The Bielefeld Conspiracy

Prove that we don't exist and win €1m!

Bielefeld
The city in North-Rhine Westphalia is now offering a €1m prize to anyone in Germany who can prove the city's non-existence. The city marketing group running the competition wants to disprove a 25-year-old conspiracy theory. Back in 1994 a student light-heartedly posted the message "Bielefeld? There's no such thing" on the Usenet system. Achim Held's message became a long-running joke in Germany, once it spread virally with the subsequent internet boom.

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