Not OP but when I was living there I noticed that major highways are generally physically separated from public spaces
I suspect due to better urban planning and less car-centric compromises on the placement of new motorways
Centre of towns and villages are more likely to be trams or trains than a highway. Very few settlements are anywhere near the autobahn.
Also the extreme emphasis on car maintenance was nice to see - polar opposite to where I’m from, Australia (similar I’d imagine to America). It seems that people here play a competition with who can illegally modify their car the most like cutting off catalytic converters and raising their SUV 4 inches for god knows why
There is noise, it just isn't a loud as here in the US. Germany has vehicle noise emissions standards, including the tires. Further, Germany doesn't have nearly as many large trucks and SUV's, which typically have fairly loud tires.
I suspect due to better urban planning and less car-centric compromises on the placement of new motorways
Centre of towns and villages are more likely to be trams or trains than a highway. Very few settlements are anywhere near the autobahn.
Also the extreme emphasis on car maintenance was nice to see - polar opposite to where I’m from, Australia (similar I’d imagine to America). It seems that people here play a competition with who can illegally modify their car the most like cutting off catalytic converters and raising their SUV 4 inches for god knows why