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# Search AskEurope by flair

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|[Language](/r/AskEurope/search?q=flair%3ALanguage&restrict_sr=on "Language")|[Education](/r/AskEurope/search?q=flair%3AEducation&restrict_sr=on "Education")|[Meta](/r/AskEurope/search?q=flair%3AMeta&restrict_sr=on "Meta")|













# [Rules](https://old.reddit.com/r/AskEurope/wiki/rules)

1. **Be polite and courteous to everybody.**  
No attacks on other users, doxxing, harassment, or trolling. Racism, discrimination or other bigotry (offensive content, hate speech, genocide denial, dehumanisation...) and endorsement of violence will not be tolerated.

2. **Keep comments relevant and of decent quality.**
Top-level comments must answer the question that has been asked. Humorous comments are of course allowed, as long as the question is answered. Low quality comments ("shitposting") will not be accepted.

3. **Submissions must be a question with a clear title.**
Submissions must be relevant to the subreddit. They must be a question and have the question in the title, ending with a question mark. Use the text box to clarify the question further if needed. 

4. **No low effort and unsuitable questions.**
Questions that are [unsuitable](https://old.reddit.com/r/AskEurope/wiki/unsuitable/) will be removed as well as low effort questions. This includes [overdone topics](https://old.reddit.com/r/AskEurope/wiki/overdone), low effort question itself, yes/no-questions, joke questions, and questions which can be easily answered using Google or by visiting the sites linked in the sidebar.

5. **No agenda pushing.**
Don’t push an agenda with your questions: stay neutral. This is a politically neutral sub. You are obviously still allowed to express an opinion as an answer, as long as you respect others' opinions. 

6. **No similar questions that have been asked in the last two weeks.**
To keep questions from becoming too repetitive, questions that have been asked during the last two weeks are not allowed. Use the search bar and refrain from asking questions that have already been asked.

# General Information and Links:

- [EU on wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union)

- [European Foodbank Charities](http://www.eurofoodbank.eu/portail/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=12&Itemid=30&lang=en)

- [Phone plans / SIM cards advice](http://prepaid-data-sim-card.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Europe)

- [New to reddit? click here!](/wiki/reddit_101)


# Europe-themed Subreddits:

*  r/Europe 

*  r/europics 

*  r/europeans 

* r/europeanculture

* r/EuroDocs

* r/EuropeanFederalists

* r/Eurosceptics 

* r/Interrail 

* r/LegalAdviceEU

* r/eulaw

* r/eu

* r/europeanunion

*  [List of European national and region subreddits](https://www.reddit.com/r/LocationReddits/wiki/faq/europe)

# Ask... subreddits

*  r/AskAGerman

*  r/AskAnAfrican

*  r/AskCentralAsia 

* /r/AskFrance

* /r/AskUK 

* r/AskAChinese

* r/AskAnAmerican

* r/AskanAustralian

* r/AskBalkans

* r/AskLatinAmerica 

* r/AskMENA

* r/AskNorthAmerica

* r/AskSoutheastAsia 

* r/AskTheCaribbean

<div class="md">Got a question for a European, about Europe or anything Europe related? Then you came to the right place!

Select a flair (flag) by clicking the flair edit button above. If you are having trouble, use our stickied daily thread.

Please remember our premier rule: be polite and courteous to everybody. Let people express their opinions. We&#39;re not only here to answer questions, but also to encourage healthy discussions.

Posts from accounts younger than a month old are manually approved to avoid brigading and spam.

<a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/AskEurope/wiki/overdone#overdonetopics">List of overdone topics</a>

<a href="https://discord.gg/naEka9F#discord">AskEurope on Discord</a>

<h1>Search AskEurope by flair</h1>

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<tr>
<th></th>
<th></th>
<th></th>
</tr>
</thead><tbody>
<tr>
<td><a href="/r/AskEurope/search?q=flair%3APersonal&amp;restrict_sr=on" title="Personal">Personal</a></td>
<td><a href="/r/AskEurope/search?q=flair%3ACulture&amp;restrict_sr=on" title="Culture">Culture</a></td>
<td><a href="/r/AskEurope/search?q=flair%3APolitics&amp;restrict_sr=on" title="Politics">Politics</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/r/AskEurope/search?q=flair%3AFood&amp;restrict_sr=on" title="Food">Food</a></td>
<td><a href="/r/AskEurope/search?q=flair%3AHistory&amp;restrict_sr=on" title="History">History</a></td>
<td><a href="/r/AskEurope/search?q=flair%3AWork&amp;restrict_sr=on" title="Work">Work</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/r/AskEurope/search?q=flair%3ATravel&amp;restrict_sr=on" title="Travel">Travel</a></td>
<td><a href="/r/AskEurope/search?q=flair%3AForeign&amp;restrict_sr=on" title="Foreign">Foreign</a></td>
<td><a href="/r/AskEurope/search?q=flair%3ASports&amp;restrict_sr=on" title="Sports">Sports</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/r/AskEurope/search?q=flair%3ALanguage&amp;restrict_sr=on" title="Language">Language</a></td>
<td><a href="/r/AskEurope/search?q=flair%3AEducation&amp;restrict_sr=on" title="Education">Education</a></td>
<td><a href="/r/AskEurope/search?q=flair%3AMeta&amp;restrict_sr=on" title="Meta">Meta</a></td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

<h1><a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/AskEurope/wiki/rules">Rules</a></h1>

<ol>
<li>Be polite and courteous to everybody. 
No attacks on other users, doxxing, harassment, or trolling. Racism, discrimination or other bigotry (offensive content, hate speech, genocide denial, dehumanisation...) and endorsement of violence will not be tolerated.</li>
<li>Keep comments relevant and of decent quality.
Top-level comments must answer the question that has been asked. Humorous comments are of course allowed, as long as the question is answered. Low quality comments (&quot;shitposting&quot;) will not be accepted.</li>
<li>Submissions must be a question with a clear title.
Submissions must be relevant to the subreddit. They must be a question and have the question in the title, ending with a question mark. Use the text box to clarify the question further if needed. </li>
<li>No low effort and unsuitable questions.
Questions that are <a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/AskEurope/wiki/unsuitable/">unsuitable</a> will be removed as well as low effort questions. This includes <a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/AskEurope/wiki/overdone">overdone topics</a>, low effort question itself, yes/no-questions, joke questions, and questions which can be easily answered using Google or by visiting the sites linked in the sidebar.</li>
<li>No agenda pushing.
Don’t push an agenda with your questions: stay neutral. This is a politically neutral sub. You are obviously still allowed to express an opinion as an answer, as long as you respect others&#39; opinions. </li>
<li>No similar questions that have been asked in the last two weeks.
To keep questions from becoming too repetitive, questions that have been asked during the last two weeks are not allowed. Use the search bar and refrain from asking questions that have already been asked.</li>
</ol>

<h1>General Information and Links:</h1>

<ul>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union">EU on wikipedia</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.eurofoodbank.eu/portail/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=category&amp;layout=blog&amp;id=12&amp;Itemid=30&amp;lang=en">European Foodbank Charities</a></li>
<li><a href="http://prepaid-data-sim-card.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Europe">Phone plans / SIM cards advice</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/reddit_101">New to reddit? click here!</a></li>
</ul>

<h1>Europe-themed Subreddits:</h1>

<ul>
<li><a href="/r/Europe">r/Europe</a> </li>
<li><a href="/r/europics">r/europics</a> </li>
<li><a href="/r/europeans">r/europeans</a> </li>
<li><a href="/r/europeanculture">r/europeanculture</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/EuroDocs">r/EuroDocs</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/EuropeanFederalists">r/EuropeanFederalists</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/Eurosceptics">r/Eurosceptics</a> </li>
<li><a href="/r/Interrail">r/Interrail</a> </li>
<li><a href="/r/LegalAdviceEU">r/LegalAdviceEU</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/eulaw">r/eulaw</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/eu">r/eu</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/europeanunion">r/europeanunion</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/LocationReddits/wiki/faq/europe">List of European national and region subreddits</a></li>
</ul>

<h1>Ask... subreddits</h1>

<ul>
<li><a href="/r/AskAGerman">r/AskAGerman</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/AskAnAfrican">r/AskAnAfrican</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/AskCentralAsia">r/AskCentralAsia</a> </li>
<li><a href="/r/AskFrance">/r/AskFrance</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/AskUK">/r/AskUK</a> </li>
<li><a href="/r/AskAChinese">r/AskAChinese</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/AskAnAmerican">r/AskAnAmerican</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/AskanAustralian">r/AskanAustralian</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/AskBalkans">r/AskBalkans</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/AskLatinAmerica">r/AskLatinAmerica</a> </li>
<li><a href="/r/AskMENA">r/AskMENA</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/AskNorthAmerica">r/AskNorthAmerica</a></li>
<li><a href="/r/AskSoutheastAsia">r/AskSoutheastAsia</a> </li>
<li><a href="/r/AskTheCaribbean">r/AskTheCaribbean</a></li>
</ul>
</div>

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