Tourism

Travel in Germany: The best secluded hangouts to visit this summer

These ten lesser-known but gorgeous German villages are really a sight to behold.

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East German village sells for €140,000

The only bidder at an unusual auction on Saturday put down €140,000 and walked away the new owner of a small slice of German history: the village of Alwine, population 20.

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'People had no prospects here': east German village put on market for €125,000

On Sunday, an entire Brandenburg village - occupied mainly by retirees and dilapidated buildings - will be auctioned off, mirroring the wider fate of other east German towns.

Internet

Village expands its self-built broadband network

Shunned by government and big telecom companies, a group of villagers in rural northwest Germany is set to expand the super-fast internet network they built to a second village. The Local's Tomas Urbina went to meet the villagers as they prepare to put shovels in the ground.