[germuhknee]

I don't know about other countries, but here in Germany I've only experienced one intermission. I think it was during a long movie like one of the Lord of the Rings films.

However, there are other cool things that are certainly different than my film-going experiences in North America. For instance, an ice cream vendor always goes around right before the film starts, i.e. after the commercials. I don't know why; I think maybe once I saw someone buy something.

Then of course there's the beer, which you can buy along with your popcorn (sugar coated btw, never with butter and salt) and take in with you. There's even one cinema where they have the snack bar inside the actual screening room. So if you need to restock on munchies during the show, you don't have to miss anything. And the seats all have these long tables in front of them, so it's a bit like being at a drive-in. Sweet.