as for getting shocked. and what european country carbs crucifixes and bakes cross buns are you correspondent good month so this is going to take us there for a taste. but 1st it's the symbol of a country that no longer exists and of a city that was once divided 50 years ago communist east germany completed construction on the berlin t.v. tower just in time to mark the now defunct country's 20th anniversary the imposing structure was meant to show the world what east germany was capable of and the tower still dominates berlin skyline today attracting a 1000000 visitors a year. with the heights of 368 meters it's butlins most visible that. since he doesn't deny 969 the t.v. tower has attracted 60000000 visitors from or over the world.

but it scary didn't expect it to be quite so high when we looked for a basis to go into the when we gave the 1st and we saw. the big dollar do you remember the nice every monuments especially in the new one we'll. show you elevators transport guests to the top in just 42nd news and get the lift that takes visitors to the viewing platform at a height of 200 free meters has a top speed of 21 kilometers per hour. for safety reasons i mean 350 people are allowed on the platform at any one time on a clear day you can see 80 kilometers. the revolving platform also doubles as a rush to launch guests can enjoy an ever changing few joining them me all. you. can do is come in and the tables are moving so 1st of all you have to find your table and this is then you are amazed by the view that greets you. so yes it's very

special when you come up those definite you know wow effect. thorsten brinkman is the boss so he gets to places most visitors don't see the antenna platform at 246 meters for example. he told me it's an architectural achievement and above all a masterful piece of engineering what my colleagues thought up using slide rules and glass is quite remarkable. the burn in television is not just a draw for the tourists it's also a very special building that can tell many tiles about the division of germany and reunification. and here with me now is do w. cultures dream candidate adrian this tower was supposed to demonstrate the achievements sapir you already would say of communist east germany did it really

well is testimony to german engineering not only east german engineering because some of the components had to be imported from the west who are example the wind came from belgium the elevators from sweden and most troubling of all the stainless steel show. from west german company disco ball there so this was a this was a west german disco actually secretly and as a propaganda tool for east germany in some ways the tower kind of backfired didn't it in the way because berlin is very quickly noticed that when the sun shone on and sometimes formed the symbol of cross so they gave the building the nickname for the pope's revenge socialism of course did not told religion in high regard to the tallest buildings in the area up till then and the churches legend has it that the communist was so incensed about the cross problem that. they consider that tearing

the talent down but this is just mentioned is actually quite little evidence to suggest that the communists or such a great problem about does make a good story doesn't. the revolving restaurant in the tower that was a pretty big hit with these germans wasn't it yes it was some suggest it has more to do with the fact that you got amazing and the red views of west and then. there was a joke going around at the time that if the t.v. tower collapsed while you're having dinner something not considered so unlikely to my mind to actually get lucky and and in the west lucky enough to be having dinner in a collapsing tower let me get this straight the tower is celebrating its birthday on october 3rd this in germany is a big holiday marking reunification of germany but the tower itself was actually built to mark the birthday of communist east germany which would be on october 7th

that's why it did actually open to the public but it was. on the 3rd fortunately. coincidentally became day as you know the unification and. has become something of a symbol for unification of the young but they hadn't and they need sidestepped the thorny issue that it was actually built to commemorate the founding of the state ok so much more convenience did to commemorate this for the present german way to make this a monument for everyone and not just for the former communist thank you adrian kennedy so much for giving us that insight into germany's highest structure thank you. crossing the iron curtain back to the west now it was the height of rock'n'roll and no one captured it quite like photographer norman see after brief careers as a soccer player and a doctor sees became a celebrity photographer catching the attention of the stars with his wild and

rowdy photo shoots a new exhibition here in germany pays tribute. sex drugs rock n roll ike and tina turner and body the spirit of the seventy's like no one else and 975 photographer norman c. captured the energy and the studio as you can see in the background there's people around so norman all he turned his sessions into party and he just would be doing a session and invite everybody off the street in that can you imagine there were $200.00 people. and just getting crazy it was. like joni mitchell. singer van morrison what do you. want. our comedian steve martin. so he was developing this technique of how to get these spontaneous improvisation

methodology really and how to get people to be sincere and honest and real. and you had different methods to do this he wants through a car he can frank zappa's fice and that didn't work at all so a huge microphone shuts and next to curtis mayfield jodie foster is being found with a piece of cardboard save signature style included imperfections but after a mistake on his 1st big shoot with the band he thought his career was dead. when so very wrong because he made a mistake you can see the reflection of the flash in the windows the speech is not so he went back to new york and drove on his way home and said my career is over before it began and he just shoved the photos under bob cato's the door and i was so embarrassed. so bob looked at them and loved them the band loved them they

didn't know how to get ahold of no one who didn't put his phone number and. now 6 boaters on display and cologne germany we caught him at a studio in l.a. to tell about his photo session with the late great child. so we need a ride to humans in the bad mood and he was pretty case as we started talking about creativity she suddenly got us where i was coming from and she started to express in some of the most articulate conversation i've ever had. what goes on. as he's working now you look like another man one or more that's incredible you would be so excited that i get the commercial shocks in the last 5 minutes seems spoto out for a child as world famous it's absolutely about the relationship with your i think we got the session ok. or the

legend the former soviet state of lithuania as one of the smallest countries in the european union with just around 3000000 people think enough though to have its own proud baking culture correspondent and baking nerd continues his cohen area tour of europe with this lithuanian installment of our series breaking bread rai is making the politics of bali comes a close 2nd it grows very well in the north europe and it's still a popular staple in the nordic kitchen take 145000000 liters of lukewarm water 135 grams of barley flour and a small pinch of feast and let them ferment overnight. the next mix 250 grams of plain flour with 200 milliliters of buttermilk and let it rest for 30 minutes. while you're waiting mesh 70 grams of boiled potatoes

along with another 50000000 liters of bottom up and don't be gentle that's what the rain years old i am maybe a tell the former president. is famous for the tough line she took against flooding near putin she was really likes to go against the grain but sometimes wants to be taken with a pinch of salt any joke that. if i if i will know i will be happy to see i can joke a little bit let's be serious and not just a pinch actually. 8 grams is what you need right now. then had 115 grams of poly flour and 50 grams of poly malt. 7 grams of east. now let your bottom oat flour mixture and need everything well for about 14 minutes. left to do a rest until it doubles in size. split the dough into 9 pieces.

barley is a small but versatile crop and it's very resilient just like lift you weigh in the within the e.u. the baltic state is at the forefront of efforts to counter russian dist information and other forms of aggression with uranium likes to be right on target usually there are some i can joke tricks and guess what there are use the handle of the wooden spoon and press a close shave into the top. spray the tops of the rolls with water and roll them in bali flakes with a cross on the underside cover the rolls with a flour tea towel and leave to rest for 45 minutes in the warm place. then bake you a baltic body bombs at $230.00 degrees for about 20 minutes. enjoy the fresh. cup of coffee. by the way the coffee is on

brussels if you raney are receives one euro 25 per head per day out of the e.u. budget more than any other member state may when your coffee is free brett tastes even better. and if you're getting hungry all of georg's baking recipes from across europe are on our website e.w. dot com slash culture.

into the conflict zone with sebastian with time running out cold brussels among them to get oppressive feel the e.u. is planning to keep the blame on the britain's system negotiations fire my guest this week here in prague is the czech foreign minister tomas petrusha he has surprisingly clear differences with the government so why doesn't he resign sophia and 13 w. . demarc unification fatherland and blooming landscapes that's what east german citizens were promised in 1900. instead the entire country ended up on the auction table. its main auctioneer. so-called trying to sell shots. their jobs liquidate and privatized they didn't

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