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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jon Henley Europe correspondent, Philip Oltermann in Berlin, and Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Germans best tippers in Europe, finds poll. Italians? Not so much

Couple at restaurant taking bill from server.
In the poll, 72% of Germans said they ‘typically’ tip in restaurants, compared with 55% in the UK. Photograph: innovatedcaptures/Getty/iStockphoto

In Germany it seems to be pretty much automatic, pretty much all the time. In France and Spain it all depends – presumably on social subtleties that you have to be French or Spanish to understand. In Italy, why would you even bother?

When, and how much, to tip is a question that has been vexing visitors to Europe for as long as people have been travelling around the continent. Outside their own country, it seems even Europeans don’t know the answer.

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