those filthy danes coming over here and washing their bodies

Interesting, because Ahmad ibn Fadlan wrote about dirty vikings: Old Arabic texts describe dirty Vikings

They are the filthiest of all Allah’s creatures: they do not purify themselves after excreting or urinating or wash themselves when in a state of ritual impurity after coitus and do not even wash their hands after food.

Old Arabic texts describe dirty Vikings

Arabs who encountered Scandinavians who had journeyed eastward depicted them as handsome people but filthy and barbaric.

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Yeah, it’s a scale of clenliness.

Asians (inc arabs)
Vikings
Medieval peasants

Before you get mad, remember that shoes are not allowed inside asian homes.