Italy regularly occupies one of the top places in the ranking of the most popular holiday destinations for Germans. In addition to beach, sun and spaghetti carbonara, the country also offers all sorts of crazy laws.

In Turin, dog owners must take their pet for a walk three times a day. Talking to prostitutes on the street is a punishable offence in Sanremo in Liguria. The most expensive ice cream in the world does not come from Italy, as the Foreign Office writes.