What’s different: Opening hours

Monday, February 28th, 2011 at 15:21 | categories: General mumbling, Information

So you want to go and handle your bank business during the lunch hour? Not going to happen. Maybe you want to go to the local phone store and recharge your prepaid subscription? Nope, not possible.

Everything except the places for food are closed here from noon till 2:30 in the afternoon. And if that’s not enough for your inconvenience, most places close early on Saturdays, on Sundays everything’s closed and even on Mondays some places keep their doors shut. In Finland most places are open till 9 or 10 at night, and most shops nowadays are open on Sundays.

All this is probably traditional and cool, and I might even enjoy the ideology if I was here only for a short holiday. However, if you actually live here and forget to do your grocery shopping for the night, you’re simply f.. in trouble.