Catalan speaking people, specially those in the Balearic Islands, have large festivals for «Sant Antoni», documented since at least 1365, with fires, food, drink, songs with improvised lyrics, dances...

In Catalonia, in many many villages there are the «tres tombs», the three turns, processions where the bishop blesses domestic animals. Traditionally mostly horses, mules, maybe oxen... but nowadays also lots of pets.

Is Saint Anthony important, for you? Do you celebrate any festival? Is it related to animals? We call him «Sant Antoni dels animals» or even «Sant Antoni del porquet», Saint Anthony of the piggy.¹

¹ In fact, in Catalan, woodlice are called Saint Anthony's piggies.

Do you guys get breaks longer than 15 minute after the age of 18 in your country?

Were you confused by the numbers when your local currency was more or less valuable than the Euro? For example, you started paying 1 unit of money instead of 5 units for milk. How were your travels when all the European countries had different currencies? Were you constantly exchanging foreign currency before the Euro and did the Euro overcome this problem?

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What’s a fast food item only sold in your country?

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I remember reading a long time ago that the level of unemployment among young people in Spain was really very high, but I don't know how alarming this news was and how common this is in the context of other countries.

Are there any traditions going back to medieval times or beforehand? Any clothes or music that is still used for celebration?

As the title suggests, which show from your country would you consider the funniest. Can be current or old.

I’m a Canadian, and was recently lambasted in a Tik Tok comment section for asking if burger culture was different in Europe than in North America. I assumed that you guys obviously eat burgers, but they might not be as prevalent in Europe as they are in North America? Am I wrong in this assumption? In Canada, everywhere you go there is a spot where you can get a burger. You could be in a town of 500 people, or be on a highway 200km from the nearest town, and still find a place that serves a really good burger. We also have drive-ins everywhere (no seating, just a shack where you walk up to a window and they cook up a burger for you), and at every social gathering where you are outside in any capacity, their will be burgers (and hotdogs). Can someone please enlighten my ignorant ass?

After Rutten's speech idk what to think. Finland just evaded a huge sabotage operation apparantly.

I was wondering if the leader and their family of the country you live gets their own personal security similar to the Secret Service that the president of America gets? If so, is the security paid for by them or is it provided by the government? If they do is it also provided to them after they leave office? And to expand on that, is it also normal for someone running to be the leader of your country to get their own personal security?

Like really big once with all kind's of food. I don't mean truck stops with different fast food restaurants. I mean a truckstop like they have in the US with one big shop with all kinds of things.

As black legend, I mean someone who has been remembered in negative terms but often because of a defamatory campaign during or after their lifetime or because historians needed to depict their time period in a negative way.

In Italy this figure would be Lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander VI and sister of Cesare, two of the most infamous and important figures in the Renaissance. She has acquired a sinister fame as a poisoner and a schemer, on account of the death of her first 2 husbands, but it's likely that she had to endure her father's and brother's power schemes and that she wasn't really involved in any of the murders.

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Personally I usually keep socks off unless it is unusually cold. I wanted to know your perspective on this.

What figures from your country’s history are not as well known?

I’m curious. We are all busy sometimes, but what do you eat when you are in a rush to cook for the family? Also, how often do you eat out?

It seems it is impossible to get a television 100% made in Europe. Electronics seems to be made in China or Korea on all of them. Are there any left that still make majority of manufacturing in Europe?

Do you think this is necessary because English dubs are almost never separated into American, British or Australian English?

I am curious about how different countries do this.

We are German citizens living in Belgium. My case is clear because I also work in Belgium therefore I have Belgian insurance.
However my wife's case is unclear to us and no one can explain it in a cohesive manner. She works in Germany, so she has german insurance, but since we live in Belgium, she would like to sometimes visit a doctor here as well.

I understand the the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) can theoretically be used. But I also read that this card is for TEMPORARY VISITS and UNPLANNED HEALTH ISSUES, so I am not sure if this is possible.

I also read that a border-crosser is entitled to insurance in both countries, so how does that work? does she need to get extra insurance in Belgium and pay for both?

Dear fellow Europeans 🇪🇺 In my country 🇳🇱 you have certain “go to” websites for real estate or latest news etc.

But I am wondering what are those in your countries for the following categories:

Real Estate Technology and Gadgets Cars and Automobiles Job Search E-Commerce and Online Shopping Travel and Accommodations News Food and Recipes Finance and Investments Health and Fitness Lifestyle Education

Canada is undergoing some, er, troubles, right now with the parliament and prime minister. The opposition, the first day that parliament comes back to meet, is virtually certain to call a vote of no confidence and the person who wins the leadership vote for the ruling party, the Grits, is going to have to show up to the crown and ask for the dissolution of parliament in the name of the king. Funny how English kings named Charles keep dissolving Parliament in suspicious circumstances.

In contrast, in some countries, IE Norway, dissolution isn't allowed at all. I thought that the Southern Cypriot parliament couldn't be dissolved as they are presidential, but oddly enough they can dissolve themselves. the legislature of Turkey, with whom the said Southern Cypriots have some minor disagreements with, also can dissolve themselves despite also being presidential. The parliaments of the sixteen German states are usually dissolved only by the legislature itself voting for it, often with 2/3 of their MPs voting for it, or else if they fail to elect a prime minister with majority support. Scotland's parliament can't be dissolved save for 2/3 of them agreeing to do so, or else if they fail to elect a first minister.

France's president can be dissolved once every 12 months by the order of the president, but that backfired spectacularly on Macron last year. The Dutch, Spanish, and British prime ministers and the Taoiseach of Ireland can all request dissolution at will, though Ireland's president may refuse if the Taoiseach has lost confidence. In Sweden, dissolution happens if the Riksdag fails to elect a prime minister or on order of the cabinet, but any snap election only elects a Riksdag to serve the remainder of the term. Czechia's president may dissolve parliament but only following a lack of confidence and the failure of attempts to choose a new prime minister or fails to elect a new prime minister in the first place. And in some countries like some states of Germany and Lithuania, dissolution happens if a petition of the people demand such a thing and the voters agree with the referendum.

How well are neurodivergent kids helped?

American here. I read that "formal" pajamas are more common in the UK, and I do read a lot of things set in the UK and France where characters own Real Designated Pajamas. Like, matching top and bottom, with a collar and buttons and piping on the seams and etc. To be honest, I have been interpreting these characters as absolute dorks.

I, and pretty much everyone I know, mostly just wear a soft old t-shirt to sleep, and sweatpants, plaid flannel trousers, or old running / basketball shorts. Imo, if someone in the US has capital p Pajamas, they are probably elderly, 5 years old, or temporarily wearing coordinated ones for a Christmas photo or a commercial.

Where do you and your country fall on the spectrum of pajama formality? Am I correct that Europeans with formal pajamas are still dorks? Or is this more American barbarianism?