Which country in Europe is the most honest?

I mean, their people, their citizens are relatively honest and down to earth that you can trust and work together without playing a lot of tricks with you?

 

Those would be the Finnish. Such is their reputation, that if you drop your wallet there, somebody will try to return it to you, and the contents will be untouched. Seriously some very no-nonsense people.

 

Are you living in Finland?

 

Iceland….notice they don’t call it Tropical Paradiseland!

 

No country is honest, except heaven

 

Sad to disabuse you matey - but there is no such place !!!

 

Thank you and I respect your beliefs. and good luck to you!

 

I dunno. Am I? All I know for certain is that I do have a place to call home, and they sure as hell don't speak English here.

 

I went to the reception of a hotel in Rome and it took the two men at reception ten minutes to remember the real price. The owner of another hotel in Rome asked me, “What countries do you think my hotel staff are from?” I had no idea. He said: “From every country but Italy!” Interesting. The receptionist at a hotel in Sicily explained to me that I didn't have to pay for the room, it was enough if I gave him a tip when I left. What an interesting concept! There should be more hotels like this! Now I understood the hotelier from Rome better. I had been in a small café in Milan with a friend and it turned out that he had forgotten his glasses. He immediately said: “It's not worth the trouble of travelling back to Milan, because my sunglasses will have been stolen long ago!” I decided to take him back to Milan to teach him a lesson about his lack of understanding of Italian customs.

You can learn a lot from people who are “very flexible”.

Suitable for your purposes:

• A Protestant country
  
• with a homogeneous population
• with a high level of conformism
• with a low corruption perception index
• with a low population density
• with a high standard of living

There are of course other factors that can be relevant when choosing a country:



“They are open, funny, educated, pragmatic, have the best sense of humour in the world, are very good at self-reflection/self-criticism and don't take themselves (or the rest of the world) too seriously. Genuinely nice people, I have made lots of friends in the UK and my stay there has definitely enriched my life and changed me for the better (I hope).”



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This happened to me in Chamonix, France. My wallet fell out of my pants pocket. I freaked out because it had all my cash and drivers licence, etc. I was traveling around the world with limited resources.

I searched all the places I'd been to that day. Finally I found a police station. I asked if anyone had found my wallet. They were apologetic, but no luck.

As I turned around and was walking out the door, I tried to decide what to do next, suddenly I heard a phone ring and the gendarme say "Quelle coincidence! " Someone had found it and was bringing it to the station. I was amazed!

I found the Dutch to be honest in their business dealings and in person.

Most Islamic countries are honest, since the penalties can be severe just for theft. But every country has their liars and con men. Amazingly some of them become fascist dictators running countries.