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being on it with the crest of a. delightful dog with three legged pomeranian became an instagram star. precious porcelain a number of international artists exhibit that china creations in mice. but we start rolling with the real highlights for film fans especially for those who favor the genre of action comedy two of the dramas biggest stars were the actors but spencer terrence hill and every year fans from all over europe gather in germany to celebrate their contributions at the spencer hill festival despite the american aliases they actually hail from italy and their real names are carlo petter soli and mario good up to this year the festival is being held in saxony in the town of la much which has a special link to one half of the. mostly they keep their cool.

but if things get critical. they leave behind a trail of destruction. the dynamic duo of action comedy but spencer and terrence hill. they shot to fame in an age when much more was still celebrated unreservedly on the silver screen this scene from bomber is a real hit at the spencer hill festival. oh. around three thousand fans have come to love much of the sex need to celebrate the lives and work of their heroes both have a cult following us spencer who died more than two years ago and sonny boy gilman is now seventy nine. but spencer even has a double gang are two of the leos true but where you are just forget it just like me and like both of them were involved in sports or the higher level and i was also

a swimmer at a club in dresden is this we let's watch this large hard sprinter i have this awkward dynamic teardrop shape or in the course of this trial should all he died on my birthday or your book june twenty seventh just. wasn't there also a few terence hill lookalikes in love much this group across the alps from italy to attend the event. many fans remember the films from their childhood so what's so great about them. they will find but no one died you can watch the films with anyone who does really cool punch lights. and why does the festival take place in the sleepy little town of la much. because terrence hill spent his childhood him work in a house that's still standing with an italian father and a german mother among her generosity as mr blue eyes is actually called lived here for a few years in the one nine hundred forty s.

a charmer even has child. now almost eighty he still is not long ago hill was in reston for a new film. called out so i can honestly say. i'm a saxon full. unfortunately he couldn't make it to the festival but of course he's here in spirit just. like for this high wire scene. she just. she. and the legend doesn't stop with too much oh protagonist record if it suits he has been surrounded by fans since he arrived he sometimes played the villain in their films the work was great he says especially with spencer. but there was a fantastic time. and the thing i really treasure the most is that bud spencer

wasn't just a colleague but also a friend. of guys i know were jealous about that it. was more reticent more reserved this. but his strengths are this bar code with your manager he's. just like the film's most of the time the duo is fighting the good fight and always with a twinkle in their eyes but they don't seem to have impressed very many women you have to look hard to find them here. but i laugh at the films too and i don't think their guy movies but at the festival's you notice it was good selflessness to get the funny thing is these festivals are the only ones where women don't have to wait in line for the loo but. maybe spencer hill films are a man's world. but costumes are fun for everyone. and

every fan enjoys a festival highlight the singing of the bud spencer hart choir. the best parts everyone knows the tomb. and exactly which film it came from. time now to travel around the continent to get you up to date with all the latest goings on in europe and today's express we travel to italy and france but we start in germany and visit a blooming trade show. the world's largest garden trade fan is taking place this week in cologne around two thousand exhibitors from sixty countries are showcasing the latest trends for green

thumbs. given to sorted by topics from outdoor furniture. to count in design and maintenance to go made barbecues and equipment judging by v.c. a showcase is another trend is the fully networked smart continent. and. every year on the first weekend in september the city of leo in northern france temporarily transforms into the world capital for n.t.'s the drive to read illyria is europe's biggest flea market a treasure trove of period furniture vintage dresses vinyl records and retro toys it draws about two million visitors a year as stanley fountain let me stop said the sea of me back. if all the stalls were lined up the flea market would stretch for one hundred kilometers. it also gets busy on the first weekend in september on sardinia that's when the barefoot run starts in the town of congress or east on open and ends seven

kilometers away in sun salvatore d c news around nine hundred men take part headed by someone carrying a wooden statue of sons of a touring legend has it that in the early seventeenth century when marauding morris pirates landed in congress locals raised to protect the statue of their patron saint and left in such haste but they didn't even have time to put on their shoes. now ludwig van beethoven's music is the most performed in the classical genre he was a radical office always pushing the boundaries of his craft and perpetually reinventing himself throughout his career every year his hometown of bones stages a three week festival in honor of the most famous son this is festival is focused on the topic of faith derived from the central motif in his fifth symphony and for the twelfth year running the beethoven fest features

a public viewing right in the heart of the city. bond's market square is filled with the sound of beethoven seven the public screening of a concert on the opening weekend of the annual beethoven fest has become a tradition. opened we were. you're seeing it on a screen but still it's amazingly beautiful you get to see close ups of the instruments you can really follow what's going on. the film is also like the wave in people who just happen to be passing by can enjoy some classical music you don't have to go to a concert hall and payloads of money for a ticket like i think that is i did think oh i hope it's not only beethoven so i'm glad there's more on the progress of.

the program performed by conductor christoph spring and there are in town orchestra from cologne features beethoven mendelssohn on and a lesser known composer credit non-truths. the concert which also features two choirs marks the two hundredth jubilee of the lower vanished music festival one of the first major music festivals in europe. to news before the concert the orchestra rehearsed he says oratory i'm in color. was. was and beethoven was a big and student writer non-greasy probably his most important or perhaps second most important students after college chani was an early director of music festivals. i can perform his own works but he was always having beethoven's work performed in the early years of the festival beethoven was the major star in the music this. dramatic theme

of this year's beethoven festival this shiksa mr. postman is. god this is vol and makes sense because that word has really shaped our understanding of who beethoven was talking. about it and it also makes sense because i always try to look for contrast in different eras. best year i did a very lyrical themes in a distant lover so yes because of this year i felt able to bring something that hits you harder to school. another tradition is the afternoon performance hosted by dortch event of the beethoven fests media partner and presented by your own max host mike it's clear this is. the broadcasters director general phantom limb book was there to provide information first hand as was nico wagner who has been the director general of the festival since two thousand and fourteen has

started to come. up. so it's given us another guest this year was. a soundscape and installation artist from austria. his work in the lobby of the bon world conference center is entitled typewriter of the future. a grand piano was prepared a month in advance and are not tell you not far from the city of phoenix. it's equipped with electronics and small motors carrying little hammers that make her cuss of sounds in different rhythms. technically speaking i'm knocking on the piano just like destiny not on beethoven's door to pick up that. back to the market square. a lot of screening goes on for nearly three

hours. but then based in your home with all these lights hanging here the cafes it's a really wonderful experience and it's a good opportunity for the city of bonn which organizes the festival really great because i wonder if it was wonderful the choice of voices was excellent as this. was bringing music to the people the public open or screening is without a doubt one of the highlights of the bon beethoven fest. it's time now for a trip to france in our ongoing series extra to you the viewers get to send us all over the continent. but i got on from quito in ecuador wants to know more about france and so we travel to a part of the country that has evolved dramatically in the last few years we're off to finney and. in central france. sometimes and used to be

a center for coal mining during the french industrial revolution but the minds of long closed since then the region has been looking for a new identity. percentage then is a mix of architectural arest the historic part of town with the graunt in queens dates back to the twelfth century but a drive through town quickly reveals the rapid transition from old buildings to newer more modern structures. the church of st charles in the center of town is located on a popular square which also includes city hall. this is where you can experience a typical easygoing lifestyle which many friends here enjoy. over the last few years sandton chan has undergone an urban transformation the city to design is

a place where higher education meets culture was created in two thousand and nine on an old arms manufacturing site and now hosts exhibitions and other events including the international design be anally thanks in part to contributions by the center unesco name santé chan a creative design city in two thousand and ten. from the late one nine hundred century until the one nine hundred seventy s. sente chan was a hub for coal mining the industrial revolution provided the means for considerable development putting such a channel on the map. the choreo mine was the most important coal extracting facility in the region at the height of production miners here extracted some nine hundred thousand tonnes of coal per year and the mine closed in one thousand nine hundred seventy three but its legacy lives on as a popular tourist attraction. if

you would in the nineteenth century when france began to industrialise it was the city of santa t.m. which was the fastest supply cone and thus made the great transformation of the industrial age possible suntan can boast of being one of the first french and european industrial cities and even today coal is still an important part of the spirits of the inhabitants of such. scented hands industrial boom led to the creation of the largest housing and cultural complex designed by swiss french architect look. at the site in fear many was planned in the one nine hundred fifty s. to solve a housing shortage the idea was to create a village where the people had everything they needed in close proximity. so in the fifty's we had a new mayor called introduce p.t.

and he would like to hold the population pulled in because we didn't have enough light inside to see and the people used to live in all full can condition so that's why you decided to create a new area code for me to green with advocation culture center a stadium and the church who could be she was called on the project with over architects and the could be she made the cultural center just being me this stadium and the truck. would die before the entire complex was finished the church was built in two phases and finally completed in two thousand and six forty one years after his death. back in santee t.n. a visit to town would not be complete without a kohen airy delight here at the problem bakery locals and tourists alike can enjoy a special type of brioche the probably lean as it's called consistency pastry sprinkled with crowley it's also something unique. in this region.

cindy sheehan a city once at the heart of industrial france is now reinventing itself as a creative center of design. looks like it's worth a visit then now as always we want you to get in touch with us as much as possible in this week but once again running a competition that could see you win an exclusive euro max wristwatch just send us your favorite holiday snaps and to the draw you can find all details on our website data slash lifestyle now your best holiday shorts may already be uploaded to instagram and that's where we're headed next bunch of people out to get insta famous but there's also a little dog getting her share of likes mincey is a polar rainy and a german polish breed of dog and her life started with tragedy but she's since bounced back let's find out how she became

a social media star. this fifteen gram construction is helping the pomeranian mincey to run around on four legs again. we couldn't find a prosthesis we looked for a long time and lost as far afield as the us everyone kept telling us it would never work. it was just four months old when an acquaintance of a paddock and his girlfriend's son had told hawkins dropped breaking the tiny dog's leg. the vet the tree said minsy made some mistakes and soon the leg had to be amputated phones by those books when they had to take off her leg and we thought oh no the poor thing and most of it off never be able to play with the other dogs she won't have a normal life and i'm honestly. the young couple from northern germany recreate brains to trying hundred way to help the dog quickly got used to life on three legs but it soon began to cause problems with her back. then sandra who was

studying physics had an idea why not design a prosthesis herself as. i did all cash that these were made with a three d. printer out of carbon a mix. in other mold so i can pour instead of having. times when i was young i had to travel around six months to come up with a really good fit that we put a lot of time into making something good for her. in the end and also to commission took centrist designs and tape it a prosthetic for the dog and missy who became a star on instagram. the pomeranian now has over one hundred thousand followers on the platform her own is want to do more than just post a few photos of their pets. shockingly lots of vets like the one operated on are unaware of the options. we want to spread the

word and i often went to my things andrea will back me up when i say we really didn't expect it to take off like this. just dominate. the fragile shoots mincey is often joined by the bodies months. so has been to start putting on it is now she says. maybe she's trying to pretty herself up whenever we pull the camera out she runs to the water dish and dunks yourself we really don't know why. mincey is still practicing with have pressed the shaking at the moment she anywhere sit at home. this form of now we're going to make things a little tougher because. during today's training session when she is supposed to clamber over an obstacle. she makes sense and of course a successful attempt gets posted straight away until it and sometimes if they've had struggles will help other pet owners to make tough decisions. time doesn't want

that because we want to show that a dog can have a happy life with three legs the dog shouldn't be put to sleep if they lose one life with a prosthesis can be normal but he isn't the be fest on. the onus think it will take their dog to just completely to new day in the meantime he will continue to share a fence that having just three legs doesn't have to slow you down. now we stay in germany and head to mice and a town synonymous with paul for the first european porcelain was manufactured there in seventeen term when a factory was opened in the ugliest book. over the last three hundred years the tradition has been carried forward every two years the town celebrates the local craft we bring you up close at this year's.

bought it in the flesh and there's a microphone in every bottle and in. the industry the industry creates something useful tableware said i'm not competing with them i can be more creative and follow my own ideas and. this three by five meter installation made up of illuminated postal and bottles is the work of german artist cristiana. it features in the paul slim billion dollar currently taking place at albert expo council in meissen it was here around three hundred years ago that the first manufacture in europe was established artist katherine baxter has built a ceramic lived. in bookish country and normally i know there are lots of an igloo were made of snow and in this case they're made entire length of porcelain. with these the spots along with not of course it was honored by freezing there was fire to twelve hundred grace and football so it's quite an extraordinary

piece of napkins with the subject. line where it is generally viewed as genteel and traditional about the be an ally invites artists to prove it can be edgy and experimental too there isn't a gold rimmed coffee cup in sight they show. the event runs through till early november and includes work by thirty one artists from twelve countries. first machine or first in here to see what intrigues me is how delicate the worship is. young and he uses a scalpel to meticulously calm these amazing ornamental passions and on a massive scale the course of the epic to it's quite extraordinary i can't even imagine how long it takes him to the wood the guns. inside the windows are very small but there's. so much lighting here shining on the porcelain work this is to

me it's a wonderful setting that's akin to the absolute best. the pulse in being on a radio heinsohn craft shining new light on traditional techniques. cheeky china check it out. and you can check out much more of our content on our facebook page. max that's all from us for today we'll be back tomorrow with more lifestyle and culture from all across europe so see you then. next time on bureaucratic. brotherhood the motor festival the sand beaches on the danish island of corsica are turning to a race track participants from all over come to the event every year eager to put their classic cars through their paces and many used the opportunity to dress up in

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