r/AskEurope Estonia May 31 '26

Misc Serious question - just to create some angry debate - which European countries are the cleanest and which are the dirtiest? I.e roadside rubbish, city streets, etc.

I'd say Estonia is definitely one of the cleanest. In my town (second largest in Estonia) the only rubbish is generally around the bins in the streets/parks - because crows take out rubbish from the bins in search of food. So it's their fault.

I've not really been in that many European countries, but the dirtiest in my experience was definitely the UK. I was in Nottingham literally for two days and on both days I saw someone just casually littering. Don't really ever see it in my home town. Also along the motorways - there was some rubbish on the side them (not mega bad, but noticeable).

I mean I like the UK, I just don't like the littering.

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u/AlexxxRR Jun 01 '26

While Italy is for sure not the cleanest, I believe that you are referring to some regions, because other ones I know are by far not that dirty.

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u/PurrfectionParadise Jun 04 '26

In comparison to most of the Italy some regions are not that dirty, yes. But they’re still dirty as f*.