Overview
- Authorities processed 37 partyboat-related noise reports across 2024 and 2025, issuing 28 fines ranging from €350 to €4,500.
- The Amtsgericht Tiergarten discontinued seven cases after they were brought forward by district authorities.
- Treptow-Köpenick’s public order office reports routine summer complaints and says waterway noise has increased in recent years.
- Other Spree districts—Mitte, Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, and Lichtenberg—each logged no more than five reports in the same period.
- Treptow-Köpenick continues its “You are not alone on the water” awareness campaign, while Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg rejects a fine-first approach as ineffective.