[HN Gopher] East German cities offer free stays to fight depopul...
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East German cities offer free stays to fight depopulation
Author : toomuchtodo
Score : 24 points
Date : 2025-06-21 17:16 UTC (3 days ago)
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| timonoko wrote:
| Liberated East was really nice, because there was no urban
| sprawl. People lived in multistory houses in middle of nowhere. I
| bicycled around and camped wherever. Place is probably much worse
| nowadays with too many cars and parking lots.
| timonoko wrote:
| I totally forgot: I was not bicycling, I was roller-skating (&
| camping) in East Germany:
| https://youtu.be/EJISUjbk46E?si=8rFkUf9FdaY60O8c
| kleiba wrote:
| In case someone feels like inspired by this: beware that by
| default, camping outside camp grounds is generally prohibited
| almost anywhere in Germany.
| untitled2 wrote:
| In case someone doesn't know: everything is generally
| prohibited everywhere in Germany.
| fredfish wrote:
| But you should still buy an insurance for it.
| jagermo wrote:
| It would help more to get rid if their fascists. Eastern germany
| is not a nice place to visit or live outside cities.
|
| Not just the open skinheads, but everyday racism is rampant.
| exiguus wrote:
| I don't see that eastern germany is not a place to visit. Yes,
| there are areas and cities or villages with a lot of neo-na*is
| and there are areas where the AfD has 50% in eastern germany.
| But this are a few areas. And i am not saying that AfD voters
| are per se facists. On the other hand, you will find fascist
| all over the place in germany. Also in Bavaria and BW or NRW.
| For example: The AfD meetup to remigrate germans was in NRW and
| was organised by NRW AfD members and followers. Or the Waldorf
| / alternative medicine fascist people are mostly located in BW.
| roshin wrote:
| > Successful applicants will be housed in newly renovated
| apartments for a contribution of just EUR100 ($115).
|
| so it's not free
| mensetmanusman wrote:
| Free as in EUR100
| pavel_lishin wrote:
| > _Guben made headlines in 1999 when an Algerian asylum-seeker,
| Farid Guendoul, bled to death after being hounded by neo-Nazis._
|
| Passive voice strikes again!
| on_the_train wrote:
| Ah yes the usual political propaganda directly from the
| government on the "no politics" site
| pavel_lishin wrote:
| > _the "no politics" site_
|
| Where did you get the impression that HN is a "no politics"
| site? The guidelines say that _most_ stories about politics are
| considered off-topic.
| OKRainbowKid wrote:
| What propaganda are you referring to, specifically?
| purpleidea wrote:
| There are a bunch of "news sources" online all with very similar
| articles, and not one lists where you can sign up.
| eesmith wrote:
| This one for Guben is at https://www.guben.de/de/leben-
| wohnen/probewohnen/item/719-pr... . Applications were due 25
| May 2025.
|
| The article mentions Eisenhuttenstadt. That's at https://www.xn
| --jetzt-plne-schmieden-izb.de/probewohnen/ . Applications due 5
| July. Still time!
|
| I also mentions Frankfurt (Oder). The link I found at
| https://www.frankfurt-slubice.eu/de/arbeiten-leben/probewohn...
| says it was September 2021 to December 2022.
|
| I think https://stadt-auf-probe.ioer.eu/wohnen/ is another, in
| Gorlitz. I found no date.
| mvac wrote:
| The town of Gorlitz is truly charming. I visited after
| discovering that many scenes from my favorite movie, _The
| Grand Budapest Hotel_ , were filmed there
| (https://www.discovergoerlitz.com/grandbudapest/)
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