from. the. pool. i'm standing above the jag 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 bavaria 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 it says 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 what 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 belgium book abbey. we'll find out what the growing popularity of cruise ship tourism means for reagan's work. and we'll catch up with our globe trotter in the city of character 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 cigna.

dickens 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 in 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 scare still. leaving. us out of what exactly was the perpetual diet. from the seventeenth to the early nineteenth century reagan spoke was actually the capital of europe a bit like brussels today. the natural diet was convened in sixteen sixty three just a few years after the thirty years rules and the representatives from all countries from old. cities 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 on tibet horror at least not for one hundred forty three years until eighteen zero six just in your heart and not take the home that you and. we instead why was it set up in reagan's burg links book passion in the several big gatherings had already taken place in. this city is located on the danube that all now so the emperor was able to travel to vienna along the river this 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 like 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 because it. i must have

a daughter what the rice talk mean for reagan's bird again i know i imagine so many powerful people coming here and money was being spent and the probably brought the city some other perks to. stop over in the to leave as of course 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. and back then the city had international flavor and that's i. guess the calls my attention to an interesting your all the bird on the wall is standing on one foot and holding a stone in 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 that's where belts of the book stands it's home to one of germany's oldest breweries and up to this day well worth a visit. the most beautiful reach of a timber abbey takes you across the river through the danube between limestone walls up to seventy meters high. for the full experience up on exhibit the traditional boats of the danube fisherman. but it is all is good work 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 to prove you can hear the song once it's very special. well you know when you hear

nothing you can see a lot. for example you can see the rock formation the three warring brothers. alternatively you could hike. like haiti and haven't the money for them hiking is not recreation its work the couple runs the small restaurant i know you'd like your style 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 ruth only the cliff which curves overhead . 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. there's

a window screen of his enclosure this our beautiful rotten church had been closed for years so i wanted to put it back in the spotlight and open it to the public starts. this week. the first guests arrive early in the morning and are given a tour of the caves right next to the church. as are here you know who to go to all from this cave is called gold oven as an alchemy just once lived here these pits in the rocks were carved by hand and housed wooden beams used probably to support a wooden house. we reach our destination very tim cook abbey. an impressive building right on the danube much settled here and around the year six hundred seventeen that makes it the oldest monastery in that area. over the years the benedictine monks kept on building the abbey.

the eighteenth century church those that 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 proved 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 promise prayer years back there are now from south korea from busan the good of her much this was not a school. 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 knife up plots . were. seen. 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 insured now if you take a step forward and look down over the parapet you see those stone. they may not look that special but there for a moment two thousand years ago taos and. then if we go through this arc we come to a second seller who gets here. and hello. what's

interesting here is that all the sellers in the documentation center come from the former jewish quarter innovations book since this. field in the next book. also has eons and 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 book was an impoverished and needed a scapegoat exclusion and discrimination of jews and began to increase. their first those. in the me often if it all culminated in fifteen nineteen when the approximately five hundred people living here were driven out. simply expelled from the city. when in part 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. excavations that took three years during which time archaeologists even found a gold treasure the documentation center doesn't have signs or a big means on send 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 haney she's been visiting colombia's caribbean coast we go.

to start things off here and. we take part in the return work to give an overview of your town and all the things he needs to see your. doctor say no 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 nine hundred eighty four qatar famous port fortress and other monuments including the walled old town were designated a unesco world heritage site. the other cool thing to doing to him is to walk 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 there's also a way i can see the contrast from the old city and the new low spots. and how to finish off an afternoon walk on the old city walls as they copy them out which is probably one of the best spots to watch the sunset.

today we drove one hour up the coast from happening now to execute this as a book and i'm filled with hamas and we're basically here. to take it off and it. i'm twenty three meters high and has a depth of two thousand three hundred meters so i mean not that much but you can in general. when i walk in certain neighborhoods where we're staying it's called gibson martin and it's a really cool area it's be up and coming neighborhood right next she holds town. with some breakfast you know coming in and. then we take the bus and we take the

motor taxi and then me going on there not least eat. food we write something up there and now we're going to model. the sets stuff. our timing how about you guys actually a little fishing village street i was south of you know to get a taste of the local life and to be in a spot which way less tourists hands on them off so many years far more that. 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. what have you done in columbia.

right next to the a story stone bridge you'll find the most cool called 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 bergs most famous bratwurst or charcoal grill sausages are made. him good i've been told that your restaurant isn't to be missed what's so special about it must be from focus on this as once attention here i also suggest which we make plans so it cuts out which we also make ourselves the cyber. sex out scouts six on sauerkraut is the name of the typical dish simple but really

good and just right if you're feeling packaged 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 new found fame. in summer of two thousand and six the old town of reagan's book becomes a unesco world heritage site time for it's fantastic i hope for this for a long time before. they were euphoric celebrations in the city. you know we did it to the world heritage status is a rare distinction but today. god says it will share are happy that you and we were proud but things have gotten out of hand like to also want to know 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 is one of them and there was a big boom back then what's going to be at first it was nice to see so many people come but now it's turned a little market just going to. close some of the workers the own stores has become too much. the city continues to attract masses. every year the tourism office and now says new records for overnight stays day trippers and cruise line is his passengers stroll through the old town. if they came they sometimes don't even remember what city they were any by the evening. the number of giant river cruise ships has skyrocketed the demjanjuk trip is especially popular among senior american and australian citizens

which is great for the city but rather annoying to some locals. but many are sick of the roaring diesel engines and the constant coming and going of the bush people in hotels. given bonny's it's probably can't get much more than this but do we have to reach that maximum point considering what it cost the residents who didn't want to it's people living over there don't like it either like most of western. 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 at the now they also want more guided tours and hotels and while residents hardly live there anymore.

there are a few students who like to party but you can't imagine a family or an old couple there anymore although they're being forced out unfortunately even for the things like this where. the number of tourists increased again last year but now they can spoke has put forward a new tourism plan which tries to consider both visitors needs and the quality of life of those people who live. on the banks of the danube during peak season is lined with cruise ships i meet with peter. 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 known most valued really worked as a tourist guide and reagan seeburg what's your take on this tourism boom but i think it's very positive because i experienced the humble beginnings when there were six hundred guided tours in the 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 sustains it does you also understand more critical voices those who say it's too much for regensburg it can know 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 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. tell me a bit about the organization you lead and your work there we kind of lost it you

know i for one this is ren's 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. kind of model it's committed to raising the alarm whenever the old town is threatened with any danger and if opt out 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 closer to the window and longing for our name into the which 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 regensburg but you've lived here for a long time what makes regensburg so unique. that's a good question if you're stuck and i have a very strong emotional bond to the city and i feel at home here for being so but 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

sort of. 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 i mean processions you don't see that and you're working hard to keep it that way and then what would you say to the first time visitor here and i think it'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 on the subway i would put it differently i wouldn't give any tips either instead i'd recommend just coming here and staying a week and going where the wind takes you you stop so fu's discover the city on foot onto his way 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 here 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. find out in any of them or city experience and explore. cultural heritage sites. w world heritage three sixty fifty. if you're ever in regensburg and. looking for a really great place to eat this is the right spot or fake 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 in the middle ages 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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