The Federal Administrative Court ruled on Wednesday that charging entrance fees for two German North Sea beaches was illegal, a ruling which is set to have change the rules of the game all along the German coastlines. The pair had pushed for a law against these fees on three previous occasions, according to Die Welt. In previous years, residents had also protested against the setting up of a fence which enclosed the beaches. After a long deliberation, judges at the Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig ruled against the fees on Wednesday. A fee may only be charged, for instance, in areas where high-quality changing rooms, toilets and kiosks are provided.

Source: The Local September 14, 2017 09:11 UTC