Ahoy there! I am a student living here in the quaint city of Magdeburg around 120 kms away from Berlin. The badminton scene is quite decent out here with quite a few clubs and the University of Magdeburg offering courses. The biggest problem here is the equipment though!! There aren't much shops, that I know of, which supply high end Badminton rackets! Even bigger problem is that of restringing. I enquired and found out that it costs upwards 20 Euros to restring your racket and that too with your own strings !!! If there's anybody in this forum who knows about someone who does it cheaper in or around Magdeburg, the help would be much appreciated!!! Regards!!