five canals in concentric arcs today the urban ensemble is a unesco world heritage site often the houses along the canals were commissioned by wealthy merchants and many were countenanced which is why the houses are modest in design wealth was displayed in more subtle ways. this black house here is a good indication of that it's a very thorough house it's quite tall and if you look at the glass on it compared to the house right behind me the see it's got very large windows this was a way of showing the wealth of the old days. posts no fewer than forty four museums one is the van gogh museum it houses a collection of two hundred works by the dutch artist. another must see is the heights museum the national museum of the netherlands it was already a traffic friendly building when it opened in eight hundred eighty five and today it could well be the only museum that you can ride a bike through. it holds works by dutch golden age masters like the mia and rembrandt. the rights as a was built around the eighteen hundreds and it's designed by a german rather than a pure calipers and if you arri

germany currently has forty two sites on unesco's world heritage list they include the pilgrimage church of. god and of area. national park undriven with its chalk cliffs in beach forests. cologne cathedral. and the caves in ice age art in this way be enjoyed some of the world's oldest figurative art a statuette of a woman. and a lion man figurine were found here near on their some forty thousand years old the strength on from this is simply the beginning of our culture yes. they're the first known artworks to have been produced in europe. and one of the main researchers whose name was. and says he's always searching also to find something older woman's and what he never finds anything so maybe at some point you just have to accept the fact that they're the oldest of the sisters to this. korean hina visited all of germany's world heritage sites and wrote the texts for the coffee table book which weighs in at five kilos. one base photographer going to a bio took the pictures the two men spent three years travelling around germany for the project. the if i knew should you get tired of taki

world heritage list to. the architecture of entire towns like bamberg is also inscribed on unesco's list but there's one thing all these sites have in common the world would be a much poorer place without them. and just as you don't have to travel very far to see all of those wonderful you know sco world heritage sites you don't have to travel very far here in berlin to experience international cuisine today for our ongoing series fifty kitchens one city we are free featuring indian food from a british chef enjoy. ten years and i have to say i feel increasingly less connected. and feel much more strongly european than i do british but of course you know country behind it's always it's always very very nice i was. carlin grinstead is head chef at berlin's news a restaurant for her cooking used to be a hobby now almost by coincidence it's become her profession when she moved to berlin in two thousand and nine with her german partner to be a stellar they didn't know anyone. and both missed sharing meals with friends. so they started what they called the supper club. that's what a supper club is when you cook for

simply never gets boring now amsterdam is a perfect getaway for the weekend it boasts the unesco world heritage canal system a wealth of museums not to mention the parks restaurants and of course coffee shops and unlike many other capitals amsterdam is relatively small so you can reach pretty much everything on foot but if you want to do is the dutch do then you'd better get on a bike which is what we did to explore the city. instagram is hands down europe's capital of bicycle riders it's home to an estimated nine hundred thousand bikes that's more than the population of the city center. in two thousand and one the world's first bicycle perking garage was built at the city's central rail station shaun cody has been offering individual sightseeing tours of the capital with this company joyride tours for the past seven years naturally by bike for meaning when the most interesting things about amsterdam isn't just the beautiful city but it's also the citizens that make up the city it's people from all over the world and it actually just beat out new york as having the most variety of nationalities

and it is a unesco world heritage site, which puts shackles on your bit as to what you can and can't ght, it is a world heritage site, which is beautiful. lots of old infrastructure and beautiful heritage buildings which we have to maintain. we have a large capital investment programme at the moment to do that. in terms of commercial revenue, you are right. we have as many scientists as we have horticulturalists. people don't realise that is what the botanic pa rt realise that is what the botanic part of our name means, we either working garden and they are working to maintain those living and dry collections. they do important scientific work. it costs about $30 to get in, about £20. when people look at that, they might think it's quite expensive. but we were just talking about the cost of maintaining an site. people no kew for those huge greenhouses and you are renovating one of those and that is pretty expensive. the temperate house, the world's largest surviving victorian glasshouse, we spent £40 million restoring that. that is going to open again in may. we have pictures of the h

talked about how important the site is, a unesco world heritage site and there was a report in 2016 that a high disaster risk for fire and had prevention measures in place. what you think went wrong there? this is another one of the major issues that will be a credibility problem for china because they have drawn two huge length has publicised in tibet their attem pts length has publicised in tibet their attempts at fire prison should —— fire mention in thejokhang monastery. so they had firemen on duty probably, they banned lamps from the temple, this shouldn't really have happened to. it is probably not the fault of the chinese, probably the flames spread from another building nearby but the fa ct from another building nearby but the fact that they weren't able to put it out weekly is damaging for the chinese. it is unfortunate and will set back relations again, especially since nobody knows what has been damaged and what has survived. they keep coming in to talk to us about that. —— thank you for coming in. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: living the

this is the pascual vs panama city's old town for example a unesco world heritage site the architectural splendor of panama is colonial past still shines bright here the buildings were commissioned by newcomers from spain and later from france and north america in the days when trans road through the quarter are long gone. in the heart of the city on placer maior dressed polish really in resplendent white is the impressive rock at the drop metropolitano. the old town is panama city's number one tourist attraction. in. recent years the state of private citizens have been investing in the renovation of its many dilapidated buildings. gentrification is pushing up rents in casco and changing its character a problem faced by many old towns around the world. but for tourists the colorful buildings are a picture perfect backdrop. time and again the streets and squares of bored attractive views of panama cities modern skyline. there's a lot of bold architecture beyond the waterfront road every need our bulb or latin america's high skyscrapers can be found here international trading houses banks

in flames on saturday and the ministry is more than a thousand years old and is listed as a unesco world heritage site it's not known how extensive the damage is. in china celebrations for the new year have been muted in a growing number of cities after a ban on fireworks was expanded beijing is one of them as it tries to curb pollution but that is also affecting a tradition that's lasted a thousand years a shot at better six planes. an assembly line of fire works and lay your young province each read roll of gunpowder is distant to mark the start of a new year in the chinese calendar young is the fireworks couple of the world it all started some fourteen hundred years ago during the ten dynasty. but reasons to employers with a decision by the chinese government to ban fireworks because of pollution. fireworks are a cherished tradition during the chinese new year but they push hundreds of cities above the recommended equality levels this was small in beijing a year ago it's scenes like this that have pushed the government to ban fireworks and four hundred forty four cities that's now being expand

enjoying the winter sunshine in the results have been scoped may or may not know there was a unesco world heritage sites the beautiful ancient forest here supposedly protected by bulgarian and international environmental laws the plans to expand the skiing area by cutting down far more of the forests has been enthusiastic lee backed by the government is economically lucrative but condemned by environmentalists as the rate of nature some of the trees are a thousand years old the bears and the wolves could lose their habitats if we allow this to happen in the national park then these skiing projects can start in all our national parks we only have three plus in our nature park so we will open the pandora box and this will be the end of protected areas in the area. it's as much about how controversial it is the protests against the scheme of being held in cities all over europe and beyond it's also claimed to be part of a much wider rotten story about the rule of law in the european union. the row over the legal and environmental implications of destroying the forests here in the apparent complicity

gulf in flames on saturday the monastery is more than a thousand years old and is listed as a unesco world heritage site nestled in the highlands of costa rica is one of the finest to pirate gardens in the world for more than fifty years the man nicknamed senor says the hands is turn ordinary cypress trees into works of art and he gallacher ports. at the foot of the church of st raphael in costa rica central mountain range stands a testament to one man's vision over the decades the gardens of said i have been sculpted into birds and beasts by evangelist to blanco a man known locally as don lister all senor scissorhands. he began work here in one thousand nine hundred sixty four and never stopped. but one of the parks like my family is like my children my wife and my mistress i love it and i care for it i come here at five in the morning to star watching it i do this little love and it cation. is the gardens matures so has its reputation there are now more than one hundred figures here each beginning life as saplings planted by a gardener determined to create something unique many great works of art

relics have been damaged or ministry is more than a thousand years old and is listed as a unesco world heritage site russia has dismissed u.s. allegations that thirteen of its nationals ran a secret operation to sway the twenty sixteen presidential election in donald trump's favor the russian foreign minister is denial was immediately challenged by u.s. national security adviser has mcmaster but shortly after trying tweeted the master had forgotten to say the election results were not changed by the russians also in jordan reports. the munich security conference often focuses on weapons of mass destruction regional war and the threat from rogue nations and groups but at this year's meeting the conflict is between russia and the us which has now and died thirteen russian citizens for allegedly interfering in the two thousand and sixteen presidential race the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov called the indictments irrelevant they said. so until we hear the facts everything else is just blather the indictment says otherwise the defendants allegedly were promoting donald trump's candidacy and

to inflames on saturday at one of strays more than a thousand years old and is listed as a unesco world heritage site it's not learned how extensive the damage is. in china celebrations for the new year have been muted in a growing number of cities after a ban on fireworks was expanded beijing is one of them as it tries to curb pollution but the ban is also affecting a tradition that's lasted a thousand years a shot at dallas explains. an assembly line of fire works and leave your young province each read roll of gunpowder is distant to mark the start of the new year in the chinese calendar young is the fireworks couple of the world it all started some fourteen hundred years ago during the ten dynasty. but thracians to employers with a decision by the chinese government to ban fireworks because of pollution. fireworks are a cherished tradition during the chinese new year but they push hundreds of cities above the recommended equality levels this was small in beijing a year ago it seems like this sort of push the government to ban fireworks and four hundred forty four cities that's now being expa

it inflames on saturday the monastery is more than a thousand years old and is listed as a unesco world heritage site it's not known how extensive the damage is. eleven somali refugees who were held in militia controlled areas of libya for years have returned home many of them were tortured and even sold as slaves got to lopez or diane has the story. levin is relieved to be back home in somalia three years ago he tried to migrate to europe he never made it instead he was kidnapped by smugglers in libya and sold as a slave. like an animal i was sold four times in open markets in libya the last time i was sold for ten thousand dollars i was tortured every day vivan story isn't unique and misty international released a report recently describing how somali refugees were being tortured in libyan detention camps it said they were held against their will by armed groups in exchange for money hundreds were reportedly sold for as little as four hundred dollars of far cry from the journey these migrants had hoped for. for two years i was in a libyan prison i spent fifteen thousand dollars and i still was

european skiers enjoying the winter sunshine in the results of may or may not know they will unesco world heritage sites the beautiful ancient forest here supposedly protected by bulgarian and international environmental laws. the plans to expand the skiing area by cutting down far more of the forests has been enthusiastic lee backed by the government is economically lucrative but condemned by environmentalists is the rate of nature some of the trees are a thousand years old the bears and the wolves could lose their habitats if we allow this to happen in theory national park then the skiing projects can start in all our national parks we only have three plus in our nature park so we will open the pandora box and this will be the end of protected areas in the area. it's as much about how controversial it is that protests against the scheme of being held in cities all over europe and beyond it's also claimed to be passed a much wider rotten story about the rule of law in the european union. the row over the legal and environmental implications of destroying the forests here and the apparent complici

engulfed in flames on saturday the ministry is more than a thousand years old and is listed as a unesco world heritage site it's not clear how the fire started or how extensive the damage is. so bob was president has paid his respects to the opposition leader morgan tsvangirai who died on wednesday and visited tenderized family home in the capital harare where a small service is being held sixty five year old died after a long battle with colon cancer chandor i formed the movement for democratic change and was a staunch critic of former president robert mugabe his funeral will be held on monday in blue hair southeast of the capital that does all the brothers and sisters in the come together india mon former prime minister and who that's really let us move forwards is the people in the unities to develop before and okereke is foreign minister has condemned a march by hundreds of far right supporters in honor of a pro nazi world war two general rally went ahead in sofia on saturday night despite calls from the government the us embassy and several jewish organizations for it to be scrapped the foreign m

world these traditional marionettes still cast the spell of the audience. sites of both outstanding cultural and natural significance a featured in unesco's program germany has forty two world heritage sites. a new illustrated book shows them and although it's all dropping. all the florian hina and photographer ginter buyer spent three years on the road recording what they saw. in essen for example where that say hits i thought i was once one of the most efficient coal mining facilities in the world now the former industrial size is a huge cultural attraction. the book travels in time from the prehistoric to the modern day. from germany's need to forests to balance the fascinating to. gigantic icebergs are melting into the arctic ocean photographer all of auto becker catches their disappearance in stunning pictures. a moment in time that will never be repeated. i see giants merge with their reflections a sign of things to come. his eyes very syke see me iceberg emerges from the mist when you approach it a first there's a dark shadow which becomes lighter and lighter i'm confronted by the south and when i sail past it it disappears again behind this cup of mystery it's a unique an en

the concerns about the historic heritage of libya are shared by unesco as well the organization has put five of the country's sites on the world heritage in danger list citing the conflict affecting libya and some of those sites date back centuries and even millennia. and your monday worldwide news headlines continue in about half an hour. from. so a new policy is and is a way to practice is they'll pressure oppressive measures being deployed against the palestinian people everywhere around the said letter colonialism the feds to follow the land and and the many many can all do the stating things then their claim is of doing of course the gun force of the intifada or uprising. when the whole may just manufacture consent instead of public wealth. when the right wing closest to protect themselves. with the financial merry go round lifts only the one percent told. to ignore middle of the room signal. to leave the room i mean real news is really low. just. thank. her for her thank her group. thank. her. for. a batch or sudden passing i phone lee just learned you were a south and taken your last to bang turn. it up to us we all kne

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the concerns about the historic heritage of libya by unesco as well the organization has put five of the country's sights on its world heritage in danger list citing the ongoing conflict affecting libya as some of those side stayed back centuries and even millennia. all right thanks for joining us on this monday here in moscow it's all t. international worldwide headlines very soon. because there's been a survival guide book stacie just imo to start simply reading all these to. be sure it's still there you don't get it. oh heck no. repatriations forget the rest of seventy. philip the seventy year old guy's record . elliston is getting international recognition with the help of israel at least in the world of zoos i'm in bill fails to committed to living like an elite and this isn't my cup but he is still going i know phil saviano may be a bit. old john about. the only palestinians who gets the most hope from its jerusalem counterparts i don't think there is a lot of those who endure under the oak bush and didn't know only to be this way. and know it is unfair advantage to have to display any of the most of which they

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the concerns about the historic heritage of libya are shared by unesco as well the organization has put five of the country's sites on the world heritage endangered list citing the conflict affecting libya of course as some of those sides date back centuries and even millennia. controversial new law in poland that makes it illegal to hold the country responsible for the holocaust has provoked with israel poland's prime minister added fuel to the fire by suggesting jews were among the perpetrators of wartime atrocities israel's prime minister binyamin netanyahu has slammed the claim it's not going to be punishable not going to be seemed. to say that there were polish perpetrators as there were jewish perpetrators as there were russian perpetrate perpetrators are there were ukrainian not only german perpetrators but the usual issue of the polish prime minister's remarks here in munich are outrageous there is a problem here of an inability to understand history and a lack of sensitivity to the tragedy of our people the president of the conference of european rabbis has also slammed the polish leader's remarks what was said by the

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things that make the city so charming in the first place unesco actually even threatened to possibly put them on the list of endangered world heritage if they didn't act so interesting enough this year they have actually limited or decided to limit during carnival the number of tourists who are allowed on the famous so that's the biggest where in the city. twenty five thousand people will be the limit at any given moment so that kind of puts a little bit of a damper on the charm but you know as you can see here with all this water the venice is subject to so many really specific problems that were even reports today of some of the canals the water level is very low actually dried up due to lack of rain tards so it's kind of turns the whole place into a bit of a mucky swamp and you can see climate change pollution pollution brought on by tourists certainly wreaking some havoc there at times. no definitely not this is a problem that we're seeing i mean hordes of tourists are obviously causing residents in many cities across europe to to literally leave two to flee from the center of the cities of interest. if you consider that venice

things that make the city so charming in the first place and unesco also actually threatened to put it on the endangered list of world heritage if it didn't act so this is interesting because this year they have actually limited the number of tourists on the famous. during carnival to twenty five thousand and that's you know admittedly put a little bit of a damper on the charm but because it is a city with cannot instead of streets you know venice has also a lot of very specific problems for instance there were reports today of the canals actually even drying up due to lack of rain and low tides and that turns the whole place into something of a murky. so climate change and pollution also a lot of a lot of havoc there and this is not a problem that just venice is facing with the discussion being had across europe doesn't it certainly is you know with the hordes of tourists obviously local residents in a lot of cities are finding that they have to leave the city centers simply because they can't afford to live there anymore because basic shops and services are are giving way to tourist traps in france is the population in veni