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Drinking in public
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<p>Social customs and laws concerning drinking alcohol in public vary significantly around the world. "Public" in this context refers to <a href="/facts/Public_space/fnGxfVCI">outdoor spaces</a> such as roads, walkways, parks, or in a moving vehicle. Drinking in bars, restaurants, stadiums, and other such establishments, for example, is not generally considered to be "in public" even though those establishments are open to the general public. </p><p>In some countries, such as Norway, Poland, India and Sri Lanka[<i>non-tertiary source needed</i>], some states in the United States, as well as Muslim-majority countries where <a href="/facts/Alcohol_(drug)/IeK2fVd5">alcohol</a> is legal, public drinking is almost universally condemned or outlawed, while in other countries, such as Denmark, Portugal, Spain, Germany, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Japan, Finland, and China, public drinking is <a href="/facts/Socially_acceptable/vV39tA3c">socially acceptable</a>. </p>