> Where do you live? The Netherlands > When I was still living in the city we could talk outside at a slightly raised voice when walking or biking. True for

> Where do you live? The Netherlands > When I was still living in the city we could talk outside at a slightly raised voice when walking or biking. True for most parts of the city I live in too, but that's mostly because in most parts of the city there's either no cars or very slow cars or only one car within hearing distance at a time. As soon as you're walking along a busy road where the speed limit is 50km/h it starts getting loud. It's quite possible there's some cultural influence here too. Dutch people don't tend to speak especially loudly when compared to e.g. Americans.