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Not really, I think the shops close during the day, but those guys work until 9pm.

I mean it's 9am-6pm with an hour for lunch so it's still an 8-hour day if you don't count the lunch hour as working. But if you are working in the office it still kinda sucks as you can't really do much in that time.

Spain is also in the "wrong" timezone. It's directly south of Britain and should fit in the +0000 timezone, but politics and history put it in the same timezone as France (which should also be in +0000) and Germany.

That's true but most people still start work at 9am though.

I think it used to be more common to start at 10am, but not anymore.

No, only shops do this. Office employees typically don't take an afternoon break.