Gonzalo Azumendi/Getty Images Hamelin, Germany, still looks as though it belongs ... The Grimm Brothers and Browning may have shaped the legend into art, but the story, it turns out, is likely ...

Legend has it that the rats were lured to their fate in the River Weser The fabled German town of Hamelin may need a new rat-catcher after it emerged that rodents had gnawed through a cable ...

The fabled German town of Hamelin may need a new rat-catcher after it emerged that rodents had gnawed through a cable powering one of its fountains. Hamelin is popular with tourists because of the ...