Floor counting around the world? (hotels, restaurant, office)

[newtocolumbia]

Is the Ground floor a First floor in your country? Or is the first floor above the ground floor (in your country)? Interested in floor counting in all countries.

[danielsa1775]

Its the ground floor in Australia, with the first floor been first above ground, pretty will every elevator has a g button on it.

[Davy-040]

One floor above ground is first.

[ilovelondon]

In Europe (including the UK), first floor is what Americans/Canadians would consider as second floor. Ground floor is different from first floor.

In some Asian countries, the fourth floor is skipped (3rd floor, then 5th floor above). This is because 4 is an unlucky number in some cultures.

[Fabio SBA]

In Brazil, is the first above the ground floor.

[Fabio SBA]

Originally Posted by ilovelondon

In Europe (including the UK), first floor is what Americans/Canadians would consider as second floor. Ground floor is different from first floor.

In some Asian countries, the fourth floor is skipped (3rd floor, then 5th floor above). This is because 4 is an unlucky number in some cultures.

In mandarin, the word for the number four sounds similar to the word for "death".

[Natnasci]

Originally Posted by ilovelondon

In Europe (including the UK), first floor is what Americans/Canadians would consider as second floor. Ground floor is different from first floor.

In some Asian countries, the fourth floor is skipped (3rd floor, then 5th floor above). This is because 4 is an unlucky number in some cultures.

Not just in Asia. Here in Vancouver you often see no 4th floor, but then you sometimes see no 13th floor because 13 is supposed bad luck.

In my building it goes L for Lobby, then 2, 3, 5, etc 12, 14.

It's a bit ridiculous because of course you can call the 4th floor 5th floor, but it's still the 4th floor.

[joacocanal]

Originally Posted by newtocolumbia

Is the Ground floor a First floor in your country? .

Colombia, yes.

[ChevySpoons]

I'm from Canada. The ground floor is the First Floor.

Years ago, I visited Greece. My hotel in Athens gave me a room on the Second Floor. I was young and healthy, and as a Canadian, figured it was only about one flight, and started up the stairs. Well, I climbed from the lobby past the Office floor, past the Restaurant floor, past the First Floor (First floor this far up? WTF?), and finally got to the Second Floor, which turned about to be five storeys above street level.

I later learned, in European hotels, to ask how many stairs I had to climb to get to my floor.

[Greysholic]

In most Asian countries (except Hong Kong and maybe some other ex-British colonies) ground floor = first floor.