once he's with the taliban he wishes the german troops that used to be here had never left they at least provided some security. you're watching the news from berlin we'll have more for you at the top of the next hour coming up we've got a documentary for you on the iconic noise finding castle it's romance for some big business for others. it's. the adventures of the famous naturalist and explorer. to some liberation comics on the phone while its 250th birthday we're embarking on a voyage of discovery. expedition voyage on t.w.

. a unique moment in one of the most visited places in the world at night alone in noise feinstein castle in germany few people get to experience it like this. the media when you're alone in the coslet night the atmosphere is completely unreal and magical because you never see it like that it gives you an entirely different feel for what ludwig the 2nd was trying to do and if you let stories told by the pitches work on you it's really a very magical atmosphere system. there are.

restorers tina nama bitch and mikhail of his style or are among the privileged few allowed to stay annoyed at night. they're both working on the 1st major restoration of the castle and are taking the opportunity to look around in peace. there are hundreds of animals and mythical creatures to be discovered. still fearful for you for different to see you can see the sheer wealth of imagination that went into the furnishings if you notice it in so many details but no matter where you look there's always something to find when you pick and if you love us. then i can see if there are stories everywhere on every wall when you can just enjoy them in peace without anyone blocking your vision without having to

hurry because the group has to go to the next room that's really great. noise and was not a riginal intended for the public good being the 2nd had wanted it all for himself but it is this castle above all others that has become an icon around the world. through food through this castle functions like a legend which means that its image is more powerful than what's behind you enjoy this castle without understanding what it represents and expresses. some 1500000 people visit noice feinstein every year 4 times as many as last have in kenya say which is also in bavaria. officially there's no limit to how many visitors are allowed in. stein is too important for bavaria for that.

it's 8 am one hour before the castle opens to tourists stefan craven ticha is one of the guides and cleaning is also part of his job. cleaning companies are not allowed in the chambers the danger of something getting damaged is too great. so frank owns it up with this is how every work day starts for us we clean up the dirt left by about 6000 visitors every morning so that things are clean again for the next 6000 for the subways to do that since it's thousands. another 5 minutes then the 1st tourists arrive. during high season 20 cassel guides work in parallel every day. to fearlessly t.-bo voice was the organizational management noise feinstein castle cannot be compared with the management at the sister councils of teams a and linda hope funds and noise feinstein is

a machine of we're almost like assembly line workers we have no time for any interruptions every 5 minutes another 60 people get ushered in and there's really no room for hitches and he's. definitely been ticha originally trained as a tool maker. when he was 20 he happened to come to noyes feinstein as a seasonal worker and stayed. all right follow me praise. for back when i started an older colleague said to me every day a noise as an adventure for you. and we say here we are starting in one minutes. and the more after the close the door here. that the ladies are. higher if you're attacked someplace thank you. welcome to most

lone star in castle most also castle was built for this temple well what with the 2nd all that area that bustos how you look at in this week's twenties and the big he became king off with arya when he was. only 18 years old he'll tell that story 10 more times today as he's done every working day for the last 21 years if you have any questions tour don't hesitate to ask group my neighbors stefan and here we go. the castle tour has been timed out meticulously no delays are permissible otherwise there will be traffic jams and chaos now it's been exactly 25 minutes. 16 rooms in less than half an hour. as the indigenous so here we have the 1st bottleneck in the guided to

a halt on busy days around 7000 people squeeze through this narrow staircase as you can see that causes mechanical wear and tear because they don't pin to things and where there is damage it's tempting to poke at it so that visitors always want to touch things anyway they have this need to which is what leads to the damage we can see here. more than 5000 square meters of wall surface are affected they'll have to be checked for damage and repaired by the restorers. it's really agates no course it annoys me because when you're invited to someone's house you don't touch everything either there's a lack of respect and as a restorer this probably gets to you more anyway. but it is understandable having a have to experience is important but still we try to avoid it as best we can be when it's released as the 2 from at. the castle is undergoing its 1st comprehensive

restoration since it was built in $869.00. the restoration is set to last 5 years tina nama bitch is one of the project leaders. diem's last word is along the consul hadn't been restored because with so much splenda you don't notice the actual damage at 1st glance and it's that this one and. who are here for example you can see a typical place visitors often touch where we have unfortunately already lost the layer of paint. the tourists cause marks and wear and tear even in places they don't get to directly such as on this treasure chest. it looks really creepy when it's magnified. it's the thought that

the fact is visitors to shedding and dropping things all the time mainly textile fibers but also skin flakes hair all kinds of things and that's why we have so much dust throughout the whole room in my hood to stop of comment. for decades the wood was regularly polished with oil. but that was a big mistake because it caused even more dirt to stick to the surface. as every surface was so now i have like a sandwich several layers of oil and dirt which you really hard to remove from the base surface. and it also causes a complete optical change surfaces that were originally meant to be honey colored now look very dark mind and yet sad for the owner of it.

with his castle initially well i didn't have problems exactly but i did think oh god so many visitors and it's only from the 19th century that. there are all these forgotten pearls of the brock that nobody visits old to wrists rushed to this one so i was a little skeptical at 1st but in the meantime i have really fallen in love with the castle because you truly see that they can load with a 2nd really created his own world with that and scans a can of ed a shuffle have. to

set targets it's a tragedy the builder of noise feinstein ludovic the 2nd didn't watch strangers or anyone he had invited to enter or visit his castle he would have been horrified with the other thing but the way he built it and by keeping the public out. he essentially laid the foundation for this tourism himself and his players but as a few good luck if it isn't you might say that an agency couldn't have done a better job than this particular builder. who actually wanted the opposite power here just never good now does mr hart to. and there is more making the tale of noise feinstein so compelling. libby the 2nd spent the last days of his life in the castle until he was. cleared insane and arrested on june 12th 866. a day later he was dead. stefan klavan teacher also tells this part of the story every day to those visiting the castle. and to be.

honest i would feel when it's not hard to guide the tours it's cold but every now and then a tour will unexpectedly become difficult to tourists. he and his colleagues regularly take part in emergency drills although most of their work is routine an emergency situation can occur at any time as it did a few years ago when the fire alarm went off. and then wham things got crazy start the emergency system kicked in to play an automatic emergency call ordered the fire brigade so i announced that a fire detector had gone off and that we had to evacuate the castle and then everyone had to get out of your own town was to leave the house hundreds of people had to be evacuated. before you saw the fire department looked into it and

said it was a false alarm a small fly had flown into a fire detector and set it off so we could go back into the castle all skin earth we couldn't be dolly and she also 5. 100 was only 40 years old when all the construction words and the day after his death one of the members of the king's family they didn't waste any time they printed the entrance take tips and opened the castle to the pope and they could just 6 with us through stuff. about how to fuck with god then he thinks people immediately began to connect this fate of this legendary and very mystical man. vic the 2nd with the building. and inside there were reports in the newspapers and letters and contemporary chronicles that report that thousands gathered at the gates of nice bunch time. at the time this was regarded as mass

tourism today in the 21st century i think we'd laugh at this number. $18000.00 tourists visited noise in the 1st year today that many come in just 3 days. noise had a big advantage it was born as a tourist magnet at a time when a passion for the alps was emerging and when photography was just taking off and it is insanely photogenic. the last tour is over but the work doesn't stop. the often we've seen futile. after a day with 10 guided tours which are noisy and cramped you feel drained.

as well so i go home and i jump on my bike and ride up the mountain. and then i'm pretty glad not to see anyone for an hour and. this is you know it even has its basis one of my favorite places because of the magnificent view of the whole inch fun go castle say lake and behind the door. oh oke the facade of noise feinstein is truly world famous there are millions of outdoor shots but it's storied interior is rarely seen . this is how it's been for more than 100 years.

to become tight on our thoughts. and fame is also connected to the appearance of the postcard as a medium for which it was constantly used that the font standard if this picture of nice feinstein both inside and out hadn't been sent around the world it certainly would not be so famous today in the 21st century i'd thought some of these these days of whom. i fit for me and as i know if you compare it to the eiffel tower that is imbedded in paris or the leaning tower of pisa which is imbedded among many other sites here you have a stand alone solution sure it's in the dramatic the very end landscape but it stands relatively alone and that he has. started his off nice sunshine is like a monument on a pedestal it emerges from the rock and dominates the landscape like hardly any

other building. and it's white and white is seen as a symbol of purity as the color of innocence. that should add another crucial factor its integration into the natural landscape no other castle in such a grandiose location can offer that. this is the village of hones fungo it's here where visitors start their tour off to the castle. has only $400.00 inhabitants but about $2000000.00 visitors a year. a new 4 star hotel was recently opened here with nearly 140 rooms and a spa. it's an attempt to keep the tourists in the village for longer stays.

many locals live from the castle but sometimes they also suffer because of it. is considered a long hot make this last because the castle has been with me all my life. if you see the castle for 365 days a year and your private life at home as well then you just want to pull back and draw the curtains and be on your own for a while it's the business and. i mean long runs a souvenir shop. it's been in his family for 3 generations. his home is full of noise fun stuff and merchandise too. he's even turned his basement into a warehouse the latest delivery of salt shakers has arrived. his family history reflects how marketing turned into a brand of sorts his grandfather took over the souvenir shop in 1934.

3 things difficult i think the most important sales item was the post card so besides that there were about 20 to 45 other objects for sale. today i sell about 1500 different items. so at the moment. his shop is located about 100 metres below the castle. and you have your mother. his grandfather used to close the store for several months a year because there wasn't enough business i mean long now keeps it open all year round 7 days a week up to 11 hours a day 6 of. the best seller for a few years now it's been fridge magnets different kinds. fuel and. his shop is one of the few which still sells

a lot of souvenirs that are actually made in germany. but also to mention shelf and falling off in price but the majority of people only look at the price and none of the quality. strangely enough it's chinese tourists who don't want anything made in china. they take pains to only buy german our european things especially the beer mugs. they want made in germany german products i mean you know. there is a cost and your go they might cost more but they're all handmade from stone in contrast to products made in east asia or other european countries. that this these are ceramic dami. this one. responses have to. go from initial there are just so i think

ok i have a compact car he makes. you think you buy it you know. a few years ago i mean long and large his shop by half. but he hasn't actually been up to the castle for nearly 4 decades. he doesn't like it there he thinks it's too dark and crowded with their own. supply isn't there thank you isn't it this emotional with. which one of us that doesn't dislike however his coworker biotic them has a different take on the castle. at this time for me the castle was always like a paradise it was exciting we had our own room and the people there had a master key so i looked at all the rooms. you knew everyone it was familiar and

lovely when i go out there today it's over in 25 minutes. while i'm still wondering whether i'm in the dining room or the bedroom i'm probably already in the dining room. it's incredibly fast paced now and that's a shame. initially noice funch dining was not promoted over look big the seconds other buildings it was just one of many castles in bavaria hard to imagine today. then comes a major turning point the end of the 2nd world war in 1905 without some form of it was the very worst part of the americans occupation zone and the americans took over the castles the palaces of looted the 2nd were not reopened to the general public until the spring of 1946 when the bavarian tourism machine began to market all of the objects castles but especially nice feinstein it's

a nice one stop. the media painted noise sean stein as a symbol of the revival of post-war germany. there was actually no connection at all but it worked all the same. more and more international visitors started coming such as japanese and especially americans. a key player in. this development was walt disney. a skiff if you need us in boyd this various sources say that walt disney came here with his wife and that if this is where he got the inspiration for cinderella's castle. these are close and leave millions of people experience that castle in orlando at disney world disneyland or in tokyo. and in this respect the idea of this castle has been taken around the world and the great thing is that walt disney still somehow managed to

make clear where the original stands. noice fun stein reinterpreted for american tastes. the 1st cinderella castle was built in 1955. that's what this is that if it's quite conceivable that walt disney or his studio staff got even more ideas for their work from the castle be it from the minstrels gallery or singers are or were there is this picture of the forest. many even suspect that this illustration from the saga of the holy grail was a source of inspiration for disney's bambi. the by the should be how to even if the bavarian tourist board pump millions into advertising you would know they would still never have the same effect as disney does for noise fungi automatically and free of charge of. noise

as an object of projection. today the castles real history is largely hidden behind a few cliches. if like a fairy tale looks amazing it's like something that's not real compared to we don't have anything like a system where you feel you give a shit. but it's actually very good also i'm. paring. down that. wouldn't i love the. art historian going back was only 8 years old when he visited noyes feinstein for the 1st time since then he's been collecting everything to do with its history and the way it's been marketed. he's brought along the most absurd items in his huge collection like a bit of the castle roof which cost about $80.00 euros but in. this was

a really bizarre naps truce objects like this butter dish with nice fun depicted are from the seventy's it is. why the collection is called my fun started it all is unclear to me. even the decoration has no relation to the castle. during the ninety's friends of mine were in ireland and brought their salami back with them. he says a lot of me would get off with this head this is westphalian salami sold in ireland as german so supposedly it's good. i guess something extra was needed to underline the quality so the view of nice funch time was added to the soup one here in des moines when i swung from that to get. this the if you take something people perceive as very positive that gives them a positive feeling for you connect that thing with one that's neutral often enough once you've seen that connection 5 or 6 times in the neutral thing suddenly becomes imbued with the same emotion the same positive attitude so this advertising is

actually saying much more about noise than the thing itself because it says that noise funch time awakens a positive emotion in the consumers in the recipients at the port city of mean what's. the noise and brand is highly lucrative which is why the state of the various spent years in court trying to establish it as a trademark of area one its case and can charge licensing fees as well as prohibit companies from using it in their advertising. the castle is such an important advertising symbol and such a good source of revenue that it can't be closed for restoration for even one day everything has to be done during normal operations here the minstrels hall is being restored. and i'm a bitch is looking for her colleague he's supposed to be here. the minstrels hall is the largest room in the castle.

and the restoration work is going on 8 metres above the tourists heads. now you can see the details. this is water damage right exactly like up on the ceiling the water also got down here and for the very nice. this something here. and these 2. this is the 1st time we're doing this is really going over all the surfaces and it's necessary that of course that's a big responsibility. on the ceiling alone some 2000 individual areas need to be restored. mckayla crystal and 2 colleagues have been working on it for more than a year already. this is how the minstrels hall should look again.

when i was 1st in the minstrels hall to make the offer and this is the image i had with me. but it's really if you take the light alone and how it reflects off the gold or how the colors here interact with the sculptures. it's really fascinating. for a scene in the shifting right now the scaffolding is taking a lot of the light and so the impacts the sparkle is a bit reduced and so it's less condemned. it's 6 pm time for i mean lung to close up shop. if you want something. up if. you pay at the end of the stress has increased a lot in the last 30 years with more tourists more souvenirs and longer opening

hours. but it'll all be over in a month i mean long is retiring. that i have in mind. for decades i've been setting up my shop in the mornings and cleaning it needling. people come and want something that and hold me up that's annoying so i'll be glad when i'm done with it. end up in the feeling that this will buy a house. i mean already has a successor lined up. he now intends to switch sides and to travel the world as a tourist.

at 10 o'clock at night in the castle. the visitors have been gone for 4 hours but the restoration doesn't stop the hordes of tourists make it impossible to work on areas such as this doorway during the day. come up from the stairwell it's going to be right in the middle and look at this and it's impossible for them to get past me license they're usually also looking at the murals and have the audio guide. so i think i probably get trampled underfoot i think the good news you know but i too have been.

carefully removing the layers of oil and dirt from the wooden doors is a tedious job. but he still has several hours of work ahead of him tonight. but his openness and that is also a special feeling in the sense that perhaps no one else is experiencing something like this right now it's something unique. to get. every winter something happens behind noise walls that visitors never get to see. the huge chandelier in the throne room gets its annual spruce up at 8 in the

morning. when dubious when visitors come into this great hall the 1st thing they see is this gigantic chandelier and the word you hear most is while. the chandelier weighs about a ton. i'm always amazed at how much dust there is on it happens centimeter of dust from all over the world and there's tiny fragments bits of shoe soles everything's in there . to. step on and 5 of his colleagues have been chosen to clean the chandelier. it's both

a duty and honor. let me go with the model if you were to go over it with a normal cloth like you do at home it would be like fine sandpaper which would remove the thin layer of gold leaf. of course this mustn't happen which is why we use soft lambs hairbrushes to avoid scratching the surface when we're cleaning it. so today. they have less than an hour to finish the job. which bothers you need to stay sharp because we need to finish quickly the 1st guests will be arriving at 10. share. songs only look how it shines. it looks good almost new now we can put it back up in the job's done for another

year. the. winter used to be the low season when the staff could catch their breath but they can't do that anymore. they say stein is either busy or very busy. the combination of cold temperatures and tourists bringing lots of humidity into the castle is a major problem. restored tina nama bitch has been observing the consequences for years for example in the royal living room. the cicadas this is more or less the coldest corner in the whole castle. because we have very high humidity it condenses on the cold surface says it's even been completely i stop here in winter because the walls is so incredibly cold due to the

weather penetrating in from outside. imagine a cold beer in a b. a garden with the condensation running down the outside of the glass that's how it is here in the cold weather. so these very cold surfaces of permanently wet and salt dissolves into the plaster and forms little needles that press into the painting liah leaving bare pasta underneath when porta black that you know puts in place. a study by the fallen hole for institute shows just how big the moisture problem is. every year tourists bring 13 tons of water into the throne room alone the remarkable thing is most of it doesn't come into the castle through wet clothes but is created soley by the visitors breath and sweat. when she is less than happy i deal with humidity in lots of casals but here in

noise it's on a completely different scale because the impact through visit has is great to hear . but noise feinstein also has a great advantage in the 1900 century the big the 2nd acquitted with the latest technology such as the central heating system. it's no longer in operation but the old heating shafts can be used for a modern ventilation system today. so it's great that look at the 2nd equip the whole castle with heating systems in as shots because now we can use the shots without having to drill new ones. this is much kinder to the castle and we are really very grateful that the whole thing has been preserved for us from the time of its construction. and that load with the 2nd was so forward looking. flared up was the only good thing is the photos of.

tourists aren't aware that they're actually being blow dried in the entrance area. as again we've installed the ventilation opening up here that blows warm dry air out and then sucks again at the back the idea is to use the f. cycles to predriver the visit is. they come in from outside and are often very wet so to ensure they don't bring in enough of moisture i try to blow as much out again as possible right here in the q aisle with a visit to survive. 4 months later on a rainy may day. a chinese tourist group has just arrived in poland xango. binchy wing is honeymooning with his wife. they've booked the european tour because

it takes in noise and. somebody does and i've only ever seen outdoor footage on t.v. so we're really looking forward to finally seeing it from the inside we invite you to talk to them. oh you did it's a real shame it's raining like this. this is out. since the turn of the millennium more and more chinese have been coming to noise funch time you paying weighing is retired and is in germany for the 1st time. can the end of the this is one of the highlights of our journey isn't that what you want to know i shan't stein is the most beautiful castle in the world and a symbol of germany. but that. the chinese fascination with noise and has now gone so far that there's even a replica of it in china. the castle is a 4 star hotel in the northern chinese metropolis of dali on. its owner went to the

alcoa especially to see the original. the most meticulous copy however is in rural japan. titled park is a home for the elderly and disabled. since they can't travel the home's operator has built the most famous site in the. world on their doorstep. but only the outer facade is a copy of noice feinstein. the interior features several floors of 3 d. art installations. the tour begins most of the chinese group have never even seen a picture of the castles interior. to 40 it looks noble and luxurious like the middle ages to 30.

and then it's all over. so she said even if it was wonderful but i'd love to come back when the sun is shining and the renovation is finished to see everything without the scaffolding. and went way too fast without that i thought i'd been taken by. the way as i would have liked to have had more time inside so that i could immerse myself better in the old culture that you can see. after just an hour in and around the castle they're off again next stop that this. assault because these companies hold for good looking at it now it's hard to

imagine that noise fame will ever fade. but you shouldn't forget people's perception of quality is changing regardless of where they come from we germans are also becoming more and more quality conscious so you have to be careful that you offer visitors more than a quick guided tour through just a few rooms in the castle. with skippy to listen to and i for some tourists a photo is enough as long as it works on instagram and to be instagram mobile they need the right conditions. but there are also tourists who want to learn something and want to be taken back to the time of the. site so having that experience should also be provided for because then they'll also come back until more people about it and create the legend at home. so how was. the various intends to apply for a unesco world heritage title for noise. many are hoping that that will finally

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