Spain's siesta and late night lifestyle makes some people unhappy.Here's why

(CNN) — Spain's days are notoriously long. Lunch doesn't start until 2pm. Work often ends after 7pm, and dinner starts at 8:30 at the earliest. To the delight of some tourists hoping to experience a different way of life, many restaurants close well past midnight and staff go home early in the morning.

So when Yolanda Díaz, Spain's second vice president and minister of labor and social economy, denounced the country's late-night culture as “crazy,” she hit a nerve.

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