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Here in France it depends on the colleagues, some are gathering during the coffee break to complete the crossword of the day together and some non work-related chat, but some just do it like you describe. But I've seen that managers are more likely to talk about work, but mostly to complain about other managers.

(of course all it was pre-covid outbreak, now everyone work remotely)

And It usually correlates with pause cloppe (cigarette smoking) time. But yeah , it happens pretty organicaly.

The Finnish coffee break sounds like it was directed by Aki Kaurismäki.

Life imitates art.

Aren’t Finns famous for avoiding small talk?

Sounds like I'm moving to Finland!