A Berlin property manager's ad for a vacant rental apartment triggered a mass viewing on Sunday. A whopping 1,749 flat-hunters queued outside to visit the vacant apartment in Meininger Straße in the city's sought-after Schöneberg district. In Berlin, apartment viewings are notorious for attracting many applicants who are desperate to find a reasonably priced home in the Hauptstadt. The property manager will decide who gets the vacant apartment in just over a week. In this map of Germany, the dark red areas show "very strained" areas in the housing market.

Source: The Local November 25, 2019 15:22 UTC