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So I wonder if society (business, education, organizations) operates on the same schedule in Paris and Berlin? (or between Madrid and Budapest) I suspect there

So I wonder if society (business, education, organizations) operates on the same schedule in Paris and Berlin? (or between Madrid and Budapest) I suspect there's at least some adjustment, which indeed could negate health effects even if they existed (provided the operational adjustment exactly equals their time offset). OTOH If adjustment is incomplete or there's some numerical attachment (universal preference to start at specific hours), then effects could be a possibility.

Kyro38 7y ago
Germans are known to start their day earlier that the french. Getting to work before 8 is very common in Germany and it's definitely not in France.
madaxe_again 7y ago
Between Madrid and Budapest, definitely not. Spain still mostly has the siesta - everything closes for a few hours in the middle of the day, and plenty use it to have a snooze. This possibly mitigates the western edge of CET issue. I live in Eastern Portugal, where there’s no siesta, but then again we’re on GMT here, which is better aligned to the sidereal day.