Heyy. You must be a little confused. Ok, i was watching a video about rules of certain countries that people have to follow (and i also discovered one for my country which i never knew lmao)
My question is, what rules (not exactly laws) do you have in your country?
Here is a rule for my country: In Greece, you can’t go sightseeing in heels. Well, it’s simple why, because there re a lot of ruins in our landmarks for example acropolis and knossos, it’s better to wear a pair of sneakers instead
Bonus rule (It only existed in the olden days tho )
Note that th right hand in greece is considered the holy hand. My teacher once said that people who were left-handed were abused by the teachers at school because the left hand was considered as the bad one and people were forced to learn to write with the right hand.
Preist is not allowed to preach about stuff there is hard to understand
and last, this one is still a law. but has actually not been used in many many years. they just never removed it
When driving, you must have someone in front of your car with a flag to warn horse-drawn carriages that a motorcar is coming.
bonus law in Denmark
Denmark was the first country to make it legal to get married as a same-sex couple (well technological it was a registered partnership. but its basically the same here. my parents was married that way)
Denmark was also the first country to make a law to stop sale off slaves. though it took 50 more years to make a low saying you can’t have slaves
It’s interesting to think about this kinda thing. The only rules I can think about in terms of Scotland are pretty meme-y ones. Like, for instance, ‘don’t be English’, ‘or don’t go to the highlands uninvited.’ But all in all we don’t really have many hard and fast ‘rules’ to follow from my knowledge. I’ll need to look into this further!
I’m so glad @ChaoticDeluge found this thread because it’s such a good idea and I didn’t even know it existed. It deserves more love!
This is a city rule rather than a country rule, but…
In London, personal space is really hard to come by. On tubes, you’re packed like sardines. It’s a nightmare. So when there’s a chance to have a bit of personal space, we tend to treasure each and every moment of it. Don’t ruin that. DO NOT STAND TOO CLOSE TO SOMEONE ON AN ESCALATOR . There is a customary one-step space that you should leave. In fact, London’s escalators have footprints on them telling you where to stand. And guess what? There’s a step between them! Obey the freaking rule!
This morning, someone stood right behind me on the escalator. It makes me feel like they’re going to pickpocket me. And I’d rather not have them right up my backside.
a name has to be on a the list of allowed of names or els you can’t name your kid it ( you apply to have the name you want to be added) and yes we do have non Danish names on the list.
its part of the children rights law. they have the right to a real name.
It is against Dutch law to urinate in a canal – but acceptable if you are pregnant.
It is illegal to smoke tobacco in all public places but not cannabis, which became a confusing matter when police fined a man for smoking a mixture of both in a coffeehouse, with the penalty laid down for the tobacco part.
It’s illegal not to have lights and a bell on your bike, but not to wear a helmet
Something you just shouldn’t do
Don’t walk on the bike lanes , people will ride you over.
Your bike has to have functioning lights and brakes but you don’t have to wear a helmet
Your driver’s license can get taken away if you get caught being drunk while riding a bike
You can ignore red lights when you’re riding a bike (or at least you could at the beginning of this year, I’m not sure if they actually changed it to being illegal for safety reasons)
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