2006-12-04 11:59:11 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Europe (Continental) ➔ Other - Europe
Hi! I am from Italy.
I can tell you that in Italy the "drinking age" what you are talking about DOESN'T EXIST.
I mean...probabily there is a law which says that you can't buy alchool if you are younger than 16 but there is no law for drinking..or if there is,nobody follows it!
Italy and Spain are known to be very "open minded "in this field...
If you go to the countries in the north of Europe laws for alchool and stuff are more strict but still nothing compare to the United States ' laws...I know that in Norway the drinkin age should be 18 but everybody drinks ..in Germany it is probabily like in Italy and in Great Britain laws are really strict because drinking has always benn considered a "social problem"...and then,of course there is Holland...everybody knows that is the most "open minded" european country for what is concerned alchool and smoking.
2006-12-04 12:12:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
18
2006-12-04 12:05:57 · answer #2 · answered by First Lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In most of Europe, as well as Canada, the legal drinking age is 18
2006-12-04 12:06:10 · answer #3 · answered by wnk 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
France : same as Germany. You can buy / order a beer if you're 16. You've got to be 18 for other spirits.
2006-12-04 23:28:28 · answer #4 · answered by Николай™ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
18 years old
2006-12-04 12:00:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it type of feels quite strange, really as human beings over 18 are seen adults in different procedures. on the different hand, it is truly obtrusive that folk in Anglo-Saxon international places won't be able to carry their drink at that age (18-21). it is different for southern ecu human beings--Italian young ones drink wine at dinner with their households, and nobody thinks two times about it. except for, they don't abuse alcohol like English-conversing human beings do. it would want to ought to do with more advantageous relatives ties, or the actual incontrovertible fact that you won't be able to quite binge drink on wine (you receives ill). So perhaps the answer is to positioned intense taxes on beer and spirits, and espresso taxes on wine. that would want to be extra efficient than infringing on human beings's civil rights on grounds of age.
2016-11-23 17:03:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
in Germany: for Beer 16, any "hard" stuff 18
2006-12-04 19:17:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's most probably 18, I know it deferentially is in the UK!!!
2006-12-04 14:48:51 · answer #8 · answered by bex 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋