That's not true. It's perfectly fine to have fun in Germany, as long as it doesn't disturb the neighbours and is propperly announced to the local authities two weeks in advance using form SVaF-18/1-42.
this post was submitted on 11 Jan 2025
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The funny part is Germany has the lowest amount of working hours in the world
In Germany, on the other hand, it was just under 1,354 hours per year (26 per week and 3.7 per day), which was the lowest of all the countries studied.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_average_annual_labor_hours
These values dont necessarily reflect the reality well. Germany has a high retirement age for many European countries, currently at 67 with debates to raise it another 2-3 years. But people who are already 60 cannot change jobs easily, while their companies want to get rid of them.
So in a lot of places they get a deal to do part time, or be legally employed as part time workers, but permanently told to stay home, while getting a reduced salary.
So basically these people are being employed on paper while factually being retired.
Another issue is that manu women are still forced into part time work because there is insufficient daycare available, especially in the affluent and "christian" south, but their husbands incomes dont suffice for full stay at home moms.
Over the past years the average extra hours per employee were around 30 per year, half of them being unpaid.
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From what relatives there told me, Oktoberfest is basically mostly for foreigners at this point, most germans seem to prefer going to the less known festivals like Fruehlingsfest. Which is still fun so point stands
Most cities, towns and villages here in Germany have one or more annual festivals of some sort. They tend to be exploited less for tourist purposes and so locals generally prefer them to the kind where people from out of town or even out of the country would be a major part of it too.
i thought this too, because i don't like the Oktoberfest. but then i looked at the numbers:
Von zehn Besuchern kommen statistisch sechs aus München und dem Umland, einer aus dem übrigen Bayern, einer aus dem übrigen Deutschland und zwei aus dem Ausland.[75]
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oktoberfest#Besucher
translated:
out of ten guests, 6 are from Munich or surrounding, 1 from the rest of Bavaria, 1 from the rest of Germany and 2 from abroad.
That's not true. We gather underground to have fun every other Wednesday at 18:30.
That's (18:30-12:00)PM for you Americans.
Dont tell everybody our secret!
No need to worry. You have to be explicitly invited to the Stammtisch
Jokes on you, I have my devices set to military time (yes, that's what it's called).
Germans have lots of fun, it’s just that what they call fun, we call work.
"Don't tell me Germans don't have a sense of humor, because I know better."
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Fun fact: there's a space in there.
Thx for educating.