They are everywhere ... they are everywhere!
When in 1934 a German fur farmer released three raccoons into the surroundings they were pretty unknown and exotic there. Other incidents followed and when in 1945 a bomb hit near a raccoon compound east of Berlin hundreds of these rascals got on their way to become a very successful invasive species.
In Germany there are no natural predators waiting for them except for some stray dogs and forest hunters and even newly introduced wolf packs in the large forest areas south of Berlin will not do them much harm because the raccoons are well under way relocating into towns and cities.
House owners beware! They are getting into your chimneys, they are rearranging the tiles on your roof, they are opening windows, they are roughing up your cat...
Be sure to lock up your garbage cans.
Like any other city dweller they are attracted to restaurants especially their leftovers.
There are an estimated 400 raccoon families living in Berlin.
Here is one of the critters right across the Bundestag German parliament.
It may be demonstrating for its rights...