If you suffer from back pain in Bavaria, do not assume that you will have to pay for advanced physiotherapy in euros. Helen Schuuml;tz offers a 12-week course in return for payment in 'Chiemgauer'. This unofficial local currency, the colourful notes of which are carefully designed to be almost as hard to forge as the euro, is accepted across the Chiemgau region of southern Germany. Anyone who prefers not to use the euro in this area of 500,000 people can buy a car, rent a room, have a haircut or do their weekly shopping by paying in Chiemgauer. (Telegraph, Monday)
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