• If you have sex with your fiancé and then later dump her she is entitled to compensation – but only if she was a virgin at the time when you proposed!
    (It is called “Kranzgeld”)
  • It is illegal to build an office without a view of the sky. Every office must have a view of the sky, however small.
  • It is an offence punishable with a fine and points on your licence to run out of petrol on a motorway.
  • Cannot wash your car on Sunday.
  • Sticking out your tongue while driving will end up in 150EUR fine.
  • If you leave your car locked, with its windows open, you can get a 15€ fine.
  • A “quiet time” is observed between noon and 3pm when it is forbidden to mow the lawn, wash cars, play loud music or hammer nails.
    It is forbidden to hang washing (clothes) out on Sunday.
  • A pillow is classified as a “passive weapon” and hitting someone with one can lead to charges of assault.
  • It is illegal to wear a mask while on strike.
  • It is illegal to tune pianos at midnight.
  • You can be fined 20 euros for calling someone an “arse” but 5000 euros for calling an official a “little Hitler”.
  • It is illegal to have the ashes of your loved one stored in an urn at home after cremation.
  • If you have a wireless router, it MUST be password protected.
  • In München, any establishment that serves beer must allow anyone to use it’s Toilet; customer or not.
  • If an delivery person knocks on your door between the hrs of 6:00 – 7:00 AM and requires the use of your toilet, you are required to let them enter even if you are not the recipient of merchandise. Lack of toilet paper and/or reading material will incur additional fines.
  • It is illegal for a woman older than 59 to be topless in Dresden city except when under duress, i.e., a house fire, escape from a mental asylum…
  • Woman cannot get married within 12 months after she gets divorced, but a man can. (It has something to do with if she is pregnant…it dont matter though if her ex has already got married again)
  • It is illegal to die on a tram during normal business hours, under ‘law of inconvenience’.
  • It is illegal to sit on a man’s lap on any German tram, unless you are engaging in ventriloquism or riding between 2:08 – 4:42 AM (drunk drunk people..)
  • During Oktoberfest, but only in Munich, a drunken, pregnant woman can relieve herself anywhere she wants between the hours of 4:08 PM and 8:42 PM.
  • It is illegal to wear a mask (Vermummungsverbot) near government buildings.
  • You are not allowed to work in a German office where the Temperature is 35C or over.
  • The legal age to be filmed while having sex is 16. You don’t break any laws by having sex with a 16 year-old and filming yourself while doing it. You do break the law if you let her watch the film.
  • It’s ok to drink beer anywhere you like.