ok. that's good there's probably no place anywhere in the world things more inventive such a quick succession plan for. the renaissance. starts april twenty second w. . i'm in dortmund's the city in germany's war region isn't necessarily known for its beauty but it is for many other things. for me shopping in the city center football

fell below zero before. my long hard work stealing co and if i think a vocalist at a beer or two. ok sounds like a plan but first let's take a little sightseeing tour. also and best in how big are dortmund central shopping streets it's been an important commercial route ever since the middle ages. dark one is also very green at least in the summer that is here and best park you'll find one of the city's most famous landmarks the t.v. tower nicknamed floria. and then there's lake phoenix and. artificial body of water on the grounds of

a former steel plant. just like many other cities in the rural area dortmund was once an important center for the coal and steel industries its second claim to fame was football and while most of the industry has fallen victim to structural changes football is still a source of pride and joy in the region in this edition i want to find out how all of this dortmund past and present shapes the city to this day and there's much more on the show of course. we'll check out x. taxation and night dedicated to industrial culture in the region. globe trotters steve painters discovers the pharaoh islands between norway and iceland. and as always we'll have the viewer video of this time it takes is around does take

a stamp. boardman's phoenix lake is an exclusive residential area and a popular place to stroll. but there are still remnants of the area's industrial past to be found the lake was created only on the eastern part of the former steel plant field blast furnace was conserved in phoenix west as a memorial to the city's industrial past. and now i'm eating high can ignite he she gives regular guided tours through the complex so tell me it's this one's mine. who's. the best part of the tour it takes you way up in the air thirty meters above ground to be exact and the view is amazing.

phoenix western iron ore into raw iron from here it was transported to phoenix where the lake stands today there the unrefined iron was processed further to produce steel. that's a steel works here we have an overview the lake is here and between them there was a railway connection that's now a great cycling and walking trail. standing in the blast furnace complex. the plant was in operation until nine hundred ninety eight that's why i know times were very different back then so i was the air. no money going near to dog months you only hung up your washing on the wrong day once. once we reach the plant itself we're off to the engine room. from here and

engineers steered the wagons that would take the materials forty meters up and into the blast furnace. so it's an on the next platform back when the facility was active the air here was very unhealthy. people only came here with industrial style breathing apparatus. some good it. in the regions golden age up to nine thousand people worked in phoenix east and west now the only people here are tourists like us. there are many industrial plants that were repurposed following the structural transformation of their region sledge towers were turned into audio installations railroads into bike lanes but the hand that coking plant and dortmund was maintained as a monument to the city's industrial heritage just like phoenix with let's take

a look. at steel works like phoenix west need coke as a fuel for the blast furnace is that smelt. coke is derived from comb until nine hundred ninety to find thousand tons of fuel were produced every day in the hundreds of coking plant. bob those days are over. worked the ovens until the plant closed now he's going to visitors through the old facility. there. it was backbreaking work then there was that moment and summer when it was already hot outside there was radiated heat on the oven roof temperatures on it were never under sixty degrees celsius. the

heart of the cocaine plant is the machine whole. issue. you can tell how hard they work here i just find it impressive that they're trying to maintain it. to the hands of cocaine plant is being maintained but not polished into a high gloss tourist destination it shows what happens to an industrial complex when left to itself now nature is slowly reclaiming their site. michael vick now shows me to the dortmund another symbol of the city. this building embodies structural change in the region it's been turned from an industrial hobby into a popular site for the service and creative sectors in what used to be the union brewery rather than beer you'll now find exhibits a museum and art project. and this i mean.

this is basically my favorite exhibition even though i say that in almost every floor but that you two in particular represents what makes this museum special you can not only look at modern art you can create it yourself on. this exhibit that means taking your own pictures. that's all stayed with you symbolizes the modern the region like no other institution and what led to the structural change. now that's had them into the tool doesn't it i don't want to do with the fact that globalization made it cheaper to buy color than to mine it here so in the one nine hundred seventy s. the nation more and more was born and brought simply because it was better value for money. as i thought going to go and you know what that's and jobs here were lost in the late one nine hundred seventy s.

dartmouth has lost eighty five thousand jobs lost and we come back how come that changed because at some point there were new perspectives and projects now but as we speak as i thought that was mentioned you think what's important was that there were people who can simply think a step further than we can imagine it ultimately started with car guns and the i.b.m. shop park in the one nine hundred ninety s. how did you have the idea that it wasn't about each town doing its own thing but about the entire region working together. since a very important signal the door commanders with the first to be hit hard by the crisis and authorities here had to think about how to master it. at the time of the mission and they did how did that impact tourism in the region. of overnight stays is rising constantly i mean it's not just because dartmouth has a very successful football team it's also being recommended as a destination for short breaks to people in germany. and then there are increasing

numbers of visitors from abroad who are fascinated by the way a modern technology oriented system can link to its industrial past that industry and you can plunge into history and at the same time enjoy the green and attractive sitting around it you know and a clock even stopped. thanks for the tour and the talk that's my pleasure the more areas biggest cultural event is the next night dedicated to the celebration of industrial culture for one day two thousand artists take over forty five venues in twenty one cities one of them of course and most imaginable locations are turning to stay just for music for theater and even for five years shows check it out. we make an easy going start in duisburg north landscape park taking historic train over the twosome called compound. later we're

going to there's something like this there as well for fun we want to revisit the tone of i'm calling mine we really wanted to see the light show that. we're going to be old zinc factory and. the walls. at the henry iron works in fighting an opera singer tina zick is trying to catch a man. or woman who was becoming a. good. thing is this woman worried that her husband will succumb. ok you can take care of himself i'm not worried about michigan. it's starting to grow dark and the extra festival begins to show its luminous side.

outside the iron works are dancing down in the basement there's thrills and chills just bits of peace please don't kill me stab at the nameless one oh and don't worry i won't so but as soon as your body can no longer take the pain you'll die on your own. the hunza coking plant is also of and you. must future lots of fun lots of visitors nice guy it's it's grace a grace event. then there's a fire show accompanied by a string quartet. the extra night of industrial culture takes place every june and it always gets the

entire rural region rocking. now i want to find out a bit about dortmund's other claim to fame football. begins october of twenty fifteen it's been home to the german football museum a kind of one stop shop for football fans young and old. it's a place that documents the nation's sporting past by taking a look back at some of the most glorious moments and. werman football history like the world cup win if nine hundred fifty four. different sections of the exhibit are dedicated to club and women's football. at its heart and the

trophy room you'll find many of the sport's most coveted awards including of course germany's world cups. there are a total of one thousand six hundred exhibits the biggest by far is the bust that carted around germany's two thousand and fourteen world champion. and now let's get out of here because globe trotters steve amish is waiting for us on the ferro islands that's an archipelago about halfway between iceland and norway popular mostly among hikers and bird watchers no wonder really because the landscape is truly impressive. welcome to the faroe islands. episode i will show you would be silenced by hiking on the water bootsy collins and the islands from above from

a helicopter you're ready then put your point in the rain jacket song and we're ready to go. now we're in the capital. here we're staying like the locals staying in their little brown. shoppers. oh. it's true. about to go kayaking. with hunts who's preparing them and i'm going to

surprise you and then. we're off. rowing is a lot of fun like along this coast here especially because we don't have strong winds and currents so it's very relaxing to slide along the coast and see this rocks here and the landscape around little villages over there to keep wreaking nice. clean if you have seen one image of the faroe islands and it's probably this this waterfall here. it's called the model. but it's better known for the village which is up there which is called. so this is a very very picturesque spot at least

here on the boat because we want to see puffins today we're going to be. starting from sydney but. it looks promising the weather so fine. if he. believes even when he's puffins little thing it will. lead. to fact seeing a fair islands from the ground is pretty nice but it's even nicer when you get up into the air so i'm not taking a look up the flight. and that's it from the fair islands see you soon.

in dortmund one football club is king the black and yellow or rosy endorsement it was founded in this building in one thousand and nine this has become a favorite destination for dortmund fans making pilgrimages from around the country . but listed buildings in the area make it a worthwhile visit keven for people who don't like the beautiful game. full disclosure i'm a huge fan of byron munich dortmund's biggest rival so kind of moving behind enemy lines here and i'm starting to realize that no matter how hard i try there's no getting around this team in this city. one good example the holy trinity church just a stone's throw from the famous. here

people don't just come to praise the lord but also they are teens. of course poses plots and the holy trinity church are the only places of worship for dortmund fans in town there are actual cathedral is the team stadium signaling it do not park. the. seek knowledge you do know park is the biggest stadium in germany. for one football cock. block in yellow a time german champions as well as european. winners and have taken the laurels in both the champions league and intercontinental cup. their fans in the city are extremely dedicated. when there's no match taking place the stadium is open for guided tours. we now have room for

more than eighty thousand people but most in the stand on the south terrace there are just under twenty five thousand places they're almost off for season ticket holders it's practically always sold out. the. door natives are hard fish lives and works for both aussie adornment she has both a fan and a stadium guide she leads visitors through the stadium system of tunnels and even into the holiest of holies the locker room. in the heart of the stadium the past comes to life again in the coliseum the team's museum it houses historical exhibits pictures and even a replica of a pub because the football club was actually born at a regular table that. may not go to men founded back then i don't think they could

have imagined what they were founding and what it would be a hundred years later it's very special. and this one must be on. the campus had great success and a few small scandals at one training camp for instance blair's pact of bra into a teammate suitcase that set off a crisis with his wife back home. on the muslims in the end figured out they had to help get him out of trouble so they helped the first and only team meeting today with a woman in attendance so. that. football stories from the region aren't just for the horsey adoption fans. where there's football you can be certain but here isn't far away dortmund has a long brewing tradition i'm headed to the popular bar a.d.h.

to meet up with a beer summit marcus malva he and his colleagues have a mission to teach dortmund there is more about the quality and delights of their favorite beverage to reach that goal they offer brewing seminars and beer tasting. or. chosen three great specialty beers here we'll start with the dortmund you believe here it's a very new beer that's just come out for the fiftieth anniversary of the daughter one day you are landmark one zone bought size one going to pour it in quite carefully for its melon that has a sweet bready note like brioche but you'll also smell the hops is. definitely. beer like this practically demands a savory snack across the markets recommends the homemade potato bread and sour cream the perfect pairing for this very mild. man.

next up an herbal beer from belgium the so-called good it's triple ferment and pretty strong and first some reason smells like apple juice but. it's really sparkly isn't it who never tasted anything like it. and this is a beer that's great to serve as an aperitif finish and paying glass to surprise people with washing. on to the third one marcus serves it with onion chutney it's from dortmund and called divots coffee. and that's in my head. for me it's reddish in color and the taste reminds me a freshly baked riah bread. not ones i tried for so which beer did you like best most of the fun well they were all pretty green but i'll go

for the goat the glued to the outsider yeah it's the outsider. even if i'm thoroughly enjoying all of this right now we should leave town again and pans out with check in mirrors anton and anastasia from russia this end of the video from there make a scene in the can down mountains and i was making fun from the looks of it they had a lovely track. we

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