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Middag is eaten at 4pm. It is not a snack: it is dinner.

Dinner

16:00 – 18:00

What the numbers don't tell you

That is almost five hours earlier than Greece, on the same continent. In recent years the hour has drifted a little later, but anyone sitting down at 9pm will find many kitchens already closing.

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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
Norway (you are here)16:00 – 18:00
Netherlands17:00 – 19:00
Japanfrom 18:00
Italy19:30 – 23:00
Portugal19:30 – 22:30
Spain20:00 – 23:30
Greecefrom 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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