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Greece

Before 9pm the room is empty. After midnight, it isn't.

Dinner

from 21:00

What the numbers don't tell you

This is the country in Europe where dinner runs latest of all: kitchens stay open well past midnight. Sitting down at 7pm means eating alone, surrounded by tables laid for somebody else.

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Five hours apart, same continent

When people sit down to dinner, from the country that eats earliest to the one that eats latest.

CountryDinner
Norway16:00 – 18:00
Netherlands17:00 – 19:00
Japanfrom 18:00
Italy19:30 – 23:00
Portugal19:30 – 22:30
Spain20:00 – 23:30
Greece (you are here)from 21:00

What Clustrip does with this

This is not trivia at the bottom of a page: it is a rule inside the engine. When Clustrip builds your day, dinner lands inside this window — and the stops before and after move accordingly, so the timing actually works.

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