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

[Albion]

Personally I feel West and East Europeans have more in common with each other than either do with Mediterraneans. I mean, their histories and cultures are far more interlinked, in certain cases their territories and borders have changed hands with each other so much, and their people have intermarried often.

Maybe between German speakers and Eastern Euros, but other Western Euros have certainly had stronger relations with Med peoples than with Eastern Euros.

[CaralloCoCan]

Culturally: West-East (By far far far)... In physical appeareance: North-South...

[riverman]

Culturally: West-East (By far far far)... In physical appeareance: North-South...

Afaik culture its north/south man, huge difference. Italy south and s.east Europe is totally diff from north. the 'slavs' are totally different from south to east

[WOOHP]

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)

This post is just spot on.

[riverman]

'nordic' countries is going unnecessarily north imo, i'd divide north/south from the top of Italy south, you just draw a line, otherwise it gets innacurate, unrealistic because the Germanic peoples have a lot in common with centrals and easterns as albion said

[Peyrol]

There isn't neither a common ''southern european culture''.

Even among romance peopl there are at least 5-6 divisions: ibero-romance (Portugal, Spain), gallo-romance (Catalunya, France, Wallonia, North-west Italy), rhaeto-romanic (northeast Italy, Switzerland), italic (italian peninsul down the La Spezia-Rimini line), insular (Corsican, Sardinian), eastern romance (Romania, Moldova).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Spez...%93Rimini_Line

[WOOHP]

There isn't neither a common ''southern european culture''.

Even among romance peopl there are at least 5-6 divisions: ibero-romance (Portugal, Spain), gallo-romance (Catalunya, France, Wallonia, North-west Italy), rhaeto-romanic (northeast Italy, Switzerland), italic (italian peninsul down the La Spezia-Rimini line), insular (Corsican, Sardinian), eastern romance (Romania, Moldova).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Spez...%93Rimini_Line

Language groups dont equal culture. I can't see how Wallonians or French can be closer to Catalonia or to North Italy than to Flemish Belgium. Nortwest Italy culturally closer to Wallonia than to Norteast Italy? Really?

[Peyrol]

Language groups dont equal culture. I can't see how Wallonians or French can be closer to Catalonia or to North Italy than to Flemish Belgium. Nortwest Italy culturally closer to Wallonia than to Norteast Italy? Really?

I'm talking about ethnolginuistical group, not about ''culture''. There isn't a common galloromance culture in the same way there isn't a common ''germanic'' culture, simply.

That's why paninclusive terms like ''Southern Europe'' or ''Eastern Europe'' are senseless, except for geography.

[Ivan Kramskoï]

East-West.
Look at the countries where gay marriage is allowed !!!

[riverman]

That's why paninclusive terms like ''Southern Europe'' or ''Eastern Europe'' are senseless, except for geography.

De

Pretty much. example being germanics next to say Poland, totally different