Is there a larger divide between Western/Eastern Europe or Northern/Southern Europe?

[Lahtari]

I don't think the ethnocultural differences between Europeans can be simplified to just a few opposites. Furthermore, you can't draw an absolute border and say "here is north and here is south", it's more like a set of gradients and only few steep borders. And every country and region is a case of it's own. The most prominent distinction today must be the ex-east-bloc/western Europe division.

Stereotypes make it easier to handle information, but they're not particularly good for understanding reality.

[Lysander]

Hm i dont know but some people here talk bad about Nordicists when users have a focus for Northern European countrys and Nordic traits in European people!! You know , there are more Southern Europeans than Northern European at Apricity and it is hard sometimes --- they come often as a group and attack the opinion. I dont like it but i dont retreat with my opinion, it is my right!! I am Northern European and the Northern countrys are more important to me than Southern countrys , to understand the logic behind it does not need a genius!! ^_^

Telling fairy tales again are we?

It's not obvious at all for Europeanists/Pan-Europeanists.

Whatever [delusions] floats your boat.

[Mesrine]

Whatever [delusions] floats your boat.

Saying "Europe is a geographical expression" is delusional? First you said the exact opposite.

*heroic music in the background*
CAPTAIN OBVIOUS! HE TELLS YOU THE OBVIOUS!

Anyway, it's always rich to hear the word "delusion" from the mouth of a so-called racial preservationist and

Politics: Fascist

[RoyBatty]

Is there are greater divide between the North and the South, or the West and the East? What splits them. By this I mean in every aspect; Culture, Genetics, Physiologically, Language, etc.

Imo there is a greater divide between Western and Eastern Europe than Northern and Southern Europe. The main differences are tribal, linguistic and cultural. The Eastern parts tend to be Slavic. The Western parts aren't.

Yes, it is an oversimplified explanation but nevertheless imo a valid one.

[Murphy]

In my opinion, there is a greater divide between Western Europe and Eastern Europe. However there is also a divide within Western Europe along religious lines which I think can be most adequately characterised as as a Northern and Southern divide.

Regards,
Eóin.

[Albion]

Hmmm... At the moment the larger divide is between East and West due to the impact of communism Vs capitalism.
North and South Europe is more a case of Germanics and friends Vs the Romance countries - a who's better than who? contest.

There are literally shit loads of differences, but that's what makes Europe so great and interesting.

Sure does.

There's simply too much to make any list. There are more than enough regional differences in tiny England alone to make a person go mad.

Yep, even little Wales (not part of England) is split between North and South with regional differences - the Northerners are called "Gogs" or something, I forget what the Southern Welsh are called, but to the English they're both the same

[Gaztelu]

The divisions in Europe exist in certain contexts. When discussing geo-politics, economics, religion, linguistics, and European history, there is a greater emphasis on the East-West division. The North-South Division is brought up in troll threads when a Nordicist proclaims that Southerners are dirty mongrels, or when a Greco-Romanist/Mediterraneanist writes about how uncivilized and backwards the Northerners were during the time of Rome.

[SwordoftheVistula]

Much more north/south than east/west.

The debate over the Eurozone economy is a prime example, with Germany, Netherlands and other northern European countries on one side (including Estonia), and Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Greece on the other. These countries extend from Portugal & Spain on the far western end of Europe to Greece on the far eastern end. The differences over economy arise from basic cultural differences.

The 'east/west divide' is an outdated relic of the cold war.

Religion roughly matches the divide, with most northern European countries being protestant, and most southern being Catholic. It's not the best determination though, as Catholic Italy is much more similar culturally to Orthodox Greece than to Catholic Bavaria.

[Breedingvariety]

The biggest difference is between Greece & Finland, so between South East & North East.

[SwordoftheVistula]

The biggest difference is between Greece & Finland, so between South East & North East.

Britain and Iberia are also quite different.