In an unfortunate coincidence, the libertarianish Free Democratic Party color scheme, when applied to an umbrella advertising a campaign literature booth, looks exactly like a New York City hot dog stand:

Relatedly, it turns out that when you amble around the Alexanderplatz area on a bicycle all the other tourists ambling around on foot think you actually live in Berlin and want to stop and ask you for directions.

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