Thursday, 15 June 2006

Hamburg, A Fine City

Speeding on the road will incur a huge on-the-spot fine

Getting caught dodging fares and it’s a 40 Euro fine.

Fall asleep in the park on the bench or on the grass after 10.00 pm? Upwards of a 40 Euro fine for illegal camping!

Pissing in the street? 20 Euros please.

Crossing the road on a red pedestrian light? That’ll be 5 Euro.


Ah yes, Hamburg. A Fine city indeed…


PS: Had we been busted we reckon we’ve accumulated at least 395 Euros in fines and I’ve only pissed behind the trees/bushes 7 times…
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  1. "Fall asleep in the park on the bench or on the grass after 10.00 pm? Upwards of a 40 Euro fine for illegal camping!"

    That's a new one to me, but well imaginable.

    However, normally the average "Schutzmann" (another word for policeman) will not charge you if you are not obviously camping, but only sobering up for example. It's called de-escalation policy so people do not get angry at the mean police if they would charge you for everything very painstakingly.

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  2. Agreed, includes even a spot of weed- Plod's discretion.

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