Berlin Goes Vegan With 'butcher' Shops, Singles' Night
Rukhshan Mir (@rukhshanmir) Published August 16, 2016 | 11:24 AM
BERLIN, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 16th Augst,2016) - Long the European capital of techno-driven nightlife, fastidious hipsterdom and low-cost party weekends, Berlin is adding another string to its bow as a vegan haven. Animal product-free versions of almost any business can be found in Germany's largest city, from butchers' shops to singles' nights. But getting lost in the eyes of a romantic prospect over grilled tofu is far from all that's on offer for the city's 80,000 vegans -- around 10 percent of the nationwide figure, vegetarian association Vebu estimates.
"Germany and especially Berlin are at the forefront" of a vegan "movement" that's advancing all over Europe, Vebu vice-president Sebastian Joy told AFP. That's obvious from the roughly 60 vegan restaurants on offer in the German capital counted by specialist website Happy Cow -- far outstripping the 24 in Paris and 40 in London, both cities more than twice the size of Berlin. That figure has ballooned since 2008, when there were just three completely animal-free restaurants according to Vebu.
Recent Stories
Food minster for ensuring transparent distribution of Bardana
Russia says has evidence Moscow attackers were linked to Kyiv
PM chairs review meeting on stoppage of electricity theft
IPM survey proves biocontrol technology profitable for cotton farmers
Pandemic accord talks heading for extra time
Senate elections in KP hang on reserve seat oath-taking, states ECP
UK's biggest water supplier plunges into deeper financial crisis
DG SEPA for installation of waste water treatment facilities
Man gets life imprisonment for killing wife
French parliament condemns 1961 Paris massacre of Algerians
First Inter Schools Naat Competition held in Larkana
S.Africa electoral body bars ex-president Zuma from May election
More Stories From World
-
Russia says has evidence Moscow attackers were linked to Kyiv
50 minutes ago -
Pandemic accord talks heading for extra time
53 minutes ago -
UK's biggest water supplier plunges into deeper financial crisis
49 minutes ago -
French parliament condemns 1961 Paris massacre of Algerians
49 minutes ago -
S.Africa electoral body bars ex-president Zuma from May election
49 minutes ago -
'Operation Beethoven': Dutch 2.5bn-euro charm offensive to keep ASML
2 hours ago
-
Bulgaria thrown into fresh political turmoil as snap elections loom
2 hours ago -
China-India hold meeting to discuss border affairs in Beijing
3 hours ago -
French bill seeks to ban hair discrimination affecting black women
3 hours ago -
China willing to work with Pakistan to enhance capability of tackling security challenges: Col Wu Qi ..
2 hours ago -
Pakistan to bring perpetrator of Dasu terrorist attack to justice soon: Lin Jian
4 hours ago -
Financial crisis at UK's biggest water supplier worsens
4 hours ago