Effectively from today you will need your shiney Umweltplakette when you drive your car in the inner Berlin-city (inside the S-Train circle). If you failed to get your’s be prepared for a 40 EUR fine in addition to scoring one point in Flensburg. I picked up mine today at Jüterboger Straße in Kreuzberg. It took ten minutes (literally) and cost five Euros.

On a side note, I’m curious as of what other fines and regulation will be adopted in time. It seems like this is suitable topic to milk people for. After all, we are all for the environment.

Picture courtesy of berlin.de.

Tags: berlin, umweltplakette, umweltzone, environmental zone, 2008