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Driving in Germany

Contrary to what normally happens in Italy, and also in Belgium, in Germany the traffic-rule is very much respected and the police do not make discounts whatsoever.

Therefore we have outlined below some tips for those who will come to the wedding by car and have then to drive in Germany:

  1. Observe speed limits. On motorways there are no limits, unless specifically indicated. This means that where these limits are indicated it is pretty easy to have a policeman with a speed camera and a colleague a few hundred meters after that will stop you... The controls are of course also in town, even in residential areas with limit of 30 km/h, and here the speed cameras are often hidden in station-wagon cars parked on the sides of the road.
  2. Contrary to what commonly happens on the motorways in Italy, to dazzle the car in front of you asking for free road, perhaps by sticking a few inches away from it, fortunately it is not of common use in Germany. Furthermore, it has an opposite meaning: give way, especially near intersections. Therefore we recommend to refrain entirely from this practice in order to avoid dangerous misunderstandings.
  3. The strict observance of road markings is crucial! Traveling on a city street with more lanes and not comply with the stripes on the ground, perhaps by cutting the bend, is equivalent, in an almost mathematical way, to strike the vehicle marching alongside.
The public transport in Munich

Munich has 16 (sixteen) lines: 8 lines of U-Bahn, the subway itself, which runs on average every 10 minutes and that it is active until about 2 am, and 8 lines of S-Bahn, which runs every 20 minutes until after midnight.

As the parking fee are quiet high we recommend to try to move with the public transports, the necessary information can be found here.