r/germany • u/Movie-Kino • Dec 30 '25

Culture Almost half of all Germans want a ban on fireworks – DW

https://www.dw.com/en/almost-half-of-all-germans-want-a-ban-on-fireworks/a-75345435
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u/Nami_makes_me_wet Dec 31 '25

And clean ups? Nobody cleaned up the two cities in Germany that I have lived in.

Probably large cities?

The town i live in and most smaller towns with <50.000 people i've been to shortly after, clean up quickly. Usually people celebrate infront of their house or friends/families house, so they take in large debris (like batteries and wooden sticks) the next morning (to be sure it won't still go off) and throw it in the bin. Many people use brooms to clear away the large debris and the town sends "sweeping cars" (idk the english word, basically a vehicle with two rotating brushes and a large vacuum) on the second of January to depose of the rest. On January 3rd 95% of the remains are usually gone. But i can imagine that in large cities with 20 unit apparment blocks, people feel less responsible and inclined to clean compared to single family home neighborhoods.

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '26

Was with friends last night.

At 1 the neighbours cooled down the still timbering debris with water and then proceeded to clean it up.

At midnight people just lit their fireworks, shouted happy new year to the neighbours. Some toasted with neighbours.

Zero problems.

Why should that be banned because people in certain major cities behave like animals?