Is Making Friends in Italy Really That Hard for Expats?

Italians are social and warm. But making friends in Italy as an expat is harder than tourists assume. A native’s take on what actually works.

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Italians are some of the most social people in Europe, along with our Spanish, Portuguese, and Greek cousins.

We’ll talk to you at the bus stop (something …