All transactions involving online gambling are blocked by our banks so sending Bitcoin to myself is out of the question.
How is online gambling related to Bitcoin?
What is Germanys take on Bitcoin?
How do they tax it?
Bitcoin is not considered a currency in Germany, more like a digital asset.
Gains on assets like that are tax free, if you held it for longer than a year. If you buy and sell before that period, then your individual income tax rate is applied.
Is it possible for a foreigner to open a bank account in a German bank that is crypto friendly, get a debit card that I can use and withdraw money from a local ATM in my country?
I think it will be hard to find a crypto friendly bank in Germany for somebody not living there.
Fidor comes to mind, but I am not sure if they still accept people not residing in Germany.
A friend of mine just recently applied for an account at Swissquote, which is crypto friendly, you can actually hold your cryptos there (if you wish to use a bank for that) and I think they also provide credit and debit cards. The application hasn't gone through yet, so I cannot speculate on the success rate yet. They are working on it though (he only applied 2 days ago).
I would like to exchange my Bitcoins to EURO and withdraw them to a German bank account. How big are the taxes?
In what way do you guys in Germany deal with exchanges and which ones do you use?
Taxes see above.
I don't live in Germany, but I mostly use Kraken, Bitstamp and Bitcoin.de