Party Vibe

they are supposed to have at least finished Grundschule (year 8) and the official age is 18 although in reality it seems that young people still start at around 11-14 -sights like this are still common in Germany; and it was only in 2007 the govt moved some away from the schools and insisted the remaning ones only work after you scan your age ID card or driving license although its not clear how they would distinguish between someones own age ID or that of an older friend/relative 😉

I’m intrigued though as to why the sweet machines are guarded by 3mm steel grid and two multi lever locks on the case whilst the cig machine is only secured by a single lock :laugh_at:

it must be a fairly middle class area as people (including the teens and young adults) have actually obeyed the “ACHTUNG!” warning not to plaster it with other stickers or graffiti which happens loads elsewhere although to be fair the Germans do seem better behaved in some respects.

Even if they hadn’t been banned such machines placed outdoors away from CCTV would last 5 minutes in most of England (I think they did once have them until the end of the 1960s when people started getting addicted to opiate based pharms then available OTC and would bust into anything that contained cash or other tradeable commodities)

There aren’t even any empty cigarette packets or dog-ends thrown into the gutter and no part of the street furniture has been used as an ashtray – then again Germany seems to realise that as they’ve put every other substance on Anlage II (they made NPS illegal long before the UK) that nicotine and sugar are all the young people have left to enjoy so at least keep the prices affordable (even the “sin tax” element of them)….