So we've got quite a few people who live/work in different countries or have traveled a lot. So this is the place to share those little observations which may come as a surprise. Some may be interesting, others might not. But share all the same.

I can only do Germany, and many of you will be familiar with some of these already, but here they are

- Men are widely expected to sit down to piss
- Nobody wears cycle helmets ever
- Beer is the cheapest drink available in a bottle
- English people are known as "island monkeys"
- Dutch people are known as tight-fisted caravan owners who feast exclusively on potatoes
- The French are still mocked for surrendering a lot. I find this kind of funny
- There's a much more noticeable and vocal left-wing section of society, many quite 'radically' so. I can never tell how closely this ties into the counter-facism movement
- German anarchists love football
- Most Germans i have met feel a much stronger affinity to their region than the wider country. I've not once heard someone say they are proud to be German, while near enough everyone i meet is proud to be born in Hamburg/Berlin/Munich.
- Mr. Sheen the cleaning spray is titled Mr. Proper in Germany. I also find this funny
- All the regions have their own stereotypes. The people from Munich are ultra-conservative and wealthy. Berliners are mental. The people from Hamburg are stuck up.
- Nobody likes Munich except people from Munich
- Germans have words for almost everything. That last sip of beer that has gone a bit warm and lost its fizz? They have a word for that. The friend who asks to have that last sip of beer you obviously don't want? They have a word for him too. 
- I've heard many people say to me that German is the best language for poetry as you can be much more specific and accurate with the meaning you're trying to convey. Again, i find this funny.