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Growing up in Vienna (Austria) I can confirm that many bars existed to cater to middle schoolers and it was very easy buying alcohol (Whiskey, Beer etc.) at 13/

• wink 3y ago
  German here who was 13 in the 90s - while I'd heard of several people (and friends of mine) who drank alcohol at 13, it was a lot more common at 15 (but mind you, we're allowed to legally drink beer with 16, so I don't consider drinking beer at 15 a big deal). All mostly middle class children who went on to go to uni, maybe the occasional outlier with a less than normal home situation. They did want to see government IDs in shops, but I guess that highly depends on the shop or your exact location.
• snvzz 3y ago
  >many bars existed to cater to middle schoolers and it was very easy buying alcohol (Whiskey, Beer etc.) at 13/14. Definitely not legal. How come the owners aren't in jail? This is no joke, we are talking about children. Seems like serious levels of corruption.
  • mpol 3y ago
    The shops don't advertise that of course, so with what claim would you nail them? Here in the Netherlands, about 10 years ago, there was a new law that coffeeshops selling marihuana are not allowed within 250 meter from schools. That is a rule working the other way around.
  • rcbdev 3y ago
    Funnily enough, the notorious night club I was thinking of from my youth actually is closed now.