reverse culture shock. ready for that you realize how strange that artificial little is really connected to life. the prize winning documentary from the forest stars focus nine d. w. . hi there welcome to your imax here's what's coming up to kick off this week. some a sensation the song that's on everybody's lips here in germany. island dreams the first episode of a car in series heads to cypress. i'm so cool of the

mountains german photographer good as shining heads for the hills. it's summer here in europe and every sunny season needs its soundtrack last year desk posse to a broken numerous records the music video went viral and is still you tube's most viewed clip by a long distance with five point three billion views just in case you missed it here's a reminder of twenty seven teens big hit. like . the puerto rican stars louis phone sea and daddy yankee teamed up to create that mix of latin pop and the negative tone of this year's some a smash is also the product of an unlikely combination of french d.j. and netflix series and an italian processed song let's take a listen. every year has its smash hit summer song and this year.

this new club remakes of french. is the feel good hit of the year. it's also knows a lot about hit singles the berlin music producer has worked with bianchi and quincy jones. summer songs have to be fun and not too sentimental. and they're probably only good for one summer and. was written in the late nineteenth century as a protest by the women who had to toil away harvesting rice in italy. and the second world war a version with new lyrics became an anthem for the resistance to fascism of.

the good. it's not a summer song as such and it is a bit more serious in tone but the words bella and child are something everyone can sing along to and the rest has a nice feel to it. and suddenly people around the world are singing belle a child. all that jazz and. yet one father yeah this. is our. big but as every year there's been plenty of competition for germany's number one summer hit. this time there was piled powerful see by now mika.

in the more melancholy in my mind by the new orleans. has so far proven the song to beat in germany. and then there's the big dance single of the summer courtesy of our photo solaire with last seen through the. but bella chalo is also getting people dancing in clubs and on the street. berlin too is getting gallons you know. so where did people here first hear

bell it shall. be a kind of i know it from money heist his wife. my son's a fan of the series now all the kids are raving about this song. they go crazy when they hear it i've since heard it myself on the radio and it is a really nice song. on the snake recession. but at least. the bella child version featured on the spanish t.v. drama money heist has spawned a host of new ones. there have been over twenty covers alone in this year's. election.

this is canady the there's this special unique thing about that music. at one particular moment it can trigger a certain feeling. and suddenly everyone loves that. something that people share. but exactly why a particular songs are successful well if i knew that i'd have a summer hit every year. and the fascist anthem transformed into a single long summer smash under a lot. it. is . time next for your remarks express and we start of our round up of cultural events

around the continent in bosnia-herzegovina with a tradition that's quite refreshing in the heat of the summer. on sunday the city's musta hosted its annual high diving competition from the historic studied most old bridge the contest is a tradition dating back centuries thousands of spectators gathered to watch the divers make the nineteen me to plunge into the fast flowing river. the sixteenth century bridge was destroyed in one thousand nine hundred three during the. time painstakingly rebuilt in two thousand and four. it has since become a symbol of peaceful coexistence and reconciliation. on saturday an exhibition opened in london featuring outfits and merchandise connected to the spice girls. the collection called spice up boasts about seven

thousand items it was assembled by curator and fan alan smith allison and includes costumes dolls and even i'm ok. so colorful and collected. and music culture. when it's all kept in stores boxes in a dark place in. the spice girls made their breakthrough in one thousand nine hundred six and eventually disbanded five years later. recently rumors of a comeback have resurfaced. on august twenty fourth the exit. we'll be moving on to manchester. britain is currently home to a group of touring dinosaurs. the seventeen million euro shows stars moving lifesize model dinosaurs among them as a tyrannosaurus rex and to break your sources. on its debut tour in two thousand

and seven the exhibition was seen by over nine million people and more than two hundred fifty cities around the world starting in mid september the state of the art creatures will be touring the rest of europe. well we're also going on tour this week in our series island dreams we feature europe's most interesting islands our first stop lives on the edge of europe in the far east of the mediterranean sea. cyprus is split into two halves the southern republic of cyprus has been part of the european union since two thousand and four now tourists can enjoy the sun and sandy beaches as well as the island's rich cultural history so whatever your tastes cyprus has a lot to offer especially if you're a morning person. if you really want to see cyprus at its best you'll need to get up early this stand up paddle boarding class given by windsurf city cyprus starts at five am. but you're

rewarded with a beautiful sunrise on the outskirts of larnaca with some six hundred fifty kilometers of coastline the island is a great destination for fans of water sports. during the summer almost every day is very good for windsurfing. so there are no rocks no. sharks. it's very good floodwater in the morning. and. the town of la is home to some fifty one thousand residents. the daily market in the center offers plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables. this is per year. a popular tourist attraction in larnaca is the church of st last the rest it was built in the late nineteenth century and is located close to the seaport. farther

down the seafront you can learn about the history of the island several studios here are keeping alive the millennia old craft pottery. many local customs and traditions have been passed down with the help of this handicraft. what they were. made in germany. how we know. the way people. use. the. archaeological park in the south west of the island offers even more history a unesco world heritage site it's also one of the most important archaeological sites in cyprus they contains monuments dating from prehistoric times to the middle ages most of the finds the date from the roman period. highlights include

these mosaic floors from the third century. and these ruins of the castle of forty columns. with interest. in the u.k. we just saw this enough issue to see to survey the site. to see to see it's there it looks and i people actually trying to bring it because. many years ago. and the most. if you need to cool off then head to water world. on this slide it takes just a few seconds to plummet from the eighteen metre high tower into the pool below. the water park offers thirty five different attractions spread across an area of some one hundred thousand square metres. the amusement park is popular

with both tourists and local residents. across from a far more about putting you on the. jury the pocket all my company lack. of my family and my wife there's a lot of variety so even if you just don't want to go in the sizes the way said the lazy. but there's also just. you something to do the whole day. and to round it off it's worth making a trip to the island south coast lemus all it's the second largest city on cyprus after the capital because the. port city lies nestled in the bay of opportunity and is the center for tourism and trade. it started as a small fishing village and it's all port still recalls that history. the numerous restaurants and cafes that open along here serve traditional dishes the

fish and grilled meat. they put these are one part that one is another part to but also one very important. for a. restaurant of cyprus was when is. the hospitality. in the evening it's still warm on the sea front in lima song and visitors can look forward to get another sunny day on cyprus. and you already and this can look forward to a few more island guest ways in the next few days now we have a question for you we'd like to know what would you take with you to a desert island send us a picture by uploading it on our website and one lucky winner will win an exclusive euro max wristwatch now our next report features a man who wouldn't have to think twice about what his luxury cost to a item would be a camera shot heene is after all

a photographer who specializes in capturing the beauty of mountains and has compiled his best snaps in a new book called the sound of the mountains. arrows show he is living his own personal dream capturing natural beauty on camera. he pushes himself to his mental and physical limits as he revels in a feeling of freedom. like many people girl shaheen has always dreamt of turning his passion into a profession. and no photography has indeed become his life. his mountain photos now have hundreds of thousands of fans he also does work for

big name brands. and there are collectors willing to pay several hundred euros for a show he original print. girl shaheen has now published a selection of his best photos in a book that provides fascinating insights into the magical appeal of the mountains . the book also tells of his adventures as a mountain photographer and how he came to the profession. he worked five long years on the publication. it's a personal investment i've sacrificed everything for this book. it was hard for me to go it alone and say this is what you're going to do with the rest of your life. there were a lot of hurdles family and professional because i wasn't a professional of course.

at first people didn't take the self taught for first seriously but he summoned up the courage to drop out of college jobbing on construction sites and headed for the hills. his images convey a feeling of pure adventure he'll drive for fourteen hours to capture a subject in the wilderness if need be. sometimes he'll hike to some remote spot with twenty five kilos of gear on his back to a confident man to consume it's hard to say a farm or a photographer or an explorer because exploring plays a huge part in my photos i'd be far less motivated if all i had to do was press the release button. spends about two hundred days a year on the road. but he's always drawn back home. in south west

germany. i. was what i love about is that my home and the people i'm closest to are here that means a lot because this is where my heart is and that's why i always return. for. returns from his latest excursion his first stop is his studio not his apartment. after quickly going over the new photos he posts them on his social network site. the internet has given him an enormous boost in his do it yourself success. he already has over one hundred thousand followers on instagram.

and now some of his best photos can be seen in his book the sound of mountains a world away from the computer screen. you're at its best your imax brings you the highlights on instagram stunning landscapes spectacular buildings and mouthwatering delicacies 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. on instagram. while we're back on the road now once a week you our viewers can decide where to send our reporters you choose a destination in europe and we go there few and share what we discovered by police

i got to see from you on and paraguay got in touch and wants to know more about ukrainian holiday destinations so we traveled to the western region of reno to check out the city of chatting there see it's not the most well known tourist hot spot but well worth a visit let's find out why. the western ukrainian city of charity lies well off the beaten track nevertheless it has a cosmopolitan flair and is something of a sleeping beauty. an architect from prague built the university some one hundred thirty years ago. the student studied here she's a language mediator and offer city tours she loves the university's diversity. you cannot say for sure that for example this belongs to this community or to this particular style because you can turn this around and see different.

byzantine and morris motifs dominate the building style it also has european and jewish influences the lectures were held in german here until the end of world war one for centuries see was the capital of the book of the region from seven hundred seventy five to nine hundred eighteen it belonged to the housework empire the viennese provincial cities with places like the theatre square. i think we kept in the past from that time our city is a more enduring and compound very opposed to how this all strengthened their shyness and a good way i wouldn't say simply a conservative however we can notice people can speak different languages and it is normal for. there's even a monument to the austria-hungary in keizer fonzie also in the city again. during the soviet era that would have been unthinkable only an independent ukraine could

celebrate this part of its past. we can feel it's not just because so. because of monuments but mostly in tradition it's way keep right now i mean we have a lot of these so very tasty cakes you feel even sure unused it's impossible to posses shop so escapes or you. breaks for having coffee or tea. for example in the viennese coffee house or the cafe bucharest next door between the two world wars the region belonged to romania. before the holocaust a third of the city's population was jewish. now only traces of jewish life are visible here a few synagogues remain active tourists often come here in search of their roots. i am very happy when people from contras for example from israel or from the united

states they have their accessors brought up here and they have an opportunity to see as a city how actually talked before it is very important for them and this is very important for me as far as a citizen of this city because it means that we are still told right. this city with its many different religions languages and peoples produced a long list of artists and poets among the most famous was paul sale on whose german language poetry attained global renown. people come from far and wide to visit the place of his birth. where i am proud he was born here he was brought up here that means that churn you see maybe impact on him. coaching is an hour's drive from charities. located on the banks of the nice the river the medieval fortress has provided the backdrop for more than fifty films.

the walls are four feet thick. it's an ideal place to visit on a hot summer's day. a souvenir vendor is waiting. we've got lots of honey and product to say. may honey honey was honey it's tasty says honey from the company's. in foothills with different tabs and even honey to drink . all these specialties whet the appetite in the evening back in chair and if these protests tree and zone we find the town's best restaurants. traditional food is served in pasco well now it's hearty fare with lots of grilled meat pickled vegetables and but not a car pay a fee and it's. a lot of fun like you're. probably one of the features a moldovan specialty like it's made of corn meal cooked with crime fresh and butter

is served with cheap cheese fried pork belly rons and mushroom sauce that. they've always known how to live well and share and you see no matter which country book of enoch i happen to be part of. well i hope you can join us again tomorrow when we'll be back again with more european lifestyle and culture for you until then you can follow us on facebook and instagram d.w. your inbox for updates so thanks for watching. next time on your next on the caribbean island and saving some classic ducks i'm painting. a few kilometers away on summertime we'll find clues in style baguettes. and visitors to the british overseas territory of can enjoy putting on the big. european lifestyle on to the

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