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Polite Destinations

When someone comes back from a holiday, complaints about bad service or impolite people are often louder than stories about fascinating museums or picturesque landscapes. Luckily, the Dutch have brought us a Politeness Scale after a recent De Telegraaf survey.

According to all those windmill-and-cheese-lovers, Switzerland, anywhere in Scandinavia and Belgium are Europe's most polite nations. And where shouldn't we go on holidays? Russia and France are on the impolite list, along with--self-selected--the Netherlands! One Dutchman surveyed suggested that they are "too many people living in just a little country", and they just don't have the tolerance for Ps and Qs. So go chew on some Gouda and think about how to avoid your Amsterdam trip.

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