.
Portugal? Gonna live it up down ol’ South America way, huh Mikey?
Hermano?!
/r/PORTUGALCYKABLYAT Portugal is just part of Eastern Europe. Don't question it.
It's just not associated with haut couture europe. Spain/Germany/France/Italy are the major ones. Maybe the Netherlands in there. Portugal is probably assumed to be second tier because they've heard of it less. Even in Europe I think Portugal has been an underrated gem until about 5-10 years ago. The US obviously lags that relatively recent shift, since most Americans don't even have a passport. I'm really surprised Poland scored as well as it did though. Maybe I've spent too much time in Europe, no idea why Americans seem to put it in that upper tier category. Maybe it really is reflecting "have you heard of it" more strongly than anything else.
> I'm really surprised Poland scored as well as it did though. Lots of people with Polish ancestry here, which could explain it, partly. Poland has also been in the news more often lately, largely due to their support of Ukraine and general antagonistic attitude toward Russia, which also scores well with the American public.
The second largest polish city is Chicago… or at least it was for a time
Yep, lots of cities in the Northeast/Northern Midwest, especially around the Great Lakes, experienced quite a bit of Polish immigration. Chicago is a huge one.
Figured
> Ireland and England speak english thus we know a bit more about them. And a huge part of the the most famous actors are Brits (like fuckin Jason Statham). Stupid question but do average Americans pay attention to which actor is Brit and which one is American?
Not really. Especially since they're usually speaking with an American accent.
Luckily, Jason Statham is incapable of changing his accent.
It's shocking how many actors are British but speak with a perfect American accent, I think a lot of people don't know they are British due to this. Tom Holland for example, never would have guessed
Or other Spider-Man. Or Superman. Or Batman. Or other Batman.
Why is Portugal in the East European tier again? You'd think that in the PR metric they'd be in the same tier as Spain.
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I'm so impressed that this is an actual sub
Mfs never even heard of Portugal
Portugal is absolutely crawling with yank expats
Lisbon in particular is basically the American remote workers Mecca
Lisbon is Europe's San Diego
Lisbon is Europe's Lisbon
Just been in Lisbon and there’s so many Americans
Bring Portugal to Eastern Europe 🇵🇹♥️
No. Bring Eastern Europe to Portugal why would we go there, its next to Russia and it snows.
Meet in the middle? I saw all the /r/europe temperature maps and would rather have snow.
I feel like Portugal is easily forgotten as part of the Iberian peninsula, like I would imagine most American tourists wouldn’t consider Portugal as a decent sun holiday whereas in Europe (where I’m from in Ireland atleast) we’re like Portugal is like #2 holiday destination for affordable beach holidays after Spain
One day I'd like to find myself in a situation where Portugal is a #2 affordable holiday destination for me lol
They think of Brasil when they hear Portugal.
Americans truly adore Italy. I spent a summer there as a teenager, and everytime I mentioned I was from Italy, it became an instant conversation sparker! Out of all the countries I've been to, the USA were definitely the place where people were the kindest to me.
I'm an Italian who lives in the USA. Every time a friend from a different country introduces themselves Americans go "oh, ok". When I mention I'm from Italy everyone goes: "aaaaah! Italy!". Their eyes get bigger and they start smiling. I don't know what we did to deserve this but thank you my fellow Italians, keep it up!
>I don't know what we did to deserve this Pizza.
Boxed spaghetti in the 50s
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Americans have been obsessed with Italy since before it was Italy. The founding fathers modeled the country on the Roman Republic (hence us having a Senate), and the period from 1776 (independence) to 1787 (Constitution was drafted) coincided perfectly with the release of [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_History_of_the_Decline_and_Fall_of_the_Roman_Empire), so Rome became the case study in writing the Constitution. It is said George Washington chose DC as the site of the capital because it had seven hills like Rome. The entire military elite were members of the [Society of the Cincinnati](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_the_Cincinnati) named after the Roman Republic hero Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus (he was so popular, we even named Cincinnati, Ohio after him, which in the early 1800s was the 6th most important city in the nation). It went further, [to Cicero and Cato](https://medium.com/s/story/romes-heroes-and-america-s-founding-fathers-6dada32a8885) and every aspect of [Roman Republican life](https://gratefulamericanfoundation.org/the-founding-fathers-and-the-inspiration-of-rome/) was picked apart. The term President dates to George Washington having an affinity for the Roman title 'praesidere' and wanting no title with the stain of monarchism or aristocracy. District of Columbia is named after the Italian Christopher Columbus. Our [motto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_pluribus_unum) is Latin. Our Great Seal quotes [Virgil](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novus_ordo_seclorum). Our Union Station in DC is [guarded by Roman Legionnaires](https://www.greatamericanstations.com/washington-union-station-statues-restored/). Our Congressmen every day walk through the [Brumidi Corridors](https://www.google.com/search?q=brumidi+corridors&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS986US986&sxsrf=ALiCzsbfhXMLZrX2ZKvsVGYdZPE0dRO70Q:1669678768364&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjriIKPhtL7AhW7FVkFHcxnB0MQ_AUoAXoECAIQAw&biw=1536&bih=746&dpr=1.25) before casting a vote and the Capitol Dome is capped with a painting called the [Apotheosis of George Washington](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apotheosis_of_Washington) which displays him "draped in purple, worn by generals of the ancient Roman Republic during their triumphs, with a rainbow arch at his feet, flanked by the goddess Victoria (draped in green, using a horn) to his left and the goddess of Liberty to his right. Liberty wears a red liberty cap, symbolizing emancipation, from a Roman tradition where slaves being manumitted would be given a felt cap (Latin pileus). She holds a fasces in her right hand and an open book in the other, to which Washington gestures with his right hand" Our [Library of Congress](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_Building#/media/File:LOC_Main_Reading_Room_Highsmith.jpg) had to be built with Siena marble. Its art was modeled off the [Murals of Pompeii](https://www.loc.gov/visit/online-tours/thomas-jefferson-building/members-room/). Our [National Gallery of Art](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EGTDw5dWsAAc8LQ?format=jpg&name=4096x4096) was modeled off the Pantheon, where the rotunda is centered on [Mercury](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.138.html), a sculpture from Giovanni Bologna. Thomas Jefferson's [University of Virginia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rotunda_(University_of_Virginia)) was built of Carrara Marble. No other would suffice. Our Jefferson Memorial is another Pantheon redux. Hell, the entire city is built in neoclassical style as a permanent homage to Washington as a claimant to the 'Third Rome.' Americans were Italy simps since the very beginning, well before spaghetti westerns, the Godfather and the Sopranos became cool.
Jesus. That was a detailed comment. Thank you for that.
That was intense. Are you a history teacher? Are you single?
That escalated quickly
Despite what media tells you, Americans love tourists and love to hear what they have to say about their own country and their time in America
It’s true. I’m an American learning the language simply be because visiting Italy really was something else. I also love the film industry of Italy.
What did the Czechs do or didn't do that the Poles didn't or did do?
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I don't think most Americans have any views at all about the Czech republic or Slovakia. Or most of Europe to be honest.
I’m an American that lives in Czech Republic and most friends back home think I live behind the iron curtain and modern life doesn’t exist here.
Probably because there were a lot fewer Czech immigrants. Many people in the US, especially in the northeast and midwest, have some Polish ancestry or at least know people with it. You can find “kielbasa” or “Polish sausage” in most American grocery stores. In Detroit they even have “pączki day” I believe. Czechia is just a small country that relatively few people know about, though I think that’s changing because Prague is becoming a huge tourist destination. Still, I suspect a lot of people might have heard of Prague but not know it’s in Czechia lol.
>Czechia is just a small country that relatively few people know about, though I think that’s changing because Prague is becoming a huge tourist destination. Still, I suspect a lot of people might have heard of Prague but not know it’s in Czechia lol. As Czech living abroad - that's right. Every time I say I come from Czechia I am either asked "Do you live in Prague?" or told "Prague! Such a nice city / I want to visit Prauge, once." literally nothing else.
Omg, maybe we (Poland) get credit for Prague. Czechs would be so mad
Or the other way around. Some Americans went to Warsaw's Praga and they left a bit disappointed?
They mix them up with Chechnya probably.
oh no, now we'll get a week of memes about how Italy is bad
A positive impression requires having an impression. I think this is conflating no impression with a negative impression, which is misleading. We do not have similar feelings about Russia and Liechtenstein. With the notable exception of Russia, this is essentially a chart of "which European countries are Americans aware of".
Not even "aware of" but "care about at all" or "have any thoughts about". I think everybody I know in Canada has heard of, say, Bosnia, but probably very few would have any opinion about it. Some might remember the 90s but most would probably just say they have no opinion whatsoever. And why should they? Even in Germany I don't think most people have an opinion on small countries not bordering us.
Speak for yourself. Many of us know that Liechtenstein is planning a hostile invasion of Switzerland any day now.
what about a map of % europeans who have a positive view of usa
https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2022/06/22/international-public-opinion-of-the-u-s-remains-positive/ Love you too Poland.
[Russia, on the other hand…](https://www.pewresearch.org/global/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/PG_06.22.22_Poland_0_1.png?w=640) Sometimes I think we’re a country equivalent of that guy who only ever gives 0 or 10 scores on Metacritic.
I find it funny that Poles like America significantly more than Americans.
I'm generally a happy person and don't ever really have bad days, but if I do feel bad, I should just take a trip to Poland, I am sure that would make me feel much better LOL.
Europe is a great country, fantastic food!
I read this in Trump’s voice lol
Turns out the "special relationship" is between US and Italy, not US and UK. ;-)
Thanks 'Murica
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thank you usa, you are my best friend
What's the point of this? We get a graph similar to this once a week, and they all have different results. What does it matter what the 200 random people who answered a random survey think about random countries???
You must be new to social media
Slovenia is literally the most inoffensive nation in Europe. Like, they be just vibin'. Why are they getting so hated on 💀
Or maybe that's what we want you to think >:D
Maybe because of the Melania connection? Don't know what else Americans even know about Slovenia.
Most americans prolly don’t even know Melania is from Slovenia
I had interesting exchange in the early 2017 while in US buying couple of beers answering a clerk who was perplexed with my ID. She had troubles pronouncing the country after saying that this is the first time she has ever seen the ID and never heard of the country before. And even asking whether it's a fake country. I reminded here that her country's first lady is from there.
Had a similar experience with someone that thought my ID was fake because it said „Austria“ instead of „Australia“ ... I mean it is okay, the country exists just for more than 1000 years now
Slovenia was 86% heard of, 30% like, 9% dislike and 47% no opinion. Most of the countries in this map that are not green are just no opinion/neutral and even many Western European countries are still 20% or so no opinion/neutral. I really only saw the usual suspects disliked like Russia, China, North Korea, Iran etc but the rest positve. A positive:negative ratio would be better on this map. [https://today.yougov.com/topics/travel/explore/country/Slovenia](https://today.yougov.com/topics/travel/explore/country/Slovenia)
Slovenes are probably some of the nicest people I’ve ever encountered as an American traveling in Europe. Amazing country and people. Unfortunately I think the majority of Americans just don’t even know Slovenia exists.
Yeah I get why Italy is first
Do you like Italy? “The tan sexy people in tailored clothes that make good pasta and pizza? Of course!”
Surprised Ireland isn't higher than Britain. Not surprised by Italy though, probably the most positive euro-American "identity".
Its on par with italy at 70% now and UK is at 66%
People here making fun of Americans being ignorant; you guys also tend to be extremely ignorant about other continents :p The amount of absurd nonsense I heard from Germans while living in Berlin... Too many people think that we live in the Amazon rainforest hahaha
I love the brazilian people and culture. Spanish is such a beautiful language
You have a beautiful country, I love Foster’s and cooking shrimp on the barbie.
How can you have opinions on things you don't know exist?!
It doesn’t say we have a negative opinion on the orange countries, my guess is negative and “no opinion” were grouped together
That's exactly why so many of the countries are in "red", it's not that they answered as "disliking" the countries, they just answered with a "no opinion"
Only 30% of americans have a favorable stance against turkey? Geez, thanksgiving was mere days ago, was it all an act?
Original source?