**Overview:**
The community to discuss buying European goods and services.
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[Matrix Chat](https://matrix.to/#/#buyeuropean:matrix.org)
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::: spoiler Rules:
- **Be kind to each other**, and argue in good faith. No direct insults nor disrespectful and condescending comments.
- **Do not use this community to promote Nationalism/Euronationalism.** This community is for discussing European products/services and news related to that. For other topics the following might be of interest:
- [!europe@feddit.org](https://feddit.org/c/europe)
- [!europeanfederalists@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/europeanfederalists)
- [!yurop@lemm.ee](https://lemm.ee/c/yurop)
- **Include a disclaimer** at the bottom of the post if you're **affiliated** with the recommendation.
- **No russian suggestions**.
Feddit.uk's instance rules apply:
- No racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia or xenophobia
- No incitement of violence or promotion of violent ideologies
- No harassment, dogpiling or doxxing of other users
- Do not share intentionally false or misleading information
- Do not spam or abuse network features.
- Alt accounts are permitted, but all accounts must list each other in their bios.
- No generative AI content
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::: spoiler Benefits of Buying Local:
local investment, job creation, innovation, increased competition, more redundancy.
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::: spoiler European Instances
**Lemmy:**
- Basque Country: https://lemmy.eus/
- 🇧🇪 Belgium: https://0d.gs/
- 🇧🇬 Bulgaria: https://feddit.bg/
- Catalonia: https://lemmy.cat/
- 🇩🇰 Denmark, including Greenland (for now): https://feddit.dk/
- 🇪🇺 Europe: https://europe.pub/
- 🇫🇷🇧🇪🇨🇭 France, Belgium, Switzerland: https://jlai.lu/
- 🇩🇪🇦🇹🇨🇭🇱🇮 Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Lichtenstein: https://feddit.org/
- 🇫🇮 Finland: https://sopuli.xyz/ & https://suppo.fi/
- 🇮🇸 Iceland: https://feddit.is/
- 🇮🇹 Italy: https://feddit.it/
- 🇱🇹 Lithuania: https://group.lt/
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands: https://feddit.nl/
- 🇵🇱 Poland: https://fedit.pl/ & https://szmer.info/
- 🇵🇹 Portugal: https://lemmy.pt/
- 🇸🇮 Slovenia: https://gregtech.eu/
- 🇸🇪 Sweden: https://feddit.nu/
- 🇹🇷 Turkey: https://lemmy.com.tr/
- 🇬🇧 UK: https://feddit.uk/
**Matrix:**
- 🇬🇧 UK: [matrix.org](https://matrix.org/docs/chat_basics/matrix-for-im/#creating-a-matrix-account) & [glasgow.social](https://matrix.glasgow.social/#/register)
- 🇫🇷 France: [tendomium](https://www.tedomum.net/) & [imagisphe.re](https://imagisphe.re/) & [hadoly.fr](https://hadoly.fr/)
- 🇩🇪 Germany: [tchncs.de](https://tchncs.de/matrix), [catgirl.cloud](https://catgirl.cloud/), [pub.solar](https://pub.solar/), [yatrix.org]( https://yatrix.org/ ), [digitalprivacy.diy]( https://digitalprivacy.diy/), [oblak.be](https://rollenspiel.monster/), [nope.chat](https://nope.chat/), [envs.net](https://matrix-help.envs.net/), [hot-chilli.im](https://jabber.hot-chilli.net/2022/04/26/hot-chilli-matrix-server/ ), [synod.im](https://doc.librechurch.org/Wiki.jsp?page=Matrix#section-Matrix-DieMatrixInstanzSynod.im) & [rollenspiel.chat](https://rollenspiel.monster/)
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands: [bark.lgbt](https://bark.lgbt/)
- 🇦🇹 Austria: [gemeinsam.jetzt](https://gemeinsam.jetzt/) & [private.coffee](https://private.coffee/)
- 🇫🇮 Finland: [pikaviestin.fi](https://pikaviestin.fi/)
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**Related Communities:**
::: spoiler Buy Local:
**Continents:**
- !buycanadian@lemmy.ca
- !buyafrican@baraza.africa
- !buysouthamerican@lemmy.eco.br
- !buyoceanian@quokk.au
- !buyasian@lemmy.funami.tech
- !buyantarctican@feddit.cl
**European:**
- !buybritish@feddit.uk
- !buyFromEU@lemm.ee
- !buyfromeu@feddit.org
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::: spoiler Buying and Selling:
- !flohmarkt@lemmy.ca
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::: spoiler Boycott:
**Countries:**
- !boycottus@lemmy.ca
- !boycottchina@sopuli.xyz
**Companies:**
- !degoogle@lemmy.ca
- !deapple@lemm.ee
- !demeta@programming.dev
- !demicrosoft@programming.dev
- !deamazon@lemm.ee
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::: spoiler Stop Publisher Kill Switch in Games Practice:
- !stopkillinggames@lemm.ee
- https://mastodon.social/@StopKillingGames
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