Hold off on vacuuming, laundry, drilling, lawn mowing, or loud music between roughly 10pm and 6-7am on weekdays, and for the entire day on Sundays and public holidays, exact hours can vary slightly by municipality, but the general window holds nationwide.
Save glass-bottle recycling for a weekday during normal hours; dropping bottles into a public glass recycling container on a Sunday is one of the most common accidental violations, since the noise is exactly what the rule targets.
- This isn’t limited to apartment living — it applies broadly enough that a loud weekend renovation project or a Sunday afternoon lawn mower can genuinely draw a neighbor’s complaint or a fine.
- A brief midday quiet window (Mittagsruhe) exists in some areas too, typically early-to-mid afternoon — check local norms if you’re staying somewhere for a while, since this one varies more than the nighttime and Sunday rules.