and the artistic secrets behind denmark's biggest fishing port.l place because you can see all around and that gives inspiration. the travel show, your essential guide wherever you're heading. welcome to the slice of the show that gets you the best out of your travel. an island escape in scotland, and the perennial problem of tipping, who and how much — this time on a river cruise. first, high—speed rail should be arriving shortly in saudi arabia. after teething problems, qatar the link between mecca and medina across the arabian desert should arabian desert should be opening in march. spanish built trains will be covering the 270 miles between the two holy cities in about two hours. helen is looking forward to christmas — the place, not the day. christmas island, a beautiful coral atoll in the heart of the world's biggest ocean, is the only isle in the republic of kiribati who has an international air link. it's a stop on the way between honolulu and fiji. there are many ways to reach honolulu from the uk with a single change of planes at a mainl

finally, we're off to skagen, the most northerly town in denmark.known for hosting a colony of scandinavian artists called the skagen painters who worked here chiefly in the 19th century. and, more than a century later, their influence still lives on. one of my favourite paintings is this one, ps kroyer‘s midsummer painting of the bonfire at stjohn‘s night, and it's adding together a lot of the things that these skagen painters and the colony was all about, really, because it shows us the artists and the local fishermen together in the same painting. actually, we still this day today are celebrating stjohn‘s night in the same way as we see on the painting. back in the 1870s and 1880s, the skagen painters started coming here. they were from denmark, norway, sweden, great britain, and at this time, travelling was part of the education of becoming an artist. they found a fishermen‘s village on the top of denmark where these two oceans meet each other. this touch that the artists made on this town, i think, is very important to skagen today. so this is

and finally this week, i travel to aalborg in denmark.pletely surrounded by water, no matter where you are you are never more than 50 kilometres from the coast. so it should come as no surprise that it was here that a local artist was inspired to combine music and water in a way that you have never heard before. this is the group between music, their latest show is the first in a four part series called aquasonic, which explores who we are as human beings and it begins with our time in the womb. we are so often divided between you and me, them and us, different religions and different cultures, but this is something we all know something about. we have our first nine months covered by this water filter, so i think somehow the audience, i think they are on at least an unconscious level will have a flashback to hearing those sounds. so as performers, how does it feel when you are underwater performing to an audience? it gets really, somehow a sense of loneliness to it. there is not only a visual loneliness to see these humans in the tanks,

back in denmark! am beginning to think i am a natural.u can close the sound with your hand. another thing, if you take, there is a small stick on the top of the, yeah, exactly. and you can use that for the ring over there, with the holes in it. that's so cool axe mac you're making music! -- that's so cool axe mac -- cool! . it is so cool, you have these hammers, it resonates and you can feel it in your body. it is a totally different experience than hanging a bell with a hammer. and when you have been out of order for a couple of weeks and months and when we go and we have to play somewhere and get in the tank, it feels like getting home again. try to go down and hit may be number one and number three together. —— may be. —— maybe. underwater music, trickier than it appears and definitely one not to try at home. unfortunately that's all we got time for on this weeks show. coming up next week: with the winter olympics in full swing in south korea, carmen heads to seoul for a taste of its strict culture. it is pretty cold out here right now

michael costin's cuisine is simple and authentic and it's made him famous throughout denmark live. and greet him speak for itself i learned a lot on the season i'm watch and she's right now and then try to use that because when it's in season it's cheap. and it's take. take take sure and it's just perfect. let's rock it coastal landscape is a source of inspiration for me. as a child he loved to spend his free time by the ocean he still comes to most every day. to. see if. peace and quiet here have pretty strong a lot of basis during the week but if i can just have more trip into nature cooking or. just walking in there were very. yeah some peace of mind my market. for years he worked for copenhagen stuff and developed recipes for the world famous noah restaurant. decided to switch to places where people can enjoy his food company cafeterias. in twenty twelve he took over the kitchen of this new office back then it served up a lot of meat and gravy. today the menu reflects his signature style. which changed everything. some of the first things i did was just. a lot of things out the

see scandinavian countries before well but one country hasn't achieved a limpid glory and that's denmark undercut by the relatively flat landscape they have just one winter medal to their name reports from copenhagen. denmark in the winter olympics curling is the undisputed champion among sports poles apart from the skiing and ice hockey coaches of its scandinavian neighbors here in copenhagen medal hopes are made of stone after killings olympic debut twenty years ago gave denmark that only place on the podium we had one medal and it was in. and it was. very proud of that no one has been able to do medal in any way this boy every family so that's why it's very special. it's special as more than just a memory in the era before nine hundred ninety eight danish curl is how to play and skating rinks that medal may have been a hard act to follow but it did what in danish terms was a winter sports revolution the creation of this club after nine hundred ninety eight men the first time at least some danish winter olympians to train for the games in their home country curling remains the exceptio

that's already been reported that even danish citizens living in denmark but who have dug in skin more likely to be checked sometimes or even regularly some of gotten used to it while others get upset of it still not clear when denmark will put up its border control buildings the danish government has to apply for planning permission. time to get musical now and when you think about the types of music that children are playing on their headphones while classical music might not be the first comes to mind our next report from france highlights a project that's getting school children excited about opera. what in the world is going on here these children can hardly control themselves but this is no justin bieber concert nor any other pop music act in fact. they're at the opera listening to a performance of the bobber of seville. this is a god but how is it that the opera is making the kids react like this i didn't really think that was cool we sang along with all the children and sometimes the lady opera singer sang along with us that was already a groove incidentally was at the end they

denmark in the winter olympics is the undisputed champion among sports poles apart from the skiing and ice hockey coaches that scandinavian neighbors here in copenhagen medal hopes are made of stone after killings olympic debut twenty years ago gave denmark that place on the podium we have one medal it was a nineteen ninety eight and it was a civil medal on their women's side and denmark. very proud of that no one has been able to meddle in any way this boy every family so that's why it's very special to us it's special as more than just a memory in the era before nine hundred ninety eight danish curl is how to play and skating rinks that medal may have been a hard act to follow but it did what in danish terms was a winter sports revolution the creation of this club after nine hundred ninety eight men the first time at least some danish winter olympians to train for the games in their home country. curling remains the exception denmark's top medal prospect elena regress trains most of the year at speed skating rinks in holland annoy the best danish cross-country skier lives in greenlan

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hi everyone and welcome to the show today when we had one of denmark's most extraordinary chefs out and these topics are no menu as well. cosmos a dutch retrospective shows the work of german paint on the overall. living space this was an architect designed a pretty picture of the home for himself and his family. on music makes annual sawmill of seven top musicians combines classical music with pop. he's a real rabble at the still we're talking about mr kahn stuff even though the danish have made a name for himself on the scene he prefers to cook in contains company cover terry as are not known for their fine food but cost side wants to prove that you don't need much money or time for the licious and healthy dishes he also likes to cook in unusual places for example here. this is middle class types favorite way to cook outdoors over an open fire. today he's using fresh mussels from the danish baltic sea then he adds some fennel apples and garlic. to make a cost simple and authentic and it's made him famous throughout. let's. agree to speak for itself i learned a lot on the season i'm wa

here of course in the next few days let's talk briefly about it will cope denmark qualified we were there. to watch a quite incredible performance from the team and christian eriksen how excited are you to be potentially playing you know in the summer in russia to be. i'm really really excited for the coach of. the sport before going well please. i'm really excited and finally what is the expectation for you to die in the squad to get out of the group for us to be competitive what do you think are realistic expectations for denmark we want so it's a go through in the group stage. and playful it's highly why not i mean in the world cup is really what it is difficult to say but as i said before that you know every game has its own life and you're looking forward to going to claim in russia some great stadiums luzhniki moscow some preachers but sixty thousand a different environment to play football in here is going to be totally different both first of all we have to enjoy it but i think one of the first on the pitch will forget about this but say it suggests and enjoy every second then giv

against barcelona to appeal to my faith now do me see my you will be selected for morocco and for denmark you give them some of your advice how to play in a world cup. thought i could hear but i. see what i want and then the south and. the moon i know. but one of. the risk when i hope i'm one of them because my window. must know something the whole world is on your knees we were just before young. that incident and actions by now i. want to embrace timeless and i hope i don't know what kind of people must represent them with finally. russia two thousand and eighteen lots of great scenes as captain what do you hope what do you expect how far can mexico go. for your spittle in. my horoscope was a moon the but i mean he. and the american are you going to. ask. the quality and then move the. head on one aspect that will but those he want i mean that ok us plan to escape. me he called they said fossil classified and. i must say i said as i started to tell us how long. i'm very frank you very much for joining us all the very best for the world cup with mexico i have one final thing to outproduc

>>nk that the mariam nsque is the first mosque denmark who actually have a specific focus on women'srights, on... on gender equality. so, what we're doing is that we are rereading the koran according to our times and our societies, with a focus on women'ts. >> reporter: khankan's female congregation doesn't permit the filming of prayers. we were given access as she told visiting american students about one of the principles that distinguishes her house of god from the traditional. here, above a pedestrian shopping street, muslim women are allowed to marry men of other faiths. khankan says this is controversial. >> one of the biggest dilemmas of the youth today in europe and in the rest of the world is the question of love across not only national identities, but also religious identities. o, how do we solve that problems? and as an imam, we have to find islamic solutions to existing dilemmas in the youth. this is... i meali this is an tion. >> reporter: khankan's interpretation of islam has put her at odds with majity muslim opinion, but she's not backing down. >> if the...the patria

against barcelona to appeal to my faith now do me see my you will be selected for morocco and for denmark will you give them some of your advice how to play in a world cup. thought i could hear but i don't mean diageo see what i want and they're not. the moon i know. but one of. the risk point of open with locals move where no. one must know somebody in the hall is on your knees one of our young. that insulting us actions by you and i. want to embrace timeless and open no matter what kind of people must represent them with finally. two thousand and eighteen lots of great scenes as captain what do you hope what do you expect how far can mexico go. for your spittle in. my horoscope was a moon the but i mean he's. an american are you going to. can ask. the quality and then move the. head on one aspect that will but those he want i mean that ok us plan to escape. me he called they said fossil classified and. i must say i said as i started to tell us how. i'm very very much for joining us all the very best for the world cup with mexico i have one final thing to outproduce. spanish and he's a b

growth in denmark, it's been modest for a number of years now. not to the extent you've seen in sweden and norway, where you have counter cyclical buffers. that's where we express concern, it may be moving a bit too fast. when that is set, do remember we have a large excess capital position so we're comfortable with any buffer we have >> the clear and present danger in your market seems to come from the housing market. is it showing signs of stabilizing from your point of view >> the housing market is something we're choreography zacognizant around we've not seen that drop maybe more of a balancing out, but we have not seen those same type of price increases. we think sweden and norway is undergoing a healthy correction in house prices, but we don't see it as a major correction we are seeing a stabilization in these countries as well at the moment i wouldn't say it's dramatic probably healthy for those markets they have gone up fast for a long period of time. when you look at the quality of our book in sweden and norway, especially where there is

is ago gave denmark that only place on the podium we have one medal and it was in ninety eight and it was. very proud of that no one has been able to do medal in any way this boy every family so that's why it's very special. it's special as more than just a memory in the era before nine hundred ninety eight danish curl is how to play and skating rinks that medal may have been a hard act to follow but it did what in danish terms was a winter sports revolution the creation of this club after nine hundred ninety eight when the for the first time at least some danish winter olympians to train for the games in their home country curling remains the exception denmark's top medal prospect elena recasts trains most of the year at speed skating rinks in holland to norway. the best danish cross country skier martin mullet lives in greenland i'm a great alpine hope christopher followed up far away in norway. trina christe won silver with the curling team twenty years ago and this still one of the only danes to outdo their scandinavian neighbors in the winter games when we won the medal we were h

and finally this week, i travel to aalborg in denmark.d come as no surprise that it was here that a local artist was inspired to combine music and water in a way that you have never heard before. this is the group between music, their latest show is the first in a four part series called aquasonic, which explores who we are as human beings and it begins with our time in the womb. we are so often divided between you and me, them and us, different religions and different cultures, but this is something we all know something about. we have our first nine months covered by this water filter, so i think somehow the audience, i think they are on at least an unconscious level will have a flashback to hearing those sounds. so as performers, how does it feel when you are underwater performing to an audience? it gets really, somehow a sense of loneliness to it. there is not only a visual loneliness to see these humans in the tanks, but also the sound has a kind of loneliness to it, i think that is quite a nice idea. so, here goes. one deep breath a

this cafeteria has gone from being one of denmark's must to be one of its best. i love our food it's a very healthy i mean we just get to eat things that we don't know. i have been here for. fifteen years i started. opening. fish legal for started littlepage. and it was just people change and it was a big progress. because it's happy that his concept has been so well received he's currently helping seniors home and a hospital with their new concepts while maintaining his reputation as one of denmark's top chefs he wins awards and also publishes cookbooks his most recent evergreen provides recipes for. knows how great pictures can entice people to eat good food so he posts a new dish each day on instagram. he also gives insights into his private life. is a father a full who spends as much time with his children as possible. balancing family life with his profession as a top chef was a huge challenge. mostly he gave up working in michelin starred restaurants to be able to sit down to dinner with his own family in the evenings. i need some new challenges. all the ti

it pays homage to the prince of denmark, who they say was a fine wine maker.r: now a word on the olympics, and a fairytale could be over for jamaica's first all-female bobsled team. allison: the odds just got worse, because the german coach just quit. she was asked to change her role and apparently refused. there were also reports she owns the bobsled being used by the team and might take it with her when she leaves. it sounds like a terrible alternate ending to the film of cool runnings. the pun of the day, the headline, "cruel runnings." anchor: thank you for that. do not forget, you can get a closer look at the press review or any stories we are covering on our website, france24.com. we will take a break, but we will be back in a few minutes with more live coverage from south africa, where the election is underway for the new president who will replace jacob zuma, who resigned yesterday after years in power. stay tuned. ♪ sami: jakarta was just the first taste of what was to come. karinding attack's heavy bamboo sound drag me deeper into the diverse music s

shirt comes from the classic good day festival in hollister pro in denmark or one of my favorite ensembles was before me the danish string quartet the danish string quartet are performing here and what's the pro at the classic the day international music festival. this city is full of arts and music and everyone here knows that the danish is in town. was it. was. the. yen the thank you for inviting us to your wonderful festival holstered pro may be small but this festival is really huge but it must be amazing if you to have real danish stars here it is because as you said we specialize in inviting and internationally meet but it's just a wonderful thing that we have a danish quartet like this is very unusual other danes very proud of the danish string quartet incredibly proud but also because they i think one of the special qualities is that. they mix a lot of. traditions city folk music from nordic countries and it yes and they they give it a new life and you really feel audiences connect with it and they're great people to be with. you. leave. me. here. it. was. too soon festival orchest

in denmark former jihad is could even receive an apartment and job to promote reintegration but those coming back are also facing trial and jail time to meet here in russia the most dangerous form of jihadists are imprisoned though in the past a number did join the radicalization programs they have now closed however one controversial case has come to light here in russia it's the story of a former eisel fighter who says he escaped the terror group and turned himself into the russian security services he then face trial in russia but was later released the court explained that he was never involved in combat and also they say he cooperated with the investigation after his guilt so was shown some leniency r.t. managed to speak to him about his time in syria over the misfortune of implement i got interested and started reading forums and watching video online i was given a phone number of a person who could help me get to syria here's sure me that those who came could leave at any time and no one would be kept there but they immediately took away our documents and telephones it was a sh

people see someone walking, they think they have a mental health issue when really, we should be like denmark, modern, extensive infrastructure. people should be encouraged to walk, it's a lifestyle. they have rails. flint has the capacity to do that. >> you can find this online at c-span.org. we leave it now to return live to the floor of the house working today on fighting online sex trafficking and in

the obvious, in denmark. not the question. god's question, i wrote a column about this, and imagine what could happen to human beings at close range, we should ban this dangerous activity and i have gotten a lot of hate mail over the years and you would think opera people are classy but the nastiest hate mail i have forgotten in my life, if you, the opener, the opener. it was really angry mail from opera people but i got one letter from eugene, oregon opera company saying they were putting on an opera which involved a corks. they wanted to know if i would be willing to come to eugene and play the corpse in the opera. do anything for a column. i went to eugene from miami, a series of smaller and smaller airplanes. last one, we can't fit you and a pilot in there. and look for a rain cloud. i got to eugene, oregon, a serious, professional opera. my job was to lie on this bed, people shrieked. really, they are allowed, like nascar allowed human beings. it is hard to lie still. the corpse went on after a little while, i am waiting

victory over denmark boosting their hopes of the semifinals. on their hopes of the semifinals.alled big air, but in this case, not quite enough. she later posted this photo. bruised, but thankfully no worse. but there was redemption for this athlete who missed the last games after a horrible crash but four yea rs later after a horrible crash but four years later booked her place in the half—pipe final, a long wait, but finally worth it. andy swiss, bbc news, pyeongchang. tea m team gb‘s action are dutch women are in action in the curling in round nine of their game against sand. a win would greatly improve their chances of reaching the semifinals. now, take a look at these striking images of thousands of starlings swooping over blackpool beach over the weekend. the mass movement is known as a ‘murmuration' — with flocks of birds swirling through the skies together, before settling into their roost for the night. the numbers swell in winter, when they are joined by migratory starlings from scandinavia. absolutely lovely. time for a look at the weather. here's sarah keith lucas.

julia: incredible, some in london, gentleman in denmark, the denmark connection. chris: exactly.orked for several years at a place, widely regarded the best restaurant in the world. she took that knowledge and brought it to her own place. she's causing a sensation. julia: i mean, this is a strange path she's taken. she was a daughter of mexican immigrants, grew up in chicago. she now finds herself in copenhagen with three restaurants at 32. chris: it wasn't something she imagined as a little kid. she's very funny, no-nonsense. when she was talking to a reporter, she said "i never thought i would be a chef, i was just a fat girl." [laughter] "i liked cake." she went to a vocational school outside of chicago, learned how to cook, she started in turning around the world at some places, then she got a call from noma, and said it was like getting the call to to her. she said "a that's what i'm doing all right, that's when doing, and she worked there for several years. julia: one thing that stood out was the chocolate chili, obviously. chris: yes, popsicles. one of my coworkers had the

in some countries for various reasons so perhaps our economy will become cashless before that of denmark which put more effort into a minute in the market. last year the company saw a thirty fold increase in customers those availing of the service say it's made shopping easier. and make that point that. i think that for me personally it's very practical to pay with people because it enables transactions on the way that the only thing missing is more information about how to manage the art and it's technology a lot of that if i did that because we had no money going. out the developers in venezuela usually don't need too much starting capital salary expectations among coders are no electricity and data costs next to nothing still the boom in mobile payment is a result of the bust in nearly every other sector of the economy. well these are not good it days to be a pig in china the burgeoning middle class that wants more meat especially pork and number of pigs increasing from four hundred to seven hundred million in the space of just a decade the solution factory style farms. it's not exact