The Good Shepherd Church at Guben, a German town on the Polish border. — Radler59/Wikimedia Commons
Depopulated towns in Germany’s ex-communist east have come up with a novel scheme to bring back life: offering people several weeks of super-cheap housing to give would-be residents a taste of the place.
The “trial-living” scheme aims to revitalise half-deserted communities as Germany nears the 35th anniversary of its reunification on Oct 3.
