capital of north rhine-westphalia. at first glance just sort of seems to be a quite lot or in city at least judging by the architecture but somewhere among all these contemporary buildings they're supposed to be a beautiful old town home to wait for it the world's longest bar also i've heard that the city is great for a little shopping spree so it's about time we got to the bottom of this. we also go to palermo on the mediterranean i. sicily. in poland takes us through his hometown of krakow. and we'll finish up with impressions of quito the capital of ecuador. but first. let's start in the very center of town. some history to begin with this is the ultrasound hall. this guy is. the prince a lecturer in the late seventeenth century he left his mark on his hometown this equestrian statue is a major landmark. what else i think we could all do with some essential facts and figures about this place don't you think welcome to disagree one o one. and about two hundred forty meters high the rhine broadcasting is the city's ta

in the case of the tank on the rhine the simulator showed that the accident could not have been caused by currents or the water level by another ship in the end it turned out that the main cause for the accident was that the tank had been loaded improperly. like in this model the tanks were only half full so the liquid in them sloshed back and forth causing the tanker to tilt sideways until it finally capsized. the findings demonstrated that the ship handling simulator worked since then it's been used regularly to assess possible hazards on germany's waterways currently the federal waterways engineering and research institute is assessing this bridge in the town of nor a mine this stretch of the mine river is lovely but the low bridges make it the bottleneck on the route between the north sea and the black sea. the old bridge is shadi old for renovation the project will take several months closing the rhine mine danube canal for that length of time would have serious economic consequences . the center will have to be closed during construction so can all the shipping traffic be reroute

also on the banks of the rhine or the headquarters of dr possed designed by star architect young. from one hundred forty nine thousand nine hundred ninety will germany was divided fall and served as the capital of west germany the parliamentary chambers are now a historic site and a venue for international conventions. politics occasionally has a place here to the villa hama schmidt is the chairman president's second official residence. the chancellor's bungalow is open to the public it's a prime example of one nine hundred sixty s. design. of the leaders who lived within its minimalist walls only helmut schmidt and his wife loki are said to have felt truly at home. in the old. town hall unmarked plots at the city's historic center for nearly two hundred years the prince a lectors of cologne resided in bonn and left their mark on the old town. in one thousand nine hundred the university was established in the former electoral palace the pleasure garden became its campus. phones museums offer an abundance of art culture and history. in. the house collects objects that became part o

good enough now she's here with the twenty first armored brigade in the town of august off in north rhine-westphalia she's thinking about becoming a career officer. at us about it's a question of there are two lockers here that's the one for our clothes this room is for four people. she and her roommate are tidying up the sergeant is coming for inspection. tightness is important in the military are you a tidy person at home. so god for and i'm not at all but i used to work at a primary school and it wasn't hard for me there. i could tidy up all day and honestly enjoy it and i thought my room is always a mess even when i've just cleaned up a room right now this is perfect. put your pet on the other side. turn it around so the opening faces the other direction. tuck that in a bit other than that fine no complaints. the young guests also get a taste of military drill. you know all of the. basically drill commands are for the sake of order so everything looks neat and we don't like what he's we're marching. and they march a lot on the base always information. but the in your face drill sergeant is a thi

and of the rhine and the archbishop's of cologne months and train. any candidate for king and emperor had to make concessions to the powerful princes that also was true of the hapsburg and for a chance the fifth who was elected in fifty nineteen. than a vive and his election wasn't without controversy if there was opposition and skepticism. the roman curia had a different candid gov there were very strong reservations because of his immensely now of the position. and that was prejudice against him as he was viewed as a foreigner and the employer over which he now presided the man with kaiser for. the hapsburg empire was unfamiliar with germany and its people even as ruler of the world he could not override the german princes the image he cultivated wasn't just posturing charles was right in saying the sun never sets on his empire. his prayer book has survived to this day it doesn't just testify to the hapsburg ruinous piety one page depicts the most powerful man on earth kneeling at the feet of a guardian angel. the page shows signs of wear and ten a

north rhine-westphalia she's thinking about becoming a career officer. harrison by southwest and if there are two lockers here that's the one for our clothes so this room is for four people. she and her roommate are tidying up the sergeant is coming for inspection. tiding this is important in the military are you a tidy person at home. so all of god had for you and i'm not at all but i used to work at a primary school and it wasn't hard for me there. i could tidy up all day and honestly enjoy it and i thought my room is always a mess even when i've just cleaned up a room right now this is perfect pickle what. put your pet on the other side. turn it around so the opening faces the other direction. tuck that in a bit other than that fine no complaints from. the young guests also get a taste of military drill. you know all of the. basically drill commands are for the sake of order so everything looks neat and we don't like what he's we're marching. and they march a lot on the base always information. but the in your face drill sergeant is a thing of the pas

valid neo is a small town on the lower rhine than arkan put on the first marathon just for women here. he made phone calls and convinced women to participate the aim was to prove that women could run a marathon it was part of women's emancipation a months apart see on. the new marathon distance was perfect for cristoval and sick knee coffer schlager she started her long distance running career in the seventy's. coached by her fellow club member manfred stefani christer cover schlager has achieved an incredible result ten minutes before the finish line she separated from the leading pack and created a lead of almost two kilometers just before crossing the finish line she looks like she's running a few hundred metres on a training run looking completely fresh and running with excellent style she's heading towards a new european record. you're not completely exhausted no not in any way dr van ark and this confirms your theory that women are also suited to running marathons definitely i follow the race particularly over the last ten thousand meters during which most runners performance dr

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out what one has to offer a connection with the legendary he told me in the old cell along the river rhine and in a ballroom dating back to the great man's time. martin luther the bearer of hope for the unknown and middle classes saw. his chance nation of the bible greatly shaped the development of the german language. and made the holy scriptures accessible to ordinary people. to what extent did he help to bring about the creation of a unified germany. you know the nation. before. this you know i mean in humanities and going yes. but most of the time what i'm focused on him is you know what i'm with what in organize you don't know what is it there. was here so yes it. he said but i got it going on where they're being funded. it's all happening. but i forgot. your link to news from africa and the world. your link to exceptional stories and discussions hello and welcome to news africa program tonight from born in germany from the news of easy to i while web site d w dot com slash africa join us on facebook at t w africa. with his flowing hair and fierce look this statue might seem familiar

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and of course energy use of the conference must be as climate friendly as possible in a park on the rhine river a tent city measuring thirty five thousand square meters has been set up. the tents are rented for the occasion and warmed with energy efficient heating systems. here workers are setting up the country pavilions where the participating nations can present their climate protection projects. the tents are being lined with special insulating material to keep as much heat is possible from escaping. in fear and in a lot of the bigger tents we also have double membrane fabrics on the roofs the spaces in between them are filled with air that creates an insulating effect so they work with maximum efficiency and so. it's no coincidence that bond is the city that's hosting the summit this is where the u.n. secretary at that organizes the event is located. on comprising the u.n. campus and the nearby conference center is where the actual climate negotiations will be held is the fijian word for a welcome. fund a city of three hundred thousand has to grapple with the flood of visitors the ke

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so on germany there are parts of the infrastructure of the traffic infrastructure bridges over the rhine where investment is necessary and the whole area of digitise ation preparing people for the new digital economy is very important i think this is more important than a rolling out glass fiber nationally investing into people is even more important than investing into infrastructure claimants first president of the institute of economic research hit in germany thank you for your perspective thank you now there's been an angry reaction in a germany is the announcement of job cuts and plant closures that engineering giant siemens the company itself is highly profitable but says its turbine division called keep it makes the parts of fossil fuel power plants and the man says it's been hit by the switch to clean energy sources the broad claims it's an act of tough love to secure the future for the remaining employees. zimmermann's workers took to the streets as the job cuts were announced. the industrial giant said it would slash two percent of its workforce despite billions in profits a de

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a fairy tale forest in the middle of north rhine-westphalia is mining country. environmentalist tanya castles is fighting for this forest near cologne the open pit mining of sand here seems unstoppable the ancient trees will be felled. on. new leaf hidden under the forest floor lies a valuable commodity sand. castles is on a special mission today she wants to see the extent of the sand extraction from above. the sixty meta deep sand pit extends for more than a kilometer along the old bush bella forest every year in the operation expands further. the pit in the forest of both oh and by the fox valka company based in fashion in their view everything here is legal they can even present a permit from the authorities for the sand korean operation they sold forest was never given protected status. tanya castles believes that's a disaster for the environment she volunteers for both the german branch of friends of the nth. you can see that the progress further and further north would and that will lose more old growth forest until it's completely gone if. sand or an anc

its existence it's been tried on a state level in the in the biggest region and germany and north rhine-westphalia but there's no kind of experience with that and the expectation is that such a government would be very unstable the government the minority government would have to look for votes in the other parties every single time when it once the decision to be passed is very little opportunity to plan long term to give any kind of guidance also to international community how germany is going to act on certain issues because they would have to call together the votes every time you mention the international community what message does this you think all of this sends to the international community germany seen as a beacon of stability not only in europe but also in the world yes it's quite unfortunate that it's so obviously gives a picture of not stability and of uncertainty and unprecedented uncertainty on the german level and it's been already two months since the german elections and already before in the campaign everyone in the community was waiting for germans to form the government to ma

in the cathedral building belongs to the state of north rhine-westphalia both the catholic and lutheran communities use it as their parish church. this is symbolically portrayed in the statue entitled. the embrace. jesus embraces not only saint panhard of clay of all but also martin luther. the cathedral is divided by units of time four hours for the protestants the rest for the catholics. shortly after ten a.m. the cathedral becomes catholic. luke losing has been given a privilege this sunday the fifteen year old student has been chosen to carry the holy relics from the sacristy to the altar the skulls of the brothers john and paul who died as martyrs in the fourth century. the relics may only be displayed in the sanctuary during a catholic liturgy. for the rest of the time they have to be locked away in a cupboard. dan had shifted from a throne and that sparked a reformation of the trade in relics indulgences that's more they shouldn't be displayed prominently in an intercom factional church synagogue that's not really a moment most of course the participants don't want them but wait

valve neo is a small town on the lower rhine fan arkan put on the first marathon just for women here. i dated. he made phone calls and convinced women to participate the aim was to prove that women could run a marathon it was part of women's emancipation a month apart see on. the new marathon distance was perfect for cristoval and sick knee coffer schlager she started her long distance running career in the seventy's . coached by her fellow club member manfred stefani christer cover schlager has achieved an incredible result ten minutes before the finish line she separated from the leading pack and created a lead of almost two kilometers just before crossing the finish line she looks like she's running a few hundred metres on a training run looking completely fresh and running with excellent style she's heading towards a new european record. you're not completely exhausted no not anywhere but dr van ark and this confirms your theory that women are also suited to running marathons definitely i follow the race particularly over the last ten thousand meters during which most runners perf

toilet is much more important to them some fifty dogs and their owners are enjoying a cruise on the rhine river k. nine passengers are only allowed on the ship at the end of the season. the day before in cologne nearly one hundred passengers are waiting to check in. miller and his partner goodwin hardy got their dog about a year ago because paddy now plays a major role in the couple's life their travel plans have changed radically. yes. yes this is the first time we've looked at river cruz with a dog. we traveled further afield to the caribbean in the past but we don't really want to do that anymore so we both the dog last year and said if we go on holiday then we will always take the dog. went and yes this is our first voyage together six miles of. the guests are welcome to board in the afternoon tour guide of a boy memorizes the names of many of the four legged friends he knows how important direct contact is. possible really with the barber shop because they always look like this. but all i do is just it's stressful for everyone to get the crew dogs it's the first day but over the next

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twelve thousand kilometers away from his current home on the banks of the rhine we find out more about charlize outweighs. the will to he was never really much of a talker. from those who've known him for years so even now he calls me. former coaches and early mentors explain how it all began. charles was very small but he had and still has this natural gift for playing football. not us and us. and i'm always a straight out in pointing out so just south of the chilean capital santiago. he grew up here in far from affluent surroundings. i was born in a fairly poor neighborhood and. into poverty really. it soon became clear the most likely way i would be through football. am i now. i'm a staff social worker. and i've been him more than fifteen years now. around two thousand and two i still have a really clear image a little boy very very well behaved respectful and very. money your way says his brother was his big hair i won an award but various circumstances prevented him from becoming a professional footballer. of the family then decided to focus their efforts on helping shall i was tr