The thing about Europe is that it's large and diverse, you can't generalize by saying "in Europe". There are a lot of pickpockets in Paris, I've never been vic

The thing about Europe is that it's large and diverse, you can't generalize by saying "in Europe". There are a lot of pickpockets in Paris, I've never been victim of it but I've witnessed it several time. Never saw that in the 5 years I lived in Tokyo or the 3 years I lived in SF. You always get free tapwater in France (that's the law) but not in Poland. I agree in that I would recommend anyone to visit Europe - even European should visit other European countries! But it's important to remember that Europe is made of several very, very different countries.