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    Quote Originally Posted by SwordoftheVistula View Post
    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.
    Ireland has more economic problems than Spain & Portugal, not to mention Iceland went bankrupt, and btw Germany is not northern Europe, but Central Europe.
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    I´d say that there are 5 very well defined european groups of countries.

    The Core: France, Germany, Iberia, Italy ,the British Isles and the Benelux.
    The countries that have shaped the history of europe and the world and what we consider the core of the Western Civilization.

    The Nordics: Scandinavia and their satelite nations. Who, despite being demographically smaller and having less international impact, during the last decades have developed some of the most egalitarian and succesful societies in the world. Making a smart use of their resources and a very high investment in education and research

    The Eastern Borders. Those slavic and baltic nations (with Estonia somehow in between the nordic world and the baltic and slavic) standing between Europe and the Empire. Whose societies have been shaped by the constant strugle between those two civilizations.
    Countries that were erased and redrawed from the maps , proud peoples with a rich and colourful story, although more painful and hard than the average

    Similar story with the other group of nations, the ones composing the Balcans and the southern borders , where east meets west, or, in most of the times, where europe clashes with asia.
    It is indeed one of the hottest areas of Europe in terms of climate, but also in terms of political convulsion, wars, ethnic conflicts, religion wars. Diversity, beauty and all in one. Probably the most extreme region of europe. Europe would not exist without the Balcans and their constant defend of those borders.Also some of the most important traits of european civilization were born here

    finaly the central european nations, the core of the old austrio -hungarian empire. With relative stable and prosperous nations from several origins , such as slavic, germanic and mediterranean, interlinked again after half century of cold war.

    Probably the biggest contrast in europe can be found between the Core Western countries and the Nordic countries when compared with the Eastern and Southern borders .Although essentially, the five groups live in very different contexts . Those contexts however aren´t isolated from one another. There is a constant flock between them.They affect each other. They are part of the same big thing called Europe
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    Quote Originally Posted by SwordoftheVistula View Post
    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.

    It doesnt make too much sense considering that Ireland and Iceland are more fucked up than Italy, Spain or Portugal. Both northern countries were already rescued and It-Sp-Pt not. And about Estonia, Spain or Italy have a GDP per capita twice higher than them, the economic gap is pretty big. It´s easier to grow faster when your economy is not developed yet . You can check China or Brazil and compare their growth with USA or Japan.

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    Quote Originally Posted by celtabria View Post
    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
    Hwntws!

    As for differences in Europe, one can't say that east is more different from west, than south is to north. Europe is labyrinthine.

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    Talking about economy again, I´ve forgotten to say that the differences West-East are much more important than North-South.
    For example, France is richer than Spain and Austria is richer than Italy but the gap between Germany-Poland or Finland-Estonia is way bigger. Also Spain, Portugal or Italy are richer than any northeastern country by far (Baltic countries, Ukraine... or any other ex-commie country)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Inese View Post
    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!! ^_^
    "Is there a larger divide between Western/Eastern Europe or Northern/Southern Europe?"

    Some people are blind to reality.

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    There are definetly divides in Europe.
    From a Nordic perspective we are definetly not the same as Greeks, Italians or Spaniards. They have a different mentality from us which we could call the "manana, manana and siesta"- culture. Southerners are viewed as pushy with a broader concept of morality. (Think: Italian footballplayer filming great pain and agony)
    Also there is a very significant east/west divide. Nordic peoples view Bulgarians, Romanians, Ukrainians, Russians e.t.c. as dispensable, with a lower morale and are untrustworthy partners in negotiations. (Think; organised crime and broken agreements)

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    I would have to say more on the East/West divide. But then again, how do we define in this context the northern and the southern, the eastern and the western? Every country looks at its neighbor in funny way.

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    This is great thread, I was actually thinking about the OPs question a few days ago.

    I think the most interesting aspect is discussing WHERE the lines are drawn (if they are to be drawn at all).

    As an American I feel a bit out of place offering my opinion regarding the cultural aspect (for obvious reasons) but I'd IMAGINE they'd be more difference from an East-to-West gradient (or vice-versa) due to the Soviet Era.

    From a genetic standpoint it gets even trickier due to even more overlapping, so it's hard to draw any clear cutoff line. However, from most testing results I've seen, The Alps seem to be commonly used as a geographic mark to separate Europeans into a N/S/E/W divide. This gives us four subsets: Northwest Europeans, Southwest Europeans, Northeast Europeans, and Southeast Europeans.

    Personally I find this to be the most agreeable compromise I've seen even though it splits some countries in half.

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