[Closed] What's your favourite country? And why?

I like england. Its why I live here.

I've been a lot of other places and enjoyed most of them but I'm always happy to be home.

INGERLANDDDD!!!!

2 world wars and 1 world cup! 2 world wars and 1 world cup!

OGGY OGGY OGGY
OI
OI
OI!

(not particularly fond of any country over another, certain countries amaze and amuse me, but i've not lived anywhere else to comment properly so i thought i'd pretend like we're better than other people and stuff)

Apart from where I live?

France I guess. Love the attitude to life, the food, the countryside.

I like italy

bonkers, utterly bonkers

but kind, welcoming and friendly, and the food, OMG the food

and the wine, and the dolomites, and the adriatic coast, and the history and the art.

they kind of like the english too, in a kind of fascinated by a wild animal sort of way 😀

EDIT: having said all that I'm english and in love with my land. My feet are like tree roots and I'll never move away. 🙂

Wales.Big hills,coastline,quiet,hate the english.

Liverpool

I would like to live in France if I did not live here.

Wales isn't a country.

For me, there's only one option here - The UK. (Including Wales! 🙂 )

if i had to move somewhere id move to nz - how ever the highlands and islands of scotland takes some beating due to land access rights & shear aggressiveness of scenary

Slovenia - mountains, sea, great weather, cool capital city, friendly English speaking people, but not as pricey as other nice places.

France certainly has some very nice mountains. It's actually a pleasure to drive in France too, unlike here. Is it better though? Dunno.

I like USA. Cos they make really nice wine, and cheese and stuff. And it looks nice. Mostly. And Eric Cantona didn't come from there. What's not to like?

France. They do exactly what they want and anyone who doesn't like it gets a shrug.

For me, there's only one option here - The UK.

+1

Actually, having lived there and spent the last few days there, France comes a very close second. If only they made better cheese.

UK.

or brittany.............. 8)

Yorkshire [yes it is]

why? - because it isn't Lancashire

I like the attitude of the french.I've got a real admiration for it. Cafe's that close for lunch. Massive protests about anything and everything. Keeping a straight face as they charge you 10 Euros for a beer. All completely unapologetically. The monumental arrogance is somehow endeering

Easy: England.

I've been to lots of other countries and I like a great many things about them, some I could even move to for a year or three.

But it would break my heart to leave England forever. It's my home, and I love it, it's people and it's countryside kore than anywhere else I've ever been. 🙂

Japan, cos it's like being on another planet. Everyone's extremely polite, the food can be awesome (the Japs do ramen and sushi very well, Korean and Chinese for everything else), the ladies are delightful to look at, the fashion is crazy, it's quiet, warm, cheap (away from the beaten track), gorgeous, steeped in history, etc., etc.

I'd move there at the drop of a hat.

I've been to: France, was ok nice and hot (south coast) would like to live in Paris ( is really just big day dream) Mallorca: just holidays same for portugal Greece and turkey v hot. America was cool would like to live there for a bit. But this place will always be home.

I like Holland, in fact I regularly find myself wishing I was Dutch. They're a pretty sorted nation.

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Yorkshire [yes it is]

Always thought it was an empire.

Finland! They won the 2011 ice hockey world cup and my mum was born there. Spent all my summer holidays there and an extended one in '98 when i did national service there.

To quote Kinky Friedman:

Germany is my 2nd favourite country.
My favourite is EVERYWHERE ELSE.

Always thought it was an empire.

People's Republic these days

Vulgaria, well it's got flying cars, castles with a bonkers King & Queen, lots of singing & dancing, etc

Not many kids about though

Thanks Crikey! As soon as Sidney mentioned Finland Michael Palin began crooning away in my head.

Never been there, but for that song it is my favourite country.

+1 for France.

I was going to say North Yorkshire until I saw the [b]r[/b] in county!

Sidney thinks doing NATIONAL SERVICE is an extended holiday ❓

Blimey!

"My Tennessee Mountain Home" by Dolly Parton.

Oh wait, I may have misunderstood the question.

Switzerland, because I live there, and there are SOOOOOOOOOOOO many trails with barely anyone on them. 🙂

It also helps that it's 25deg outside and I'm going to get to ride some of those awesome trails after work.

Belgium...

...bare with me on this. I ride road bikes. It has a culture of cycling that cannot be bettered. The first Sunday in APril is like the FA Cup, Wimbledon and the Grand National all thrown into one.

It's odd. Belgians have a strange sense of humour. There never seems to be many people around. The driving's appalling. The moules frites are amazing.

And don't get me started on the beer....

UK - specifically London - I love it here!

I love Thailand too - great food, friendly people and chilltastic beaches.

Not including UK
Then I think Canada..
It has a french part,
it has and english part
it has ocean
it has bears
it has mountains
it has desert
it has vancouver (best city in the world)
it has skiing
it has trails
it has beer
it has wine (yes good wine!)
it has burgers
and a sense of humour

Spain, it's like getting a few different countries in one. There's mountains, sea, desert, great food and wine, heat, rain, snow. Crap curries though.

Can I make a country up of the best bits?

French food
Dutch social / transport policy
Scottish access rights and beer
Spanish weather
Italian Architecture
Bolivian geography
German industrial policy

I am going to move there as soon as I find it 🙂

French food
Dutch social / transport policy
Scottish access rights and beer
Spanish weather
Italian Architecture
Bolivian geography
German industrial policy

and [s]English[/s] Scottish oil, don't forget the black stuff TJ!

I would like to say Canada, but I've never been there, so it seems a bit stupid.

So France I guess. Except for the language, it's brilliant.

Spain, specifically the South Coast (Costa Del Sunshine). Lots of sunshine, great beaches, lovely people (lots of brits), golf courses and your never to far from a good old Full English Breakfast or Sunday Roast. Like Britain only hotter.

Spain because I love the attitude they have to kids. Anyone who has a family and has travelled in Spain must have recognised it.

Plus the climate and the geography and the football and the food and drink.

Kenya. They have Lions. Certainly not Norway.