hi everybody a warm welcome to your own max today we start off with an ice cold topic so wrap up warm and enjoy the show here's what's coming up. cold as ice spent the night in the snow village in northern finland. last from the boston common the

only road works to bunker became a luxury residence. and meet in time to get some useful tips for an orderly home. for a first destination we ventured to one of the northernmost regions of europe and the third installment of our series ice cold well off to lapland a sparsely populated area which is covered in snow for over five months of the year because of those cold conditions artists from around the world joined forces to create a so-called snow village in the finnish municipality of keep the lead they create frozen sculptures up installations and even entire buildings in fact if you don't mind the cold too much you can stay in a hotel room made of ice but just for one night and don't let the frost bite.

but you need village lies tucked away amid the snowy woods one hundred fifty kilometers north of finland's arctic circle it was built entirely from snow and ice the snow village covers some twenty thousand square meters ice artist rami taco is one of its creators. for me experienced that i'm living my dream here in la i swore i would be by the nature and i can verify with the material which is even bringing me closer to that nature and it feels so good to be able to share this experience with the guests who obviously being in the snow or it's. this year's theme is game of thrones artists have carved characters and scenes from the hit t.v. series out of ice visitors can even spend a night here. guests staying in one of the ten igloo suites can sleep beside a white walker character. the body heat of two guests lets the temperature inside

the igloo rise from minus five to zero degrees celcius the creators recommend spending no more than one night in these frosty temperatures a night for two costs three hundred fifty euros. stephen marr and his partner lena zagel spent a night here curled up in sleeping bags suitable for subzero temperatures and additional three sleeping banks comfortable hardly. office called i guess that makes it so adventurous and you've got these warm floral patterns here so waking up to them in the cold morning is really special but it is a motive and there's a sort of osprey's on it was. a new ice hotel has been built for seventeen years in a row now ice and snow artists from all over the world come here to build the snow village. over the course of a month they use some twenty million kilos of snow and three hundred fifty thousand

kilos of ice. lighting is very important part of the art itself so one part is making that finding the art of from the snow but then it's also like hoff of the experience is that if properly very firmly comes alive. rami offers ice sculpture workshops with his support stephen moore and his wife transform a block of ice into and intricately. upside your it would be more difficult i didn't think it would be possible to actually carbon leaf out of a block of ice in just one hour the tile. ice is very brittle but little mistakes can be fixed using body bits can be reattached that are broken. as and when the tough to use either works in an entirely new light because now we know much more about this because we've used the tools held them in our own hands

and tried it out see the one to texas that really gives you a different perspective on a soft works the tough one not easy and then quince tack it on all of us on. this dragon was carved from twelve tons of ice. in the village attracts visitors from around the globe at the bar they can order drinks in the rocks as the glasses are made of ice. guests can even marry here many couples tie the knot in the ice chapel. and there's an igloo restaurant. that i am either from inside the sixteen me there's having two hundred square metres of floor area and if you feel cold then this is one place to make you feel much more warmer because everybody in. most of pain you have fooled into stomach you start to feel much more warmer eating here is

a curious experience. it feels weak to be say cold and holding things in a state cold and whole keep you kept on a main to eat from it this week will be pretty quick if he gets cold sick but talking. with mark. i didn't mean to do. anything like stick to it you put your arms or anything on it until. i start is a hands on experience but by april temperatures began rising and the beautiful creation start to melt. to be honest of course that feeds are a little bit sad when everything melts down but at the same time it's so fascinating to work with the material and the art that what you are creating is only existing such a short amount of time before disappearing so everything with this here you can experience only in the one winter when you come back in the next three enter you

come and see the same art anymore. the artists already have some ideas for next year's thing but before spring arrives thousands more visitors will flock here to see their unique winter wonderland. let's get up to date on what else is happening around europe we kick off our express with some cool kicks as berlin jumps onto the snake a train. balance public transport system has teamed up with our beat us truly it's first limited edition sneakers. just five hundred pairs will be produced inspired by the patterns on the seats in berlin subway cars. a yearly pass is woven into the shoes town so where is get unlimited travel around the capital until the end of twenty eighteen. this is by no means the first publicity stunt recently the transport company and now the irish rock band the you

too to give a surprise concert at a subway station on its new to line. and to pep up its image the transport company commissioned some eccentric voices. the night she said edition of the men's wear trade fair p.t. a well known opened in florence italy on tuesday twelve hundred thirty italian and international brands and two hundred twenty seven labels showing their autumn and winter collections for twenty eighteen to twenty nine thousand on the grounds of the old city fortress for ten so. this year finland is the official guest country. and in the coming days calm love affair its plans to unveil his new men's fashion project. they held philharmonia a concert hall is hamburg's new landmark defaced bridge with the public the

building which overlooks hamburg opened officially with a concert in light show one year ago. by the end of twenty seventeen some four and a half million people had visited the viewing platform and some eight hundred fifty thousand had attended a concert in the new building. it took nearly a decade to build the concert hall and the costs as to make it at seventy seven million rose to ten times that. living in a nazi era bunker sounds like heavy concrete heavy history and little daylight but seeing the building in a mixed report might change your mind in today's euro max deluxe we're featuring a former air raid shelter in the southern german city of new nick despite its dark and gloomy wartime origins

a local property developer has managed to bring light m to life into its thick concrete walls well the easiest of tosca but he certainly rose to the challenge see for yourself. i situated near a busy intersection in munich shopping district is a bank it is under a preservation order the bank was built in one nine hundred forty three to protect up to seven hundred people during air raids now it's one of munich's most unusual residences. i show you around. is a real estate developer he lives. in an apartment spread over three feet he has four hundred square. foot finishing a mix of styles. people elements provide

a contrast to the culture. has deliberately left the buildings original structure exposed in some places. first time i came here i found it quite oppressive the walls are two meters thick and none of the seven floors had an opening to the outside that's not something you normally experience usually at some point there's light air and a view of the outside. so the first thing he did was to have one window. full windows. when stephanie here than twenty ten this is what the bank looked like without windows fourteen construction workers spent nearly seven months cutting the openings into the to me to make concrete. holes and we took out two thousand tons of concrete for the openings roughly the

weight of two thousand trucks it was quite a challenge but that wasn't the only one. there was also the question of how to approach the whole id. of turning a building from the nazi era into a place to live and also not to decide. how does one leave a link to the past and leave that history visible while at the same time making it comfortable and cozy with the whole combination has to work somehow to cut down the . staircase leads up to the newly built top floor. adding a penthouse also meant cutting through the bunkers fake concrete roof sorts of events and so now we're finally on top of the bunker there's a fantastic view from here the dining areas here and the living room which is absolutely flooded with light on one side you have a cemetery with a sea of trees there merge into the english garden. with the mission gotten fresh

moved. to confession bone clear days you can see the alps. the penthouses rooftop terrace provides a three hundred sixty degree view of munich. and akin not tis the very end roots and to protect visitors from the wind all the sun stephanie you can buy has even installed a traditional dining me made of polite. stephanie you can i and his company spend five million euros converting the bank into a modern usable building the twenty six need to tally includes apartments and office space. it also houses a gallery called the n.k. are. in the gallery regularly has exhibitions with a focus on and. the shows are open to the public free of charge that was very

important to the owner. the bulk of it done. for decades the bunker stood here in this part of the city it was very can speak. it was and quite creepy and unpleasant and so i think it's important that the public can now come in and see how the building has been reclaimed for peaceful purposes. with much effort and money this ghost of munich's contacts been transformed into various bush ivy's. cheerier designed at its best check out our youtube channel interior design stunning design ideas spectacular buildings and d.i.y. tutorials on home decoration we'll take you inside the most beautiful european homes show you the latest in furniture fabrics success stories subscribe and don't miss out see you on youtube. well if you

subscribe you won't just find videos of beautiful buildings on channel but also some great tips and tricks for your everyday life and a big part of having a nice home is keeping it neat and tidy cleaning up seems a simple task but it's often the glick did well what better time to get everything shipshape and orderly than the new year organizing your home is a great resolution to have going into twenty eighteen and we want to help you make things nice and tidy so we sent out one of our reporters to get some tips from a professional cleanup consultant. christmas the holiday of disorder is over. after new years of a frank from minister tries to bring new order. cleaning up can be fun. you just have to learn how.

my big problem is i don't have a system i just move things from one corner to another but i don't throw them out time to get professional help clean up consultant denise kern has been known as mr tidy for seven years. for sixty euros and now she helps people bring order to their homes and their lives. that. this is our most chaotic room everything we don't need end up here and the desk is always full. off the shelf is a stopgap solution. you know if you know that people have too many things they have no structure and don't give a thought to where they can put items or sort and all of them. die off a lots of little tricks and tips that are very effective and. lots of corners

everyone knows them it's not easy to make just start this tidy shows how anyone can manage it in three steps. number one. also get rid of things everything you no longer need and no longer use must go say goodbye really off to the trash with them. it's not so simple because every little box and basket holds its own chaos and one time in goes straight in the trash. the challenge is to distinguish what can be tossed and what should be held on to the rule of thumb is to keep only what you really need. now will just put everything you really need right now on to the desk. the necessary ballast is gone time for rule number two. been passed and made a point of putting things back in the place it's logical things you need every day

should be ready to hand so you can find them right away and know where they go. you should have a second place for everything having a good overview is especially important at your desk by its plan a rule of thumb for your workplace never have more than three ongoing projects on your desk so you don't lose focus. affects a person's feeling of well being. optical calming to your hair it's easier to relax when the tables tidy and things are lying about on the floor and it makes your whole life easier. a life of the company. the work room even feels different. sticks are better drum seems bigger and more open. but i'll just leave it at that time for rule number three because order requires something more. as it's

a constant process so you always have to keep on the ball to simplify the problem you can introduce one thing in one thing out rule out play each item i bring into the house i have to decide beforehand watch i'll get rid of. it tiniest requires planning counting things throwing them out and organizing it sounds banal and simple but many people can't do it on their own. it out he said to me if i don't think i would have parted with as many things and it would have been much more agonizing so this one was ok and i didn't have to think so much just a way with that kind of support was quite helpful. to receive everything but it's easiest to live and work in an orderly home. in northern europe winter is not a season of harvest but in italy

a small citrus tree bears fruit during the cold months the bug about orange is harvested between november and february its all is used for all sorts of health and beauty products and it's an essential ingredient in one of my favorite types of tea oh great production is mostly limited to a small stretch of coast in southern italy where the conditions are just right so let's head there now to find out more about this incredibly versatile fruit. citrus groves for as far as the eye can see it's harvest season for burger mountain calabria the toll of the tally in boot the fruit that from a distance looks like green shriveled oranges is actually the main economic resource of this otherwise poor region the program at orange is a cross between lime and bitter orange it's in demand all over the world for its essential oils. the quest of fruit and its first phase of

maturity the fridge is still green and the essential oil we extract from it is dark green its special qualities of many uses in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries on a delicate case the trial is extracted especially valuable we in the industry are part of my charity. and this family run operation makes use of everything the better more orange provides not just essential oils extracted from the peel after all two hundred kilos of fruit are needed to produce just one liter of oil it's used in the oceans perfume soap deodorant and shabba gel. is also used to make like your juice jam beaumont's and other sweets the success of this southern italian food owes a lot to a german johann maria farina from cologne who in the eighteenth century created

a perfume based on burqa more oil the perfume still exists odeh cologne. she said grew up with a bad amount and swears that this fruit is the secret to how she stays so fit despite her advanced years. i drink the juice and when we harvest the burgman we always peel one or two because they're good for you for your cholesterol level everyone says that even the doctors had not thought to let it go. beck i'm not anti inflammatory fever reducing i'm moving home thing and natural medicine. to play us out today we have some new music from a familiar face french singer meat game has been gracing the stage for hof a century at the age of seventy one many people think of retirement but not sure it's still recording music in the inimitable style and even going on a world tour no need to explain the thinking behind her newest album's title it's

called made in false and filled with classic french shawl songs fifty years ago she already put out a record with the same name i suppose when you've released eighty albums you don't need to worry too much about the title. since our first performance at the age of four french soldiers need a much has advanced to become one of the world's most populous selling one hundred ninety million records to date fans lovingly call hell the sparrow from and of usually to her hometown her latest album is titled made in phone. calls france's my home country i'm proud to be french this is where i was born and became famous but i owe a lot to to other countries like germany and russia and my receipt and maybe much you has fans the world over she can even sing in chinese. the.

me they sings in a total of eleven different languages she's recognized everywhere in part due to her signature hairstyle every two weeks she visits a headdress to ensure her headroom is just right for me hey family comes first her late mother was the most important person in her life she died almost two years ago a tragic blow for the entire family my mom my mother is gone and my family is counting on me. i'm the eldest of seven girls and seven boys i feel deeply connected to the moment we stick together and depend on each other. my mother's death was tough for me and my siblings. it's too difficult for me to talk about her mother she says that after her death classical music gave her strength so in twenty eighteen she'll surprise fans with an album of classical music the first in her fifty year long career of course it will be

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