At a chapel 5. Here we are at the university, where bikes are a favorite mode of transportation for students. Most professionals have houses or apartments that they own or rent. Housing is expensive. Freiburgers enjoy all the usual benefits that Germans have.
Women get six weeks leave with full pay after they have a child.
If both parents work, and one wishes to stay at home to raise a child, or children, there is a payment provision for that purpose. There are tax breaks for children, too. Almost everyone has six or eight weeks paid vacation. Annual trips to faraway places are commonplace. The harsh part of the German past is not of interest here.