Seaside resorts and red brick gothic architecture those are going to be two key elements of my trip to germanys north east i want to discover sheilds and a World Heritage city and the Baltic Island of food and. To get a little overview of im at St Marys Church its considered a masterpiece of late gothic architecture and boasts a tower that gives me a perfect view of the city. Here in straws and im going to admire an amazing viking treasure and to some local delicacies im also really looking forward to exploring the island of including in the low season when its not so overrun with tourists. Besides that well show you what delusions famous shock is use for. Our female of the week. Takes us to a popular festival and colombia. And our globe trotter will show us the Winter Sports paradise around davos in switzerland. Stralsund was founded in twelve thirty four and was a member of the mediaval Trading Alliance the hanzi attic league its now symbolized by the magnificent brick gothic architecture built at the time its also why shawls and was declared a unesco World Heritage site in two thousand and two. In the port youll find a real eye catcher that gores fuck a former training sailing boat built in one thousand nine hundred thirty three and these planks could talk the captains cabin has seen german russian and ukrainian skippers rest their heads. The vessel was built and hamburg and was given to the soviet union as reparation after World War Two in one thousand nine hundred one it became property of the ukrainian merchant navy. Since two thousand and three the course fox has been back in its original harbor serving first and foremost as a museum the vessel which is not sea worthy anymore is maintained by an association that hopes to one day bring the old lady back to see. The building you see right behind me was built several decades after the course fought but its just as impressive since opening its doors in two thousand and eight the old dad has welcomed over half a million visitors a year and once inside hell understand why prepared to enter the underwater world. Speeding time in the o. T. On the homes a large pool for showing fish there has to be enough food to satisfy the appetite of the two hundred fifty kilos and shark otherwise it will eat the mackerel. There are forty five aquariums here the biggest contains almost twenty six million liters of salt water and is the museums main attraction. The foundations were laid for the old siani roman september two thousand and six on the shahs own peninsula. Less than two years later the museum was opened with nine thousand square meters of exhibition space and german chancellor Angela Merkel attended the opening. Since then the old siani home has become an integral part of todd isnt. Behind the scenes numerous employees keep it up and running the old siani homes residents need about ten tons of food a year fish kristie asian squid and dry food. And i moved in with their summer feisty and others more hesitant so we have to make sure they all get their fair share. This Oceanographic Museum focuses on marine life in the north and baltic sea. Among the visitors are both tourists and locals. Children can come here for classes outside the Normal School curriculum thats great for as instructors and they can study biology in the oed see our nails in the room. And by informing people about the worlds oceans the museum also aims to help protect them. This building was an abbey and tell the sixteenth century later it was mostly used as an arsenal armory and school in the one nine hundred fifty s. St catherines monastery was turned into a museum. The most remarkable of its countless exhibits this viking treasure was discovered after a storm washed up on the neighboring island of hidden see. This in viking treasure doing and she wasnt to. Be hidden say a treasure came to see because back in eight hundred seventy three a woman went to a goldsmith hearing. And wanted to know what one of the pieces was worth as it looked a bit like gold. And the goldsmith fetched who was the museums first ever director. Because he immediately knew it had been made by vikings on more and more pieces. As mysteriously came to light so the Museum Director went to hidden say bargained with the fisherman and managed to acquire sixteen of these amazing pieces of jewelry for this museum shaft sifton tight it is a toy and smokes yeah investors do you know what everything is someone i can tell thats a necklace but with the rest youll have to help me i mean less innocent enough to win. A con never see recognized is the only piece thats really solid gold. It consists of several gold rods twisted together and we have the most beautiful object in the entire ensemble. Accountable roach used as a class for an outer garment that might have. The backing from franconian court attire this round fibula was used in their clothing. And thats what ive been the scandinavians originally had two oval fibula or didnt. Then we have these pendants they have properly things so you can hang them on a chain as if you have. Come and often and youll be sure this treasure is in one piece or could there still be some gold buried in the sand and hidden in the. Board for stick to the down hope that my not that we still hope we might find another piece after if you look at the pendant you can see theyre not all identical theyre very similar but theyre so skillfully crafted that im very into zine i think about the yen when theyre mcguffin although if you assume they have been symmetrically arranged on a chain stock of two or more pieces are definitely missing a few folks buying a stock or one for life maybe someone from hidden say its one of those pieces in a jewelry box this is a tile or some god shot is this kind of gold treasure you need to under is there something similar elsewhere in germany or europe. As. A treasure like the one we have here is unique the vikings tended to work in silver so an ensemble of jewelry in the pure gold is incomparable but its almost pure gold weve analyzed the materials if you look closely at the pieces well see its the highest quality goldsmiths arent you could expect from that time. Which is outside of our. Truck out some of our favorite travel perks on instagram. D w travel. Before continuing my travels i need to replenish my Energy Reserves and for that im going to try to local specialty i dont know if i have been told i have to try the bismark herring yes you must or maybe even sherry matches in the i dont think ill go for the bismarck ive heard so much about it so often heard yeah no one in bismarck of bismarck sure thing i bismarck. The name goes back to mark the first chancellor of a united germany he loved them apparently. And then given the matches to try to. Lie has or does special has it amazing to get through but i think its well pickled so its nice and sour and the skin is still on the way it should be. So delicious. Full and happy i get on the road this bridge connects to the island of luton and to prepare you for my next destination heres a little overview. Google news germanys largest island manlike zone does in the state of mechlin book for almost eighty thousand people live here added to that are far more than a million tourists annually the sandy beaches can get really full in the summer but things are quite relaxed in the winter. And the island is known for its distinctive chalk cliffs they rise up over one hundred meters above the sea and are part of the national park. Information center lies above the cliffs. It takes you through seventy million years of the earths history from the primordial era to the present. Beyond the coasts going to is also shaped by its landscapes. The island alone has three nature reserves. And the rushing roland is another of logans attractions. The steam train has travelled the narrow gauge track since one thousand nine hundred five had a pace more leisurely and then its name implies. One of the places that wasnt all and takes is to go on its hunting lodge. The building in italian renaissance style dates from the Nineteenth Century and became a popular destination for the nobility and celebrities back then. Autobahn bismarck is said to have climbed to one hundred fifty steps in its tower to enjoy the view. Like other seaside resorts going to has benefited from tourism since the early boom in the late Nineteenth Century. Former villages like selling then bins developed into fashionable baltic sea spas with their magnificent villas near the beach. Leaving white wooden decorations are typical of the architecture associated with seaside resorts. In eight hundred seventy bins had a total of eighty vacationers nowadays he can add over half a million to that but in winter i can barely imagine what this must look like in summer. Because as you can see in the low season things are just like back in the day no people know how slow and bustle just perfect if youre looking for some peace and quiet. Well now take a giant leap from the baltic sea down to the swiss all our video blogger steve heymans and a fellow globe trotter paid a visit to the world famous wonder sports resort of holes and from the look of it they spend their entire time on ski skates and. My quest to show you the best winter just nations brought us to the alps again. From switzerland. Divorce is a municipality in the country town of go bend or crease song at one thousand five hundred sixty meters its the highest town in europe and home to one of its rulings biggest ski resorts with six main ski areas totaling three hundred twenty kilometers of slopes. Good morning i got up early for day to hit the slopes and everyone else. The full day of skiing its now time to have some pasta charger which. You may think about. Right. Now. This time for us to sit in this ice skating rink. And we have some little hope this year. Which was so elegant tristram. Looking up took a little while it was like. Ok so we get. Yes were getting there. But it was a big zero zero but. Were now taking some despair there it was called noble in. Which. Today were on day guard called song which is another breezy popular ski and snowboard spot right next to the horse center and ive heard that the world told them that. We are not to the top of the line. Going to go this is my mission here to be to come here my next stop on the island of blues is gotten out of its the islands gateway to the baltic sea from here im setting out to see the famous chalk cliffs from the water. But unfortunately today is not my day the sun cant get through the mist and clouds. But its certainly striking the way they tower majestically out of the water. Legs chocolates form with our will leave the islands most specs. But the chalk is also a natural raw material with many useful applications for example. Cliffs were created six million years ago in Southern Europe through the shifting of tectonic plates the chalk deposits were pushed to the north. They were thrust to the surface. Made from the remains of tiny marine organisms. Especially because no other sediments were dragged into this basin with it. And there are those for the last one hundred fifty meters or truck sediment sitting here on the surface. And some of them are up to one hundred sixty meters above sea level but in religion and theres only one place in germany where they exist and thats here on the island of kruger does a sea of that is all you. Can even has a museum devoted to chuck its been mined here for almost two hundred years chalk is used as fertilizer in paint and in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. To process the chalk its soaked in water separated from undesired components and dried what used to take eight weeks now takes about eight minutes. For medicinal chalk only especially fine material is used after its been additionally cleaned what remains as the museum informs visitors are mainly residues a planktonic form enough era these single celled animals had skeletons made of small calcite platelets when the organisms died they sank to the seabed and formed the chalk sediment. Physiotherapist york snyder from sas in its has been using her against medicine of chalk since the early one nine hundred ninety s. This natural product dissolved in water is said to stimulate the heart and circulation and have an anti inflammatory effect. On vanity you know if its used as a poultice on the back or joints warm or cold or if youre experiencing a rheumatic episode for instance its applied cold or market for chronic conditions it tends to be used warm or cool. And. The poultice is sealed to stop the talk from drying out medicine ill chalk was used on the flu going as early as the turn of the twentieth century. The sediments from the cretaceous period are. Also used to help cleanse and regenerate the skin as a face mask. This absolute feisty skin is so soft off to its home and at first it tingles a bit but the skin regains its moisture quite quickly and then it feels so much softer to put it to absolute pleasure. One thing thats never lacking on a Holiday Island legan is accommodations there are thousands of Hotels Apartments and vacation homes but if youre looking for something a little unusual head to now talk about where you can rent floating lodges and houses on stilts and you can try out a whole range of Water Activities tell ya he is the man behind the idea. Of. Give us a this is a truly unique place how did you come up with it and. We have just about everything on offer when it comes to water sports that makes us unique and we can. You can learn sailing with us go swimming off the terrace of your house you can go fishing you can do everything related to water. From a launch in the floating houses where the first of their kind in germany and the houses on stilts that you see in the background are still unique in germany i think thats right what kind of tourists come here do they like the concept. In the summer and in the Holiday Season many families with children come here because they can spend their time sailing swimming and fishing. But we also have guests who come only in the winter because we have regular customers who have been coming for decades i have every winter for three or four weeks they know what to expect and they have their favorite Floating Homes they bring their own red wine and pasta turn off their cell phones open a good book and really enjoy the tranquility of winter. By. The still taxes on wooden Southern Coast are inspired by similar constructions on the mall deeds. That goes for the inside to. I may not have brought any red wine and pasta but it is enough to make myself at home. Well i sit back relax and watch as evening falls you guys are in for another v mail this one takes us to the fiesta of a song kwan in colombia an annual celebration that goes on for four days and according to this video sent in by Ricardo King Younis id say a good time was had by everyone involved. The touch. Was such. Was the. Thank you. Thank you was. Cut cut. Cut. Cut. Cut. Cut. Cut cut. We. Cut over my last stop on the lead in takes me back to the beach of the. Somewhere. In winter youll find bonfires and mulled wine here. On monday a little. Known woman who would. Love to meet. Someone and. The Perfect Place to take a look back at my trip. Down and then. From the gold treasure and struggling to the spectacular nature including if you want to escape the hustle and bustle of the big city and all the stress that comes with it you should definitely consider a trip to the baltic sea especially in low season. Adamo. 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