in 45 minutes on d w. what secrets lie behind be discovered? mileage ventures in 360 degrees and explore fascinating. both heritage dw world heritage 360. now the dungeon that used to be teeny is now officially the ugliest man in italy. he's proud of the title and we'll find out why. hot crispy and really tasting why fries are the most popular street food in belgium. and are they boring or daring? what's the average german like in the evenings after work? find out that and a lot more now on your own macs, the

. we'll start off in italy in a cute little town about 250 kilometers north of rome. she'll become here. people don't care about the world wide view, e craze. loveliness is celebrated. how refreshing, and if you don't believe it, take a look of a title, this man bears is the envy of virtually no body. she's italy's ugliest person, the rather dubious sounding distinction is awarded in po to go a tiny mountain village in central italy. chapter 13 the cameras, the unit. so my name's daniella, is it pertaining to pick name to colorado. and i think it's at least a police person since 2019 way. that's an appeal. i'm proud of this session and i want to keep it. then i think of going into the club to the,

the association of ugly people was founded over 100 years ago in po to go in it least month to region. and 1879. it became a kind of marriage agency and then a match making agency. in the 19 seventy's, the members turned it into a protest against the craze. anybody whether ugly or beautiful can become a member? currently, membership members are around 35000 worldwide gianni luigi is the clubs, the vice president with a know some of our multiple goes ok, this is a virtue of beauty of slavery. but let's just give it to go into the we oppose the beauty craze that discriminates against the not so beautiful. so could i so far and have to struggle. the price is hard for me. it's all about external appearances, but he's really repel. against that. we believe in other values like interview, intelligent said, amiability, village. and so i think but the we all,

you're fine. i'm just totally, truly ugly from the, from i can't do anything about it and i'm proud of. it's the worth a lot. anyone who wants to challenge me for the title, come on and step up and then have a hard find. the issue that a, there's something here major, 50 year old daniella is it the teeny didn't own. we've looked this way in the early 19 ninety's keywords in a serious car accident. he had several operations on his face and a leg amputated while you're from getting out any time or so. and i'd like to keep the title, italy's ugly as person. yeah. because it's fun. okay, you'd be available. maybe 3rd, my life has gotten better since i have one to tell you to the one to on. i guess around look more. yeah. maybe a military sho, get invited to tv shows and events and parties like kind of guiding because people want to learn more about me to get to know me better. so i'm quite a manual. this is number one in the world. almost everyone in pico newton. the

other piece of village celebrity no, he's not have the views he comes from within. what's another seizes were you to go month to absolutely nothing to me. he's not talking to me. he's got a wonderful soul. every year in september, he'll be to celebrate. it's festival of the ugly, with music dance and a healthy dose of humor. the ugly and beautiful come together. no one here takes themselves too seriously. the 3 day festival includes plenty of good food, like fuel because the typical polenta at the high point white smoke indicates the election of a new president. and the winner is the current vice president gianni luigi the new king of the ugly c. i'm a san francisco,

it's about the weakest about inclusion for everyone. not just the only ones, for example, homosexuals to everyone else who is excluded that were there for the move itself and the ugliest. it's the 5th when for daniella is it the tv? but then this year she was the only entry this time nobody was brave enough to go up against me and i'm happy to have been chosen next year. i'll be running again and i want to be elected for 10 years running. and i want to say one thing come to p up because we're all doing just fine here. thanks and kisses to everyone. he dreams of one day becoming president of the world association. for the potatoes,

lice is deep frying fat. add a pinch of salt. you don't need much more for really good french fries, but in fact, belgian fries are considered the best in the world. here's why. let me introduce myself. the french fry, colors, fries for short. most people do just simple little sticks, potato, humble root vegetables. take some pap towards a crispy faint, it's sometimes hard to believe, but i am actually belgium's favorite st. food. christy on the outside to we on the inside. that's what we strive for. i don't really like tough myself up, but people do seem to enjoy my company. it's amazing is the best buy i have ever tried? not crispy. not to greasy, not saki. yeah, yes, just right. and always on my son's name. i still can't quite

a bit chris here the spanish ones got pulled up here and those are the best price problem is around 22, not the perfect price or in belgium. most if we price a lot. my home is the french price that we're keeping. this is just one of some, 5000 around the country behind the counter is his domain was oh, hello. glad to meet you. my name's steve pitts is. i'm a 500 north brussels in my level stand as you can see here, get up on the come with what life as i say to at least isn't easy. but steve got the hang of this what he job deck, his weapon. it's cooking while fuel define oil. that's how they everything we work with beef. that's not fissionable is be fund gives it more. flavorful is the 1st 2 defect friars are for park looking at $150.00 degrees. and then i gotta have the fries and let them sit here and it's very important to let them sit, was able to get them to come out of the 2nd. find nice and crisp. of course,

the old frank twice, but not too hot. that's how the belgians do it. when it's been long enough and the deep fat is done its work. steve gets sick. do you hear the winter comes up. they sound like that's what you'll hear is when they're done this morning where the sound is much higher pitched ok. we always say the front seat. i'm truly a fast food. all the belgians know me as more than i reliably feeling side dish and never, never boring, adventurous souls love my passing topics. my goodness, maine days and to lose some are really pepper, politically big joints to catch up with american american spicy shifts of course go . gene but has presented with pineapple garlic, dallas cocktail talk, mamma,

smoke jumpy, and many others. if you all know, go down you'll find the 1st and all across belgium. from what lonia flanders, whether it's to initiate, go to photo alone in suite to chippy as a place for everyone. a place to get off the main street a place to get together refuge troubles, life. difficulty code is a nice little bag of fries with main names is always a joy. so that's part of our cultural heritage. and then we go for fries after a soccer game and on the national holiday for la fitness for them to sing. for jo pierre, it's a culture you find almost everywhere in belgium houses, we get fries in the little village under the same. it's always a perfect moment. also in the us, we don't have the same as susie, as i'm for fries, as in belgium. so we might be able to avoid this victory to the belgians. so i'm always given costs between the front, french on one side and the belgians on the other,

and they fight over my origins. one thing is certain, i started out as an ordinary starchy potato, but in belgium, always a fresh one and never frozen. must feel for research preserved results. you see the cool thing about you when you don't, victor, i started scrolling and continue talking the potatoes at 4 am, so no sex and they start to delivery. is that to 8 weeks over here? my 3rd, this is how i get fresh potatoes every day to 2 days from pitts. this fun, ryan, to see you later. how are you? how is your vacations? lucky. okay, you can go. i see my customers is one big family one. and i think for many of them it's the same. they're like, they're steve like, let's go to steve for years. these are steve surprised what sort of like that he's more than just to ship. he's my loyal companion in the daily struggle against hungry valleys. if you were to put me in an office at

a monthly summary of 3000 bureaus, a company car and a computer, i wouldn't be happy if i stand here. i'm in touch with my customers. what else do i need? oh, just this the way it is. i'm come so hard to imagine life without me, steve salt. hell, no job. okay. but no fries, no way, no worries. now i'm not going anywhere. i'll be by your side till the next a crispy adventure in our new series on the average german we'll find out which cliches about germans can be statistically proven. our average durham is called me shout in the and it's 43 years old. in this episode, we secretly follow him around to see what he does me evenings. so far we've watched messiah wake up in the morning, and we've joined him as he commutes walks and flats his way through

a day at the office for what's next. so now the what side of the way, what does michelle get up to in the evening? does he have any hobbies? well, does he have to do that? so you're gonna get a little tipsy. let's find out the year. and that way. it's friday. it's full. so 2 pm and me says finish what for the week? looks like he's off the place in football. this is me say of friend lucas lucas asked me say and how his day was and like 70 percent of german. he says it was typical by contrast for it's like me, a more likely say it was good the

all those the most germans, the reasons for doing for a not rooted in will be sizes. most germans do sports to stay healthy and to optimize the physical strength fit hard. make sure you find a note from his neighbor, probably caps then there's a noise that someone in the building is having loud sex. germans report also being annoyed by cigarettes, a loud music and d r y, the german level side with bridge knows no bounds. yes, even off to bread for breakfast, bread for lunch. you guessed it, the most common. what they did is bridge loan is awesome. job on top bread with sliced meat, cheese,

chopped. the i think we sail since he's a drink, but which one the germans are the full, heavier strength is in your and t g. i s michelle's having a be yes . timmons and then that level of hiking, but according to the gem and free time on this, the most leisure activities actually take place indoors. germans enjoy watching tv, listening to music, browsing the internet, and being alone with the thoughts the sales. so like spending time with the for what the germans wish they were doing.

the 72 percent. the germans wish they had more time to hold the place on the 9 pm and says on the way to the tonight, the basically the pub maintenance is friends. the germans drink coffee to 90, to disappear som or any other alcoholic beverage. like 56 percent of germans. michelle is stressed about spending his free time with

people he doesn't like. we'll find for in the german sit relatively low on the kids on drunk scale. average german messiah gets drunk almost 11 times per year, which is considerably less than the $26.00 sized. so yes, the average australian gets strong. but judging by the twinkle in me, says i and looks like tonight could be one of those 11 times the . 2 13 percent of germans have written an east go to walter, and luckily,

michelle is an average german, so he refrains. looks like call me say i was going to have a so head tomorrow. what's he going to do with the rest of his weekend? how does he supply from the shop suppose on sundays? and when we have a text julia back like can subscribe to efforts, german we'll stay here in germany and move to the south of the country where our reporter rachel stuart is on a road trip between noise launched on and this way the announce rachel explores this scenic, cultural and culinary highlights of southern germany. and there are plenty see for yourself, the easy. there's not a lot southern germany because the people here are so warm hearted, liked the temperature. finally the good wine here, the food here is very tasty. ok, and there's a culture too many southern nice states, a buyer, and then an english for various unbuttoned. looking back at 2 of the biggest states

making up nearly a 3rd of germany's territory and population. both states have a relatively young population, very low unemployment and hyatt. oh. how do you tell the difference between these 2 pretzels? this one with consistent slickness all around is a book. it's a from the barrier. and this one with it's to skinny. um is a pizza from this wavy and part of button button that this the view is, is a metaphor of how the 2 southern states have a lot in common. but if you look close enough, you can tell the difference is also a metaphor for how but very often steals that. i'm not take traditional dress, for example. there are lots of different types of tasks, boat clothing on eva gemini, but the most famous internationally made of all isn't the dental which technically belong device to very about and looking at no doubt you've heard of unix october 5th, the biggest folk festival in the world it's unlikely of these and rather confusingly, it actually begins to come back when it was founded in 19 tenant really did

beginning on tape. but it was seen before to make the most effective weather conditions. love area is the most visited gym and state by foreign and domestic, tory, recognize this guys the fairytale style noise sponsored on castle is one of the most popular tourist attractions in durham, which wasn't quite the original plan. can you look this? the 2nd, the diarrhea had no intention of opening his prize project to the public, but his novice plans got him deepened to that. no, no, not that he died, the cost of those were opened in order to help pay the bills. germany's largest state also has germany's highest peak that suits bits, a 2962 images. the various motto is mia's on. yeah. which translates to we all who we are used to convey a sense of pride and a will to succeed. that's got some move, a copy or a to help us with it and with the locals glue. scott said it was, you know, so you can say that either as a greeting or just say good bye up to them up to let someone know that all is okay . fast too. i know it's time for some traditional bavarian grub,

both sides. it is on the perfect the company meant any bavarian meals via the got minutes. so then it doesn't matter if you live in the city or in the country side and bavaria beer festivals there everywhere you can be. i think there's always a very nearby in the who lives in the aisle when i was an 8th grade. we did a very to her as a school trip. i feel most bit much that you kind of have a connection to beer and berries and still to new. and i say, i don't that so often we'll go to the south, west of germany was split into 3 states. they would then bundled together deformed states of buttons, looking back in 1952 more of a practical economic reasons than any real sense of kinship. visa is a cultural divide, is still particularly clear between the regions of bob and sway via the stereotype of this bottom. it's straight laced on a bit since the names are inventing the calvin. kind of pushy cleaning rates with a shed building. and the mission in life is supposedly help the shock, of course, the balance work work and build a house. the bad know are often seen as more relaxed and open minded. another well

worn phrase is the bottom left these on the spot and that is the sun. lastly, the bottom, the world. last out, sweet view, the grain of curious and not is the bottom is the warmest region of germany that makes it a great spot for vineyards and the most important region in gemini for scribbled window opening while one. once i passed anything sway be a has a behind is in the kitchen, it's way be in specialities are among the most comforting on a shipment menu. molar cash and they're kind of ravioli needs something i know sometimes cold haggled specialized to them or little gold. cheetahs legend has it, monks invented these. it will pass the parcels as a way of hiding neat from the old icy when they were supposed to be fasting. but the absolute king of slavery and because he has got to be fed to the specified spec, we make it you that's what gravely trusted in the plan with a bit of butter or as caves a spencer with cheese in case i mean expensive over some of the special arise at the surface, then they're ready to answer the case. a specialist should be premium duty. enjoy

with the now on till gary a and it's capital. sophia, one of the oldest cities in europe. the metropolis has a very unique john. soviet architecture from the 20th century meets ancient thermal springs from roman times, a vibrant city with rough edges, and lots of surprises. the welcome to my home town of cecia. my name is vanessa. i'm a traveled blogger, and the youtube are. and i'm looking forward to showing you my favorite spots. so the,

my whole sound was marked by its social and this past. because for more than part of the case, bo guerria was under the very strong influence of so his union, it was, it's closest so satellites. so when you all come around sophia, you'll see lots of buildings. that's our gray, monumental built in this typical standing this architectural style that is meant to last forever. the the so if you want to know how ordinary bulgarians used to live back in the eighty's when bulgaria was at the, on the side of the iron curtain. the time of gorbachev and right then you're welcome to the red. it's in the center of the field. so you see young

people mostly foreigners who have never experienced this area. they have only heard about it. they just want to come here and to see how people used to live. what was their life experience? what socialism looked like. i want to show you the most is the grammar both place in my hometown. just look at this, this is the cathedral, alexander and mexico, and just look at those, those the covered with pure gold and they're shining like yellow sun across all the city, the, when you're in sophia and your thursday, this is the place you need to be the you know,

my home town has the got hot springs and the city and my mom, i used to come here almost every week from the other parts. and so she used to because she was sure that this water is magic for aroma to the best to repeat this, got the most important is the truth, is sophia, the, and all the other side we've got the mazda victor. so after which this 3 things named vince scott is the busiest threats and sophia, there are lots of shops confessed, and restaurants here the charleston victor, scott boulevard. and enjoy yourself the

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