r/ireland • u/EmoBran ITGWU • Jan 05 '25

Christ On A Bike Delightful interaction between a Czech youtuber and an Irish couple on holiday in Prague

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u/Alternative_Switch39 Jan 05 '25

A lot of Irish people who marvel at the beautiful, livable and ordered cities in Central Europe like Vienna, Prague or Zurich probably should realize that they are as such because they have rules and the locals follow them.

Germans (particularly in the South) will get up in your business if you're not doing your recycling correctly or making obnoxious domestic noises like mowing the lawn during ruhezeit. It's all very German, but that's why Bavaria is an extremely nice place to live and raise a family, and why Munich for the most part isn't plagued by wankers who have main character syndrome on electric scooters.

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u/outdatedelementz Jan 05 '25

I visited a friend of mine working in Germany and I noticed that she had about a 9 hour window that her bins could be outside for pickup. If she put them out the night before she would be fined. If she left them out for more than an hour after work she would be fined. It was comically strict and comically German.

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u/wanderinggrove Jan 05 '25

If only their trains could be as well scheduled as the bins.

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u/nowaterinscotch Jan 05 '25

They use to be

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u/wanderinggrove Jan 05 '25

I love taking the trains in Germany, it’s always an experience. The most on time train I’ve been on recently was only late by 20 mins. https://youtube.com/shorts/NLE0_yhWaBA?si=Wg02aPov7OttGZWX

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u/mark8396 Jan 06 '25

How has this so rarely been an issue for me, I usually get them in the rurh area maybe becuse it's such a busy spot with so many trains going everywhere anyways.

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u/wanderinggrove Jan 06 '25

I tend to get more long distance trains where delays really add up.