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Wedding Travel: Hooking up with Your Favorite Tourist Attraction

5/29/2008 at 9:30 AM
Tags: Sweden, Berlin, Germany Travel, Museums (all tags)

We definitely have a few favorite spots to visit around the world, but Swedish woman Eija-Riitta Berliner-Mauer has really put the attraction back in "tourist attraction." Her surname, of course, means "Berlin Wall" and she's taken this surname because she is, in fact, married to the Berlin Wall.

Confused? So were we. But Mrs. Berliner-Mauer has a condition known as Objectum-Sexuality--which means she's attracted to non-living objects, in her case, walls and fences. She had a small ceremony to marry the Berlin Wall back in 1979, and was fairly devastated when most of it came down ten years later.

Now she runs the Model and Guillotine Museum in Sweden which has models of various constructions, including her husband, the Berlin Wall. Her museum's open every afternoon during the summer season from June to August. Just don't expect to be able to buy any of those tacky chunks of Berlin Wall souvenirs--that's like taking a piece of her husband home.

Related Stories:
· Woman Married Berlin Wall [Ananova]
· Berlin Wall: A Love Story [Official Site]
· Berlin Travel Guide [Jaunted]

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