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ah, my name is steak milka. stay and you know me as the almost fearless dw travel reporter. and today i'm in the german spy museum. well, among other places, because this time i am on a special mission for you to be laurie book with isn't really cheap umbrella. it's wet, great, and cold. typical winter weather in berlin. what's there to do at this time? of year to day, i have a few cool and hot tips for you. i had to the tropics, get a sense of spring in the botanical gardens. i turn up the heat. i'm going to try a red hot version of

a traditional snack and extreme chill out even the glasses in the berlin ice bar or frozen climb in berlin. as you've probably noticed. and i'm checking out the news. viewing terrace in the german capitol. it's on the roof of the humboldt forum in the mit district. it's a great location for taking in the size of the city. weather conditions are in so ideal to day, but we're making the best of it. berlin is actually always worth the trip. well, and the advantage in winter, the city is relatively empty. so now you can see many of the attractions that are overrun by tourists in the summer. at your, for example, the white forum or should i say the berlin palace. it was severely damaged in

world war 2 later, blown up and only recently rebuilt. most of the facades have been rebuilt. true to the original. but on this side, the building is more 21st century. the new old palace opened in 2021. it was named after 2 brothers from berlin, the scientists, alexander and vin, him from whom boyce inside it looks contemporary. the homewood forum is a modern museum building with a variety of exhibitions a little to for you at mission to the humbled forum and most exhibitions is free. you can get your ticket on line or at the counter on arrival. i'm going to start my tour in the palace cellar. here you can still see the old

wooden foundation piles that used to support the building. they've since been replaced by concrete versions. oh, these are the old castle foundations. it's origin stayed back to the 13th century. first it was a monastery. later, a palace. it's been part of berlin, cityscape for centuries, but its reconstruction has been the subject of much controversy. ah, on september 7th, 1950. the war ravaged berlin palace was demolished on orders of east germany's communist rulers. it didn't fit with communist ideology. for over 2 centuries, it had served as the official residents of pression kings and german emperors. now,

the landmark building in berlin center was history. in its place, the communist authorities built the palace of the republic. it housed the east german parliament and was a center for arts and culture all that came to an end with german reunification in 1990. the building was immediately closed as it contains large amounts of asbestos . a debate began over how to redesign the area some thought to keep the palace of the republic and a woman against some of the others. wanted to see the old prussian residence rebuilt even erecting a tarpaulin, depicting a full scale painting of the building in the summer of 1993. a possible 3rd option of building something completely different was dismissed from the start. on july, 4th, 2000 to the german parliament voted in favor of rebuilding the old berlin. the communist

palace of the republic was torn down, and architects were invited to submit their ideas for the new building. the design put forward by italian architect franklin. stella was chosen. the outward appearance stuck closely to the baroque original, but the facade on the eastern side was a modern building. in june 2012, the work finally got under way. the federal government contributed 590000000 euros a further 100000000 euros for reconstructing the baroque facades, was raised through donations. 9 years later, it was complete. in the summer of 2021, the humboldt form opened to visitors from all over the world. with the humboldt forum has many exhibitions i've chosen to visit the ethno logical

museum. it has artifacts from africa, from the south seas, from south america. they are the source of a lot of controversy and have hit the headlines repeatedly because many objects come from former german colonies. so the question is, did they come to berlin lawfully, or were they stolen by the colonizers if stolen, don't they have to be returned? one prominent example is a sailing vessel from the island of luke and papa new guinea. it is the last of its kind. how do you build such a boat? the knowledge was lost with the people who became victims of violence perpetrated by german colonialists in 18. 82, i have a few questions for the museums director some to model. how do you deal with the object has been, were not required legally do these here or do they get sent that i'm here again you

to review. those are functional, if we discover to our research that an exhibit was taken illegally from us. we approach our partner so either through the national embassies or through local museums and the other country to ask how we can proceed together. we came with mcbride for these and then how many objects here are stolen, how many are not as the clout when you finish? those can be because in many areas that joint research is still ongoing. kind of the, everything that left the original countries under colonialism is now obviously subject to more intense research false, but not everything from the colonial era was necessarily stolen on context. even at that time, there were instances where items for voluntarily transferred, sold or gifted side. although of course, all that happened against the backdrop of certain power structures went up and must have sucker f one. so if it turns out that most of the exhibits were stolen from my museum gradually empty out over time. and that's who the omitted melinda good stuff

. and also suppose the only new i don't think that was not. that seems we have a huge collection around half a 1000000 artifact. and that's not including intangible cultural assets yet. so if you're only seeing 2 to 3 percent of the collection, awesome. this is a research institute and with some of the artifacts, even though we're transferring ownership, we still need to keep them here so we can research them together. so not everything is being returned completely. and that's not the focus of discussion right now. one moment it is me and what about your high profile artifacts? like the bono we know that was taking the lead last night. what will happen there? me see here, you stablish contact both with the descendants of the original owners and with the government of papa and guinea. the government said it's proud to have the boot here as a display of its national culture inside. the community says it wants to recover the expertise and ask for an invitation to berlin, so they can study it and the boots like that against canada. so thinking that miss

anthony on this boat banker as you can see the responsibilities graders. but so visitors are coming soon, douglas baton b, m absolutely replying to have partners come from manas from the lift community which will lead to book building projects. there we and we hope we can be there when the boat is reconstructed, the sports we consider the and lots of on yes, my logic recollection is just one of a total of 6 exhibitions in the home of forum. so if you want, you can spend several hours or even days here. i continue my tour on an e scooter. i can't be bothered to walk in this weather. i am riding along the wanted a little boulevard to the bradenberg gate. then i turned left and i'm at the puts them up, that's the sections of the berlin wall serve as a reminder of the decades of german division and the cold war just around the

corner is the german spy museum. one of the james bond for a day in this museum, you can, he can learn all sorts of things about agents and spies in the movies and in real life florida and she mikulski shows me some of the most exciting exhibits here zoned athens is one of the most famous chapters that history of espionage as it was, we have 2 of the famous on enigma machine, used by the germans to include messages at the british manage to break the code during the 2nd world war, which historians believe shortened, the war by 3 to 4 years after the 2nd world war came the cold war, hey, day for secret agents. here you'll find the recreated version of the dwelling coverage between berlin and potsdam. the soviets and the americans used the bridge

repeatedly to exchange spies, they had captured. but espionage is not just the mail, the main cause i think i'll say that there were always more female agents and the movie suggest macavoy, the secret police and communist east germany actually developed a bra camera in figure condos. authoritative, the lens was police and then also as a little hint, and the remote trigger was concealed in a pocket total. so you could photograph the handover of secret documents. for example. i photograph yet. i also found out that no spice don't drive lamborghini s, but more ordinary cars. this trouble could take photos using built in infrared technology made in east germany as chemical wise, the spy museum here berlin wouldn't london be more fitting because of james bond and others for thinking. james bondo little belinda center earlier is the capital of spies. and that began during the cold war, the when west berlin, surrounded by

a 160 kilometers a wall, was in a unique position. scan, a western enclave right next to the soviet lockhart. am i not perfect for spying tama, so a lot of secret agents are active here. but berlin is still one of the spying capitals. today, what i know that germany is very important internationally us yet the german intelligence agency is no back in berlin assigns. if we have a 160 embassies here too. so there's a lot of agents activity going on here. there's at least as much as in london, we're probably more assigned here. what is, where do all the objects on display here come from? the fin via of oxygen. we find them auction on that when we get them for collectors and former spies, an agent high school, i'm pretty shocked when the ice german secret police disbanded this war. some took devices with miss good. i was all very chaotic guess what to do. so now we get colds. thing that got this or that in the seller, and would he be interested? one for think, i think we also work with the foreign and domestic intelligence services today. you

food. they look through their infantry to see what they can release must come on god. none of the night technology didn't just stuff the data. the game of came lawyer techniques on doesn't take us fired at us at the end. another challenge awaits me. the laser maze, i'm not allowed to touch any of the laser beams and i only have 2 minutes to cross the room. i'd like a little dance. oh

oh, i was almost there. i can't quite compete with james bond, but that was fun. now it's time to get back to nature from puts them up lots. i can take the s bond line one directly to the dollar district and the botanical gardens the right is just half an hour. ah of course in summer you can wander around the large outdoor grounds. now in the cold season, 15 glass houses are more inviting. ah, i'm starting in the tropical house. it's

a ball me 22 degrees celsius. i'm here. perfect. so or here i don't want to go outside i'm with an expert guide francisco who is going to show me a few highlights. yes, this is a giant bamboo, the largest bombay specific areas. this is that the highlight here in football, stanford, if i one of our highlights, it almost touches the ceiling and the tropical house is 23 meters high. so it's big country. ah, yes, maam, this is a palm tree known as the sea cope not tied. the seats came to us from the thank shelf it has the launch a seats in the world. and it also looks like a storm is exactly like a large town, and that's what the palm grew from. ah, and here's a blossoming liana as well. i won't touch it, but can i smell it?

or if nothing with the cactus world is also fascinating. ah, this is the golden ball cactus. it's over a 100 years old. isn't that? so this is a camelia house that you can see and smell the notch. blossom is like this one old back mass moorlick. now is that said company is camelia is a sata and are these flowers so special that they get their own glass house. i those vicki so i yes, they draw a lot of visitors in winter potash. it's nice to have blossoms here. we're renting outside it's winter, but it spring from january through to april. you have a massive franchise as a civically to tyesha with

. take a look around it, spring in berlin, in the middle of winter. ah, wanted check in. we've got some hot tips for your bucket list. what are the best places to go? you enjoy the destination, right? follow our travel guide on you tube. most romantic spot check. best tip for foodies. check. as well as the coolest culture on 1000 years old and a unethical world heritage site. d. w. travel on you to like this way. ah.

time for a bite to eat. i've come to us last class in the district of wedding to a courier worse stand. that is supposedly the spice used in town figure. look, yvette men are allowed to drive carrie worst is a typical berlin, fast food that can be found on every corner. it's a breath worth sausage with curry sauce. it's sometimes hot, but really, really hot. and i love spicy food. here on us last author, they offer sources with 10 different levels of spiciness rated on the scoville scale. at level one it has 11000 at level 10. it's 7700000 scofield. oh man is lives really mean that congress bees runs to the snack bar. okay. if hosen lake halted. and now i really love it. it's quite addictive somehow. so

while trying to come up with a name for the stand, i decided korean chilly fit well. and that's how it all started to stay off just 10 sauces level 10 must be incredibly hot. have you tried it yourself? i thought there was no problem. i've tried them all of you out of doors didn't. how was the 10? well, it's not for everyone. the same life with the 10 is just fine. got got central, mike, has there ever been a case of someone over doing it and having a physical reaction? yes, they can affect your heart rate and blood pressure, but the most extreme reaction as when your body cramps up so that it's difficult to move your hands and legs by it passes after 2 or 3 minutes is the body's protect to function, telling you to stop letting you knew that if i decide from that's enough reason this mutant and what about customers from mexico or india that were used to hot food? which actually they laugh at your saucers again, but in a woeful out, yet no one laughs here when it's not when they get to level $105.00 or 6 is okay.

but after that it's extreme, even for them all that i i exactly. i love how to, who to go, and i'm always happy to get an extra chilly oil or flakes with my meal junior. like you said, it's addictive or of i found that out to, you know, and so of what level would you recommend for me to through inferior when i've seen it buddhism long. i'd say start with 5 for natalie i. you can always add to it of in a once you've got it in your mouth, that's it. and then it hits you as of as a start slowly and add more space if it's too mild an event, it's emergency another one. okay. okay, i'll give it a try. morrow. enjoy. hello. hi. i'll take a peek in sausage with sauce number 5 for ford. yeah, humming up. yeah. i can't go wrong with mediums vice can i? but maybe i'll risk a bit more of the food that i've got. number 5 on it. and separately,

i've given you some of the aides and the 7. okay. i am a little afraid. ah no. mm hm. this is number 5 is all right, so i think i'll continue with 7 and 8. ah .

is getting warmer and that's a good thing in winter. and now number 8. 0, good. well, i'm enjoying it, but at the same time it's kind of painful. ah, and it's getting worse right now. that's it for me. others can try number 9 and 10. i quit.

ah, after a short break, i had for my last stop for the day. the ice bar near alexandre plots the manager is expecting me in the bar videos of a boat trip or projected on the walls. definitely unusual. be a thing. yeah, i know because if they tell the story of the honda, a german explorer ship that was sent to the north pole, the late 19th century will become stuck in the ice ice picking the believe me. i will city bunfield crew had to leave the ship. hello. they camped out on the sea ice and drifted through the arctic ocean for $200.00 days at hard. but if not paula meg, it's been a true story of the up a whole true. okay, how can we tell the story here? so here we go. with her father,

i've been pulling this off with the year is $1869.00 as we board the honda. 4 before long we are informed that our ship is trapped in the arctic and being crushed by masses of ice. we have to jump ship, but not before putting on warm clothes. and that's when we enter the ice spawn you can see it, but i can feel it. it's really cold here. minus 10 degrees celsius. a cool tip also for the summer. by the way, the original expedition had a happy and the true made it to greenland, and later returned home as heroes of the hands on to the honda of danza.

on a long day from the tropics to the eternal ice, i had it all. those were my berlin winter tips for you. i hope you had at least as much fun as i did well. bye bye. see you next time. ah ah ah ah ah ah, with

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