overeat you. seem. to lose. respect. for the most seem. either welcome to today's edition of your own max starting off with a look at some winter wonderland is what's coming up. wonderful winter week school of the bright side of the cold. crest of

instruments ogun him how books as to how many concerts whole show you can tick. and remarkable residents you meet out in the mountains. of. 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 but peculiarly 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 laugh 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 a colder or 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. winter makes me sad the only way to get through it is to be with friends and you know that make it nicer but i feel like the snow is avoiding well and some hell just little spirits up then the gray skies don't bother you call human behavior as there are lots of things that can make the 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 the 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 slash 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 a dock one thing she enjoys about winter is coming into contact with locals who are used to the extreme conditions. that's only first cause notice 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 and despite the darkness of don't behave. like in the norwegian city of trauma zoom 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. giora viterra zoo is a researcher at the university of trump zoom the most northerly university in the world he realized that people here make their own happiness during winter. seemed people have ways of adapting to the dark they have activities they look forward to conduct during the window which compensated even more than compensated for the appeal 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 that the front. insists on fast. and if you still can't feel anything for winter then you can always look forward to spring. 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. the british academy of film and television arts bafta has announced the nominations for this year's awards. so her movies are in the running for more than one freud's . including. the favorites with nominations in twelve category this. rhapsody with seven nominations the best is considered the most prestigious british

film award the serve only will take place in february tenth. something people feel belongs to the. sickest 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 rockets took place here when the circus went on to in the summer months in nine hundred sixty six the beatles played here on the legendary brother gets to. the circus still occupies the building today. although they use of animals has attracted criticism. to be honest animals belong to circus corner 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's dunks now we were published on january the tenth one thousand nine hundred twenty nine the cartoonist died in one thousand nine hundred eighty three but his comic books live on with a total of two hundred thirty million copies sold around the world. to music now and the hound birds 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 virtuous or like the latvian organist events up in that 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. hold on a moment i'm looking for something. i think it was it. i that sag and i guess 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. better 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 kind of music from the rock to contemporary the. event or connoisseurs that she and the organ can play contemporary music best. both of hand glowing reviews since hamburg's album philharmonia opened in january twenty seventh team of a crowd standees her but i still experience moments that are just overwhelming moment moments when i say wow the organ can do that to. voice wow that's candy oh this happens again and again. i meant 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 at. of course there are certain rules for how to registration a certain way but i think this organ challenges you to experiment and that this is something wonderful. you're going in the elbe for harmonix has nearly five thousand pipes divided into sixty nine terminal registers or targets an organist like you better arcana 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 but i always like to show off all four registers on the ceiling turn reflector. that's

less so you don't just have the sound coming from one side where the organ pipes are but flows downward from above as well. that probably makes this organise sound a bit warmer and rounder than many others. and if you listen to these registers individually and send her out. for example the flute is. a really very present and special design with a character of their own. and you can really hear it in full tutti sound that it comes down from above to take long what did an alpha. perm and that's. she can transport for sound into

other spheres and still get up close to the audience help of the most organ console . of one of these a speech has got this console office so many possibilities to the organist but it still reduced to just very few buttons and i think that's wonderful and that's why i hear less is more when kinds if there's so much you can do on it even if at first glance it looks fairly minimalist it's really very elegant elegant . recently ivette account interpreted the colors and contrasts of the elbe philharmonie concert hall for the first recording made with his organ the cd is titled light and dark it's a fascinating tonal exploration of this extraordinary instrument.

now it's time for your mix 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 kitty mountains this silhouette of a house there makes it immediately clear it was designed by an architect who likes

to experiment. the building has to 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 and sure a peaceful ambience. huge windows dominate the room. an elegant and ingenious fireplace offers warmth and coziness. 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 with. 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 the chemical feels like 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 there's only good ones but the my old joke alter and. the building has about one hundred forty square meters of living space and was designed in such a way as to allow the water coming from the mountains to flow off naturally

underneath and 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 our platform. after the architect moved in the word ark took on a second meaning for hand. says the many vertical animals don't mind this house in 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 foam 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 homeless 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 detail the interior design stunning ideas spectacular buildings and d.i.y. tutorials on home to. 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. on you tube. 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 told us 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 have featured the area surrounding vis 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 haile conclude 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. growth stock no was first climb successfully in eight hundred. and eight hundred fifty a team of climbers who started out from the village of cows on the western side also made it to the top. martin grotz 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 people they bring them together so all of us are grateful that we live near this mountain want to move local even to go from. it's also produced a film about the first ascent of the fall of a cine glacier trough. oh fred fun palaver cheney and his team made their way to the top in one thousand nine hundred eighty six. these days free riders like mathias meyer and mathias how know to ski down the trough to get to the valley. 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 gross block now 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 all 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 on the floor and. snowshoe hikers can observe wild animals including alpine events. golden eagles. and in spring marmots come out of hibernation. to cable railways carry 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. and it's evident that if you've even trailheads through the open bindings give you more freedom of movement and 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 skating want this bus not the little film from god it's an inch what. 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 art in this was the starting point of the climbers who scaled the mountain in one thousand nine hundred. today the ins manager has pitched their ranges mountain tours for visitors. or and national park director pages look at have developed a concept for alternative tourism. and the poor

a leading is in the future that it will be much more difficult for people to experience a truly natural mountain environment a scent than a bad or discourse where i can come to a place like this and see for myself all nature that actually functions and how all the various elements work to go. before tonight it reminds you that mankind is just a small part of all of this new sign i style 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 you know 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 the glue building in south korea. some of them climbing mount chile poem costa rica. all scaling peacoat the audi's sabat in mexico hiking in pakistan's marine hills or getting to the top of nevada odel tali much in colombia or even trekking along volcanoes in ecuador. so hurry up the winner 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 europe max

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