Speigel International

A plan to underground the central train station of Stuttgart and create a new city neighborhood above it is so controversial that violent protests have broken out.

After unification, many East German towns began losing jobs and population. In 2003, the government formed a group to study how these cities could best recover. The results are in.

As Germany's elections near, the makers of 'Miniature Wonderland' invite political parties to use their scale models to show the public what their utopia would look like.