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A few years ago I went to Spain for the first time, and like many I was surprised by how late is dinner. The first night I dined almost alone in a restaurant at 8pm, going away just as people were starting to come in. Of course this can be mostly explained by cultural reasons, but the clearly later-than-usual summer sunsets must also have played a role in shaping the Spanish days.
Solar time vs. standard time
At the time I’m writing, near the winter solstice, Madrid’s sunset is around 17:55, more than an hour later than the sunset in, for example, Naples, which is at a similar latitude. The same difference holds at the summer solstice and around the year. Just because it applies to most places I’ve been, a time like that in Naples feels more natural to me, and probably to most non-Spanish people. But is it?
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<p>A few years ago I went to Spain for the first time, and like many I was surprised by <strong>how late is dinner</strong>. The first night I dined almost alone in a restaurant at 8pm, going away just as people were starting to come in. Of course this can be mostly explained by cultural reasons, but the clearly later-than-usual summer sunsets must also have played a role in shaping the Spanish days.</p> <p><span id="more-1576"></span></p> <div id="attachment_1582" style="width: 310px" class="wp-caption alignright"><a href="http://i0.wp.com/poisson.phc.unipi.it/~maggiolo/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/SolarTimeVsStandardTime.png" data-slb-group="1576" data-slb-active="1" data-slb-internal="0"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1582" alt="Solar time vs. standard time" src="http://i0.wp.com/poisson.phc.unipi.it/~maggiolo/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/SolarTimeVsStandardTime.png?resize=300%2C153" height="153" width="300"></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Solar time vs. standard time</p></div> <p>At the time I’m writing, near the winter solstice, Madrid’s sunset is around 17:55, <strong>more than an hour later</strong> than the sunset in, for example, Naples, which is at a similar latitude. The same difference holds at the summer solstice and around the year. Just because it applies to most places I’ve been, a time like that in Naples feels more natural to me, and probably to most non-Spanish people. But is it?</p> |
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