seaside resorts and red brick gothic architecture those are going to be two key elements of my trip to germany's north east 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 vosa 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 used for. our female of the week takes us to a popular festival in colombia. and our globe trotter will show us the winter sports paradise around davos in switzerland. 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 magnifica. 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 if these planks could talk the captain's cabin has seen german russian and ukrainian scampers 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. since two thousand and three the course 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 . excluding time in the o.t. on the ohms large pool for showing fish there has to be enough food to satisfy the op a diet of the two hundred fifty kilos sand shark otherwise it will eat the mackerel . 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 siani human september two thousand and six on the peninsula. less than two years later the museum was opened with nine thousand square meters of exhibition space and german chancellor angela merkel attended the opening. since then the old siani has become an integral part of ties 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 crustaceans squid and dry food. and some are feisty 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 sees. among the visitors are both tourists and locals. children can come here for classes outside the normal school curriculum that's great for us in strollers and they can study biology in the old c.r. nails in the. city. and by informing people about the world's oceans the museum also aims to help protect them. this building was an abbey until the sixteenth century later it was mostly used as an arsenal armoring and school in the one nine hundred fifty st catherine's monastery was turned into a museum. the most remarkable of its countless exhibit this viking treasure was discovered after a storm washed up on the neighboring island of hidden thing. and this in viking

treasure doing in chas and that's when hidden. treasure came to because back in eight hundred seventy three a woman went to a goldsmith hearing. 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 that would of. would because he immediately knew it had been made by vikings and 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 of jewelry for this museum soft sifton tied it is toying smokes yeah. do you know what everything is someone i can tell that's a necklace but with the rest you'll have to help me. when. ican see recognized is the only piece that's really solid gold. doesn't. it consists of

several gold rods twisted together and we had the most beautiful object in the entire ensemble. a kind of a brooch used as a class for an outer garment that matter. about that being from franconian court attire this round fibula was used in their clothing. and that's what i've been the scandinavians originally had two oval fibula or and. then we have these pendants they have proper legs so you can hang them on a chain as if you had. come and often and you'd be sure this treasure is in one piece or could there still be some gold buried in the sand and hidden in the. board with a stick to the devil for that money that we still hope we might find another piece if you look at the pendant you can see they're not all identical they're very

similar but they're so skillfully crafted that it's very into zine i think about the yen and then mcguffin also if you assume they have been symmetrically arranged on a chain of two or more pieces or definitely missing buying a stock or one for 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 or i am sad. a treasure like the one we have here is unique the vikings tended to work in silver and so an ensemble of jewellery in pure gold is incomparable but it's almost pure gold we've analyzed the materials 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 followers on you travel. before continuing my travels i need to replenish my energy reserves and for that i'm going to try a local specialty i don't know i have been told i have to try the bismark herring and yes you must or maybe even. in the i don't think i'll go for the bismarck i've heard so much about it. yeah. sure thing i miss martha the noise. the name goes back to mark the first chancellor of the united germany he loved them apparently. and then given the no matches to try to. why doesn't the special how's it. so it's nice and sour i'm askin is still on the way it should be.

so delicious. full 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. for the good news germany's largest island. 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 things are quite relaxed in the winter. when the island is known for its distinctive chalk cliffs they rise up over one hundred meters above the sea and are part of the. national park.

next to information center lies above the cliffs. it 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. down wasn't overall and or the rushing roland as another of logan's attractions the steam train has travelled the narrow gauge track since eight hundred ninety five at a pace more leisurely and then its name implies. one of the places that wasn't the whole intake 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 then been developed into fashionable baltic sea spas with their magnificent villas near the beach. leming 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 hustle and bustle just perfect if you're looking for some peace and quiet . well now take a giant leap from the baltic sea down to the swiss ops our video blogger steve heymans and a fellow globe trotter paid a visit to the world famous wonder sports resort of holes and from the look of it

they spend their entire time on skis skates america. and our quest to show you the best winter just two nations brought us to the alps again. from both switzerland. davos is a municipality in the country on earth go brendon or chris 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 early for a trip to so everyone else.

the feeling of seeing it sometimes have some possible charges which allowed. me to . leave the company without consciously praying on the first plane. the time for us to sit in this ice skating rink up the coast. for some little hope to see a lot of birds so elegant christmas. in the best little while it was right behind. me getting that we're getting back to . the flame good things here. we are now taking these bad guys it's called blog.

today we're on the yard called song which is another really popular ski and snowboard spot right next to the horse sometimes and i've heard the word pull down that. the box was only. dr. feelgood. just my experience being to come to my next stop. the island of blues is got 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. you can stock lives form with our will leave the islands most spectacular coastline but the chalk is also a natural raw material with many useful applications and you need treatments for example. logan's chalk 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 playful periods

they were thrust to the surface the chalk is made from the remains of tiny marine organisms. and the strokers 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 in reality and there's only one place in germany where they exist and that's here on the island of kruger does a sea of it's all you. can even has a museum devoted to chalk it's been mined here for almost two hundred years chalk 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 the 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 schneider from sasnett 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 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 more moderate for chronic conditions it tends to be used to warm or cool. and. the

poultice is sealed to stop the charge from drying out medicine or chalk was used on her again 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 five star 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 is absolute pleasure. one thing that's never lacking on a holiday island leg luton is accommodations there are thousands of hotels apartments and vacation homes but if you're looking for something a little unusual head to allow to about where you can rent floating lodges and houses on stilts and you can try out

a whole range of water activities tell you is the man behind the idea. 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 that side busts what kind of tourists come here do they like the concept i'm going . in the summer 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 gusts to come only in the winter because we have regular customers who have been coming for decades of every winter for three or four weeks they know what to expect

and they have their favorite floating homes 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. the still tells us on leaving 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 there's enough to make myself at home. well i sit back relax and watch as evening falls you guys are in for another v mail this one takes us to the fiesta this town kwan in colombia an annual celebration that goes on for four days and according to this video sent in by ricardo king younis i'd say a good time was had by everyone involved.

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of the. women. in the perfect place to take a look back at my trip. from the gold treasure in struggling to the spectacular nature in the group and if you want to escape the hustle and bustle of the big city and all the stress that comes with that you should definitely consider a trip to the baltic sea especially in los.

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