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Re:For 11 Years, the Soviet Union Had No Weekends by hibbelig on Sunday October 07, 2018 @03:55PM (#18162325)
Saturday used to be a workday. It might have remained a workday for shops to make it easier for the Monday to Friday, nine to five, people to go shopping.

Shops used to close at 6:30pm, which made it difficult to do shopping after work. So being able to go shopping on Saturday was important.

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Re:For 11 Years, the Soviet Union Had No Weekends by pgeorgi on Monday October 08, 2018 @04:42AM (#18165427)
Saturday is still legally considered a work day in Germany.

One of the more important places to remember this today are public parking lots with usage limits on work days: those apply on Saturdays just like on Mo-Fr.

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