[JoshW]

Updated: 6:10 p.m. ET March 20, 2006
BERLIN - 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?"


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My bill would be 77 US dollars :| Likely some couples that could pay that together

[Mudcat]

You got in just under my girlfriend and I, lakerfan. Together we would pay $80.40.

What I'm looking for is a hotel where, the better looking you are, the less you pay.

[Willie Bee]

I could get in for $70 US, on a good day

Wife and I together would be just a little more than a Franklin, and we pay more than that per night at hotels here.