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What is the typical dress code at work and in public places? Is formal dress ever required?
Business casual. - Apr 2022
In the Embassy, the dress code is fairly formal. Outside, dress for the tropics. - Feb 2020
Business and business casual at work. Casual in public places. I am hard pressed to recall a formal dress event. - Jun 2017
Outside the Embassy it is very casual. Within the Embassy people still walk in with dark navy suits like we're in a temperate zone. - May 2016
Business casual at work and very casual in public: shorts and a t-shirt most days. - Jul 2014
Work - business casual. Public - casual. Suriname is the largest Muslim country in South America. Having said that, again, the country only has a total population of 500,000 people or so. The people of Suriname are incredibly tolerant, and they get along with one another quite well, as well as with foreigners. - Sep 2013
Casual due to the heat (linen and collared-shirts). - Nov 2010
I've seen people go into the nicest restaurant in town in shorts and a t-shirt. Work is business casual. - Feb 2010
