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Thread #140417   Message #3234861
Posted By: Will Fly
06-Oct-11 - 12:17 PM
Thread Name: BS: What has happened to London?
Subject: RE: BS: What has happened to London?
As far as hatred of tourists is concerned, London is miniscule by comparison with Berlin, which is currently one of the most popular capital city destinations in Europe.

There's a formal and concerted movement on the part of Berliners to make life uncomfortable for tourists - stealing cars, keying cars, insulting them, short-changing them, etc.

Guardian article on Berlin and tourism

Here's an extract:

In December, the alternative magazine Interim even called for an anti-tourism campaign. To get rid of these unwanted pests, it urged readers to "steal their mobile phones and wallets as you walk by their cafe tables, burn their cars, smash their hotel windows, drop rubbish, throw stuff at tourist buses".