Good news for patriotic car drivers: refueling is no more expensive in Bavaria than in the rest of Germany. Nevertheless, they can only hope that the Austrians do not follow the example of the French.
Yes, of course there are rugged mountains and guttural sounds on this side of the border too. But no, it was definitely not just the tank tourism that drove the trip to Tyrol recently. Now and then the nose wants to be wafted by the scent of the exotic – even if it’s dizzyingly heavy fumes like at the gas station in Hall that happened to be on the way. The liter of Super was there for 1.729 euros, so you can read it days later in disbelief on the receipt. No bargain and yet smelled like it.
For a long time it was no longer cheap to sink a trunk at a gas station in Bavaria. On the contrary: It was particularly expensive in Bavaria recently, even by German standards. Whether in Hamburg or Berlin, refueling is cheaper everywhere than in the Free State. A liter of diesel sometimes cost 13, 14, 15 cents more here. Who had to look for evidence for the thesis put forward by the state government that Bavaria was being systematically disadvantaged by the federal government, when it was clearly stated on the price tables on every street?
The good news for patriotic car drivers: Bavaria is no longer disadvantaged when filling up. “Regional differences melted,” reported the ADAC last week. According to this, Bavaria has fallen back into the middle when it comes to fuel prices, with an average of 1.935 euros for a liter of Super and 2.135 euros for a liter of diesel. Schleswig-Holstein and Bremen are at the top, each with a lead of a few cents. Or in short: refueling is now just about equally unaffordable for everyone.
So all that remains is the old comparison with Austria. It is true that fuel prices could soon rise there too, due to a new “CO2 tax”. But the status as a country of longing for Bavarian fuel tourists has grown for too long to lose a little bit more because of it. Except maybe, you do it like France. There, in some border areas, the sale of fuel in canisters has been banned for the time being because of refinery strikes and fuel shortages, so that the Germans don’t fill up their cars even more. Just imagine the outcry in Bavaria if such limits would also apply to gas stations in Tyrol in the future.