Life in Romania, Essentials- Family life, Essentials- At home, Essentials- Culture

Bucharesters wake up earlier than other Europeans

by Diana Ionascu

Three-quarters of Bucharest’s inhabitants wake up before 7:00 and 94% wake up before 9:00, according to a survey by Swedish furniture retailer IKEA. Romanian capital’s citizens get up earlier than those in other European capitals where IKEA conducted the same study.

However, waking up early is not easy. More than two-thirds of Bucharesters hit the snooze button of their morning alarms at least once, and nine in ten are stressed that they might not hear the alarm.

Once they wake up, they have in average 1 hour and 21 minutes until they leave home. How do they spend it?

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