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i really want to welcome to another edition of euro max with mir host. megan lee. here's a look at what else we've got coming up with how to architects in the czech republic, make it their mission to save old buildings and a tour of must. these sites in lithuania is capital will news. but 1st, when you ask someone where they think the best beer in the world comes from france is probably not the 1st answer you would expect. but over the years, one family run brewery in southern france has developed the best dark beer around. that's at least according to this year's world beer awards. how they managed to do this in a land famous for its wine is something we had to find out for ourselves. cheers.

this is noticed. any beer critics consider it one of the world's best giving it 1st place in the dock be a category at this year's world beer awards. there in ohio said over brewers the world beer award really is the holy grail boy with edge. and since this dark beer is aged in old wine barrels from burgundy, the award for best beer is also a victory for france on an international level. i think the author of hoffa and it's on us are not. the coastal town of ashley still met. not far from papa. y'all in the south of france is better known for his beeches, then it's brewing a 1998 the capital. now brewery, set up shop. here i go and live and l o. d. and now you should have run the family business for 20 years. they go as brew mazda in a d. as managing director. since its founding, their annual beer production has grown from 500 to more than 5000 tech to lead his

or like out of the a and m. m m r beers are stored for at least 18 months. sometimes even more than 6 years. any of the older one, this one got the price for best beer. it's aged for 36 months after we changed the barrels every 6 months because we want to enhance the flavor of the beer with the essence of the old wine barrels law. ah, co founded idea avec lavelle m realistically go in lance, samples the bit, every few weeks to check the quality and flavor. here at cup donna, it's a meticulous process from grain to fermentation, to finished beer. we this of em oak. the idea is to make a genuinely french beer, france to day is becoming more and more synonymous with fine beers. but 1st and foremost, it's a country of wine and this marriage makes our beer unique. o the dog

b a carries the sonorous name would h gong clue. balloon it's brewed with right from the cell. danya region in the french. perry. nice. the brewery books, exclusively with organic regional produce tub, local restaurants, also appreciate cap donna's autism or brewing any by now born the missiles, soccer saw restaurant with 2 missional stars, sieves. the goal may beer alongside a selection of exclusive wines. i did as a father, our head chef has been working with comp donna for 20 years. the beer is a local product and he uses only produce from the region. it has a very balanced taste but not too strong, but it has a very mild flavor cables and i digger ezra in ashley, so mouth, breweries, beer garden, and farm store are now open, lay joel, quite the crowd. many come to try the award winning. been a small one is available for an impressive 15 euros. one less sweet, but mild,

a beer is absolutely delicious. when i want a good beer, i go to kept up. given a well placed to be the best pail, beer, best rye, be a best spirit infused beer. and now best dark beer. the past 4 years captain, our has been showered with the wars lamp, or a hood to her as go with we want to uphold our tradition of creativity and avant garde is them here for me. and i wonder, has your, i don't want to uphold the quality. our customers enjoy so much joy to an ear, to continue this journey through flavor with them on his pre there's ogo and on it in only one player quality of the quantity. this ambitious family business from the south of france proves that sometimes the best things come in small packages to the boy. in turkey, members of the l. g. b t q, community find themselves confronted by more and more restrictions from the burning

authorities. for example, events like the pride parade was banned this past year. but there is one turkish american designer who is challenging the system with her flamboyant designs which put drag queens front and center. ah. so my perfect world is no religion, no skin tone, no gender, no perfect body types. if you have 5 arms, great. if you have 10 eyes on your but amazing. so i don't want anyone to judge about how they look, or where their palm, turkish american designer it are, euro mezzo loo, is presenting her new collection tailored, especially for the quick community of his stumble, imaginative outfits. are the centerpiece of a show featuring poll dances, d j's, and of course drag. what fascinates me about drag queens? is there many talents?

i mean they work on nails, makeup, hair fashion performance. and i just love working with them because of their non restrictive ness. with me as well. and i feel like when i see my costumes on them, they take it to a whole different level ada euro missouri. lou was introduced to the world of drag queens, purely by chance. she was born and raised in the united states while studying fashion design and chicago. she was invited to create costumes for a group of drag queens, her design, started making waves, and she quickly made a name for herself in the st. oh, in her istanbul studio, the designer also known by his stage name ada birth thing, is preparing for today's fashion show. when the 2020, pandemic froze, international travel, she was left stranded in turkey's biggest city. so she decided to stay in the

country and build the life here. oh, i feel like i needed a change. i mean, i lived in chicago all my life and i never wanted to move to new york or l. a. i always knew that from the beginning, and i feel like the next best thing was stumble. and i feel like i like that every day's kind of been a venture and comes with as challenges. and i'm ok with that. hotel in stones stop at designing costumes, though she even performs on stage herself under the title mother creature. so far she is designed over $200.00 costumes and creatures brought in istanbul. she can't give free rain to her creativity. the way she was accustomed to before i'm on the challenge is that i feel like i have here in turkey on is that sometimes i feel restricted in america. i felt more comfortable going out any creature or one

of my garments and more freely. and now i feel like sometimes unsafe or uncomfortable. so and still trying to work out. ah, i can break that barrier. but i think it's going to take some time. night falls in istanbul, the performers are getting ready to go on stage since 2018 hit our euro. myself. lou has been organizing performances with a quick community in turkey against all odds in 2020 to istanbul, pride, and all events planned for it were band. a lot of problems that people in the clear can me, a face in turkey is not being accepted. so especially during pride, we have a lot of problems trying to do. pride parades, very simple thing, but it keeps getting shut down. and turkish government restrictions on the only problem the communities facing since the corona pandemic. it are your m a z o lou

and many others have been struggling to find new places to express themselves for upon that make me had a really huge scene. but after to ponder, make of when the clubs were close, unfortunately we lost those areas and we lost our ah, important places. i wish there will be a more place history of an open waiting thing. turkey might come to that after a while. again, curtains up the show tight hood magical birth is a spectacle for both eyes and is the design has fantastical new collection goes down like a storm. so i believe for the future of the quick, many in turkey is going to get better. it's kind of hard to say, has it keeps going forward and back, but i just need to hope that it's gonna get better and we're going to keep pushing forward as much as we can. the extraordinary creations of in europe mozilla glue,

create a wondrous world opened to people and preaches of all kinds. architects today are faced with a myriad of challenges when it comes to constructing new buildings. there is often a lack of raw materials, limited space in cities or complex building regulations. so it's often easier to just reuse buildings which already exist. and that is what one architectural firm in the czech republic is doing while using ordinary objects, like plastic chairs in brand new ways. what can we do with buildings that are past their prime, just demolish them? or keep them and transform them and breathe new life and then the way it architect andre, he big does we really believe to, to keep as much as possible if the smart way or snow his story doesn't. future

saving old buildings has become a mission for the architect andre cubic and make our christoph, they founded the architecture firm in 2012 based in bernard check here about 200 kilometers south east of prague in this building is also in burne, know it was put up in 1992 and served as a car dealership to day. a check furniture company uses it as a show room, or they covered the facade with $900.00 of they plastic chairs that was inexpensive and energy efficient and became a kind of symbol for the company. inside the building was gutted and modernized. the furniture company displays its range of products in 3, partitioned off areas. this renovation was far more economical than putting up a whole new building. but for the architects that wasn't the decisive factor.

or i believe got that also to demolish the cur, fresher buildings or something crazy, right? something, something unsustainable? the because of our architectural approach, we saved this building. we saved all the material you can see here in this building is now known as a symbol. it's something what may be nobody gonna demolish anymore. the architects have a team of over 50 people to work on their projects, most of which are in europe, among them on new buildings such as one for this vineyard nears neu, mo, southern check here. have also been working on the australia tower at a plant, 235 meters. what will be check is tallest building is slated for completion in 2027 . but redesigning older buildings remains close to their hearts. as the civilization we all are to build enough,

i would say. and what i really like is to, to reflect on something existing to try to understand what the roster are economical, social, and environmental on the context of the, of the past and how to transform it. or how to, how to add something contemporary into it, buildings history and what that has to say about the time it was built is also meaningful. even when it comes to relatively unloved structures, like with north central bus station in its brutalised style. many people associated with a country socialist era. they have certain beauty and they are part of our history and just to demolish them are means that we really just skip this part of our history. and it's incorrect in my opinion, for lack of proper maintenance. the central bus terminal completed in 1988 had

deteriorated. the architects had used it themselves or students. in 2011, they decided to contact the owner. i felt very a shame that employee pos inquiry in our recipe could be import who public place. if at a terrible condition, i'm happy to be held to improve it. they invested a total of $5000000.00 euros in the renovation. among the alterations they had, the roof supports painted white installed, new light fixtures, built in new passenger hall and reconfirm it's a passenger walkways. so on the she beek. it's not an architectural masterpiece, but it building that benefits the city. i have to believe ethan ethan professionals and architect that we have this certain power in our hands. and if you work properly, if you work successfully, it could help to change the society to something something maybe better. she big

and chris stuff show that there are creative ways to turn the old into the new i'm moving further north. we head to vill nearest the capital of lithuania, which is celebrating a big birthday in 2023. it's $700.00. to be exact. wellness is famous for its many churches as well as for its old town, which is a world heritage site. for our series bucket list, euro max reporter, actual prima easy, checked out, some of the must see sites on his tour of the city, which took him to some dizzying heights. ah papa, i'm sitting on the roof of the tv tower, 170 meters above it, the way nias capitol views. being on top of the tv tower is probably the highest adventure your values. but there's lots of other stuff to do today. i'll tell you what to see beat and do in the lithuanian capital. a broad range of european

architecture stars are concentrated in a small space here. over half a 1000000 people live here in the country's biggest city and its old town has been listed as a unesco world heritage side. for many years. the cathedral square is the most important square in vilnius. it's named after the cathedral basilica of sun stanislaus and sand light as last ride behind me. next to it is the bare tower. first of all, and have a look round the cathedral. it was built in the 18th century, but the 1st christian house of worship on this site dates back to the 13th century . nora miss united shows me the church and one of its most important graphics. the lower arm bone of one of its name givers, st. stanislaus, an 11th century, bishop of croc, all. it was gifted for latina only after 300 years swam lithia.

eventually weiss christian asked. so when the 1st church was built in this place, actually the relic often stands law was gifted to living, yet she symbolized maybe continuity between between the states, 2 states of poland and latino together. ah then of course i take the opportunity to see the better tele right next to the church. one of the city's oldest and most melodious towers. ah, and the view is quite spit. ah, you know, there's another tough for me to climb to day. but 1st as to get something to eat, that something is charity, but it's a very straightforward soup made with just a few ingredients. few mix beads, cucumbers and green onions with kathy. and it stop for me,

sir. it's more like a no holding. so refreshing it, since it's not 3, that's not food. faulty. plus the computers that thought typical. it's like it's maybe the progress of 30 times, but the still already broken with and then it's ready to serve. this is a 1st for me. i've never tried cold bead soup before. it is very delicious. no, i feel ready for my highest adventure to day in vilnius. lou. yes. so you know what's next? me walking on top of this 170 meters high denito tower. i don't know. that's a good idea. okay. got my money. from the moment i stepped out of the cage onto the tv tower roof. i'm secured by a line, so nothing can happen. and the 9 is just the right length,

so i can't fall over the edge. but i can walk all the way around the tower once. this is really a stunning view, but i'm a bit afraid of the height. then comes the ultimate test of courage, sitting on the brink. ah okay. everything is really secure. i mean, even my glasses have a rope, but this is frightening anyhow. ah, by the end of my day in vain use, this much is clear. the city has so much to offer that i would definitely have to come again. the beginning of a new year is also a time of new beginnings. it may even be the time for trying out a new sense. oh, there are so many perfumes on the market that it can literally give you a headache. just trying to find a new one. well, that is where over harish from dresden,

comes to the rescue. he helps people all over the world, create a personalized sent, design to evoke a range of emotions couldn't hold the ball, fragrances can give you a sense of happiness, and fragrances can be appealing, i just fragrances can change your life. 5, listen, it should be, my name is over half ish and to me, fragrances mean life, the love and happiness, relaxation, and passion. in his dress and perfume, marie, who the hellish stories, thousands of fragrances all made from natural ingredients by distillation, for instance, of blue spruce needles. given this kind of sunshine sandstone can be extraordinary . to sch, can and earth can contain unique fragrances as well,

and can not join us all and the out thinking there are other ways to get this earthy sending a book on the dead months, like using beat rules, lethal or in july. and that's how you can make connections dashed and tell a story. outs here in the sheesh notes here. hellish cells, his perfumes, to customers around the world, including european nobility, elaborate perfumes can cost up to several $1000.00 euros. those gibberish times if you the pump. and there aren't many perfumes in the world. often. there are actually fewer perfumes than astronauts when and when you're good at it, is people will come to you, come to know the phenomena. hellish has been commissioned to create a perfume in remembrance of carlo, glistening. now, an entrepreneur from dresden, he seeks inspiration beside the river alba to tell the life story of this colorful 19th century industrialist and perfume hellish collects willow branches. piety. each tal, it seek willows,

has not woody fragrant these of either. here god, i am. the willows here have taken in the scent of the meadows along the alba river woods. and that's what we're going to use notes. some of skipped him of for she did the, there are always different ways of extracting the fragrance in that beat. it sees with willow barky this to distillation or maturation can be unit, and i recall, or we use a fewer alcohol and we just insert it and the alcohol will absorb the essential oil . where basically making an extract good lot up to 150 of these extracts are used in one perfume. hellish. also creates custom made one of a kind of perfumes. ah t . melissa, there is nothing more intimate than perfume else. you wear it directly on your skin

and it even enters the scan it, it doesn't get more intimate than that of my die boston to why would you use a mass produced perfume and good to i think a good fragrance should reflect your personality top. mm hm. coll august ling as legacy to the people of dresden was this palace, the society in charge of its preservation, commissioned over her lunch with creating a perfume reflecting the lavish lifestyle of the businessman and boldly vol. perfumy over made 3 different fragrances. he took time here, the fragrance family is a green composition only to come the fragrance pyramid results from elbow, meadows, willow, them incense, peppermint tended them candied. massa rated rose bushes, fresh grass cloves, and leather, and the theatre in to auto. its elegant, i'd say it's more elegant than the 1st one is now little definitely you can really

picture a ball room with couples of we're actually in the ball room right now, so that's fitting couples dancing. yes, exactly. at the palace, they've chosen the more sporty, elegant version. and of a hellish is already experimenting with fragrances for his next project. a perfume that will help you concentrate well, that's always good and that revs up this edition of your max. don't forget to head to our website for this week's viewers and draw, and also check out our facebook page. thanks for tuning in and from all of us here in berlin. we wish you a happy and healthy new year. we'll see you again soon with

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