And this is supposed to be an improvement? Part 1

The powers that be in this town don't seem to have thinking skills. Or maybe they're being bribed to take certain decisions. I don't know.

What I do know is that the decisions of the last five years or so don't make sense.

Take for example the site of the Tourist Information Office. For as long as I've known it, there has been a TIO right in front of the main station here. You come out of the station, look to the right and there is the TIO.

Not any more, though. Oh, no. That would be making life too easy for all the tourists and the trade fair visitors (and we have hundreds of thousands of them in a year - from all over the world).

No, no. Now, if you arrive here as a tourist and want some advice on this town, you have to walk about 2 km into the Altstadt (usually one of the main places that tourists want to visit). You practically have to walk all the way over to the Rhine. 

I think that if you can find your way there, then you don't need a TIO. If you need a TIO, you won't be able to find your way there that easily. I've seen how people struggle with the little maps on their smartphones.

And this is supposed to be an improvement?