mr ah, the state is the mythology of which is really your theme of the past 30 minutes. did you know what our sports all along with scoring? do we say there about never giving up sports? like every weekend on d. w. b world famous blossoms. are dutch tulip parks really so spectacular? or are they just tours traps the national dish and moist fleet? why are belgian so crazy about muscles with fries and the feeling i did, i believe instead the young at the festival. we'll see what makes the perfect

flamenco outfit. all that and more coming up on duramax. ah, ah ah, ah, for this years eurovision song contest reigning champion, ukraine is sending do oh trochi to defend their title. the final will take place on may 13th in liverpool. we met up with a popular electronic music do out beforehand at a performance ah, the song hearted deal by torch he impressed audiences and leave western ukraine, a city and country at war. the main emotion that this song gives us is filling

a flower bed. ukrainians are unbeatable. it's unites us, and i feel that we like ball having harder sale. they are the best to present ips, pocket grain at this moment. i believe in them. they are wonderful. nice day to board, she means something like creative ones and their ukraine's entry in this year's eurovision song contest andree hood. so jak and geoffrey kenny are hoping their song, the heart of steel will bolster ukrainians. morale in the ongoing, more against russian aggression. with this song for prisons their life or ukrainians as they hold into good altitude in a negative situation. we are all united all fighting and stain strong confidence.

this concert was held over 500 kilometers west of kiev, where it was relatively safe from the bombing. but the threat posed by the war is ever present in every part of ukraine. family work, we have to be vocal about whatever is happening. and that's why we as musicians, the best thing we can do is to make music to for she got started in 2017 when andre approached nigerian jeffrey kenny internal appeal in western ukraine. both were studying pharmacy at the university there, but their real interest was a music missouri. i was going home and there was going somewhere as well. so you just have my shoulders, i don't to chest by english skills. you're going to straighten crane skills as well . i was like, okay, no problem. it was a very, i can say very strange situation, but it led to something very huge. a singer geoffrey came from

nigeria to study in ukraine and 2013. he never could have dreamt that he would become one of the country's biggest pop music stars. even after the russian invasion, he decided to stay on the scene go. i found, you know, something that i like to do med, my, my team members here. my friends, my ass, on my family, i can say my new life i can say is here. so i enjoy being here and making music for how people you know that appreciate what we do that can just say my 2nd home. so, where else would i go? you know, andree and jeffries music career seems to move only one way up for albums and several hit. singles have made sport. she went to ukraine's biggest music acts. the circumstances of their victory in ukraine's pre selection for the eurovision song contest late last year were somewhat unusual for fear of russian attacks. the

competition was held. 102 meters under ground in a subway station in the capital. key of that page was between them on the platform where people waiting for the drains, you know, so we perform, jefferson can thank you and the ream, blast noise. and everyone was sick on that time because it was wind that was very cold, but we made it somehow. we managed how to do it. and yes, that only one in 2022, the collusion orchestra when the e. s. c for ukraine, so toward she has a tough musical act to follow this year. ah, one knows that ukraine has strong folk music. and this year as will be sanctions at the most of them would not expect from ukraine, who can show some electronic music. and also we will spread our message to the world and are we hope people who need to be pirates from us be got be united to be

stronger, be more confident torch. he is currently touring ukraine on every bill is of course the song they hope will bring their country a 2nd victory with the war ongoing ukraine wont be able to host to the sd and may instead, britain had stepped up to put on the show and toward she is already tipped as one of the favorites to win every spring, thousands of tourists visit the netherlands to see the amazing tulip fields. although the flower is not native to europe, it became the symbol of the country and its main export. dw reporter deanna penny arrows discovered how to enjoy these gardens despite the crowds. oh, spring spring is the most beautiful and google defend cease one of the year and is my 1st time enjoying it in the land of the troops,

the netherlands. i'm in this tri, which means my prime region, about 30 minutes from amsterdam. it's one of the most visited areas in the whole country during springtime. i'm going to was a 2 of the best places to see tulips here. let's look at all where you can expect to see here. i would ye not clicking of i go on, hold spot fork to lift fine. oh, smells incredibly good here. this is the largest to live garden in the netherlands that are more than 7000000 to leaps, but also to adopt bodies. hyacinth and other bud flowers. all were planted by hint, patrick van dyke is waiting for me. he has been working at cooking house since 2019 a few nights. so normally to lives house for 2 weeks of moving. but you have here a technique or 230, quite cool. tell us about it. that district rig is called with our, you're bumping. and like you said, there's only 2 weeks of blooming created,

latania, flaunting. so we can get 6 weeks. as you can see at the bottom, the late bloomers middle to mid lower and top, early lower click and huff has a long history. it starts at the night and $49.00 with just a few guard the nurse to day. hundreds of exhibitors show off their best flowers. debarked opens every year from march on to me. what are they challenging through maintain such a huge garden? the biggest challenge is, is to keep 32 acres of park. and actually after the park is close, we get the other challenge is keeping the water, keeping the trees alive, and we don't have any irrigation system. it's all done by hand. oh, all. so when it drains, if you guys are like yeah, we got to eating off with in 2022 more than 1000000 visitors came to could can of these is crazy,

totally crawler. i lost my come on to leaps, have been cultivated in the netherlands for hundreds of years, but they are actually from asia after they arrive in the netherlands. people traded with them to know more about it. i meet with enemies declining. how come one of those 2 lives? yeah. come for the same price of the fancy house in the netherlands, 100 years ago. yeah. 100 years ago. yes. that's true. it happened. well, a jeweler been very popular and people wanted to half of tulip in their garden as a sign of wealthy nurse of richness and important it. the price is raised at enormously . we call that period at the top, obama. it, we are now at the 2nd location, which is a less crowded sensor,

knotty for people who want to walk her on to lives. take pictures and why not south if the tulip barn was created by lee, and if not, i had thought i'd throw me into 1021 that are about 500002 lives and over 175 different types to enjoy this place is also very instagram mobile, thus you are actually allowed inside the fields. dead to live barn is not a traditional totally field. so how do you come up with this idea? campaign starts a couple years ago to create awareness for, to arrest that thick and syrupy into any tulip field because it's for to production of tulips and ups for taking pictures. so you wanted to create an alternative for people where to go and take pictures without doing any harm to feels that harry made about a little wider. so be go, walk through and most attitude. so stay on her low so many corners. it's beautiful. and here it's much easier to enjoy all the flowers because is not so

crowded. if you love sophie's, these is the place to be well after a long and really colorful they, i had to admit that spring in the netherlands is quite a sight. i'm pretty sure i'm coming back here again. i cooked muscles with fries. does that get your mouth watering? maybe not. but in belgium, the locals love it, moves slit or a national dish. there reason enough for us to take a closer look and even a nibble. and these are the crown rules of belgian cuisine, smooth seat,

a steaming pot of mussels and piping hot fries. and we'll show you how it's done or whatever. that would ammonia the belgian capital brussels is home to hundreds of restaurants, serving up the dish. among the most well known sister establishments, shalean and bo sounded lou sale operating for more than a century, annoy city gardener. my name is cedric, and i've been the chef. it was on that who said for 5 years, chef cal enough cooks up hundreds of kilos of muscles and fries each week. the magic starts with freshly rinsed muscles and a few ingredients, butter, salt and pepper and celery and onions made about yoga. you add the fat listed of the celery this on the, on the onions, doctor's all ending of the vegetables always have to be at the bottom of it. if you put the vegetables on top of the muscles, they want to cook properly at

a more up. it's had provided salt and pepper will credit correctly put it in a pot. but that's a little about one portion of it. it's roughly 800 grams of muscles per person. the food we saw pepper on to a high heat was edward for around 4 to 5 minutes. is on my it's very quick. the chris said activity. and don't forget around halfway through, shake up the pot to make sure the muscles cook evenly. meanwhile shaft colleena, perhaps the side dish. the world might know these crispy treats as french fries. but this chef as a message yet can only belgians know how to make fries. in belgium, fries are usually cooked in beef tallow and in 2 stages. first, at 140 degrees celsius for 4 to 5 minutes, then again at 190 degrees for

a further 4 minutes. before they're tossed would see salt and the finishing touch quill in mortal we the fries with mayonnaise. russel's love of muscles was cultivated in the 1950s with the advent of paid vacation days. oh city workers who could visit the coast for a few days of fun returned longing for a taste of the seaside and these restaurants were ready to cater to locals. new tastes most muscles served up here in the capital, are still sourced from the north sea, around belgium and the netherlands. these days you can find, mold fleet,

and brussels all year round, but fishmonger veronique from you will and says the standard varies depending on the season. the best quality of muscles you eat them in october, november, december, january, and then for us, we fishmonger see only eat them during that short story. short lapse of time, she carries out vigorous product inspections. i could check the quality of a muscle. you have to open it up like this, like this one. see it's nice. it's pink. and it's fleshy. the sweeter the muscle, the better of alanine says. and there's a way for professionals like her to check quickly. and this is how we can draw muscles are also sometimes sourced from spain. they were once seen as a simple and cheap dish for the masses. but over the years they become a more sought after an expensive choice. back at the restaurant,

a portion of mold fleet will send you back more than 30 euro's, but the price tag isn't deterring these customers every time we're in brussels, we always try and at least myself see another, the typical vision. i'm just a fan of myself. so it's as easy as that, and that's a very special place with a long tradition. and the food is very good. and they're not the only ones manager, terry scares has welcomed some distinguished guests over the years. at this table with the former queen of belgium, madame maloney calling done some jasmine, but i tell you every monday it's more than welcome customers here can also sample famous local beers. but it's the more free to which make mouths. water, beloved by belgians, assembled her queen studies. it's our traditional dish. it's our culture, although it's our culinary heritage about him one couldn't if mood fleet is

a dish popular all over europe, but it's a match made in belgium. ah. see and be seen at the ferry at the abril, in severe spain and the right out. that of course, is very important. any self respecting visitor to the festival has to be clad in a flamenco dress or traditional suit. one well known flamenco label is our own. i gardinio. so what makes a perfect flamenco dress? true to style from head to toe. almost every one visiting the fairy albert e. lynn sylvia gets decked out in traditional flamingo style for this popular spring festival. each year. the out order gavin yo label is a real trends that for flamingo dresses and the stunning accessories to go along with them. company founder out o dot. gov in your works alongside her daughter's victoria and our daughter.

together they run the influential label, headquartered in downtown sylvia, in southern spain. i think that more than others, a history of beautiful flamenco dresses, but only traditional ones, not modern ones. and then my mother created her own label and has, you know, setting trends ever since the, the most important thing about a flamenco dress is that it's comfortable. but because you weird at the feria where you drink and dance, or if you might run into your husband, father or lover, so you need the perfect out of it. okay. but if it's about bought august, johan, a 25 person t makes the creations using fine fabrics. and the 21 and 23 year old sisters are part of it. everything is created under one roof, from the design to the tailoring to the finished dress that hangs, and the boutique out of logical got it. i know well i'm here. i'm cutting a frill for the bottom of the dress slab,

but where there will be several fabric layers laid on the yellow la copa. i didn't that the blue one is quite big. it's a $100.00 on the seed though. he put a good that we still have to, so it it in. it'll be a frill on the flounce. i'll go say, look, galleria, and willow, than orlando. ah, the label has become especially famous for its intricate details. ah, it does little of a my, my mother is the only one who makes them quite so elaborate piano, the others just copy her. balmy's lenika was my life and i grew up with eddie. we offer hand tailored flamenco in all its diverse facets. i mean, go gaze of this on anything is possible with flamenco de la wiley and welcoming gov . a huge crowd is waiting for the clock to strike midnight on saturday night. and for the 25000 lights of the entrance gate to the fia, to turn on, then follows

a week of extensive celebrations. one highlight is the horse drawn carriage parade at class at a thorough on sunday afternoon. many men and women where historical costumes, our road gabino enjoys taking part. this year she has been invited into a carriage by some customer friends and stories we gardenia. this is typical on my label given you a lot. again, that's what point la bundle i can attach the borders year for at the waistline. why did they go? ham? but i think dora, dan thought a mclean, my customers are mostly independent women who know what they want and like get they have had, i don't think they don't care about social code. you know, fan that all gallon if he's on video. oh, on the way to the fairy a grounds, the women get in the mood to party with the fia was celebrated for the 1st time in 1847, and is now the biggest festival. and on the lucille, some people have rented

a carriage for the whole week that will bring them from one stop to the next. and party goers dance the flamenco. of course. these are the women out o dot gov in yo, taylor stresses for together with her daughters. the designer now wants to enjoy the video and get ideas for new flamenco looks. but i'll see you next time. we're going to drink dance party and have a good time back. germans love this quite unremarkable looking vegetable white asparagus. people from other countries might find this obsession with sparkling germany a bit odd. like a reporter brand dennis from australia. but he decided to get to the root of it. but i could talk to the soldiers with

on brant, from australia, living in germany. and i hit germans really love asparagus, no, any asparagus white ones. and whereabout this whole, to yog in yonkers right now, see what all the fuss is about. hey, how do you do? yeah, good. so you going to show me the white asparagus feel today? i will tell you, and i think you can no, not. i am brand dennis, and i'm going to harvest asparagus the d. w at this asparagus farmingville. it's near berlin at the end of the day. i'm supposed to harvest asparagus on my own against the ticking clock. my 1st lesson, white asparagus hides on the plastic covers. in the sunlight, east barracks turns purple and green. the cultivation and complex harvesting made the white asparagus for a long time, a luxury vegetable, the only well off people could afford even today harvesting asparagus, his hard work that is done by humans. we've little machine support. yeah, we should have a competition. me against do is we'll talk next door. yeah. have you seen me so

he's law fi, mani. have you ever done this before? i started with i. so this big one, he this good one to short, medium and this is minimum. those figures should have a length of minimal text to signal and if it is short, it's a bit good. again. busy sizes in pony wish boggled. brian. like most things. so now i know how to extract the asparagus from the ground. i think i need a little protein before i start. the chilling sir is a little bit dorothy, bob? pretty good. going to show me how to cook this now. okay. water, sugar, salt, and if needed,

a slice of lemon. then it goes into the oven for 40 minutes to cook. traditionally asparagus often serve with sauce hollandaise in germany. white asparagus has a subtle taste. after all, it consists of over 90 percent water and has a genetic effect. it taste better than looks back in the asparagus field where i must now harvest asparagus all by myself against the clock. it didn't take me all day. i can't do that so quickly. we are ready with, i haven't run in like 3 months now. you have 30 minutes. got locked and be in how it will have to go. ah, this is really takes. it's so hot. ok. the i can't do this over 30 minutes. this one, this one. this one i was was he going he expects me to go all the way up in

my back hurts or oh no, no, that's too short. it's a lot of 2nd quarters, you know? so it's so freaky separate. i can't, i can't help it. it's, it's the pressure now you're here watching me. i can't do it. oh, okay, so i'm done. you did it with in just a at about 50 to 70 minutes. i'm just a little bit astonished. it's good. the quote is not so good for how long would it take one working to do this 7 minutes. so i wouldn't be able to work the. the question, if you, if it's okay for, for, for the back. my back hurts a lot. chevy say after 8 hours after 12 hours. i don't think i would do this for

a day job. i think i'll just stick to making video. so deutsche avella and eating white asparagus at harm. ah, and that wraps up this edition of your max, but fall was on social media for more from the world of culture and lifestyle. thanks for watching and join us again next week. ah ah, ah, with

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