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on this train it's not the destination it's the journey. and sky kitchen alexander compass michelin star takes on german cuisine. we begin with a visit to the front man of heavy metal band iron maiden not satisfied with being a worldwide success as a singer bruce dickinson went on to write a novel create his own baby and fly as an airline pilot now he's released his also a biography the title of which might concern you if he's piloting your plane it's cold what does this button do and it's proved a hit climbing to number one on the u.k. sunday times bestseller list. bruce dickinson is nothing if not a high flyer here he takes to the skies to give us a better view of his home country the. but flying planes is just one of his

passions. you can still win the match. being a bit helps me to share. with the rest of the world being an old. take a very. long. but there's one more thing. for more than three decades bruce dickinson has been the front man of iron made. energetic and dark. since distinctive vocals have been described as a human. with razor blades in the band's millions of justin.

is also a great showman and has performed in all sorts of this the lyrics subject matter like the devil evil. carried out in antiquity slightly tongue in cheek. between magnificent. ludicrous is that. the band's mascot eddie everywhere they go ed force one with captain dickinson at the wheel has flown the band around the world several times the full sized boeing seven thirty seven even the german government's official airliner. the band canceled a planned tour in twenty fifteen was diagnosed with tongue and neck cancer. his sheer determination to win the battle against his illness is very clear at the end of his autobiography. for the singer surviving cancer was like beginning

a new life. i barely come sit at the question of whether i would sing again which surprised me i realized that i loved life above all else. back in one thousand nine hundred four the singer put his life on the line to perform in sarajevo at the height of the yugoslav wars dickinson who has a degree in history believes it's a vital to learn from past conflicts. too many people forget. history too quickly and they assume that. the we will never repeat it. the minute you think like that is when we always repeated. the iron maiden's hit song trooper looks at the crimean war of the nineteenth century the lyrics describe the battlefield as a place where no one wins. trouper is also the name of dickinson's very own brand of beer it's got a good reputation. the iron maiden front man has proved to be

a successful entrepreneur and he's found another line of work as a motivational speaker for managers. and in his latest gig his company in wales has invested in three simulators to train other pilots. here too betty is on board in fact iron maiden is everywhere. of course we had to give the simulator a try. telling him. there's no autopilot here everything is done manually bruce dickinson is life is like multiple dreams come true so it's no surprise that his autobiography is highly entertaining. he wrote the manuscript entirely by hand beginning the book after beating cancer the experience has given him a renewed zest for life he turned sixty this year but it seems his life is only just getting started. let's get

a quick roundup of what's happening across europe with express bus stop we're off to the french port city of must say. an exhibition in the southern french city of ma say highlights of lesser known talents of pablo picasso costume design from one nine hundred seventeen to one nine hundred twenty one cost so created costumes and set designs for the ballet it was a paris based on samples that exerted a profound influence on dance music and the visual arts apart from costumes the exhibition at the ms sam includes canvases drawings sketches and models by the spanish painter it's set to run until the end of june. the lights are on in copenhagen on thursday the city unveiled forty installations as part of this inaugural like festival. so important at least for spain's that we

in the dark period of time we get the lights and get a new perspective on life. the displays aren't limited to buildings the cities landmark the little mermaid runs is also bathed in colored light. an exhibition has opened in the german city of book featuring the works of award winning photojournalist well betty lay back the show is devoted to shots taken in berlin in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight the year of the student uprisings laid back work for leading periodicals his work took him not only around europe but also to the united states many of the images had never been printed and on public display for the first time by the time robert lay back died in twenty fourteen he was regarded as one of the leading photo journalists of his day. if. not a rather unique railway experience if you take the train from berlin to have what's one of the encounter more than just a journey the so-called culture train doesn't just link the two cities physically

it also connects them culturally the stuff on bold will help visitors explore. the shared history between germany and poland and apparently to great effect the culture train was honored with a prize at the twenty seventeen cultural brand awards. it looks like a disco but it isn't a club it's a train compartment but trip on the culture train between berlin and what's love is a unique journey. this direct train between the two cities only runs on weekends a ticket costs one thousand euros. during the four and a half hour journey passengers don't just get closer to their destination they also learn a lot about polish and german history berlin or not to leave awesome on as one of the organizers she feels it's important to maintain a cultural dialogue between poland and germany and the culture train is a wonderful way for people to engage in conversation not just to talk with the

artists up close but with one another without on. the journey includes a comprehensive cultural program more than three hundred artists have already taken part today double bassist micah his but he is providing the musical accompaniment to a reading. a library on wheels supplies the passengers with plenty of reading material on the history of germany and poland. and a permanent exhibition seen on the headrests traces the life stories of rock slavs german and polish citizens. has a stake in this said he this is the. reason i think it's very important to have this train connection between what's life in berlin here. this make this. this book that it gives us the opportunity to engage in a cultural exchange. and it's a very good way to work through our common history and understand it better and to

build the future together down to. this time. the services. popular many people here are looking for clues to their family's past. my last name is polish so poland's always played a role in our family history though i don't have any relatives there but the name goes back generations so i have a certain connection without knowing exactly what it is and i'm intrigued. since my grandmother was born in slavery on the polish czech border she lived there for the first ten years of her life and then came to germany. because i've never been to poland myself i want to travel there and look around. me it's. a culture train made its debut in twenty six team stint as european capital of culture in two thousand and seventeen the train was named european trend brand of the year both common likes to hold readings on it these are through history on this

train isn't just a means of transport like other trains that you don't board just to get from one city to another but to get psyched up for the city you're headed to. arriving in boats love visitors can find traces of the city's history as the former german city of breslau. has only been a polish city since the end of world war two both common has written a novel based on the city's history. from one field until one thousand nine hundred five votes life was exclusively a german city from one thousand nine hundred sixty the ninety's it was almost exclusively a polish city. it's only been in the past few years that a consciousness has taken shape that it's a city with german and polish history and it can be thought of as a place where germans and poles can come together without any revanche just motives . want to. go.

the next day both comm on is on the culture trains return journey to berlin. the passengers in this direction can look forward to a silent disco where the music is piped into their ears on headphones. the. belts vibrating to the beat take on the function of the bass for me it's like. i feel that the future has arrived i feel that we are very open and i think that we are moving in the right way. that's why i feel the business really because to see everybody together it's making us happy to date more than thirty thousand passengers have boarded the culture train and it wasn't simply the culture train really is bringing people closer together stop by stop and without complications simply on a very spirited playful level not in the sense of

a meeting of nations but of people. on the basis of culture and exchange. of. organizers hope to expand the project to service other european destinations to promote greater mutual understanding and a more open europe. now we jump on the awards train this week in our series we've been reviewing the european oscar nominees and today we're looking at the category of foreign language film three of the five nominees are from europe and it's quite the competitive field two of the choices have already scooped up awards in cannes and belin d.w. film expert scott roxboro has his money on a hunk arion picture. hungary is in the running for best foreign language film with the rector. and usual love

story on body and soul. it's an encounter between two outsiders who work in a slaughterhouse. for that's what we're doing. i mean that you're both of them under the hood and i'm just reading from. a good friend of the medical your memory goes. here. because it's from. the. night after night the introverted new hygiene inspector maria dreams of two dear wandering in a snowy forest by coincidence she discovers that her colleague ends of a shares the same dream astonished by this intimate connection the two take tentative steps to become acquainted by day. but it's a real universal story it's the story of. a man who's physically handicapped

a woman who's socially handicapped who meet. and fall in love which seems kind of bizarre but it's really a universal story of love and acceptance really touching really really heartwarming and i think especially nowadays where the rest the world seems it's such a horrible horrific state this kind of movie is something we can really bring people together the film already one hundred director the golden bear at the twenty seventeen berlin international film festival a big part of fate. of the work was to concede to hide what they were doing. we want to present you our very simple family like a glass of water we couldn't know if. the audience. would join us because this famous approachable livid with a generous heart. and eighty's breakthrough came in one nine hundred eighty nine with my twentieth century it's about twins dora and legally separated as children

can fate brings together on new year's eve of eight hundred ninety nine when they both fall in love with the same man the movie won the commodore at the cannes film festival. nearly three decades later on body and soul is our most notable success since that triumph . what's interesting about her is she tells very personal stories but she looks at film not as a way of making retelling realistic stories but the sort of she's inspired by dreams and and the sort of reality of dreams and how film can be like a dream watching a film could be like a dream and you definitely see that with on body and soul. blending images of nature and dream sequences and you depicts two people who are strangers in the physical world but nevertheless experience a close connection. or poetic work was widely

celebrated as the best love story of twenty seventeen. the other best foreign language film nominees are sebastiani lenny o's chilean film a fantastic woman a story about love and empowerment after her partner's death a transgender woman becomes the object of hostility and must fight for her right to be different. loveless by russian director andre can say. this bleak drama shows the divorcing couple so absorbed in their own lives that they don't even notice when their son disappears. the insult a gripping drama by directors to air to. a neighborhood. spat between a lebanese christian and a palestinian refugee escalates until it erupts in political street battles. and the square from sweden

a satire of the art world by ruben. for language categories the most difficult to pick usually and i often i'm wrong but i think this time the best of the group is the hunger in film on body and soul. hungry won the academy award for best foreign language film two years ago with son of song filmmakers from the central european country are currently much in demand ildiko anybody is a hot favorite to be hungry as next star in hollywood's firmament. all this week we've been asking you to tell us about a prize that you have won lots of you sent us great pictures but the winner is.

evangelist from san francisco who sent us this picture of her with the trophy she won for making the most customer calls after a job. well done with we'll be sending you an exclusive euro max wristwatch now to one of my favorite things about lin the food germany's capital has plenty on offer from all over the world only this week i've enjoyed peruvian vietnamese and italian but what's sometimes lost along the way is the local cuisine and all series fifty kitchens one city we go behind the scenes at the top fifty berlin restaurants and today we're paying a visit to the michelin starred sky kitchen where alexander cuppa is the head chef . as i'm with. food from all over the world in berlin i love that about this city.

is executive chef. kitchen restaurant he's head of michelin star since twenty fourteen. he was born in communist east berlin in one thousand nine hundred one after leaving school he trained as a chef. he then went on to work in who's been in northern germany. his great love he clearly recalls the fall of the berlin wall in one nine hundred eighty nine. i was about seven when the wall fell the best thing for me was the government's one hundred mark welcome money i went over to west berlin and bought a chocolate kinda. a lot has happened since then and the buildings are completely restored. you could still see the difference between east and west but that's no

longer the case it's really only the older generation who still refer to east and west berlin. the. sky kitchen is located on the twelfth floor of a hotel in the district of legion bear not far from the. station in the past this area was shunned by many berliners and considered unattractive. but now it's growing in popularity many families in particular are moving here because the rents are still affordable. alexander spent much of his childhood with his grandparents on their farm in northern germany perhaps that's why he came to love the local cuisine. the star chef still draws many of his ingredients from the region. kitchen can choose from three to eleven course menus. not only that but they are

the menu changes four times a year. we have so many great ingredients in the world. seafood crustaceans and you can make such fantastic dishes with. that's the great thing for a chef. you can try out new things bring a fresh modern twist to regional cuisine you can transform it all a bit i think that's great and that's what makes my job so appealing. cauliflower with poached egg yolk is an unusual way to serve a popular german vegetable. whether cooked in the oven as a light side or as a soup cauliflower is versatile. serves up a modern dish in which he is the cauliflower. he

also serves a vegetable made from various ingredients. traditional german cuisine is hearty and often includes a lot of meat the star chef would like to change that so he offers a rich variety of vegetarian meals on his menu as well as meat dishes. he likes to hark back to old german cooking traditions but always takes a fresh approach.

i was very fond of eating at my grandmother's she cooked very down to earth food especially cauliflower with bread crumbs not butter with mashed potatoes and roast pork that's style influenced the kind of food young people grew to like and now i'm just trying to make that a little more modern. like the cuisine the restaurants interior design also combines old and new some excess or reason furniture came from flea markets and are originals from communist east germany. the restaurant can seat up to fifty five guests and offers a unique panoramic view of. views and tell you when to serve as a home we're quite relaxed here and the service is also more relaxed which i like well. you don't have to wear a suit and we have all kinds of people who dine here with guns completely normal people like me a lot of the locals come to celebrate

a wedding anniversary or birthday you can treat yourself once a year and i think that's great that people do that you know. but if you want to dine it's got to be patient the restaurant is always booked out weeks in advance but once they get here most agree it was worth the wait. shouldn't the. jets fans are going. well you can catch up with all reports from up. kitchen series on our website d w dot com slash fifty kitchen's that's all we have time for today but you can follow us on social media like us on facebook for daily updates on follow us on instagram d w garam x. will be back again tomorrow with the highlights of the week of often out. next time on your own max the highlights edition including the flamenco festival in

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