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Not just the Netherlands, most of Europe counts floors like this: ground, first, second, etc.
by alfiopuglisi 2y ago
Not just the Netherlands, most of Europe counts floors like this: ground, first, second, etc.
- eigenspace 2y agoSure, but not everywhere, and I was just addressing the specific example.
- diggan 2y ago> Not just the Netherlands, most of Europe counts floors like this: ground, first, second, etc. I think it wildly differs all around Europe. In Spain for example, if someone says "1st floor" it can be two or three floors above the actual ground floor, if there is a "Entresuelo" or "Principal", and you start counting after those. Actual ground floor is "bajo". On the other hand you have the "atico" (attic) which is the top level floor, unless there is a "sobre atico" ("above the attic"), so just because you live in the attic doesn't mean you live on the top floor. Then every region can have their own convention, or even difference in neighborhoods in the same city.
- keybored 2y agoThey count ground, first in the country in Europe where GP is from. In turn they generalize based on nothing to most-of-Europe. Call it the Ugly European effect. https://blog.codinghorror.com/the-ugly-american-programmer/ https://blog.codinghorror.com/the-ugly-american-programmer/
- bacheaul 2y agoand Australia...
- Tor3 2y agoI'm not sure how many countries in Europe count like that, the online information is totally unreliable. For example: https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/mvnkja/floor_numbering_schemes_per_country_original/#lightbox https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/mvnkja/floor_numbe... That map is absolutely incorrect for a bunch of countries, e.g. the Nordic ones.
- tway_GdBRwW 2y agoI've heard even some programmers like 0-based indexing. Crazy!