I speak mostly about benelux and Ruhrpott. I already said not everybody tips everytime. The standard food places I go to I tip like every 5th or 6th time I order there, a euro or too. Never said europe tips a lot,but tipping exists.
I used to work as student in a restaurant that was a little bit more high class than the average restaurant, but even the people with more money don't tip a lot or every time.
Edit: sorry my brain is poop. I was talking about waiter and hotel jobs when I said most services.
I might have to specify that I talk mostly about waiters and hotel stuff when it comes to EU tipping. Anywhere else is possible but surely statistically like winning the lottery. So you've been all over Europe?
West Europe and central people tip but by far not like in the US.
That might actually becoming more and more common in the haute cuisine in europe. Seen a post about Gordon Ramsey trying to do the same in his restaurants.
Well been to Norway and honestly for the price of half a liter beer in bergen I get 3l in Belgium. I sure as shit didn't tip up there, it was expensive enough for me. It made the impression to me the way Norwegians drink with those prices that they have relatively high income in relation and they might tip a little from time to time.
Buying a pack of cigarettes almost made me cry and that was back in 2015. If they ramped the prices up the way belgium did recently I bet a 25 pack costs now 25-30 euro in Norway.
I'm in my 30s and have tipped like 3 times in my life for truly exceptional service at a restaurant or a bar and I've spent weeks in all the biggest European countries and visited many of the smaller ones too (and live in one of those). Tipping culture is not a thing, although you certainly CAN tip if you feel like someone truly went above and beyond for you.
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u/ResponsibleBowl492 10h ago
Yep. And lord have mercy on your soul if you don’t tip