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Young, middle-aged or old?

How old do you have to be to be considered old? What constitutes as old varies a lot between different European countries. That is also true for how countries react to the demographic development: Generally very few people think it is necessary to increase the retirement age during the coming two decades, according to the ‘Special Eurobarometer 378 Active Ageing’.
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A woman's age

is considered inappropriate to talk about in many cultures. In Lisboa in Portugal the construction of the Jerónimos Monastery and church began on 6 January 1501, and was completed 100 years later. The woman above is peeking out of one of the old stone windows in a gallery. The Portuguese will consider her young until she is 37, according to Eurobarometer. 

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