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tv   Check-in  Deutsche Welle  June 27, 2020 12:30pm-1:01pm CEST

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the government is just plain stupid. conspiracy theorists are spread like wildfire on the internet. in some conspiracy theories can provide comfort you don't like reality create another version of. a film about knowledge and belief trust and deception. democracy of the goal of all starts joyce 1st on d w. this is sour land estate in southwestern germany that borders france at luxembourg
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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 insider's to the small state is not as popular as bavaria all the baltic sea until 2000 truth coal was still being mined here so the sol it used to be an industrial region to bring in for tourists but that has changed. an extensive network of hiking and biking
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trails provides direct access to nature. circling i in the works unesco world heritage site owners the region's industrial past. and this week's your video takes us to bosnia and herzegovina. i want to start by getting a proper overview. treetop walk above the clue visitors center is the ideal place to get an idea of fully of the land it meanders through the forest for over a kilometer copeman ating 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
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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. sustainable travel is no problem at all due to many hiking and cycling trails well some recommendations for you. many of sundance interesting sights i found out in nature. will not typing trails show the way. they are rugged and kind of force and stone rocks. traces of celtic settlements. and any number of consul ruins. descendant to ring guides hiking safely through the vast forests of a leveling gemini it still provides are in taishan anyone can. understand. not to
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be missed is a natural phenomenon you do to fall into a burning mountain a coal seam called fire deep inside the bedrock centuries ago and has been smoldering ever since. coal mining has left an indelible mark on the region coal was mined and ion was melted here for over 250 years. once of 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 i did like nature can be found side by side in sol and. this is our bike trail runs by examples of both it's just one of many well marked cycling paths crisscrossing the state. also passes through the state capitals up looking
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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 council today if serves as a little minister to have commercial and cultural center. 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 elder of the valleys. near the town of pell the trail leads along vineyards design region enjoys an international reputation for excellent wines it's here that germany france and luxemburg converge on. the left by. think of them as
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del is germany. france is straight ahead. and to the run is luxembourg and the small town of shenyang. 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 buddhists lives on brilliantly especially when it comes to cut in a region nights. 7 restaurants in the small states have been awarded mission on stones. a feast for the senses and a fishing way to wind up a sightseeing tour of sun. this is the state capital. here just as everywhere insolvent people appreciate
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being able to move freely between neighboring countries. that european union it's not an abstract idea it's visibly a life and will. in the center of the old town just suck you want markets where. it's filled with shops to face and pops here you can really feel just how cosmopolitan the city is. your job do you ever go to france or luxembourg. yes sure and what do you do there . on the weekends i enjoy going to france to shop the brecon is right next to france to see if the markets are wonderful and i like to go 2 minutes a beautiful city out of luxor that is. it's nice to wander around
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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 that you want. i think it's really great i come from cameroon and here i have a chance to get to know different cultures. so it's easy for me to study in france or germany or visit there. i think it's awesome. i want to live from the area around on but i really savor the lifestyle here before i think city itself the people at the market and the 2 languages french and i will german. 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 who can. still regularly guide its tourists through the winding alley ways taking them to where they can taste the latest trends even the rather
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simple ones. that inside some things are lenders really love is lead and forced people have a special way of grilling. so we're going to kalinski is to have a nice sausage. was this. one unique feature of this place is that everything put on the grill comes from regional butchers. all 3 sources. told me they wouldn't have it any other way and 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. the sal on his own or deluxe is a nice little shop that sells specialties from the region and that's where we're headed now.
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the shelves are stocked with delicacies made insulting and france and luxemburg all carefully selected by the discerning inexperienced keeley and heinz. did you know that 75 percent of all mirabelle also grown in the rain so almost every eaten in the world is ground within 50 to 70 kilometers of here 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. doctrine because they're. delicious but sweet yes instant touch of caramel. our last stop is kind of an outlier the only vegan 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 news of what are traditional
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dishes here and solid and i'm guessing they are dealing with yeah well i've created vegan versions of several typical. yes. they become police 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 i threw in leaking onions it's really a very traditional dish but insall and it's made with bacon and sometimes egg i leave that out and add some tofu. even versions of saul and classics. instead of speak you can spin over the skeptics it seems so. sue ok what do we have here but these are. downplaying
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potatoes and phobe a can cream sauce on the spectrum's or. 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 you get. counsel table from madrid he's been to southeast europe to bosnia herzegovina well and i've never been there so let's take a look together.
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this splendid building in mid left was originally in the abbey for the past 2
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centuries its house the headquarters of phil. the company has been making ceramics since 748 some is displayed 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 metal off. the factories turned all tableware for consumers and fine 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 fireworks in the country
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industrial monument and a unesco world heritage site. the folk lincoln iron works its melted pig iron for over 100 years until 1986. 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 conditions and it's so huge. that such a big plant was so much technology and machinery. highlight is the blasting whole colossal machines generated the wind needed for blast furnace his. work at the furnace is was grueling especially in the extreme heat of the coking plant.
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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's also 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 while this rain venues. this place is awesome it's a fabulous location the vibe is incredible it's really great. it's the place to be
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if you let techno. the ironworks maybe shut down but it's almost never close. the romans recognized 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. isn't here we are in the reception hall this is where guests were received or typical of these halls where the conference ceilings then we have the semi columns the plaster columns decorating the roof or down below are the frescoes in the pump
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a star you know we're not here we've been able to reconstruct an original most 8 floor. and. all the tiles found here are some 2000 years old archaeologists believe the entire room was paved with them and. we move on to the heart of every roman villa the bass. they were big enough to accommodate in the press friends and business associates. that isn't there sister called r.e.m. aha to pass. this is the hot water basin. that we want to put in there just imagine when the balls 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. or and behind that wall is a copper kettle to heat the water over
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a fire warden is hot water is let into the basin through this lion's head. the smoke from the fire is directed through the under-floor system into the house to warm the rooms. when i was. very high i mean you see bath sandals which still look modern today and they use them 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 flops and if you've lost the mom . directly 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 .
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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. so there what did the romans eat. yeah we 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 in the excavations and also trying to talk me out of the before go on the dole classes lived on legumes and grains which were cooked much like a result or. it was very nutritious and filling. a roman feast something for a future visit. that's right lou because before we say goodbye i've got a little surprise for you i just need a moment before christ let's see. here yes
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cloudy as felix lucas i'm sure you can imagine that a stately house like this was the dream of many a century and all prefect. blended plans to spend their retirement. i hope you've enjoyed our tour and know a little more than when you arrived there's one you can also. if you think you know it all or because it was my pleasure and see you back here soon at the villa. well we're leaving the romans and solid now and going to brazil for all meet the local flock there we're going to meet up with you have also and he's going to show us his hometown. they visit so welcome to south here in mina scott i stayed in brazil. so professor my name's markel truly or oppose oh i'm
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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 post cards. 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 if you don't do this economy but that didn't stop him from becoming the greatest sculptor of brazil's baroque. sawzall del ray has a strong religious tradition there are chapels all over the city this one depicts a scene from the passion of christ. the sound is 300 years old we knew it was founded in the early 18th century. but i go it was
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discovered in the region colonists and adventurers came pouring in. the facades in stately homes still were flooded the cities affluent past. its old center is a protected historic site so no. so no no hey it was 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 there's one edge of the old town is the market like that here you can buy handmade crafts and our traditional spirits. and other regional specialties feel. like least those who are also sold here are the local sweets made from coconut. and
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one of us like your group we like to have them with me nice cheese and their food it's made from raw milk and sold all over brazil as a specialty item. because they're so feel the historic train station of south devon a is another key site that houses the railway museum. good that they have the famous money or smoking maria still runs visitors take it to the nearby city of kiev identies visit this is. this bus along the 12 kilometer route you can see the countryside of minas guys there's 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 del day
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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 is this sop polygon years on the eat. 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 year old coal mining it's also meant as a symbol of how people here in seoul and 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
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else in germany.
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