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There is no bad weather
Es gibt kein schlechtes Wetter, nur falsche Kleidung — there is no bad weather, only wrong clothing — is quoted often enough in Germany to be a national position rather than a proverb. Children go outside at nursery in rain and snow in full waterproofs, walks happen in November, and the beer garden opens the first afternoon it clears twelve degrees. The related institution is Lüften: throwing the windows wide open for several minutes twice a day, in all weather, to exchange the air. Doing it properly means Stoßlüften — a short sharp blast with the window fully open rather than leaving it ajar — and a rental contract may genuinely require it as a defense against mould, with tenants held liable if they do not. Expect a colleague to open the office window in January and expect nobody else to complain. The other thing worth knowing is the German summer: it has become genuinely hot, air conditioning is rare in homes, and thirty degrees in a top-floor flat with no fan is a real experience.