[pino999]

In the Netherlands fines are insane. If you pick up your garbage bin two hours too late from the street corner, you pay 210 euros. On the other side, if you sell drugs to kids and have a weapon, nobody touches you.

Yes, you can sometimes walk around legally with a beer bottle here.

[linkregister]

That must depend on the town. I saw people hanging their trash bags on the trash poles several days early, no consequences.