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What about Slovenia? I've never been there, but I think they are a bit northernized also.
I spent a few hours in Nova Gorica and didn't notice any difference, apart from the language, between Northern Italy and Slovenia, maybe it was only because it's at the border or because i didn't spend enough time there.
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Padania and Padania.
It never was and never will be a country, a pipe dream of a few crazy men which seem to have been put to an end in the last few years
The OP said country or region. Read carefully. And don't be emotional, it betrays you. In Italy, everything is permitted and no one is offended. Padania is simply a noun referring to the regions straddling the River Po, nothing more and nothing less. Padania and Padania, then.
I didn't think the question was about regions, anyway i think Sudtirol is probably the most Northernized part of Southern Europe, especially outside of Bolzano. The main language is German, the economical and the political landscape resembles that of Austria or Germany as much as that of Italy.
Maybe my impression is skewed from a tourist's perspective, but I found Spain as orderly, well-organized and clean as Germany, maybe more so. Only visited Berlin, though; perhaps if I had seen the former West Germany my perspective would be different. The Spanish did seem friendlier and less reserved though. But part of it was I was traveling with someone who could speak fluent Spanish and I could understand some Spanish myself.
I agree with improb, the tiny Alto Adige, the northermost part of Italy, has definetely a "northern" vibe compared to anywhere in Southern Europe.
Why "Padania" instead of Po Valley? No one use the term "Padania" here.
I think France is more organized and "northernized" than Northern Italy as a whole. Even Slovenia has a more "northern" feeling, but it is often included in Central Europe instead of Southern Europe for its historic background.
The Po Valley is only "northernized" if it is compared to the rest of Italy.
On a wider European perspective, it is in no way a northern-like region. Yes, northern Italians are more business-like and less extroverted (on avg) than southern Italians, but they still talk loud, drive like crazy, dress formally, speak little English and zero German, and they are overall less disciplined than most peoples in Europe.
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The Po Valley is only "northernized" if it is compared to the rest of Italy.
On a wider European perspective, it is in no way a northern-like region. Yes, northern Italians are more business-like and less extroverted (on avg) than southern Italians, but they still talk loud, drive like crazy, dress formally, speak little English and zero German, and they are overall less disciplined than most peoples in Europe.
Oh, I always had the impression that the way they are part to the Blue Banana makes them a bit northernized.
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