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greetings from the german capital and a warm welcome to our latest edition of the new year is still young and as such we are looking ahead with these topics. great expectations astrologers predict upcoming events for twenty eighteen. growing underground edible sprouts bring new life to an old air raid shelter. and keeping fit all the latest sport trends for the winter season in our period. of the new year has just begun and here in berlin we are still cleaning up after all the festivities but the question is already big in people's minds as to what lies in store for two thousand and eighteen many people typically make new resolutions of how to live better or healthier in the coming months others of poring over horoscopes to see what the planetary positions might mean for them personally and although shakespeare actually said it is not in the stars to hold

our destiny but in ourselves there is a lot going on in the firmament to twenty eighteen and so we did some new year's sleuthing. the winter sky on new year's eve is generated by ten video projectors and high performance computers at the zeiss planetarium in berlin. twenty eighteen where once again see new developments in space exploration german astronaut alexander gast is to take over command of the international space station in late may. for astronomer tim florian horne it promises to be an exciting expedition you miss you on from. the gas its mission is named horizons it's about c.g. can you horizons we need to test the implications of astronauts spending a long time in space to prepare for new missions to the moon or even to mars and that. there will be three solar eclipses into lunar eclipses in twenty eighteen and

in august the proceed meteor shower will once again be heading our way. but can the stars also reveal what the future holds for us personally. for millennia astrologers have believed that they can they say twenty eighteen will be the year of the fetus. and that size does element that means people will be more interested in really trying to understand each other and not just fight all the time and that's ok so it'll be the year of love sensuality and beauty as i say what that means everyone will get the opportunity to move towards more cooperation knows you know to harmonize with others in a way it's again so. but that doesn't mean it'll all be peace and love in twenty eighteen the planet uranus could cause an upset if you have an x. and we also have an extreme configuration we'll have your and us moving into taurus

. and that's a configuration that will produce a minor revolution. it could well be that the euro starts to. and it's a big question how long the euro will continue but no doubt it will remain. around one in four germans believes in astrology they consult the stars before making important decisions about their lives. very. different astrology does a good analysis it can serve as a helpful guide that we can call upon to perhaps take a better approach to a number of situations. according to recent surveys spiritually and religiously minded people tend to look to the future with more confidence. bookseller in berlin offers charo cards or incentives to drive away evil spirits at home in order to facilitate the process. lead me to look

you can't turn the clock back on your life but when the new year comes you can make a new beginning of whatever kind you want. i see many people give their homes a thorough cleaning and burn in six we have various kinds here often. a kind of mystical force is attributed to the moon and to crystals and stones many things they possess healing powers. among new year's resolutions healthier habits are a classic many people go for fruits and vegetables early in the air. to think of it i think it's certainly important to keep fit and some good news is vegetables always a big draw here in the shop. another classic resolution is more exercise after gorging ourselves over christmas and new years many people feel the need to slim down some are quite ambitious so maybe sports is super important as i go into the new year as i plan to make it a nice resolution to run a marathon i really plan to do

a lot of multiple sports in order to achieve this number lin start up called the urban sports club links its members with health clubs. all over germany. the christmas season is over and people decide to do something for their health so if course we see the registrations go up in january and february. another recent survey showed forty four percent of germans are optimistic about the future many of made resolutions or are hoping for certain things good to me if i wish for a bit more peace in twenty eighteen this is to stay healthy and keep my job and find love. maybe travel a bit more extended would be great if i could drink less coffee. reduce. interest in social media but i think it's very hard yes it's very hard in which resolutions can be kept in which desire is fulfilled in twenty eighteen lies in the stars. well for those who prefer things

a little bit more terrestrial there are other ways to kick start the new year and get your blood flowing for renewed energy like here in our express. for many in europe the new year began with an ice cold dip in the sea ice here on the a stony and island of sabri much. further south there was similar scenes in croatia dozens braved the adriatic chilly temperatures to take the plunge but the dutch far outstrip everyone at new year's some ten thousand people rushed into the north sea here it's craven ing and to welcome twenty eighteen. around half a million people lined the streets of london on monday for the traditional new year's day parade. at twelve o'clockne day nearly ten thousand performers from all over the world begin their perceptions through the british capital. this year

cheerleaders and marching bands from the united states joined in the celebrations the annual parade has been held since one thousand nine hundred eighty seven and is considered the largest new year's street procession worldwide. leo arden and the netherlands and the letter the capital of malta are the new european capitals of culture the two cities could hardly be more different and neither could their programs for the year but let is the european union smallest capital founded by the knights of st john it's a you know school world heritage site. they are warden is showcasing the entire province of freesia the e.u. has awarded the title of comparable of culture to at least two cities every year since two thousand and four the aim is to highlight europe's cultural diversity. this time it felt like flying on my own that's what french singer and actress shall not get. out of her latest album entitled rest first lp since two thousand and

eleven the stage whisper all this time the daughter of. king teamed up with electro d.j. and daft punk all the melancholic album touches upon myriad styles from stripped down electronic to synth pop and he's always deeply personal so let's have a little. taste stay with me is the desperate plea in charlotte guns boys title song in her latest album. it was written for her sister kate barry guided twenty thirteen. to julie de la palma and she was always there for me she defended and protected me this she was a typical big sister. but i only realized that after her death was on the album can now. see another track is

dedicated to her father says gospel the first time she's written a song about him since he died over two decades ago. dying with you tells of her father lying dead in a coffin in his parish. she made the video watch his time soon grew to very noisy where almost everything has been left as it was since the day he died nine hundred ninety one. did it feel moved jenny focus in writing always meant that i was automatically compared with my father's and if you do feel the music so me to produce music now without him was a challenge it took courage on the. the minute you cool hired me he said that although perhaps courage is too strong a word closure miss it was simply very moving to be recording in the studio without his on me. boys the daughter of two famous office

actress and singer jane birkin rose to fame in the one nine hundred seventy s. and her father is considered the best lyricist friend sean song has a. schedule again in me said well i would so like to have known exactly how he went about writing the. ball though i witnessed him creating his albums. and i was old enough to understand his methods some it does me unfortunately i couldn't ask him any more questions because it is true i didn't know he was going to die anymore if i don't. somebody sicko and everything seemed so mysterious in a key villainy he always wrote at night and often at the last minute. the songs on her new album are among the first the gals born has written on her own they were composed in far away new york city where she moved in twenty thirteen off

of the death of her sister kate. she teamed up with french producer sebastiaan is finding an ideal partner for her music. she puts her grief into. one of the tracks lays dockside these deals with the subject of mortality the video was made at her father's grave in the cemetery hiren's. she. made i don't feel like an artist everything i've produced has been like a creative accident. they tried you know i love studying these little accidents and shedding light on them i love that. me and then you say i can see.

a lot of goals born spent three years working on the new album the result is a mix of dark poetry and feather light electro pop she says being away from paris as dog park good. to somebody. inside i feel like a parisian so going away has been very painful for me she was soul tying am in this city everything i relate to is in paris but i want to live for a while with a certain. whether it's in new york or somewhere else made without all these old reference points she by the. look. has worked through a number of chapters. painful family history of the same time opened a new. song bear features for the first time in our artistic work holding the girls' school family tradition. europe at its best your

imax brings you the highlights on instagram stunning landscapes spectacular buildings and mouthwatering delicacy our reporters are constantly on the look out with their cameras we look forward to your comments check out our duramax instagram stories and discover how exciting and diverse europe can be. follow us on instagram. urban gardening is a perennial a hot topic as we search for ways to optimize food production for cities and one firm in london has taken its ambitions underground growing underground does just that and it has repurposed former air raid shelters into green houses and their production of sprouts and herbs is taking off adding some spice to a burgeoning locavore scene. fresh green vegetables may not be the first thing you think of when walking around london but thirty three meters below the clapham area

there's no shortage of greenery. coriander and broccoli flourish with subway trains roaring overhead. they're growing in a former world war two air raid shelter it was brought back to life by stephen during and his colleagues. this is. the underground garden thrives thanks to energy saving lights. the seedlings are planted on beds of coconut fiber drenched in nutrients and they literally spring into life and you need to control the environment and that's exactly what we do here we have control over the heat over the low over the watering regime to the humidity so we can provide the plants exactly what they will mean twenty four seven three hundred sixty five days a year. the advantage of the micro greens can be delivered to local restaurants and markets within four hours of being picked and prices are comparable to vegetables grown above ground. after three years of experimenting they're now looking to make

a profit it's a grassroots initiative with global ambitions says worldwide more and more people are living in cities. we're looking to additional sites within the u.k. to grow in the next eighteen months and we're at the odds in place so it's crossed swords globally us europe and asia as well so. what you're through that breakeven point and you prove the model the sky's the limit but do the veggies pass the taste test on the ground all this amazing. you know that that we have and if they say happiness i don't know whether people would favor the idea of things being in a more natural environment. the subterranean farmers hope. win over the skeptics long term by producing consistently high quality growing veggies and eat the streets of london and other major cities. from underground veggies we go to

furniture and interior design made of veggies and vegetable material and all sorts of other unexpected things because for this week's high five here are. five things you probably never thought could be turned into furniture. are these chairs real or just sketches they look more like a computer design but are in fact real they're made entirely of wire check artist young player finds inspiration in design classics. and he's number five on today's list. he's remodeled us of hofmann's cube chair. and this eighteenth century louis the sixteenth design he recreates the contours of the chair using wire. they might not look comfortable but they've won a number of design awards.

is it a leather or ceramic. know the material used to make these furnishings comes from the ocean seaweed is number four on a list of materials that you probably never thought could be turned into furniture . danish designer eunice at bard lives by the baltic sea where there's certainly no shortage of his favorite material he combines it with paper to form a less than appetizing dough which he turns into like shades or even chairs the ultimate eco friendly design. this furniture needs no assembly no nails no screws it's held together simply by thread. and it's number three on our list of unusual furniture various pieces of wood are metal are put together on turn over is transforms these into furniture by simply wrapping them in hundreds of metres of thread. even

developed a thread wrapping machine to speed up the process. it now takes him two or three days to create his colorful designer objects. believe it or not this man is also a furniture designer. builds cupboards beds or whatever out of old cars. how about a mercedes desk. or a bar made from a five hundred. he turned. into a sofa. and is number two on our list of way out design. customers either bring their own car or name their brand and year and finds a model. but he only uses cars that are no longer road worthy.

this is carpentry like you've never seen it before kevin munroe from britain doesn't build his furniture he harvests it all of his creations simply grow into shape they are an entire plant number one on our list of things you'd never think could be turned into furniture. using wire and plastic frames this furniture farmer decides how the plant will grow to produce a chair for example. and it's a case of waiting it takes several years to harvest the final product. a fun in the snow is the name of our series this week and today we are headed to switzerland skiing and snowboarding paradise to say the least we wanted to look at one of the more recent fun sports and that is something called fat biking thanks to extra fat tires it really does work although it's not to everyone's taste as bikers have to share the sometimes delicate trails with hikers but if you're into it this is what it can be like in the hills around in westerns with.

it's hard to believe the rest of europe only discovered the beauty of the alps a century ago now almost everyone who travels the region knows to stop and it's chalets as a winter paradise because stop palace is a crown jewel among switzerland's high cost hotels and the landmark in the region. yes. yes it's a nice place. the blend of alpine traditional tree has made sonnen one of switzerland's best known when talk a little. region. of the villages. i think you can do something different every day what's unique is the genuine alpine surroundings. up in the mountains.

for a guided tour on a winter bike. gets more traction while just. another tire is going to. winter bikes also known as fat bikes are essentially mountain bikes with outside the bikes are now available all around the area every january bike fans descend on. bikes were invented in the united states to take on sand gravel all snow during the. festival the riders even race them frew cowsheds. but riding fast bikes can be just as much fun for holiday cyclists. they're allowed all most of the

winter hiking trails bods bikers always have the right of way. these two riders have packed a special treat for their outing. this is a backpack it's nice and comfortable and it's totally. here you have everything you need for a tasty outdoor at any time of the year even in winter so you. can read. the quintessentially swish eating experience with a lot of melted cheese tastes even better rustic alpine countryside. in the stop region cation is can also learn about local traditions like paper cuttings. practiced since the nineteenth century the delicate images depict typical local motifs. very popular subjects include the chalets

you see all around the region or the wildlife. but of course now you. also find modern paper cuttings as well that my. team has also devoted to cutting to the down held by kids even though winter biking only got started a few years ago. however its popularity continues to grow. all the guns there are lots of people in the world who can ride bikes but don't know how to ski so now they're coming here to start and go for biking they have a great experience in the snow and get some good exercise and earn themselves a hearty separate evening. on possum all this being. bought two riders still have some pedaling to do to stop as.

it's a cool experience. this is the first time i've done it and it's different from summer . and you have to get used to it at first but it's really a lot of fun. to dark it's time for operation all operated by the riders parked their bikes in the deep snow the extra treaded wheels on to lie out on the ski slopes then it's time to relax and enjoy the panoramic view from the cool stuff. while the sun sets. and before we sign off we want to ask you again to send us your favorite snowy pictures just go to our website where you can then upload them and from all of the feedback we receive one lucky if you are well get one of our exclusive is your remarks watches so be sure to get your pictures in and with our time is up so until we meet again all the best and thanks for watching to us from talking to us the.

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