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I thought "central Europe" was mostly a label used in some post-communistic countries to feel less Eastern. This "central Europe" thing is very funny indeed. I
by tasuki 10y ago
I thought "central Europe" was mostly a label used in some post-communistic countries to feel less Eastern.
This "central Europe" thing is very funny indeed. I've lived in the Netherlands - they think of themselves as "Western Europe". In the UK everyone knows Europe is split into West and East by the Iron curtain.
For me as a Czech, Eastern Europe is everything East of Slovakia - Ukraine, Romania, Belarus. But try asking a Romanian - they'll tell you Romania is Central Europe! When you ask them what is Eastern Europe then, you'll learn it's Ukraine and Russia.
- oblio 10y agoThe thing is, Europe is has a lot of countries. Except for the Eastern part, where Russia covers 1/3 of the continent. Geographically it would make sense to consider Romania as a part of Central Europe, however culturally or geopolitically few Romanians would disagree that Romania is part of Eastern Europe. Even our manuals say that Romania is part of South-Eastern Europe ;)
- erikb 10y agoAh and in my circles Russia, despite maybe even publicly being considered European (is it?) is considered Asian. There even the political distinctions are completely ignored it seems.
- erikb 10y agoHehe, I'm quite sure though, that none of my Shanghai friends would consider themselves Central European, at least.