The series "Realer Irsinn" takes a good-spirited look at the stubborn and contradictory rules that are often found in Germany, where bureaucracy can be quite a hindrance and things don't always run as efficiently as everyone thinks!
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany High German Upper Saxon
Drivers are seeing red at this traffic light in Dresden – and it's been that way for 25 years! Does that sound insane to you? It is! But there's a reason behind it ...
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany High German North German
A section of the A26 autobahn has been completed, but traffic is only open in one direction. The state of Lower Saxony now fears a wave of lawsuits and chaos.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany High German North German
In the town of Celle in Lower Saxony, the consumption of hot food and drinks at the weekly market is prohibited. Those who dine on Leberkäse sandwiches and other snacks are thus committing an administrative offense!
Difficulty: Intermediate
Germany North German
The rural areas around Hamburg are known for their storks. However, there is one nest where no stork is allowed to live, as it has been deemed an illegal construction. Enjoy another ridiculous example of Germany's over-the-top bureaucracy from the program "Realer Irrsinn."
Difficulty: Intermediate
Germany High German
Is it possible to extract oil and at the same time protect the environment, or is it just a matter of disguising the reality and making carbon footprint numbers look better than they are? Here, we take a look at Germany’s only oil platform.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Germany High German
Another example of total traffic absurdity, this time decreed by the Ministry of Transport in Hanover!
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