German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds models of characters from a Wooga game during a visit to the office of the social games developer in Berlin on March 7, 2013. Wooga creates online games for smartphones and tablets. Berlin has attracted a large number of IT specialists and media entrepreneurs in recent years, boosting the number of local start-ups that benefit from the German capital's relatively low living costs and its reputation as one of Europe's most trendy cities. AFP PHOTO / THOMAS PETER /POOL