Is it true that in Europe all the shops stay closed on Sunday?
>>61630169
When I was in Germany, and I've been there 3 times, everything basically grinded to a halt on Sundays because everything either wasn't open at all or closed extremely early
Only in Catholic countries I think
Is America not a Christian nation?
>>61630169
Yes, in theory, so that your boss doesnt pressure you to work 7 days a week.
In reality there are still some shops open, not much though, they changed some laws to allow sunday work.
Not all of them. We have gas stations and small grocery stores open but they are few and far between. All detail and retail is closed. Restaurants are open though.
>>61630169
depends where in Europe. Supermarkets close at 4pm on Sunday in the UK, due to trading regulations, but pakishops stay open till normal time. Imagine if you were in a village your shop might close at 4pm..
>>61630340
And it caused a national stir with the trade-unions.
>>61630398
Like it should
>>61630169
only churches should be open on sundays
>>61630376
Not in Scotland, most supermarkets stay open until 8pm.
>>61630417
Yes. Do you belong to one, by any chance ?
>>61630437
puto
>>61630474
No it would take me too much time on my procrastination schedule
>>61630474
There isn't a Frenchman alive who isn't a member of a trade union
Our stores are free to be open whenever they want.
>>61630660
It doesn't take time if you just pay the cotisation without being a militant.
>>61630683
Isn't it a British invention ?
>>61630169
A lot of smaller stores are closed or close early on Sundays, but all big stores (except alcohol monopoly store) and most restaurant are open. AFAIK it's more common in Norway and Denmark.
>>61630169
Depends on the town, but most do indeed stay closed.
>>61630169
Some smaller specialty shops are closed early or don't open at all on Sunday, but most shops are open. All the bigger ones are open till ~23:00.
yeah expect gasstations with shops in it but high prices this shit sucks so hard.im already on my way to an gasstation cause im fuckin hungry.just nuke us man
>>61630169
Yes atleast here, it comes from tradition where everybody would be at church or something like that and so shops are closed.
Only during the holy month of Ramadan :^)
>>61630169
No, it's not true.
Yes, you're also not supposed to make a lot of noise (e.g. mowing your lawn)
It's not illegal but frowned upon
>>61630169
No, i live in a very Christian area (bible belt) and literally every shop is open. Most shops are closed on monday.
>>61631697
>Dutch Christianity
>>61630169
Don't know where you live, but there are limited Sunday hours at most stores in the state of my birth (MA); most places are only open 12-5. And liquor stores and bars used to be closed on Sundays, although that is less uniformly the case now. Massachusetts still has some archaic blue laws (no alcohol in supermarkets, etc.), because our Puritan forebears didn't want people drunk in church. Blew my mind when I moved to California where one can buy vodka in a supermarket at 1AM.
>>61632018
Based Atheist
>>61631547
But then how do Germans contain their excitement knowing that it's only ONE more sleep till they can go back to work again ?
>>61630252
it is satanic
>>61637221
it is bullshit, we got lidl which is open sunday and saturday and makes 90% of that money on those days.
24/7 would be much better, AMERICA YEAH!
>>61631697
I also live in bible belt area and when people asked to open the shops on sundays the answer went like this: NO
general rule is that stores are open half day on sunday
the small stores, kiosks are closed
restaurantes are opne till 17:00 or 18:00
it also is changes in which town you are
in Kranj its open till 13:00
in Ljubljana til 15:00
but in Lj you have 3 generals stores that are open everyday
some private backeries are open 24hours
you cant buy alko past 21:00 in any store(hefty fines)
>>61630223
Because we are traditional christians.
Not like america were you dont respect the sunday.
>>61630683
http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2014/03/economist-explains-15
>less than 8% of employees in France belong to a trade union, a figure that has collapsed from a high of about 30% in the 1950s. The figure today is below that in Britain (26%), Germany (18%) and even America (11%). In the French private sector, the rate is lower still: just 5%, next to 14% among civil servants.
Shop opening hours were fully liberalized at the end of last year.
Shops are still adjusting their opening hours up and down individually, as there's considerable variation on what's locally economically feasible and what is not.
>>61631697
I don't live in a christian area (Eemland) and most shops are closed on sundays
>>61640419
Good goy, now just move that from Sunday back to Saturday.
>>61646155
>says the only country in the world that circumsises people alongside israel
that's a good goy right there
>>61640960
H-hold your horses lad, stop bringing logical arguments into /int/
>>61640419
>Germany
>Christian
Protestantism and Catholicism isn't Christian.
