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It introduces a different mentality: you have to do something other than shop.
by nodata 13y ago
It introduces a different mentality: you have to do something other than shop.
- bane 13y agoAs an international traveler that for some reason ends up arriving in Germany Sundays, let me assure you, it sucks to high heaven that I can't get something to eat or drink easily.
- Derbasti 13y agoRestaurants, bakeries, gas stations, and everything at airports or train stations is open on sundays in Germany.
- bane 13y agoLast time I went to Germany was...2009? I grabbed something to go at the airport and hit the road for my destination in central Bavaria. After I checked into my hotel, I hit six entire towns where everything was closed. It was around 6-7pm on a Sunday. Which is a hugely popular eating out time for families in the States. I finally found a Kebab place that was open and stuffed myself to the gills I was so starved. The rest of the week was perfectly fine. The next Sunday? Same thing, only I made sure to have a couple pre-made sandwiches in my hotel room and some breakfast meats I stored in the fridge from breakfast the previous day. As a traveler, Germany on Sundays simply sucks.
- nodata 13y agoWhere are you having these problems? International travellers tend to arrive by plane or train (as Derbasti says), you can buy something from there. Or from a restaurant. The only problem you would have is with supermarkets away from the train station or airport.
- bane 13y agoThe Middle of Bavaria. Of course the airport had food. But I was 2 and a half hours away from an airport by autobahn. Every restaurant for dozens of kilometers around was closed. I asked my hotelier about it and he just shrugged and told me where to get some kebab three towns over.
- VMG 13y agomy mentality is "I want some milk" and "I bet the gas stations are pretty happy about the Ladenöffnungszeitengesetz"
- michaelgrafl 13y agoSince you can get milk at the gas station if you forget to stock up the day before: what's the problem?
- brazzy 13y agoIn Japan, there is no such law, and nearly all stores close at 8 PM anyway, many on sundays as well. There are 24/7 convenience stores which are almost exactly like German gas stations minus the gas. The net effect: harldy any difference.
- VMG 13y agoThanks, I'll bring up that example the next time somebody tries to convince me that we need a law and the market can't regulate itself.