Daily Life

Most friction in the first months is not legal, it is cultural: the bottle deposit, the Sunday closing, the quiet hours, the recycling bins. Small things, learned once.

Daily Life

The unwritten rules of daily life

Quiet hours, recycling, the bottle deposit, Sunday closing and the small habits that make neighbours happy.

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