cross-posted from: https://europe.pub/post/47526
Absolutely not something to be given for granted.
Shoutout to u/UnusualInstance6 on Reddit
this post was submitted on 25 Mar 2025
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I am German. I drink tap water. Most of my friends do as well.
I tried when I visited Munich and it was like drinking from swimming pool.
It's kind of the most regulated tap water in the world. As long as the building is not 200 years old, it should be perfectly fine.
Fine as in safe, horrid when it comes to the flavour and smell
Generally true, but still not true in a lot cases. Also the taste can often be really bad.
So good
I'm mostly basing it on my experience at restaurants in the 90s. If you asked for water, you got mineral water.
That's more of a greed issue, though. Though bottled water is very popular in Germany, many people don't bother with it especially if they live in multi-family homes (very unfun to carry bottled water up 3 flights of stairs) and definitely if they don't have a car.
You gotta ask for tap water, if you want tap water. Otherwise, they'll bring you bottled water, which sells for more.
Yeah, I learned that quickly, but even then, you would get room temperature water with no ice. Was quite a culture shock!