I ride to work every morning. I wake up, hurriedly slap on my cycling gear and rush out the door. Once on the road I power my feet down and attempt to break some sort of psychological land speed record to prove to myself that the extra ten minutes I slept in won’t make me late.

Lucky for me my workplace has shower facilities so I’m able to hammer it out on the ride if I’m running late. For many Australian’s though the dream of showers at work is just that, a dream. They’re forced to either use nearby gym facilities at a cost or simply go without and do their best to clean up in toilets with chamois and damp towels.

Halfway across the world enterprising German brothel ‘Maison d’envie’ (I’m sure hoping Maison isn’t German for ‘penis’), have started to target cyclists and offer a potential solution to many bicycle commuters shower problems.

Although you might want to think twice before you answer the next time someone at work asks you ‘hey whats with the big smile?’

‘Riding to work’ takes on a whole new meaning as Maison d’envie seeks to combat the global financial crisis and offer those cycling to the brothel a 5 euro ($8.50 AUD) discount off the usual 70 euro ($123 AUD) cost for a 45 minute session.

Sure it’s not a massive discount but it’s enough to take the edge off a seedy Monday morning.

“The recession has hit our industry hard,” said Thomas Goetz, owner of the “Maison d’envie” brothel.

“Obviously we hope that the discount will attract more people,” he added. “It’s good for business, it’s good for the environment — and it’s good for the girls.”


That’s two showers (before and after), a chance to smash some bedroom records of your own and a big stupid grin on your face for the rest of the day.

With prostitution ruled legal and an estimated 400,000 workers in the industry if successful I’m sure it will catch on like herpes wildfire. I’m not quite sure how it’s good for the girls though.

I don’t have any conclusive proof but I’d imagine walking into a brothel at 8am in the morning for sex is probably a lot like opening your slow cooker after it’s been cooking porridge all night.

This isn’t the first time Germany’s brothels have stepped up to the plate either;

Cologne’s Pascha brothel offers seniors a half price discount between noon and 5pm while Berlin’s Pussy club offer an all you can eat buffet of sex, drink and food between 10am and 4pm for 70 euros ($123 AUD).

6 hour flat rate sex? That’s some mighty vagina chafing right  there. Those poor, poor girls.

Meanwhile back here in Australia The Daily Planet are still charge a hefty $180 for 30 mins of action.

Better luck next time boys.