germany's police station. explained if i had my way. east germany would still be here english me mr. bush you know. starting march thirteenth d.w. . welcome to the show today we start off our journey we right here in germany is what's coming up. the tourist magnets why germany attracts so many visitors. free spirits british designer mary quant and the miniskirts revolution. danish i call the lego

company celebrates its sixtieth anniversary. germany's capital is currently hosting the world's leading travel trade show the i.t.b. berlin over one hundred eighty countries are showcasing the latest and greatest in travel and tourism and germany itself is the booming as a travel destination posting record figures for the eighth year running. it's no wonder the country has everything from sandy beaches snowy mountain peaks cosmopolitan cities and beautiful countryside so let's take a closer look at germany's holiday credentials maybe you'll be tempted to pay us a visit. modern architecture breathtaking nature and a rich cultural heritage germany is attracting more and more tourists and by just

a nearly four hundred sixty million overnight stays in two thousand and seventeen alone tourism expert tossed in chief a knows why germany is so popular. notion planted for every one of germany's strengths is that it offers a wide range of leisure activities insights social cold at all and it boasts an excellent infrastructure for tourism and travelling between two destinations is fast about we also have a great price performance ratio out front so germany made a great impression as a host country at the comp in two thousand and six and since then more and more visitors have commented. according to germany's national tourist board but now tops the list for europeans looking for city tourists tourists come here around especially to visit bustling humps like munich or hamburg but with thirteen million visitors a year bolin is still the most popular destination convinced his. we really like the food. because we are greeks and we are ok because we have

a good taste in food and what i want to learn more about life. it's a very alternative city with lots of artists i like the street life here. it is the can i have the bars the politics the food and drink nice and interesting people the sunday lloyd. surprise the city is so regal with big buildings out wide avenues we like that many that we let you know south of. germany's economy culture is another insider tip with over three hundred restaurants sporting michelin stars it ranks second after france worldwide. there are also forty two you know go world heritage sites here among them humbugs fresh start warehouse district . cologne cathedral. and the palace of some of the sea and it's stunning gardens in pasta. so people visiting

germany are often looking to relax on the coasts of the north sea or baltic sea they're interested in historic sites seeing what is currently on woodward and they visit places like the cathedral in cologne or brandenburg gate he fights we also have a number of pain parks. the only hope a park in the post office over one hundred attractions making it germany's largest amusement park. not long ago hundreds miniature wonderland attracted the most foreign visitors to the city but it was recently overtaken by the elberfeld home on a concert hall which have three times as many visitors in two thousand and seventeen. but germany isn't just an attractive destination for foreign tourists. you don't want on average germans make about seventy million trips a year for five days or longer a third of those within the country means that germany is also a german's favorite place to travel to. the area is especially

popular. could attract visitors with its castles and. plus hiking costs around the alps. the seaside relaxation families head for beaches on the north and baltic sea. the lone mountain ranges in the hot sun black forest regions are not seen. how many social twenty seventeen was the eighth year and i rode it overnight bookings have hit record highs that we expect the output trend to continue in twenty eighteen thus not only is germany the most popular destination for germans it's also gaining popularity abroad and the also initial result of additional monitor t.v. . whether you're looking for

a bustling city life or in delhi countryside germany has plenty to offer. all this week we've been asking you for your favorite holiday destinations a majority of you said you most enjoy holidays at the bitch we've picked out one lucky winner this time from germany it's paid kluger thanks for taking part with sending you an exclusive euro max wrist watch and thanks to everyone else who got in touch. let's get a quick round up now of what's happening around europe in or express some trouble for ed sheeran but first we have a fellow ginger. prince harry and his fiance american actress meghan markle have won over hearts again during a trip to birmingham. a couple of visits at the city as part of

a tour of britain before their wedding and on the international women's day they met with young women and girls from the region. to thank you very. very. good together yes. yes yes i'm free. and in a way and i'm playing hooky and this is their engagement was announced last november the couple have visited london nottingham scotland and the welsh capital cottage. this it to tie the knots on re nineteenth at windsor cause. that's. the job the german environmentalists are asking ed sheeran to cancel an upcoming concert in dusseldorf the well star's shuttle to perform at u.t. extended concert grounds they are on july the twenty second but the premiere with a superstar would require chopping down around one hundred trees the activists are

now trying to get in touch with the singer and appeal to his conscience they say the sure he wouldn't like that many trees being found for the event. the museum my own in paris is currently showing over one hundred works by japanese french. he's considered the most french of all japanese artists the exhibition covers the period between one nine hundred thirteen and one hundred thirty one. lived and worked in paris. tokyo his unique style combines ancient. techniques like some painting and have a patent with western chalmers. painting in the room twenties runs until the middle of june right. now to the final episode in this week's series pioneering women today we get to know mary quant who's invention caused a scandal in the early sixty's the fashion designer was responsible for introducing

the mini skirt it was first pictured in a nine hundred sixty two edition of british vogue and sparked outrage from both conservatives and the church soon after the miniskirt became a symbol of female emancipation in the swinging sixty's and made mary quant a fashion icon and still as popular as ever come rain or shine. london in winter even at temperatures close to freezing there were plenty of mini skirts around mary quant invention is almost sixty years old but it still makes a specific fashion statement. for freedom and beauty and i guess a little bit of flirting i'm sure like back then people would think it's not cool

because i'd be a very conservative. but one thing meredith is cool for women's wear is given one too i think must've been really controversial but it's really cool that it's of. the british fashion designer sparked a genuine revolution in the early one nine hundred sixty s. i. want original mini skirt hitched up hemlines to at least ten centimeters above the knee became a symbol of a massive pated women nine hundred sixty six she was awarded the order of the british empire for her work but many strict changed beauty ideals. the new mini was soon personified by a certain leslie hornby better known as twiggy with her bobs hair and slender figure the model quickly became a style and cultural icon of the swinging sixty's the mini skirt was a polarizer as kwan soon learned in her own shop from the beginning in. the one loft with young men to bring in my girlfriends and raving about everything

and there were not a lot of sort of sit. on the window with their i. managed to do what few fashion designers had done before she changed society with a piece of fabric and. i think it was all really down to mary quant she was an art student she didn't want to dress her mother to it which you know up until then really had being kind of the way things were. during the one nine hundred fifty s. to peace and samples were in fashion quanta was creating for a new generation and had her finger on the pulse of the sixty's in particular that of england's artists and musicians. are going to. today her designs have long since become classics her favorite dress the banana split was even honored on

a british stamp in two thousand and nine. it's the perfect black dress and it comes really. black and so. potent a high high high cut right through it. and so it flows right up so it fools it just shows up in. london's victoria and albert museum has been collecting an archive in quantum design since the one nine hundred seventy s. because it was clear even then that her work was revolutionary some of the museum's hundred or so pieces are in its permanent exhibition quantz forte is like sporting cuts like these it's wearable fashion for work or having fun. american reaction against that very grown up tailoring that english fashion was

known for and she brought in something completely new things were changing anyway there was a different feeling with people who were fed up with post-war austerity and the younger generation with. clubs and she claims that you can if you're young woman and go straight off to. the mini skirt wasn't quantz only fashion coup she also became the first designer to use vinyl in dresses and shoes. and. she also. takes credit for inventing waterproof eyeliner and strapless broads plushy popularised colored and patterned hose and it was quaint who created the short shorts known as hot pants like the mini skirt that since become a signpost in fashion history. the designer was quick to export her fashions to the u.s. and japan for shops carry dresses cosmetics and bags all under the mary quant name

in two thousand she sold the label to a japanese company and withdrew from public life but her best known creation the mini skirt is still a fixture in the fashion world and. fashion designers like germany's giteau maria cuts mar include short skirts in many of their collections. are young people and everyone who's young and shouts already i'm here also wants to wear a mini skirt and. it started as a scandal and turned into a symbol of rebellion and emancipation today the mini skirt is a classic and a recurring favorite on the catwalk says mary one wrote a chapter of fashion history on her own with just a small piece of fabric. we're back in berlin for our next report another installment in our series fifty kitchens one city where we explore the calorie diversity of germany's capital people from one hundred eighty

nine nations cold this city that home and so there is plenty of choice when it comes to eating out today we're heading to the district of back for a look behind the scenes at cafe a.b.c. that's where french australian alan ball has set up shop and create his own slice of sydney sunshine right here in berlin. what i mean. really simple is the sun i'm in. wearing flip flops where my boys when i go for a swim every day i always miss it a large one in winter especially when it gets dark itself in the afternoon i really do miss is that the wise. wheat. alan bond has found his little place here in berlin relieving the gloomy winter with a splash of australian sunshine in the form of catherine a.b.c.

alan's practiced club. and of course that's breakfast down under style he's a naturalized australian but his roots are actually french. island used to help out in his mother's restaurant in paris where he was born in one nine hundred seventy four. rich and he wanted to be a teacher then studied art and communication and eventually moved to australia. then he worked as a dishwasher cook waiter and so many years before returning to europe from sydney in two thousand and thirteen and settling in britain. two years later he opened his own café i'm not a trench out there in the transfer but i love food i love cooking so basically. everything i learn from different places that i work in. i think we try them at home or have to come home and we call together and practice together every show that i work with a restaurant and i work every kitchen i work with they're all trying to give me

something that i love. and in conversative form into a cosy breakfast menu enlisting the help of friends to renovate the premises and making the furniture and fittings himself. it has plenty of features that make it feel like a typical beach bar that's the atmosphere that allen wanted to recreate. in australia as cafes everywhere. black first is not in the city it's really a way of life we wake up in the morning we call our sign we gather together and we go to a cafe. and drink and spend time together yeah we're just big foot is what it is we just love. what it is café signature dishes is a poppy seed bagel with avocado inside and. alan marinate the salmon in.

insults. should the. french do. and. he said to chill in the refrigerator for three days. the cottage is of course a staple of upon diabetes breakfast. australian cuisine is big on fusion combining asian and european favorites. enjoys reinterpreting classic dishes. the ready to marinate gives the salmon a pink issue and then any usual slightly sweet age. so that's is. one day when i used to live with my girlfriend

and everything like every morning we go for a morning swim then after that next to our place is a coffee place called harry. i was born there and we always used to go there and sit down in the sun swim salty and all those one bagel with. the said every morning we used to be like like it was amazing this is perfect there is like the best you could do. an inspection is in pencil leg the neighborhood he lives in even though it's gentrified it has surprisingly few good breakfast menus putting tallon is now filling the gap in the market. is cafes open from wednesdays to sundays and it's always for. this is really one of the best breakfast places in france or berkeley wonderful food great quality great service wonderful environment even on a cold day it's really wonderful to sit outside the trees really enjoy coming in i

love this place i live just around the corner there and so it's a bit of a kind of a habit forming that we can hear on a sunday morning either inside or outside a. beautiful autumnal morning with this it's fantastic it's also a very nice place to come here at night so like we have a bit of wind as we so many times things happening here as i series as well and yet so is a fool in nice. in the evenings when a cafe transforms into a wine bar allen's french side comes to the full facts of the day time he says ozzy as they come ok guys today we have prepared for you homemade cured salmon with publishing bago we have a kettle and. well from fifty kitchens to a sixtieth anniversary and nine hundred fifty eight a danish company registered a present for colorful brick starts. uk together and sixty years on they have sold

over six hundred billion lego bricks it's a favorite for children the world over and even adults join in the fun singer songwriter ed sheeran for instance is themself a big fan even penning a song called lego house let's find out what people love so much about the timeless toy. on his bedroom floor. lego can have painfully shop ages. this. is where i see my conversations with colleagues about their children and lego bricks i've often heard stories about the ouch when you go into bed and step on a block you forgot to put away for. me to call and there's a professor of design for playing and learning in holland she was born in one thousand nine hundred fifty eight the same year lego applied for a patent for the toy breaks. another brick is one of the first i ever got my hands on because i'm the same age as lego i had white briggs red windows red

roof slopes that was my first encounter with lego blocks on my left. middle and has worked with the company on several occasions developing twenty zines like this together with her students. because they have few moving parts and are easy to put together even small children could have fun with them the designs opened up new markets for the toy making giant the family business from denmark is now a global phenomenon with theme parks in several countries and topics from everyday life to start. lego sold around seventy five billion individual plastic blocks and other components worldwide in twenty sixteen two thousand four hundred eleven items a second. the story of lego began in one thousand nine hundred thirty two. with wooden toys however nine hundred fifty eight was

a landmark year that's when carpenter gottfried care christianson patented a very special plastic brick designed by his father before long a modern automated production facility with one hundred forty employees opened in a small danish town of belonged business bloomed so what made the new toy so special the first attempts at creating a system proved wobbly but after the stamps on top of the box were complemented by tube spello a design classic was born today lego has around eighteen thousand employees there a lego movie is lego on you tube smartphone games and even software for building with virtual toy bricks lapierre the everyone was a little scared because the past and was due to expire what would become of lego but it's evolved the company now offers a lot more than just the toy bricks but they've adapted to the zeitgeist and have developed play worlds including on the digital front you can argue about whether it's good for lego in general or improves the quality of playing for kids. but lego

no longer only caters to children after olds short fat adult fans of lego have long been an integra part of lego fan culture meet regularly like here at leipsic. prudence's those with a mission going for us it's a combination we don't just refer to them as toys there's a great blog that says don't call it toys i always find it very fitting there is the model building aspect of course but it's also an art form that has this told us on it's an expensive hobby of a time consuming hobby but it's great fun because you can use your imagination obviously equals in the fact that lego is such high quality standards means each brick fits on the other and stays in place lego has another shade of meaning in danish like gort translators play well people have been following that advice for sixty years now and have learned change and reflect. it on themselves in the process the plastic breaks are created an entire subculture rushford ended up as

a design student i built my volume models with it when i wanted to build something very quickly on this winter and scientists use it to describe phenomena. part let's use lego to make artworks i'm as an it is an invention that has left its mark on three entire generations their present. well long may it continue unfortunately we have come to the end of the program but you can catch up with all our reports from this week on our website dot com slash marcel will be back tomorrow with the highlights of the week abbas and i'll. make some remarks highlights the costs that make a woman a little from. this designer who came up with college contacts.

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