German MPs: sauna is out
2010-01-07 22:24
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Berlin - Stressed-out German MPs fancying a steamy session with their fellow legislators will soon be out of luck as the parliament's sauna is being closed and turned into a toilet, a spokesperson said on Thursday.
Despite offering enough space for 20 naked lawmakers at a time, since opening in 2003 the sauna has only been in service 195 times and has been patronised by just 185 people, Bundestag spokesperson Anna Rubinowicz told AFP.
The spokesperson was unable to say if Chancellor Angela Merkel, who was famously in an East Berlin sauna when the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, was one of those who indulged at €8 a go.
- SAPA