spiegel-kantine, Altstadt, Hamburg

OK - this is a private restaurant of Der Spiegel, so you can’t go here! But if you do you’ll be treated to a heady mix of ruthless German efficiency dressed up in 70s modern chic. On entry, you type your pin number into a computer and choose your food, and go and sit down in some state of disbelief at the decor. The food will arrive alarmingly quickly at your table! And it’s fairly good too, for a work canteen.

Apparently the subsidy makes a hot meal and drink around €2.70 here, and people still complain… they don’t know they’re born…