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my trip to germany's northeast i want to discover sheilds and a world heritage city and the baltic island of luton. to get a little overview of i'm at st mary's church it's considered a masterpiece of late gothic architecture and bows and tower that gives me a perfect view of the city. here in straws and i'm going to admire an amazing viking treasure and local delicacies i'm also really looking forward to exploring the island of looting in the low season when it's not so overrun with tourists. besides that we'll show you what delusions famous shock is use for. our female of the week takes us to a popular festival and columbia. and our
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globe trotter will show us the winter sports paradise around davos in switzerland. charles and was founded in twelve thirty four and was a member of the mediæval trading alliance they had sciatic league it's now symbolized by the magnificent brick gothic architecture built at the time it's also why shawls and was declared a unesco world heritage site in two thousand and two. and the port you'll find a real eye catcher that gore's fuck a former training sailing boat built in one thousand nine hundred thirty three and these planks could top the captain's cabin has seen german russian and ukrainian skipper is rest their weary heads. the vessel was built and hamburg and was given to the soviet union as reparation after world war two in one thousand nine hundred one it became property of the ukrainian merchant navy.
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since two thousand and three because fox has been back in its original harbor serving first and foremost as a museum the vessel which is not sea worthy anymore is maintained by an association that hopes to one day bring the old lady back to see. the building you see right behind me was built several decades after the course fought but it's just as impressive sins opening its doors in two thousand and eight the old dad has welcomed over half a million visitors a year and once inside he'll understand why prepared to enter the underwater world . and. excluding time in the o.t. on the homes large pool for shoaling fish. there has to be enough food to satisfy
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the appetite of the two hundred fifty kilos and shark otherwise it will eat the macro. there are forty five aquariums here the biggest contains almost twenty six million liters of salt water and is the museum's main attraction . the foundations were laid for the old see on human september two thousand and six on the want peninsula. less than two years later the museum was opened with nine thousand square meters of exhibition space german chancellor angela merkel attended the opening. since then the o.t.r. new york has become an integral part of todd's and. behind the scenes numerous employees keep it up and running the old siani homes residents need about ten tons of food a year fish kristie asian squid and dry food. and
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i know with the summer feisty and others more hesitant so we have to make sure they all get their fair share. this oceanographic museum focuses on marine life in the north and baltic sea. among the visitors are both tourists and locals. children can come here for classes outside the normal school curriculum that's great for us and. they can study biology in the old c. our nails are new. and by informing people about the world's oceans the museum also aims to help protect. this building was an abbey and tell the sixteenth century later it was mostly used as an arsenal armoring and school in the one nine hundred fifty st catherine's
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monastery was turned into a museum. the most remarkable of its countless exhibits this viking treasure was discovered after a storm washed up on the neighboring island of hidden sea. and this in viking treasure doing in chas and that's when he. didn't say treasure came to see because back in eight hundred seventy three a woman went to a goldsmith here and. wanted to know what one of the pieces was worth as it looked a bit like old. and the goldsmith fetched who was the museum's first ever director . of what because he immediately knew it had been made by vikings more and more pieces mysteriously came to light so the museum director went to hidden say bargained with the fisherman and managed to acquire sixteen of these amazing pieces
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of jewelry for this museum soft sifton tied it is. yeah. you know what everything is someone i can tell that's a necklace but with the rest you'll have to help me. win. a con. recognized is the only piece that's really solid gold. doesn't. it consists of several gold rods twisted to. other than we had the most beautiful object in the entire ensemble. a kind of approach used as a class for an outer garment that might have moments when. the backing from franconian court attire this round fibula was used in their clothing is a. lot of in the scandinavians originally had to be lame or didn't. die and then we have these pendants they have proper legs so you can hang them on a chain as if you had none of the can mcguffin and you be sure this treasure is in
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one piece or could there still be some gold buried in the sand and hidden in the. board with a stick to the death of them and we still hope we might find another piece if you look at the pendant you can see they're not all identical differently similar but they're so skillfully crafted that i'm very into zein i think about the yen with them and often also if you assume they have been symmetrically arranged on a chain two or more pieces are definitely missing after their life maybe someone from hidden say it's one of those pieces in a jewelry box and this is a tile or some gotcha is this kind of gold treasure you need to under is there something similar elsewhere in germany or europe. as was all i and chad. a treasure like the one we have here is unique the vikings tended to work in silver so an ensemble of jewelry in
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a pure gold is incomparable but it's almost pure gold we've analyzed the material side of life if you look closely at the pieces you'll see it's the highest quality goldsmiths aren't you could expect from that time music ones. which is outside of africa. some of our favorite travel pics on instagram. d.w. travel. before continuing my travels i need to replenish my energy reserves and for that i'm going to try all local specialty i know i have been told i have to try the bismarck herring and yes you must or maybe even sherry matches. i don't think i'll go for the bismarck i've heard so much about it. yeah. sure thing i bismarck for the noise. the name goes back to mark the first chancellor of the united germany he
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loved them apparently. and then given that i'm going to try to. why doesn't the special how's it it's going to but i think it's well pickled so it's nice and sour and the skin is still on the way it should be. so delicious. bowl and happy i get on the road this bridge connects to the island of luton and to prepare you for my next destination here's a little overview. bergen is germany's largest island and like it is in the state of. almost eighty thousand people live here added to that are far more than a million tourists annually the sandy beaches can get really full in the summer but
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things are quite relaxed in the winter. and the island is known for its distinctive clips they rise up over a hundred meters above the sea and are part of the. national park. next to information center lies above the cliffs. that takes you through seventy million years of the earth's history from the primordial era to the present. beyond the coasts bogan is also shaped by its landscapes. the island alone has three nature reserves. the. death wasn't overall and or the rushing roland as another of logan's attractions the steam train
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has travelled the narrow gauge track since one thousand nine hundred five at a pace more leisurely and then its name implies. one of the places that i wasn't takes is to go on it's hunting lodge. the building in italian renaissance style dates from the nineteenth century and became a popular destination for the nobility and celebrities back then. bismarck is said to have climbed the one hundred fifty steps in its tower to enjoy the view. like other seaside resorts going to has benefited from tourism since the early boom in the late nineteenth century. former villages like selling then been developed into fashionable baltic sea spas with their magnificent villas near the beach.
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leaning white wooden decorations are typical of the architecture associated with seaside resorts. in eighteen seventy bins had a total of eighty vacationers nowadays you can add over half a million to that but in winter i can barely imagine what this must look like in summer. because as you can see in the low season things are just like back in the day no people no hustlin bustle just perfect if you're looking for some peace and quiet.
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well now take a giant leap from the baltic sea down to the swiss all our video blogger steve heinous and a fellow globe trotter paid a visit to the world famous wondrous sports resort of bowls and from the look of it they spent their entire time on skis skates and. our quest to show you the first winter just nations brought us to the alps again. from davos switzerland. divorces a municipality in the country on of or greece song at one thousand five hundred sixty metres it's the highest town in europe and home to one of switzerland's biggest ski resorts with six main ski areas totaling three hundred twenty kilometers of slopes. good morning i got up thirty six am to get to so everyone
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else. the feeling of seeing it sometimes have some possible charges which might. mean a film coming out about a lot of sleep breaks. the first place. to start for us to sit in this ice skating rink. so far have some little hope. that looks so elegant interest from. the best little while it was a box of three getting there we are getting to. play.
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go of it is my experience to be to come to my next stop. the island of blues is got next it's the island's gateway to the baltic sea from here i'm setting out to see the famous chalk cliffs from the water. but unfortunately today is not my day the sun can't get through the mist and clouds . but it's certainly striking the way they tower majestically out of the water or at. least chalk lives form with our google levy islands most spectacular coastline but
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the chalk is also a natural raw material with many useful applications and unique treatments for example. cliffs were created sixty eight million years ago in southern europe through the shifting of tectonic plates the chalk deposits were pushed to the north during glacial periods they were thrust to the surface the chalk is made from the remains of tiny marine organisms. because especially pure because no other sediments were dragged into this basin with it. and there are those for the last one hundred fifty meters or truck sediment sitting here on the surface. and some of them are up to one hundred sixty meters above sea level but a militia and there's only one place in germany where they exist and that's here on the island of aruba does a sea of things all you. can even has a museum devoted to chuck it's been mined here for almost two hundred years chalk
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is used as fertilizer in paint and in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. to process the chalk it's soaked in water separated from undesired components and dried what used to take eight weeks now takes about eight minutes. for medicinal chalk only especially fine material is used after it's been additionally cleaned what remains as the museum informs visitors are mainly residues a planktonic form enough era these single celled animals had skeletons made of small calcite platelets when the organisms died they sank to the seabed and formed the chalk sediment. physiotherapist york snyder from sausan it's has been using hogans medicinal chalk since the early one nine hundred ninety s. this natural product dissolved in water is said to stimulate the heart and
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circulation and have an anti inflammatory effect. on vanity you know that it's used as a poultice on the back or joints warm or cold or if you're experiencing a rheumatic episode for instance it's applied cold what about the chronic conditions it tends to be used to warm or cool. and. the poultice is sealed to stop the chalk from drying out medicine or chalk was used on the flu going as early as the turn of the twentieth century. the sediments from the cretaceous period are. also used to help cleanse and regenerate the skin as a face mask. this absolute by skin is so soft off to its home and at first it tingles a bit but the skin regains its moisture quite quickly and then it feels so much softer to put it to absolute pleasure.
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one thing that's never lacking on a holiday island leg is accommodations there are thousands of hotels apartments and vacation homes but if you're looking for something a little unusual head to allow it about where you can rent floating lodges and houses on stilts and you can try out a whole range of water activities tell you guys is the man behind the idea. of us this is a truly unique place how did you come up with it and. we have just about everything on offer when it comes to water sports that makes us unique and we can. you can learn sailing with us go swimming off the terrace of your house you can go fishing you can do everything related to water. from a launch in the floating houses where the first of their kind in germany and the houses on stilts that you see in the background are still unique in germany i think the best what kind of tourists come here do they like the concept. in the summer
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and in the holiday season many families with children come here because they can spend their time sailing swimming and fishing. but we also have guests who come only in the winter because we have regular customers who have been coming for decades and every winter for three or four weeks they know what to expect and they have their favorite floating how. they bring their own red wine and pasta turn off their cell phones open a good book and really enjoy the tranquility of winter. by. this still taos is on luton southern coast are inspired by similar constructions on the maldives. that goes for the insight to. i may not have brought any red wine and pasta but a book is enough to make myself at home. well i sit back relax and watch as evening
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. in winter you'll find bonfires and mulled wine here. a little. known name would. be. the perfect place to take a look back at my trip. and then. from the gold treasure in struggling to the spectacular nature including if you want to escape the hustle and bustle of the big city and all the stress that comes with it you should definitely consider a trip to the baltic sea especially in low season.
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