Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago

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Ask a German about Bielefeld, and there's a chance they will deny it exists. It does, however, exist; and while it's not a typical destination for the average tourist, it is quite interesting. Most interesting of all, though, is the conspiracy theory that surrounds it.

Chapters:
00:00 A conspiracy theory is born
02:29 Older than it looks
04:04 An industrial history
05:30 Dr Oetker's story
06:47 An empty plinth and a House of Tiles
08:01 A long, thin forest
09:06 The inevitable castle
09:45 City halls and theatres
11:21 The end of the conspiracy theory
12:38 How to get there


Music:

"On My Way Home"
by The 126ers
YouTube Audio Library

"Style Funk" and "Hot Swing"
by Kevin MacLeod incompetech.com
Creative Commons Attribution licence

Maps in this video were created with the help of data from:
OpenStreetMap openstreetmap.org

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