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taking a look back twenty seventeen and bringing you the top twenty five stories featured on the show as have a look at what's coming up today. in the wilds featuring sweden's young son stone sculpture it's. fun for all of the island of cyprus and a popular adventure on. taste of winter the norwegian city of bakken and its gingerbread village. first up let me ask you what do you get when you combine acrobatics with riding a bike a unique sport and one that requires the balance of adults up the first unofficial world championships in artistic cycling was held in eighteen eighty eight it didn't become official until the nineteen fifties germany's davi novel has won the title

eight times and he can often be spotted with his partner practicing around in streets so are you ready for a taste of a bicycle ballet prepare to be amazed. the fine arts of bike riding demonstrated by dava and. the two artistic cyclists are practicing for a performance their entire bicycle ballet not bicycle tours or races. whether in a parking garridge on a theatre stage or in a sports arena they give free rein to their ideas and bicycles.

before also talking to i'm fascinated by pulling out all the stops in artistic cycling to put everything i've got into a guy's body and soul and so on also and. also in discovering yourself and try out new things it's so cool with. not only their tricks or unusual their bikes too were developed specially to meet their needs. axel pegs on the rear axle to stand on one to one ratio drive for a fast arse and fix gears for riding backwards this bicycle costs about one case a day two hundred euros. and vanished a thought moment when i turn the bike back right side up you can see how the handlebars turn up or the almost like you're the wrong way around so you can stand on them and perform various tricks and the seat is also formed that way to provide stability and firmness and how to. first got on this kind of bicycle when he was

nine years old it takes talent and persistence to master the native of the variac has both in two thousand and five he won the first of his age world. championship titles because the more spectacular and difficult tricks can take years to learn in two to three years and to be ready for competition you have to reckon another year or so persistence is needed and you really have to stay on the ball because. the more confidently and skillfully a trick is performed the more and against it looks spectators might think they could try it themselves difficult tasks performed with ease are often the motif of commercials. that's what made darvish novel the star of a promotional video for a british bank. more

clips of him can be found on the web like david riding special edition bikes from french luxury brand am ace. savage novel and lay a shape as artistic bicycles aren't strictly street legal but the two bike acrobats don't want to restrict their practice to a whole. visited sports partner as often as possible and both of them profit from the bicycle boom in germany and europe more and more people want to see their shows freestyle cyclists may perform jumps and stunts these two are more into us that extend spectacles but what they do is still dangerous. but it's also just before we first have to learn to fold before we intrude a trick in our program first and because that's very difficult to start as is. most months. novel ended his professional career four years ago but he still has to keep in training to maintain his skills for performances.

function and even if they are nice side effect of artistic cycling training is that you get so many kinds of exercise you train your arms you. train your brain to coordinate various components that you have to take into account at the same time and your legs your stamina fifty this is what it takes technique and coordination that makes the sport special. novel and lay a shape have a mission they want to make artistic cycling popular again. and not just in performance venue they're not just bike riders they're performing artists. well from performance art returned to the art of sculpting upcycling has become very popular with artists these days i'm always amazed by the number of materials people think of to use however see days fewer people listen to them now we have

embraced replay as an streaming service is available much of him from germany has made quite a name for himself using compact discs but as you will see his sculptures don't make that. since he uses a hot air gun fires and c.d.c. to create his works for about nine years the artist from near distant off has been concentrating on potato sculptures he heats up hundreds of old c.d.'s and reshapes the map along polycarbonate into a new form. does each door to form and by distorting the information the hidden information so to speak i create an analogue object that you can perceive palpably you can go up and touch it a car from shaker hit it can you can hear it you could even smell it to. touching

it and all of these things that's what's exciting that's a social. sense calls his sculptures analog digital a graduate of the dissolute offical. of the arts he's made the fusing of opposites . the sculptor has already created several hundred data sculptures using his method he tries to emphasise the human element and his objects the artist came up with using c.d.'s as the raw material for his sculptures and making human figures out of them by pure coincidence in two thousand a to hospital commissioned him to sculpt his very own vision of a chromosome that moment sparked the idea that c.d.'s are something more than a data storage medium. a recorded cd corresponds to a gene a human gene if you put genes side by side you end up with a big person. if i put

a recorded cd next to a recorded cd i could because i work with the figurative creative figure. it. takes is a desperation from broccoli purely on a log material for his first set he uses only the broccoli stuck he let the dry out for a few days then reshapes it to obtain the bases for. him also works with the natural materials such as wood or blossoms but the melted c.d.'s are what holds it all together working with the material has many advantages . when it comes to my work but always bothered me is the transients for example with wood with wax cracks i notice the opportunities i can exploit with this plastic. i can pull it compress it.

and stretch it into the finest of thread. and if i get it wrong and i'm dissatisfied. i can just destroy it without a problem. the polycarbonate has even more pluses its light weatherproof sturdy to keeping four meter sculptures like these outside his front door is a sin. whether they're big or delicate. sculptures are striking like these in this just off gallery. has known hand scored fifteen years he regularly exhibits the artist's works. he. has remained true to himself over the years even though his work is very diverse curiosity has led him to chart new paths again and again. his births are in demand all over germany for example there at

a trade show for plastics can decide often twenty ten or at germany's trade fair he doesn't give his sculptures names and he doesn't care what hidden data are on them either. there's no such thing as content that takes place in your head and everyone should think up something themselves about what's in the work. but he has been says he's a long way from exhausting the potential of c.d.'s and will keep using them as a raw material for his artworks. now meditation is all about centering and focusing the mind many people find that in a piece not sitting still in the traditional method but by pursuing a calming activity pontus young son is a great example of this the swede creates giant sculptures made entirely of stacked stones and to do this he needs a gentle touch and a very focused mind. it takes call my

concentration and patients. want to see and so on communes with stones out in the wilds of sweden he balances them one upon the other to make it impossible but fascinating sculptures. laws are not third to some point you feel have the stones attached to each other and start to balance. and then i go on and hope for the best off there is always a bit wobbly when you learn grow you never know whether it will collapse or not. this time the stone will stay in place it's almost as if they're floating in space this culture took just ten minutes to build. consciously and so on has made hundreds at different spots on the island of the land in the baltic where he has

lived for the past two years. the ideal location must have lots of pebbles and stones and no wind. he stacks stones come rain or shine year round. year worthless turn to call me or not so i like to be out in nature piling stone. it's a kind of meditation off welfare i like working in the north of maryland asked me for the most interesting stones are not. young son has been doing this for four years while some sculptures take just minutes to make. others can take hours. the stones mustn't be too heavy or too smooth or rough surface is best. told the most important things are patience and adeleke. touch him no.

softly say master just are there to no stone walls like environment force there you can do that at home just start with two. when one of the twenty. despite years of practice young song does not always succeed even the best laid stones can fall apart. and a meditative soul can also get really mad. no of long they only can be frustrating when you spend a long time more and you know it falls apart just as you want to think of a photo at all be alone that is annoying. but today's creation is stable and he can take pictures at leisure. he tweaks the photos a little on his computer and then publishes them on instagram.

he also post videos and they go down especially well. or go to a limb people used to assume are just sticks and stones together but the videos prove that i balance them no glue is involved. they would only do the same for all one radio went viral. on me so i made another. more another when it was a. joke sort of old. for yonks own stones are not a job they're his passion he even takes them home with him. over four months ago what a great shape they're going to be looks like going to. do with a dinosaur and. his collection comprises hundreds of specimens sometimes he follows his original stack at home in his garden. and then there are times when

young son himself likes to distract his own compositions. although as a bit of a wild side to him as well we say well this is what i'm going to pick up on there has wear off the site for us now to the water welded bench apoc and i an apple a favorite of mine enjoying the nonstop thrills here since the mid nineties this shit received to travel as choice awards and for just thirty eight year is a day it's a must for adrenalin seekers when visiting the island. this water slide is not for the faint of heart in just seconds. visitors said lightning speed from an eighteen meter high tower down into the pool below. the slide is located at waterworld in a resort on the southeast coast of cyprus. is the largest themed water park in europe waterworld is beloved by tourists and locals alike.

i thought come on you walk a block or on my first time it was ninety feet across from a four more about putting you on the. jury the pocket all my company. to my family and my wife i like the slide the most because all four if you can go together and it's really quick. she's referring to the chariot chase one of the water parks top attractions for people on this seventy meter long slide at once the first to reach the pool below is the winner. and then there's the fall of an inflatable tubes two people slide down and then reach for the sun before falling back down again.

thirty five attractions in all over an area of around one hundred thousand square metres. indeed. for those behind the scenes keeping visitors happy and safe is a balancing act. as a child having the right stall finding rides through training them. having the rides rides a truck making sure all these poor things. all the time the safety of occurred to see if we should see the show. that's a big challenge and so so you have it every day so it's bringing this team together to bring to life this water park. water world is a theme park based on greek mythology. with its snake like cube slides the quest apparently he's pays homage to the greek hero who slew the hydra a nine headed water serpent. then there's the trojan horse themed children's area.

and there are plenty of ornate columns to serve as reminders of ancient greece. and cyprus is going to greek history. that's the most prominent history that we have. we have all over the island different. from ancient bindings all. over greece. when people come here they think of the greek history. but even zeus needed a break from his adventures so the waterpark also offers guests plenty of ways to relax and. they can write down the lazy river take a dip in aphrodite's then forget a bite to eat at the poseidon preferably from. to

ensure the safety of the guests around fifty lifeguards are on duty. you enjoy every day together with our customers our job is nice of course we keep the safety we enjoyed together with our customers meeting every day different paper or make sure they enjoy brings joy to us also. the waterpark attracts people from around the globe for many it's an action packed alternative to a day at the beach. is a good. well you saw some of the dip in the pope down there's a lot of variety so even if you don't want to go in the sizes by the way fool and just relax in a lazy river. but there's also just. you something to do for the whole day. that's already has made water world a splashing success the water park has already received thirty one international

awards and it could soon be in line for more with four new attractions planned for the future. wet and wild it certainly seems but let and show you today with a seasonal treat gingerbread and not just a piece of it a whole city bergen in norway has created a wonderful annual tradition to bake and presents the world's biggest gingerbread city every is since nine hundred ninety one schools kindergartens and local businesses have come together to create a miniature edible version of. mark the onset of the festive season a miniature town made up of two sounds and delectable buildings has been unveiled in. maryland is norway's second biggest city. but it boasts the largest gingerbread town in the world.

this was made by care steep rock star she's the architect of the sugary settlement . when you go around looking you we want to dream themselves into for instance that they're sitting on the front steps where they can dream that they're sitting in a poem or go into the merry go round we want to give them. escaping from their reality and to. local residents pitched in to help build gingerbread city kindergartens schools families and local societies all got involved. a total of ten thousand volunteers contributed to the tiny town including members of bergen's coastal culture setter. form our instrument making together has become

a tradition there. and it's a. you know like something for christmas. gingerbread artist drew inspiration from the old buildings around the coastal culture center. used to store dry cartridge now the house museum where they function as tool ship combine this with a pinch of creativity and you get some great results. curiosity broxtowe was getting gingerbread creations right up to the very last minute so improvisation was key. so then you maybe have to change that a bit if we get a photo with. paris. paris and then we. have to. start and her team of thirty work for about

a month to transform the four hundred square metres of a former swimming pool into a hilly winter wonderland. steiner kristofferson began the festival tradition twenty six years ago back then it was more of a gingerbread amulet. good idea came in ninety ninety one. when i was in look at things. that we had exhibition area what we wanted to do something. we got the idea of making the gingerbread city. stand bergen's gingerbread town has morphed into a major tourist attraction some one hundred thousand visitors flock to see it beach here. some of them even joining in to help build the town. there were five hours together and building all these houses and all these features. in them used

to go for children and families call the christmas the magic of christmas we made their fate. it's the. little train that goes up and down the hills and they get sick you know mommy kids build a different game house each year this year's theme was hollowing out all of us who don't view. the architecture of the miniature town as certainly diverse the train chugging along the tiny track leads from buildings in the norwegian style to the eiffel tower and maybe a short stop at london's iconic big band. well i don't know about you but i'm craving something sweet now it's the perfect day to indulge to you so enjoy it if you can and i'll see you again tomorrow on the show for the next five for a pause and five at the five in our view on a happy holiday. coming up next you're a mac special a blue drink from spain the closely resembles wine. germany

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