discovery. subscribe to the documentary on. either welcome to today's edition of your i'm max starting off with a look at some winter wonderland is what's coming up. on the full when we explore the greit side of the cold sea it's. impressive instrument ogun in hamburg and how many concert hall is gigantic. and

remarkable resident speak to me house in the mountains. europe in winter it gets dark in the afternoon there's not much sunlight and it's usually very cold here in berlin for instance the season isn't a hit among the locals and berlin is up particularly prone to complaining you often hear people yelling for summer when they step out onto the icy streets but winter also has its very own beauty all around northern europe there are plenty of activities and traditions to make the cold season worthwhile. it's freezing cold below zero but you can still feel warm rays of sunshine on your skin winter's often underestimated but in all its glory it can be therapeutic. at least according to barbara schaefer she thinks winter is the nicest season of all

the berlin based author has even written a book about her love of ice and snow. just invented what makes when to stand out is that the world is thrown into a completely different state spring in autumn or just like colder all warmer summer but in winter the water freezes and you get a frozen countryside so it's completely different. it's a fascination not everyone can get behind. in big cities like ballin winter can often mean months of grey on grey. their winter winter makes you surd the only way to get through it is to be with friends and you know that recognize that but i feel like this knows avoiding will and some hell just look at you spirits up then the gray skies don't bother you call human behavior as there are lots of things that can make a cold season more pleasant like candlelight and a hot drink. and when it's cold and grey outside it can be nice just making your

home cozy and spending more time there with a family. or relaxing trip to the spa are can also help a cold winter day fly by but probably not really fun in the you can enjoy it from inside it just make it nice and cozy at home if you go outside playing in the winter slush of course that's no fun even my love of winter has its limits. and for those who prefer the outdoors there are plenty of things to do out there in spectacularly snow covered landscapes like winter sports in the mountains all rides in the fresh air on strong slack. but even that's not enough for bubba schaefer in pursuit of winter she travels as far as siberia's frozen lake baikal visiting places that only very few people see and experience. snowshoe hiking

through lonely countryside in sweden or gliding across the white plains of greenland on the docks at one thing she enjoys about winter is coming into contact with locals who are used to the extreme conditions. chapter thirty first has noticed that the further north you go the more people love winter. in november they don't start thinking oh god it's going to get horrible again people really look forward to winter and they still go out a lot despite the darkness of i don't know how if you. like in the norwegian city of tom's room north of the arctic circle snow covers the ground here for half the year but the locals disprove the theory that dark polar nights make you depressed. your of it is a researcher at the university of toronto the most northerly university in the

world he realized that people here make their own happiness during winter. people have always thought that going to the dark there how could a piece they look forward to conduct during the winter which compensated and even more than compensated for the appearance of modern skis were actually invented in norway children here and brought up with the cold weather and snow so they develop an attachment to this kind of nature early on. it's a habit that could be passed on to other cold regions. so get out there and get the blood pumping. winter is just part of the yearly cycle and if winter spans across a lot of months you just attack to us and find new ways of dealing with it i find that fascinating the front. insists on fast. and if you still

can't feel anything for winter then you can always look forward to spring. a lovely to winter now let's get up to date with current events around the continent in express today we celebrate two anniversaries but start off with a look at this year's bafta nominees. at the british academy of film and television arts bafta has announced the nominations for this year's awards. silver movies are in the running for more than one freud's. including the favorites with nominations in twelve catechesis. and behavior rhapsody with seven nominations the best is considered the most prestigious british film award the serve only will take place in february tenth or . something people feel belongs to the. circus

cornett in munich is celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of its building in munich it was the first permanent circus construction in germany built by founder car cornett in one thousand nine hundred rock concerts took place here when the circus went on to end the summer months in nine hundred sixty six the beatles played here on the legendary brother gets to. this circus still occupies the building today. although they use of animals has attracted criticism. to be honest animals belong to circus kona definitely and we're sticking with that the visitor numbers show themselves that people want to see how animals in a circus. i mean making sure that they're really well looked after holes are actually going to get caught. despite the protests from animal rights activists it's a close call and it continues to work with twenty six big cats. the

belgian comic book series the adventures of tintin celebrates its ninetieth birthday on thursday the first adventures of reporter tintin and he don't snow we were published on january the tenth one thousand nine hundred twenty nine the cartoonist died in one thousand nine hundred three but his comic books live on with a total of two hundred thirty million copies sold around the world. to music now and to how bugs for how many concert hall which boasts an incredible instrument within its walls it contains a gigantic organ which is made up of a whopping four thousand seven hundred sixty five parts we wanted to give you a closer look at this instrument how it works and how to play it and who better to do that than a virtual osso like the latvian organist events up there she's been in charge of playing this organ since the opening of the at the nominee in january twenty

seventeen and certainly knows all there is to know about it. and hold on a moment i'm looking for something. i think it was it. i that sad and i mean what i wanted to show you is that you can do something very special with this organ or you can decrease the air pressure on and hear the organ bre are adamant. in fact to uptown is fascinated by the breathing organ. unlike most other organs which maintain a stable pressure with this one you can alter it it's also possible to change the organs pitch just two of many ways to manipulate the instruments sound. give us my

way every time i'm here i discover something new you think you know everything about it and you've played every turn of music from the rock to contemporary the. event or are connoisseurs that she and the organ can play contemporary music best. both have had glowing reviews since hamburg's album philharmonia opened in january twenty seventh team of a third stand these are that i still experience moments that are just overwhelming and moment moments when i say wow the organ can do that too and. wow this candy all this happens again and again. my name to us are going to stay here as an organist here you see yourself a little bit differently and for a moment you might have to forget everything you ever learned sitting on the organ bench or land. of course there are certain rules for how to registrational

a certain way but i think this organ challenges you to experiment and that this is something wonderful. the organ and the alpha harmony has nearly five thousand pipes divided into sixty nine turn on. registers automatons an organist like you better has more than enough to choose from. what happens if he plays this contemporary piece with smoky metallic sounding pipes. when she chooses the flute family of pipes with a muffled bubbling sound. the organ is up for nearly every kind of experiment that's. what i always have the most fun with and that i always like to show off all four registers on the ceiling to reflect. that's less so you don't just have the sound coming from one side where the organ pipes are but flows down with from above as well. that

probably makes this organist sound a good warm and rounder than many others. and if you listen to these registers individually then that. for example the flute is. really very present and special with the character of their own. and you can really hear it in full sound that it comes down from above to take long boarded and. then herman that's. she can transport the sound into other spheres and still get up close to the audience with the help of the most organ console. of one of these a space has got this console of has so many possibilities to the organist but it's

still reduced to just very few buttons and i think that's wonderful and that's why i hear less is more. there's so much you can do on it even if at first glance it looks fairly minimalist it's really very elegant elected. recently eventa account i interpreted the colors and contrast of the elbe philharmonie concert hall for the first recording made with this organ the cd is titled light and dark it's a fascinating tonal exploration of his extraordinary instrument.

now it's time for your max to locke's where we take a look at some of the stunning architecture across the continent. scientists and artists tend to agree that nature is an incredible design so why not try to take the surrounding they took into consideration when planning your building but that's exactly what polish architects did when coming up with the concept for his prize winning project the uk while it doesn't really blend in with the backdrop the house is quite a sight to behold and we took a closer look at this impressive structure. set in the spectacular landscape of the best of the mountains the silhouette of a house there makes it immediately clear it was designed by an architect who likes to experiment. the building has two roofs one of the top and one reaching down to

the ground the facade is very minimalist architect robert house is considered one of the most modern residential projects in poland you know welcome to my art it's very foggy today. very little furniture soft colors and straight lines ensure a peaceful ambience. huge windows dominate the room. an elegant and ingenious fireplace offers warmth and coziness. design isn't the essential feature here. your design should be simple and calm and not distract from what's happening outside the house but at the foot of the river very nice view from this side and from the other side and it changes every day. even the fog today is magical as if we were in heaven which would you make before. the main entrance is opened by

remote control so that you reach the house of the architect's ark as if via the jetty it looks as if it's just making a brief stop on the mountain slope. the wall on one side of the house can be moved as necessary to make best use of the natural light in the living room. if i were to build a garden or a terrace here or put up a fence let alone plant something it would look strange and totally inappropriate to get the chemicals on with my idea you get the feeling that you own the whole mountain. the house is floating on the mountain. there are no borders here which would make good on his joke altering. the building has about one hundred forty square metres of living space and was designed in such a way as to allow the water coming from the mountains to flow off naturally

underneath it there is no foundation the house stands on three pillars these are hidden from view by a screen that looks like a second roof which creates the ark like form. after the architect moved in the word ark took on a second meaning for hand. says the mediator animals don't mind this house and summer they come and sleep near it but now in winter they stay in the forest because the. ecological aspects also played an important role in planning the house for example. sprayed the inside walls with a protective found that gives a special look to the bathroom and the walls can store heat that are about minimalist and very functional design. says of the my house should be in symbiosis with nature and not fight it with technology. the architecture and design magazine paper has named robert ark the best private home of twenty seven

team the polish architect had no intention of winning prizes with the house he was just looking for a place of refuge from hectic city life and here. and if you want to see more of the best in architecture and design that europe has to offer you can find plenty more online on our you tube channel interior design. interior design at its best check out our you tube channel details interior design stunning ideas spectacular buildings and d.i.y. tutorials on home ticker ration we'll take you inside the most beautiful european homes show you the latest in furniture fabrics and accessories subscribe and don't miss out see you. up next is another installment in our series cole of the mountains where we visit

some of europe's prettiest peaks and today we're off to austria to see the. it's the toll this mountain in the country as well as the highest mountain in the alps east of the brand of pasta with an altitude of three thousand seven hundred ninety eight meters. and unlike some of our previous peaks we've featured the area surrounding vista mountain has not been built up into a tourist town but rather it's protected as a national park we start our journey off at the picturesque village of highly. it's one of the most photographed sites in austria the pilgrimage church of st vincent it's near the grossglockner austria's highest mountain it takes two days of arduous hiking to get from the nearby town of halligan bluett to the summit which is just under thirty eight hundred meters. those who have climbed to the top are

always glad to return safe and sound to the valley below. some climbers don't come back. you're grateful to friday that you and the people with you our guests were able to make a successful climb by. the village of highly can boot is located on the southeast side of the mountain in the austrian state of current. the gross look no was first climbed successfully in eight hundred. in eight hundred fifty a team of climbers who started out from the village of carlos on the western side also made it to the top. marching crites has recreated these early climbs on film and has put together a museum exhibit. a costco now has its own legends it's got a lot of energy and the border goes right down the middle of the mountain forest

don't separate they bring them together so all of us a great call that we live near this mountain from want to move local even to go through. crowds also produced a film about the first ascent of the fall of a cine glacier trough. oh fred fun part of a cheney and his team made their way to the top any eight hundred seventy six. these days free riders like mathias meyer and mathias how know to ski down the trough to get to the valley. and hope to move because when you make your way through these mountains you really get a feel for the landscape there are no worn out hiking trails so you can really get close to nature. put on a pair of snowshoes and you can go exploring off the beaten path a ranger from the high tower a national park will serve as your guide. the park was founded by a local industrialist who acquired some land around the grossglockner in one nine

hundred eighteen. he later donated the land to the alpine club on condition that to preserve the area. grew up just a little bit in blue. because the end of the line on the south side of the valley from here you've got to go on foot that's why the best thing about the national park is that it allows us to preserve some animal species that have died out elsewhere in the alpine region or give out that warning. snowshoe hikers can observe wild animals including alpine events. golden eagles. and in spring marmots come out of hibernation. to cable railways carried visitors to just under the three thousand meter level from there you can ski down into the valley. open binding skis are

a popular trend this year mot and event that you could even train had to do with the open bindings give you more freedom of movement it's more natural previous like your gliding on skis being right now we're in a ski area that doesn't have a lot of high tech development and that's perfect for those of us who take a traditional approach to game this past not the little film from god it's an inch what a. time to take a break guests can enjoy a wonderful view of austria's highest mountains. in the valley right next to the church is a block in every which in this was the starting point of the climbers who scaled the mountain in one thousand eight hundred. today the ends manager has pitched their ranges mountain tours for visitors fischler and national park director peter repitch have developed a concept for alternative tourism. and the through

a laden is in the future it will be much more difficult for people to experience a truly natural mountain environment than a bad or discourse where i can come to a place like this and see for myself karl nature actually functions and how all the various elements walk get to. and you know new orleans before tonight it reminds you that mankind is just a small part of all of this nation sign i was we now have a chance to show this to our visitors this is the oceans to be home. you can even go ice climbing here at night. and the next morning austria's highest mountain is bathed in the light of dawn. there's always something new to discover on the grossglockner. well we'd like to discover some of your mountain experiences on our website d.w. dot com slash lifestyle we're running another competition this week where you can

send us pictures of your hikes at high altitude just upload a photo online and one lucky winner will be drawn to win an exclusive euro max wrist watch so let's take a look at what you've been sending us so far. you've been igloo building in south korea. some of been climbing mount chile poem costa rica. all scaling peacoat the obvious about in mexico hiking in pakistan's marine hills or getting to the top of nevada odell tali much in colombia. even trekking along volcanoes in ecuador. so hurry up the window will be announced on our show at the end of the week that's all we have time for today will be back tomorrow with plenty more from the world of european lifestyle and culture of life and. on the next edition of your read

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good. business d w news to live from burlesque a surprise election results in the democratic republic of congo joya drops among supporters of opposition leader felix chizik haiti after he was declared winner of the presidential election if confirmed this will be the country's first democratic transfer of power in nearly sixty years but some candidates are crying foul also coming up southern germany and austria experiencing the heaviest snowfall in two decades a report on how a group of german.