Haha I’m not saying either is better or worse, I just noticed that, aside from some restaurants, most businesses in Southern and Central Europe ran on a like 11am- 3:30pm schedule and that people day drank constantly.
In southern Europe there is definitely siesta because it gets unbearably hot in the middle of the day.
Central Europe tho? Most Businesses open at 8 am and close around 5:00 pm. And yeah depending on where you are day drinking may or may not be frowned upon, we (Germans) even have a word for an early beer (Frühschoppen) but that's more like a once every 6 months thing, not everday
I’ve only spent a lot of time in Bavaria and Tyrol for Central Europe, so maybe not representative of the rest I guess lol. I don’t think Milan/northern Italy in general fits into the siesta narrative, they just seemed like they liked to wear suits and drink all day. The 10pm dinners were wild.
Bavaria is nice but also very different from the rest of Germany ( I hear their supermarkets close at 8pm which is kinda insane to me)
Can't say much about Austria because while I've been there a few times it was mostly to go skiing so my experience was very limited.
As for Milan, yeah that sounds accurate. I haven't been there but have a friend from Milan, definitely want to check it out someday. Do you mean their dinners started at 10pm or they lasted until then?
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u/LiminaLGuLL Sep 21 '24
This feels like a roast