concern is the same i think it was worth it for me to come to germany. and i got my license to work as a swimming instructor here in our two children nothing to it's just random stuff just to. let your story take part share it on info migrants dot. com. welcome to the show where today we'll be taking a closer look at the recipe behind a yummy yuletide snack is a preview of what's coming up. for the palette spicy you speculate those biscuits are a popular advent speciality. in the picture

a museum in cologne all those perfect backdrop for instagram photos. found on the go the famous german course america has issued a travel. we start off today's program with a festive twist to this week's series sweet delights in germany they're called spectra lots in dutch and flemish tenderness spec you oppose this biscuit is a common christmas cookie in germany belgium and the netherlands i made using a special seasonal spice mix containing cinnamon cloves and lots of other flavors and in belgium the specular is most closely associated with st nicholas day which is celebrated in many european countries on the sixth of december.

the conflict essential market square in brussels is popular all year round with tourists but during the christmas season it's particularly special and belgians unofficial national cookie the state who knows makes it even better. one of my favorite cookies and they were. parades completely associated with this time of year with the nicholas i would say crunchy. butter full sugar for that amount of christmas markets will rise with cup of coffee. this spiced cookie has a long tradition which is a pessimist by the missile don't want bakery. the classic arrives here with cinnamon and clove is very popular but there are all kinds of skin color was on sale here. is true of the new percent have the best known and best selling one is this traditional specular those six. but i'm all the

second one is with almonds and then there's this one with either chocolate or vanilla cardio and it. along with different flavors because those come in different shapes st nicholas is a particularly popular at the moment they can still shape the dough with traditional wood molds but also make a difference regarding special flavor that salim says he has been working here for almost thirty years. he refuses to reveal the full secret behind the meson. but he does divulge that the main ingredients of flour butter brown sugar and the spice mix that include cinnamon and clothes. during the spanish empire the spaniards traveled around the world a lot i don't bank spices that gradually found their way into european cookie recipes. or. speculators. isn't easy to make.

you have to get the proportions right that's why we're sticking to our traditional recipe. so that we've stayed attached to our roots. when the dough is ready it is pressed into wooden molds with the traditional my teeth into the oven. bostick aloose is regarded as a christmas trees in most other european countries it is always available in belgium. it's because we make spec you know it's all year round we sell it for valentine's day easter and also in summer but of course particularly at the end of the year the name is still more up and lonely in belgium and around the world as we ship it all over to our online customers. alexander is the seventh generations because. he and his brother work with their father today maintaining an old family tradition that. is over what was agreed to

by my world grown five eighteen twenty nine so why here before the british venture your worst. year now. you still funny business. to this day miss out on what has resisted the urge to industrialize its production but it has branched out and opened several other stores around belgian. they've also developed new products including this much box. it's a huge speaker knows that comes with a hammer. it's handy if a particular recipe calls was because it was crumbs but apparently there's a deeper meaning and if there's a fear of this in my books and when it's been for the. debates you can do the same and sorry to do so. what then is bacon is don't experiment with is being greedy and

swear they speak a little and why would they it's clearly a recipe for success. well the speckle oath is probably my favorite christmas best kit but what street sweet treats do you prefer let us know on our website de that we don't call the slash lifestyle and by taking part you could win an exclusive euro max wristwatch so best of luck now let's take a look at today's culture news in europe there's plenty to report on from the british capital and today's express were in london for all three stops. on tuesday prince william and duchess catherine hosted a christmas party in boston the invited guests with families of soldiers who are serving abroad for the holidays. is someone who's husband has served i knew how hot it feels when

a loved one deaves him to do the job they've trained for. when william served in the footman's when search and rescue i remember how it felt. but i can't imagine how it feels when you were left once away on active service eva christmas prince william was on active duty in the british air force for several years among other things as a helicopter pilot he left the military in twenty thirteen. on tuesday scottish artists on a project was awarded the we now turn a prize for his video cannot split it. it's thirty three minute compilation shot on his smartphone examines clear identity in britain and her own coming out. the turner prize is regarded as britain's most prestigious distinction for modern. it's named after the romantic painter william tennis and presented in london's take place in the gallery.

the animated film mobley legend of the jungle premiered in london on tuesday on hand with the film's director andy serkis and actress naomie harris mobile it will be released worldwide on the netflix streaming platform on december seventh. the film is set in india and is based on the novel by regular deplane published in eight hundred ninety four. now we're off to the german city of cologne the district of eden felt is one of the trendiest areas of the city known for its diverse nightlife fashion boutiques markets autism all cafes and international restaurants quite fittingly it's now also home to an instagram museum if you're a bit of an insta addict like me it's just the place to visit like the social media platform instagram museum is all about creating an ideal version of yourself.

there aren't any exhibits at this museum nothing to see apart from the perfect backdrop for the perfect photo at the super candy pop pop instagram museum in color . opened the museum after seeing its success across the pond. this concept and the concept is from the u.s. so it's been going strong for about a year and a half now and exists in many cities. basically began when museums started realizing that exhibitions that allowed people to take photos of themselves were drawing more visitors than more conventional ones thought this but also. got some of that stuff it's not all still there are twenty different interactive installations each one with a picture perfect concept like this pink ball pit or a balloon room these two sisters came with their mother and

a very good camera. they're all set for the photo shoot and they're going out of their way to have found. their chair in the back bend. and of course they've got more than one outfit for the shoes. yeah but what if i don't wear the shoes very often so i thought i'd bring them along for the photos i think it's best to have different photos where you're not always wearing the same things you just have a bit of variety. that's going on cause like i'm just i'm not the owner and from far also here with them they know exactly what makes for a good picture. you have to smile into the camera and you have to be radiant and think about the posts always be creative the same the bad ones are when you get

that natural moment especially with children that's when you. if the perfect photo . then is the spectacle most of the visitors heard about the pop music online it's especially popular with women so i'm going the opposite of course we have a target prince primarily women over ninety five percent of visitors here are women they're professional and amateur photographers who enjoy all the different sects. and so we also where families are drawn but it's free for children under six. men there were five friends over fifty who made some great pictures and there were even some over seventy people of all ages just about. the contents the room is also a perfect backdrop and affection is why they've come to the museum after all the entrance fee is twenty nine euros for two hours. well the museum is not that big if it's about just having fun like us it really is quite expensive

. but you probably makes more sense for people who really need the perfect picture and are actually making money with them on instagram. museum will be around until the end of february twenty ninth. zero at its best year imax brings you the highlights on instagram stunning landscapes spectacular buildings and mouthwatering delicacy our reporters are constantly on the look out with their cameras we look forward to your comments check out our joy on the next instagram stories and discover how exciting and diverse europe can be. on instagram. so head on over there today to find out about the same nicholas tradition. now time for our ongoing series your remarks the locks where we showcase european

architecture and interior design today we're headed for the swedish capital stockholm for many years salo and her husband lived in a small downtown apartment but when the children came along they needed more space being city lovers moving out of town to a more affordable location wasn't really an option so instead they were able to extend their existing home the result is decidedly cozier but it's still in the same downtown location. hello and welcome to my apartment. this balcony leads directly into the living room of mina solace apartment it's located in stockholm says storage center . the room

central feature is a fireplace. i love so it was it's always been one of my dreams to have a fireplace it's really one of those homey cozy things that you get from a fireplace. the living room is located on the apartment second floor and it also serves as nina's home office she's a t.v. producer. the bathroom is down the hall. this is a children's room there's lots of natural light here the children share a room because the whole apartment has just ninety square meters of living space. for the time being they have to share. most of the time they're not even in the room to be honest it will be a problem but i thought they were a truck now it's not

a problem the way i see it they disagree with me but they have to get with it at the moment. the parent's bedroom is actually part of the living room area here too there's plenty of natural light on the other hand there's no door in. the biggest issue it's really not the kids but it's. more the problem when my husband is watching television or films in that late at night then we fixed it by getting headphones. this way leads to the lower floors. nina and her husband used to live in this part of the apartment all by themselves but forty five square meters wasn't enough for a growing family. so they expanded into the loft apartment that was one floor of. one of the main issues.

when we built this was storage so we were trying to be creative and find storage somewhere and one of things. is that we had used to have the bed in here. and since we didn't need that anymore we turned it into a storage for those big doors to hide everything we have in there. here's the open kitchen the family gathers here often and in fact they have no intention of moving to a larger apartment real estate prices in stockholm are high so they'd have to move out of the center and they don't want to do that. we would like it to be sadistic or as if you would like to go somewhere it would be completely somewhere else like come to the countryside. for the time being there and stays

right here in central stockholm. nowadays it's become popular to enjoy your coffee on the move usually in a plastic or paper cup germany's royal porcelain factory k.p. wants to come about this trend with own more sustainable answer tailored to these fast paced times a porcelain travel mark. among table settings of the finest china is a coffee to go cup. says berlin's royal porcelain factory k.p.n. moved into fast food. it all started at the coffee vending machine in the staff kitchen items almost means i ask for my special what are you drinking from we've been making the finest porcelain for two hundred sixty years and you're drinking from a paper cup and he said i didn't have time to think about that but that was a year ago now i see my employees around the office with this cup and that's wonderful this is issuing thomas is the head designer at the royal porcelain

factory and he decided to create a coffee to go cup worthy of its noble makers you know. we started out developing a perfectly normal smith comp but that was to run at the mill much too average for us. so we thought we'd out there call on patton which is our most traditional design with the new go on to flush of. the core long pattern from seven hundred ninety needs to the design of twenty eight. viewpoint we just wanted to try out a new approach and appeal to a younger target group and we had the idea to develop a coffee to go copy buy for us sustainability was a priority not. the materials used to make porcelain our natural feldspar kale in courts and water each coffee cup is produced individually. then they're fired in the kiln twice. they were brushed off and stamped with the royal prussian

scepter each cup takes fourteen days from start to finish. the job this is the it's a luxury item the cups require about twenty steps from the turning to a final buffing and here they're dipped in blue glaze. the water color highlights any flaws or dents some of the school or most other corner and pattern is very. all these tiny beads around the compound can be clearly visible the blue dipping shows as if the pattern is nice and visible and if any flaws show up here the cup is rejected with the vision also today. before the official market launch in early october the company had produced an inventory of five thousand cups and they wonder if you would buy them within two weeks the cups were sold out now that you go cups are almost the only item carried by key p.m.'s brylin stored in black and white for forty nine or fifty nine euro. this bill through fleet is made of high

quality elastomer but what about the long standing traditions. painters might work on a piece for more than a year but we don't sell these every day right here in this series keep b.m. for everyday use. you might call it an entry level luxury product the coffee to go cup was the most successful market lunch in the company's history. now david bowie was one of the most innovative cysts of his time he was a master of the concept album telling intricate stories with his music so it's perhaps no surprise that shortly before his tragic death in twenty sixteen he also composed a musical with the help of irish playwright and walsh we were and how to bug for a dazzling performance of the show. the video for the song lazarus was released before david berry died in january twenty sixth. god.

got nothing left to lose. and this is jim and a to alexander share in the musical lesser. david bowie david bowie's the artist who most extended the scope of pop music and a lot so it was. a risk was david bowie's legacy that you wrote and composed in the last month of his life and this atmosphere is palpable in the piece as a skit about it's about someone who doesn't belong on this planet. an alien who wants to leave wants to die. feels that death is approaching.

its. belly selected seventeen of his own songs with a musical which tells the story of an alien stranded on a truck to be human body tortured by night and inducing nations. the musical is loosely based on the one nine hundred seventy six film the man who fell to earth in which bowie played the lead role. the musical is like a sequel the alien is still on earth but still doesn't feel it. now is that of it's always fun to play an outsider i've also always been an outsider and so i feel very close to the character it doesn't seem alien to me. it's michelin's and not. fun and i'm still. when i'm done of the. problem should plan it not move me from doing angst.

still for him some of. the choice to go back to his promise with the rocket that he makes himself. but he failed so. that i could. just get this. cyclist is visually stunning production is full of both the references and allusions to the current political climate since. levens that during his life following cratered and writing his own fantasy world

you can feel it here in the costumes and the way the actors move in the video art video course. but then we were inspired by him we didn't copy. that. david bury himself rearrange the songs that feature in the musical and all performed by the various characters. he. was. interrupted the actors interpret the songs from the perspective of their character with the emotions that they have in the moment so it's different than if a pop star were to sing. on xander she is a standout it's uncanny how he captures the essence of david he's clearly

a grace of mine. skits or sins i didn't see knew there were no clear limits between his life and the way he staged his persona and even his death and all of it was ont what more could you want to achieve. we can. move. a moving tribute to a pioneering artist who revolutionized the world of pop. and long may live on in our memory that's all from us for today but we're back again tomorrow with plenty more european lifestyle i'm culture prize here on your marks a large enough. on the next edition of your own marks german for four months artist busy month effort doesn't play it safe he puts on many of his pieces in public spaces or on the

street and often he draws passers by into the he's a mr bringing people together in search of a common goal. of your comfort zone beyond next time you're up next.

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see i feed. every fruit comes from me. everybody taito me every kernel of corn me every grain of rice me me me me i know but it's true. and sometimes i feed their souls. i am their words when they have none i say i love you without a sound. i'm sorry without a voice. i inspired the greatest of them painters poets pattern makers i've been amused to them all. but in my experience people underestimate the power of a pretty little flower. because their life does start with me. and it without me.

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