The next few pictures are about peculiarities of life in Germany

That's the lineup of garbage cans for recycling. The blue-top cans are for paper and cardboard, the yellow-top ones are for plastics, glass, metal, and "composites." The black cans are for trash that has not been separated for recycling, and the brown can is for compostable garbage, mostly food stuff gone bad, or house plants and garden waste.
Recycling also goes for plastic pop bottles, only there you get the 0.25€ back that you pay as deposit.

Next is what happens when you park where or when you shouldn't.

I think the guy standing by the policeman dressed in the neon-yellow jacket was the owner who wanted to talk them out of hauling his car off - unsuccessfully.