Baltics VS Scandinavia

Europe has a lot of great regions to travel through! Two of which I visited very recently. The Baltic countries consisting of: Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. And Scandinavia with Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Here how I think these regions compare to one another from a travelers perspective.

Cuisine - Baltics
Both cuisines are, in my opinion, not very good. However, I would still prefer Baltic cuisine because of its authenticity. For good food I think we can all agree that we need to be in southern Europe for that.

Culture - Baltics
I think the Baltics also take a point for culture. The culture can vary per country of course, but I prefer the Baltics because of the openness of the people. I think people from the Baltic countries are more likely to include you into their culture than Scandinavians.

Nature - Scandinavia
Easy point for Scandinavia. Don’t get me wrong, the Baltic countries have fantastic nature too. However, there’s no comparison here.

Hospitality - Baltics
As a traveler I have experienced better hospitality in the Baltic countries than in the Scandinavian countries. I would even go as far as saying people from Scandinavia are quite cold to outsiders.

Public transport - Scandinavia
The Scandinavian countries are some of the richest in the world, so again it’s no comparison. The public transport in these countries is excellent and perfect for beginner travelers!

Safety - Scandinavia
This was a really close one. Because both of these regions are ridiculously safe. I’d say that the big cities in the Baltics are even safer than the big cities in Scandinavia. But overall I would still give the point to Scandinavia.

Affordability - Baltics
This one wasn’t close. The Baltics, even though it has become more expensive of the last years, still beats Scandinavia for affordability. I once flew to Sweden from Latvia and my flight ticket was cheaper than the first beer I bought. 😂

Baltics win this round! Agree or disagree? And which region should face off against the Baltics now? 🤔

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[JaxonSmith-sgrd]

My opinion: Culture for Scandinavia, safety for Baltics.

[giorgiodifrancesco]

Scandinavia "was" safe. "Before".

[Dawso]

Safety goes to Baltics. From the Scandinavian countries only Finland is very safe.

[eiketeder]

In a group of people who have both lived in baltics and scandinavia we find that food tastes better in baltics (general level is higher, stores have better dairy and meet products, also baked goods and pastries), culture is 50/50 (scandinavia has long history, architecture and world known pop-culture but baltics have many cultural events (theatre, concerts, medival fares, exhibitions) and they really keep their folk culture alive and celebrate it), nature is scandinavia (baltics is flat, scandinavia has more diversity), hospitality baltics, public transport scandinavia, safety is for sure baltics (that kind of mass shootings that have taken place in scandinavia are unheard of in baltics), affordability baltics

[Notyou_]

I am going to sweden.I hope i will like it

[nilkansu]

Can you go to ludwigsburg I live there like it very much there in Germany but Is in Turkey Ismir it’s also nice

[lumithelapphund]

Scandinavia is far superiour to the baltics in every way. One of the best part of the world is the nordics

[ΛΕΝΑΛΙΓΔΗ]

Go to greece🇬🇷
Go to santorini and athens!

[eagleowl]

I agree on everything. Only as mentioned in other comments, considering some dangerous cities in Sweden, maybe it is safer in the Baltics...

[pavelandel]

safety better in Scandinavia lol, have you been to Malmo lately?

[MigthyDucksz]

If Estonia is included as Baltic Finland for sure should be included as Scandinavian. To be clear Estonia is not a baltic country other than geography, but otherwise its totally unrelated to Latvia and Lithuania.

[marcinszymanski]

Safety higher in Scandinavia? You have no beed in Scandinavia

[villsonthong]

Baltic more safety, i rarely see any immigrants there

[alesiaalexandra]

Boring depressing countries vs boring depressing countries

[vincenta]

The two worst parts of Europe. So soulless and dystopian. No wonder why Copenhagen main station has a big quote from the Truman Show written as you exit the trains. Hidden in plain sight.

[Adler-]

I don't agree with u about nature. Scandinavian nature better the Baltic nature?? 😅😂 r u kidding us ???😅😂