s pubs has closed over the last decade, with some regions losing nearly half of their guest houses, according to figures released this weekend by the federal statistics office.
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The state of Hamburg lost 48.1 percent over that period and Lower Saxony lost 41.2 percent.
Berlin spectacularly bucked the trend, with the number of bars and pubs in Berlin nearly doubling with a 95.8 percent increase, while Baden-W