from the. pool. i'm standing above the danube over on the shore you can see the beautiful old town and this bridge is the stone bridge built at the beginning of the twelfth century it's believed to be the oldest surviving bridge in germany. i mean reagan's work in the area to be honest the bridge doesn't look that old that's because it's been completely restored over the past few years after all reagan's work has a title to defend and since two thousand and six its old town including this bridge has been a unesco world heritage site today i want to get to know regensburg one attract

visitors to this unesco world heritage site and what does the constant influx of tourists mean for the city this much is certain it's going to be a journey through two thousand years of history. will also show you nearby vets and book abby. will find out what the growing popularity of cruise ship tourism means for reagan's burg. and we'll catch up with our globe trotter in the city of kharkiv in colombia. the fact that reagan's burg is such an old and well preserved city is largely thanks to it not having been destroyed in the wars and its importance as an imperial city in past centuries. a testimony to its former signify. is the gothic cathedral construction began in the thirteenth century. and

the cathedral tells us a lot about that time as the facade also depicts the crueler side of the middle ages. the church vilified jews. this culture shows them suckling from a pig a deliberate insult and humiliation as pigs are considered unclean in judaism. even so the building as a whole is an impressive monument next to the one in cologne regensburg cathedral is considered to be germany's most extraordinary gothic cathedral.

reagan's burg was not only important because it became a bishop seed fairly early on the danube was a significant trade and traffic route and here on its banks in the old town hall the perpetual diet or rice stock was held for over one hundred forty years. to find out more about what that was and what it meant for the city i'm meeting the director of the reagans birth museums dogless castile. that. must add to what exactly was the perpetual diet. from the seventeenth to the early nineteenth century taken spoke was actually the capital of europe a bit like brussels today. of the virtual die it was convened in sixteen sixty three just a few years after the city is rules and the representatives from all countries from also. she's gathered here they were supposed to discuss taxes and military issues

but the talks then dragged on for so long that they never came to a final agreement and went to the horror at least not for one hundred forty three years until eighteen zero six years ten yards from the takes the whole not. be instead why was it set up in reagan's burg they spoke passion in the several big gatherings had already taken place in reagan's book this it is located on the danube that all now so the emperor was able to travel to vienna along the river is one that infrastructure was unique and offered short travel times messages could reach the chancery in vienna within three days and vice versa. the next to the infrastructure there was a second key factor namely that reagan's book was an imperial city. that it was not part of the surrounding duchy of the various but was directly subordinate to the emperor and more or less belonged to him it. well lesson of the daughter what did

the rice tag mean for reagan's bird again i know my imagine so many powerful people coming here and money was being spent and it probably brought the city some other perks to finished up in the two lives of the pagans book was a prosperous city and an international meeting place. almost every aspect was rented out to diet envoys or to their entourages the city was booming a lot of diplomats held negotiations with other countries here because it was the shortest distance to travel. as back then the city had international play. calls my attention to an interesting new york the bird on the wall is standing on one foot and holding a stone of its claw it's meant to remind the envoys to pay close attention to the debates whoever falls asleep is dropping the ball or here the stone and disturbing

the diet. admittedly there is no way for me to know how the envoy spend their free time all those years ago but my guess would be that more than once they found themselves just a couple of kilometers of the river at the danube gorge it's where belts of the book carbon stands it's home to one of germany's oldest breweries and up to this day well worth a visit. the most beautiful reactivating book takes you across the river through the danube gorge between limestone walls up to seventy meters high. for the full experience hop on it's it is the traditional boats of the danube fisherman. it's all it's good in good world and once upon a time of rowing was the only option but no one does that anymore now we have a motor but we often turn it off to give people the full experience you can hear the silence it's very special. well when you hear nothing you

can see a lot. for example you can see the rock formation the three warring brothers. alternatively you could hug. like haiti and have money money for them hiking is not recreation it's work because all runs the small restaurant like your or little hermitage which you can only reach by foot it's worth the journey the building complex used to be a franciscan monastery founded by a hermit. the unique church has no proper roof only the cliff which curves of ahead . the frescoes with biblical scenes from the sixteenth century. tammany man found out by chance that the historic hermitage was for sale and turned it into a heritage site. is

a window one of his enclosure law visit beautiful rockwell church had been closed for years so i wanted to put it back in the spotlight and open it to the public thoughts. this was. the first guests arrive early in the morning and are given a tour of the cave right next to the church. as are here you know who got off from this cave is called gold oven as an alchemy just once lived here before these pits in the rocks were carved by hand and housed wooden beams used probably to support a wooden house. we reach our destination veta book abbey. an impressive building right on the danube among social here and around the year six hundred seventeen that makes it the oldest monastery in good area. over the years the benedictine monks kept on building the abbey.

the eighteenth century church owes it splendid to the us some brothers who designed many churches in bavaria. but for many guests the reason they came is the big garden beer has been brewed in the monastery for more than one thousand years another reason why more than half a million people come to vote in the abbey every year. where you from your. work on the line of fire that promised prayer years back there are now we are. from south korea to sun. very much this close up especially this here. back in the slightly rainy reagan's burg i have an appointment with my ts paetec at the nine five flats he shows me the outlines of the former jewish synagogue.

reagan's burg is like many many evil cities if you dig here it's likely you'll discover something in one thousand nine hundred five traces of the two thousand year history of the city were uncovered during construction work on a knife op let's. look at this and as you've probably noticed we're underground now what's exciting here is that you can see recognizable old remains to the wall with that's classical middle ages about seven hundred to eight hundred years old it's off to its internship now if you take a step forward and look down over the parapet you see those stone. they may not look that special but they're from roman times two thousand years ago taos and. then if we go through this arc we come to a second seller who gets here. and it's why.

what is interesting here is that all the cellars in the documentation center come from the former jewish quarter innovations book since this. in the next book. so what we're seeing here are traces of the jewish families innovations borg. they lived in the city for five hundred years. then that they were the end of the middle ages when reagan's work was an average day and needed a scapegoat exclusion and discrimination of jews and began to increase. first. it all culminated in fifteen nineteen when the approximately five hundred people living here were driven out. simply expelled from the city using. one part august betha they demolished the abandoned buildings just a few days later probably so that no one would ask what had been there before next . day and on the resulting square they built

a church which is the noise. which is why it's called noise or new. plots. above the surface today there's nothing to see of those demolished houses but the sellers are preserved underground. the excavations at nine five plots took three years during which time archaeologists even found a gold treasure the documentation center doesn't have signs or a big mess on sen the structure can only be accessed on guided visits but don't let that scare you off it's really worth it. time to hop on over to the other side of the pond to meet our globe trotters steve hanus he's been visiting colombia's caribbean coast off we go.

to start things off here in qatar you know we take part in a free to work to get an overview of your town and all the things he needs to see your. content was founded in fifteen thirty three by a spanish commander and became the main port for trade between spain and its overseas empire in one thousand nine hundred four the trainers port fortress and other monuments including the walled old town were designated a unesco world heritage site. of a cool thing to do as to why. the old city wall which is it is especially cool in the afternoon when you have the best light to take some awesome photographs and it's also where you can see the contrast of the old city and the new spot. and how to finish off an afternoon walk on the old city wall at a coffee dim hour which is probably one of the best spots to watch the sunset.

today but are over one hour up the coast from katherina to it took two more this is a book and no film was hamas and we're basically here. to take a buffet. and sports analyst twenty three meters high and has a depth of two thousand three hundred metres so i mean not that much but you can generally. come. when our rockets are neighborhoods where we're staying it's called get some mining and it's a really cool area it's up and coming neighborhood right next to the old town. next year up in there. and we'll take the bus and then we'll take more time.

than me going on then i lete to. the be right coming up we're now we're taking a lot of. the set stuff for our time and come back a nice actually a little fishing village street alice all the public enough to get a taste of the local life and to be in a spot which way less tourists and a link on them our. so to me there's a spot for this. the prices for good food straight from the source were low and the beach was simply perfect with nobody trying to sell you souvenirs this was truly a place to enjoy. whatever you got in colombia.

right next to be a story stonebridge you'll find the most cool clothes the sausage kitchen a true reagan's bird classic in the twelfth century the building was used as a storage room for construction equipment later it was turned into an eatery and since the beginning of the nineteenth century it's where reagan's words most famous bratwurst or charcoal grills sausages are made. you have been told that your restaurant isn't to be missed what's so special about it but these are little bits on this as well incidentally here i also suggest which we make plus some occult salad which we also make ourselves. next to our couch six on sauerkraut is the name of this typical dish simple but

really good and just right if you're feeling peckish on your tour. after being declared a unesco world heritage site in two thousand and six the reagans were experiencing a full blown tourism boom numbers of visitors have soared ever since and one of the main reasons for that is the growing popularity of river cruises on the dam you some of the locals on the other hand aren't too enthusiastic about their newfound fame. in summer of two thousand and six the old town of reagan's book becomes a unesco world heritage site to have a face fantastic i hope for this for a long time of the fact. they were euphoric celebrations in the city. we did it to the world heritage status is a rare distinction but today. god said lord i want to share are happy that you and we were proud that things have gotten out of hand like this also ought to be what

nobody every wanted to be a world heritage site because nobody really thought about the consequences we just wanted to get in the tourist brochures and there was a big boom back then were trying to get it at first it was nice to see so many people come but now it's turned a little bit like it is going to. for some allegiance purpose the on stores has become too much. the city continues to attract masses. every year the tourism office and else is new records for overnight stays day trippers and cruise line is his passengers stroll through the old town. if they can they sometimes don't even remember what city they are any by the evening of. the number of giant river cruise ships has skyrocketed the danube trip is especially popular among senior american and australian citizens

which is great for the city but rather annoying to some locals. to go to the back many are sick of the roaring diesel engines and the constant coming and going of the water borne hotels. in bali is it's probably can't get much more than this but do we have to reach that maximum point considering what it costs residents of one eye if people living over there don't like it either like most of them. the city recently limited the number of cruise ships to one thousand five hundred landings pay year but the boom since the unesco title has also brought other consequences it's lit investments and new construction projects a shooting up everywhere. real estate prices have exploded and the gentrification of the old town is progressing. to give you more by the book to now they also want more guided tours in hotels while residents hardly live there anymore. there are

a few students who like to party with others but you can imagine a family or an old couple there anymore although they're being forced out unfortunately even for the things like this or. the number of tourists increased again last year but now they can spot has put forward a new tourism plan which tries to consider both visitors needs and the quality of life of those people who live there. on the banks of the danube during peak season is lined with cruise ships i meet with peter i'm lost but he has the organization friends of reagan's bergs old town it's one of the oldest citizens initiatives in germany and as the name implies it's concerned with preserving the city's historical heritage their most recent coup was to prevent the construction of a convention center in the old town to hide from the rain we seek cover in a former royal villa which today houses the bavarian monument office and was.

really worked as a tourist guide and reagan seeburg what's your take on this tourism boom. i think it's very positive because i experienced the humble beginnings when there were six hundred guided tours for year or year and now we have more than six thousand guided tours before it makes me happy every time i walk through the city and see people from all over the world enjoying drakensberg fest and it does do you also understand more critical voices those who say it's too much for regensburg it can do my job these voices. but i don't quite understand them because as in many cities and tourism here moves along specific paths just as in prague where it goes from the old town square to the charles bridge to prague castle and here it's just over the stone bridge to the cathedral to the old town hall with to the left and right of this it's calm and i don't have to walk right through the crowd when it's busy i can also choose a side street and so i can go survey to. tell me a bit about the organization you lead and your work there the kind of flushed it

yeah but for in this new friends of the old town is a group that was founded in one thousand nine hundred sixty six and it has no political mandate and no direct power one popped up kind of it's committed to raising the alarm whenever the old town is threatened with any danger and if opt out or give a concrete example was in the early one nine hundred seventy s. when there were plans to build a major road along the danube from one end of the old town to the other under the window and longing for an item into the we simply held a protest there and prevented it from happening to protest or no it's just on the whole for him to then tell you weren't born in reagan's are not you've lived here for a long time what makes regensburg so unique. this is a that's a good question if you're stuck i have a very strong emotional bond to the city and i feel at home here from being so what i always have it was like when i stepped off the train in rome the first time and felt i'd been there before your martial way or i'm just now i'm half and half roman

so to speak and he's got this city is very much worth living in because it's preserved its historical structure both in stone and in spirit. the whole world was in reagan's book during the perpetual diet but he comes across this mixture of presidential and cosmopolitan is really something that beautiful because your friends and your working hard to keep it that way. what would you say to the first time visitor here in reagan's for whether they come by cruise ship or from somewhere else in germany where would you send them what's your top recommendation . it was under saddam i would put it differently i wouldn't give any tips you know instead i'd recommend just coming here staying a week and going where the wind takes you to stop so force discover the city on foot onto his it's not like there's any other way to get around town and just drift along and let the city work its magic and then follow your interests you know are

you looking for gothic architecture in the cathedral or are you after something romantic or do you just want to sit in elegant cafes or experience the beauty of the river or talk about just let it happen. thanks for the talking point. what secrets behind these walls. find out in any numbers of experience and explore. cultural heritage sites. w world heritage three sixteen fifteen. if you're ever in regensburg and. looking for a really great place to eat this is the right spot our fate in the very heart of the city is a reagans for an institution the former brewery was taken over by students in one thousand nine hundred seventy seven and turned into a french style based show. and

. what i loved about reagan's birth is the fact that there is an interesting story waiting around every corner from the romans of the middle ages of to the efforts of solving early european conflicts and the right stock plus the regional specialties are delicious no wonder really are in the very after all.

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