[UA] Picking on dipsomancers

[Frank Lohmann]

"Doug Stalker" <dougs at technologist.com> wrote:

> In Sydney It's illegal to sell take-away alchohol after midnight.  Most bars
> are open to 2 or 3 am, and there are 24 hour bars/clubs around as well.

Since we're going international...

In Germany, you can buy beer, wine and hard booze at regular supermarkets, which 
are usualley open from 8:00 to 19:00 or 20:00. After that, you still can get 
take-away alcohol (even hard booze) at about every second petrol station (for 
about every second petrol station is open 24x7). In cities, that is. In more 
rural areas, you'd have a *much* harder time getting booze when the regular 
shops are closed.

Bars and clubs usually are open until 2 or 3 am as well.

I'm not too sure about other european countries. I remember that getting booze 
was much harder in England when I had been there on school exchange so many 
years ago (it's usually not a problem getting beer or wine if you're - say - 16 
or something in Germany), but I don't know how accurate these memories are. I do 
know that the scandinavian countries (Sweden, Finland) do have very strict laws 
concerning alcohol, but again, I'm lost for details. I do know that Kiel, being 
a mayor german port on the baltic sea and getting lots of ferry traffic from 
scandinavia, has it's regular share of scandinavians who take short weekend 
vacations to enjoy the cheap booze here.

Hmmm - Dipso-tourism, anyone...? 8)
	Frank
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