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i really want to welcome to another edition of euro max from a light shows to heavy snow as we've got a mixed bag on the program here's a look at what's coming up. on light touch how one artist paints on a canvas of darkness. music exports germany's top speed to rock dance floors across the globe. and are straight import of berlin restaurant serves up a hearty winter dish from stop for. we start off with an artist who uses darkness as his canvas and lighting as his brush who tommo from finland tricks to viewer with his creations which are actually photographs with longer exposures and a moving source of light such as a flashlight well any background is fair game for tom oh from snow covered forest to abandoned houses when we visited him in his studio in helsinki.

when hano who plays with light the results are magically glowing flowers of the night blinking lamps turn into radiant creatures from another world. who calls this art light paintings they are photos taken with a long exposure. he learned the technique about ten years ago from a friend. and that was look at me like a magical moment. like maybe a week or two after the deaths i just decided i have to you know tried by myself i just bought my first the s.l.r. camera and then just start making you know my own experiments so i can almost every

night. i'm like in weeks past and maybe months passed on i i was like really hooked on that. every like painting begins with a sketch on paper. what one likes to design best are organic forms that look like flowers or plants. later he transposes the lines and points into sequences of motion. people just ask the whole you know how you just do it and i'm like i'm just trying to explain that it's pretty simple stuff but you just have to focus on the moment you have to practice all the movements like before i had to go doing this like a choreographic but you are good. in his studio in helsinki prepares his next photo shoot. to create pictures like this he needs to use long exposures depending. in the background

between three and ten minutes. very precisely in a studio the sequence of movements that will go into the outdoor shot. imitates the lines in his sketch using light. everything that i do it's like really happening on the picture it's not made with the photoshop or some kind of modeling software it's just like the real thing and that is something that is quite rare these days because like almost like every picture that you see on the internet it's no it's has some post-processing of. the thirty seven year old artist uses many different sources of light for his pictures flashlights light strings and light bulbs and some new kinds of lamps that he built himself. this is like i want to just light and tools and recently simple but it just

works really nicely just this kind of christmas better go for a good christmas light and then i can. maybe do some writings of course. and it does look paint roller. but i guess that's the little lights. to make his. needs almost absolute darkness start dark forests or abandoned buildings today he has sort of the cellar vault of an old fortress. he says like painting is like meditation he could lose himself in.

the reward comes in viewing the result as soon as he's done. this was some kind of white leak like from that window that told you all but actually doesn't affect on the picture so. what happened for. tom oh never gets the winter blues it's no wonder because the years darkest days offer the best conditions for his art. and staying on a subject amsterdam is bathing in light in the run up to christmas that plus a royal baptism in sweden coming up in today's express. dam is a glow about. renowned artists like

i way way and have contributed works on the theme existential in past years some nine hundred thousand visitors came to the amsterdam light festival the festival continues till the end of january twenty eighth. sweden's three month old prince gabriele was baptized on friday. he's the second son of prince call philip and princess sophia. the baptismal water came from a spring on the island of where sweden's loyal family traditionally spends the summer. gabriele were a century old family heirloom. the ceremony took place in the chapel of driving home castle west of stockholm. the grounds include the private home of king carl the sixteenth gustaf and his wife queen sylvia.

a movie based on the children's book when santa fell to earth opens in german cinemas this weekend children find santa claus during a lightning storm and plunge into a wild adventure the film stars puppets from germany's most famous marionette theater and the book's author is an old fan. there is five those i remember when i was a kid i'd sit in front of the t.v. and when the kids to began it sunday was perfect. founded in one nine hundred forty eight the angst worker put them kissed on has been a feature on german television for more than sixty years. by now i think. the people in our next report are hip young and arguably earn a lot more air miles and one summer than some love tons of pilots deejays like

felix yon and conquer the international charts from their home now they produce songs that get millions of people around the world dancing in fact alef robin is responsible for our new sound here at euro max. they have and so what is life. one of europe's most successful dangers and where do you go next after making a big at such a young age but we talked to some prominent german deejays to get some answers thank you felix in. johnston iowa aka i live. and paul van dyke the documentary superstar deejays made in germany a company's these top d.j.'s on tour. electronic music from germany has a huge worldwide following.

and. trying to music brings together people from completely different contra backgrounds it doesn't matter which god you believe in which religion you follow. it's about people coming together and sunup writing this music. to live we thank. them a scene at the summer sound festival in latvia can earn hundreds of thousands of euros for appearing as headliners at such events. and certainly knows how to work a crowd and not just during his life sets whether it's on spotify facebook or you tube his fans follow him everywhere. if you do it's incredibly important to be close to the fans i'm someone who uses social media intensively in my postings on all the channels myself on instagram i started answering comments it's

a campaign called first for felix i respond to the first four comments under every photo. the film also shows the physical demands of life as a d.j. and a father needs to stay fit to have a live ruling summer schedule where he'll often perform three shows in just twenty four hours he often misses birthdays and other family gatherings to teach it. there's parties and he works most weekends too and i care less to germany's personal festival. made island we've been issued we've gotten to the point where i say my life now takes place on the road i used to say during the job not my life that was back then i wasn't on the road five or six days a week now and life and work are becoming one.

today anyone who wants to be a successful d.j. has to produce his own tracks paul van dyke has been doing that for some twenty five years now his influence trance music like few others. from the summer when i started making music and not just me but lots of other people to this music didn't exist we had an idea of what we wanted to hear and we made it. is taking a short break thanks to d.j.'s like him electronic music has gone mainstream. remakes of cheerleader by jamaican singer landed him a chart topping global hit in two thousand and fourteen. when i modify his once you've had a number one do you want another one is to say you're addicted sounds negative people but sure should someone have a show and. if you're passionate about what you're doing it no longer feels like a job. happy with what i do if everyone ends up just doing hip hop i'll say

fine count me out. but given their success it's unlikely any of these three german d.j.'s will bow out soon their fans keep dancing to their beat around the world. for culture vultures who like to combine travel with the arts there is a train words combines the two now and takes passengers on a journey between dresden and prague participants can enjoy all sorts of activities while on board plus free entrance to museums once they arrive in either city so time now to hop on board the cultural train. platform one in dresden central station is the starting point for the culture trying to progress

on board some important players marian ackerman heads the dressed in state dot collections and the poet. whose love for prague goes way back. i'm a passionate train writer because there's no need better place or time to read. told me how in a poor chunk literature and how important kafka and prague have been for him. and so kind by and gives a reading from his book the years that there's a new memoir that also recounts a trip to prague. the site of the gravestone sunk obliquely into the earth and the thought of the legend of rabbi lerner who created the gollum and again up small stones have been placed on the graves according to jewish cemetery customs. in total the culture train is due to roll four times between dresden and the czech capital at times it will feature czech artists it's

the start of a series of collaboration between the dresden state art collections and proulx national gallery and we plan to start exchanging the works from our collections like when the prague national galleries trade fair palace is renovated starting in two thousand and twenty our prague colleagues have generously offered to loan us these collections of important works while their galleries closed. the train takes two and a half hours to reach prague the listeners are won over by the culture express its release on you weren't usually on a train when you go to a reading the whole atmosphere is a wonderful. travel this way and a jump back and forth in a literary way between these two cities an inspiration that. caucus rug is a great city and all these people crossing the border should be done against. the culture train will be shuttling between the two sit is another three times they swear into. now when it comes to austrian cruising there is

more to it than just schnitzel at least that's according to an austrian restaurant owner right here in berlin johanan bomb grew up in the countryside around solves borg and learned about food at an early age then she transferred that knowledge into a business well now she is running her own restaurant here in the german capital so we went there to see which alternatives to schnitzel she has put on the menu. meat to berlin with this big city and not knowing what would come next and of course it was all garnished with love. to go hope is we can speak with you because . your highness phone was born in salzburg austria in one thousand nine hundred sixty nine the second of two children she lived in the countryside with her grandparents for several years. in two thousand and one she moved to

berlin. for seven years she gained experience working in restaurants in the german council then she opened her own restaurant spell mind. trick of the. money girls looked ahead and my grandmother had a farm as a child i was allowed to watch when an animal was but shared but not when it was killed but afterward when it was being processed nothing was wasted something was made out of everything fascinated me so much that i said i want to become a cook. together kirshenbaum. johanan a spammer trained to be a chef at the restaurant in crucial a luxury hotel in western austria here she learned to cook regional dishes as the chef of her own restaurant she cherishes the traditional cuisine of the salzburg region she likes to dig up old recipes and add refinements of her own.

he's had them on funguses lingle when i first opened and i made it's made from hard and long and it's an awful lot of work but it was and it really saddens me that my guess is what an order it is they avoided organ meat afraid they get sick yes to what. we are but in austria is a country and doesn't have on its menu when people want to go there because it's proof the owner can't cook for them going to the core. bomber took lenglen and other organ meat dishes off of her menu instead she relies on classics like wienerschnitzel. salzberg beer is a tremendous hit in a restaurant. your spam or prepares it according to an old family recipe the care of the recipe is the sauce all the ingredients are used in their entirety

even the peels of the vegetables come into the stock. the seasonings are crushed in a mortar and pestle to release their roma. beer has been proved in the salzburg region for hundreds of years it's a tradition that has influenced the regional cuisine. the beer gives the roast its name only dark beer with a high multiples content with. all the ingredients are brought to a boil amount to simmer for a while and then left to marinate for twenty four hours. that gives the broth and tends flavor for the song. austrian cuisine is hearty and starts for the a fly is a popular winter dish. spammer serves hers

with dumplings and blanched carrots. this. is a recipe from my grandmother people cook at a lot in the salzburg region of these but with pork we've altered that a bit using veal because i feel is less fatty and easier to digest well dolphins don't forget that in past times farm hands and peasants worked hard in the fields and needed more fat today not so much. the hungry thirsty the welcome that's most bombers motto and she says it's typical of austria she says the beyond says very important and must reflect style and good taste. the portrait of her grandmother hangs on the wall. when i played monopoly as a child i always tried to buy the street. in berlin so that's what always

interested me and i now have a restaurant right next to it feels right western berlin is simply very dignified and refined like. in the sixteenth century the first time dom connected the berlin city palace with a royal hunting lodge outside the city. the first. used to ride along it with his entourage berlin was divided it became the main shopping boulevard in west berlin today the qudama as berliners call it a popular street for boutiques and restaurants. the restaurant been named for the owner of. the site saw four previous restaurants fail before your farmer set up shop word around that there was an outstanding austrian restaurant in charlotte and she has been booked out ever since. creating today i've prepared some

salzburg be a place for you and now enjoy. here in the northern hemisphere we are used to cold and snowy weather in december i personally can't imagine the christmas season without a lot's of our viewers live in warmer climates and perhaps have never even seen snow so it's always interesting to hear people's reactions both young and old when they experience it for the first time. oh. you get up and look out the window and suddenly everything is white. it just looks so nice and gives you a warm feeling inside i can't describe how nice it feels. and i come from cuba i was thirty seven the first time i saw snow. just went out

and touched it and it disappeared so fast. i went back inside stripped off and went back out was so excited i didn't feel the cold myself. for strangers love the first snowfall of the year it turns the world's into a magical place and makes it shine. in the first snows fall and wild animals are tentative first as it's so bright and dazzling but when they come out you often see them playing it especially the young ones like my dog and the children do too. i think snows better than rain because rain is so like weighty and you can't do anything with it that's why i like snow more because with snow you can have snowball fights and make snow man and. it's just fun and it's also really

nice when the snow fall and that's what i like about snow. and. i come from silesia and when i was young we had lots of snow every year sometimes it was so high you couldn't see the houses but i am seventy three years ago i had to leave some museum and i've missed the snow ever since for us winter was wonderful. out of the sky. my name is mohammed and though so i come from eritrea i made a snowman with my teacher and threw some snow balls i was sure it was fun. that was really nice.

and finally before we go we want to announce the winner of this week's contest earlier we have asked you our viewers to tell us which delicacy you would like to try the most and. go from nigeria or never snows answered that he would like to try nails well congratulations to you you're the winner of a special edition euro max watch and with that we are out of time of be sure to join us again tomorrow for our highlights show and the best picks of the week as always thanks for tuning in again. next time on your own max the highlights edition including shop windows around europe gearing up for christmas. visit to the world's largest town in norway. and hitting the slopes in homemade skis all this and more next time on your own max highlights.

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