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German City Sidesteps Lockdown With Day Pass to Pre-Covid Life
- Tuebingen breaks with national rules to allow more freedoms
- Negative quick test grants visitors access to shops, cafes
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In locked-down Germany this weekend, there’s still a place where you can browse boutiques, attend a theater performance and relax at a cafe.
Tuebingen -- a university city in southwest Germany with half-timbered buildings, cobblestone lanes and a fresco-covered town hall -- is sidestepping the country’s curbs and offering a day pass for something akin to pre-pandemic life.