/ Source: Reuters
A hotel in northern Germany has started charging its guests by the kilogram for an overnight stay.
In the town of Norden, close to the Dutch border, guests now have to step onto the scales before moving into their rooms and fork out half a euro (U.S. 61 cents) per kilogram (2.2 pounds).
"I had many guests who were really huge, and I told them to slim down," said Juergen Heckrodt, owner of the three-star establishment. "When they came back the year after and had lost a lot of weight they asked me, what are you going to do for me now?"
Heckrodt said he hoped his initiative would inspire Germans to become leaner and healthier.
"Healthy guests live longer and can come back more often."