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Bike to Berlin Brothel, Get a Discount

What’s more annoying than driving down to your local brothel only to find that there’s no parking available? It’s enough to make you stay home – and that’s exactly why Berlin’s Maison d’Envie, or House of Desire, is now offering discounts to clients who arrive on bicycles.
Thomas Goetz, the brothel’s owner, hopes that the discounts [...]

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Snuggles, a Modular Hotel Inspired by Hamster Tunnels

If you’ve ever looked at a hamster tunnel and thought, “Gee, I wish they made these human-sized”, you’re in luck. A German urban design firm has created a modular hotel concept that can be used for camping in the woods, fun on the beach or as an urban residence. And it’s so cozy, they named [...]

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International Youth Call Out to Merkel and Tusk in Warsaw

On the day after German Chancellor Angela Merkel publicly announced that she would block needed reforms to the European Union’s climate package, a crowd of 200 people from more than 20 countries loudly called her and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk to task outside the prime minister’s residence in Warsaw.

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Fewer Traffic Signals, Signs & Curbs for Better Safety?

Two European towns have proven that you don’t necessarily need road signs, curbs, sidewalks and stop lights to have safe intersections where motor vehicles, pedestrians and bicyclists can share the road. Though this seems counterintuitive, for the Dutch town of Drachten and Bohmte, Germany, it has worked brilliantly to reduce accidents and provide an all-around [...]

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Germany: Bush’s ‘Losership’ Climate Change Speech the Work of a Talking Monkey

Oh, the shameful glimpses we get into what the world thinks of our country.
Most of us are aware of (and actually care about) the fact that the United States has lost its esteem in the world arena under Bush. It’s not just the hundreds of mind-blowingly idiotic things that he’s done over the years. It’s [...]

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