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Before moving to Munich two years ago for my PhD everyone warned me about the legendary lack of German humor. They said dealing with the bureaucracy would be a soul crushing experience of rigid rules and unsmiling clerks. And while the rules are definitely rigid I have slowly realized that the German sense of humor absolutely exists. It is just incredibly dry, entirely deadpan, and usually deployed when you are actively panicking about paperwork. I had to visit the KVR recently for my residence

Hello, I’m a tourist. Arrived in Nürnberg yesterday and went walking about in the old town. Came across police cordon outside the church. Found out there was a rally by what was described to me as fascists/non-nazis. The police though were taking photos of people standing outside the rally boundary. Is this normal in Germany? For such rallies and police taking photos of people? what do they do with these photos?