www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/feb/09/why-spanish-sleeping-habits-under-strain
The other factor that affects Spaniards’ sleeping habits is that the country is in the wrong time zone. Geographically, Spain should be on Greenwich Mean Time, but in 1942 the fascist dictator Francisco Franco switched the nation to European Central Time in solidarity with Adolf Hitler. Perhaps bizarrely, until recently there haven’t been any moves to change it back.
(Stephen Burgen, “Siesta no more? Why Spanish sleeping habits are under strain,” The Guardian, 2-9-19)
(c) 2019 JMN.
