• julianwgs@discuss.tchncs.de
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    No legal advice, but I am pretty sure picking an apple from a tree in a public space (but can be privately owned) for direct consumption is legal in Germany. Weird but understandable that you need a law for that.

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      Laws regarding public access to nature are much better in Europe & the UK than in the US.

      If I remember correctly, Trespassing isn’t a viable law in Finland.

      You want to walk across the land? Go ahead.

      In the US: CRIME

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        Not just crime but in large parts of the country it’s a popular myth that they can shoot you for being on their property. They can’t, that’s ridiculous, but Hollywood and popular myth won’t let it die.

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          Also, legality doesn’t change the odds of some old white dude taking pot shots from his porch at strange noises, because of precisely the same popular myth

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      ironically i think this is technically not covered by nordic “right to roam” as that says you should avoid areas near housing, however if anyone tries to raise a stink about people picking fruits from public trees then everyone is going to tell them to shut up and stop being a miserable idiot.