So after 13 years Berlin gets a new mayor. Here's a pic of his official reception at the Red Cityhall... Germany and their traditions never cease to amuse me. Oh, in case you're wondering, he's being greeted by an assembly of chimney sweeps... as you do....
This weirdness was enough to send me on a google journey - came across this, pointing to a shadowy chimney sweeps monopoly in Germany. There's almost enough for a "DaVinci Code" book in this: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/1506325/Germans-give-chimney-sweeps-the-brush-off.html
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