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Germany's favourite fast food - curried
Housed in the former engine room
sausage - has its very own museum
and stables of a disused fire station,
in Berlin. Some people may be scep-
Edinburgh's MUSEUM OF FIRE tells
tical about the DEUTSCHES CUR-
the story of the UK's - and possibly the
RYWURST MUSEUM, but from an
world's - first municipal fire brigade.
educational viewpoint it is really well
This replaced the insurance compa-
done. You will learn a lot about fast
ny brigades that would let your house
food culture and its history. Further-
burn down if you had the wrong insu-
more it is interactive and multi-sen-
rance. You don't need to be a fan of
sory with things to read, listen, watch,
fire engines to marvel at the beautiful
play, smell and, of course taste. There
old engines from the 19th century on-
is even a vegetarian option. If you visit
wards, many of them in familiar sig-
during one of their special events, you
nature red, displayed alongside other
may be lucky enough to meet Qwoo,
fire fighting equipment, old uniforms,
the museum's mascot.
and personal memorabilia.
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