> "In Germany, we come to work, we put our heads down for seven hours and work, then we all go out and spend two hours drinking beer together before we go home to our families"

Definitely not the case here in Berlin. All of my jobs here had plenty of post-work socialising, some even obligatory.

During work itself, people also tend to spend a lot of time in "kitchen area" or browsing Facebook, chatting on WhatsApp etc.

The "put our heads down for hours" thing is not something I have ever observed.