rocker, I have not visited too many diff places. I am New Yorker who lives in EY. To me and to a lot of sheltered New Yorkers, every city, state or town outside of our 4 corners is “weird,” “different”, don’t take it personally.
But yes, I have been to Belgium for a Shabbos in the summer time and Shabbos started around 10:00. We ate the seuda after 12.