HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: cc3z+@andrew.cmu.edu (Christopher N. Carlson)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
Subject: Dr. = Dr., usw.
Date: 22 Aug 92 08:04:29 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.seZaKB600YV7Q1X74x
Organization: Doctoral student, Architecture, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

How very German to require that your doctorate be "TUeV-gepruefft."

The following experience of mine epitomizes for me this difference
between Germans and Americans.  

The German government required a ton of paperwork in order for me, an
American, to marry my German wife.  Among 30,000 other things, they
wanted certification from the American embassy (properly gestempelt)
that I was not already married.  At the embassy, I told them through the
bullet-proof glass window what I needed, the clerk said "Raise your
right hand", I did, and she asked, "Are you married?"  I said "No", she
put enough stamps and signatures on a piece of paper to make any
Standesbeamter squeal with delight, and that was that.


Do they give you a little round "Dr." sticker to glue to your behind? ;-)
From: I.Glendinning@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Ian Glendinning)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
Subject: Temporary dwellings in Hamburg
Date: 13 Aug 92 11:56:10 GMT

Hi,
   while I was in Hamburg over the weekend I noticed what appeared to be
blocks of temporary dwellings, made out of freight container sized units,
stacked up on floating bases.  This was on the north bank of the Elbe,
between Fischereihafen and Neumuehlen (just opposite the Kneipe "Zwiebel".)
Can anyone from that part of the world tell me exactly what these places
are?  I guessed that they might be accommodation for Asylbewerber or some
such thing, as there certainly seemed to be a lot of people of rather mixed
ethnic background wandering around.
   Ian
--
I.Glendinning@ecs.soton.ac.uk        Ian Glendinning
Tel: +44 703 593368                  Dept of Electronics and Computer Science
Fax: +44 703 593045                  University of Southampton SO9 5NH England
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
From: pebi@aem.umn.edu (Peter A. Bidian)
Subject: Re: new info on moving cars from U.S. to Germany (TUeV)
Organization: University of Minnesota
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 19:56:44 GMT

oli@math.rwth-aachen.de (Oliver Bonten) writes:

>pjd@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Peter J Dotzauer) writes:

>>However, the consulate has a different opinion on that, saying that
>>one must license the car in Germany as soon as one takes up 'residence'
>>there (Wohnsitz). I wonder how they can decide whether I'm just on
>>an extended visit or whether I took up residence already. I even
>>pressed the consular officer, how soon do I have to do that, the same
>>day, the same week, or what. He replied, as soon as you can. Leaves
>>a lot of room for interpretation, and is certainly not legally binding.
>>Opinions and sarcastic comments welcome :-)

>Taking residence is something you do by going to the town hall and regis-
>tering with the residence office (Einwohnermeldeamt). If you are going
>to live in Germany (for more than 6 months, I believe), you are supposed
>to register with this office within 6 days from moving into your flat/
>house. Failing to do so is a violation of order and you won't get papers
>(tax card etc.) anyway, nor be able to register your car.

>It is common practise in European countries, that you have to register
>your car where you have taken residence. The mentioned 1year period is
>valid in case your are not a resident of Germany (e.g. lent your car to
>a friend here...). The term "as soon as possible" allows you enough time
>to work on your car (or have someone work on it) in order to meet the
>specs.
>--
>Heute hack ich, morgen crack ich, uebermorgen hol ich mir dem SysOp sein Login.
>Ach wie gut dass niemand weiss, dass ich oli@math.rwth-aachen.de heiss.

I guess you have to notify your Dept. of Public Safety (Transportation)
here too, if you change your address. That goes in fact also for your
drivers licence. I guess the non existence of an 'Einwohnermeldegesetz'
here in in the US is more a myth, or a useless freedom, as w/o a Driver's
Licence you cannot do much, and if they catch you after you moved with
an old licence you have to pay a fine.

On the other hand, if you come from Germany on an F1 Visa you still have
to have your 'permanent residence' or 'Hauptwohnsitz' in Germany. Thus
every time you go home you are not 'visiting'. I am not sure how that
is with other types of visa.

From a friend I know that it might be better if you get the
'Haftpflichtversicherung' from a german company, from the day the car
arrives in Germany, then you can go to your local TUeV and don't have
to do it in Bremerhaven or other town with a port.

So long,

Peter

		                                                               
===============================================================================
Peter Bidian					     Internet: pebi@aem.umn.edu
Dept. of Aerospace Eng.				     Bitnet:    AE02022@UMNACVX
University of Minnesota				     phone:      (612) 625-1346
===============================================================================
From: carl.camurca%travel@wugate.wustl.edu (Carl Camurca) 
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
Subject: Temporary dwellings in Ha
Date: 15 Aug 92 13:44:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Travel Online, St. Louis, MO
Reply-To: carl.camurca%travel@wugate.wustl.edu (Carl Camurca) 

IG>Hi,
IG>   while I was in Hamburg over the weekend I noticed what appeared to be
IG>blocks of temporary dwellings, made out of freight container sized units,
IG>stacked up on floating bases.  This was on the north bank of the Elbe,
IG>between Fischereihafen and Neumuehlen (just opposite the Kneipe "Zwiebel".)
IG>Can anyone from that part of the world tell me exactly what these places
IG>are?  I guessed that they might be accommodation for Asylbewerber or some
IG>such thing, as there certainly seemed to be a lot of people of rather mixed
IG>ethnic background wandering around.

Most probably. I wish, one member of the government would spend more
time there, rather then telling "We are friendly to foreigners"

IG>   Ian

greetinx, Carl.

 * OLX 2.1 TD * BEER ... It's not just for Breakfast anymore!
From: dave@TIS.COM ("David I. Dalva")
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
Subject: German Translation Needed
Date: 13 Aug 92 12:50:17 GMT
Reply-To: dave@TIS.COM
Followup-To: soc.culture.german
Organization: Trusted Information Systems

I recently visited Dachau Concentration Camp outside Munich, and need some
help in translating two engravings.  Some of the words have an obvious
translation, but I can't get enough context to decipher the rest of it.  It
seems this post is appropriate to this group, even though it's a translation
request.

Some assistance from German-speaking readers of this group would be much
appreciated.

Dave
----------------------------------------------------------------------
	KREMATORIUM
	DENKET DARAN WIE WIR HIER STARBEN
----------------------------------------------------------------------
	MAHNMAL ZUM GEDENKEN
	AN DIE JUDISCHEN MARTYRER.
	DIE IN DEN JAHREN 1933-1945
	NATIONALSOZIALISTISCHER
	SCHRECKENSHERRSCHAFT
	UMGEKOMMEN SIND.
	IHR TOD BEDEUTET UNS
	MAHNUNG UND VERPFLICHTUNG.
	ERRICHTET VOM LANDESVERBAND
	DER ISRAELITISCHEN KULTUS =
	GEMEINDEN IN BAYERN IM JAHRE
	         1967
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
From: rschoen@titania.mathematik.uni-ulm.de (Reinhard Schoen)
Subject: Re: Lebzelterei
Keywords: wasndas
Organization: University of Ulm, SAI
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 92 13:27:00 GMT

In article <psima01.713621300@convex>,
psima01@convex.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de (M. Maisack) writes:

> Frage an die Oesterreicher unter und in uns:
> 
> was ist eine Lebzelterei? (gesehen beim Oesterreich-Urlaub).

Lebkuchen-Baeckerei
From: kai@depeche.toppoint.de (Kai Voigt)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
Subject: 1. Spieltag
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 92 21:28:31 GMT
Distribution: world               
Organization: World Violation, Inc.

Please tell me if someone is interested in this service.
In this case it will be posted weekly.

*****************************************************

***   *  * *  * ****  **** ****      *    * **** ****
*  *  *  * ** * *   * *    *         *    * *    *  *
****  *  * * ** *   * ***  **** **** *    * * ** ****
*   * *  * *  * *   * *       *      *    * *  * *  *
****  **** *  * ****  **** ****      **** * **** *  *

*****************************************************

1. Spieltag

Eintracht Frankfurt - Dynamo Dresden      1-1 (0-1)
1.FC Kaiserslautern - 1.FC Koeln          1-0 (1-0)
Bayer Uerdingen     - Bayern Muenchen     0-3 (0-1)
Schalke 04          - Wattenscheid 09     3-4 (1-1)
Vfl Bochum          - Borussia Dortmund   2-2 (2-1)
Karsruher SC        - Borussia M'gladbach 4-2 (1-2)
Bayer Leverkusen    - 1.FC Saarbruecken   1-1 (1-0)
1.FC Nuernberg      - Werder Bremen       0-0
Hamburger SV        - VfB Stuttgart       1-1

---
Kai Voigt         !  I want somebody who cares for me passionately
Werftstrasse 2    !  With every thought and with every breath
2300 Kiel 14      !  Someone who'll help me see things in a different light
Germany           !  All the things I detest I will almost like
+49 431 7297514   !  (depeche mode - some great reward)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
From: psima01@convex.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de (M. Maisack)
Subject: verschiedenes
Organization: Comp. Center (ZDV) U of Tuebingen, FRG
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 12:05:03 GMT


das Verfassungsgericht hat beschlossen, dass Sexanzeigen in
Zeitungen ordnungswidrig sind. Sachen haben die zu verhandeln...

Der Preisanstieg im Juli war 3.3 %

das Kabinett hat Minister Seehofer's Modell zur Gesundheitsreform
verabschiedet. Demnaechst im Bundestag.

Umfrageergebnis irgeneines Kaeseblatts:
25 % aller Frauen sind ungluecklich mit ihrer Frisur

Auch Kat und Diesel-Fahrzeuge sollen demnaechst zur ASU.

Beruflich bedingte Umzuege sollen bei der Steuer besser absetzbar werden.
From: peterk@public.sub.org (Peter Kittel)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
Subject: Re: Cinema: synchronisierte Star Trek, Wizard of Oz
Date: 17 Aug 92 16:11:56 GMT
Organization: Public News & Mailserver, Commodore Germany PM UNIX, Frankfurt

harlow@chinet.chi.il.us (Steven A Harlow) writes:

>I hope they get "The Simpsons", it will blow them away.

It's already here.

>While I'm babling on this subject, how well know is "The Wizard of Oz"
>in germany?

Very rarely. I never saw the whole film, though it came several times on
TV. And the book is also *not* commonly known among german children. It's
just not known. And if we see parts of those films, it appears everything
so "amerikanisch", just watch the names, they do not sound nice in german
ears. Perhaps this is the real problem. In fairy tales, english versions
have sometimes translated names to make it more appealing to english
readers I guess (german Aschenputtel --> english Ciderella). This didn't
happen for the other way round, perhaps this is the reason.

>One night when I was there, while walking home with my cousin on
>one of the ever present brick sidewalks, I started singing "Follow the Yellow
>Brick Road".
>She wasn't familiar with it.

Me too. What is it?

>It is a great piece of American culture (not that the world must know
>american culture).
>There is virtually no piece of dialog from that movie that a USian
>(or Canadian) will not recognize.
>It is quoted in everyday speach.
>When something really weird happens, it is not uncommon for someone
>to say "I've feeling we're not in Kansas anymore."

Yes, I heard all that. But it's really *American* culture that can't be
easily transferred to other places. And sometimes those Americans are
really astonished when they realize that all this is not common knowledge
in other countries.

-- 
Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel  // E-Mail to  \\  Only my personal opinions... 
Commodore Frankfurt, Germany  \X/ {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmger!peterk
                                   or  peterk@public.sub.org
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
From: carl.camurca%travel@wugate.wustl.edu (Carl Camurca) 
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
Subject: I LOVE GERMANY!
Date: 15 Aug 92 20:13:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Travel Online, St. Louis, MO
Reply-To: carl.camurca%travel@wugate.wustl.edu (Carl Camurca) 

IM>   about racism.... I'll be there in a few months... I definitely
IM>   don't look germanic, so I'll be giving you a first-hand report
IM>   Roger.  Till then, chill!

Uh, oh! To what part of Germany are you going?
I certainly don't look German, too, and I'm German. I warn you about the
Eastern part! Please tell me where are you going. In certain parts or
cities of Germany is a considerable risk.

IM>   Irene

greetinx, Carl.

 * OLX 2.1 TD * To our sweethearts and husbands - may they never met
From: thomas@aic.co.jp (Thomas Johannsen)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
Subject: Re: shopping hours
Date: 21 Aug 92 10:39:56 GMT
	<1992Aug20.173129.14783@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU>
Organization: Advanced Intelligent Communication Systems Lab.,Sendai,Japan
In-reply-to: spg@Xenon.Stanford.EDU's message of 20 Aug 92 17:31:29 GMT

In article <1992Aug20.173129.14783@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU> spg@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Stephen P. Guthrie) writes:

> What about Banks, the Post Office, the Telephone Dictatorship...
> 
> I'm moving to Germany in ~3 weeks and I wouldn't mind a few tips.


To make it short: They are always closed when you need them ;-)

Thomas
From: wayne@mathematik.uni-Bremen.de (Wayne Tvedt)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
Subject: Re: living in munich...more questions
Date: 13 Aug 92 14:16:44 GMT
Organization: 250 Million Pet Rocks
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

pavlik@apap4.pap.univie.ac.at writes:
>In article <7777@lee.SEAS.UCLA.EDU>, goyal@seal.janet.ucla.edu (Sameer Goyal) writes:
>> 
>> 4. Are the sexual mores in germany as liberal as in the US ?
>	
>Is there anything liberal in the USA ?

	Yes.  Shopping hours at malls and supermarkets.

--
Wayne Tvedt                                     wayne@mathematik.uni-bremen.de
                                              ...fold globally, expand locally
From: werner@cs.utexas.edu (Werner Uhrig)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
Subject: Re: shopping hours
Date: 16 Aug 1992 20:03:10 -0500
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
NNTP-Posting-Host: dimebox.cs.utexas.edu


 veit@Unify.com (Veit Irtenkauf) writes:
>
>The reason is that shopping hours in Germany are regulated by law.

	is it "law" or "regulation", actually? (law is made by
	parliament, regulation by the executive/ministries);
	probably a little of both;

	and what is the reason for it (be that law or regulation)?
	depending on where one cares to put the emphasis, opposing
	views tend to mention "the power of the labour unions prevents
	employees from being 'abused' by having to work odd/long hours"
	(i.e. motivation is social benefit) or "business is trying to
	minimize cost and competition";

	I've concluded that German tradition and nature had the result
	that telling others "NO, you can't do that!"  is the German
	bureaucrat's goal and "raison d'etre"  (in contrast to the
	Latin bureaucrat's  "and what is in it for me?"  and, insert
	a sigh of relief here, most US-American's  "what is it you want
	or need?  well, let's see how we can acomplish that and make
	it possible ...."

	As a telecommuting night-creature for as long as that life-style
	was feasable, the thought of the inconveniences of German phones,
	German bureaucrats and German store hours and customer treatment
	had me literally "run away for my life"....
							:-))

	Germany is a great place to visit, but not MY prefered place
	to live!!  (nothing personal guys and gals, but you are
	welcome visitors - and feel free to talk bad about Texans all
	you want - but I am glad to keep things that way, where we
	can visit each other and be "happy tourists", but stay out
	of each others way otherwise... 

		---Werner  (gee, I lived here longer than anywhere else...)
-- 
  werner@cs.utexas.edu |  ..!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!werner | werner@UTXVM.bitnet

              "Free Advice and Opinions -- Refunds Available"
Xref: sparky soc.culture.german:5668 talk.bizarre:26190
From: reese@vax.oxford.ac.uk
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german,talk.bizarre
Subject: Re: WITZBOLDE
Date: 15 Aug 92 14:37:11 GMT
Organization: Oxford University VAX 6620

In article <1992Aug14.181908.3245@dscomsf.desy.de>, poser@vxdsyc.desy.de (Till Poser) writes:
> In article <1992Aug14.110528.4953@gw.wmich.edu>, 
> hinkel@gw.wmich.edu writes in soc.culture.german:
> 
> |>Es kommt mir {einem Amerikaner] vor, dass einige Witzbolde, die sich in
> |>NEWS.SOC.CULT.GERMAN einmelden, beschraenkte Ahnung von der deutschen Kultur
> |>und besonders der deutschen Sprache haben. Das schwarze Brett wird immer
> |>schlimmer. Liegt es jemandem, die Sache auf deutsch zu besprechen?
> 
> Kein Problem, Du solltest vielleicht vorher mein Posting zum Thema 
> I HATE GERMANS lesen.
> 
>    Roger David Carasso ist ein Clown, ein Jeck, ein soziopathischer Spaszvogel.
>    Er bezieht seine Befriedigung aus der Aufmerksamkeit, die er erregt, den
>    Beschimpfungen, die er erhaelt, und aus seiner selbsterzeugten Beruehmtheit
>    auf dem Netz.
> 
>    Ich kann jedem nur raten, der davon verschont werden moechte, folgende
>    Sequenzen in sein KILL File zu tun:
>     /rdc@/h:j
>     /Carasso/h:j
>     /CARASSO/h:j


I think this is the beginning of something beautiful, a love affair
of epic proportions.  Films will be made about Poser and Carasso.

Jason
P.S.  I think encouraging people to put various "undesirable" posters
in kill-files, is retrogressive.

>        Till Poser         Internet: poser@vxdsyc.desy.de
> -F35- ZEUS DESY/Freiburg  Bitnet:   POSER@DESYVAX
> bldg.1b-235, Notkestr.85  Hepnet:   VXDESY::POSER (13313::Poser)
>    D-2000 Hamburg 52      Tel.: -49-40-8998-2004
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
From: thomas@serum.clpd.Kodak.Com (bulli@kodak.com)
Subject: Re: German Translation Needed
Reply-To: bulli@kodak.com
Organization: Eastman Kodak Company - Clinical Products Division
Distribution: clpd
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 11:54:10 GMT

In article <9208131750.AA23431@TIS.COM>, dave@TIS.COM ("David I. Dalva") writes:
|> I recently visited Dachau Concentration Camp outside Munich, and need some
|> help in translating two engravings.  Some of the words have an obvious
|> translation, but I can't get enough context to decipher the rest of it.  It
|> seems this post is appropriate to this group, even though it's a translation
|> request.
|> 
|> Some assistance from German-speaking readers of this group would be much
|> appreciated.
|> 
|> Dave
|> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
|> 	KREMATORIUM
|> 	DENKET DARAN WIE WIR HIER STARBEN
|> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
|> 	MAHNMAL ZUM GEDENKEN
|> 	AN DIE JUDISCHEN MARTYRER.
|> 	DIE IN DEN JAHREN 1933-1945
|> 	NATIONALSOZIALISTISCHER
|> 	SCHRECKENSHERRSCHAFT
|> 	UMGEKOMMEN SIND.
|> 	IHR TOD BEDEUTET UNS
|> 	MAHNUNG UND VERPFLICHTUNG.
|> 	ERRICHTET VOM LANDESVERBAND
|> 	DER ISRAELITISCHEN KULTUS =
|> 	GEMEINDEN IN BAYERN IM JAHRE
|> 	         1967
|> ----------------------------------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------------------------
    KREMATORIUM (Place where the dead were burned)
    REMEMBER HOW WE DIED
---------------------------------------------------------------------
   MEMORIAL FOR THE
   JEWISH MARTYRS
   WHO IN THE YEARS 1933-1945
   OF NATIONALSOZIALIST
   TERROR REIGN
   DIED.
   THEIR DEATH MEANS TO US
   "MAHNUNG" AND DUTY.
   ERECTED BY THE "LANDESVERBAND
   DER ISRAELITISCHEN KULTUS =
   GEMEINDEN" OF BAVARIA IN THE YEAR
              1967
---------------------------------------------------------------------

This is a crude first shot on the translation - maybe someone else can
help better (I don't have my dictionary handy ...).
--
/-------------------------------------------------------------------------\
| Thomas Bullinger | INTERNET:  bulli@kodak.com(work)  mrbulli@btoy1!UUCP |
| (716)253-7958    | COMPUSERVE:                               76535,2221 |
|                  | FIDO:                Thomas Bullinger @ 1:260/228.12 |
\-------------------------------------------------------------------------/
  ______                             __        _  _
    /   /                           /  )      // //
   /   /_  __________  __.  _      /--<  . . // // o ____  _,  _  __
(_/   / /_(_) / / / <_(_/|_/_)    /___/_(_/_</_</_<_/ / <_(_)_</_/ (_
                                                         /|
                                                        |/
From: hinkel@gw.wmich.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
Subject: Spricht jemand Deutsch?
Date: 23 Aug 92 01:33:07 EST
Organization: Western Michigan University

Mit klischenhaften auf englisch geschriebenen Bagatellen geht's immer weiter,
indem man immer wieder auf der Oberflaeche Deutschlands tanzt. Prost, Mahlzeit!  

Spricht jemand noch Deutsch, wenn man Deutschland bespricht?

Robert 
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
From: paul@opal.cs.tu-berlin.de (Paul Boehm)
Subject: Arbeitslosigkeit in den neuen Bundeslaendern
Reply-To: paul@cs.tu-berlin.de
Organization: ZRZ/TU-Berlin
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 17:18:33 GMT

Gerade eben habe ich eine nette Prognose der Deutschen Bank
zum Arbeitsmarkt in den neuen Bundeslaendern gefunden. Die Zahlen
beziehen sich auf das laufende Jahr und sehen wie folgt aus:

	Unterbeschaeftigung 		38,9 %
	Registrierte Arbeitslosigkeit 	17,7 %

Unter Unterbeschaeftigung wird die Gesamtzahl von registrierten Arbeits-
losen, Null-Stunden-Kurzarbeitern, ABM-Stellen, Fort- und Weiterbildungs-
stellen und Vorruhestaendlern verstanden. Nichtregistrierte Arbeitslose
werden hier nicht beruecksichtigt. Die Prozentangaben beziehen sich weiter-
hin auf die Gesamtzahl der Erwerbspersonen.

Die absoluten Zahlen sind auch nicht sehr ermutigend:

	Unterbeschaeftigung		3,07 Mio
	Registrierte Arbeitslosigkeit	1,40 Mio

P. Boehm
From: smk@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Stefan Kahrs)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
Subject: Re: Need translation: computer terms
Date: 21 Aug 92 10:17:53 GMT
	<1992Aug14.165819.29997@ennews.eas.asu.edu>
	<ulrich02280920716191146@galki.toppoint.de>
Distribution: soc
Organization: University of Edinburgh, LFCS
In-reply-to: ulrich@galki.toppoint.de's message of 16 Aug 92 19:11:46 GMT

In article <ulrich02280920716191146@galki.toppoint.de> ulrich@galki.toppoint.de (Ulrich Gall) writes:
[...]
>   Verklemmung  ( Wer das erraet, bekommt von mir den elektronischen 
>		  Verbalkreativitaetsorden)

Deadlock.
--
Stefan Kahrs
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
From: feld@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Michael Feld)
Subject: Konigsberg/Kaliningrad Philosophy Dept.?
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 19:21:17 GMT

I'd welcome an address (e-mail or other) for the Head of the
Department of Philosophy at the leading University in or near
Konigsberg/Kaliningrad.
-- 
Michael Feld                         | E-mail:  <feld@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
Dept. of Philosophy                  | FAX:     (204) 261-0021
University of Manitoba               | Voice:   (204) 474-9136
Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2M8, Canada	                     
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
From: maxb@sinix.UUCP (Max Bruning)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.german
Subject: Re: shopping hours
Date: 21 Aug 92 14:10:02 GMT
Organization: SNI AG Muenchen, STO XS

In article <n7ffssp@Unify.Com> veit@Unify.com (Veit Irtenkauf) writes:
>
>The reason is that shopping hours in Germany are regulated by law.
>In general, shops aren't allowed to be opened later than
>6:30pm Monday-Wednesday, Friday
>8:30pm Thursday
>2:00pm Saturdays, except of the first Saturday in a month
>4:00pm on the first Saturday of a month during daylight savings time
>6:00pm on the first Saturday of a month during normal time
>
>There are a few exceptions (airports, railway stations), but this is
>it.  It's most annoying that shops aren't open on Sundays.
> 
>Veit
>

Yes, its amazing.  You can buy gasoline and beer at any time of the day
or night at a gas station, but if you need to get milk for your children
or you forgot to buy catfood, and its not at the "right" time,
you're shit out of luck.