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@orcrist all I know is, in that part of the world, hostels normally require guests to show passports.
Not sure how an exemption for Germans would work/be enforced, to be honest. Easier to just ask everyone.
Sure. I myself have used other forms of identification in hostels as well.
I don't understand where you are going with this, sorry. What is your main point about the police appearing in the hostel?
@orcrist all due respect you sound a bit paranoid.
I'm a New Zealander. Every time I have stayed in a Backpacker hostel in Germany or Austria they have asked to see my passport and made a note of its number. Sometimes in the past they "held" my other government-issued identification instead but always sighted the passport.
If you don't believe me, that's fine.
But I'm not interested in continuing this conversation. I find it deeply strange.