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German MPs lose sauna, get toilet

Updated on: 08 January,2010 07:55 AM IST  | 
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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 spokesman said yesterday.

German MPs lose sauna, get toilet

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 spokesman said yesterday.

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, said Bundestag spokeswoman Anna Rubinowicz.

The spokeswoman 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 eight euros (approx Rs 500) a go.




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