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The Italian race is the result of a quite strong mix of many European and non European races, but still some characteristics are predominant, like the black hair and brown eyes and things like that. But remember that thinking that all Italian are like this is like thinking that all people from Sweden are blond with blue eyes or that all Martians are green.

Italian people are open and friendly and this may leave people from the northern countries a little bit concerned as it is quite usual for people to talk each other on trains and buses even if they don't know each other.

While on the streets of Turin, you can ask people to help you and they usually do their best, but not every Italian is able to speak English and young people are more likely to.