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tv   Check-in  Deutsche Welle  September 15, 2019 1:30am-2:01am CEST

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he takes it personally you end with a little bit wonderful stories that make the game so special. that all true for. more than football online. i was yearning for some fresh sea so i decided to take a trip to germany's most northern state. where exactly on the shoreline it may look like a river of but it's actually an inlet of the baltic sea. so
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what better way to kick off the day than by looking at the boats while taking in the christmas salty air in the city of copland's historic harbor at 1st glance the sly comes across as a quiet and relaxed place but that wasn't always the case in this he used to be the land of vikings and bottling trade with places all around the known world but i'm getting ahead of myself for now and stick to the present and all the other things coming up on today's show. we'll take a trip to georgiou where local mean a company will show us around the capital tbilisi. will also visit friends school which was once the rome capital of europe you can still get high quality drama there today. and this week's viewer video takes you to los angeles and sunny california.
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a couple in used to be a fishing village but today it lives mainly from tourism it's a great base if you want to explore the area. and. one of the city's landmarks is the amanda the tallest windmill in chase the charge time. inside there's a museum with exhibitions on seafaring and fishing in the region. this lie is about 40 kilometers long this way will come up on the baltic sea and all the way over there on the other end of the end lead in the city of shady but why tell you about it and i get to show you a little overview. of. this long estuary was formed during the ice age and is what geologists refer to as a few are dorsy in. its structures
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a long way inland from the baltic sea. to the south of the shah and lies the port city of kiel on the keel or fjord. in the far north is flame spork close to the danish border. there is plenty of peace and tranquility to be found in the region there are nature reserves on both sides of the water bush law and the surrounding area is protected landscape. unit. and there are around 20 marinas on the slide and if your it is known for its wide variety of sailing conditions. but you can enjoy just about any water activity here this line has an average depth of just 3 meters many stretches are shallower. so it's ideal for people of all ages abilities and degrees of dare.
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along the banks of the sly like many idyllic villages with such group houses. one is particularly charming arness it's the smallest town in germany both in terms of area and population just 280 people live here. where there is water chances are there's fish food smokehouse is an institution in the region it's been a favorite of fish lovers for over a century. i don't hello can i like to try one of your fish sandwiches which would you recommend you have to skip that depends on what you like but i like the yule sandwich it's a good it's not an evil that is coming up. here you are and we're going to enjoy.
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once every hour of this 9 bridges race to let ships pass through. the fly is quite narrow here but it's not far to the baltic sea. and i don't want to pass up the opportunity to go there can't board without checking in with captain julieann as the boat. around your cruise 2 loads an endless limond on the m.s. shot cup and takes about 2 hours. the captain's son john olin is not the helm today. this lineman up in insula is situated at the mouth of the slide it's shaped constantly changes as a result of the wind and waves during storm time sleiman it can be completely submerged and most of it is a bird sanctuary. this lighthouse has been guiding ships
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to safety since 871. and one side of the peninsula faces the open sea. as you know we love it when you invite us to visit your hometown this week mean a couple not so cold is over to do when we see the capital of georgia she's a student there and really knows her way around let's go meet a local. hi everyone welcome to see i'm nina barn and raised in 3 ways and i'm so excited to show you my favorite places in tbilisi. for a young person really sees a really great place to leave because it's small it has both the traditional and
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mordor cultures and it unites a lot of organs tile cafe's and bars and coffee shops and they slide through really easy to move around. it was is full of churches but you should not just go to church which is the oldest one in tbilisi and dates back to the 6th century. the streets off to be we see is a fascinating place to wander around no where else in the world you can find this kind of mixture of the our new row buildings and modernist architecture which creates an infallible architectural heritage.
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now i'm taking you with me to the 94 1st with a cattle car to experience some of the city's best to be used. you have to admit that this is a breathtaking view off to be we see it. you can see everything from here the peace springs 30. to church the holy trinity catholic girl the baby hall. the freedom square. as food in georgia is as important as breathing and the wind has a major part in our culture i'm going to take you with me at the restaurant to try
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some of george's special dishes with. the georgian cuisine is very special because of its widespread use of wallace in almost everything period can see this was walnuts paris was walnuts and also pumpkin with all of. this dinner is a great way to end a wonderful day in tbilisi i hope you like or and hope to see is sewn into really see. now i'm in the studio situated at the end of this line further inland beach calls itself the viking city and it's of great historical importance to the region the old fishing village of home is especially pretty. knows maybe some of the people here actually still have viking blood.
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it all started over there that's where the viking settlement of height of blue was in the 9th and 10th centuries it was one of northern europe most important trading hubs today all that's left of it is a museum and a reconstruction of the settlement but it's still very much worth a visit and only a short boat trip from space. how did the vikings live 1000 years ago. visit the museum to today that you can see how they made tools and weapons how they cook food and build ships . 70 factual and houses like those in the original settlement have been reconstructed here with direct access to the north sea underwater way to the baltic
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this was the perfect location for trading precious stones weapons pelts. proven. treasure trove. many of the finest can be viewed in the viking museum. the vikings are often brutal warry is but the museum exhibition shows there was more to them. they factions intercut silver objects. times made explicit glass jewelry many vistas all surprised by what they see. unlike the classic image of vikings as warriors what i saw here showed me that they were 1st and foremost merchants and internationally training europeans. even somewhat cosmopolitan. not far from hyde to boot is the down of
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an impressive 30 kilometer long system of interlocking fortifications consisting of walls earth mountains. together. to provide us with a detailed picture of life on the archaeological discoveries indicate that this site was once a global trading center. we found mercury from western afghanistan. gets from the frankish empire and from the white sea. it. used to be a trading city comparable to ports of today like hamburg or rotterdam. many merchant and trade routes met here where their goods were distributed. in the town of pick the important for our understanding of history.
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another important historical. castle. the influential do exceptionally has been charged and got off used to reside here. but castles chapple dates back to 1519 and has been largely preserved in its original form the small dutch she was a mighty center of power in northern europe. you. got off also houses an archaeological museum one of its most amazing exhibit is the needham boat a warship from the year 32080. i mean in museum curator each are cool to learn more about the region's rich history.
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put out there for the dr cool what happened here after the decline of height of the advent of the people moved to the other signs of the show i do want to make today that quickly became a new important senator on the one hand to trade but also is the seat of the bishop and should you stand the king going to the consul initially served as residence and fortification for the bishop after that it became to makes residents at least i don't say when one is jealous of its golden era describes it in the 17th century when it was the dutch as we call shine it got all of these at that point it was really one of europe's prime cultural centers of culture not to military might was used to try to rowing is to the level of 10 mach 5 that was an outstanding time when there was a couldn't come up when there was a lot of construction done on the consul when the governors were planted and when there was a he or she library here your boss once said it was
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a center of both science and the arts it had far reaching influence. even the only one was of course of its history of this region periodically belong to denmark why were the danes so interested in it. a lot it often happens that the duke of make was also the king of denmark. which meant that from the danish perspective this region was always a part of denmark. under the. break was officially a danish fief but they were increasingly pushing for their sovereignty so what we saw or put in simple terms was a centuries long back and forth about whether this region belong to the german empire or to denmark so this is how did the stand of slaves be hunted down and then getting a part of its name was. something that's. placement of the city of chalets big on the line was a seat of power and scent of a train so before long of a duck she was called. so many centuries the 2 duck she's taken home undivided and
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to give thanks for what today is the state of. ohio over there to this hordes of dust from the slums. in this stately baroque garden also belongs to the castle it was commissioned by duke frederick the 3rd in 1637. and here we find the gloss off globe the old historical house was replaced with this modern building the purpose of which is to keep a technical masterpiece safe the globe is 3 meters in diameter and the outside to the earth's surface. on the inside there's a map of the stars and a depiction of how people in the 17th century view the sky above the got off globe is known as the world's 1st planetarium this one is a copy of the original was taken to st petersburg by
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a russian tsar. i imagine he used to sit in front of the globe and fantasize about what life was like on the other side of the world. nowadays we're here for that and this week's main melting want to show you around the city of angels los angeles california. the goal of the political. will to build. build build build build build. build build build build the roof. cool. food clothes.
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food. loaf. loaf. for my visit to dislike comes to an end i want to try my hand at sailing sailing instructor all about is going to show me the basics on a boat built in 1957. in mind offense i know nothing about sailing you know when 1st we slowly leave the harbor and i'm allowed to steer. ok. oliver sets the sails while i try to get
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a sense of what's happening. let me know are we supposed to be tilting this much. round more russ most neptune lawrence klara nicholas they're going to give him we drink to us so that you may always smile upon us and give us good wind cheers but on a whole. lot let's hope that sailing dawns like sherry. next lesson in sailing lingo because because of the profile of the sail the flow velocity on the outer side is stronger than the inside and then sagging is when you turn towards the wind and giantess through it right. no the other way around you there for a long time doesn't impact starting the rope so the back stay. they support the mouse to go through must know the names i understand about 2 words of what you just said. not as easy as i expected.
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but if at 1st you don't succeed try try again. and eventually i too get to hoist the sail. this is the best part about sailing blinding smoothly across the waves a perfect way to enjoy my final moments on the show. i just like that's i mean friends book the 3rd largest city in after kiel and flew back. in just 5 kilometers south of the border to denmark and. if you're looking for a souvenir you're sure to find one in a local arts and crafts shop. good. friends well his proximity to the water made it almost predestined for trading. shipping and
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trade left a lasting mark on flynn's back in the 18th century local merchants mostly dealt with sugar and rum from the caribbean that's because friends used to belong to denmark and the country had colonies in the west indies and it was thanks to the rum trade that lends both experienced its best of times. it was from here from the flensburg fjord harbor that ships set sail to the caribbean to bring rock to europe. for. the annual run regatta come in rates the time when funds board was the brom city of europe. over $100.00 sailboats compete in the event. some 200 years ago the merchant ships brought wealth from the caribbean into the city. its head to the train with the danish colonies
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it wouldn't have become so affluent in other words without sugar in rome. but this trade also had a far less savory side denmark engaged in so-called triangular trade get shipped slaves from africa to the caribbean to work on the sugar cane plantations there. magnificent merchant houses from the time still stand in flensburg today. walking through the city it's easy to imagine how rum was once refined blended and stored here. there were around $200.00 rum houses in flensburg at the end of the 18th century. and they managed to keep their business is going from. long time.
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after the 2nd world war flensburg produces moved in on the markets of west germany . and divided it up amongst themselves. tired until the late ninety's or cool most well blended roman germany came from. today only to ram houses remain from glory days one belongs to. who is keeping the family tradition going. just like his grandfather he gets around from jamaica or finds it inflames book storage it's very important. how long does it take to make rum from start to finish. not
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a myth. that depends it varies according to what you drink water the lighter white or younger whereas brown rhymes are more intense because and as a rule of thumb should be left in the barrel for 6 years. or distilled rahm's or between 8 and 12 years old but we also have one from 1965 in another 22 year old distilled rum. and now i think it's time for a drink ok. great. i do this. here's a nice jamaican rum. so that's pretty strong how much alcohol is in there that there was only 28 percent 000-000-0000 extension 0 you say. from isn't for the faint of heart
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for those who prefer gentler spirits johnson's rum hounds also has less potent options. thanks to the water one last time. let's pull beaches practically around the corner it's considered flensburg city beach. my trip to the north is coming to an end and i really loved it here the water is never too far away there the maritime vibe and beautiful landscapes all around the region's history is super interesting and the rum will knock your socks off solid
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