Thread: Best Restaurants 2011 - 3 of them in Russia!

Originally Posted by Hanna

As it is Good Friday, I suspect that pretty much EVERYTHING is closed, apart from cafes etc (and churches!), so I guess I'll be drinking coffee and praying today! Is Good Friday recognised in Russia?

Of corse it is. This year Orthdodox and Catholic&Protestant Easter are at the same day so we also have it here today.

http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Страстная_неделя

Originally Posted by Basil77

Of corse it is. This year Orthdodox and Catholic&Protestant Easter are at the same day so we also have it here today.

http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Страстная_неделя

Ok!
Well, I found to my surprise that it is business as usual here in Vienna.

Originally Posted by Hanna

Ok!
Well, I found to my surprise that it is business as usual here in Vienna.

I never realised there were places where everything was closed on Good Friday! Even here, in a vastly catholic country, people go to work as any other day on Good Friday. The sole exception is teachers, as kids have both, Thursday and Friday off during the Holy Week, for some reason.