Central Europe is not Eastern Europe

Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

TL;DR: Central Europe is a real region, sitting between Western and Eastern Europe, too often forgotten and mixed up with Eastern Europe. The two have different histories, culture, societies, and naming the difference is a way of respecting this identity.

I keep witnessing the same thing, and lately more than ever with the internet newfound’s love for Poland: someone calls Polish, Czechs, or Hungarians “Eastern European”. Plenty of westerners (and non-westerners) place these countries under an Eastern European label they don’t belong to. I consider myself Central European, and I want to set the record straight. I’ll try to keep it short, this won’t be a diatribe on contemporary geography.

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Central Europe is not Eastern Europe