An area of the German city of Hamburg known for its nightlife is fighting back against drunken revelers who relieve themselves in the streets — by modifying the area’s walls to “pee back.”

A neighborhood association has begun repainting walls along the famous Reeperbahn street, in the heart of the city’s St. Pauli nightlife district, with a water-repellent paint.

The offending urine bounces straight off the wall — and on to the shoes of the perpetrator.

Signs have been put up around the district that read “Don’t pee here. We pee back.”

The menace of what is known as the Wildpinkler, or “wild urinator,” is something of an obsession in Germany.

Penalties vary from city to city, but anyone relieving themselves on the streets of Munich risks a fine of 100 euros (US$108) while in Cologne it is a hefty 200 euros.

But Hamburg’s Reeperbahn, which attracts more than 20 million visitors a year, is just too crowded to police the Wildpinklers.

Known as die sündigste Meile, or the most sinful mile, the Reeperbahn is both a red-light district and a center for bars and nightlife, somewhat like London’s Soho.

The St. Pauli neighborhood association says the Wildpinklers have become such a serious problem that it had to act.

“On the streets here, it’s like being in a sewer,” Julia Staron, a spokesman, told Spiegel magazine.

The water-repellent paint the association is using to fight back is more often found on ships — and it is highly effective, according to Ms. Staron.

“The liquid rebounds with almost the same force with which it hits,” she said.

The neighborhood association has even produced a video entitled “St. Pauli Pinkelt Zurück,” or “St Pauli Pees Back,” which has already attracted more than 180,000 hits.

Would-be Wildpinklers should not think they can just go round the corner and relieve themselves against the next wall, she warned.

“Not every wall has a sign,” Ms. Staron says with a grin in the video.

德国汉堡市一个以夜生活出名的地区近日开始对醉鬼随处小便的行为展开反击，他们把该地区所有的墙面都做了改造，可以在醉鬼们对着墙嘘嘘时予以反击。

社区协会已着手用防水材料重新粉刷位于圣保利“不夜城”的中心地带著名的莱泊帮大街的街墙。一旦有人随街嘘嘘，尿液会因防水层的缘故反弹回嘘嘘者的鞋上。

该街区已贴出警示：“请勿在此嘘嘘，否则回嘘你！”

德国对喜欢随街小便者的警告随处可

见。随街小便的罚款因城而异。像在慕尼黑，随街小便罚款100欧元（108美元），而在科隆，将是200欧元的高额罚款。

汉堡的莱泊帮大街每年吸引着超过两千万的游客前往。要想在人头涌涌的大街上监督随街小便者相当困难。

莱泊帮大街被称作“最堕落的大道”，是著名的红灯区。那里酒吧云集，夜生活丰富，与伦敦的苏活区十分相像。

圣保利的社区协会称：随街小便问题已非常严重，我们必须有所行动。

“这里的整条街道就像下水道一样，臭气熏天，”该协会发言人朱莉娅•斯塔龙向《明镜周刊》说道。

据斯塔龙女士说，协会所采用的防水涂料是船舶上常用的涂料。用来打击随街小便是不可多得的高效之法。

她还说道：“碰墙的尿液会以同样的力度反弹到小便者身上。”

前不久，社区协会甚至上传了一个名叫“圣保利嘘回去的视频，点击量高达18万。

斯塔龙警告：“随街小便者千万别抱侥幸心理，不要以为自己能绕过角落到另一边墙根小便。”

视频中，斯塔龙女士笑着说：“并不是每面墙都有警告标示的噢。”

    Words to Learn 相关词汇

   【狂欢者】kuánghuān zhě reveler a celebrant who shares in a noisy party

    【高昂的】gāo’áng de hefty sizable, involving a large amount of money