Now, according to The Times of London, Hamelin, along with much of Germany, is again infested with rats due to strict rubbish disposal regulations that mean that food is often flushed down the ...

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 ...

Hamelin may be in need of another Pied Piper as it seems the German city's infamous rats are back. A popular fountain has been put out of service after the rodents gnawed through a power cable ...

The Pied Piper's services might be needed again in Hamelin, northern Germany - because the rats are back. An abandoned allotment site on the edge of town has become a haven for rats, with plenty of ...

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 ...

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 ...