Sparkasse

This morning Christine and I each opened an account ("konto") at a local bank. Thankfuly a couple of young people there spoke English. I have no idea what I signed, but then again the fine print for opening a bank account back in Canada would be just as boring and confusing, so it doesn't really matter.

Although they have branches and ATMs all over the place, this is the actual branch we used. The only slightly strange thing is that you still get an account book (really just an empty cardboard folder) in which you keep all the paper bank-receipts and printouts.