this is where the danube in and is reversed meet. and right in the middle of it all is the beautiful old town. the rivers are both a blessing and a curse they've made it possible prone to floods but for centuries the waterways were important trading routes the wealth brought to the city is reflected in its architecture. for example the festool borrows it's almost eight hundred years old and one of the largest surviving many evil fortress complexes in europe from the top there's a great view over the city of three rivers. i thought i wanted to visit possible because of its special location and of course when i'm here i'll do a hike in the bavarian forest a popular destination not too far from possible and here's what's also on today so . we make a detour to her gossip possibles our miles. our week leave your video takes us to the island of course in thailand. and we accompany globetrotter steve finish to the famous ruins of much of beach in beirut. cost so it's not only been shaped by its three rivers this city's former rulers also le

of the danube and interns on the upper branch. and in all our hotel bedrooms are above the ground floor we live with this flooding cause after two weeks there was this lovely line in the newspaper that everyone still crying but pass out is back. on the stand and this is hard impossible if. it's a few but this area here is usually affected by the floods we've been talking about just that where you have you ever thought about moving away from the city or at least the old tells. us and what affects me is. not in the us you know because we've had plenty of funding and help to rebuild. every new year's eve at midnight we don so won't send front of our house on a beautiful blue danube to appease the river was there so it stays in its mad and doesn't come to visit us. since the as lovely as the three rivers are they should stay where they belong so that if you see the visit will he give you good thank you . yes and we continue with our weekly viewer video then human as filmed her holidays on the thai island of course chung and sent us th

bill fearnley—whittingstall is also stepping on board, taking a river cruise on the danube. a river cruise is a superb way to experience the cities and landscapes of central europe, and the danube is my favourite waterway. tipping on european river cruises is different from ocean cruising — there's no intense pressure and you could leave nothing at the end of the cruise, but the cruise lines offer recommendations and they tend to be quite similar. 12 euros per person per day for the ship staff, plus two or three euros per person per day for the cruise director. were i paying a handsome amount for a danube cruise, i'd probably tip the staff, but leave the cruise director to negotiate his or her own fees direct with the company. whether you're contemplating a trip to the nation next door or the ends of the earth, i'm here to help. so email your questions to: and i'll do my very best to find you an answer. from me, simon calder, the global guru, bye for now and see you next time. finally, we're off to skagen, the most northerly town in denmark. it's possibly best known for host

it's known as the city of three rivers possible in southeastern germany this is where the danube andits reverse meet. and right in the middle of it all isn't it beautiful old town. the rivers are both a blessing and a curse they may pass all prone to floods but for centuries the waterways were important treaty routes the wealth brought to the city is reflected in its architecture. for example the first all boats it's almost eight hundred years old and one of the largest surviving mediæval fortress complexes in europe. from the top there is a great view over the city of three rivers. i've always wanted to visit possible because of its special location and of course when i'm here i'll do a hike in the bavarian forest a popular destination not too far from possible. possible is not only been shaped by its three rivers the city's former rulers also old if their mark with their mcniff is in churches and castles. their story is told in the first overalls museum it's closed during the winter and reopens in mid march but they let me inside for a look. this is where in twelve seventeen bushel

with a narrow street parallel to the danube it's where many artists have their studios.ery popular with specially in the summer. all the houses here date from the middle ages and our list the buildings. and. special of. tourists walk through here and we want to attract their attention. of studios and we want to try to make art more accessible. nations in one small space and it works beautifully. with. exhibitions. i say goodbye. and head for my appointment with another artist she also has a studio in a voltage building it's eight hundred years old. this is pretty interesting krista gottingen sells ham painted porcelain. first in the mirror maybe you could show me how it's done. you have to lace sure let's grab a piece. arn with a brush we take a porcelain lit thing i has already outlined the design for me so now i'm going to try and paint it like a pro. and then gently with the tip this number first so who yes you have to try with the tip and use pressure to fill in the leaf. i can add more wood was to. yeah but don't apply to thick otherwise when it's fired it'll get bu

. —— the danube., there is no intense pressure and you could have nothing at the end of the cruise, but the crews of a recommendation and they tend to be quite similar. 12 euros per person per day for the ships staff and for the cruise director, wear and i am paying a handsome amount for the danube cruise i would probably tip the staff but leave the cruise director to negotiate their own fees. whether you are contemplating a trip to the nation next door or the nation next door or the ends of the nation next door or the ends of the earth, i am here to help. so e—mail your questions to me and i will do my very best to find you an answer. from me, the global guru, wife now, see you next time. finally, we are off to skagen, the most northerly town in denmark. it is possibly best known for hosting a colony of artists known as the skagen painters who were cared in the 19th century known as the skagen painters. and today there legacy lives on. one of my favourite paintings is this one, a midsummer paintings

the limes roman border fortifications once ran through present day germany from the rhine to the danube. we decided that this really has some cultural significance or but you look at it and you just see all standing there. the tsunami but in this case i look at the background at night and i picture that makes the wall seem to glow against the landscape. the wall was originally five hundred fifty kilometers long punctuated by nine hundred towers and one hundred twenty roman forts it was the largest european structure of its time thousands of soldiers were stationed along its. border they were well paid for their families along they were tradesmen and lived in villages nearby the stations were all well supplied prostitutes innkeepers then everything there is on its. back to the future one nine hundred twenty four another world cultural heritage site is the bauhaus school indes out guided by miss funder as motto less is more and the buildings by modern architecture pioneer look whose credo was a house is a machine to live in. yes and has that soul for an industrial complex one of the bigge

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unpolitical an oasis at the heart of a congested metropolis of over fifteen million people this is the danube and elite university many of its eight thousand students as well as a large number of its professors come from the lower social classes so it's no surprise that ideologically the jan you leans to the left fighting slogans and revolutionary icons adorn the wools at the moment the students attending against india's government and its hindu nationalist policies. we are opposed to the government's economic policies we are opposed to the government's politics though we are getting really bad and i mean there are lots of conversations to be had with parents also is scared and wouldn't want us to take strong positions because everyone was started in students one by one from that institution the police and even universities outside india so given our solidarity so we do believe that he has a very strong message to step stronger wind which is including a lot of you with a lot of young people a lot of like minded people to get. the movement is headed by the man who sparked off the protests can

remember it was probably one or two days after the start of the second world war i was walking along the danube with sophie and i said oh my god hopefully there won't be a war my good friends clique and act and so we said no hopefully someone will finally go after hitler so he can't do whatever he pleases everywhere. recipe. the resistance was taking shape under the name the white rose punch shawl and his classmate alexander sheryl and a leaflet in one nine hundred forty two and sent it anonymously to intellectuals in munich they appealed to people's conscience and called on them to engage in passive resistance. in the first leaflet said do not forget that every people deserves the regime it is willing to enjoy. the young man's experience on the eastern front played a crucial role between semesters of their medical studies at university in munich they were sent to poland as medics there they saw the true force of war a friend bill a graph soon joined the white rose. the friends had to be careful their activities were kept secret even from their families. the media lately i saw how the glass and

town of 0ban. for a wider choice of accommodation and fewer crowds. taking a river cruise on the danubee the cruise director. to negotiate his or her own fees direct with the company. or the ends of the earth, i am here to help. to find you an answer. for now, see you next time. in mexico, it's adios. if they don't cooperate to keep vulnerable people say. vulnerable people say. facing further allegations this morning. good morning to you. it is sunday the 11th of their brief. the 11th of their brief. programme: the damage caused by alcohol. alcohol.