tv Check-in Deutsche Welle April 18, 2020 3:30am-4:01am CEST
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seaside resorts and red brick gothic architecture those are going to be 2 key elements of my trip to germany's northeast i want to discover sheilds and a world heritage city and the baltic island of luton. to get a little overview of i'm at st mary's church it's considered a masterpiece of late gothic architecture and vosa tower that gives me a perfect view of the city. here in straws and i'm going to admire and amazing viking treasure and local delicacies i'm also really looking forward to exploring the island of including in the low season one it's not so overrun with tourists. besides that we'll show you what delusions famous shock is used for.
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our female of the week takes us to a popular festival in colombia. and our globe trotter will show us the winter sports paradise around davos in switzerland. charles and was founded in $1234.00 and was a member of the mediæval trading alliance the hands the attic league it's now symbolized by the magnificent brick gothic architecture built at the time it's also why shawls and was declared a unesco world heritage site in 2002. and the port you'll find a real eye catcher the gores fuck a former training sailing boat built in 1933 and these planks could talk the captain's cabin has seen german russian and ukrainian skippers rest their weary
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heads. the vessel was built and hamburg and was given to the soviet union as reparation after world war 2 in 1901 it became property of the ukrainian merchant navy. since 2003 the course fox has been back in its original harbors serving 1st and foremost as a museum the vessel which is not sea worthy anymore is maintained by an association that hopes to one day bring the old lady back to see. the building you see right behind me was built several decades after the course fought but it's just as impressive since opening its doors in 2008 the old dad has welcomed over half a 1000000 visitors a year and once inside he'll understand why prepared to enter the underwater world .
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it's speeding time in the o.t. yani holmes large pool for showing fish there has to be enough food to satisfy the appetite of the $250.00 kilos and tiger shark otherwise it will eat the mackerel. there are 45 aquariums here the biggest contains almost 26000000 liters of salt water and is the museum's main attraction. the foundations were laid for the old siani human september 2006 on the streisand peninsula. less than 2 years later the museum was opened with 9000 square meters of exhibition space and german chancellor angela merkel attended the opening. since then the old siani has become an integral part of ties and. behind the scenes numerous employees
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keep it up and running the old siani rooms residents need about 10 tons of food a year fish kristie asian squid and dry food. and i moved in with the summer feisty and others more hesitant so we have to make sure they all get their fair share. this oceanographic museum focuses on marine life in the north and baltic sea. among the visitors are both tourists and locals. and children can come here for classes outside the normal school curriculum that's great for us and strollers and they can study biology in the o.t. are nails in the room. and by informing people about the world's oceans the museum also aims to help protect them.
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this building was an abbey intil the 16th century later it was mostly used as an arsenal armory and school in the 1950 st catherine's monastery was turned into a museum. the most remarkable of its countless exhibits is this viking treasure it was discovered after a storm washed up on the neighboring island of hidden see. this in viking treasure doing and was and that's one hidden. in the hidden say a treasure came to. because back in 873 a woman went to a goldsmith hearing. and wanted to know what one of the pieces was worth as it looked a bit like gold. and the goldsmith fetched who was the museum's 1st ever director. because he immediately knew it had been made by vikings or more and more pieces. as
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mysteriously came to light so the museum director went to hidden say bargained with the fisherman and managed to acquire 16 of these amazing pieces of jewelry for this museum shaft safed untied it is a toy box yeah investors do you know what everything is someone i can tell that's a necklace but with the rest you'll have to help me buy the best of them enough to win it. and then earlier see recognized is the only piece that's really solid gold . does this also it consists of several gold rods twisted together and we had the most beautiful object in the entire ensemble. accountable roach used as a class or an outer garment. about that came from franconia and quarter tire this round fibula was used in their clothing. and that's what i've been the scandinavians originally had 2 oval fibula or and.
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then we have these pendants they have proper legs so you can hang them on a chain as if you had. come and often and you'd be sure this treasure is in one piece or could there still be some gold buried in the sand and hidden in the. board for stick to the down hope that we still hope we might find another piece if you look at the pendant you can see they're not all identical very similar but they're so skillfully crafted that it's very into zein i think about that yen and then mcguffin also if you assume they have been symmetrically arranged on a chain it's like 2 or more pieces are definitely missing after one for life maybe someone from hidden say it's one of those pieces in a jewelry box and this is a tile or. is this kind of gold treasure unique to under or is there something similar elsewhere in germany or europe. as.
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a treasure like the one we have here is unique yet the vikings tended to work in silver so an ensemble of jewelry in pure gold is incomparable with its almost pure gold with them lies in the material side of life if you look closely at the pieces we'll see it's the highest quality goldsmiths aren't you could expect from that time. which is outside of. work out some of our favorite travel perks on instagram. d w travel. before continuing my travels i need to replenish my energy reserves and for that i'm going to try on local specialty i know what i've been told i have to try the bismark herring and yes you must maybe even cherry nachos. i don't think i'll go for the
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bismarck i've heard so much about it often heard yeah no one in bismarck of bismarck sure thing i'm bismarck with annoying. the name goes back to mark the 1st chancellor of a united germany he loved them apparently. and then given their own don't match his to try to. why doesn't just special has it amazing it can get through but i think it's well pickled so it's nice and sour and the skin is still on the way it should be. so alicia's. full and happy i get on the road this bridge connects to the island of luton and to prepare you for my next destination here's a little overview. the. irgun is germany's largest island and like it is in the state of mechlin book for
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almost 80000 people live here added to that are far more than a 1000000 tourists annually the sandy beaches can get really full in the summer but things are quite relaxed in the winter. time. for the island is known for its distinctive chalk cliffs they rise up over 100 meters above the sea and are part of the national park. the british to information center lies above the cliffs. it takes you through 70000000 years of the earth's history from the primordial era to the present. beyond the coasts brogan is also shaped by its landscapes. the island alone has 3 nature reserves. down wasn't
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a whole and the rushing roland is another of the lukens attractions. the steam train has travelled the narrow gauge track since $895.00 at a pace more leisurely and then its name implies. one of the places that wasn't all and takes is to go on its hunting lodge. the building in italian renaissance style dates from the 19th century and became a popular destination for the nobility and celebrities back then. autobahn bismark is said to have climbed to $154.00 steps in a tower to enjoy the view. like other seaside resorts are going to has benefited from tourism since the early boom in the late 19th century. former villages like selling then bins developed into
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fashionable baltic sea spas with their magnificent bill is near the beach. there are gleaming white wooden decorations are typical of the architecture associated with seaside resorts. in 1870 bins had a total of 80 vacationers nowadays he can add over half a 1000000 to that but in winter i can barely imagine what this must look like in summer. because as you can see in the low season things are just like back in the day no people no hustle and bustle just perfect if you're looking for some peace and quiet
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. well now jake and giant leap from the baltic sea down to this. video blogger steve heymans and a fellow globe trotter paid a visit to the world famous wonder sports resort of holes and from the look of it they spend their entire time on skis skates and they are. my quest to show you the best winter destinations brought us to the alps again. from davos switzerland. divorces a municipality in the country on earth go bend or crease on that 1560 meters it's
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the highest town in europe and home to one of its rulings biggest ski resorts with 6 main ski areas totaling 320 kilometers of slopes. good morning i got birdies are great to get to so everyone else. after a full day of skiing it's time to have some pasta shutter button. to make it complete without sleep for a. long. time for us to sit in this ice skating rink up also. perhaps some of the focus here. but also elegant interested. in a little while it was
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there. ought not to talk about so much to. believe that this is my sister city to come here my next stop on the island of luzon is got to know it's the island's gateway to the baltic sea from here i'm setting out to see the famous chalk cliffs from the water. but unfortunately today is not my day the sun can't get through the mist and clouds . but it's certainly striking the way that tower majestically out of the water.
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you can stalk lives for with our goal leave the islands most spic tag. but the chalk is also a natural. application. for example. cliffs were created 6000000 years ago in southern europe through the shifting of tectonic plates the deposits were pushed to the north. they were thrust to the surface. from the remains of tiny marine organisms. especially because no other sediments were dragged into this basin with it. and there are those for the last 150 meters or truck sediment sitting here on the surface. and some of them are up to 160 meters above sea level but in reality and there's only one place in germany where they exist and that's here on the island of
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kruger does a sea of that it's all you. can even has a museum devoted to chalk it's been mined here for almost 200 years chalk is used as fertilizer in paint and in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. to process the chalk it's soaked in water separated from undesired components and dried what used to take 8 weeks now takes about 8 minutes. for medicinal chalk only especially fine material is used after it's been additionally cleaned what remains as the museum informs visitors are mainly residues a planktonic form enough era these single celled animals had skeletons made of small calcite platelets when the organisms died they sank to the seabed and form the chalk sediment. physiotherapist york snyder from sasnett has been using hogans
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medicinal chalk since the early 1990 s. this natural product dissolved in water is said to stimulate the heart and circulation and have an anti inflammatory effect. on vanity you know if it's used as a poultice on the back or joints warm or cold or if you're experiencing a rheumatic episode for instance it's applied cold or more about the chronic conditions it tends to be used to warm or cool. than ever and. the poultice is sealed to stop the chalk from drying out medicine or chalk was used on the glue gun as early as the turn of the 20th century. the sediments from the cretaceous period are. also used to help cleanse and regenerate the skin has a face mask. this absolute bicester skin is so soft off to its home and at 1st it tingles a bit but the skin regains its moisture quite quickly and then it feels so much
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softer to put it is absolutely. one thing that's never lacking on a holiday island like luton is accommodations there are thousands of hotels apartments and vacation homes but if you're looking for something a little unusual head to now talk about where you can rent floating lodges and houses on stilts and you can try out a whole range of water activities tell ya he is the man behind the idea. of us this is a truly unique place how did you come up with it and. we have just about everything on offer when it comes to water sports that makes us unique and we can. you can learn sailing with us go swimming off the terrace of your house you can go fishing you can do everything related to water. from a launch in the floating houses were the 1st of their kind in germany and the
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houses on stilts that you see in the background are still unique in germany from the outside what kind of tourists come here do they like the concept of i'm going. in the summer and in the holiday season many families with children come here because they can spend their time sailing swimming and fishing. but we also have gusts to come only in the winter because we have regular customers who have been coming for decades i mean every winter for 3 or 4 weeks they know what to expect and they have their favorite floating homes they bring their own red wine and pasta turn off their cell phones open a good book and really enjoy the tranquility of winter good bye on. the still taos is on luton southern coast are inspired by similar constructions on the maldives. that goes for the inside too. i may not have brought any red wine and pasta but
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a book is enough to make myself at home. well i sit back relax and watch as evening falls you guys are in for another v mail this one takes us to the fiesta they sound kuan in colombia an annual celebration that goes on for 4 days and according to this video sent in by ricardo king younis i'd say a good time was had by everyone involved.
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the river my last stop on legion takes me back to the beach of the. where. you'll find bonfires and mulled wine here. i. would. love to grab. one of. the perfect place to take a look back at my trip. and then love. from the gold treasure and struggling to the spectacular nature including if you want to escape the hustle and bustle of the big city and all the stress that comes with it
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