beethoven is for us. is for clegg. 202250th anniversary here. and. this is so our land is state in southwestern germany that borders france of luxembourg excluding the city streets of berlin braman and hamburg solid is the smallest state in germany roughly 100 kilometers from end to end.

a great way to get a feel for the region it's by crossing it by boat. and. other things in the sol and still an insiders to the small state is not as popular as bavaria all the baltic sea until 2012 coal was still being mined here. used to be an industrial region sure gree true during for tourists but that has changed. an extensive network of hiking and biking trails provides direct access to nature. circling ironworks unesco world heritage site owners the region's industrial past.

and this week's secure video takes us to bosnia and herzegovina. i want to start by getting a proper overview treetop walker books the clue visitors center is the ideal place to get an idea of the lay of the land it meanders through the forest for over a kilometer culminating at a height of 42 meters on the observation platform what a view. this horseshoe bend in the river is known as the zaz life and it's by far the most popular attraction in salt land. from up here you can see it pretty well the silence is green about one 3rd of the area is covered with forest and then there are the river

valleys of. sustainable travel is no problem at all due to many hiking and cycling trails well some recommendations for you. many of interesting sites are found out in nature. well not typing trails show the way. they are rugged and colorful sandstone rocks. traces of celtic settlements. and any number of castle ruins. just london to ring guides hikers safely through the vast forests available in german only it still provides our intake anyone can understand. not to be missed is a natural phenomena need. a burning mountain a coal seam could find it deep inside the bedrock centuries ago and has been

smoldering ever since. coal mining has left an indelible mark on the region was mined and only in was smelted here for over 250 years. once off limits to visitors today anyone is welcome to tour the site. the age of coal mining has been preserved for posterity in many of the decommissioned industrial complexes. industry and ideally nature can be found side by side in song and. the zob bike trail runs by examples of both it's just one of many well marked cycling paths crisscrossing the state. result cycle path also passes through the state capitals up book and with a population of 180000 it's the only major city insolvent.

among its many sites and look fixed. at the rock style church. and supplicant colorful today it serves as an administrative commercial and cultural center. and it's also where you'll find a museum of regional history. back in a more rural setting popular routes among recreational cyclists are the least and most well river valleys. near the town of pell the trail leads along vineyards the zone region enjoys an international reputation for excellent wines its year that germany france and luxembourg converge. the left bank of the most well is germany. france is straight ahead. into the run is luxembourg and the small town of shiny and. here in

985 european history was made this monument commemorates the moment when 5 e.u. member states 1st agreed to dispense with international border checks the birth of the shannon agreement. the open european be. this civs done pretty and especially when it comes to cutting edge a night's. 7 restaurants in this small states have been awarded mission us tell us . a feast for the senses and a fitting way to wind up a sightseeing tour of sun. this is the state capital. here just as everywhere in the solomons people appreciate being able to move freely between neighboring countries.

big european union it's not an abstract idea it's visibly alive and well. in the center of the old town just sunk you on market square. it's filled with shops cafes and pubs here you can really feel just how cosmopolitan the city is. going to do you ever go to france or luxembourg. yes and what do you do there. on the weekends i enjoy going to france to shop. reckon it's right next to france and the supermarkets are wonderful and i like to go 2 minutes a beautiful city out of 5 minutes luxembourg is beautiful too it's nice to wander around to a little shopping that's the way it is when you live on the border. what do you think of for europe without borders here in this region if you want to finish

cardiff i think it's really great i come from cameroon and here i have a chance to get to know different cultures to learn on it's easy for me to study in france or germany or visit there. i think it's awesome and i think i you know. i'm gradually from the area around asking. but i really savor the lifestyle here. the city itself the people at the market and the 2 languages french in algeria i'm a. wife i think it's wonderful finished. saver that reminds me i've arranged to take a couple of mary city to work the old town is something like an experimental kitchen for example look at. this still regularly guides tourists through the winding alleyways taking them to where they can taste the latest trends even the rather simple ones. i'm just not that inside something's outlanders really love is neat and forced the people have

a special way of grilling it so we're going to kalinski to have a nice sausage. what's this. one unique feature of this place is that everything put on the grill comes from regional butchers. all 3 sauces and told me they wouldn't have it any other way fast food is nothing new but high quality fast food is pretty special. i love it spicy. the next stop is hidden away in the old town's maze of streets and alleys i would never have found my way without. sound or deluxe is a nice little shop that sells specialties from the region and that's where we're headed now in vegas tonight. by lucas welcome to. the shelves are stocked with delicacies made insults and friends in luxembourg all carefully selected by the discerning inexperienced t.v. and hands. did you know that 75 percent of all mirabelle also grown in the rain so

almost every minute eaten in the wild is ground within 50 to 70 kilometers of here pulls i didn't know that now i do want to say this one is even tasty it's caramelized it's got an extra boost. the french like jam sweet. action because they're. delicious but sweet yes instant touch of caramel. our last stop is kind of an outlier the only vague and cafe in a town full of meat lovers. since so much is in charge. of his cakes certainly sell well but how does he persuade locals to go for vegan cuisine. plus the use of what are traditional dishes here in sol and i'm guessing they are vague but. yeah well i've created

vegan versions of several typical zonda. yes. the recovery's leaves explain what that is. actually it's a great big potato pancakes fried in the pan or roasted in the oven. that's all it is this is i dressed it up a little through an leak in onions it's really a very traditional dish but insall and it's made with bacon and sometimes egg i leave that out in as i'm told. vegan versions of saul and classics. tofu instead of speak you can spin over the skeptics it seems so. sue ok what do we have here that's these are the high. plains potatoes and phobe a can cream sauce on the spectrums. whatever

you say. so what's the verdict. delicious. and you know we're interested in your holiday videos every week we show our viewers clip and this time it's from the get go. with people from madrid he's been to southeast europe to bosnia as a government well and i've never been there so let's take a look together. this

splendid building amid left was originally in the abbey for the past 2 centuries its house the headquarters of phil was. the company has been making ceramics since 748 some is this plate in the museum 15000 town painted art nouveau toilets cover

the walls of the museum cafe among the designer pieces is this washbasin by luigi from the 1970 s. . the mosaic floors of the infamous titanic were made in that last. century strand all tableware for consumers. parents find china for monarchs and pope's. porcelain for met love is exported to $125.00 countries. manufacturing ceramics still goes on in silence today but mining is history what's left is a fascinating industrial landscape and some parts are even open to visitors the best known attraction is the 1st link to the largest iron works in the country industrial monument and a unesco world heritage site. the

full klingon iron works its melted pig iron for over 100 years until 986. it's the only iron works from the boom time of the industrial age to be preserved completely intact tourist give visitors a glimpse of working life from long ago. i think it's pretty cool because there's so much iron and it's so huge. that such a big plant was so much technology and machinery. highlight is the blasting haul colossal machines generated the wind needed for blast furnace has. to work at the furnace this was grueling especially in the extreme heat of the coating plant. over 17000 people toiled away here at one point. nowadays the

facility is ideally suited to arctic submissions. there are 6000 square meters of space to display all kinds of creative ideas every 2 years the urban art presence street art from the world over. it sounds though the perfect setting to make a lot of noise. since 2012 for one weekend in summer the electromagnetic music festival transforms the full klingon ironworks into one of germany's wildest rain then yes it's been a hottest place is a listen it's a fabulous location the vibe is incredible it's really great. it's a place to be if you love techno. the ironworks may be shut down but its doors

almost never close. the romans recognize saul and special qualities long ago as excavations near the village of bach have shown archaeologists uncovered the remains of a roman villa here it's been reconstructed on its ancient foundations the only one of its kind in the world i want to know more so i for arranged to take a tour. of. his of it we are in the reception hall this is where guests were received or typical of these halls where the conference ceilings that we have the semi columns the plaster columns decorating the roof or down below are the frescoes in the pump a star you know we're not here we've been able to reconstruct an original most. of. all the mosaic tiles found here are some 2000 years old archaeologists believe

the entire room was paved with them. we move on to the heart of every roman villa the bass. they were big enough to accommodate in the press friends and business is so. it's. the history of this is the cold r.e.m. our hot bath or and this is the hot water basin. that we were on garbage and just imagine when the bulbs were in use you had an indoor climate comparable with a modern steam bath it was 35 degrees celsius in here with condensation dripping from the ceiling. and often though they go on behind that wall as a copper kettle to heat the water over a fire warden but hot water was let into the basin through this lion's head. the smoke from the fires directed through the under floor system into the house to warm

the rooms. when i was bound behind me you see bath sandals which still look modern today and use in flip flops exactly ancient flip flops on any idea why people had to wear them most hygiene maybe good gas but the floor was just too hot for the fires weren't all that far away or so hot people found it necessary to protect their feet so they made these ancient flip props if it was. pierrette a cli i could take a bath right here and now they are fully functional. another essential part of the roman lifestyle was of course good food up to 30 courses might be served at feasts . there were this is where the roman slaves the savages prepare the meals and as we can see everything here is functional can even see the sort on the walls we also

hold roman style cooking events here. against the other what did the romans eat. yeah you were our high society tossed pretty much everything in the park that had a heart beat stuffed flamingo tongues stuffed doll mice we found quite a lot of oyster shells here and the excavations. trying to talk me out of the before i go on the classes lived on like limbs and grains cooked much like a result. it was very nutritious and filling. a roman feast something for a future visit. saw it's all right look just before we say goodbye i got a little surprise for you i just need a moment for price let's see. here yes cloudy is felix lucas i'm sure you can imagine that a stately house like this was the dream of many a century and all prefect all feel. blended place to spend their retirement.

i hope you've enjoyed our tour and know a little more than when you arrived as a. few thank you not at all inclusive is my pleasure and see you back here soon at the villa. well we're leaving the romans and sol and now i'm going to brazil meet the locals live there we're going to meet up with michael. and he's going to show us his hometown so. they visit so welcome to. here in. a state in brazil. so professor my name's maracle truly or oppose oh i'm a retired university professor and i'm going to show you the city starting with st francis of assisi church which is often displayed on postcards.

it is amazing it's a catholic church built in the late 18th century based in part on designed by antonio francisco lisboa who was known as the little cripple because an illness had left him disabled and disfigured even though this economy but that didn't. him from becoming the greatest sculptor of brazil's baroque. is. the ruin of amos day has a strong religious tradition there are chapels all over the city this one depicts a scene from the passion of christ these. he is 300 years old when we knew it was founded in the early 18th century. but i'll go it was discovered in the region colonists and adventurers came pouring in. the facades in stately homes still were flooded the city's affluent past. its old center is

a protected historic site on the. so mondo hand once the 85000 people live here and the city lies about 200 kilometers from the state capitol belo horizonte going to live that is economy is based on the service sector followed by industry and agriculture you know. that this one edge of the old town is the market for the here you can buy handmade crafts and our traditional spirits. and other regional specialties feel. like you see those who are also sold here are the local sweets made from coconut. with men who love us like your group we like to have them with me nice cheese and that's your food it's made from raw milk and sold all over brazil as a specialty items. because they're still feeling the

historic train station of south devon a is another key site it houses the railway museum. good that the famous or smoking maria still runs visitors take it to the nearby city of t. that then pays a visit to see that. this bus along the 12 kilometer route you can see the countryside of mean us guys were less meadows and mountains in particular the shallows they mountains. that's what we've come to the end of our tour and our visit of shiloh's out delve a little i'd like to invite you to come to the city you are sure to be given a warm welcome to.

the final stop on my visit to saul and it's the sa polygon. this walk in sculpture was erected on top of a slack heap a hill made from waste material left over from mining. the polygon is a monument to the coal mining it's also meant as a symbol of how people here in salt land intend to approach the future. tourism is part of this future and i think that the small saw and has great potential roman heritage industrial legacy rivers forests and then there's the proximity to our neighbors france and luxemburg and of course you mustn't forget the really good food here well on that note bye bye see you next time somewhere else in germany.

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