I agree with a lot from this article. I am working in Nuremberg at the moment and have been here for over a month. From what I can see most people work very lon

I agree with a lot from this article. I am working in Nuremberg at the moment and have been here for over a month. From what I can see most people work very long hours, much longer than in the UK, and seem to take less holiday time (although their unions etc do make sure they take them when they have clocked up too many hours). People appear very loyal to their companies, even when they think that the company is going in the wrong direction. There is a strong work ethic. Plus sides - I have never seen so many big cars, Mercedes etc obviously being driven by ordinary people, in the UK would be upper middle class. Doesnt seem to be rows of closed down shops on high streets like in the UK - most shopping streets in UK are like ghost towns these days. Down sides. Looong hours at work. Most people live in apartments and not big semi or detached houses.