Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

(I also regret, for example, that in Germany purchases are not packed by employees and stored in the car. I would pay extra for that, but the service simply does not exist. Not even in hardware stores, where it would be helpful for customers – not only older ones.)

It is available in hardware stores too, even without extra charge. You put the items together in the online shop and choose pickup. After 1-3 hours you receive an email that you can collect your order. Pay at the information desk, go to the goods collection point with the pickup slip, and they load the pallet (against a deposit or exchange pallet) directly onto your trailer with a forklift. I can only recommend it, it really saves a lot of carrying and searching.

Wrong. It is a question of mentality. There are simply many pig-hedgehogs living here who dirty everything. Throwing garbage on the street, leaving grill remains on the beach, graffiti, peeing in the train station, and so on and so forth. This does not exist to the same extent in Singapore. If everyone made an effort, there wouldn't be so much garbage and dirt to clean up.

The severe penalties in Singapore have a significant impact here. They don't mess around. I have been wondering for years why this is not introduced here.

So you are talking about full-day care <=3 years?
That it is significantly more expensive than classic kindergarten 3-6 years and usually only from 8 am to 1 pm is normal.
Otherwise, we have an apples/oranges comparison.

We don’t, because the user I referred to also described the full-day scenario.
And it is unfortunately not "normal" either; in my circle of acquaintances, we pay by far the most, even in the middle of Stuttgart one person pays "only" 350 for full-day care.
It is simply determined at the municipal level; the priorities of the community/city decide on this.

We don't have that, since the user I referred to also described the full-day number. And unfortunately, it is not "normal" either, in my circle of acquaintances we pay by far the most, even in the middle of Stuttgart one of them pays "only" 350 for full-day. It is simply determined at the municipal level, the priorities of the community/city decide on it.

But it also depends on income, at least here. Maybe you simply earn better than the others?

This is a question of mentality. There are simply many pig-hedgehogs living here who dirty everything. Throwing rubbish on the street, leaving grill leftovers on the beach

10 days ago was Midsummer in Sweden,
the parking lot was packed,
the festival meadow full of families and groups,
and in the evening the parking lot and meadow were clean,
without a cleaning company.

We don’t have that, since the user I referred to also described the full-day number.
And unfortunately, it’s not "normal" either; in my circle of acquaintances, we pay by far the most, even in the middle of Stuttgart one of them pays "only" 350 for full-day care.
It is simply determined at the municipal level, the priorities of the community/city decide this.

In our district, 80% of the crèches offer full-day care. This costs, as far as I can see, about 10% less to the same amount as a comparable daycare spot.

Crèches or daycares with such short opening hours will gradually become fewer and fewer. If the daycare is "only" open 30 hours per week, then as an employer you can only offer your educators part-time positions. And just like that, you become unattractive again and lose out in recruiting, watching as the educators go to neighboring daycares because they get more hours there. In rural areas this is not yet so bad, but even here the number of applications in this sector is declining significantly and positions remain unfilled. In metropolitan areas like Munich, educators can choose their job and basically negotiate their salary freely, including bonuses and allowances.

On the subject of daycare costs: with us, a full-time crèche place, Monday to Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., including breakfast, lunch, and afternoon snack, costs 200 euros. Of this, you directly receive 100 euros back from the Free State of Bavaria as a subsidy, leaving 100 euros as your own contribution.