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Oh yes true, I wish we had 30 mins as well, enough for a lunch, but one or two hours? we find it really annoying because it means we go home much later, and nobody need that time for a lunch, sometimes when workers ask the boss to make the break shorter and go home earlier later in the evening the answer is NO if someone works in lunch time it's their own bussinness
Another thing that affects this topic is the kind of lunch, come countries have light meals at lunch and heavy breakfast, other ones have a strong lunch and light breakfast.
Many big companies have cafeterias or dining rooms inside or in the immediate vicinity of the facility, so the lunch break can be shorter as it takes only a few minutes to go there.
Light breakfast - heavy lunch is very common here.
Most of these maps are based on outdated prejudices but I think that's the whole point
Anyway, some quick observations:
- How is France, the country with the most self-professed atheists in Europe and famous for its secularism, part of "religious Europe" but countries like Russia and Romania are supposedly atheist?
- I don't understand map #3. Revolutionary and traditional in terms of what? It can't be about values because the most conservative countries in Europe (Russia, Italy, etc.) are said to be revolutionary while countries like the Netherlands are traditional. But then it can't be about history either because I'm pretty sure France, Britain, Greece, etc. had revolutions of their own. Weird.
- Since when are Spanish people sexually repressed?
- Map #10: the religious divide in Europe is actually way more messy than that. If only it was that simple, it would have prevented quite a few conflicts.
- #16: Old Europe vs. New Europe. I'm guessing this refers to the EU?
The one that I chose as false (and I did enjoy the maps I even bookmarked the site) is number 12. Believe it or not the average working Greek logs more working hours per year than the average working German. The main difference is of course Germans earn more and have faired far better during this financial crisis then their neighbors to the south.
German, English and Americans consume more wine per capita than Spain. Wine consumption in Spain has taken a tremendous dip, more than -30% ub a few years. A big blow for the largest producer of wine. As to beer, I don't have data but consumption of beer is tremendous, mostly during summer.
The drop in wine consumption is not related with crisis, just the other way around, is related with calories and change of habits.
German, English and Americans consume more wine per capita than Spain. Wine consumption in Spain has taken a tremendous dip, more than -30% ub a few years. A big blow for the largest producer of wine. As to beer, I don't have data but consumption of beer is tremendous, mostly during summer.
The drop in wine consumption is not related with crisis, just the other way around, is related with calories and change of habits.
Despite being the largest wine producer in the world, in Spain beer consume per capita is higher than wine consume.
6. Vodka Europe - severely outdated
11. Rich or Poor - I wouldn't say Latvia, Lithuania and Belarus are very rich
13. Good or bad cuisine - Scandinavia has brilliant cuisine,
15. Homophobic - half of Finland homophobic, but northern Italy not?
16. New and old Europe - don't get this one
20. Religious Europe - Russia is definitely very religious, France isn't
Scandinavia has brilliant cuisine but Finland is not part of Scandinavia. What do you eat in Finland other than pizza with dead elk? Stockholm and Copenhagen is clearly superior to the Moomin-land when it comes to food. Looking at Guide Michelin we can clearly see that Finland is no country for “foodies”.
Denmark: 15 stars in Guide Michelin
Sweden 11 stars in Guide Michelin
Oslo: 6 stars in Guide Michelin
Finland: 6 stars in Guide Michelin
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if someone works in lunch time it's their own bussinness 
