Booze-free night? Running a sober restaurant in beer-crazy Germany

Stell at his bar, filling a glass of alcohol-free beer. Photos: Bernd Thissen/dpa

The country inn that may be the first of its kind in all of Germany is tucked away in the middle of nowhere.

The next towns, Ludenscheidt and Werdohl, are several kilometres away, says Manfred Stell, who has just opened Stells Landgasthof, his 40th business in a 40-year career.