Are Slovenes Central Europeans or Balkan?

**Twistedmind** · 05-06-2013, 04:43 AM

Originally Posted by ABest

Patronizing much? Well, I was genuinely interested in your views, because I've certainly seen many different definitions of the Balkans, culturally, geographically and ethnographically. No need to establish what is considered the Balkans where you live in such a condescending way.

None defintion of Balkans encompass term Mediteraneean. Since most of Balkans is landlocked, has harsh continental climate, have absolutley different culture than Spain and Italy, only parts of Balkans are Mediterannean, Montenegrin and Croatian coastline, Greece, and part of Albania. Also Balkan culture is nothing but lol. There is mixture of Eastern, Central and Southern European cultural influences in Religion, also some Ottoman ones.Yes Orthodox countries are influenced by Greek culture, but it is case with all Orthodox coutnries.

**rashka** · 05-06-2013, 04:50 AM

Originally Posted by ABest

Patronizing much? Well, I was genuinely interested in your views, because I've certainly seen many different definitions of the Balkans, culturally, geographically and ethnographically. No need to establish what is considered the Balkans where you live in such a condescending way.

You had asked a question and I answered it. Why would you even think of it as condescending?

**ABest** · 05-06-2013, 07:10 AM

Originally Posted by Twistedmind

None defintion of Balkans encompass term Mediteraneean. Since most of Balkans is landlocked, has harsh continental climate, have absolutley different culture than Spain and Italy, only parts of Balkans are Mediterannean, Montenegrin and Croatian coastline, Greece, and part of Albania. Also Balkan culture is nothing but lol. There is mixture of Eastern, Central and Southern European cultural influences in Religion, also some Ottoman ones.Yes Orthodox countries are influenced by Greek culture, but it is case with all Orthodox coutnries.

I never implied that the Balkans are exclusively Mediterranean. Read my post again.

Originally Posted by rashka

You had asked a question and I answered it. Why would you even think of it as condescending?

You know very well what I meant. Unless, you are the 15-year old.

**derLowe** · 05-06-2013, 07:14 AM

I put Slovenians as Central Europeans but they can be what they feel they want to be.

**Hurrem sultana** · 05-06-2013, 07:37 AM

they have a central european mentality,i always associated them rather with Austria than Balkan

**Lemon Kush** · 05-06-2013, 08:00 AM

They're Balkanites. Sure we can say they overlap with others, but so does every other Balkan ethnic group.

Peyrol · 05-06-2013, 08:14 AM

Originally Posted by Huszár

Are Slovenes Central Europeans or Balkan? Under which category do they fit better? How do Slovenes see themselves as?
(poll coming shortly)

Central europeans (like most of the croats), since unless the rest of the balkanic people, they're calm and polite people and neither attention whores or germanic-wannabee.