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The most expensive license in Europe
A German driving license costs somewhere between two and four thousand euros and takes months, which is why a great many people in cities simply do not have one. The process is fixed by law: a first-aid course, an eyesight test, a minimum number of theory lessons, and a set number of compulsory practical hours including night driving, motorway driving and driving outside town. You cannot learn with a parent in a car park; all instruction is through a licensed Fahrschule. The theory exam has a reputation for catching people out, and the practical is taken with a state examiner rather than your instructor. There is one thing worth doing on arrival: licences from the EU are valid indefinitely, and many non-EU licences can be exchanged or used for six months, sometimes with a reduced test — but the window is short and the rules depend entirely on which country issued yours. That is a question for the Führerscheinstelle, and worth asking early rather than after six months have passed.