live concerts every weekend in. europe in concert. with. welcome to the show is what we've got in store for you today. the top of the pops the standout acts in this week's your vision song contest. the top of his game austria's trial by stock fabio this month.

and talk of the town what to see and do in athens if. we start off with one of europe's most famous or infamous cultural events the euro vision song contest every year weird and wonderful artists from across the continent dazzle us with a unique performances and this is competition is bigger than ever a record forty three acts will face off in the portuguese capitalism so who are the favorites and what can we expect this year we took a closer look at the bookmakers favorites ahead of the final round on saturday. twenty five year old nestor barzilai is from israel. is about her song toy is heavily favored to win the twenty eight thousand euro vision song contest. i'm not.

the entry has a cheerful melody but it's subtext soon serious. that the song has a strong message of me too and i thought about something funky that can sound. like a cycle of. abuse. like. like the fans that now and then it goes over and over and over again the second very happy vibe song. but it has a strong message with between the lines. the performers introduce themselves to fans and journalists at the opening ceremony on sunday many have been rehearsing lisbon for more than a week forty three countries are vying for the title. one performer has competed before alexander reebok from norway. he won in two thousand and nine and he's among the favorites to win again this year

. but you can't plan a euro vision when. young fedderson is well aware of this he's provided the commentary for german viewers for the past twenty five years i guess by talking was a winning song has to contain momentum through the performance itself that means that the cygnus have to express to the audience that they really want to be there they can't just go through the motions. and that's. where. the metal band us from hungary are giving it their all. to. denmark's rescue scene has a viking inspired look. from

georgia will present choral music. elina nature gave it from a stone is depending on only one voice purse. oh. she's a trained opera singer. i sing from my soul i sing from my heart and i hope this message about the forests of love will reach people's hearts. and she germany's me also hopes to reach the audience's hearts his song is a tribute to his late father. the love. of. another favorite this year is france the song

by the. year is about a girl born on a boat full of refugees it's based on a true story. he was a really meaningful and moving story we really learned it on twitter and we wanted to make a song about it to make people feel the same thing that we had. told. some of bulgaria's most successful musicians have combined forces for the event. they think that's just the right approach for your vision and for europe. i mean as you can see we're so completely different and we celebrate and just imagine a world where people truly celebrated the differences between japan. and internationally successful model and actor from the czech republic is interested in

doing one thing of providing good entertainment to all the fans of euro they should know there's a conflict. and i'm feeling. let's catch up with what's happening around europe in today's express was it being across the continent from britain to belgium but we start off in berlin with a rather special cultists. a gala event was held at berlin's concept house on friday to mark the twenty fifth anniversary of the founding of slovakia. the country has been a member of the european union since two thousand and four slovakia is a cocky is very rich musically and we like to show off our artists so i'm delighted to present off the philharmonic orchestra to a bend in audience. the slovak philharmonic was conducted by rusty sloughs tour one of the evening's highlights was a performance by a violin virtuoso dolly barker. slovakia was

founded in one nine hundred ninety three after the peaceful dissolution of the federal state of czechoslovakia. the dba diamond museum opened its doors in unclip this week and this is his command about the history of the diamond and silversmithing traits which affright been the belgian port city since the fifteenth century. the museum features exhibits on both traditional and modern methods of processing diamonds and silver also on display is a diamond encrusted necklace in the shape of a snake from eight hundred sixty the museum opened to the general public on monday . hundreds of death for cyclists took a spin around london on saturday the annual tweed run is a twelve kilometer track that takes in key landmarks and allows stops for tea

a picnic or a pint since its two thousand and nine did you the tweed run has grown into an international event numerous awards are handed out including prizes for best dressed best vintage bicycle and best moustache. well we stay on the topic of cycling but you. won't catch on next bike riding in tweed or indeed staying on the cycle path twenty two year old fabio vigna is a professional street trials bike and you tube stop he regularly uploads his stunning stunts to the video platform where he has more than one million subscribers it's no wonder he basically does pacu on a bike jumping over walls hopping from roof to roof and performing gravity defying stunts as part of this week's series hungry for sports we paid him a visit and the austrian capital vienna. fabio gets his kicks from exhilarating downhill rides and somewhat unusual routes

as residents of cities across europe in this case vienna can testify the bike you write is more maneuverable than a mountain bike making it ideal for stunts. you can try back to come to a trail by can do almost everything back flips jumps whatever. you have complete creative license. that's what i find fascinating about trail biking with the freedom to do what you want now there are no real stipulations like there are in other sports some of. this often practice is his stance on this square in his hometown of in spokane austria he's been honing his skills practically every day since twenty ten. the

biggest and most dangerous challenges in his repertoire are back and front flips. crashes in fours are inevitable in the sport. some tricks take years of practice to perfect. twenty yards for advice. when i want to overcome a new challenge first i think over what i need to accomplish the trick. what position do i need to put my body. how i move around on the bike. so when i go through the moves in my head and then all i can do is practice practice practice. and. also uploads his stunts. do you choose where more than a million subscribers get updates on his thrills and spills he also embeds the

videos of his adventures in stories his breakneck bike tour of vienna for example is his way of getting to the world volleyball championships as quickly as possible and when he's in the saddle two weeks are definitely faster than full. gets an emotional reaction from people and the more intense feeling that if you just did a series of tricks. in writing down the dollar might see moved up to a mountain bike. hitting speeds of up to sixty kilometers per hour he thunders down impossibly rocky landscapes in northern italy for him a welcome break from trial bike and truly perilous rides like this you need more than skills and physical fitness. and i am well i'm the kind of guy who always looks forward to how i'll feel afterwards when i've completed a trickle line that's

a big motivation. comes along but sometimes i'll need thirty forty or fifty minutes preparation time for mental preparation before but i think mental strength is an extremely important factor. so far the only injuries he's picked up are a few bumps and scratches and sprains and a broken finger the twenty two year old is considered a rising star in the biking world and thanks to responses he can now focus one hundred percent on his sporting ambitions. along i always want to push myself further and try out new things that nobody has done yet. so i provide my own motivation. to get. the most ambition is to do every project and every video better and

ultimately to have fun in the process and one way or the other to make a splash. next up we travel to by the lights the southern german town is mostly known for the annual by what festival which celebrates the music of composer wagner even outside of the festival season the margrave you'll opera house is a big attraction in twenty twelve it was added to the unesco world heritage list but then it closed for renovations and though it was built within four years back in the eighteenth century it's taken six years to get it back into shape. the curtain is up at the margrave ial opera house. pyrites has a rich history of musical and theatrical innovation. the building is one of the most outstanding surviving examples of baroque theatre architecture in europe.

it was already considered one of the most beautiful theaters when it opened in seventeen forty eight it was commissioned by vilhelm mina of prussia the older sister of frederick the great. gate was. to celebrate its reopening with a to outer academy outpost everything is staging real him in his life in the opera artists are saying. this should mean i'm lucky that i can sing a number of arias and that they're all very different sometimes they're very difficult sometimes slow or deep. and that's a real challenge as. hell for the one. the

german soprano anya celia is cast in the lead role of villa mina the founding patrons influential role she says can still be traced inside the opera house. just that and of course the distance is hard for us to imagine today the first income it's got to get there were no chairs and as the theatres managing director she will use this staircase it's intended and indeed this house is that even if there was not eons down below zero in this book because that's this that's highly unusual that's really not seen anywhere else in the world itself and is to us so the architecture is not just noteworthy as a theater space it also reflects something personal both about the phone. her and the prussian court all that is in evidence here as it's often a high might be case it's. by roy tows it's eighteenth century rise to the status of a german cultural center to the margravine vilhelm you know she was clever creative and a great patron of the arts and had an artistic talent herself. i think was

a concern that it was unusual at the time to meet a woman who was both when it you created and a great artist even in the aristocracy. she wrote plays operas composed music performed and on top of all that she also ran this opera house that's intended. in these in halls. filomena of prussia left a lasting legacy by commissioning this magnificent theater which is now almost three centuries old. the very and authorities have pumped almost thirty million euros into the renovation of this world heritage site a veritable temple of art and music. now plenty of you will be well aware the fifa world cup is kicking off in june but you may not have heard about another world championship taking place later this year the international so many a finals the twenty five year old austrian will be representing germany we met

sebastian who saw it in hamburg to find out what goes into being a professional wine expert. sebastian who sold was recently nominated the best young so many a in germany he works at a five star louie to say jacobo hotel in hamburg. they got the just right side of the spines and that's the value of three aspects of wine a parent knows in taste this wine has a very intensive noles even smells of gasoline this is often a sign of a mature recently but what's interesting is that this is an australian response it has a very aromatic nose yet it's also very elegant on the palate. who sold works closely with michelin starred chef thomas martine to find the right wine for the food he trained as a some way in london and is also a connoisseur of cheese and cigars. via some say we only drink wine but there's

a bit more to it you know when i was in training i read more books than i drank wine it was a tough start. but it was worth it germany's best so many under thirty five is not an accolade to be sneezed at somebody has been tried so it also into the millions can work all over the world and the distinction can bring more fame. showing that you're accomplished presentable but in the end it's all about how you deal with customers and they decide whether you're good or bad that's beautiful this goes extremely well with our sea trout something both light and elegant is needed. as a release is out of this is what i find so appealing is that you never stop learning there's always more to discover every year is different and every year you're basically starting all over again. i also value the close interaction you get with the customers i know joy giving them advice on wine and even aperitifs in the just the fs you play a crucial role in providing guests with

a wonderful evening and that in turn gives me a lot of pleasure yes i did you know it's going to you know. the best wines are stored in the historical wine cellar it was here with russia this is a foreign one a bottle from napa valley two thousand and eight shaped the vineyards hillside select cabin a southern young this is a four star wine very special but it was the one with the name of the best the most expensive for it is not necessarily the best we have many wines in the cellar that are just this good at half the price things usually do songs will represent germany at the international young so many a finals in mexico in september. now once a week audience has the chance to decide where we send our euro max crew and exercise the series we take a closer look at your favorite travel destinations this time edwin bought from the venezuelan capital caracas got in touch he'd love to visit athens and says that to

him it's the heart of western civilization but there's much more to it than antiquities and the acropolis. the greek capital also has a growing street art scene that is helping attract younger tourists to one of the world's oldest cities. the acropolis is athens is best known landmark but the greek capital has many other ancient treasures such as this to what actually was. its part of the ancient a gora the former central public square in the city. tourist guide and historian george congo's knows the best spots in town is tipped for breakfast as the balcony at chocolate royale. if they are living with this view never loses its appeal and it's a pleasure for me to show visitors my favorite places so that i can pass on the thrill i feel when i see the acropolis and i will know it was

a good thing with more than a little wooden ago when. this tourist take in both old and new attractions to show visitors how athens is reinventing itself. the plaka is one of athens as old as neighborhoods with its narrow winding streets it invites visitors to explore and linger. it's also home to the courageous monument of lu socratic this interview to a generous patron of the arts. when the monument we see back there is dedicated to a very rich athenian more than two thousand years ago the fenians developed a tax system under which people like him had to pay taxes but the middle and lower classes did not. since the start of the current greek economic crisis the country's street art scene has grown there are examples throughout the capital.

stuff in other than a. fantastic street art movement has developed in athens over the past years it's one of the fastest growing things in europe. and it isn't just younger visitors who appreciate it. the first time i go to greece and i discover and only knows about the real. things but i discover a city changing. in the streets lots of graffiti and i just was surprised i like it so it's a good surprise. the next stop on our tour is the ancient arch of history and it combines greek and roman architecture. was the one with the by and then we're here we see the beautiful triumphal arch

it's made completely of today the marble the athenians dedicated it to their benefactor the m. pros who do this city but also other people. a little tourist train can take you to most of athens the sights for instance to the parliament building on syntagma square. you can watch the changing of the guard there it takes place every hour on the hour. the central market in the heart of the city is also well worth visiting. what is in that school i go to the market almost every day you can enjoy such a wide variety of sense and colors and you can get products from all over the world but especially things produced here in greece. even top chefs trust the quality of the produce here and come by to pick up ingredients for their menus. owner and chef alexandra's puts a modern spin on traditional dishes today he's making squid with new york and

spinach. the restaurant is in the neighborhood and it's won numerous awards. at night the sights of athens are brightly lit her name is still an insider tip unlike the overcrowded bars around honest iraqi square. it's on a side street that offers a breathtaking view of the acropolis. after what is in there that us what i like most of all about the nightlife of athens is this mix of the ancient and the modern it's not just the view that makes this place special it's that feeling of knowing that the ancient fenians also sat here and drank their wine and talked to each other just as we do after this in this line of i want to go around the corner of. the greek capital is a vibrant historical city still making history every day. it's almost

time to say goodbye but as always we want you to get in touch with us and share your views the cannes film festival is just around the corner so this week we want to know how you like to enjoy films do you have a favorite cinema or do you prefer watching your flicks at home on the sofa take part in our survey of d.w. dot com slash lifestyle and you'll be in with a chance of winning an exclusive euro max wristwatch. that's all for today but i hope you join us again tomorrow about from now. on the next edition of your america the legendary swedish pop band have announced. and if you recorded. the full text no longer want to perform instead they'll be represented in future by virtue of. we find out what to expect in an exclusive interview with. the next time.

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