r/AskEurope • u/Silver_Artichoke_456 • Feb 26 '25

Culture What's your country's worst kept secret?

In Belgium for instance, everyone knows there are nuclear bombs at the Kleine Brogel airbase, but it's still officially a secret.

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u/RoadandHardtail Feb 26 '25

It’s not that secret anymore, but in Norway, we tried to erase an entire People up in the North until like late 1970s.

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u/rainshowers_5_peace United States of America Feb 26 '25

Canada, Australia, Denmark and the United States as well. There's a pattern here.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '25

France in France with their colonies but also within their own region where it was forbidden to speak their local languages physical punishments were issued to children and emprisonnent for adults. There was definitely a pattern.