This is definitely the case in Germany and Austria. You can't just stop paying your subscription and consider this a successful cancellation thinking everyth

This is definitely the case in Germany and Austria. You can't just stop paying your subscription and consider this a successful cancellation thinking everything goes away and sorts itself out naturally. They'll send the collection agency after you for the missed payments till the end of the contractual agreement, which for most gyms is 3 to 12 months! Gym chains here are absolutely predatory. The same goes for any other kind of subscription too like, telcos, etc.