Well, Germans have a lot of rules about when you're allowed to make noise, and they have a reputation for involving the authorities more than in other places.

Well, Germans have a lot of rules about when you're allowed to make noise, and they have a reputation for involving the authorities more than in other places. Having lived in several apartments in different parts of the city, noise from neighbors was rarely a problem, but street noise sometimes was in the summer when the windows were open.