is that there is this corruption atmosphere and. they're looking for politicians who are clean ok the devil is. thank you for that but and you're watching news from berlin we'll have more news at the top of the ela coming up a holiday season a documentary that takes you to canada russia straight culture history continents the same level. the time. the yod at the new miscible services department 6 o'clock in the morning there's no time to lose the employees have to salute shovel and sweep before the city awakes.

montreal has a population of 1600000 and sees more than 2 metres of snow for each winter it's not quite that much today. maxine is dividing up his shift the city center needs to remain possible to vehicles half a 1000000 people and 160000 cars travel downtown every day. housewarming the monk told the bakers of each year we have to remove the bulk of it the full rush hour starts to get ready to get it that's exciting and all the snow is pushed from the left side of the road to the right side. where we pick it up later on i don't know what.

in montreal they call this light snowfall. there's no snow. at 6 in the morning and i'll be here joe hockey but it's definitely freezing cold on japan's northern miles thailand at minus 16 degrees celsius. just. the one with the blaze is harnessed in front of the sleigh for some early morning exercise a gentle giant who weighs around a tonne twice as much as a regular horse. will go with cattle he'll come this way. this is a loaded with concrete also weighs half a ton this is a training session not on snow but on a rubble track a few

thanks to ed fees thanks thanks in a country that santa's hefty sumo wrestlers these animals are here as feel as if you stood up for something oh the poor animals but you know what they like the hard work that's hard to understand for outsiders but we live with these horses 24 hours a day or less get all of what valuables if they weren't happy they wouldn't look so happy that today that what i thought of the one that oh you of course like the work of it's the largest shared hands of people and horses in the world 500 giants and 200 handlers work at the racing stable then i'll be here they don't live side by

side just a thin wall separates but gio from his coat in my and his family in my eyes. wife and daughter have to help out who says they say are their lives. it. is due to take part in the upcoming race. is that it was. a look. it's just. that i don't know that the. draft horses once worked the fields and helped build up this settlement in the rugged north after the arrival of heavy machinery the workhorses state and was switched to racing. ahead. we're off to russia the end when on a guy lake freezes over the only way to get to kish island is by hovercraft

a hit takes nesses new been seth and 2 hours to travel the 60 kilometers across the ice to reach there was a place to hitting and in hindsight it was impractical to build a world heritage site in such a remote location but well nobody could have known 300 years ago that this good chat would be so famous one day weekend. hard luck the van is stuck in the frozen shoreline vegetation the man will have to complete that journey on foot. the cons of a tour and the carpenter have been working here for years.

says that when we started the whole structure was leaning and the foundations were brittle we've been able to correct that we're constantly measuring what's. it's special to work with this most of the north of us told us still church is still yet most of history still yet but it's hard to imagine how the people cut it centuries ago with the technology we don't understand anymore and yes it's just a small. you know i'd like to learn more about that so those are some of those it's almost all. wind weather and worms have all caused serious problems for this magnificent structure in carré leah the land of 66000 lakes it's located far beyond st petersburg and home to bears moves lynxes and foxes. it's half the size of jenny it has a population of just $650000.00. visitors

are welcome. it's the perfect occasion to put the oven on to bake. my biscuits with mitt filling the tundras to pizza as it were. or the antonym and is 84 and one ina has come for tea she's 75 the 2 remember very different kinds of winters then she it used to be much colder and there was a lot more snow we jump off the roofs into the snow and we don't look at the washed up which pick up and the children had to fetch firewood we started collecting it in the spring and it was in the lead up not. believing we fetched it from the woods with the horses and then we chopped it up with an axe furious where

the really that mythical that waiter's little we had a chain saw those were good times. these 2 women had. in friends for half their lives they still take 2 hour long walks together in the woods every day rain or shine because it's better to wear out than rust out. over in canada life in downtown montreal fantine is amid a heavy snow floury such conditions typically course again disruptions in countries like germany i can say look at it this is nothing unusual for montreal we have conditions like this for months. the most important thing is to clear the main traffic arteries i don't think it's all good to say but that's our jobs it's

60. 200 kilometers of roads need to be cleared. as well as 360 kilometers of sidewalks. plus countess because. i am led it's not tempting whether to venture out into and fortunately there's a way to avoid it then tunnel city center is connected underground john's hans want knows his way around. at least that was just wilkinson my guided tour of hidden long trail we have a whole network of tunnels offices shops and restaurants can be accessed through them that even temperatures of minus 35 under snow storm are no reason to stay home as it is it that residents who live near

a subway station can reach their office or go shopping even in the worst weather. there. the french people the thing that we go to school in the underground city that we live the whole life it's left through it's a cliché thinking that we have a so bad winter 3 year so people are just living on the ground the will of winter we go winter outside but we have this if we don't want to go outside here. shopping and cinema or even ott spread out across 36 kilometers of tunnels under. our although this is the map of the underground city people there are 2 cell boys that the green one goes to the shopping district the orange one to the

business and financial district office or 3 they all adding on the main station hotels and the food line ice rink are connected to the tunnel network says ponce wa who impressively manages to complete the majority of the route walking backwards. from the display there's a concept i doubt that it's still. walking backward is a technique that we have and so i know what i'm supposed to know where i'm going if i were a professional guide so walking backwards i need to have trust in my people so they tell me if i'm going to hit the wall or something. but thankfully he manages to complete another tour without an accident in here and surprisingly out then to nothing nothing we make a big leap to the other side of the globe support how on how kind o.

in love and then. no other city has produced as many accomplished speech on please . they're training using a human flight simulator. that you're supporting and that's how children learn the proper body posture and they lose their fear of jumping. the ski jumper wearing a good number 41 has no fear tiny key is believed to be invincible. but he tells us that his train is to participate in the world championships after he's won then he wants to go on to win an limpid gold at the end of this fighting

spirit pleases the coaches and parents. at 1st i was worried about my boy but you get used to it and now i want him to win that he must. even a student competition starts with the japanese national anthem because then not just him with a fun car. our you know it's a lot better though that's how you got a great ski jumping legend nori arky kasai is over 40 now whether it's about time that the young generation put in some hard work and achieve something. they're here to pop some atmosphere the support on noise team is equipped with a drum a megaphone and a whistle. although lots of

girls now do ski jumping the club still court skate jump boys. the most talented of the mood here is 11 year old tyler he's won 14 consecutive competitions can anyone beat him. there's a competition here too and if it's true that all girls love horses then 15 year old chihiro lives in paradise. that i've grown up with horses i want to be a jockey. but i have to lose a lot of weight for that unfortunately. she's preparing for his big race for. the right accessories for his main are vital says her mother me dawtie the dog and through the end of it all he about. to get

a huge state with pink rosettes reminiscent of how little kitty and cherry blossoms . we women aren't usually involved directly with the horses or the training. we all eat together and we cook we help keep the stables clean. out of our border we try to support our men at work as best we can. or study. or string us in at. e.m.i. the coach doesn't reveal whether he's happy that the grooming or not shortly before the race he has other concerns. that they're very good morning and welcome to our ice fishing competition fourteen's are taking part with 2 fisherman each

about to start watching the sporting spirit is also strong on the icy expanses of lake on a guy in care of a india the local event agency is hosting a fishing pole. petition there are prizes for catching the smallest the largest and the 1st fish. and the draconian is up to the challenge that we're up which though in the middle of winter is a tricky time for ice fishing the waters extremely cold and the fish are very lethargic they're not in the mood to buy a block of clue of where the mom works but yet the best time is early in the morning and in the evening close by the hour which is where you're all right but not before the experts have checked that the ice will hold. late. at night you want to preserve the ice is 50 centimeters thick because nothing's

going to happen it only gets dodgy when the ice is 7 centimeters in the morning that the ice rescue service we don't have much work in winter. you can see the work we get busy in spring march april may my nieces we don't know about because we've raised awareness there are now fewer accidents new used to be but also with all of . the information fly a warns readers don't jump or run no chance andrea is going to do any of that the any passing in a hurry here is mary after an event agency she's doing her rounds with the sniffer dog to ensure competitors don't smuggle in session and then pretend they cool down . the to sort out that the more they have what they might not usually put out to air out. i think and today is a rule abiding participant he'd never do anything like that before thought that it

could be a ghost i do this for health reasons nothing was healthier than getting it as i was out in the fresh air you use all your muscles when you're ice fishing or shoulders . your back and your legs this is much better than a treadmill or a stationary bike in a gym you know we're just going to. look a small perching it could be a winning fish good luck it's a show we showed the. smoke from the chimney is of the paper factory bellows into the sky calm sets in among the participants ice fishing is 1st and foremost a spiritual exercise. not the refurbishment of kerry as world heritage site the wooden transfiguration chat is way behind shadow. but the process is complicated.

take a frame of hundreds of steel structures and clamps secures the interior the old builders didn't even need nails. and here. to move to. another. for a wood construction this is really a huge complex we have to make sure we copy the old construction technique and recreated like it was originally. and then we use the same materials everything has to look the same. they've been dismantling its log walls piece by piece like a large scale version of pick up sticks to it it is to lose your fish this year we had to divide the church into 7 belts that we removed one after the other before reinstalling them once they had been restored. we're currently working on the 5th

belt we've set it up here in the hall next door the lowe's this overall. vision shows. me the carpenter and conservation by the construction skills that the anonymous masters who left these talents to the world 300 years ago. thanks to the winds getting rougher and care daily in montreal it's bland the clouds away. in the urban canyons of the city and on the sidewalks of the suburbs it's time for the big flare up this city has to move 12000000 cubic meters of snow and sleet

every season that's 200000 truck that's. machines have come to swallow up the early shift piled up on the right side. you're just confusing it's hard in downtown montreal because the people just walk everywhere nobody looks where they're going is down the road delivery trucks and buses all over the place because we have to maneuver between them with our equipment so yeah if i just name a possible job but someone's got to do it quick she yeah something minimally out of

the city. the snow is removed to special sites outside the city just get it. out of the way. live. see t.v. shows it bit silly talk a harsh or. good afternoon at montreal's lunchtime the morning snowstorm isn't making any headlines he was 92 years old it would have to be more severe for that says laurie graham. she's a t.v. weather presenter in a city that regularly drowns in snow. less than 15 centimeters that this is just your typical winter day here in montreal it's once we get into 2030 centimeters of snow then it becomes interesting it becomes more of a news story. while 40 centimeters has been dumped on the forecast for

montreal is now freezing rain followed by plan right through the rest of the day today enough we saw this storm coming in about a week ago so already a week ago we were warning people that it looked like there would be some significant snow fall coming into montreal on tuesday it's not uncommon for montreal to see snowstorms with 15 centimeters it's not uncommon for us to see freezing rain we usually get about 10 episodes of freezing rain during the winter season. and every time it covers the winter forests with crystal's an hour's drive from the city we find the canada we see in pick 2 popes. there was a time when the spirit of the realm of the red maple leaf is also the home of maple

syrup the province of quebec produces more of it than any other place and no one sells a greater variety of maple products tends to find food in his farm shop so through the. course we have maple syrup. glass or plastic or metal bottles here we have made all butter we have maple chocolates gold nuggets sugared covered not people carom out there the middle of new get here and maple popcorn the only parts are scented so soon lotions here there's certainly different little. here's. our own maple syrup bottles and the maple syrup children's books the cookbooks and on the rules in the $300.00 c. 10 maple syrup speciality restaurant does the friendly bedded face of p.f.

o'shea the maple syrup king and stefan's father was the one who's done sing with the wolf light dog. i. am a letter for letter o. to south or north or time round. no i wouldn't i would like to voters to the south of the sun because because it's the real sees and hears wizards either called the fireplace or. pierre is 70 and already knew as a young man what was good for him he gave up his office job and travelled the world again he bought 50 hampton's of maple forest and started falling. as a satellite to go to work in the traffic is

a shitty day at the office to come back out for africa. as they are they have no sense of accomplishment and then you're back in the traffic going to morning and this is day to day the office and the people talking about we can have a retirements and you're always on like in a waiting state oh you know what they can't make do any time without office work even here because the maple sugar farm is a top tourist destination 70000 visitors heat the cool the mild every year over what they believe the while to be. the. place. to enhance you know the good news the latest news the new supplies are being delivered to the kitchen the business never sleeps accommodation company treats seminars school classes and wedding parties and

stephanie is busy with a new idea maple syrup popsicles old. game. playing and when the young aspiring. to predict the world live with her you will now know now still now. now. the sapporo noise team is ready it's high time to. play. the youngsters the ones the japanese ski jumping association is pinning its hopes

on to fly distances measuring between 3 and 25 meters that fills parents and coaches with pride over the participants get 3 jumps and it's an exciting day because taking the favorite by far is having a bad day at the. close up that. was his last jump a decisive after 14 consecutive victories the 11 year old can't even imagine anymore what it's like not to win that fellow. was a little bit. odia is messed up some coaches with pride over the participants get treat jumps and it's an exciting day because the favorite by far is having

a bad day. if it all goes up that. it was his last jump a decisive after 14 consecutive victories the 11 year old can't even imagine anymore what it's like not to when they felt it was a little bit. like. odia is messed up. somewhere his rival is cheering. he's not on the podium this time. his father used to be a ski jump him self he knows what the problem was his landing technique hasn't been perfected. so that markets you have to concentrate better on

landing you have to practice your technique constantly because it doesn't matter how badly you jump you have to finish it cleanly. to get the but you have to work even harder to get a. tight he's not in the mood to listen any more he wants to be alone winning seems so easy losing however takes practice. northern japan is another region that seen a lot less snow than usual. climate change or just coincidence it's enough a pretty pictures but not for records and it's enough for the children winter fun outside the racetrack in o.b. here though the kids are entertained so that the adults can gamble in peace and

quiet. the locals love gambling casinos are banned here but sports betting is allowed. to. go with the white markings on his face and the pink for that in his name is in good shape says gino is jockey. you know you really. get on well with him and we never argue. about it but you can't just win a race with pleasantries sometimes you have to give clear orders the 1st night the and. the live broadcast on the internet starts with the fanfare. is in the forecast track is also money to fool me about it but then i haven't really gets going. to stop the stop like i talk.

he even takes the lead until sept cano can know and arrives. i said conall kononenko isn't track 7 takes the top it looks like the cio has lost steam but he gives it his own lead come the seconds but up it's not just a big success the gentle giant i don't like to tell you he doesn't have the perfect nature for a racehorse is a gay when i get he's much too friendly what they call it was all the other horses get angry that it up but he's placid and he puts up with anything will. knowledge there were then that.

this town wouldn't win a beauty competition with its hotel blocks. nobody beds is not far from support of nevertheless it's a popular resort for the japanese it has hot springs a large number of chinese tourists have started coming in recent years too they enjoy the 2 now and want to see snow. their young men assembling basins down at the sulphur well red and white a festive color combination. of all the markets good enough we're setting up the us to fill up with hot yoga to splash around in it or not. hike. the spring water still has a temperature of 62 degrees but is too cool to

a pleasant 30 in time for the water fight. can sue kay hamada dons a traditional outfit he's a roofer but tonight he'll be dealing with evil spirits. you all know sensible to you it's a custom in japan to chase away evil was a big celebration in the middle of winter. we throw beans at leavell spirits which drives them away. after that we'll be safe from bad surprises all year long you know what city. that's how it comes to pass that a horde of hairy demons mr ahmed tour is here playing the flute surprises the chinese guests enjoying the book for a. while. it

would have been inconceivable in the past for the proud japanese demons to perform wild folk dances for vacationers from china but it would appear that nothing is as it was. but. nowadays they turned peanuts instead of beings even though their effect on evil spirits wasn't being properly researched . and that things are getting serious in the shadow of the paper mill on lake owning a gun. there was a and i want is our songs are not what you said your other contestants lecture the shoulder of the fans are. the competition is over they fought to stop fishing now we are rounds up non-complying contestants everybody was on one time only

caught one problem fish there weren't many about that there was a lot more action up here. the touch and today doesn't feel hopeful that he's won anything but his tiny patch turns out to be an excellent catch if he wins the singles category and with his friend fallon added he also wins the teen category the touch doesn't really think much of such massive fence. for him but he's nevertheless a little bit proud of the 50 denied his winning finish to a good cool as such a place. thanks thanks.

elsewhere in canada a school class is visiting the maple sugar farm to taste the winter menu in an atmosphere of gannett cousin s the whole fish dish yeah was changed it was an entertainment and on beyond everything supposed to be like it was in the good old days was the issue but the shots came and for canada that means the days of trappers and bloggers who will who were invited to imagine looked like and i pm he's making a fire again this time he's lighting the old stove although all the cooking now takes place in the big kitchen next door where everything tastes of sweet illusion including the piece and it's a yellow piece. of shit her head for

a bit of nickel syrup on a. under the thumb of people who leaves town the feeling is homemade greens and blues are my glasses and that means. here's a meatball feels good because everybody reminds them of their own so before arriving here. this is a this is really great now this is something that we forgot about and are also this is something that they can identify to because christian right. is a just a pair of jeans it's very cerebral you well. speak stephan wears a colorful woolen cape a quad belt and the his genius while he skillfully makes music with odd looking spins both are available in the city the nash up offer customers to order online from the comfort of home and. the right.

to musicians in hawkeye don't want quite as comfortable the spectacle starts in the utmost of wintry conditions. what looks like christmas trees are devils clubs and there's a whole lot of clubbing going on here today and then a stamping rice into mash mooching a traditional new year's dish. but then finally the time arrives for the wild men and their skimpy outfits. and the. it's not really clear what exactly is happening. just this much but one group was red head band this the other white and headband of

the leader has to be captured until all that gives the winners luck in business in the new year. that's still with us and the others will stay healthy that way everyone wins one. all of the items all. somewhere out there how mad out the roof is grappling and splashing but not even his wife knows where exactly the new uses to prove that good health carry off a sizable wooden phallus i think i steer eous customs that the tourists love it. means. i am. mr how modest says he doesn't get cold at least not the water that's running around this room after that it can get quite unpleasant best to run for it i think the it was the.

i am the i. on the way home of the 2 and 2 on ina's want to quickly pick up some milk from mad dash that but quickly isn't part of the neighbor's vocabulary. i was that elicited the folk dance group is rehearsing today still isn't for a while after that they'll be cake for everyone gone go upstairs i was i as long as the cultural center is being restored they dance here in the own children's bedroom they mustn't get out of practice after. the end. i do too until nina's join until after all it's better to wear out

than must out. i am i staying active and having fun that helps against the cold too because winter. it's fall from a. linux . 60 years ago he fled to india. thousands of tibetans follow their spiritual leader. they hoped for

a peaceful time. but has this become an unattainable. 60 years in exile twilight of the dalai lama and 30. doubling. for. 50 years of religious for peace. from many different faiths are working together toward a common goal is a peaceful resolution of religious conflict. now all female members of religions for peace from the middle east are demanding a larger. oh come on the ground is empowering women giving them the rule. making them agent of change to display. the female peacemakers starts january 5th.

the be. this is either every new year's live from berlin pope francis to have seen serving this the pontiff offices annual christmas blessing to this city and the world from growth as he appeals for peace around the globe also coming up. germany's president

gives his annual christmas day address saucing citizens to overcome differences and respect each other as equals. last christmas in argentina would be and think of all without. back the economic crisis is.